If You Oppose Biden's Ukraine Policy...You May Be Sent To Jail!
The Biden Administration has indicted four Americans and charged them with conspiracy to spread Russian propaganda and acting as unregistered Russian agents. The four are members of the African People’s Socialist Party, which has opposed US foreign policy since 1971. They face 15 years in prison. Also today, the Biden Administration announced another $300 million in military aid to Ukraine. Might these two stories be related? Also today, RFK announced his bid to be the Democratic Party's candidate for US president.
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The Biden Administration has indicted four Americans and charged them with conspiracy to spread Russian propaganda and acting as unregistered Russian agents. The four are members of the African People’s Socialist Party, which has opposed US foreign policy since 1971. They face 15 years in prison. Also today, the Biden Administration announced another $300 million in military aid to Ukraine. Might these two stories be related? Also today, RFK announced his bid to be the Democratic Party's candidate for US president.
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Hello, everybody, and thank you for tuning into the Liberty Report.
With us today is Daniel McAdams, our co-host.
Daniel, good to have you here today.
Thank you, Dr. Balls.
My last day being remote, look forward to getting back to the studio.
Well, we've done pretty good, you know, with people needing their vacations and very legitimate.
I'm waiting for mine.
So I wish I was on vacation.
But we have some interesting things.
There's always a problem out there, but I'm going to start off with a partial solution or an invitation for a solution.
And that is, I wanted to make a comment about RFK's announcement yesterday, the day before about running for the presidency.
I have mixed feelings, obviously, because of what the Kennedys have gone through.
But we have met RFK Jr., and he's been to our conferences.
And he probably has some views that are different than ours in detail, but we certainly get along well with him.
He's friendly.
He's principled.
He's anti-war.
And the other thing that he comes across real strong, and that is he doesn't like corporatism.
You know, he doesn't like this combination.
So therefore, pharmaceuticals would be in camp.
So he is, and the issues that he has, he isn't in the middle of the road.
He isn't saying, well, come a little over here.
We can concede this and that.
He took a principal position, both on the corporatism and the anti-war position.
So I'm very happy that he's doing that.
And so we'll keep tabs.
And who knows if he wanted to talk with our viewers, I'd be open to having Robert on our program again someday.
I think that's a great idea, Dr. Paul.
And hopefully we'll be able to do that again.
We had a great time when he joined us last time.
Now, it's interesting that you mentioned you wanted to start with this because just before we started the show, I got a text message from a friend of ours, and I won't say the name, but this person watched the entire two-hour announcement speech.
I unfortunately did not, but she summarized it for us.
And if you don't mind, these are the main points that RFK made.
Ending the corrupt merger of corporations in the state, opposing lockdowns, which cost small businesses trillions.
He also blamed Trump for going along with the bureaucrats on the lockdowns, supporting free market capitalism and limited government, conquering the children's chronic illness crisis, bringing the troops home, and openly discussing the war.
Sounds pretty good to me, Dr. Paul.
Yeah, you know, that does sound like a couple of things I said when I was running.
That's probably why we like it so much.
I don't want to pretend that I follow him on all the issues, but that sounded very, very good.
And because even when we find the other candidates, they might have one thing they'll throw a bone.
I feel like I've thrown a bone to us.
But how many of them would be based on principle?
That is why they really fear somebody like Robert, because he's going to tell the truth.
And, you know, we're going to talk a little bit about how they distort truth and put it into the Justice Department and get people into trouble and indictments and all this.
And yet, I think the one thing is people might say about Robert, they say, you know what?
I don't agree with him on all his things, but you can trust what he's going to say.
So I'm looking forward to his campaign.
Yeah.
And I think, you know, and as every time we mention RFK Jr., I'll get an email from someone saying, well, look, he said this about that.
And my reaction to that would be two things.
One, we're not endorsing him by any stretch.
And two, obviously he's going to say some things that we don't like.
I would be a little bit worried if he didn't because this is how it works.
So it's not an endorsement, but at least he is talking about some issues very, very unlike the rest of the campaigns.
I just wanted to mention one last thing before we move on to our first real story.
And that is I was reading a Politico article this morning about RFK's announcement, and it was pretty disgusting.
It was really, really bad.
And I'll just give you a taste of it, Dr. Paul.
This is how Politico described the whole thing.
Excuse me.
On Wednesday came Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the family's black sheep, rallying government conspiracy theorists, vaccine skeptics, and Republicans from across the country as he launched his quixotic campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.
So anywhere else, if Biden were able to scrape together a couple of Republicans to support him, Politico would be writing about how wonderful it is.
