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Senate Declares War On Wikileaks - With Philip Giraldi

The US Senate's Intelligence Authorization bill contains language that declares Wikileaks to be a "hostile non-state intelligence service." If passed, it would put that publisher of important whistleblower revelations in the US government's crosshairs. What might they do? Former CIA officer Phil Giraldi joins us to discuss.

Unlike Trump, JFK Didn't Bend The Knee

By Jacob Hornberger

Like President Trump, President Kennedy was subjected to the same type of pressure by the Pentagon and the CIA to engage in military action overseas. Unlike President Trump, however, Kennedy stood his ground and refused to succumb to the will of the national-security establishment. In fact, Kennedy is the only president in the post-World War II era who has stood up to the demands of what President Eisenhower called the “military-industrial complex.”

After the CIA’s regime-ch...

Pentagon Attacks Extremists At Home...But Finances Them Overseas

The Pentagon took the unprecedented step of denouncing neo-Nazi extremists involved in the protests at Charlottesville. But what about Washington's support for neo-Nazis in Ukraine? Or for radical jihadists in Syria? Saudi Arabia? Afghanistan in the 1970s?

They’re Using Bernie Madoff Math to Hide a Crisis

By Nick Giambruno

Politicians are always generous with other people’s money… until it runs out.
Near the peak of the late-’90s tech bubble, California’s legislature passed the largest pension increase in its history.

Today, with as much as $750 billion in unfunded public pension debt, California has one of the worst pension situations in the country. But it’s far from alone.

Illinois has a staggering $250 billion in unfunded pension obligations. State pension plans in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, N...

Of Course We Won't "Nation-Build" ... We Tear Nations Apart

By Liberty Report Staff

Last night President Trump tried to smooth over his decision to keep the Afghanistan failure going by saying the U.S. government is not going to "nation-build."

Well, of course they're not. How many nations have they really built, or even improved? The U.S. tears nations apart.

Perpetual war has had many different slogans over the last 100 years.

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Ron Paul Institute Statement on Trump's Afghanistan Speech

Image via Activist Post By Daniel McAdams

Like me, many of you watched President Trump's train wreck of a speech on Afghanistan last night.

I guess it was too much to ask to hear him admit the obvious and draw the obvious conclusions: After 16 years - the longest war in US history - no one even remembers what we are fighting for in Afghanistan. The war is over. Not another American (or innocent Afghan) life for one of the most convoluted and idiotic wars in history! Trump of 2012 and 2013...

Trump's 'New' Afghan Strategy: Protect The Empire!

Did you watch President Trump's big Afghanistan speech last night? We did. And we'll break it down in today's program. Why did he flip-flop on pulling out of the longest war? Are his conclusions sound?

Sen. Rand Paul: 16 years on, it's past time to bring our troops home from Afghanistan

By Senator Rand Paul (R-KY)

The Trump administration is increasing the number of troops in Afghanistan and, by doing so, keeping us involved even longer in a 16-year-old war that has long since gone past its time.

The mission in Afghanistan has lost its purpose, and I think it is a terrible idea to send any more troops into that war. It’s time to come home now.

Our war in Afghanistan began in a proper fashion. We were attacked on 9/11. The Taliban, who then controlled Afghanistan, were harboring...

Oppose Fascism of the Right and the Left

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Following the recent clashes between the alt-right and the group antifa, some libertarians have debated which group they should support. The answer is simple: neither. The alt-right and its leftist opponents are two sides of the same authoritarian coin.

The alt-right elevates racial identity over individual identity. The obsession with race leads them to support massive government interference in the economy in order to benefit m...

Trump's Afghanistan Strategy: What To Expect. With Jacob Hornberger

Future of Freedom Foundation President Jacob Hornberger joins the Liberty Report to preview President Trump's Afghanistan strategy that will be unveiled tonight. Should we expect a radical departure from the last 16 unsuccessful years?