Introduction In the mainstream view, al-Qaeda did not play a role in the Syria conflict until Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dispatched his deputy, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, to Syria in August 2011 to establish a wing of the group there, called...
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News Roundup 12/23/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 23, 2021 | News Roundup
US News US airstrikes have dropped about 54% since Biden took office. [Link] Military families in Hawaii believe they have been exposed to contaminated water for months longer than the Navy currently admits. [Link] The US sanctions three people in Brazil for...
Episode 561: The Horrors Of Post ‘Civil War’ Reconstruction w/ Ryan Dawson
by Peter R. Quiñones | Apr 7, 2021 | Free Man Beyond the Wall
118 Minutes PG-13 Ryan Dawson is the host of the Anti-Neocon Report and a documentary filmmaker. Ryan joins Pete to give details on post-"Civil War" rebuilding in the South, commonly called "Reconstruction." ANCReport.com vid.ancreport.com Get Autonomy 19 Skills PDF...
FPF #499 – Will Porter on Police Brutality and Looting
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 1, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #499, Will Porter returns to the show to cover the ongoing protests, riots, and police brutality. The protests started after a police officer slowly murdered George Floyd, while three other helped and watched. The protesters demanded charges for the officers....
The Disgusting Amy Klobuchar
by Scott Horton | Feb 27, 2020 | Blog
She's a guilty accessory to murder. "At the same time she was ramping up sentences, Ms. Klobuchar was also building a tight relationship with law enforcement, which is common for prosecutors. Some civil rights leaders say that skewed her other priorities, and explains...
Donald ‘John O. Brennan’ Trump Defends Al Jolani and Syrian Al Qaeda
by Scott Horton | Dec 26, 2019 | Blog
Maybe he feels like he owes Ayman al-Zawahiri a favor for allowing him to own the tallest building in southern Manhattan for a few years. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1210220021433208832
Deputy Faked Being Shot by Sniper
by Scott Horton | Aug 26, 2019 | Blog
Cops lie all the time. Because they're criminals. Also: The [apartment] building, which overlooks the sheriff’s station parking lot and is used by a nonprofit organization to house people with mental illness, is a safety hazard, [Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris] said....
This Isn’t Going To Fit The Current Narrative
by Steven Woskow | Aug 15, 2019 | Blog
More calls for gun control after Philadelphia standoff with police but this man was a convicted felon. What specific laws could have stopped him since he was apparently undeterred by laws we currently have - confiscation, ending all gun sales, tougher sentencing...
An Endless War? Getting Out of Afghanistan
by Scott Horton | May 30, 2019 | Blog
I was recently featured in this documentary "An Endless War? Getting Out of Afghanistan," by Bob Coen along with Matthew Hoh, Phyllis Bennis, Gen. Krulak and others. They're screening it for Congress next week: 5pm Thursday June 6 - Room 2044, Rayburn House Office...
Israeli Rabbis at IDF Prep School Praise Adolf Hitler
by Scott Horton | May 1, 2019 | Blog
Yeah, and not for building the autobahn either. Brace for the most insane shit you've ever read in your life, and then click here. Update: ADL denounces.
The Spy Who Wasn’t
by James Bamford | Feb 11, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
On a steamy Sunday last July, at about half-past noon, a caravan of unmarked SUVs exited the FBI’s Washington, D.C., field office, an eight-story concrete building that exudes all the charm of a supermax prison. The cars moved swiftly across the city; speed was...
FPF #300 – Moral Injury guest Peter Van Buren
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 21, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #300, Peter Van Buren joins the show to talk his books. Peter discusses his book Hooper's War and moral injury. Peter explains how war can do more than injure someone physically, their understanding of right and wrong can be damaged as well. I ask Peter about...
Seattle’s Socialist City Council Member Thinks Housing Is a Human Right—Unless it Comes at the Expense of Music Venues
by Christian Britschgi | Aug 17, 2018 | Featured Articles, Politics
Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant favors raising more money for affordable housing, except when she doesn't. A few months ago, Sawant was fighting for the "Amazon tax," a literal tax on jobs that would have raised some $75 million annually to fund affordable...
Putin Congratulates Trump
by Scott Horton | Nov 9, 2016 | Blog
This is the single best aspect of Hillary's loss. She was bound to a horrible Russia policy like JB Weld. One of the only things Trump was good and consistent on was his wish to cool off all this heat with Russia that's been building up since the Cheney years. The...
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Blame Mexico? Blame Neocons! Blame Big Pharma! Blame the USA!
ABC News: If fentanyl is so deadly, why do drug dealers use it to lace illicit drugs? I have an alternative explanation. America has been fighting endless wars almost the entire century. Many have come home from these never-ending wars with injuries and pains. Doctors...
My Testimony Before the Maine State Senate
In support of Ld 1054, Defend the Guard legislation: Thank you all so much for the opportunity to testify before your committee today. Today is the 20th anniversary of the beginning of Iraq War II. The consensus now is that we should not have done it. Iraq was not...
These Iraq War Supporters Are Still in Congress
On March 19, 2003 the United States began its military invasion of Iraq. The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq passed Congress in October 2002, with 296 congressmen and 77 senators voting in favor of giving President George W. Bush carte blanche...
Laci Green is Wrong: Democratic Competition vs. Free Market Competition
In environments where there's a lot of competition, people tend to lie out their ass and you can apply this to any competitive situation. Take capitalism. As industrialization took full effect, the Federal Government had to interfere because there was so much false...
Empower the Workers: Decriminalize Economic Activity Between Consenting Adults
The most reliable and effective protection for most workers is provided by the existence of many employers. As we have seen, a person who has only one possible employer has little or no protection. The employers who protect a worker are those who would like to hire...
Chris Rock’s New Special Exposes His Political Ignorance
A common claim among Democrats is that, "It's not that people don't want to be educated, they just haven't been given the opportunity, thus government spending on education needs to increase." If there were ever a group of people capable of "educating" themselves it...
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