Conflicts of Interest

COI #432: US Navy Preparing for War with China

On COI #432, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover the Empire’s latest escalations against Russia, China, and Iran. Kyle breaks down the “powerful offer” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he received from European countries set to arm Kiev with F-16 fighter...

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COI #426: Ukraine Is Trying to Assassinate Putin

On COI #426, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover the Empire’s latest escalations against Russia as well as the increasing tensions with Iran as Israel threatens war. Kyle breaks down an admission by Ukrainian military intelligence that they are actively seeking to...

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COI #422: The US Terror Wars Killed 4.5 Million

On COI #422, Kyle Anzalone breaks down a new report from the Cost of War Project. Odysee Rumble  Donate LBRY Credits bTTEiLoteVdMbLS7YqDVSZyjEY1eMgW7CP Donate Bitcoin 36PP4kT28jjUZcL44dXDonFwrVVDHntsrk Donate Bitcoin Cash Qp6gznu4xm97cj7j9vqepqxcfuctq2exvvqu7aamz6...

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Articles

NATO Chief Visits US to Push for Ukraine Aid

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is in the US this week to push for Congress to pass a massive $61 billion aid package for Ukraine proposed by the White House. The supplemental defense spending bill has been stalled in Congress for several months. In an...

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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 4/26/2023

US News Global weapon expenditures hit a record $2.24 trillion in 2022, an increase of nearly 4%, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The global watchdog found the trend was led by European countries returning to Cold-War...

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News Roundup 4/24/2023

US News Mike Morrell, the former acting CIA director, revealed to the House Judiciary Committee, led by Rep. Jim Jordan, that he played a key role in rallying former intelligence officials to sign a letter which sought to discredit reporting on the Hunter Biden laptop...

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News Roundup 4/20/2023

US News Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) is urging Republican leadership not to pursue legislation designed to ban TikTok, the video-sharing app owned by the Chinese company ByteDance. AWC On Wednesday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launched his presidential bid to challenge...

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News Roundup 4/18/2023

US News Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday acknowledged that US economic sanctions risk the hegemony of the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency as they push targeted countries to seek alternatives. AWC Senator Lindsey Graham claims the recent Pentagon...

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News Roundup 4/16/2023

US News The Biden administration appears poised to increase internet surveillance in response to the leaked Pentagon documents that appear to have been posted on the messaging platform Discord. AWC The UN says more arms are getting trafficked from the US to Haiti. AP...

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News Roundup 4/13/2023

US News A group of House Democrats sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland urging the Biden administration to drop the charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is facing up to 175 years in prison for exposing US war crimes if extradited to the...

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News Roundup 4/11/2023

Russia Ukraine could run out of missiles for its Soviet-made air defense systems by early May, giving Russia the chance to achieve air superiority in the country, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. AWC A Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) document that has...

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News Roundup 4/10/2023

Russia Financial Times reported Thursday that the US is pushing back against an effort by some of its European allies to provide Ukraine with a “road map” toward NATO membership at an alliance summit this July that will be held in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius....

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News Roundup 4/5/2023

Venezuela Fernando Blasi, the new envoy for Venezuela’s US-backed opposition, is calling on the Biden administration to ease crippling sanctions on Venezuela, saying not doing so could turn the country into another Cuba, which has been under a US trade embargo since...

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News Roundup 4/3/2023

Russia Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said Thursday that Russia will continue notifying the US of its missile tests despite its suspension of New START, the last nuclear arms control treaty remaining between Washington and Moscow. AWC A prominent...

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News Roundup 3/30/2023

US News The Senate on Wednesday voted to repeal the 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) that was used for the invasion of Iraq and the 1991 AUMF that was passed for the Gulf War. AWC Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) plans to block a bill introduced by Sen....

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News Roundup 3/29/2023

US News On Tuesday, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) introduced a War Powers Resolution that would direct President Biden to remove armed forces from Somalia that is cosponsored by Reps. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) and Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL). AWC A bill introduced in the Senate...

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