To understand what's really going on in the Middle East, the worst place to turn is the US mainstream media. Geopolitical analyst and Ph.D. candidate Marwa Osman joins today's Liberty Report live from Beirut, Lebanon to tell us why the MSM refuses to explain what's...
The media frenzy over "Russiagate" seems to get progressively more stupid as desperation takes hold. To sustain the sense of frenzy – which Russiagate cultists call "drip drip drip" – they need new sensational bombshells every day. Except there aren't any....
Five years ago, Antiwar.com made a bold move and embraced bitcoin and the crypto community. Early Bitcoin provided donors a way to make quick, low cost, anonymous donations (even very small amounts) that couldn’t be achieved through traditional online avenues. It has...
Ron Paul breaks down the massive DoD spending bill Conference Report that has just passed Congress. More money for Ukraine? Israel's missile defense? Lots of welfare for the military industrial complex? More money for the failed F-35? Lots of money for other countries...
U.S. and Coalition forces have seriously undercounted the number of civilians killed in air attacks against ISIS. That is the key finding of an 18-month-long investigation led by Azmat Khan and Anand Gopal and published this week in the New York Times Magazine....
Perhaps only ancient Sparta claimed to support its military more than the United States. From the “soldiers in uniform board first” rituals that happen only in American airports, to politics where a decision not to serve is forever held against a...
According to a new study by Brown University's Watson Institute, the real cost of the US wars since 9/11 is three times the Pentagon's estimate. Some $5.6 trillion have been spent on the endless global war. The total costs of 16 years of war are even higher, and they...
In a recent interview with host Wilmer Leon at the Inside the Issues show, former presidential candidate and United States House of Representatives Member Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) discussed how what Kucinich terms the “permanent government” has worked to...
Our government likes to talk about global security, which in their minds is basically synonymous with homeland security. They argue that the best defense is a good offense, that “leaning forward in the foxhole,” or always being ready to attack, is the best...
Several times over my 29 years in Congress I have wondered whether there are any fiscal conservatives at the Pentagon.It seems that the Defense Department is just like every other gigantic bureaucracy. When it comes to money, the refrain is always "more, more,...
