I’ve heard some people compare the existence of the TSA (I used this erroneously for a while) to mask wearing, social distancing and lock downs as proof that the people will accept changes that are clearly theater and inconveniences when they are in fear. The problem...
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News Roundup 11/19/20
US News A woman got $40,000 returned to her from the TSA after she joined a class-action lawsuit. The TSA regularly will take cash from people traveling with over $5,000. [Link] The US dropped drug charges against Mexico’s former defense minister. He had been held in...
11/18/20 Kevin Gosztola on the Profiteers and War Hawks of the Biden Transition Team
Kevin Gosztola discusses the abominable record of some of Joe Biden's key transition team officials, people who are likely to become high-level members of Biden's eventual cabinet. This list includes the usual war hawks and D.C. insiders, who are sure to return the...
William Ruger and Rajon Menan: It’s Time To Withdraw from Afghanistan
William Ruger and Rajon Menan make the case for leaving Afghanistan in the Washington Post. Whatever you think of Trump, you have to admit he forces people to take a side. His threats of pulling troops out of Afghanistan and Syria has exposed the pro-war uniparty in...
11/14/20 Gareth Porter on Trump’s Foreign Policy Legacy
Gareth Porter is back for a retrospective on Trump's foreign policy. Despite campaigning on a relatively non-interventionist platform, and indeed despite explicitly denouncing the policies of the Bush and Clinton families along the way, Trump has not been especially...
News Roundup 11/16/20
US News Child visits to the ER for mental health reasons is up 31% during the pandemic. [Link] Joe Biden has a plan to appoint a ‘Supply Commander’ that will manage essential supply chains in the US. [Link] San Francisco considers $1,000 fines for people smoking...
11/13/20 Doug Bandow on the Lost Opportunities of the Trump Administration
Scott interviews Doug Bandow about the missed foreign policy opportunities of the Trump administration. Bandow laments that Trump didn't push harder to get U.S. troops out of our wars in the Middle East, theorizing that he was worried the political cost in the eyes of...
11/13/20 Mark Perry: the Revenge of Colonel Douglas Macgregor
Pentagon reporter Mark Perry discusses the recent appointment of retired Colonel Douglas Macgregor to a senior advisory position under President Trump's new secretary of defense. Perry calls Macgregor one of the greatest military minds in America; after a...
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