Despite what some people suggest, our choice today is not between black lives and private property. Quite the contrary: respect for black lives logically entails respect for all persons, their possessions, and their peaceful projects. The first property right is...
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News Roundup 9/1/20
US News The NYT ran a story claiming that Ron Rosenstein limited the scope of Mueller’s investigation. A top prosecutor from Mueller’s office said the NYT story was false. [Link] US Special Representative to Venezuela, Elliot Abrams, says the US is ready to tighten...
Toxic Partisanship: A Gateway Towards Authoritarianism
For years a consistent refrain in American politics has bewailed an increasingly polarized political atmosphere. As the Pew Research Center observes, for the first time in almost 25 years, “majorities in both parties express not just unfavorable but very unfavorable...
An American Withdrawal From Iraq Must Be More Than Words
Earlier this month, while meeting with the Iraqi Prime Minister, President Trump reaffirmed his intent to remove all U.S. troops from Iraq. “We were there and now we’re getting out. We’ll be leaving shortly,” the president told reporters at the time. Although...
8/31/20 Ramzy Baroud on the Israeli Bureaucracy Forcing Palestinians From Their Homes
Ramzy Baroud shares the heartbreaking story of Ahmed Amarneh, an engineer who decided to build a home for his family in a network of caves near their town after getting repeatedly denied building permits for a real house by the Israeli government. Now that he has...
Disgusting Criminal, Louisville KY County Attorney Mike O’Connell, Tried To Extort Breonna Taylor’s Ex-Boyfriend Into Bearing False Witness Against Her Bloody Corpse
Breonna Taylor’s ex-boyfriend offered plea deal if he would claim Taylor was part of ‘organized crime syndicate’ You see, government is not your security force. They are the enemies of civilization, Mike O'Connell foremost among them. Since we know that he and his...
8/31/20 Gareth Porter on Israel’s Ammonium Nitrate Terror Plot Delusion
Gareth Porter debunks a series of bogus incidents in which Mossad, Israel's intelligence agency, has accused various Lebanese men over the years of being Hezbollah agents attempting to orchestrate terrorist plots all around the world. In each of the cases that Porter...
8/31/20 Phil Weiss on Ultra-Pro-Israel Presidential Candidate Joe Biden
Scott interviews Phil Weiss about the deplorable state of the Democratic Party when it comes to Israel policy. Weiss calls Joe Biden the most pro-Israel candidate of all time, which is somewhat ironic given that he's running against the most pro-Israel president of...
8/28/20 Alan MacLeod on the Tight Relationship Between the US and Israel
Alan MacLeod discusses a recent round of bombing by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, which as usual is either being completely ignored by mainstream media outlets, or is being described as justified retaliation for initial Palestinian aggression. MacLeod says that...
News Roundup 8/31/20
US News At least 1,000 people in the US prison system have died from Covid. [Link] Venezuelan coup plotter Juan Guaido expects support from either Trump or Biden. [Link] The US is increasingly focusing on its European defense on the Arctic. [Link] The Trump...
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