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Foreign Policy Focus #164 – Korean Peace Progress

On FPF #164, I discuss peace talks in Korea. South Korea sent high-level officials to North Korea to talk with Kim Jong Un. The Koreans agreed to work towards talks with the countries leaders and the US. The South Koreans are also signaling to the US that North Korea...

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Foreign Policy Focus #162 – Congress Moves on War

On FPF #162, I discuss Congress looking to limit presidential war powers. Senators Sanders, Lee, and Murphy have introduced S.J. Res. 54 to end the US war in the Yemen Civil War. The bill has bipartisan support, and Senator Sanders explains the importance of the bill....

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Foreign Policy Focus #160 – Trump's CPAC Speech

On FPF #160, I breakdown Trump's CPAC Speech. In the speech, Trump celebrates increased military spending and moving the US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Trump also makes threats and announces new sanctions against North Korea. I point out Trump's lies and explain...

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Foreign Policy Focus # 159 – Yemen Cheat Sheet

On FPF #159, I discuss a Bloomberg article claiming to be a summary of the Yemen Humanitarian Crisis. I break down who all the players in the Yemen Civil War. I debunk some of the most common myths from the US media and government about Yemen. I explain why the...

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Articles

Anti-Conscription Protests Emerge in Ukraine

The women of a village took to the streets to block any potential Ukrainian military officials from entering their town and taking more men off to war. The protest broke out as the Ukrainian government searches for solutions to its dire troop shortage.  Tuesday’s...

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Kyle Anzalone

Kyle Anzalone is news editor of the Libertarian Institute, opinion editor of Antiwar.com and co-host of Conflicts of Interest with Will Porter and Connor Freeman.

News Roundup

News Roundup 1/3/19

The US assassinated the IRGC-Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, the deputy head of the Popular Mobilization Forces, and a senior member of Kata’ib Hezbollah in a drone strike in Baghdad. [Link] US News Portland State University will pay $1 million to the family of...

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News Roundup 1/2/19

US News The UN Specia Rapprator for torture says Chelsea Manning is being tortured. [Link] Missouri police extorted $2.6 million from motorists by threatening to take them to jail or signing papers that forfeit their assets. [Link] Alex Jones was ordered by a judge to...

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News Roundup 12/31/19

US News A family will get $12 million from the city of Detroit after a police officer killed their son. The office tased the kid while he was riding an ATV. [Link] The CIA designed technology that would allow for the US to limit shoulder-fired missiles use to a...

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News Roundup 12/30/19

US News The FBI is investigating a Ghislaine Maxwell, a British woman who worked with Jeffery Epistine trafficking young women and children. [Link] Navy SEALs say they witnessed Eddie Gallagher murder a man and shoot at a child. Trump granted Gallagher clemency and...

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News Roundup 12/27/19

Latin America Riots in a Honduran prison leave 18 dead. [Link] A military facility in Venezuela was raided. One soldier was killed in the attack. The Venezuelan government claims to have captured the assailants and recovered the weapons. [Link] Ukraine/Russia Ukraine...

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News Roundup 12/24/19

US News Senator Rand Paul airs his Festivus grievances, including the US spending $22 million on Serbian cheese and $700,000 on smoking fish. [Link] Trump signs the 2020 NDAA. [Link] The US and South Korea carry out military drills simulating capturing high value...

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News Roundup 12/23/19

US News The Fort Worth police officer who killed Atatiana Jefferson has been charged with murder. [Link] A judge's ruling will allow the US government to seize the money Edward Snowden has made from his book. [Link] Daniel Larison explains the Trump travel ban...

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News Roundup 12/19/19

US News The House votes for two articles of impeachment against Trump. Tulsi Gabbard voted present. [Link] The US national debt increased by $1.2 trillion in 2019. [Link] The 2020 NDAA requires the DNI to release a report on who is responsible for the murder of Jamal...

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News Roundup 12/18/19

US News A North Carolina police officer has been fired after throwing a middle school student against the wall. [Link] The House reveals a $1.4 trillion budget bill. As well as funding the government, the bill also raising the tobacco age to 21. [Link] A FISA Court...

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News Roundup 12/17/19

US  News Over half the sheriffs in Washington state are refusing to enforce a new gun law. [Link] North Korea DefSec Esper says the US expects North Korea to carry out more weapons tests. [Link] Russia and China call for some sanctions to be lifted on North Korea. The...

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News Roundup 12/16/19

US News The US is withholding crucial evidence in the Assange case from his defense team. [Link] Peter Thiel’s Palantir gets a $111 million contract to provide software to the Army. [Link] The 2020 NDAA includes a requirement of Trump to sanction the construction of...

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News Roundup 12/13/19

US News Fifteen Department of Veterans Affairs employees and vendors of the VA are charged with defrauding the department out of millions of dollars. [Link]  The 2020 NDAA includes sanctions against Syria, Iran, and Russia for war crimes in Syria. The sanctions will...

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