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Oliver Stone Exposes US Warmongers at Writers Guild Awards

By Liberty Report Staff

Oliver Stone gave a captivating talk at the Writers Guild Awards:
Stone was also a very special guest this week on The Ron Paul Liberty Report:

Only 2% of US Politicians Actually Want to Stop Arming Terrorists — Here’s Why

By Alice Salles

One of the few elected Democratic lawmakers with an extensive anti-war record, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii), has combined forces with Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) to push legislation through both the House and the Senate that would bar federal agencies from using taxpayer-backed funds to provide weapons, training, intelligence, or any other type of support to terrorist cells such as al-Qaeda, ISIS, or any other group that is associated with them in any way. The Stop Arming Terr...

Military Spouses: Lead Us Out of the Quagmire!

By Jacob G. Hornberger

For the life of me, I just can’t figure out why the American people do not rise up en masse against the forever wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan in which the United States has been embroiled for more than 15 years.

After all, by now everyone must surely realize, despite the superficial rhetoric to the contrary, that U.S. soldiers are not over there killing and dying to defend our country or protect our freedoms here at home. They are over there killing and dying to...

Ron Paul on Making Money Great Again

By Liberty Report Staff

Dr. Ron Paul joins Jeff Deist to talk about his decades as a congressman fighting the Fed, his efforts to legalize the use of gold and silver as untaxed currency, and his involvement with sound money initiatives in states like Arizona and Wyoming.

Plus, Dr. Paul shares some great anecdotes about Reagan's Gold Commission, Alan Greenspan, and Paul Volcker.

'The Putin Interviews' - Oliver Stone Speaks Out!

Legendary filmmaker Oliver Stone joins the Liberty Report from his hotel room in Paris to discuss the controversy around his latest film, The Putin Interviews, a four hour look into what makes Russian president Vladimir Putin tick.

What's behind the Russia hysteria in the US and what are its dangers? Also, we discuss how Stone has shaped the thinking of millions through the years with his immense story-telling abilities. The Skype connection in this interview is not perfect, but we believe the...

Peace Is Popular

Capitalism is essentially a scheme for peaceful nations. What the incompatibility of war and capitalism really means is that war and high civilization are incompatible. — Ludwig von Mises
By Jeff Deist

Peace is popular.

That was Ron Paul’s message to our audience in Texas earlier this spring, and it has been his consistent message since first running for Congress in the 1970s. So why do seemingly endless wars remain such a stubborn feature of the American presidency, with the shameful complicity...

Is Civil War Coming To Saudi Arabia?

The surprise shift in the Saudi line of succession earlier this month has increased speculation that internal strife in the country might boil over to a full-fledged civil war. Such a war would likely become regional in short order. What are the factors and what is the likelihood?

New Device Allows Cops to Download All of Your Smartphone Activity in Seconds

By Anti-Media Team

“Any person who operates a motor vehicle in the state shall be deemed to have given consent to field testing of his or her mobile telephone and/or personal electronic device for the purpose of determining the use thereof while operating a motor vehicle, provided that such testing is conducted by or at the direction of a police officer.”

That’s language from the text of a bill currently working its way through the New York state legislature. The legislation would allow cops to...

More Americans See Liberty In Decline. Why?

According to a new Gallup Poll, more Americans see their liberties in decline in the US. US freedom ranking in the world has declined as well. What's going on here and why?

U.S. Brings A "Staggering Loss of Civilian Life" To Syria

By Liberty Report Staff

Ok, so Trump didn't drain the swamp .... That was a stretch from the beginning.

Trump's not getting rid of Obamacare, or NAFTA, or NATO .... That's definitely disappointing.

Trump's not shrinking the size or scope of government intrusion into our lives ... That's a pity.

But what the Trump Administration is doing overseas is unconscionable. That's the one area where many American voters thought they'd get something different than Hillary and the establishment. Unfortunatel...