The New York Times dropped another Russiagate bombshell on June 26 with a sensational front-page story headlined, “Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says.” A predictable media and political frenzy followed, reviving...
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ICE Forms Nexus of Federal, State, Local, and Private Surveillance of Americans
When it comes to the rapidly growing national surveillance state, federal agencies such as the NSA and FBI get most of the attention. But in fact, state and local law enforcement agencies, and increasingly private third-parties, make federal surveillance possible. A...
Yep, That’s How It Works Alright
Most Americans believe Russia targeted U.S. soldiers, want sanctions in response, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows "I don't believe anything the government tells me. Ever." --George Carlin "Nu-uh, you're dumb. Government is our leader." --Everybody else.
More On Michele Flournoy From Kelly B. Vlahos
Highly educated, elitist upbringing, high achiever, successful - 'She’s a technocrat—smart and efficient and highly bred for Washington’s finely tuned managerial class." "But elite is as elite does. She went from Beverly Hills High School to Harvard to Oxford, and...
The Biden Foreign Policy Team: Liberal Foreign Policy Hawks With Corporate Interests
What would foreign policy be in a Joe Biden administration? According to Jonathan Guyer at The American Prospect a Biden administration would consist of Michèle Flournoy at Secretary Of Defense surrounded by a who's-who of ex-Obama think tankers that represent...
News Roundup 7/8/20
US News A new law in northeastern Italy gives the government the power to arrest people who refuse Covid treatment. [Link] CENTCOM top Gen. Kenzie says he did not see a “causative link” between the alleged Russian bounties to the Taliban and the deaths of US soldiers...
With Only Four Exceptions, Senate Republicans Vote to Remain in Afghanistan
With Americans growing ever more divided amid national upheaval over racial inequality and a global pandemic, it has perhaps never been more apparent that the United States has no business trying to fix the world with so many problems on our own doorstep. Whatever his...
7/6/20 Ramzy Baroud on the Steady Annexation of Palestine
Scott interviews Ramzy Baroud about the Israeli annexation of Palestine, including Trump's role as perhaps the most acquiescent president in American history in going along with the agenda of the Israeli government. Most recently this has meant acceding to Netanyahu's...
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