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Media and Politicians Ignore Oncoming Financial Crisis
The mainstream media was too busy obsessing over Russiagate to notice that, according to an annual Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees report, the Social Security trust fund will run out of money by 2035. The trustees also reported [...]
Boxed in by Neocons and the Media, Will Trump Launch Iran War?
President Trump did the smart thing last week by calling off a US airstrike on Iran over the downing of an American spy drone near or within Iranian territorial waters. According to press reports, the president over-ruled virtually all his top [...]
The War Crimes That Don't Get Punished
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) found himself in hot water recently over comments he made in defense of Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher, who faces war crimes charges over his alleged conduct while serving in combat overseas. Gallagher is charged with [...]
Hey Trump: Remember Wikileaks?
Last week in an episode of my daily Ron Paul Liberty Report we discussed whether the US and British government were actually trying to kill jailed Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange. More than seven years ago Assange was granted asylum from the [...]
Violence Against Women Act Does Violence to the Constitution
A common trick of big-government loving politicians is to give legislation names so appealing that it seems no reasonable person could oppose it. The truth is, the more unobjectionable the title, the more objectionable the content. Two well-known [...]
Recognizing Our State Volunteers
When I was running for president in 2008 and 2012, many people told me I was their “political hero.” I can’t tell you how humbled I still am to receive praise like that. But today, I want to take a moment to share a few stories with [...]
Medical IDs: Enemy of Privacy, Liberty, and Health
Last week, the House of Representatives voted in favor of a Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education appropriations bill amendment to repeal the prohibition on the use of federal funds to create a “unique patient identifier.” Unless [...]
Support the Audit the Fed Banner Bomb
Aside from when it draws the occasional ire from President Trump on Twitter, the Federal Reserve is doing all it can to slip back into the shadows of public life. Fed Chairman Powell is doing his best to stay out of the spotlight and fly under [...]
Congress Fiddles While Trump Lurches Toward War on Iran
Congress, and particularly the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives, seems determined to see the end of the Trump Administration before the 2020 vote. Although House Speaker Pelosi claims she is not seeking impeachment, she’s accusing [...]
Ron Paul: Losing Income Tax Privacy Is a Real Danger
Last week the New York Times published some of President Trump’s 1980s and 1990s tax returns information. The information detailed President Trump’s financial difficulties during that time. While you would not know it from reading some media [...]