Ted Carpenter talks about the Russian bounties story, including all the ways it has been misreported by the media. Carpenter reminds us that the original intelligence that was leaked to the press was based on very flimsy anonymous sources, and may have been obtained...
Afghanistan
Rep Thomas Massie On GOP Amendment To End War In Afghanistan
"A defense bill amendment to repeal authority for military force that has been in place since right after 9-11, effectively expediting plans for a full withdrawal and ending America's longest war." Massie states the biggest obstacle may be that Democrat House Leader...
News Roundup 7/17/20
US News Missouri adopts a new anti-BDS law. [Link] A video surfaced of a NY police officer beating a homeless man for no reason. [Link] A Michigan judge sentenced a 15-year-old girl to juvenile detention for failing to complete online schoolwork during Covid-19....
NYT Still Joking Around About Dead Americans in Afghanistan
Do they have editors at this paper anymore, or it's all just pre-packaged in Langley? In an article about three marines who should have never been in Afghanistan in the first place getting killed there in a suicide truck bombing last year, they 1 try to push their...
News Roundup 7/15/20
US News An Arkansas judge has been exposed for trading sex for favorability in his courtroom. Judge Tim Parker traded money and drugs to women for sex. He also acted as a lawyer and accepted sex for his services. [Link] The Trump Administration rescinds an order that...
7/10/20 Gareth Porter on the Pentagon’s ‘Bountygate’ Hoax
Scott interviews Gareth Porter about the Russian bounties story, or "Bountygate" as it has come to be known. Porter describes attempts by outlets like the New York Times to portray this as a well-sourced story with consensus among America’s intelligence agencies—in...
News Roundup 7/14/20
US News A fire injured twenty-one people on the USS Bonhomme. The ship is docked in San Diego. [Link] The federal government ran an $867 billion deficit in June. The US is running a $2.7 trillion deficit for the year. With three months left in the year, the current...
Glenn Greenwald On The Coalition Of Pro-War Democrats And Republicans
Glenn Greenwald at The Intercept: How The Armed Services Committee, In The Middle Of A Pandemic, Approved A Huge Military Budget And More War In Afghanistan. For anyone that needs a reminder of what Democrats (and some Republicans) were saying about V.P. Dick Cheney...
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