Darren Beattie of Revolver News returns to the show. Beattie’s journalism has raised questions about the inconsistency of the Government’s investigation and prosecution of people who helped breach the Capitol last year. Since he was last on the show, these questions...
BuzzFeed
1/14/22 Ken Bensinger on the Whitmer Kidnapping Plot and January 6th
by Scott Horton | Jan 19, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show
Ken Bensinger of Buzzfeed News returns to the show to follow up about the 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Although the plot made national headlines when 14 militia members were arrested, Bensinger and fellow journalists dug deeper to find a...
8/13/21 Ken Bensinger on the Role of FBI Informants in the Michigan Kidnapping Plot
by Scott Horton | Aug 17, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Ken Bensinger of Buzzfeed News about the role of FBI informants in the plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Bensinger explains that informants played a heavy role in the militia group involved and helped motivate members to take violent...
Cops Kill Men
by Scott Horton | Jun 30, 2020 | Blog
Buzzfeed: On The Day George Floyd Died, Police Across The US Shot And Killed At Least Five Other Men Police in the US have not gone more than two days without fatally shooting someone since 2015. "Justin was shot at least twice. "His death started like so many other...
Beyond BuzzFeed: The 10 Worst, Most Embarrassing U.S. Media Failures on the Trump/Russia Story
by Glenn Greenwald | Jan 22, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
Buzzfeed was once notorious for traffic-generating “listicles”, but has since become an impressive outlet for deep investigative journalism under editor-in-chief Ben Smith. That outlet was prominently in the news this week thanks to its “bombshell” story about...
FPF #294 – Russiagate & Syria
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 7, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #294, I discuss new updates in the Russiagate conspiracy theory and Syria. New information reveals Gen Flynn's trip to Russia in 2015 was in accordance with US intelligence. A court document shows an associate of John McCain gave he Steele Dossier to BuzzFeed...
FPF #259 – Progress in Syria? guest Will Porter
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 17, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #259, Will Porter joins the show to cover the Turkish/Russian agreement that has delayed the Syrian offensive of rebel-held Idlib. The agreement had a deadline for all rebels to be out of the buffer zone by October 15th. The deadline has passed, but Russia,...
News Roundup 12/8/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 8, 2017 | Blog
Congressman John Conyers announces he will not seek reelection. Conyers endorsed his son to replace him. [Link] Senator Al Franken announces he will resign in the coming weeks. [Link] The Philadelphia government is moving forward with a bill to ban built proof glass...
Feds Blame ‘Self-Styled FOIA Terrorist’ for Their Own Stonewalling
by C.J. Ciaramella | Mar 8, 2017 | Featured Articles, Politics
Journalists shouldn’t have to sue to get public information. BuzzFeed News reporter Jason Leopold is a prodigious Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requester who files hundreds of public records requests and dozens of lawsuits a year against federal agencies. In fact,...
DEA Bribed Snoops with Stolen Money to Violate 4th Amendment
by Bonnie Kristian | Dec 7, 2016 | Featured Articles, Justice
The Fourth Amendment is clear that the government can’t search our persons or property without a specific warrant permitting the investigation. So what do you do if you’re the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and you want to rifle through innocent Americans’ mail...
Blog
Military Conscription is Slavery: Woodrow Wilson Edition
By the guidelines set down by the Selective Service Act, all males aged 21 to 30 were required to register to potentially be selected for military service. At the request of the War Department, Congress amended the law in August 1918 to expand the age range to include...
The Capitalist Competition Myth
Capitalism involves far more cooperation than competition—think of the number of mutually beneficial transactions you’ve had today compared to the number of competitions you’ve been in today - Chris Freiman, author of Why It's OK to Ignore Politics Democratic...
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...
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