But the fact that Republicans are interested in RFK Jr. shows his broad appeal, but they have to condemn it and ridicule him for it.
If I were Trump, I would be a little bit worried about this.
Well, you know, I think he was expressing a deeply felt feeling about this because he's pointed out a truth about the concerns the Democrats would have too.
Trump may have concerns.
But the whole thing was when I think it was that article or one like that was listing all the different groups that might come together.
And about half were Democrats, the other half Republicans.
And it's that independent spirit.
And since neither party is overwhelmingly strong on principle, you know, for somebody to come along like Robert with a well-known name and a position, of course, they're going to go after him.
But you know who's going to really go after him?
The military industrial complex and the pharmaceutical industry.
They will be out, you know, to get him because he's telling the truth about what's going on.
But that offers, you know, the people to at least think about it.
Who knows what will turn out of the election and all.
Maybe he'll do a lot more than anybody realizes.
But no, I think it can be very interesting here in the next year.
Anyway, Daniel, I want to, did you have another comment on Jay?
No, no, no.
I was ready to move on.
Yeah.
Okay.
Yeah.
We want to talk about one of the articles.
There are several articles up, anti-war.
And this is written.
This is written just yesterday.
Biden's DOJ indicts four Americans for their political views on Russia.
You know, I remember the day when, you know, the left would even defend cases that the Ku Klux Klan would get involved in.
And they were sort of proud of themselves that, you know, we defend freedom of speech.
I don't think, you know, even the civil liberties unions would do that anymore.
But that's really what is needed because right here, this thing that's going on, and it's all so back to this whole thing.
You know, they depend on indictments.
Indictment is the trial.
And the defense has no, under the law, they don't even get to defend this.
And an indictment, so often, not very many people, once a federal indictment occurs, very few people are able to beat it.
And so that whole thing, the grand jury system and how they put pressure.
And then it's always political, you know, as far as I'm concerned.
It's mostly a political thing.
I keep thinking, you know, people say, if they hear so-and-so is happening, there's going to be a charge and there's going to go to the grand jury.
You know what the first question is, I think, on both sides?
Who's the judge?
And who appointed him?
Is he a die-hard left or die-hard right?
Immediately, they want to know the details.
They don't ask the question, you know, this is a fair judge.
I've seen him, you know, make judgments, even when it probably goes against his personal beliefs.
It's so long past, it's not even there.
It's assumed that the most important thing is the angle of the judge and the others, where they come from.
And that is not to say that everyone has, because people can come up and there's still some out there, just like we have some good journalists out there, but not a heck of a lot.
And we know it fades, but we have to be aware of what we're facing.
And this whole thing of this indictment of these four people, do you think they're going to get a fair trial?
Is what my point is.
Yeah, I think this is probably one of the most disturbing stories that we've reported.
And I honestly keep looking over it, reading over it.
I've read the press release from the Justice Department, and I can't believe it's happening in the United States, to be honest.
As bad as things are, I never would have imagined it.
So, what happened?
There are four members of the African People's Socialist Party in Florida.
They were indicted by the Justice Department and they were charged with being involved in a quote foreign malign influence campaign.
What they had actually done is they ended spreading Russian propaganda, conspiracy to spread Russian propaganda, and acting as a foreign agent without registering.
And it would be a disgusting joke if it weren't for the fact that they are facing 10 years for the conspiracy charge and another five years for the failure to register charge.
So these people are looking at 15 years in prison.
And what is their crime?
They expressed support for Russia and they said the U.S. shouldn't be involved in Ukraine.
The Justice Department's memo says that they are being charged because they weaponized the First Amendment in the service of another government.
It's just astonishing that they would suspend the First Amendment on the grounds that someone, quote, weaponized it, when, of course, there are no limitations at all on the First Amendment.
Of course, the only limitation is on government.
So it's a very, very, very chilling and disturbing turn of events.
You know, a lot of people, you know, follow these events and they take one side or the other.
But just since 2016, they weren't all the abuse has not always been dealing with an indictment because the abuse can be, you know, just propagandizing.
And that's certainly, you know, Russia Gate was a propaganda stunt and the challenges made and lawsuits filed and all that.
That tells us a little bit about the lack of confidence or why more people will lose confidence in the whole system.
But what about the way the people have been treated that happen to have been in the Capitol on January 6th?
I mean, I think that is a tremendous abuse of justice.
And there's still people suffering from there, but they're sort of lost people now.
They don't get indicted.
They don't even get charged.
