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 Game Plays Out 
 2011 Obama Coup 

Ron Paul fans behind scenario, which also finds Glenn Beck dead

Oct 24, 09 5:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - For the burgeoning ranks of political paranoids, a scenario in which President Obama dissolves the Constitution, bans guns and drags the US into a union with Mexico and Canada seems not all that far-fetched. Now, thanks to some Ron Paul supporters, you can prepare for 2011 (yep, that soon!)... More »

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Mexico • Democratic Congress • Canada • Fox News • Ron Paul • Michelle Malkin • Glenn Beck • US Constitution • libertarians • online gaming • gun ban • coup d'etat • President Obama • United States of Earth • imam

OPINION

Beck Could Be
'Major' Factor
in 2010 Vote

If he combines angry right-wingers with libertarians, look out

Oct 16, 09 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Don't look now, but Glenn Beck could turn out to be a big factor in the 2010 elections, writes Marc Ambinder. Beck is cooking up some kind of voter mobilization project, which is a "tricky proposition" given that "conservative talk radio audiences—and Fox News viewers—tend to... More »

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Congress • Fox News • Ron Paul • Republican Party • Glenn Beck • libertarians • voter registration • conservatives • Election 2010 • midterm elections • Marc Ambinder • 9/12 Project

ANALYSIS

Don't Dodge Recession: 
The Case Against Stimulus

Legislation props up the weak, blows up debt

Jan 28, 09 10:45 AM CST
(Newser) - There’s a near-consensus in DC that the recession calls for major government action. But on the libertarian fringe is what Politico calls “the Do Nothing Crowd.” This group tends to think there's no alternative to letting the economy, which became "filled with phantom wealth," contract,... More »

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libertarians • economic stimulus package • economy • Obama administration • Cato Institute

OPINION

Note to McCain: Gitmo Ruling Hardly 'Worst'

Shame on candidate for playing politics on habeas corpus

Jun 17, 08 1:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain's painting of last week's Guantanamo Bay ruling as one of the Supreme Court’s “worst decisions" has George Will scoffing in the Washington Post. Various segregation rulings could hold that title, he notes, but more important to McCain should be the justices' affirmation of habeas corpus, "... More »

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John McCain • Guantanamo Bay • habeas corpus • libertarians • US Supreme Court

Ron Paul Is
Not Alone

Libertarians are on
the rise, aiming to
get government
out of private life

Nov 25, 07 11:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Maverick Texas congressman Ron Paul is riding a surge of Americans on both sides of the political spectrum now calling themselves libertarians. They tend to be fiscally conservative but socially liberal voters turned off by government intrusions, from warrantless wiretapping to broadcast censorship. And their numbers are up to 9%... More »

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Ron Paul • Drew Carey • Markos Moulitsas • Bill Maher • fiscal conservatives • Republican candidate • libertarians • social liberals • Election 2008 • Bill Maher Grid

Feds Seize Ron Paul 'Dollars'

Candidate and 'sound money' advocate's image on 60,000 coins

Nov 17, 07 7:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Federal agents raided the Indiana headquarters of a so-called "sound money" group this week, seizing nearly 60,000 "Ron Paul Dollars"—copper coins bearing the likeness of the renegade Texan congressman, GOP candidate for president and sound-money advocate. The organization has more than $20 million in illegal... More »

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currency • Federal Reserve • Ron Paul • US dollar • libertarians • Liberty Dollar • US Mint

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