Conflicts of Interest
FPF #273 – US Plans in Syria
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 19, 2018
On FPF #273, I discuss the US policy in Syria. US envoy to the Syrian conflict James Jeffery recently gave a press conference on the US goals. I explain the myths the US government believes in that leads to unrealistic goals. Links Minds.com Immersion News James...
FPF #272 – Unbelievable
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 16, 2018
On FPF #272, I discuss the House killing a bill that would invoke the War Powers Act to bring the US support for the genocidal Yemen War to an end. The House attached a sentence to a bill about grey wolves to strip the Yemen bill of its privilege to be brought to a...
FPF #271 – Antiwar Democrats guest Joanne Leon
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 14, 2018
On FPF #271, Joanne Leon joins the show to discuss the antiwar movement and the Democratic Party. Joanne gives a recent history of the Democratic Party and the divisions within the party. Joanne explains who is who in the party and what factions of the party may be...
FPF #270 – Veterans Day
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 12, 2018
On FPF #270, I discuss how Veterans Day is used to celebrate war. Veterans Day started as Armistice Day to celebrate the end of WWI. I argue Veterans Day has become a day to promote wars and is not about helping vets. I update the US role in the War in Yemen. The US...
FPF #269 – Not an Issue
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 9, 2018
On FPF #269, I discuss how the destructive US foreign policy was not an issue on election night. The US foreign policy is the most harmful for the American people. US interventionism is extremely costly and damaging to the Americans who enact it. The policy does not...
FPF #268 – Midterm Elections
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 7, 2018
On FPF #268, I discuss the 2018 Midterm Elections. I explain why I did not vote. Little of the debate in the leadup to the midterms has been on what US foreign policy. Most of Congress takes no interest in wars and ignore their Constitutional duties. I look at some...
FPF #267 – Venezuela guest Brian Saady
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 5, 2018
On FPF #267, Brian Saady returns to discuss Venezuela. Brian explains the rise of Chavez and the Communist government. He reviews the opposition to the Communist government. We talk about the current state of Venezuela and Trump's Venezuela policy. Brian Saady is the...
FPF #266 – A Failing Foreign Policy
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 2, 2018
On FPF #266, I discuss how the US wars in Syria, Afghanistan, and Libya are failing. In Syria, NATO member state Turkey is attacking the US-backed Syrian Kurds. The Syrian Kurds have now abandoned their fight against ISIS. In Afghanistan, over half the people live in...
FPF #265 – Invaders at the Southern Border?
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 31, 2018
On FPF #265, I discuss President Trump deploying troops to the southern border to assist in preventing migrants from entering the US. I explain why it is a mistake to treat the migrants as invaders. I update the Syrian War. The American mission in continues to kill...
FPF #264 – Yemen Numbers
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 29, 2018
On FPF #264, I discuss some new casualty numbers for the War on Yemen. The media has long cited a UN estimate that said 10,000 people have died. However, that estimate stopped counting deaths over a year ago. The 10,000 number has helped mask the...
FPF #263 – Nukes
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 26, 2018
On FPF #263, I discuss the nuclear arms relationship between the US and Russia. NSA John Bolton appears determined to pull the US out of the INF Treaty. Bolton played a role in the withdraw from a nuclear treaty with Russia as a member of the Bush Administration. Vice...
FPF #262 – Great Powers
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 24, 2018
On FPF #262, I discuss the US relationship with Russia and China. In a move supported by NSA John Bolton, Trump suggested the US will withdraw from the INF Treaty. The President also called for an increase in the US nuclear arsenal. Secretary of State Pompeo is...
FPF #261 – Violence Surrounds Afghan Elections
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 22, 2018
On FPF #261, I discuss important news events around the world. Social networks continue to go after independent media outlets. John Kiriakou explains why whistleblowers are so rare. I look at an article by Max Blumenthal on Nikki Haley's speech to CNP. In Afghanistan,...
FPF #260 – Canada Legalizes Pot
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 19, 2018
On FPF #260, I explain how the war on drugs impacts US foreign policy and countries around the world. Prohibition is proven to be a failed policy that leads to black market violence. In some countries, the black market created by drug prohibition is so massive it can...
FPF #259 – Progress in Syria? guest Will Porter
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 17, 2018
On FPF #259, Will Porter joins the show to cover the Turkish/Russian agreement that has delayed the Syrian offensive of rebel-held Idlib. The agreement had a deadline for all rebels to be out of the buffer zone by October 15th. The deadline has passed, but Russia,...
