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This Week At The Libertarian Institute
by Will Porter | Feb 10, 2024
The Empire never sleeps – but neither do we. Missed a story? We’ve got you covered. Check out this week in review at the Libertarian Institute.
Israeli Troops to Attack Rafah as the UN Warns of ‘Large-Scale Loss of Civilian Life’
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 8, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would order his troops to attack Rafah, a city in Gaza sheltering over one million internally displaced civilians. The situation in the Gazan city is already dire. The UN warns the attack could cause a massive loss of...
Congress Attacks Critical Aid Organization Over Baseless Israel Accusations
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 7, 2024
Congress and the White House are punishing the United Nations and its Palestinian aid agency over Israeli claims that some members of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) participated in the October 7 Hamas attack. Tel Aviv has failed to produce any evidence to back...
IDF Opens Investigation of Friendly Fire Deaths During October 7 Attack
by Connor Freeman | Feb 7, 2024
The Israeli military said on Tuesday it launched a probe into friendly fire deaths and possible breaches of the law during fighting in Israel which occurred in response to the October 7 Hamas attack and in its immediate wake. Several reports in Israeli media have...
Only 3 in 10 Americans Were Aware of US Troops in Syria Prior to Deadly Attack
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 6, 2024
A recent poll of Americans found that only 30% were aware that US troops were deployed to Syria before three US soldiers were killed just across the border in Jordan. The results of the survey show Americans are generally unaware of the attacks against US forces in...
Israel Has Failed to Provide Evidence to Prove UNRWA Hamas Ties
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 6, 2024
News outlets with access to the summary of an intelligence dossier that claims employees of the UN aid agency for Palestinians participated in the Hamas October 7 attack say it does not include evidence to back the claims. Tel Aviv’s assertion led several major donors...
Amnesty Documents ‘Shocking Spike in Illegal Force’ Against Palestinians in West Bank
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 6, 2024
A new report from Amnesty International documents that “over the past four months [Israeli Forces] unleashed a brutal wave of violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.” The organization found that Israeli forces murdered children, brutally cracked down...
Israel Withholding Intelligence Dossier on UNRWA Participation in Hamas Attack
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 5, 2024
Israel is refusing to release the full intelligence dossier it compiled about the 12 members of the UN Palestinian aid agency it alleges participated in the Hamas October 7 attack. The US and several other countries cut funding in response to the Israeli assertion,...
CNN Staffers Say Network Has ‘Systemic and Institutional Bias Toward Israel’
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 5, 2024
Several employees of CNN spoke out against the outlet’s bias towards Israel in its reporting on the war on Gaza. Other US corporate media outlets have shown significant favoritism toward Tel Aviv. The Guardian reports speaking with six staffers from different...
Iraqi Bases Housing US Troops Attacked Following Strikes on Militias in Iraq and Syria
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 5, 2024
Following the attacks on dozens of sites across Iraq and Syria, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq announced it attacked bases that house US soldiers. Last week, three American soldiers in Jordan, near the Syrian border, were killed by a drone. The White House blamed Iran...
House to Vote on $17.6 Billion in New Military Aid for Israel
by Dave DeCamp | Feb 5, 2024
The House will vote on a bill this week to provide $17.6 billion in new military aid to Israel to support the mass killing of Palestinians in Gaza. The House previously passed a $14.3 billion resolution for Israel but cut funds to the Internal Revenue Service, so it...
US Strikes in Iraq and Syria Kill About 40, Including Civilians
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 5, 2024
A massive US bombing campaign struck scores of targets in Iraq and Syria with over 100 bombs, leaving about 40 people dead, including civilians. President Joe Biden ordered the strikes as tensions in the Middle East are rapidly escalating. On Friday, US Central...
News Roundup
News Roundup 1/25/19
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 25, 2019
US News Wikileaks is suing the US to reveal any secret charges against Julian Assange. [Link] Michael Treacy on the latest BuzzFeed Russiagate blunder. [Link] Venezuela The State Department withdraws non-emergency personnel from Venezuela and issues a warning advising...
News Roundup 1/24/19
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 24, 2019
Venezuelan Regime Change The US recognizes Juan Guaido as interim president of Venezuela. [Link] Juan Guaido declares himself interim president of Venezuela. [Link] Venezuelan president Maduro cuts diplomatic ties with the US and gives US diplomats 72 hours to leave...
