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Stop $3.5 TRILLION Waste
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is twisting arms as we speak in an attempt to ram through another disastrous round of spending, despite growing opposition in her own party. Not to mention the rampant inflation that is everywhere you look, [...]
Ron Paul 2011: We’ll be in Afghanistan another decade
“Ron Paul was right” trended on Twitter yesterday as the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan refocused attention on a 2011 speech Congressman Paul made in favor of a congressional resolution ordering the withdrawal of U.S. troops from [...]
This week in Congress update
The Senate passed the “bipartisan” infrastructure bill by a vote of 69-30. Nineteen Republicans voted with every Democrat to pass the bill. You can see the vote here. On Sunday, the Senate passed an amendment waiving all budget points [...]
Infrastructure update
It looks like the U.S. Senate will likely vote on final passage of the infrastructure bill tomorrow. So please call your senators and tell them to oppose the infrastructure bill. You can find your U.S. Senators’ contact information [...]
This Week in Congress
The U.S. House has adjourned for the August recess. The House will resume committee work on August 31 but is not scheduled to resume voting until September 20. However, the House will likely come back before that if the Senate passes the [...]
From the Nixon Shock to Biden-flation
This month marks fifty years since President Richard Nixon closed the “gold window” that had allowed foreign governments to exchange US dollars for gold. Nixon’s action severed the last link between the dollar and gold, transforming the [...]
Kabul Has Fallen – But Don’t Blame Biden
This weekend the US experienced another “Saigon moment,” this time in Afghanistan. After a 20 year war that drained trillions from Americans’ pockets, the capital of Afghanistan fell without a fight. The corrupt Potemkin regime that the US [...]
Equality in Slavery
The Senate Armed Services Committee approved last month a National Defense Authorization Act that includes a requirement that women register with Selective Service on their 18th birthday. If the bill becomes law with this provision included and a [...]
ACTION: Don't be fooled
The political class was planning all along to ram through their so-called “Human Infrastructure” bill while they distract you with a “compromise” bill. It’s everything but. Like an addict, once they get the roughly $1 Trillion [...]
Why Americans No Longer Trust the Biden Administration
For libertarians – and even many non-libertarians – it’s not shocking to discover that a US Administration lies and deceives the electorate. For government on all levels, lying to the American people is as American as apple pie. Sometimes [...]