Why farmers are dumping food as some Americans go hungry - The Washington Post That should be an easy question to answer. Because the US Dept of Agriculture forces farmers to dump milk to maintain prices. The Washington Post is something else. They’re actually going...
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The Ultimate Oklahoma City Bombing Archive
From the very beginning it was obvious that the federal government was lying about the extent of the plot behind the Oklahoma City bombing of April 19, 1995. As former federal prosecutor Larry Mackey admitted to journalist Andrew Gumbel, his team knew very well they...
‘When somebody’s president of the United States, the authority is total, and that’s the way it’s gotta be. … The federal government has absolute power.’
It started with these tweets this morning: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1249712413219397632 Then boy did he just dig the deepest constitutional hole in the world with this one. https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1249834932513505280 Lady reporter kept...
News Roundup 4/9/20
US News Bernie Sanders drops out of the presidential race. [Link] Los Angeles requires people to wear masks when shopping. [Link] The US will seize all personal protective equipment that someone attempts to export. [Link] Hospitals are accusing the federal government...
Hospitals Say Feds Are Seizing Masks and Other Coronavirus Supplies
L.A. Times: "Although President Trump has directed states and hospitals to secure what supplies they can, the federal government is quietly seizing orders, leaving medical providers across the country in the dark about where the material is going and how they can get...
3/27/20 Ted Carpenter on Liberty and the Coronavirus
Ted Carpenter discusses the possible ramifications of the coronavirus on both the economy and our personal liberties. He first reminds us that this is not a question of sacrificing economic productivity for the sake of saving lives, as some would have us...
Meet The New Boss – At The Fed
Jim Bianco at Bloomberg "The Fed will finance a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for each acronym to conduct these operations. The Treasury, using the Exchange Stabilization Fund, will make an equity investment in each SPV and be in a “first loss” position. What does...
This Is Your Security Force
Well how do you like that? The New York Times: Dr. Helen Y. Chu, an infectious disease expert in Seattle, knew that the United States did not have much time. In late January, the first confirmed American case of the coronavirus had landed in her area. Critical...
2/14/20 Cliff Maloney on the Defend the Guard Movement
Cliff Maloney of Young Americans for Liberty joins the show to talk about the "Defend the Guard" movement popping up in state legislatures around the country. The legislation on which the movement is based calls for an end to the calling up of states' national guard...
Trump’s Deal Of The Century Does Not Create A Palestinian State
From Haaretz: Fact check, Trump did not actually offer the Palestinians a state The "Deal Of the Century" is nothing more than a declaration of surrender. Surrender what little sovereignty you have and any agency to act on your own behalf. Allow us to herd you into...
Ike’s Military-Industrial Complex, Six Decades Later
As Eisenhower predicted, there is no balance left, as U.S. policy is reduced to who we threaten, bomb, or occupy next. January 17 marks the 59th anniversary of President Dwight Eisenhower’s farewell speech to the nation. After eight years in the White House, just...
Ending Wars with ‘Defend the Guard’ guest Mike Maharrey
Mike Maharrey returns to FPF to discuss the Defend the Guard Act. Defend the Guard is a bill introduced at the state level that prevents the federal government from using National Guard troops in undeclared forever wars. The movement is growing as more states will...
How Excessive Federal Spending Sparked a Liquidity Crisis
Since mid-September 2019, the U.S. Federal Reserve has been fighting to contain a liquidity crisis in the nation’s money markets that was caused in large part by excessive spending by the U.S. government. That surge in spending was prompted by “the worst budget deal...
Americans Dropping Dead
The excess death rate in the U.S.A. has increased dramatically since the great crash of 2008. This is all because of the federal government. And the next one is coming.
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