News Roundup 1/23/19
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 23, 2019
Defense Spending Matt Taibbi explains how the government can now legally lie on public spending reports. [Link] The 2019 defense budget has nearly $20 billion in earmarks. [Link] NATO The House passes a bill that will prevent any US funds from being used to withdraw...
News Roundup 1/22/19
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 22, 2019
2020 Kamala Harris announces she is running for president in 2020. [Link] How the Democrat 2020 candidates reacted to Trump’s Syria withdraw. [Link] Police Shootings The former Chicago police officer who killed Laquan McDonald was sentenced to six years and nine...
News Roundup 1/18/19
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 18, 2019
US Foreign Policy Trump says the US will add 20 missile defense positions in Alaska and invest in space-based missile defense. [Link] Senator Rand Paul says Trump will remove US troops from Syrian and some troops from Afghanistan. [Link] Daniel Larison explains...
News Roundup 1/17/19
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 17, 2019
US News Roku deletes the InfoWars app. [Link] US veterans who are suffering from illnesses caused by Burn Pits lose a decade long court case. The Supreme Court rejected their appeal. [Link] US Foreign Policy Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin tells the Senate to allow...
News Roundup 1/16/19
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 16, 2019
FBI Investigates Trump Glenn Greenwald breaks down the FBI investigation of Trump following the firing of James Comey. Greenwald explains how the investigation turned up nothing and was dangerous. He highlights the failures in the mainstream media’s coverage of the...
News Roundup 1/15/19
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 15, 2019
The Neocons The Neocons are returning to influence within the Trump Administration and the Democratic Party. [Link] Glenn Greenwald on the Democratic elite’s reunion with the neocons and the Democratic voters’ move towards militarism. [Link] Matt Taibbi: The Return of...
News Roundup 1/11/19
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 11, 2019
The Pentagon The acting Defense Secretary has been critical of the F-35. [Link] The Pentagon accepts midair refueling tankers from Boeing despite flaws. [Link] Two Green Berets plea guilty to attempting to smuggle about $1 million worth of cocaine from Colombia to the...
News Roundup 1/10/19
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 10, 2019
US News Fiat Chrysler will pay $650 million in settlement for emissions cheating. [Link] A lawsuit in Missouri challenges the Constitutionality of laws that prevent people from feeding the homeless. The lawsuit claims the laws infringe on the freedom of religion by...
News Roundup 1/9/19
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 9, 2019
US News A federal judge rules the state of Oregon cannot fine a man for calling himself an engineer. The state attempted to fine the man $500. The court found calling himself an engineer was within his first amendment rights. [Link] New Hampshire police arrested a man...
News Roundup 1/8/19
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 8, 2019
China Acting Defense Secretary Shanahan tells top Pentagon officials his focus will be ‘China China China.’ [Link] Kim Jong-un travels to China and meets with President Xi. [Link] China’s president calls for reunification of China and Taiwan. Taiwan’s president calls...
News Roundup 1/7/19
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 7, 2019
US News Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke resigns. [Link] A new lawsuit challenges Arkansas anti-BDS law. The law requires all private companies that do business with the state to sign an agreement not to boycott Israel. [Link] Heavily redacted documents released under an...
News Roundup 1/4/19
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 4, 2019
William Arkin resigns from NBC. In an email explaining his resignation, Arkin cites the networks support for endless war as a reason for leaving the network. [Link] Glenn Greenwald explains that five weeks after a “bombshell” Guardian story that claimed Paul Manafort...
News Roundup 1/3/19
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 3, 2019
The Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White resigns. [Link] A Mexican mayor was murdered just after being sworn into office. [Link] US citizen Paul Whelan has been arrested in Russia and accused of spying. Whelan is a former Marine. Mike Pompeo has called for Russia to...
News Roundup 1/2/19
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 2, 2019
San Bernadino County will pay $390,000 to seven kids who were arrested by a police officer to ‘teach them a lesson.’ [Link] The NYPD used drones to monitor crowd on New Year’s Eve. [Link] Ted Galen Carpenter explains how NATO partisans started a new Cold War. [Link]...
