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The Russian Sanctions Are Terrible

By Liberty Report Staff

The Russian Sanctions have been signed. 

They're terrible for Trump ... Terrible for America ... Terrible for Europe ... and a real setback for the peace that Americans voted for.

Ron Paul discusses below:

Trump Signs Sanctions Bill - Another Deep State Victory

This morning President Trump signed the Russia, Iran, North Korea sanctions bill, which restricts his ability to improve relations with any of the three countries absent explicit Congressional approval. Is the deep state in total control of US foreign policy?

Trump's US National Security Strategy - New Wine In Old Bottles?

The Trump White House is working on a new National Security Strategy for the United States according to one of his aides. It will be something totally new, he promised. Should we believe him? What should it look like to really put America first?

Is This What Americans Really Want?

By Liberty Report Staff

In an essay that is now over 20 years old, the great free market economist Murray Rothbard was taking America's foreign policy to task. He could clearly see that America was embarking on a policy of endless war.

Rothbard said mockingly:

I make a Modest Proposal for the only possible consistent and coherent foreign policy: the U.S. must, very soon, Invade the Entire World!

Have we reached the point of actually invading the entire world?

Technically, no.

But hundreds of U.S. m...

The Only Solution To America's Healthcare Woes

By Jacob G. Hornberger

When President Franklin Roosevelt revolutionized America’s economic system by enacting Social Security, he knew that it would be a permanent change. He knew that once he got people dependent on the system, he would have them. Sort of like how a heroin dealer feels about getting a new customer hooked on heroin.

That’s what President Obama and his acolytes were undoubtedly thinking about when they enacted Obamacare. Get it passed, get people dependent on it, and you have th...

Real Bipartisanship: Republicans And Democrats Unite For New Cold War

When it comes to pushing a neocon foreign policy of confrontation and militarism, Washington is bipartisan. Both parties have boxed in President Trump and his campaign promises of better relations with Russia. Both parties are united in pushing a new Cold War with Russia. Where will it end?

North Korea or Iran…Where Will President Trump Attack First?

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President Trump seems to be impatiently racing toward at least one disastrous war. Maybe two. The big question is who will be first? North Korea or Iran?

Over the past several days President Trump has sent two nuclear-capable B-1 bombers over the Korean peninsula to send a clear message that he is ready to attack North Korea. On Saturday he blamed China for North Korea’s refusal to cease its missile tests. He Tweeted: “I am very...

Rand Paul: The failure to repeal Obamacare means premiums will continue to skyrocket

By Senator Rand Paul (R-KY)

What will happen now that the Obamacare repeal has failed?  The same thing that was already happening: Premiums will skyrocket. Insurers will exit, leaving monopolies or vacuums, and Americans will have less choice.

How did the GOP lose its nerve and run away from meaningful repeal?

Look no further than the billion dollar insurance companies.

The insurance industry, titans of crony capitalism, whined and whined that repeal alone would cause premiums to rise. Insurers t...

Trump's Mistake In Taking Ownership Of The Stock Market Bubble

By Liberty Report Staff

Let's start at the beginning. Bubbles and Busts are both created by The Federal Reserve.

Presidents are merely along for the ride. They like to credit themselves for the bubbles, and then look for scapegoats, usually the (non-existent) free market during the busts.

But it is The Fed that creates them both.

President Trump has made a big (yet understandable) mistake. He's tried to portray himself as the cause of the current bubble in the stock market. He wants credit where...

Congress Checkmates Trump (And The American People)

By Daniel McAdams

Yesterday, the US Senate passed HR 3364, the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act by a massive 98 yeas to two nays. Opposing the bill were Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rand Paul (R-KY). The bill passed in the House by 419-3 on Tuesday, with Reps Massie (R-KY), Amash (R-MI), and Duncan (R-TN) opposing. 

The new sanctions bill ties President Trump's hands on foreign policy, as he will be forced to ask Congress for permission to ease the measures.

Speaking in...