FPF #258 – America’s Evil Allies
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 15, 2018
On FPF #258, I discuss how some close US allies have terrible human rights records. Recently, Egypt imprisoned a girl for discussing being sexually harassed in public, Israel has detained an American student for supporting BDS, and the UAE has held a UK researcher in...
Articles
Netanyahu Rejects Any Deal That Leads to Permanent End to War on Gaza
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 25, 2024
The Israeli leader says the IDF will continue to operate in Gaza until Hamas is eliminated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will only agree to a partial deal with Hamas that allows him to restart the assault after a pause to exchange hostages. The...
Russia Warns US ‘Retaliatory Measures Will Follow’ Deadly Attack on Crimea
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 25, 2024
The Kremlin said the US has effectively become a party to the conflict In response to a deadly strike on the Crimean Peninsula that killed four and wounded over 100, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Washington had effectively become a party to the war, and...
Assange Released from Prison After Agreeing To Plead Guilty to Espionage Act Violation
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 25, 2024
The plea bargain allows the Wikileaks founder to return to Australia after a court date in the Mariana Islands WikiLeaks reports that its founder, Julian Assange, was released from UK prison on bail and is in the process of returning to Australia. Court documents...
Netanyahu: Israel To Scale Down Operations in Gaza ‘Very Soon’
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 24, 2024
Tel Aviv will reposition its military assets from southern Israel to the northern border Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that the intense phase of the Israeli operations in Gaza will end “very soon.” However, he said that Tel Aviv was not moving off...
Israeli Defense Chief Heads to US to Discuss Next Phase of Wars in Lebanon, Gaza
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 24, 2024
A prosecutor at the International Criminal Court is seeking an arrest warrant for Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant The Israeli defense minister Gallant is traveling to the US to discuss the next stage of the wars in Gaza and Lebanon. Washington is pushing for Tel...
Hundreds Injured in Crimea, Russia Says Ukraine Used American Missiles
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 24, 2024
Russia reports over 100 were injured and five killed by Ukrainian attacks using American ATACMS missiles The Russian Health Ministry reports that five people were killed and over 100 injured by a Ukrainian missile barrage in Crimea. Moscow claimed American cluster...
Trump, Farage Say NATO Provoked Ukraine Invasion Through Expansion
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 24, 2024
The former American president endorsed France deploying its soldiers to Ukraine Former President Donald Trump said that Ukraine’s membership in the NATO alliance was a major provocation for Moscow and part of the reason Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the...
War Deprives Palestinian Children of Food, Water, Education
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 24, 2024
Aid agencies say the Israeli “pause” has not created improvement for shipments of humanitarian aid A UN official recently described the Israeli onslaught in Gaza as a “war on children” as Palestinian youth go without food, education, and many other foundational needs....
US No Longer ‘Fast-Tracking’ Weapons to Israel
by Will Porter | Jun 23, 2024
The Joe Biden administration recently ended a policy which expedited arms transfers to Tel Aviv, a US official told the Times of Israel.
New Legal Powers for Settlers Facilitate West Bank Annexation
by Connor Freeman | Jun 23, 2024
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) quietly issued an order which transfers substantial legal powers over the occupied West Bank to Settlements Administration bureaucrats working under Israel’s extremist minister Bezalel Smotrich, The Guardian reports. This paves the way...
US-Supported Rutte to Become Next NATO Secretary General
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 23, 2024
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is known for disagreeing with former President Donald Trump Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will be named the next secretary general of the North Atlantic alliance. The White House backed his ascension to become NATO’s top civilian...
Netanyahu’s Aides Warned Him Not To Post Video Attacking US
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 23, 2024
The Israeli leader said he is willing to suffer personal attacks so long as Israel gets weapons from the US The strife between the White House and Tel Aviv could have been avoided if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listened to his aides who instructed him not to...
News Roundup
News Roundup 6/4/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 4, 2020
George Floyd Protests The charges against Derek Chauvin have been upgraded to second-degree murder. The three other police officers who assisted in the murder have been charged. [Link] Secretary of Defense Mark Esper says he does not support using the Insurrection...
