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Pentagon Weighed Sending Boat Strike Survivors to Salvadoran Prison To Avoid Defending Bombings in Court

December 11, 2025

Pentagon officials asked about sending survivors of US boat strikes in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean to a notorious maximum security prison in El Salvador in a bid to keep them out of American courts – where the Trump administration’s high seas extrajudicial killing spree would be subject to legal scrutiny. New details published […]

There They Go Again in Venezuela

Kevin Martin

December 10, 2025

Reprinted from Foreign Policy in Focus: Mark Twain allegedly quipped, “God created war so Americans would learn geography.” Whether or not he actually said that, it would be a good test – for the world’s mightiest military power to be prevented from waging war if a majority of Americans failed to find the alleged enemy […]

Ron Paul on Desperation? US Sends Fighters Deep Into Gulf of Venezuela

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

December 10, 2025

On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: The US military sent two US Navy F/A-18 fighters deeper into Venezuela’s area of influence than ever before. They lingered near the coast for nearly an hour – tempting Venezuela to react and get the escalation? Meanwhile, US public support for military action is cratering and the Administration lacks […]

The Next Wars Were Always Here

Michelle Ellner

December 10, 2025

The first U.S. missiles that struck the boats in the Caribbean in early September 2025 were described by Washington as a “counter-narcotics operation,” a sterile phrase meant to dull the violence of incinerating human beings in an instant. Then came the second strike, this time on survivors already struggling to stay afloat. Once the details […]

Trump Says Ground Attack on Venezuela Imminent – Plus Colombia, Mexico Also in US Crosshairs

Brett Wilkins

December 9, 2025

President Donald Trump said in an interview published Tuesday that a US land attack on Venezuela is coming and signaled that he is open to launching similar military action against Colombia and Mexico. “We’re gonna hit ‘em on land very soon, too,” Trump told Politico‘s Dasha Burns, citing the pretext of stopping fentanyl from entering […]

Ron Paul on Another Trillion-Dollar NDAA Military Spending Bill!

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

December 9, 2025

On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: So much for the end of the US as world’s policemen. The 2026 National Defense Authorization Act includes another one trillion dollars in spending! Is this all about defending the American people… or protecting the military-industrial complex. And Ukraine’s Zelensky has refused to consider any concession of territory to […]

House and Senate Agree To Make Draft Registration ‘Automatic’

Edward Hasbrouck

December 9, 2025

An amendment to the Military Selective Service Act to direct the Selective Service System (SSS) to try to register all potential draftees in the USA automatically has been included in the version of this year’s military authorization bill agreed to by a House-Senate conference committee and likely to be enacted into law within the next […]

Trump Envoy Ripped for Claim That ‘Benevolent Monarchy’ Is Best for Middle East

Brett Wilkins

December 9, 2025

Tom Barrack, President Donald Trump’s ambassador to Turkey and special envoy for Syria, faced backlash Monday after arguing that US-backed Middle Eastern monarchies – most of which are ruled by prolific human rights violators – offer the best model for governing nations in the tumultuous region. Speaking at the Doha Forum in Qatar on Sunday, […]

Venezuela: Eye on the Prize?

Thomas L. Knapp

December 8, 2025

Venezuelan opposition figure María Corina Machado, according to to Nobel Institute director Kristian Berg Harpviken, will travel to Oslo to collect her Nobel Peace Prize on December 10. As news goes, Machado’s alleged trip pings three different stories. First, there’s the story of whether someone who’s supported multiple violent coup attempts, backs international sanctions, and […]