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As Ukraine Collapses, Europeans Tire of US Interventions
On Sunday Ukrainian prime minister Yatsenyuk resigned, just four days after the Dutch voted against Ukraine joining the European Union. Taken together, these two events are clear signals that the US-backed coup in Ukraine has not given that country freedom and democracy. They also suggest a deeper dissatisfaction among Europeans over Washington’s addiction to interventionism.
According to US and...
RNC Confirms Rules Changed to Prevent Trump from Winning Republican Nomination
A rule used in 2012 to prevent Ron Paul from having his name placed on the Republican nomination in Tampa, Florida will be discarded to prevent Donald Trump from claiming it this year.
The Washington Examiner reports:
Party officials and knowledgeable sources have confirmed over the past few days that Rule 40(b) doesn’t exist for the purposes of the upcoming convention. That means at this point,...
Prominent Libertarians Launch Movement Backing Donald Trump
A pair of Libertarian ideologues have established an organization attempting to rally support behind Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump.
The “Libertarians for Trump” group, created earlier this week by LewRockwell.com editors Dr. Donald Miller and economics professor Walter E. Block, admits “it has its work cut out for it in mobilizing massive support for Donald Trump within the...
Trump Calls For Auditing the Fed
Donald Trump is calling for an audit of the Federal Reserve.
The GOP frontrunner said it was important to audit the Fed and even called out his rival, Sen. Ted Cruz, for skipping a vote on Sen. Rand Paul’s “Audit the Fed” proposal back in Jan.
“It is so important to audit the Federal Reserve, and yet Ted Cruz missed the vote on the bill that would allow this to be done,” Trump tweeted out.
During...
Trump: It is Important to Audit the Federal Reserve
On Monday following an appearance by Trump insider and adviser Roger Stone on the Alex Jones Show last week, Donald Trump tweeted it “is so important to audit The Federal Reserve.” He also criticized opponent Ted Cruz for missing a vote on the proposal.
Stone told Alex Jones prior to the tweet Trump is “deeply suspicious” and “open-minded about the Fed.”
“I suspect you’d get an audit...
No difference between Ted Cruz and Hillary Clinton, He's Owned by Goldman Sachs - Ron Paul
Ted Cruz isn’t a free-market libertarian, Ron Paul warned his son’s former supporters on Friday.
“You take a guy like Cruz, people are liking the Cruz — they think he’s for the free market, and [in reality] he’s owned by Goldman Sachs,” he said of the Texas senator on Fox Business’ Varney & Company. “I mean, he and Hillary have more in common than we would have with Cruz and...
Who Should Pay For the Syrian Refugees? - Ron Paul
Last week the US House dealt a blow to President Obama’s plan to resettle 10,000 Syrians fleeing their war-torn homeland.
On a vote of 289-137, including 47 Democrats, the House voted to require the FBI to closely vet any applicant from Syria and to guarantee that none of them pose a threat to the US. Effectively this will shut down the program.
The House legislation was brought to the Floor after...
US Leading World Towards Global Economic Crisis - Ron Paul
Dr. Ron Paul: “Unless this system is changed, America, and the world, will soon experience a major economic crisis. It is time to finally audit, then end, the Fed.”
Dr. Ron Paul, the former congressman and US presidential candidate, says unless the United States shuts down the Federal Reserve System – the US central bank known as “the Fed” – the world will experience a major...
Blame the Fed, Not China for Market Crash - Ron Paul
Last week’s historic stock market crash was caused not by China, but by the US Federal Reserve, according to former US Congressman Ron Paul.
In a column published on his website Sunday, Paul blamed the crash on flawed monetary policy from the Fed, and not on China’s recent currency devaluation, as many experts said.
“The Federal Reserve’s inflationary policies distort the economy,...
Ron Paul Says Day of Reckoning is Near As "Very Big Crash" Approaches
As the stock market surged close to all-time highs and the Federal Reserve hinted it wouldn’t raise interest rates, former Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) reiterated his fears that the US economy is not sustainable, predicting a huge crash in the near future.
“I look at the markets as being unstable, which means some days they go up a lot and some days they go down rapidly, but they don’t advance...
Vince Vaughn Will Be Shunned By Hollywood After Outing Himself as a Conservative
Actor Vince Vaughn hit the headlines today for asserting that guns in schools will prevent mass shootings, comments that will undoubtedly lead to him being shunned by Hollywood, an industry which punishes conservatives who don’t keep their political leanings secret.
During an interview with GQ Magazine, Vaughn was asked if firearms should be available in schools to prevent mass shootings.
“Of...
More Americans sacrificing liberty: Ron Paul
Former US presidential candidate Ron Paul
Americans are being forced to sacrifice their liberty more than ever since the 9/11 attacks, says former US Congressman Ron Paul.
“The sacrifice of liberty is not of concern for most Americans today,” this is not new, said Paul, as it “has gotten especially bad in America since 9/11.”
In a video posted on his Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Liberty...
Jesse Ventura to host new heavyweight current affairs show on RT America
Jesse Ventura, the former professional wrestler turned governor of Minnesota, steps into the ring with politicians, journalists and opinion makers for lively debates on his new weekly current affairs program on RT America.
“Off the Grid,” a talk show launched by Ventura last year on Larry King’s Ora TV internet network, will join RT’s Friday evening television line-up beginning this Friday,...
Obama Thanks Americans for Supporting Destruction of the Internet
Net neutrality is a classic Trojan horse.
Obama thanked internet users for supporting the FCC’s decision to micromanage the internet:
As Ron Paul notes today the FCC is a non-elected federal government agency that has arbitrarily decided, without a vote from Congress or permission from the American people, to regulate the internet.
Paul characterizes this as “the largest regulatory power grab...
Ron Paul: U.S., EU Behind Ukraine Coup
West behind overthrow of Ukrainian government, former congressman says.
The overthrow of the legally elected government of Ukraine was “was not only supported by U.S. and EU governments — much of it was actually planned by them,” former congressman Dr. Ron Paul said.
In his weekly column posted Sunday, Dr. Paul blamed western interventionism for the death and destruction in Ukraine’s ongoing...