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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
The Trump Administration has announced that they will be extending the waiver for some sanctions on Iran. The sanctions included in the waiver were agreed upon in the 2015 nuclear deal. The Trump Administration announced new sanctions on Iranian military officials....
Americans today have “freedom” to be fleeced, groped, injected, harassed, surveilled, vilified, disarmed, beaten, detained, and maybe shot by federal agents. From hapless homeowners hit by SWAT raids to pandemic lockdowns pointlessly paralyzing lives, government...
Today the front pages and bookstores are filled with tales of the so-called "China Threat." From spy balloons to Fentanyl pipelines, genocide to dreams of world domination: CHINA! But is it all true? Is any of it? Now, for the first time, the speciousness of these and...
