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61% of Texans Oppose The Border Wall ... They're Right!

By Ron Paul

I'm very happy to see that the people of Texas don't think very much of the border wall. I've always argued that walls would hinder the American people as much as anybody else.

The idea of a wall (that will no doubt cost us a fortune) is detrimental to the concept of liberty and just won't work. It can only end up being a failed way to treat a symptom of our problems, instead of the cause.

I discuss this in detail with Maria Bartiromo below:

Busting the "Free College" Myth

By Jonathan Newman

A new program just passed by New York’s state government promises “free tuition” for middle-class students to attend a public college or university in the state. While there are similar programs elsewhere in the US, this is the first to include four-year schools.

All of the headlines include some variation of the term free college, which makes this a great opportunity to discuss what actually happens when a government provides something for “free.” Let us consider this...

Does The Secretary of State From The Korean War Explain Trump?

By Liberty Report Staff

Dean Acheson was President Harry Truman's Secretary of State during the Korean War.

Truman formed the CIA and the National Security State that we currently live under.

Acheson once gave his opinion about how the arrangement works between the Deep State and the President. He said:

“If you truly had a democracy and did what the people wanted, you’d go wrong every time.”

The people in 2016 elected a President who said he was going to put "America First". That's what they wante...

Julian Assange Strikes Back At CIA Director

By Jeremy Scahill

WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE is hitting back at Trump’s CIA director Mike Pompeo following a speech last week in which Pompeo accused WikiLeaks of being a “hostile nonstate intelligence agency” operating outside of the protections of the First Amendment. “We can no longer allow Assange and his colleagues the latitude to use free speech values against us. To give them the space to crush us with misappropriated secrets is a perversion of what our great Constitution st...

More US Troops To Afghanistan: Will A New 'Surge' Work?

Some 300 US Marines are headed to Afghanistan, as the Taliban continue to gain and ISIS persists. The US Commander for Afghanistan wants several thousand more. The 2009-2010 "surge" was supposed to produce a victory in the 16 year war. It did not. Will doing the same thing over this time work?

Tribute To William N. Grigg

By Ron Paul

Last week, the Liberty movement lost one of its most eloquent and courageous voices when William Grigg passed away at the far too young age of 54. William worked as a writer for The New American from 1993-2005, and was a contributor to LewRockwell.com and Antiwar.com. He also published many important articles at his Pro Liberate blog. In October 2016, William helped found The Libertarian Institute, and served as the Institute’s managing editor from its founding until his pass...

Looks Like John McCain Is Happy With Trump's Foreign Policy

By Chris Rossini

President Trump and Senator John McCain started off with a rocky relationship. But now that the President has suddenly come around in all the wrong ways, the notoriously war hungry Senator is pleased.

McCain was recently on Meet The Press with Chuck Todd, and he joyfully expressed his approval of the Washington establishment sucking Trump in: Transcript:

Todd:  "I want to talk about the overall changes.  You've said he's growing in office.  There are some that will say, 'n...

'Doing Time Like A Spy' - With Guest John Kiriakou

Former CIA Officer John Kiriakou joins the Liberty Report to discuss his upcoming book, as well as his whistleblowing on CIA torture and the consequences. Kiriakou was the only person to go to prison for the CIA torture program -- and he was the whistleblower who exposed it! What advice does he have for others?

Trump's Foreign Policy About-Face

By Ron Paul

In the critical area of foreign policy, President Trump has done an about-face from his campaign promises. Who's influencing him? What drives Trump’s ambition overseas?

I give my opinions on SophieCo: Segment begins around 1min 15sec.

Who 'Provoked And Destabilized' North Korea? China?

As President Trump reportedly considers "kinetic military action" against North Korea, we must look at how we got to this point. What are we doing in the region? Is a US first-strike the solution to North Korea's nuclear ambitions?