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Who Needs the Devil When You’ve Got the US Government?

Meet Gary Rhines. He's done 18 years of a life sentence for possession of a small amount of cocaine. While in prison, he's rehabilitated himself and stuff, from the kind of person who would be a drug businessman to another kind. When a federal judge decided to invoke a new law in order to set Rhines free, the federal prosecutor objected, saying that at least he ought to have to "serve" the full 30 years currently recommended for his "offense" against government-imposed contraband restrictions. In this case, the federal judge refused and finally let this peaceful human out of his cage -- ah,...

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9/14/19 Robert Naiman on How Congress Could Stop the War in Yemen

Robert Naiman explains why the Saudi-led war in Yemen, which Scott calls the worst thing the U.S. is doing right now, is unjust and unconstitutional. President Obama started to support the Saudis in their campaign during his second term, supposedly as a favor in exchange for Saudi Arabia's support of the Iran nuclear deal. Naiman says that Nancy Pelosi has a unique opportunity to make ending this war a priority through the House-Senate Conference Committee, but it's unclear whether she really cares about it, despite her supposedly progressive reputation. Scott points out the irony that a...

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