Unless something wild happens, I hope and expect that this is my only post about Election Day. It’s a more personal post than anything else. I’m kind of out of commentary that isn’t “everything is fucking horrifying and why won’t this experience machine turn off.” The...
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FPF #261 – Violence Surrounds Afghan Elections
On FPF #261, I discuss important news events around the world. Social networks continue to go after independent media outlets. John Kiriakou explains why whistleblowers are so rare. I look at an article by Max Blumenthal on Nikki Haley's speech to CNP. In Afghanistan,...
Liberating Women
That's the reason for the American empire. Everybody knows that: "The Iraqi government is poised to legalize child marriage for the nation’s majority Shiite Muslim population. But the law, which some expect to pass before this month’s parliamentary elections, would do...
Progressive Democracy Is Great for the 1%
The Occupy Wall Street movement that began in 2011 protested government policies that favored the 1%, the elite, over the 99%, the masses. Their protests were justified. The Wall Street fat cats who owned mortgage-backed securities were bailed out, but homeowners who...
TGIF: How to Spite Putin
I don't think the Russian government fooled around with the 2016 presidential election. The U.S. government won't release its evidence so that it can be judged by independent experts -- and that makes me suspicious. I am not impressed that a bunch of "handpicked"...
The Putin Interviews
Oliver Stone's 4 hours of interviews of Russian President Vladimir Putin are available here. And ain't it hilarious to see the TV goons vilifying Stone for daring to allow Vlad the Terrible to speak for himself for just a few minutes. He might be sending secret coded...
New Assertions, But No New Evidence, on Russian Hacking in NSA Leak
This week, there was a new, aggressively reported story on alleged Russian hacking, based on anonymous leaks from the US intelligence community. The latest story is different in some respects, but it still follows the normal script of this genre. New assertions are...
5/31/17 Reza Marashi on the Iranian elections and the likelihood of a new Middle East conflict
Reza Marashi from National Iranian American Council and formerly from the US State Department is on the show to discuss the recent Iranian elections. Marashi details the history of the elections, how Iranian politics work with the Supreme Leader, and what the Iranian...
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