After spending six years complaining about "BigTech Monopolies" Marco Rubio now want's to ban BigTech competitors. It doesn't matter that tens of millions of Americans voluntarily choose to use TikTok, or that thousands make a living using this product. Marco Rubio...
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Zelensky to Ban Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 3, 2022 | News
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced he is seeking to ban all religions with ties to Russia. He claims the move is needed to “guarantee spiritual independence to Ukraine.”
COI #237: Putin Takes the Donbas, Biden Responds With Sanctions
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 22, 2022 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #237, Kyle Anzalone breaks down the latest updates in Ukraine after Putin recognized the independence of the Donbas. In a speech today, Biden announced new sanctions and troop deployments. Odysee Rumble Donate LBRY Credits bTTEiLoteVdMbLS7YqDVSZyjEY1eMgW7CP...
TGIF: Pursue Your Happiness and Forget the Rest
by Sheldon Richman | Dec 31, 2021 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
How about we do something novel in the new year? Let's stop worrying about the stuff most politicians, pundits, and activists want us to worry about and instead think about ourselves, our families, our friends, and whatever communities we choose to be part of. Let's...
Can Bitcoin Be Palestine’s Currency Of Freedom?
by Steven Woskow | Jul 22, 2021 | Blog
“Independence is financial,” Abukhdeir told me. “If we don’t have financial freedom, nothing is going to change.” But how do Palestinians buy bitcoin? “We always find the holes,” Abuwedad said. More here
Episode 557: Communicating ‘Self-Evident’ Truths w/ Keith Knight and Sal the Agorist
by Peter R. Quiñones | Mar 31, 2021 | Free Man Beyond the Wall
85 Minutes PG-13 Keith Knight of the "Don't Tread on Anyone" podcast invited Pete and Sal the Agorist to come on his show to about ways to communicate the "self-evident" truths mentioned in the Declaration of Independence to the masses. They also get into ways using...
The Constitution Is Not Your Friend
by Michael Maharrey | Aug 19, 2020 | Featured Articles
One of the biggest misconceptions I hear about the Constitution is that it was written to “protect our liberty.” It wasn’t. At least not in a direct sense. The confusion likely arises from the words of the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be...
There’s Independence and There’s Independence
by Sheldon Richman | Jul 3, 2020 | Blog, Libertarianism
Happy Independence Day, although I prefer immanent to vicarious independence.
Utah Independence Tied to Abortion? 11-30-90
by Will Grigg | Mar 4, 2020 | Article Clippings, Everything Will
The Presidential Candidates On Russian Aggression Against Ukraine
by Steven Woskow | Oct 7, 2019 | Blog
They are all horrible. Note that Joe Biden answered this before all the Ukraine impeachment scandal hit. CFR invited the presidential candidates challenging President Trump in the 2020 election to articulate their positions on twelve critical foreign policy issues....
Independence Day
by Steven Woskow | Jul 4, 2019 | Blog
John Quincy Adams Independence Day July 4, 1821 America’s glory is not dominion, but liberty. Her march is the march of the mind. She has a spear and a shield: but the motto upon her shield is, Freedom, Independence, Peace. This has been her Declaration: this has...
Year Zero: Liberty at Home or Life Abroad
by Tommy Salmons | Jul 4, 2019 | Blog, Year Zero
In Episode 52, with the annual celebrations of Independence Day, Tommy looks at the American Revolution. When constricting the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson set an extremely high bar for the state to live up to. 13 years later yet another bar was set...
Israel Annexed the West Bank 52 Years Ago
by Scott Horton | Jun 8, 2019 | Blog
No more pretending they will ever allow Palestinian independence. So, see, Israel is simply a totalitarian apartheid state, like Texas in 1952, only in this case the oppressed are not a small minority but half the population.
Israel Will Stay Forever in Areas They Stole in 1967 War
by Scott Horton | Jun 2, 2019 | Blog
Not that you were so foolish as to believe the Israeli government would ever allow Palestinian independence. But for the record, again: Israel has already de facto annexed the last of Palestine 52 years ago. It is an apartheid state, not a democracy, and is certainly...
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The Capitalist Competition Myth
Capitalism involves far more cooperation than competition—think of the number of mutually beneficial transactions you’ve had today compared to the number of competitions you’ve been in today - Chris Freiman, author of Why It's OK to Ignore Politics Democratic...
Blame Mexico? Blame Neocons! Blame Big Pharma! Blame the USA!
ABC News: If fentanyl is so deadly, why do drug dealers use it to lace illicit drugs? I have an alternative explanation. America has been fighting endless wars almost the entire century. Many have come home from these never-ending wars with injuries and pains. Doctors...
My Testimony Before the Maine State Senate
In support of Ld 1054, Defend the Guard legislation: Thank you all so much for the opportunity to testify before your committee today. Today is the 20th anniversary of the beginning of Iraq War II. The consensus now is that we should not have done it. Iraq was not...
These Iraq War Supporters Are Still in Congress
On March 19, 2003 the United States began its military invasion of Iraq. The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq passed Congress in October 2002, with 296 congressmen and 77 senators voting in favor of giving President George W. Bush carte blanche...
Laci Green is Wrong: Democratic Competition vs. Free Market Competition
In environments where there's a lot of competition, people tend to lie out their ass and you can apply this to any competitive situation. Take capitalism. As industrialization took full effect, the Federal Government had to interfere because there was so much false...
Empower the Workers: Decriminalize Economic Activity Between Consenting Adults
The most reliable and effective protection for most workers is provided by the existence of many employers. As we have seen, a person who has only one possible employer has little or no protection. The employers who protect a worker are those who would like to hire...
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