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NSA recording every cell phone call in the Bahamas
The NSA is secretly recording every single cell phone conversation in the Bahamas according to documents provided by Edward Snowden. From The Intercept: The surveillance is part of a top-secret system – code-named SOMALGET – that was [...]
Tax Reform is Useless Without Spending Reform
Here is Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk on why supporters of limited government, free-markets, and individual liberty should not get excited about the chatter about tax "reform" emanating from the Beltway. [...]
Staff at embattled Phoenix VA pocketed bonuses, hefty salaries
The embattled VA Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona, which is accused of letting 40 veterans die while waiting for care, doled out millions of dollars in bonuses and unusually high salaries according to a Freedom of Information Act. From Fox [...]
Ron Paul Classic: Audit (then End) the Fed
With Audit the Fed legislation progressing in both the House and the Senate, this seems like a good week to revisit Campaign for Liberty's Chairman Ron Paul's 2009 interview with the Wall Street Journal on why we need to Audit and then End the [...]
Ron Paul talks about the high cost of government regulation
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Stand with Rand 2.0
Your urgent action is needed to stop a hypocritical “progressive” from being appointed to a lifetime seat on the First Circuit Court of Appeals! David Barron, President Obama’s nominee for the First Circuit Court, could come up for a [...]
Colorado to allow terminally ill patients to try drugs without FDA approval
In Colorado's latest move to circumvent onerous federal laws, the Governor Hickenlooper has signed a bill into law that would allow terminally ill patients to access experimental medicine without getting approval from the FDA, a particularly [...]
Why are US taxpayers subsidizing Brazilian granite?
A few weeks ago, the House reauthorized the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) which is a federal agency that subsidizes U.S corporations who set up shop outside the United States. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor celebrated the [...]
Rand Paul to filibuster Barron nomination over drones
Senator Rand Paul issued a statement yesterday saying he intends to filibuster Professor David Barron's nomination to the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals: "I've read David Barron's memos concerning the legal justification for killing an [...]
Teen hospital patient dies after being tased by police
A 19-year-old has died after being tased by Baltimore City Police while he was a patient at a local hospital. From CBS Baltimore: The death of a 19-year-old hospital patient this week is the focal point of a Baltimore City Police investigation [...]