News Roundup 6/3/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 3, 2020
US News A security guard was shot and killed by looters at a St. Louis pawn shop. [Link] The Department of Justice gave the DEA the authority to carry out covert surveillance of the George Floyd protest movement. [Link] One thousand six hundred soldiers are on standby...
News Roundup 6/2/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 2, 2020
George Floyd Protests Police officers started a riot in Pittsburg. [Link] A SUV attempted to ram a line of police officers. Two officers were injured. [Link] Police used gas, arrests, and military helicopters to breakup protests in DC. Video from yesterday shows cops...
News Roundup 6/1/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 1, 2020
The Murder of George Floyd The police officer who murdered George Floyd has been charged with manslaughter and murder. Derek Chauvin and three other officers were fired after they murdered Floyd. [Link] Will Porter covers the protests, looting, and police brutality....
News Roundup 5/29/20
by Kyle Anzalone | May 29, 2020
US News Trump signs an executive order condemning social media companies for choosing to censor some speech. [Link] Twitter hid Trump’s tweet on the protests in Minneapolis for ‘glorifying violence.’ [Link] The US limits the number of charter flights to Cuba. [Link]...
News Roundup 5/28/20
by Kyle Anzalone | May 28, 2020
US news Trump will sign an executive order on social media soon. [Link] Shippers and insurers say it may be impossible to comply with the Trump administration's new guidance on how not to violate US sanctions. [Link] Secretary of State Pompeo announces that Hong Kong...
News Roundup 5/27/20
by Kyle Anzalone | May 27, 2020
US News A Minneapolis police officer handcuffed a man and then put his knee on the back of his neck until he died. Four officers were fired after the murder. [Link] Trump said he wants a full withdrawal from Afghanistan, but refused to set a target date. [Link] The US...
News Roundup 5/26/20
by Kyle Anzalone | May 26, 2020
US News New CDC estimate finds that less than .3 percent of people who contract coronavirus will die from it and up to 35 percent of people who get it will never show symptoms. [Link] After the US announced it would leave the Open Skies Treaty, the other NATO members...
News Roundup 5/25/20
by Kyle Anzalone | May 25, 2020
US News The Libertarian Party elected Jo Jorgensen as its presidential nominee and Spike Cohen as vice president. [Link] France said it regretted the US decision to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty. [Link] The Trump administration is considering carrying out...
News Roundup 5/22/20
by Kyle Anzalone | May 22, 2020
US News The Senate confirms John Ratcliffe as Director of National Intelligence. [Link] Trump’s arms control negotiator says the US is prepared to spend Russia and China into oblivion to win another nuclear arms race. [Link] China A bipartisan group of Senators will...
News Roundup 5/21/20
by Kyle Anzalone | May 21, 2020
US News In ⅔ of states, the government is sharing the identities of people who test positive for coronavirus with police. [Link] The US masses planes at an airbase in Japan to show enemies we can manage the operation amid the coronavirus. [Link] The State Department...
News Roundup 5/19/20
by Kyle Anzalone | May 19, 2020
US News Police carried out a no-knock raid on Breonna Taylor’s home in the middle of the night. Her boyfriend fired at the armed men breaking into the home. Once he fired at the officers, police fired several shots back, killing Taylor. The man the police were looking...
News Roundup 5/18/20
by Kyle Anzalone | May 18, 2020
US News Justin Amash drops out of the presidential race. [Link] People cleared by New York’s AG to be released due to coronavirus remain in prison. [Link] Federal police ran an operation where they identified potential sex trafficking victims, had the women perform...
News Roundup 5/15/20
by Kyle Anzalone | May 15, 2020
US News The police officer who was fired for hiding during the Parkland school shooting gets his job back. [Link] Michigan suspends the licenses of a barber who did not follow the lockdown order. [Link] The DoD is set to bail out a company that contracts with the...
News Roundup 5/14/20
by Kyle Anzalone | May 14, 2020
US News A list of government officials who “unmasked” Flynn has been released. The list includes Comey, Clapper, Brennan, and Biden. [Link] 1.4 million healthcare workers have been laid off since the start of lockdowns. [Link] The Senate failed to defeat a measure...
News Roundup 5/13/20
by Kyle Anzalone | May 13, 2020
Coronavirus Hundreds of millions of people will be thrust into extreme poverty by the COVID shutdowns. The starvation caused by economic disturbances may kill more people than coronavirus. [Link] Military contractors are hiring as tens of millions of Americans in...
