America’s Imperial Wars, Then and Now
July 16, 2026
Reprinted from Tom Engelhardt’s Substack I recently drove to a gas station in Massachusetts to fill my tank with regular gas, the cheapest around, and, to my surprise, given what’s going on, it was only $4.59 a gallon. Okay, okay, I take back that “only” and admit it. It’s not good to joke about the […]
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Ron Paul on Kushner and Witkoff: Diplomats or Shady ‘Deal-Makers’?
July 16, 2026
On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: Dropsite News broke a story yesterday that President Trump’s envoys to Ukraine/Russia and the Middle East – his son-in-law Jared Kushner and his real estate developer friend Steve Witkoff – have been spending most of their time trying to make a buck rather than trying to make diplomatic breakthroughs […]
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John Mearsheimer: Discussing the Iran War in India
July 16, 2026
Reprinted from John’s Substack: On 15 July 2026, I was on CNN-News18, a leading television news channel in India. The discussion focused almost exclusively on the war in Iran and the question of where the conflict is headed. I made it clear that President Trump has no way of winning this war and that escalating […]
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‘Of the Pentagon, by the Congress, and for the War Profiteers’: Ad Blasts Trump Military Budget
July 15, 2026
As the Republican-controlled US Congress advances President Donald Trump’s requested $1.5 trillion budget for “rebuilding” a military that’s already more powerful than any armed force in human history, a group of former national security officials is urging Americans to challenge “out of control” Pentagon spending. On Monday, the Eisenhower Media Network published a full-page advertisement […]
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Ron Paul: Lindsey Graham To Be Suitably ‘Honored’ by Senate
July 15, 2026
On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: The late Senator, Lindsey Graham was best known for his enthusiastic embrace of war and sanctions. His former colleagues in the Senate have found a perfect, ironically suitable way to honor him. Reprinted from The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity.
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Israel and the United States Are Merging Their Militaries. Here’s Why.
July 15, 2026
In June 2026, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu wrote to Republican Representative Marlin Stutzman of California, saying that “the time has now arrived [for Israel] to move from aid recipient to partner” with the United States. Yesterday, on Fox News, Netanyahu again repeated the proposal to move “from aid to partnership“. What Netanyahu proclaims is at […]
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Is the GOP Crack-Up Ahead of the Midterms Real? Was Lindsey Graham Real?
July 15, 2026
The death of 71-year-old Senator Lindsey Graham has brought the debate over U.S. foreign policy over the last 25 years or more to the fore: Graham was an unapologetic Cold War warrior who promoted every American military intervention in that time. His support for the use of military force to make things “right” — whether […]
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Rubio’s Anti-ICC Campaign Is an Anti-‘Sovereignty’ Project
July 14, 2026
The International Criminal Court, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio complains in a July 13 Wall Street Journal op-ed, styles itself “a standing world tribunal with near-unlimited reach, empowered to override the courts and constitutions of the U.S. and other sovereign states — and to prosecute and arrest our citizens.” Accepting that, he claims, “would […]
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Ron Paul on Hiding the Cost of the Iran War From the American People
July 14, 2026
On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: While Trump Administration officials continue to provide low-ball figures for how much the Iran war has cost the United States, a thorough look at this “most unpopular war in US history” reveals an astronomical price tag that will only get bigger over time. The next generation will be left […]
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‘Not How It Works’: Critics Slam Trump Bid To Restart Legal Clock on Illegal Iran War
July 14, 2026
Critics from both sides of the political aisle on Monday denounced President Donald Trump’s effort to construct a facade of legality for the illegal US-Israeli war of choice on Iran by notifying Congress of renewed military strikes on the Mideast nation. Trump claimed in a letter to members of Congress that, on July 7, he […]
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