Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. It’s increasingly hard to remember how and why America is supposed to go to war. First, war is supposed to be a last resort, not a knee-jerk reaction to Israeli actions. Second, war is supposed to be a...
On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: Thomas Massie's opponent in the Kentucky 4th GOP primary ran a Biden 2020 campaign — from his basement. No debates, no rallies, no interviews. So how did he achieve an historic number of votes from the district? People are...
Palestine defenders decried Tuesday’s announcement by the Trump administration of US sanctions targeting four nonviolent campaigners involved in the recent humanitarian flotillas that tried to break Israel’s illegal siege of Gaza. The US Department of the Treasury...
I am very sad at the news that Thomas Massie has been defeated by Donald Trump and AIPAC in the most expensive Congressional primary in US history. Estimates are that between $40-45 million dollars was spent. Massie's speech was gracious, funny, and encouraging. I...
This post, finally edited at 6:03 pm EDT on May 19, was initially written during the final hours of the flotilla campaign while Israeli gunmen were illegally seizing and boarding one sailboat after another of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition and the Global Sumud...
On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: According to a new study by Brown University, President Trump's war on Iran has cost the American consumer $40 billion in increased fuel costs. But it does not end at higher fuel prices. That price increase also fuels inflation in...
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 18 May 2026, I was on Glenn Diesen’s podcast talking with him mainly about the prospects for escalation in the Ukraine war, but also the Iran war. Regarding Ukraine, it is clear that Ukraine, with help from Europe, is ramping up its...
On May 14th, Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) reintroduced the Selective Service Repeal Act, S. 4537). This bill already has the endorsement of dozens of peace and antiwar groups, draft resisters, religious organizations, antiwar...
A president calling reporters “treasonous” isn’t just a hot take, it’s a warning sign. Harrison Berger joins me to break down how that rhetoric is being used to police debate around the Iran war, and why it echoes years of reckless “traitor” accusations aimed at...
On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: It is the highest spending US House race in history, with more than $10 million pouring into Thomas Massie's House re-election bid from outside oligarchs. Massie has angered a group of billionaires – the same group that bankrolled...
