National Blog - page 45
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For over two years we’ve watched the national media elites cheerlead for the “Russian Collusion” charade as the Deep State targeted a politician they HATE -- just for the “crime” of beating their chosen candidate in 2016. Now [...]
Unhappy Anniversary
Since this week marked the 70th anniversary of the “People’s Republic” (communist government which is neither a Republic nor for the people) of China, it is an excellent time to re-read Lew Rockwell’s classic essay “The Horrors of [...]
Last Week in Congress
The House is out for a two-week break, so today we will go back and review some of the events and legislation of last week. On Thursday, the Senate passed the Continuing Resolution keeping the government open until November [...]
Ron Paul on Rand Paul’s introduction of Legislation Blocking the Unique Patient Identifier
Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul issued the following statement regarding Senator Rand Paul’s introduction of legislation repealing the federal law that authorizes the government to assign every American a Unique Patient [...]
Action Alert: Stop Patient Identifiers
In 1998, then-Congressman Ron Paul led a successful effort to forbid the government from assigning every American a “unique patient identifier.” The unique patient identifier, which was a key part of Hillary Clinton’s health care plan, [...]
Federal Reserve’s Latest Bailouts More Proof Bad Times Ahead
Since September 17, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has pumped billions of dollars into the repurchasing (repo) market, the first such intervention since 2009. The Fed has announced that it will continue to inject as much as 75 billion [...]
Death (Panels) and Taxes
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently unveiled the Democrats’ prescription drug plan. It is a big government monstrosity that may make ObamaCare look like free-market health care. The legislation was introduced as H.R. 3 signifying that this is [...]
Impeachment…or CIA Coup?
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 [...]
This Week in Congress
The House is in session Tuesday through Friday. Right now, there are no votes on gun control legislation scheduled this week—but that could change. I have heard that the Democrats are still divided on what gun control bills they wish to [...]
Will More US Troops in Saudi Arabia Make America Great?
President Trump deserves credit for resisting the war cries from neocons like Sen. Lindsey Graham and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo after last week’s attack on two Saudi oil facilities. Pompeo was eager to blame Iran because he wants war with [...]