US News 5,000 National Guard soldiers will remain deployed in DC through mid-March to provide security during Trump’s impeachment. [Link] A cop beat a young man who was handcuffed and at the hospital for psychiatric help. [Link] A Washington police officer ran over a...
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How Small States Enable Wealth: A Historical Analysis
by Jeffrey Herbener | Jan 25, 2021 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism
Deepak Lal, a prominent, pro-market, development economist wrote the following words in his 2004 book, In Praise of Empires: Empires have been natural throughout human history. Most people have lived in empires. Empires and the process of globalization associated with...
1/22/21 David Swanson on Joe Biden’s Dangerous Cabinet Appointments
by Scott Horton | Jan 23, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
David Swanson discusses the foreign policy of the incoming Biden administration. On the positive side, he thinks there's a good likelihood of ending U.S. support for the war in Yemen, lifting some of America's oppressive economic sanctions and better relations with...
COI #61 – Biden’s Foreign Policy Takes Form
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 22, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #61, Kyle Anzalone covers Biden's foreign policy. Kyle breaks down the confirmation hearing for DNI Avril Haines and Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Haines was confirmed after reaffirming to Congress she will not investigate the torture program. In good...
Panic in the Imperial City
by Kenny MacDonald | Jan 21, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
Despite all the lip service about democracy, justice, human rights, freedom, equality and so forth—the entire Washington establishment exists for the sole purpose of perpetuating the empire. How do I know? Because the media response to the January 6th attack at the...
News Roundup 1/20/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 20, 2021 | News Roundup
US News The US has filed an appeal in UK court in hopes to overturn a judge's decision not to extradite Assange to the US. [Link] In his final day in office, Trump failed to pardon Julian Assange or Edward Snowden. He did pardon Steve Bannon and Lil Wayne. [Link] The...
It’s Time to March Home
by José Niño | Jan 20, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
One becomes a hardened cynic when following U.S. foreign policy. Such pessimism is justified: looking at nearly two decades' worth of nation building abroad and a seemingly shatterproof consensus on foreign policy interventionism in DC $6 trillion and roughly seven...
News Roundup 1/19/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 19, 2021 | News Roundup
US News A top federal prosecutor walks back claims that there were “kill capture teams” at the Capitol on the 6th. [Link] Twitter suspends the account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. [Link] Parler is back online. [Link] Biden proposes a new $1.9 trillion ‘relief...
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Electric Funeral
Imagine this hypothetical. A material is found that has the potential to unlock nearly unlimited energy. Although the scientists who made the discovery know that the material is dangerous to humans, no one knows exactly how dangerous the material is, what its...
The Senate is Back – Yemen Campaign is On
The House returns next week. Go to 1833STOPWAR.com for talking points and then CALL 833STOPWAR and they will connect you right to Congress. If we can all focus on this together for just a few weeks, it could really make the difference. Please get involved, especially...
Why Was Trump Never Impeached for Murdering Civilians?
The corporate press, along with university professors, Democrats, intelligence agencies, Hollywood elites, blue check Twitter, Regime Libertarians, Regime Republicans, and k-12 school teachers often have no quarrels about saying Trump is evil. Usual reasons...
“Losing Sway!” An American goes to Iran.
Well, not exactly, but... Laurie Calhoun was interviewed by Amir Jafari on Press TV's We The People program, "Losing Sway" (on Iranian television). Topics: effects of and connections between U.S. foreign and domestic policy; changes in the global image and influence...
The Antiwar Comic: The Narrative War
Captain Deflection is here to save the Regime in power! More comics at the Webcomic Factory.
Connor Freeman Interviewed on Cold War 2.0 by Reed Coverdale and David Spuria
Earlier this month, I did a series of interviews covering a wide range of foreign policy topics with the great Reed Coverdale and David Spuria. On the Naturalist Capitalist, Reed and I discuss the continuity between the Trump and Biden administrations, highlighting...
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