They just get locked up and the keys thrown away almost.
But it's not a good idea.
And just see recently, just think of all the evidence.
And I've had concern about this organization for a few years.
And that's the FBI.
Just think of what they're doing now and participating.
And it's becoming known, but they never seem to ever receive any punishment for the abuse of laws.
And so I think the system is really, really corrupt.
Fortunately, there's a few people there who will be whistleblowers and let us know, but it's pretty tough to do it.
There's only been a few that have really volunteered to come forth and tell us the real truth of what's going on.
So that's what we have to encourage people to do.
Well, here's something from the Justice Department's press release.
This is Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olson.
This is what he says about this.
Russia's foreign intelligence service allegedly weaponized our First Amendment rights, freedoms Russia denies to its own citizens, to divide Americans and interfere in elections in the United States.
The department will not hesitate to expose and prosecute those who sow discord and corrupt U.S. elections in the service of hostile foreign interests, regardless of whether the culprits are U.S. citizens or foreign individuals abroad.
Now, they're charged with writing articles that contained Russian propaganda and disinformation.
I don't know how you prove that.
But, you know, Caitlin Johnstone, who also spoke at our conferences, and she's an Australian, she comes from the left, but it's kind of sad that it takes a foreign leftist to explain our own constitution to this government.
Because here's what Caitlin wrote about the charges that they were spreading disinformation and propaganda.
She said, it's important to note that this should not matter.
Under the First Amendment, the government is forbidden to abridge anyone's freedom to speak however they want and associate with whomever they please, which necessarily involves being as vocally pro-Russia as they like and promoting whatever political agenda they see fit, whether that happens to advance the interests of the Russian government or not.
She says it's not unreasonable for the government to just dismiss the First Amendment.
It's not reasonable for the government to just dismiss the First Amendment on the grounds that is being weaponized.
You know, that should be a no-brainer.
And it's just shocking to see the federal government believing that it can suspend the First Amendment by claiming that someone else is weaponizing it.
It doesn't make any sense.
Excuse me.
It used to be that when something was controversial and it was going into the court system, probably the majority of the American people, I don't believe it's true anymore, the American people say, that's what we need.
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We need justice.
You know, what is pretty sickening is they say to Ed Snowden, well, you're an American, come back and just face the music and you'll get a fair trial.
But the assumption now isn't that if there's a problem and you iron it out and you have both sides representing each side, that they can find an answer to it or just work on it.
But now I think the assumption on my part, and I mentioned in my opening statement, this assumption is whose side are these people on?
And it's very explicit, you know, where they're coming from.
And, you know, the politicians can say it, but the judges can't come up with this pre condition that they're guilty.
And getting these indictments, I really resent the power and authority of the grand jury because there's so many shortcomings there.
But the justice system really needs some overhauling.
But I think a lot of people are very confused about it.
And it's a PR game.
What can we do?
And all the distortion.
Then you have the media out there propagandizing the lies and weaponizing these things.
So it's up to the people who are telling the truth that they get as a lot of microphone as they can get.
And that means that we certainly want to help people who are seeking the truth realizing that at least what we want is an honest discussion.
And that's what they're doing right here.
I think they're trying to trample the honest discussion.
And that's very frustrating.
Yeah, I think what Americans have to ask themselves, do we want to live in a country where the government can throw you in jail for 15 years for saying something that the government doesn't want you to say, for holding a political view that the government doesn't want you to have.
And that's what we're facing.
Every single one of us could face these 15 years because every single one of us at some point expresses a view that the government doesn't support, whether it's on medicine, whether it's on a virus, whether it's on foreign policy.
Everyone is, if this goes through, everyone, everyone is vulnerable and they're going to pick the low-hanging fruit first.
And I think this party, in a way, is that it's a small party.
They're not powerful.
They don't have tons of money.
They're being made examples of for the rest of us to tell the rest of us, shut up.
And this is a political party that was formed in 1972.
They have been critical of U.S. foreign policy consistently since 1972, and no one has noticed.
But now all of a sudden, when they speak out against this war, the government comes down on them like a ton of bricks.
I think there's a reason for that.
There's a reason they're doing it, that the U.S. government is getting desperate.
The Biden administration is getting desperate because its Ukraine policy is failing.
And they're striking out not at Russia, but at America and Americans.
And this is a very dangerous, very dangerous thing, Dr. Paul.
You know, the anti-war movement, I think, is growing and they're aware of that.
And I think you make this point because this is why they're attacking maybe two years ago or three or four years ago.
They wouldn't have touched it.
