No, Donald Trump is not a libertarian president by any measure
The American Conservative is a reliable source of thoughtful commentary, and an outlet to which I am happy to contribute on occasion. For these reasons I was prepared to give a fair reading to a Monday...
View ArticleRand Paul says he will filibuster surveillance bill if it doesn’t include...
Sen. Rand Paul joined a bipartisan group of Washington lawmakers on Wednesday to announce his intention to filibuster the extension of the FISA Amendments Act. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) took part in a...
View ArticleHouse passes controversial mass surveillance program, Senator Rand Paul says...
After a bill focused on surveillance reform failed in the House, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said he will keep his promise to filibuster long term reauthorization of Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act....
View ArticleTrump just endorsed increasing the kind of warrantless mass surveillance he...
Early Thursday morning, President Trump tweeted his opposition to the renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a major component of Washington’s unconstitutional...
View ArticleThe House just voted to reauthorize FISA; why is it so controversial?
In 256-164 vote, the House of Representatives voted today to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a controversial law that advocates say is a necessary source of intelligence...
View ArticleIf Democrats are worried about Trump abusing his power, why are they giving...
On Thursday, the controversial FISA Section 702 reauthorization passed the House. This bill allows for mass unwarranted surveillance of Americans, something even President Trump acknowledged for a...
View ArticleRand Paul: “If there were ever something worth filibustering, I think it...
After a mass surveillance reform measure failed in the House on Thursday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) continues to double-down on his promise to filibuster reauthorization of Section 702 of FISA Amendments...
View ArticleThe U.S. government that spied on Martin Luther King, Jr. has no problem...
“This is about foreign terrorists on foreign soil. That’s what this is about.” These were the words of House Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday as he urged members to renew and increase unwarranted mass...
View ArticleRand Paul leads bipartisan group of senators vowing to fight warrantless mass...
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) held a bipartisan press conference on Tuesday to announce that the group of senators in attendance intend to filibuster long-term reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign...
View ArticleWashington spending debates would be less messy if they were just about spending
The Constitution delegates to Congress the power of the purse, but the modern system of federal government budgeting began with the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. It would be madness to suggest the...
View ArticleRand Paul says he will be a “no” vote on the spending bill
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said on Thursday that he will be voting “no” on a continuing resolution to fund the federal government in light of its failure to cut spending. “I’ll be a no vote because I’m not...
View ArticleRand Paul says America will go the way of Rome if “inexcusable” spending...
When discussing what led to the fall of the Roman Empire, much of it relates to today’s politics. That’s a point Rand Paul attempted to impart to his Washington colleagues recently according to an...
View ArticleCharges have been given to the man who allegedly assaulted Sen. Rand Paul
Rene Boucher, the man arrested for violently tackling Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), has been charged with felony assault for his alleged unprovoked attack on the senator in November. The federal felony...
View ArticleThe government shutdown reminds us that everyone in Washington is a hypocrite
As of this writing, the federal government is still “shut down.” (I use quotations because, while disruptions definitely occur, it’s hard not to notice that much of the federal government is still...
View ArticleSenators strike a deal, and the government is up and running again — for now
The federal government will reopen — at least for a few more weeks — as senators came to a temporary agreement in a noon showdown Monday. With a vote of 81-18, the stopgap effort gets the government...
View ArticleFederal prosecutors announce what sentence they will seek for the man charged...
Federal prosecutors announced Monday that they will seek a 21-month prison sentence for Rene Boucher, the man accused of assaulting Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) in his yard on November 3. Court documents...
View ArticleRand Paul has a bill he says will prevent future shutdowns and also address...
In the wake of the three-day government shutdown that ended Monday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) announced that he is introducing a bill requiring Congress to vote on spending bills individually, instead of...
View ArticleBill Kristol is wrong about populism, Ron Paul, Rand Paul and just about...
CNBC published an interview Thursday with the headline, “Bill Kristol was once the voice of the Republican Party. Now he’s one of Trump’s biggest opponents.” Bill Kristol was once the voice of the...
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Rep. Thomas Massie to Paul Ryan: Why don’t we debate the $50 billion we’re...
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) sent out a tweet Friday night encouraging full funding of the Defense Department. “To ensure our military has the tools needed to complete their missions, and is able...
View ArticleDespite his memo, Rep. Devin Nunes never gave a damn about FISA abuse until...
Depending on who you ask, the much-touted Nunes memo that was finally made public last week either revealed Watergate-levels of Democrat corruption or didn’t amount to much at all. While I supported...
View ArticleReps. Mark Sanford and Thomas Massie want aid to Pakistan spent in the U.S....
Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Mark Sanford (R-SC) introduced a bill Monday that would redirect American aid to Pakistan to infrastructure projects within the United States. The congressmen believe...
View ArticleRand Paul calls for automatic cuts if Congress can’t reach budget deal
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) held a hearing on Tuesday to discuss wasteful government spending and its impact on the American taxpayers, calling the event “Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Ways of Funding...
View ArticleCan we stop pretending Republicans care about cutting spending now?
On Wednesday, Congressional leadership seemed united behind a budget deal that looks truly awful — at least if you care about the country’s financial future. The bipartisan deal blasts through budget...
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Rand Paul holds up spending bill vote as government shutdown draws near
As Republican’s Democratic leadership moved to pass a congressional budget deal late on Thursday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) decided to throw a wrench in the works. For a vote to be held on the spending...
View ArticleThe last Tea Partier? Rand Paul’s one-man crusade to stop the Senate’s...
“Conservatives had better start paying attention to the budget battle raging in Washington: If things go south — and they are poised to do just that — the tea party’s single greatest policy victory,...
View ArticleCongressman says it’s “easy to understand” why Rand Paul’s neighbor attacked him
Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.) said in a Friday conversation with Politico that “it[‘s] easy to understand why it’s difficult to be Rand Paul’s next door neighbor,” after Paul single-handedly delayed a...
View ArticleRand Paul didn’t “grandstand” last week, but the Republican Party has been...
When Rand Paul held up the Republicans’ monstrous spending bill last Thursday with a mini-filibuster on the Senate floor, an anonymous GOP Senate aide told The Hill, “He’s all about grandstanding.”...
View ArticleRand Paul: “The establishment is very much opposed to shedding any sunlight...
On Monday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) introduced his Audit the Fed bill which “would authorize the first-ever thorough audit of the Federal Reserve System.” The bill is an amendment to financial reform...
View ArticleGina Haspel’s confirmation as CIA director becomes more uncertain as Rand...
Sen. Rand Paul said on Wednesday that he plans to vote against confirming Gina Haspel as CIA director. The Kentucky Republican also said that he will oppose Mike Pompeo’s nomination for Secretary of...
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Rare Liberty is Dead. Long Live Rare Liberty!
Five years ago, I was working for Senator Rand Paul and was frustrated. Not with my job. I loved my job. I was working for the most high profile libertarian politician in the country (Ron Paul had...
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