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Today is Memorial Day, and what better day is there to eulogize our old republic? The Founders are no doubt spinning in their graves as the country they fought to establish rampages over half the earth, decimating lives – and our liberties – in the process.

The Warfare State has ushered in the Surveillance State – and today Americans overwhelmingly see their own government as the main danger to their freedom, rather than some foreign "threat."

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News
Updated May 25, 2015 - 11:22 PM EDT
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  Experts, Diplomats: Syria 'To Accept De Facto Partition' of Country
  Syrian General Killed in Downtown Damascus Car Bombing
US SecDef Blames Iraqi Troops for Recent Losses
 
  Kurdish Rebels Fight Each Other; 133 Killed in Iraq
NATO: ISIS Recruiting in Afghanistan, Pakistan
 
  Top US General: Troops to Stay in Afghanistan for Years to Come
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What bin Laden 'Treasure Trove' Really Reveals  by Marcy Wheeler
'Boots on Ground' in Syria, but Media Too Giddy Over Special Ops Porn to Notice  by Adam Johnson
In Memoriam: Our Old Republic  by Justin Raimondo
China's Plan to Lead the Globe  by Eric Margolis
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Iraq/Syria
Kurdish Rebels Fight Each Other; 133 Killed in Iraq
Iraqi Lawmaker Slams US Criticism of Iraqi Military
McCain Urges More US Forces in Iraq
Hezbollah Says It Will Step Up Presence in Syria as Needed
Iran
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Israel/Palestine
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Yemen/Saudi Arabia
GCC Denies Air Campaign Against ISIS Has Failed
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Asia
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Australia
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Justin Raimondo
5/25/2015
In Memoriam: Our Old Republic

Lucy Steigerwald
5/22/2015
Rand Paul and the Tripartisan Case for Optimism

Ivan Eland
5/19/2015
What America Should Learn From the British Election

Dan Sanchez
5/19/2015
Spartan Israel and its Palestinian Helots

Nebojsa Malic
3/05/2015
Not Quite Goodbye

David R. Henderson
12/16/2014
Questioning the Powerful

Ran HaCohen
8/02/2014
Yet Another War of Deceit

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