Mises Caucus
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The Libertarian Party caucus focused on Austrian economic literacy, decentralization, privatization and opposition to war. Join us at https://t.co/2V527WnB71
Rallying to free the Bitcoin Prisoners and officially end Operation Chokepoint 2.0 🟠 The time is now!
Ian Freeman has already lost years of his life for the “crime” of helping people use money the state doesn’t control. That should haunt anyone who claims to care about liberty. If you have even a few minutes, please go to freeiannow.org, learn what happened, sign the petition, and help bring Ian home to his family. Silence is exactly what the system is counting on.
“They are gonna try and destroy this man.” Saagar Enjeti says Republicans will come after Joe Kent for resigning and saying Israel got the U.S. into war with Iran for nothing. “This is the National Director of Counterterrorism, highest security clearance in the entire United States government.” “I guarantee you they will try to indict him.” “They’re gonna say he breached his security clearance by sharing information, that he was never a real patriot, that he’s a snake, that he’s an anti-Semite.” “The full stop of the pro-war machine and the US government are going to try and destroy this man.” “Just watch and wait.” “This should be wall-to-wall news.” “We never even really had high-profile resignations like this under Iraq.” “And I mean, I think the fact that you have a high-level security official with the top security clearance saying this is Israel’s war, that they manipulated the intelligence… you have to ask seriously about all of the lies that have been told by this White House.” “And I think second, what did he know to have to resign at this point?” “He knew no end in sight.” “And that’s why he decided to do it now.” @esaagar @joekent16jan19
"In all circumstances, the jury finds in favor of the defendant"
This guy is an absolute hero. This type of behavior needs to be normalized.
Afroman Deliberation: Prosecution and defense have now rested their cases; “They pick on Donald Trump all the time and Sleepy Joe” “It may not be tasteful, but even SNL isn’t nice. Even South Park isn’t nice. You don’t have to like what’s said about you.” The defamation case against Joe “Afroman” Foreman is now in the hands of the 10 selected jurors. The defense argued that nothing in Afroman’s songs was factual; they were commentary on society. It was highlighted that even the deputies knew it was a joke stating that they brought a Lemon Pound Cake to a Christmas Party.
News: Joe Kent is under FBI investigation for allegedly leaking classified information, three sources tell me. I’m told the investigation pre-dates his departure.
The truth? I used to be pro-war. I was a teenager when 9/11 happened. We watched live as the towers fell. We were terrified and confused. We had no idea why anyone would want to hurt America. “Why?!” Was the question on almost every Americans lips. “Because you are rich and free,” said the Bush Administration. “Oh,” we replied, still confused. Then they said we had to defend America. And that questioning the wars was anti-soldier. And that Bush needed us to unite behind him to ensure 9/11 would never happen again. I voted for Bush — first time voting. I thought it was okay that we invaded Iraq. I believed my president when he said it must be done. I watched boys from my high school go to war. I saw Bush make not finding weapons a joke… I saw them hang Saddam, and felt shame when the torture pictures were leaked… And through it all, the question still lingered, why? During Ron Paul’s presidential campaign, I heard him talk about “blowback” and how our current foreign policy was making us more unsafe, less free, and bankrupting us. That message resonated more than “they hate us because we’re rich and free.” I was gripped and spent weeks of my life researching our foreign policy. Now, I speak up against the wars that are plundering my nation. And I resolutely support the Defend the Guard movement, a fast - growing coalition that is trying to make it so our Montana guardsmen CANNOT be sent to war unless Congress votes for it … something they haven’t done since the 1940s. Every time the Defend the Guard bill is at the Capitol I’ve gone down to testify. Often, it’s discouraging. -We’re given, at most, 2 minutes to talk. -The war machine is always two steps ahead of us. -Very old men cuss at us because they think we’re dishonoring the sacrifice of the soldiers by trying to stop the bleeding. -Young soldiers beg to be heard while our legislators ignore them in favor of the military brass and big business. We haven’t been able to pass it yet… and, now I wonder, if we had, would have other states followed suit? Would we have succeeded in crippling our corrupt foreign policy that is making old war profiteers rich off the blood of our soldiers? Would we have been able to stop the next Vietnam or Iraq… or, dare I say, Iranian War? I don’t know. I can’t go back and change the past. But I know I will be at the Capitol supporting this bill every time it’s presented. Hopefully this next time as a Senator, who will be given more than two minutes to stop a war.
