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Big Beautiful Bankruptcy Update: Deficits Skyrocketing

Instead of "Draining the Swamp," the Trump Administration has stepped on the accelerator to bankruptcy. Government deficit spending continues to skyrocket, with a whopping $291 Billion deficit in July alone. This is up 20% year-over-year! It is impossible for government to fix its spending problem by vastly spending more money (that it doesn't have). The American standard of living will continue to erode. Watch Here

Who Pay's The Tariffs? Foreign Countries, Or Americans?

President Trump repeatedly tells the American people that the government is taking in lots of cash from tariffs. But the same government is going further into debt and racking up deficits with a Big Beautiful Bill. Wasn't the goal of electing Donald Trump to cut the government down in size? Instead, the government grows, and Americans have to pay yet another tax (tariffs) to pay for its growth. Watch Here

Reflections On The Ron Paul Barbecue

In a packed room in Lake Jackson last Saturday, more than a thousand people - including Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard - came to wish a happy birthday to Ron Paul. Today we reflect on the event and what it may mean for the future of Liberty. Watch Here

Newsflash: Governments Lie

By Ron Paul

​Bureau of Labor Statistics head Dr. Erika McEntarfer is one of the latest persons President Trump has told “you’re fired.” President Trump said this month that he fired Dr. McEntarfer because the president believed she manipulated jobs data. Manipulations, he stated, include the updated May and June BLS numbers showing the U.S. economy created 258,000 fewer jobs than originally reported, as well as the weaker than expected July jobs report. All of this, the president suggested, was d...

Tariffs on Gold, Gambling in 401(k)’s — Signs of A Crack-Up Boom?

President Trump put a whopping 39% tariff on gold from Switzerland. Is it really about a trade imbalance? Or is there more to such a drastic tax? Also this week, the President took steps to allow 401(k)'s to include crypto and private equity. Is there are relation between these two policies? A huge tax on a global safe haven asset, and easier access to high-risk assets? Watch Here

Congress Skips Epstein Files Vote For Trip To Israel

Dozens of Members of the US House are on their way to Israel on an AIPAC-paid trip after Speaker Johnson - also in Israel - called August recess early to avoid a vote on Rep. Thomas Massie's resolution to release the Epstein files. Priorities?

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Trump Pulls Trigger On India Mega-Tariff: Will It Backfire?

President Trump has followed through with his threats to add more tariffs on India after that country refused to stop purchasing Russian oil and petroleum products. Will the effective 50 percent tariff on Indian goods bring the "world's largest democracy" to its knees?

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Federal Disaster Aid Dependent on Not Boycotting Israel?

The U.S. government pushed it too far yesterday with DHS guidance that stated federal disaster funding would be withheld from states that boycott Israel. This garnered massive amounts of pushback and protest. Americans have free speech and the freedom to boycott anyone they want. That means any country in the world, including America! What was the Trump Administration thinking? Watch Here

BLS-Gate: Lies, Damned Lies, And (Government) Statistics

Is President Trump trying to manipulate Bureau of Labor Statistics' jobs report? Probably. Will he be the first president to attempt to manipulate government-created statistics to his own political benefit? Hardly! Also today: Trump looks at new tariffs on Canada. You'll never guess why. Watch Here

Cold War 2.0 Heats Up

By Ron Paul

Last week the nuclear rhetoric between the US and Russia made some of us feel like we were transported back to 1962. Back then, Soviet moves to place nuclear-capable missiles 90 miles off our coast in Cuba led to the greatest crisis of the Cold War. The United States and its president, John F. Kennedy, could not tolerate such weapons placed by a hostile power on its doorstep and the world only knew years later how close we were to nuclear war.

Thankfully both Khrushchev and Kennedy bac...