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The marketplace is the natural government of man

By Chris Rossini

The free market, which unfortunately we only get small glimpses of, is man's natural government. It always exists. It is not the creation of man.

Man merely discovers it, like electricity, and either allows it to flourish, or does not. When it flourishes, unprecedented wealth springs forth without any centralized direction or dictates. When the free market is suppressed, wealth is destroyed, driving the multitudes into ever lower depths of living hell.

Sadly, the history of man...

Ron Paul Rewind (2010): 'End the War in Afghanistan Now!'

By Daniel McAdams

As the tenth anniversary of the US war in Afghanistan approached, Rep. Ron Paul took to the Floor of Congress to demand an end to that unwinnable war. "It was said that it's hard to quit a war, and we shouldn't be quitting. But the real problem is that it's too easy to start a war," he said. In his speech, given some seven years ago, he pointed out the central problem of US intervention in Afghanistan and elsewhere: "The enemy is said to be the Taliban. Well the Taliban certa...

Patriotism And Conscience: The Edward Snowden Affair

By Jacob G. Hornberger

The Edward Snowden case provides a good example of how the conversion of the federal government from a limited-government republic to a national-security state has warped and perverted the morals, values, principles, and consciences of the American people.

Snowden is the former NSA official who revealed the national-security establishment’s top-secret surveillance scheme to the American people and the rest of the world. Knowing that the national-security establishme...

Dismantle the FBI, and Give its Money Back to the States

By Ryan McMaken

With James Comey's firing, we're told the FBI is in turmoil, and Washington DC cocktail parties are all atwitter over the excitement of the scandal. But don't worry about the FBI. If history has proved anything, the Bureau, no matter how much chaos it may endure, can always rely on a fat check from Congress — funded by the American taxpayers. 

But why does the US need a huge national police force at all? Can't state police forces do just as well? The FBI continues to asser...

Modern Educayshun

By Liberty Report Staff

With the spectacular and deadly failure of Economic Marxism, a re-branding was necessary for the devout.

Marxism's second act would be the task of ripping apart Western civilization piece-by-piece by using the age-old strategy of divide-and-conquer.

Cultural Marxism would be the new angle of attack.

The crack-up that we're witnessing in American universities, and in portions of our culture is not an accident.

It's deliberate.

Welcome to Modern Educayshun:   (h/t - LewR...

Myth-Busters: The Infrastructure Boondoggle

President Trump wants to spend $1 Trillion on "infrastructure?" Where does a government that is $20 Trillion in debt get the audacity to spend another trillion that it doesn't have? Today on Myth-Busters!

The Weapons For Everybody Racket

By Liberty Report Staff

Yesterday, the topic of The Ron Paul Liberty Report program was "Arming The Kurds - A Dangerous Idea". On the one hand, we have our NATO ally, Turkey, who we're supposed to come to the defense of (unconstitutionally, of course). And on the other hand, there's the Kurds, who have long been seeking autonomy from Turkey. 

President Trump has authorized the Pentagon to begin providing heavy weapons to the Kurds in Syria. But what if the Kurds turn those weapons on our...

While We're On The Subject Of The FBI...

By Liberty Report Staff

Here's Ron Paul on the FBI in 1988:

Saudis Plan $40 Billion US Investment To "Cement Ties With Trump"

By Tyler Durden

Having gone all-in on a Hillary Clinton victory ahead of the elections, Saudi Arabia has quickly pivoted in its "appreciation" of the Trump administration, and having realized that the fastest way to Trump's heart is through the US Treasury's bank account, it is preparing to invest an "unprecedented" amount of money in the US. According to Bloomberg, the Kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund will announce plans to "deploy as much as $40 billion into U.S. infrastructure." The in...

This Possible Comey Replacement Doesn't Bode Well For Our Liberties

By Liberty Report Staff

The White House confirmed that former Congressman Mike Rogers from Michigan is being considered as James Comey's replacement at the FBI.

The President has tweeted multiple times with the hashtag #DrainTheSwamp when referring to his firing of Comey. But when you look at some of the things that Mike Rogers has supported, it makes you wonder if the president is really serious.

For example. In 2013, Rogers literally said with regards to NSA surveillance programs: "you c...