When 8-year-old Fanta Bility and her family attended a high school football game back in August, they never imagined that their worst nightmare would come true that night. Sadly, however, according to a lawsuit filed this week, thanks to a group of trigger happy...
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Taiwan Confirms Deployment of U.S. Troops to Their Island
by Dave DeCamp | Oct 28, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
In an interview with CNN that aired Wednesday, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen confirmed reports that said US troops are in Taiwan training the island’s military. The confirmation is the first time since Washington severed diplomatic relations with Taipei in 1979...
2% Inflation Is Killing Us
by Ryan McMaken | Oct 28, 2021 | Economics, Featured Articles
Fed chairman Jerome Powell is increasingly under fire for his apparently inability to take inflation seriously or admit it may be more than “transitory.” There’s been much talk of tapering the Fed’s enormous asset purchases, yet—as is typical for the Fed, actual...
The Hawks Are Encircling Iran…Again
by Connor Freeman | Oct 27, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Washington and Tel Aviv’s threats against Iran are rapidly proliferating. The Israelis reportedly just approved a $1.5 billion budget for a possible military attack on Iran. Israel’s Air Force is currently training “intensely” to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities....
Video: Cops Run Teen Off Road, Paralyzing Him, and Flee the Scene
by Matt Agorist | Oct 27, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
An attorney for several crash victims has released surveillance footage from the night of a major accident in which six people were seriously injured. In the video it appears that three Honolulu cops chase down a Honda Accord before it was run off the road in a...
Government, Cover-Up Extraordinaire
by Jim Bovard | Oct 26, 2021 | Featured Articles
“It’s not necessary to censor the news, it’s sufficient to delay the news until it no longer matters,” Napoleon Bonaparte reportedly said. The same standard helps explain why Washington politicians and federal agencies usually get away with covering up their lies and...
Defining the State is No Secret
by Patrick Macfarlane | Oct 25, 2021 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
A large part of becoming a libertarian is learning the true—objective—definition of terms that are used in common parlance. Just as most people have not reflected on their role in relation to the state, most people have likewise never reflected upon fundamental...
Wall Street Is Setting a Trap For Bitcoin Buyers
by Tom Luongo | Oct 25, 2021 | Economics, Featured Articles
So Tuesday October 19th, 2021 was supposed to be the day that changed everything for bitcoin. And it may, just not in ways anyone bullish on crypto should be comfortable with. Finally the SEC approved a Bitcoin ETF, the ProShares Bitcoin Futures ETF (BITO) began...