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GOP Tax Plan Increases the Most Insidious Tax

by Ron Paul | Nov 6, 2017 | Economics, Featured Articles

Last Thursday, congressional Republicans unveiled their tax reform legislation. On the same day, President Trump nominated current Federal Reserve Board Governor Jerome Powell to succeed Janet Yellen as Federal Reserve chair. While the tax plan dominated the...

A Day in the Life of the Empire

by Charles Goyette | Nov 3, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

On March 9, 2015 President Obama formally declared a new national emergency. Most Americans went about their business that day without ever suspecting that what the White House called “an unusual and extraordinary threat to our national security” had suddenly popped...

Neocons Hijack Trump’s Syria Policy

by Ron Paul | Oct 30, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

Does anyone in the Trump Administration have a clue about our Syria policy? In March, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson appeared to be finally pulling back from President Obama’s disastrous “Assad must go” position that has done nothing but prolong the misery in Syria....

What Did Washington Achieve in its Six Year War on Syria?

by Ron Paul | Oct 3, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

Now that the defeat of ISIS in Syria appears imminent, with the Syrian army clearing out some of the last ISIS strongholds in the east, Washington’s interventionists are searching for new excuses to maintain the illegal US military presence in the country. Their...

Cynical Hawks Exploit North Korea Crisis to Torpedo Iran Agreement

by Ted Galen Carpenter | Sep 21, 2017 | Featured Articles

Donald Trump’s speech to the UN General Assembly underscored his intention to adopt highly confrontational policies toward both North Korea and Iran. He threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea in the event of war and re-emphasized Washington’s long-standing...

Vet Says Iowa Official Deceived Him Into Lobbying in Saudi Drive Against 9/11 Law

by Stark Realities with Brian McGlinchey | Sep 8, 2017 | Featured Articles

Veteran’s claim: Connie Schmett recruited him to lobby for changes to JASTA, but didn’t disclose Saudi sponsorship of the effort A gubernatorial appointee to two state boards, Schmett’s endorsement is sought by national presidential candidates Schmett registered with...

Trump: Let Our Police Armor up Like Soldiers

by Jason Ditz | Sep 6, 2017 | Featured Articles, Justice

Apparently believing it will bolster his pro-police image, the Trump Administration has announced that it is reversing President Obama’s 2015 restrictions on the provision of certain U.S. military equipment to local American police forces. Announcing the move on...

Intel Vets Challenge ‘Russia Hack’ Evidence

by VIPS | Jul 24, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) SUBJECT: Was the “Russian Hack” an Inside Job? Executive Summary Forensic studies of “Russian hacking” into Democratic National Committee computers last year reveal that on July...

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The Kyle Anzalone Show with Daniel McAdams: Axios Says US–Iran Deal Reached as U.S. and IRAN Trade Missile Fire

Congress is hollowing out, and the consequences show up first in foreign policy. Dan McAdams returns to talk with us about what Thomas Massie’s primary loss signals for antiwar oversight, why the Ron Paul era of forcing floor debates through appropriations fights is...

To Baptize the State w/John Weeks

John and I skip reading Rules for Radicals this week and discuss ideas that have been bogging us down for the last few months.

Trump Continues to Test Limits of Iran Ceasefire, How Will Tehran Respond?

A ceasefire is supposed to lower the temperature, not provide new vocabulary for the same war. We unpack reports that the U.S. bombed targets in Iran after a ceasefire and why calling it “self-defense” can still function as a direct escalation. I walk through what...

The Kyle Anzalone Show Trump Has Allowed Netanyahu to Control Negotiations, and it’s hurting Americans

Memorial Day brings out a lot of scripted lines, but we want to talk about the part that gets avoided: what American wars actually cost, who pays, and how often the public is left holding the bill while elites chase ideology, influence, and profit. We start by looking...

Obsession (2025) a review of sorts, or maybe just my thoughts…

It was refreshing to walk into a full cinema for a film that was not attached to a video game or some 20th century property suffering through needless cannibalism. Alas, Blumhouse has managed to produce another hit with a small budget, slim cast of relative unknowns...

The Kyle Anzalone Show: Trump Has Lost in Iran, What Will He Do Next?

Trump says he wants “few people killed,” then talks like bombing Iran is a weekly calendar event. That contradiction is where we start, because the public narrative around the Iran war keeps snapping from all-out threats to last-minute “negotiations” as deadlines...