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Senator Rand Paul asks supporters to help abolish the TSA
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul is rallying once more to end the TSA, and this time he is attacking the federal government’s grabby airport screeners for encroaching on the liberty of American passengers.
In a statement released this week, the Republican senator and son of a presidential hopeful, Texas Congressman Ron Paul, pleads with supporters to help abolish the US Transportation and Security Administration,...
Ron Paul starts campaign to end the TSA
Ron Paul has long opposed the TSA and has campaigned for its abolishment for years. Following an episode on Monday that left his son, Sen. Rand Paul, stranded in a Nashville airport, the presidential hopeful is asking for help to finally end the TSA.
Early Monday, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul triggered a false alarm while passing through a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint on his way...
Rand Paul goes after Gingrich and Romney
With the mainstream pegging Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney as the top two candidates for the Republican Party’s nod for 2012, Senator Rand Paul urged voters in an Iowa newspaper editorial this week that they shouldn’t be fooled.
According to the senator from Kentucky, those frontrunners might be running as conservatives, but they don’t act like them.
In an op-ed published December 8 in the Des...
Southern Poverty Law Center labels Senator Rand Paul an "extremist"
The Southern Poverty Law Center included Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky in a list of “extreme right-wing” candidates in its latest Intelligence Report.
The civil rights organization labeled Paul as an extremist because he said that private businesses should not have to follow the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and has criticized the Fair Housing Act.
The freshman senator has also warned...
Rand Paul Calls for Jailing People who Attend "Radical Political Speeches"
Libertarian-leaning Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) made headlines last week for single-handedly obstructing the renewal of the Patriot Act, calling the law an unconstitutional infringement on civil liberties. His demand to insert a series of amendments to weaken the law nearly allowed it to lapse and put the country at “risk,” but Paul said it was worth it to prevent the government from continuing to “blatantly...
US Senate votes to extend Patriot Act
Sen. Rand Paul, shown last month, led opposition on the Senate floor Monday, arguing that the Patriot Act's provisions allow the government to peer too deeply into Americans' private lives.
Senators vote overwhelmingly to extend the anti-terrorism law for four years despite objections of a coalition of conservatives and liberals. The House is expected to follow suit.
The Senate voted overwhelmingly...
Ron Paul Accuses Chris Matthews over Civil Rights Act
Last year, MSNBC and other so-called “news” outlets mercilessly attacked Kentucky Senatorial candidate Rand Paul for giving an honest libertarian answer to Rachel Maddow concerning the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
On Friday’s “Hardball,” Chris Matthews tried the same tactic on Paul’s father Ron, but the elder Texas Congressman was ready for the question and ended up...
Ron Paul to Announce Presidential Bid Next Month
Appearing on the Alex Jones Show today, Texas Rep. Ron Paul said he will make a final decision within a month on whether he will run for president in the 2012 election.
Congressman Paul said he will soon make a “token decision” if he will participate in a presidential debate to be held in South Carolina in May. Dr. Paul said he will likely agree to be included in the debate between potential...
Rand Paul: U.S. Should Stop Granting Citizenship to Children of Illegal Immigrants
Kentucky Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul recently shared with a Russian television station his belief that the United States should end its policy of guaranteeing citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants.
“We shouldn’t provide an easy route to citizenship,” Paul explained. “We’re the only country that I know that allows people to come in illegally, have...