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News Roundup 1/28/21

by | Jan 28, 2021

News Roundup 1/28/21

by | Jan 28, 2021

News Roundup from The Libertarian Institute by Kyle Anzalone

US News

  • The Proud Boys leader was a prolific FBI informant. [Link]
  • Wall Street firms are hiring Democratic lobbyists for more influence in the Biden Administration. [Link]

Biden’s Administration 

  • Biden’s nominee to be Ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, says she will stand with Israel. [Link]
  • Linda Thomas-Greenfield said she would work to hamper the BDS movement. [Link]
  • Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the US disputes China’s claims to the South China Sea. [Link]
  • Blinken says Iran must return to the Nuclear Deal before the US does. [Link]
  • Biden affirmed the need to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula. Demanding North Korea denuclearize is seen as a non-starter for US-North Korean talks. [Link]

Afghanistan 

  • Afghanistan’s Vice President, and chief negotiator, offers a full release of Taliban prisoners if a peace is reached. [Link]

Middle East

  • Biden is reviewing some arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE that were approved by Trump. [Link]
  • The US deployed B-52 bombers to the Middle East in a show of force to Iran. [Link]
  • After pulling out troops from Somalia, the US bombed the country several times. The last bomb was dropped on Trump’s last day in office. [Link]

Kyle Anzalone

Kyle Anzalone

Kyle Anzalone is news editor of the Libertarian Institute, opinion editor of Antiwar.com and co-host of Conflicts of Interest with Will Porter and Connor Freeman.

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