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Record “Wealth” in America: 72% of US businesses are NOT profitable

By Simon Black

The Federal Reserve in the United States just released a new report showing that “Total Household Wealth” in the United States has reached a record $94.8 trillion.

That’s an impressive figure.

Even more impressive is that Total Household Wealth has increased by $40 trillion since the lows of the Great Recession in 2009.

No doubt there’s probably a multitude of central bankers and bureaucrats toasting their success in having engineered such magnificent prosperity.

And it’s certainly...

Global Peace Index: Where Do We Rank...And Why?

This year's Global Peace Index has just been released and the results are surprising. What are the world's least peaceful countries? What do they have in common? And where does the US rank?

The Iraq Invasion & The Rise of Global Terrorism

By Liberty Report Staff

There's a lot of confusion, finger pointing and blame passed around as to what started the global terrorism mess. Obviously this is a new phenomenon. For a good 50+ years, Americans were told to fear "commies" not terrorists.

Well, U.S. intelligence agencies gave their first appraisal of the new terrorism threat back in 2006.

On Sept. 24, 2006 the New York Times reported (emphasis added):

“A stark assessment of terrorism trends by American intelligence agencies has found t...

Ron Paul on Trump's Infrastructure Boondoggle

By Liberty Report Staff

Ron Paul was on Fox Business this morning to discuss Trump's infrastructure boondoggle and the debt addiction that has subsumed the American federal government and American citizens:

Qatar Chaos: Washington's Middle East Mass Confusion

The US response to the Qatar crisis has been completely confused, with President Trump contradicting his own Secretary of State and vice-versa. Is America's largest military base in the Middle East at risk?

Why Are We Attacking the Syrians Who Are Fighting ISIS?

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Just when you thought our Syria policy could not get any worse, last week it did. The US military twice attacked Syrian government forces from a military base it illegally occupies inside Syria. According to the Pentagon, the attacks on Syrian government-backed forces were “defensive” because the Syrian fighters were approaching a US self-declared “de-confliction” zone inside Syria. The Syrian forces were pursuing ISIS in the area, but the U...

The Acceptance Of More Government Power After Catastrophe Has To Stop

By Chris Rossini

If it isn't bad enough that innocent people die in terrorist attacks, the events also provide an opportunity for governments to strengthen their power over everyone else. People are very understandably scared, so their "I cherish my freedom" instincts are dealt a severe blow.

Unfortunately, Fear and Power are two sides to the same coin.

Government, which has a monopoly to use violent force in a certain geographic area, is always ready to expand that use of force. They don't want...

Real & Phantom Menaces

By Daniel McAdams

This week the US has conducted two military strikes against Syrian government-allied military forces as they attempted to engage ISIS in southeastern Syria. The US has set up a military base inside Syrian territory at al-Tanf on the border with Iraq and declared it a "de-confliction" zone. Any Syrian government or government-allied forces entering a 50km buffer zone around the base would be attacked, Washington warned. 

Ironically, US Defense Secretary James Mattis claimed tha...

The Surveillance State & Big Brother Trump

By Kurt Nimmo

Despite his opposition to surveillance during the campaign, Trump has flip-flopped once again and now supports the surveillance state.

His Homeland Security advisor, Tom Bossert, who worked with the Bush administration, penned an editorial for The New York Times this week calling for a reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Section 702 allows for vacuuming up emails, instant messages, Facebook messages, web browsing history, and more in direct...

Myth-Busters: Inflation Nation

Over the last several decades, The Fed has created many trillions of dollars out-of-thin-air, but consumer prices have not spiraled out of control. Do the same economic laws that have destroyed countless currencies throughout history apply to the Fed? Have they avoided their day of reckoning? Have they outsmarted supply and demand? Are they really Masters of the Universe? Don’t miss Ron Paul on today’s edition of Myth-Busters!