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Will Trump Tear Up Iran Deal? "No Plan B"

As German and French leaders come to Washington this week, there is one thing on Europe's mind: How to persuade President Trump to go back on his promise to tear up the Iran deal if Tehran will not re-negotiate it. Iran threatens to re-start its nuclear weapons program if Washington backs out of its obligations. Who will blink?

Stagflation: The Fed's Nemesis

Government central planners at the Federal Reserve, and everywhere else, all suffer from “physics envy.” They seek to model the un-modelable. Ron Paul discusses why the central planners always have, and always will, fail spectacularly.

Former UK Ambassador Reveals Truth About Syria. With Peter Ford.

Former UK Ambassador to Syria Peter Ford joins today's Liberty Report to share his vast experience in the region. He has notably deviated from the government/media narrative about the alleged Assad gas attack. How likely is it that Assad used gas? Why are inspectors being prevented from visiting the site? How is the "official narrative" holding up to increasing scrutiny?

Fool's Errand - 17 Years In Afghanistan

The longest war in US history keeps going on and on. No end in sight. No end-goal in sight. How did we get to this point? Scott Horton, author of Fool's Errand - Time to End the War in Afghanistan, joins today's Liberty Report in-studio to discuss this and the many other wars of the US empire.

US Grasping At Straws In Syria

Plans for an all-Arab occupying force in northeast Syria? New war authorization plans? Trying to maintain control of the media narrative? Trying to disengage? It seems Washington doesn't have a real Syria policy. Is grasping at straws a wise way to conduct foreign affairs? How about a real policy?

Trump’s Disastrous Syria Attack

By Ron Paul

Over the weekend, President Trump celebrated firing more than 100 missiles into Syria by Tweeting, “Mission Accomplished!” They say if you cannot learn from history you are condemned to repeat it. So I guess we are repeating it.

We all remember that “Mission Accomplished” was the banner behind then-President Bush as he gloated aboard a US navy ship that the war in Iraq had been won. After his “victory,” however, some 4,000 US military personnel were killed, perhaps a million Iraqis...

On The Ground In Syria - With Special Guest Vanessa Beeley

Frequent Liberty Report guest Vanessa Beeley joins us today for a live update on the ground in Syria. What was the US attack like? The aftermath? What to expect next.

Freedom and Income Taxation Are Opposites

By Jacob G. Hornberger

As the April 17 deadline for filing income tax returns and paying federal income taxes approaches, it is important that we all remind ourselves of an important point: Income taxation and the Internal Revenue Service are irreconcilable with the principles of a free society.

Another way to put it is this: If you’re living in a society in which the government wields the power to seize the fruits of your earnings, you are not living in a free society, no matter how convinced...

Another Subprime Bubble: The Fed Never Learns

What if, back in 2008, when Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch and many others were toppling like dominoes, someone said to you: “If you think this is bad, wait another decade, and an even bigger financial crisis will loom.” It would have been hard to believe, but it would have been correct. The same policies that created the 2008 crash were adopted and an even bigger bubble is now here. Ron Paul discusses.

Rand Paul Grills Mike Pompeo At Confirmation Hearing

(h/t - TargetLiberty.com)