3/6/20 Danny Sjursen on Trump’s Afghanistan Deal

Danny Sjursen discusses the recent deal to withdraw most of the U.S. troops from Afghanistan. He begins by describing the reactions of his military friends to the idea that this deal represents "surrender" to the Taliban, which some on the right would have you believe. On the contrary, says Sjursen, most veterans, including all of his friends, support ending the war, and many say that we should do so as soon as possible. If anything, Sjursen is critical of this deal because it doesn't go far enough, since it allows some "non-combat" troops (a notoriously fuzzy definition) to stay behind,...

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3/6/20 Steven Silverman on Baltimore’s $210 Million Strip Search Lawsuit

Scott talks to Baltimore lawyer Steven Silverman about a 2009 case involving the alleged illegal cavity search of his client by Baltimore police. Silverman's client claimed that Officer Shakil Moss stopped him without cause and conducted the cavity search in public in the middle of the day, which was later confirmed through DNA analysis by the department's internal affairs unit. It was later discovered that a group of officers conducted many such unconstitutional stops, and some of them have faced federal prison for their actions. Discussed on the show: "Police State Keynesianism:...

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It’s On.

Hope yall are getting ready for at least a medium case scenario here. https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1236671338842132480 And this is sure not encouraging.: Trump’s Coronavirus Press Event Was Even Worse Than It Looked

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Cops Kill Man

Please look at this write-up in Reason on the case of the government of Alabama's murder of an innocent man -- okay, well not entirely innocent, but not guilty of murder either.

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