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White House Uses Debunked ‘Russian Bounties’ Story To Justify New Sanctions on Moscow
by Dave DeCamp | Apr 16, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
In a major escalation with Moscow, the Biden administration announced on Thursday a series of sanctions against Russian individuals and entities. The White House also said it is expelling 10 Russian diplomats. In an announcement on the sanctions, the State Department...
Cannabis Reform’s Momentous Election Night
by Steven Woskow | Nov 10, 2020 | Blog
Even in conservative Mississippi As most had expected, cannabis reform was a big winner on Election Night 2020. While the nation’s leadership remains in flux, the cannabis results have been anything but. In five states — South Dakota, Mississippi, Arizona, Montana,...
8/14/20 Dan McAdams on America’s Latest Attempted Color Revolution
by Scott Horton | Aug 15, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Dan McAdams about the precarious situation in Belarus, where some western agitators are seeking to use the country's recent presidential elections as an excuse to foment and support a revolution. McAdams reminds us that although Belarus' president,...
News Roundup 7/1/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 1, 2020 | News Roundup
US News The Supreme Court ruled against a strict Louisiana abortion law. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the liberal members in a 5-4 decision. [Link] The Colorado police officers that killed Elijah McClain were placed on paid leave after photos surfaced showing...
Thanksgiving: The Forgotten History of America’s Thanksgiving and What It Commemorates
by Sam Jacobs | Nov 27, 2019 | Featured Articles
Thanksgiving is the oldest national holiday in the United States. However, it’s observation is not a continuous presence in American history. While the celebration of Thanksgiving predates even the founding of the nation, it was proclaimed by George Washington, then...
Impeachment…or CIA Coup?
by Ron Paul | Sep 30, 2019 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Politics
You don’t need to be a supporter of President Trump to be concerned about the efforts to remove him from office. Last week House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced impeachment proceedings against the President over a phone call made to the President of Ukraine. According...
Forget the Russians: It’s the Federal Reserve Seeking to Meddle in Our Elections
by Ron Paul | Sep 6, 2019 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism, Politics
The US Constitution never granted the federal government authority to create a central bank. The Founders, having lived through hyperinflation themselves, understood that government should never have a printing press at its disposal. But from the very beginning...
Trump’s Venezuela Fiasco
by Ron Paul | Jan 29, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Last week President Trump announced that the United States would no longer recognize Nicholas Maduro as president of Venezuela and would recognize the head of its national assembly, Jose Guaido, as president instead. US thus openly backs regime change. But what has...
Tulsi Gabbard is Running for President
by Scott Horton | Jan 12, 2019 | Blog
I'm pretty certain this is a good thing. She knows enough to really fight about it. She's an Iraq War II vet so hawks can't call her a wimp. She's pretty enough to be respectable (Sorry ladies, I'm not trying to be a jerk, but that's how it is. Warm and grandmotherly...
12/21/18 Aaron Maté on the ‘Russiagate’ Truthers
by Scott Horton | Dec 24, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Aaron Maté talks about the latest with the Russian collusion investigation, which he looks at skeptically. He observes that the aim of the investigation does not seem to be to get to the truth, but rather to scare people, which generates clicks and views for the media...
6/18/18 Aaron Mate on the Russia Investigation
by Scott Horton | Jun 19, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Aaron Maté, host and producer of "The Real News" and author for The Nation, is interviewed on his new article "The Mueller Indictments Still Don't Add Up to Collusion". Alleged Russian interference in the US Election, Paul Manafort's crimes, Michael Flynn, and James...
The Feds Misplace $21 Trillion and a School Shooter
by Craig Cantoni | Feb 19, 2018 | Blog
Americans are rightly chagrined that the FBI had known that Florida mass killer Nikolas Cruz was a threat but didn’t follow up on the information. But Americans shouldn’t be surprised. In addition to misplacing a potential shooter, the feds have misplaced $21...
News Roundup 10/2/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 2, 2017 | Blog
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price has resigned his position. [Link] The Trump administration has set a cap of 45,000 refugees to be admitted to the US in 2018. [Link] A New Orleans prison will no longer allow their inmates to have in-person visits....
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Military Conscription is Slavery: Woodrow Wilson Edition
By the guidelines set down by the Selective Service Act, all males aged 21 to 30 were required to register to potentially be selected for military service. At the request of the War Department, Congress amended the law in August 1918 to expand the age range to include...
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...
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