News Roundup 8/20/18

by | Aug 20, 2018

News Roundup 8/20/18

by | Aug 20, 2018

  • Moon of Alabama explains why Trump was right to revoke John Brennan’s security clearance. [Link]
  • James Bovard on the heroic work of Seymour Hersh who has exposed several horrific government crimes. [Link]
  • Senator Rand Paul will ask Trump to lift sanctions on Russian lawmakers so they can visit the US. [Link]
  • Brazil has deployed 60 troops to a town near the border with Venezuela to prevent fighting between locals and Venezuelan migrants. [Link]
  • Russia has started to form ties with Pakistan as the US cuts some ties with Pakistan. [Link]
  • The Afghan government and Taliban are discussing a potential ceasefire. [Link]
  • The US is fighting a war in Yemen for no reason. [Link]
  • Senator Murphy has introduced an amendment to end US involvement in the Yemeni Civil War. [Link]
  • The bomb used by Saudi Arabia to blow up a school bus full of Yemeni children was made in the US by Lockheed Martin. [Link]
  • South Yemeni Separatists attack a Yemeni government military ceremony killing one. [Link]

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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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