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100 Years After The 'War To End All Wars,' Lessons Of History Are Still Unlearned

The weekend commemoration of the end of World War I, and particularly the speech from the French president, demonstrate why the "war to end all wars" did not at all end all wars. They still don't get it, so we are forced to repeat it. How does our current policy look so much like that of the countries careening toward disaster in 1914?

Under The Radar: Why Are So Many Nations Going For Gold?

While the average person is propagandized into thinking gold isn't money, the elites know better. He who has the gold, makes the rules, and many nations are either repatriating gold, or buying it outright. Why now? Can they see the writing on the wall for the U.S. dollar?

Trump Fires Sessions - A 'Constitutional Crisis'?

Trump accepted the resignation of his Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, yesterday leading to an explosion of protest among the #Resistance anti-Trump people. Ironically, these are the very same people who have opposed Sessions for two years! Politics?

Political Theatre Gridlock --- Wars, Surveillance, Welfare and Debt Will Remain Bipartisan

By Liberty Report Staff

House Goes Blue - Blessing In Disguise For Trump?

Conventional wisdom says the Republican loss of the House of Representatives be bad news for President Trump. More investigations? Endless Russiagate "revelations"? But what if it is actually a boon for the president? Contrarian analysis of the US mid-term elections in today's Liberty Report.

Censorship and Gun Control Will Not Make Us Safe

By Ron Paul

Sadly, but not unexpectedly, the mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh is being used to justify new infringements on liberty. Of course, opponents of gun rights are claiming this shooting proves America needs more gun control. Even some who normally oppose gun control say the government needs to do more to keep guns out of the hands of the “mentally ill.” Those making this argument ignore the lack of evidence that background checks, new restrictions on the right...

What the Midterms Mean

By Jeff Deist

The Most Important Election of our Lifetime™ may be a referendum on Trump, Kavanaugh, #metoo, migrant caravans, or any number of manufactured outrages since the 2016 presidential election. It will not be a referendum on foreign policy, the Federal Reserve, debt, spending entitlements, spying, civil liberties, or anything important with regard to state power.

By any objective measure, the ideological and policy disagreements between the national Democrat and Republican parties are...

'The Most Important Election Of Our Lifetime!' - Does It Really Matter?

Can anyone point out the major substantive areas of debate and difference between Republicans and Democrats as America (or at least part of it) goes to the voting booth? Do they disagree on the Fed? Spying? Civil liberties? War? What really is at stake in this midterm election? Anything?

10 Numbers That Prove That We Are Rapidly Becoming A Nation Of Government Dependents

By Michael Snyder

As the middle class disintegrates and poverty grows, more Americans than ever are becoming dependent on the government just to survive.  Today, we live in a country where most workers do not earn enough to support a middle class family, and we are seeing the homelessness crisis spiral out of control in major cities on both coasts.  During this election cycle, many conservatives have been freaking out that an increasing number of Democrats are openly embracing socialism, but t...

Iran Sanctions Back On! Is War On The Way?

With sanctions back on Iran, will US dollar hegemony be the first victim? How many civilians will suffer for the Trump Administration's obsession with "regime change" for Iran? Today's Liberty Report was recorded in front of a live audience from the Mises Institute Symposium on alternative media at Brazosport College on Nov. 5, 2018.