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Here Are 5 Big Holes in Mueller’s Work

by Aaron Maté | Aug 4, 2019 | Blog

Robert Mueller’s two-year, $25.2 million investigation was supposed to provide the definitive account of Donald Trump, Russia and the 2016 election. Yet even after he issued a 448-page report and testified for five hours before Congress, critical aspects remain...

8/2/19 Ray McGovern on ‘Deep State-Gate’

by Scott Horton | Aug 4, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

The great Ray McGovern talks about the real dangers behind the phony Russia collusion probe, namely the near-impossibility of detente with Russia thanks to the democrats' insistence that any of President Trump's inclinations in that direction must be based on his...

8/2/19 Muhammad Sahimi on the Truth Behind Economic Sanctions

by Scott Horton | Aug 3, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott interviews Muhammad Sahimi about President Trump's new sanctions on Iran, which are even stricter than those imposed by President Obama, since they eliminate some of the previous waivers and cover even necessary goods like food and medicine because, even though...

7/30/19 David Stockman on the End of the Mueller Probe

by Scott Horton | Aug 3, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

David Stockman reminds us how flimsy the "Russiagate" case has been from the very beginning, and that we should really be focusing on how the investigation even got started in the first place. Stockman claims that President Trump's idea that it would be better to...

Rand Paul’s Efforts at Real Diplomacy With Iran Sabotaged by Iran Hawks

by Steven Woskow | Aug 3, 2019 | Blog

According to Robin Wright at The New Yorker, Rand Paul had met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and offered a meeting at the White House with President Trump. Paul proposed that the Iranian diplomat lay out the same ideas to Trump in person. The...

Ron Paul on Fed Interest Rate Cut

by Norman Singleton | Aug 2, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics

Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul issued the following statement regarding the Federal Reserve’s announcement that it will be reducing interest rates for the first time in a decade: “The Federal Reserve’s reduction of its benchmark interest rate from 2.25% to 2%...

News Roundup 8/2/19

by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 2, 2019 | News Roundup

US News A US grand jury indicts a Chinese billionaire for violating US tariffs. [Link] Facebook removes accounts that it says had ‘coordinated inauthentic behavior’ and run by the Saudi government. [Link] North Korea North Korea tests short-range missiles. Trump said...

Trump’s Pick for Top Spy guest Will Porter

by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 2, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest

Will Porter returns to the show to discuss Trump's nominee to be Director of National Intelligence. Congressman John Ratcliffe has drawn criticism for being unqualified for the job. Will explains that Ratcliffe has lied about his resume to look more qualified. Will...

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Texas Prosecutor Worked for Judges in ‘Fundamental Conflict of Interest’

Weldon Ralph Petty Jr. spent decades working in the Midland County District Attorney's Office in Texas as a prosecutor before returning in 2018. Just a year later, a scandal was unearthed, showing Petty had spent much of his career working as a clerk for judges on...

Damn!

Vladimir Putin's invasion and bombing of Ukraine deserve the condemnation of all decent people. Regardless of what has been going on over there, Putin did not have to do it. He had a moral obligation to deal with the issues properly. His actions cannot be excused.

Russia, China, Iran, and the U.S.

At this tense moment it is important to realize that the hardliners on both sides of any geopolitical rivalry are de facto allies. They need each other in their struggles against their domestic pro-diplomacy, antiwar opposition. So when the hardliners ascend on one...

Biden to Deploy National Guard to Confront American Trucker Protest

Inspired by the movement created by Canadian truckers, anti-Covid lockdown and vaccine mandate protests are springing up around the world. The American iteration has been dubbed the ‘People’s Freedom Convoy’ and is set to kick off Wednesday, when truckers will begin a...

Sanctions & Troop Deployments: US Retaliates to Russia’s Donbass Move

Reacting to Moscow’s decision to recognize the independence of Ukraine’s Donbass region, the United States has imposed a raft of harsh sanctions targeting Russian financial entities and bolstered its troop presence in the Baltics. The White House announced its “first...

Why Provoke Putin?

No one I know who criticizes America's post-Cold War policy toward Russia -- including the U.S. position on Ukraine -- thinks Vladimir Putin is a good guy. Indeed, the case against U.S. bellicosity toward Russia in no way depends on a favorable view of the Russian...