Sometimes when you’re celebrating a victory you get a big reminder of why that victory matters. As you should all know, last week the New Hampshire House of Representatives passed the Defend the Guard Act, which would keep their National Guard units out of overseas wars that haven't been declared by Congress. I couldn’t ask for a better start to the legislative season. And last Thursday, President Joe Biden unilaterally launched an attack on the Houthi government in Yemen. For longtime readers of the Libertarian Institute, you’ll be aware that the United States has been meddling in Yemen...
Selling Your Soul, And Your Country
What is treason? The U.S. Constitution defines “Treason against the United States” as “only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.” “Enemies” is a high bar, and ought to be—the penalty for treason is death, after all. But there is a level below explicit treason, a betrayal of public trust and revelation of disreputable character in the service of a foreign government. Examples of this go all the way back to the founding of our country. Edmund Randolph of Virginia was the first U.S. Attorney General, and George Washington’s second Secretary...
Let’s Start Minding Our Own Business
I look at this country and I see too many veterans unable to reenter society because of their trauma from fighting these endless wars. I look at this country and I see political prisoners like Julian Assange locked up for practicing honest journalism. I look at this country and I see too many kids failing basic reading and math requirements. I look at this country and see the necessities of life getting more expensive, and people being punished for saving money. I look at this country and see problems that are painful, but solvable. That’s why I founded Bring Our Troops Home, to solve the...
‘Defend the Guard’ Phone Bank Was Huge Success
This Bring Our Troops Home newsletter is reprinted with permission. To receive them in your inbox, sign up at the top of the page. Friends, I could use this newsletter to give you an update about the Republican primary debate last night. Candidates talked and talked and talked. But I’d rather give you action. Yesterday my Director of Field Operations Diego Rivera hosted a phone bank for our Defend the Guard efforts in New Hampshire. Here’s the memo brief he just sent me. It’s incredible. More than 60 people donated their time to calling legislators and pressuring them to pass Defend the...
To Washington, Maui and Kiev Are Both Just Provinces in the Empire
Less than two weeks ago a devastating wildfire engulfed the Hawaiian island of Maui, particularly the historic city of Lahaina. Over one hundred people are confirmed dead, and more than a thousand are still missing. Blackened earth and soot scar what was once a beautiful and tropical paradise. Error has compounded error in disaster response, with people on the ground still unable to return and discover what remains of their homes. A lack of transparency, and the stonewalling of outside observers has led to appropriate suspicion about how high the blame goes. I’ll let former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi...
Biden’s Nazi Allies
When you decide to donate money to charities or non-profits, I trust that you do some investigation to determine whether they deserve the money. Does X charity give more money to people, or their leadership? Does Y organization have anything to show for their efforts or are they just talk? For instance, I can show you two dozen bill numbers for Defend the Guard legislation, video after video of committee hearings and veteran testimony, and unprecedented wins in Arizona and Montana—all in just the past six months, and all of it accomplished by my non-profit, Bring Our Troops Home. I'm sure...
What’s Our Best Bet in 2024?
Did you see what Donald Trump said about Ukraine? At a CNN town hall on Wednesday evening, the former president and current candidate announced: “If I’m president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. I’ll meet with Putin, I’ll meet with Zelensky, they both have weaknesses and they both have strengths, and within 24 hours that war will be settled. It’ll be over…I don’t think in terms of winning or losing. I think in terms of getting it settled so we stop killing all these people and breaking them.” When CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins asked Trump if he wanted Ukraine or Russia to...
‘Defend the Guard’ Receives Outstanding Committee Hearing in New Hampshire
"I didn't know a lot about the Guard problem until I got involved in this, and the folks from Bring Our Troops Home sent me this very, extremely informative booklet on defending the Guard. And it's now called the Defend the Guard bill." That’s how State Rep. John Potucek, a ret. U.S. Air Force staff sergeant and Vietnam veteran, introduced H.B. 229 at a hearing in front of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. The Defend the Guard Act would keep our National Guard out of unconstitutional wars and restore accountability over war and peace to our government. We’re grateful for the...
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