But if they're on the defensive now, they have to grab this and make sure.
And the sad part is if they've anticipated that they can get away with this and they don't have people coming forth and saying, look, the statement that you made earlier, people deserve to be able to say what they want.
And I always made the statement that people say that simplifies it.
You know, they didn't give us the First Amendment so that we can talk about the weather.
They gave us the First Amendment so we can say what we believe in.
And that to me makes all the difference in the world.
Say what you believe in.
And then the other biggest principle is to challenge politely, of course, no violence, challenge our government and criticize our government.
But now it's just they're weaponizing words and process and education, the bureaucracy, social media.
And that's what people have to wake up to.
This is just not, you know, the socialist club, you know, 30 years ago.
And even back in World War I, the president, you know, they put people in jail, you know, for disapproving of the war.
So it's not a brand new issue, but it's not a brand new issue where people did challenge the First Amendment.
But I think it's a sign of weakness on their part.
And that's why we have to keep making our effort to expose them for what they really are.
No, it's dangerous.
I'll give the last word to Caitlin Johnstone because she has a great point about the government and why they're going after Americans for holding views they don't like.
She says they're not worried about Russian propaganda.
They're worried you'll stop listening to U.S. propaganda.
And I think that's about right.
That's very good.
And so I think, oh, go ahead.
I'm sorry.
Go ahead.
You go.
No, I was going to move on.
Yeah, that's what I was going to do.
Okay.
We wanted to talk about money again.
Are they sending more money?
I thought that we were running out of money.
I thought we had debt.
Can they just get money?
Where do they get this?
Do they go out and get a gold mine and start digging and getting gold?
Or do they have another sneaky trick where they get the money and the people go along with it and they just print it up or not even print it, just run it off the computer.
And now the propaganda, who knows what their strategy is on propaganda on Ukraine.
Of course, it's who's winning and who's losing.
The only thing that they propagandize, they never say, have we overstepped our bounds on how we got into war?
We've just gone through Afghanistan, Iraq, Vietnam, and Korea.
And nobody says, what are we doing?
How long can we do this?
Well, right now, the markets are saying, not for a whole lot longer.
Something is going to crack.
Matter of fact, we may be each day getting deeper in that crack than we were the day before.
Yeah, absolutely.
And I think, you know, as you say, more money.
I think that's one of the reasons why they're going after Americans.
They understand that Americans, more and more Americans are getting sick of this war.
They're getting sick of the endless, bottomless pit of Ukraine.
They're getting rid of seeing, getting sick of seeing hundreds and hundreds of millions, billions of dollars being sent to a place when Americans are increasingly struggling.
And I think that's why they're trying to shut people up and threatening them with jail, because we see again on anti-war.com, U.S. announces $350, $325 million arms package for Ukraine.
Even though, Dr. Paul, we know from the leaked Pentagon papers that they know Ukraine is losing the war.
They know it's a lost cause, but yet still, they'll still pick our pockets and send another $300 million over to what they admit privately.
Endless Ukraine Aid00:02:12
Now we know what they privately believe is a lost cause.
That is a renegade government.
So do you have any other announcements today or are we ready to close?
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And over to you, Dr. Paul.
Very good.
I'm going to close by just emphasizing once again what we've been talking about, and that is looking to improve our justice system because I believe in the last decades that it's been deteriorating, although there's been imperfections with the justice system from the beginning, because that's part of human nature.
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But what's happening now is much, much more serious.
And that's why we use it as an example.
These four Americans said something that our government didn't like, and they had political views on Russia.
Daniel, who knows?
We might have a political view.
Maybe we don't agree with our government about Russia or China or the rest.
And yet there have been people who have been canceled and removed from social media because of this.
So it is a very definite issue that has to be looked at.
And when I think of the people that have been in prison for a couple of years now as a result of January 6th without due process or without justice being served, that is very aggravating.
And it's also, I think, something else to worry about is the whistleblowers, the Ed Snowdens and Assange people that end up in prison and use that as an example, just examples to the people who are tempted to tell the truth and speak out.
So there are a lot of bad examples, but just the principle, in a way, all free speech are the whistleblowers.
Somebody might have access to different information, but they're trying to blow a whistle and say things are wrong.
What do we have to do here?
When are we going to be able to trust our government again?
So we're going to do our very best to sort it out and see if we can find, because I don't think people can ever reach perfect truth, but I think you can, as individuals, we can all seek the truth and that will occupy our time for a while to come.
So I want to thank everybody, though, for tuning in today to the Liberty Report.