8/30/19 John Kiriakou on the Deep State’s Search for a ‘Russiagate’ Scalp

John Kiriakou fills in some of the details of the real story of Maria Butina, the alleged Russian spy who is said to have conspired with the 2016 Trump campaign. The problem with the official narrative, explains Kiriakou, is that Butina is not a spy at all and there's no evidence for illegal activity, except for a Foreign Agents Registration form that she should have filled out but did not. For this relatively minor, first time offense, Butina is serving more than a year in prison and has had her name and reputation completely and falsely destroyed. She has also been used in order to build a...

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The 80th Anniversary of the Start of WWII in Europe

Just remember, the whole damn thing was Woodrow Wilson's fault. Even Winston Churchill, top suspect in the sinking of the Lusitania, later told William Griffin, editor of the New York Enquirer in August 1936 (though he later denied saying it): “America should have minded her own business and stayed out of the World War. If you hadn’t entered the war the Allies would have made peace with Germany in the spring of 1917. Had we made peace then there would have been no collapse in Russia followed by Communism, no breakdown in Italy followed by Fascism, and Germany would not have signed the...

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8/30/19 Danny Sjursen on the Hidden Cost of America’s Endless Wars and How Trump Could End Them

Danny Sjursen explains why staying in Afghanistan, even indefinitely, won't make any difference in its eventual outcome. Right now the U.S. military is only enforcing the Kabul government's grip on a small part of the country, and if they leave, either the Taliban will take over the country, or Kabul will hang on to an even smaller sliver. These are the two possible outcomes, says Sjursen, and it doesn't make a difference if America withdraws today, next year, or in another twenty years. The only difference is how much money our government wastes and how many Americans we have to bury....

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8/30/19 Jim Bronke on Joe Biden’s Role in the Iraq War and the Media’s Refusal to Cover It

Scott interviews Jim Bronke about Joe Biden's role, as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in militating for the invasion of Iraq in 2002. He deliberately stacked hearings meant to examine the potential threat of Iraqi WMD with war hawks that he knew would support the conclusions he wanted them to. Today, most democratic politicians and voters don't seem to care at all about Biden's worst crimes, and instead like to focus on comparatively trivial issues like his stance on busing policy. Discussed on the show: "How Biden's Secret 2002 Meetings Led to War in Iraq" (Truthout) "THE...

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Wall Street Journal: Rich Get Richer

Due to government economic policy: The decadelong economic expansion has showered the U.S. with staggering new wealth driven by a booming stock market and rising house prices. But that windfall has passed by many Americans. The bottom half of all U.S. households, as measured by wealth, have only recently regained the wealth lost in the 2007-2009 recession and still have 32% less wealth, adjusted for inflation, than in 2003, according to recent Federal Reserve figures. The top 1% of households have more than twice as much as they did in 2003. This points to a potentially worrisome side of the...

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