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VP Pence At Olympics To Prevent North Korea Peace Overtures

US Vice President Mike Pence has announced that he would be attending the Olympic games in South Korea next month with an eye on preventing North Korea from reaping any PR advantage from numerous North and South Korean joint activities. Why is Washington so afraid of peace breaking out on the Korean peninsula?

Is FBI Lying About 'Russiagate'?

With news that the FBI "lost" months of text messages between Russiagate investigators that may have proven embarrassing -- or worse -- to the Bureau, even Washington is starting to ask what is really going on with accusations of Russian meddling. Was the whole thing cooked-up by the "never Trump" deep state?

Patients Are “Dying in Corridors" of Britain’s Socialised Health System

By George Pickering

“Patients dying in hospital corridors.” So went the headline which appeared on the BBC’s website last week, detailing the newest outrages which have emerged from Britain’s crisis-beset healthcare system. This most recent revelation came as a result of an open letter sent to the prime minister by 68 senior doctors, offering details of the inhuman conditions which have become common in the National Health Service’s hospitals.

The letter, which collected statistics from NHS hos...

What to Really Expect From the Government Shutdown

By Ron Paul

It’s deja-vu all over again, as baseball legend Yogi Berra might have said. The politicians and media are telling us the world is coming to an end because a “compromise” could not be made at the 11th hour to keep the Federal government in business.

Republicans blame Democrats for the shutdown over their insistence on legislation to benefit about 700,000 “Dreamers” -- immigrants who were brought illegally in to the country as children. Democrats make the shutdown all about Donald Tru...

Turkey Vs. Syrian Kurds: Whose Side Are We On?

It looks very much like the US is in a proxy war with its NATO ally Turkey in Syria. The US is backing the Kurds, which are being attacked by Ankara. Both sides are using the same military base in Turkey. Does anyone have any idea what the US is doing in Syria?

NSA "Sincerely Regrets" Deleting All Bush-Era Surveillance Data It Was Ordered To Preserve

By Tyler Durden

There is a growing consensus among many observers in Washington that the national security agencies have become completely politicized over the past seventeen years and are now pursuing selfish agendas that actually endanger what remains of American democracy.

As Philip Giraldi notes, up until recently it has been habitual to refer to such activity as the Deep State, which is perhaps equivalent to the Establishment in that it includes financial services, the media, major foundat...

U.S. imposes authoritarian model without the help of Russia & China

Liberty Report Staff

We're being told that we must resist Russia and China because they're trying to make us follow an authoritarian model.

Yet, the U.S. government just passed the extension of the FISA amendments which allows the government to spy on every single American all the time!

The U.S. government is imposing the authoritarian model on us ... Not Russia and China!

Daniel McAdams discusses below:

Trump Expands Government Surveillance On American People

By Liberty Report Staff

It would be surprising if the surveillance state didn't spy on Donald Trump. They spy on everyone else.

Yet amazingly, this didn't influence President Trump from granting government even more power to spy on the American people and abuse our privacy and civil rights.

Ron Paul discusses below:

Dr. Paul's segment begins around 3:09

Left Coast Dilemma: Why California Ranks #1 In Poverty

Government creates nothing, but it does destroy. The Left Coast is famous for its reverence for government interference into all aspects of life. The results should surprise no one. California has the highest poverty rate in the nation. Why? What’s the way out? And what are the chances that Californians will choose the way out?

Trump's "America First" Rhetoric Has Fallen Flat

By Liberty Report Staff

Some Ron Paul supporters did in fact support Trump's election because of Trump's campaign rhetoric to change America's failed foreign policy.

Even up to and on inauguration day Trump said: "We will seek friendship and goodwill with the nations of the world, but we do so with the understanding that it is the right of all nations to put their own interests first. We do not seek to impose our way of life on anyone, but rather to let it shine as an example. We will shine for...