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Great News! ... Protectionist President Peels Back Protectionism

By Liberty Report Staff

One of the worst ideas that Donald Trump ran on for President were the ideas of mercantilism and protectionism. America is overloaded with politically-connected corporations getting laws passed that tilt the tables to their advantage. The last thing we need are more of these crony laws.

But protectionist measures, even though they're a bad idea, sell very well.

They're like the idea of "FREE" Healthcare. Yeah, it's a deadly idea, but it sells extremely well.

Wouldn't you k...

Surviving The Coming Bond Crash

You know it's coming. US and global debt skyrockets. The financial system on life support. Investment adviser Michael Pento has seen it coming for years and he joins today's Liberty Report to tell us what to expect and what we can do about it...

When The Motorcade Arrives For The Photo-Op (Puerto Rico Edition)

By Liberty Report Staff

Have you ever been in a town or city when the president arrives?

It's terrible!

Everyone's life is put on hold.

Lew Rockwell once described what it's like:

“The president moves about like Caesar Augustus, with a vast, graded court of civil and military aides, doctors, secretaries, valets, hairdressers, makeup artists, bodyguards, drivers, baggage handlers, cooks, food tasters, Praetorian guards, snipers, centurions, bulletproof limos, a portable hospital, and an armored ros...

They Never Use The "It's A Big Ocean" Excuse When It Comes To War

By Chris Rossini

Take all the wasteful, inefficient, unconstitutional, unethical and immoral things that government does, and none are as reprehensible as war.

War is easily the worst thing that governments undertake, and they're the only group of people that can pull it off.

Private individuals and private groups or gangs could never get away with mass murder in the way that governments can, because they'd never be able to get the funds. Private individuals and groups can't tax.

Government force...

Trump Says 'No' To Catalan Independence

Despite the State Department's official position of neutrality, President Trump could not help himself. After meeting with the Spanish prime minister he declared himself opposed to an independence referendum in Catalonia. Is it really his business?

We Have An Insane Foreign Policy

By Liberty Report Staff

The idea that America should militarily run and police the entire world is wrong and doesn't work.

Millions of people have died as a result of this idea.

Ron Paul discusses the latest provocations with North Korea.

Voluntarism vs. Authoritarianism

By Liberty Report Staff

We're totally surrounded by authoritarians, whether they be Left or Right (or Alt-Left and Alt-Right).

The battle between them is always about which flavor of authoritarianism will prevail.

"We need to use violent force for X,Y,Z." cries one group.

"No, we need to use violent force for A,B,C," says the other.

That aggressive force should not be tolerated, and that force is only justified for defense to repel an aggressor, never seems to enter the equation.

Such an idea is ne...

Kurd Independence Vote - Progress Or Danger?

Kurds in Iraq have overwhelmingly voted for independence, defying nearly every other country in the region and beyond. Is It a good sign that the maps drawn after WWI may be re-drawn to reflect new realities, or is danger and war on the horizon?

The Fed and The Overbearing Government That It Finances

By Ron Paul

Over the weekend, I was very pleased to give a speech in Aspen, Colorado at the Nexus Conference.

I hope you enjoy the talk below:

How to End the Korea Crisis

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The descent of US/North Korea “crisis” to the level of schoolyard taunts should be remembered as one of the most bizarre, dangerous, and disgraceful chapters in US foreign policy history.

President Trump, who holds the lives of millions of Koreans and Americans in his hands, has taken to calling the North Korean dictator “rocket man on a suicide mission.” Why? To goad him into launching some sort of action to provoke an American...