Escalation: Is Russia in Venezuela a New Cuban Missile Crisis?

March 27, 2019

A Russian military transport arrived in Venezuela this past week bringing tons of aid and also nearly 100 Russian military advisors. Reportedly this included cybersecurity experts. Moscow claimed this was pre-planned and related to a nearly 20 year old cooperation agreement with Caracas. US neocons looking for regime change are claiming it is a new […]

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Trump’s Syria Envoy: ‘War Will Continue’

March 26, 2019

In a press conference yesterday, President Trump’s point man for Syria, Jim Jeffrey, said that the defeat of ISIS will not result in a US withdrawal from its illegal occupation of Syrian territory. In fact, he said, the US would continue to support the anti-Assad “vetted Syrian opposition” fighters and would even commit resources to […]

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Mueller Report Decimates ‘Russiagate’ Hoax – What’s Next?

March 25, 2019

The two-plus year great hoax has come to an end. Trump is not Putin’s puppet, as the vast majority of the mainstream media and Democrats have claimed. There was no “collusion” with Russia. So after so much wasted time and money, where do US/Russia relations stand and where should they be heading? What does it […]

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Four Years of the War on Yemen

March 25, 2019

Originally appeared on The American Conservative. This week marks the fourth year since the beginning of the Saudi coalition’s war on Yemen. In the last four years, the coalition has destroyed much of the country’s infrastructure, devastated its economy, driven millions to the edge of starvation, and killed tens of thousands of Yemenis in its […]

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Bring Our Troops Home Kentucky Targets Mitch McConnell With Bloodhound Ad

March 24, 2019

From Bring Our Troops Home Kentucky: When USA Today says that 10 of America’s 25 worst counties to live in are in Mitch McConnell’s back yard, it seems he should stop funding tens of billions of dollars into things like NATO and endless foreign wars… and Commit to Us!!!

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‘Shock & Awe’? 16 Years Later, Who Won the Iraq War?

March 21, 2019

This week marks 16 years since the US attacked an Iraq that had neither attacked nor threatened us. Claims that Iraq had WMDs were lies and the Bush Administration knew they were lies. So 16 years later who is coming out on top after the US attack? Here’s a hint: the most unintended of consequences. […]

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Trump Wants Brazil in NATO – To Help Oust Maduro?

March 20, 2019

Less than a month after Brazil made it clear that it wants no part in a military invasion of neighboring Venezuela, its president, Jair Bolsonaro, is in Washington this week to be feted by Trump and his neocon advisors. First stop was an unprecedented visit to the CIA for a “briefing” on Venezuela. Then it […]

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Trump’s Record Spy Budget – What Do We Really Get For $86 Billion?

March 19, 2019

The Trump Administration has requested a huge increase in the US spy budget, including a whopping $23 billion for the “black” budget. The reasons given are the increasing threats from Russia and China. Does all this spy spending really protect us…or is it just welfare for the Beltway bandits and scaremongers? Tune in to today’s […]

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The Iran Obsession Keeps Getting Worse

March 19, 2019

Originally appeared on The American Conservative. The Trump administration’s destructive Iran policy may be about to get even worse: Under plans recommended by Mr. Pompeo and some White House officials, the State Department would designate Iran’s military Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a foreign terrorist organization. It would be a first instance of the United […]

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Trump To Leave 1,000 Troops In Syria? What’s the Strategy?

March 18, 2019

The president has backpedaled yet again. Instead of seeing American troops return home from Syria “very soon,” as President Trump promised, his neocon advisors have made sure that it’s not going to happen. On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: Reprinted from The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity.

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