5/1/20 Daniel Davis on Getting American Troops out of Afghanistan

Retired Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis joins the show to talk about Trump’s apparent interest in getting U.S. troops out of Afghanistan. Trump has signaled that the coronavirus crisis might be an excuse to get out—after all if America is having trouble taking care of things at home, why should it wastefully expend resources abroad? For this fairly logical position, the media is doing everything it can to portray Trump as deranged and reckless. Davis and Scott support leaving Afghanistan by whatever means necessary, since the war has been a fool’s errand from the very beginning....

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5/1/20 Mike Swanson on the Coronavirus Economy

Mike Swanson discusses all the money the U.S. government has pumped into the economy in order to combat the economic effects of the coronavirus, and what effects these stimulus measures are likely to have. Even though an huge increase in the money supply would normally lead to price inflation, Swanson says that the simultaneous deflationary pressures from all the shutdown of the economy could offset any inflation, at least until things reopen and we're on our way out of the recession. This also means that wages might not rise and progress toward economic recovery could be slow. Just about...

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5/1/20 William Van Wagenen on the Salafist Roots of the Syrian Uprising

Scott talks to William Van Wagenen about his recent Libertarian Institute article exploring the extremist roots of Syria’s civil war. Contrary to the popular narrative, according to which peaceful, secular, democratic protestors were met with violence by the Syrian government, Van Wagenen explains that Muslim Brotherhood activists were really inciting the protests and attacking Syrian security forces from the very beginning. Though the government has undoubtedly killed its own citizens, this was not a case of peaceful demonstrators being met with force, but one of force being met with...

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As Raimondo Might Say: ‘Bwahahahahahahaha!’

As Biden struggles, Hillary waits for the call As the primaries roll forward, and especially with officials’ thumbs on the scales, Biden will almost certainly win the candidacy. In the absence of a brokered convention, how could Democrats replace their standard-bearer? One idea has been to convince Biden to step aside in favor of the very popular Michelle Obama, seen as a sure bet to beat Trump. So far, though, the former first lady has reportedly rebuffed all invitations to enter the fray. That leaves Hillary Clinton. Biden could choose Clinton as his running mate, and then step down before...

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A Trump-Foreign Collusion Story I Could Believe In

Israeli Official Told Roger Stone in 2016 That Trump Would ‘Be Defeated Unless We Intervene’: Report FBI documents reveal President Donald Trump’s former adviser Roger Stone was warned by an unnamed Israeli official during the 2016 presidential election that Trump was “going to be defeated unless we intervene,” before claiming to “have critical intell[igence].” The conversation, which featured redacted names, was made public in redacted FBI documents on Tuesday. In August 2016, the unnamed individual messaged Stone, “Roger, hello from Jerusalem. Any progress? He is going to be defeated...

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Cop Kills Man

Huge congratulations to the rat who called 911 to tattle on someone for possibly sitting in a car to smoke a joint. Whether the guy the cop murdered was the same person the snitch was snitching on is virtually irrelevant. This is what happens. There is a 100 percent chance that the cop who killed him will not be held accountable. #furtive #waistband

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