Recreational marijuana is now legal in Canada. [Link] 17 students were killed by a gunman in Russia. [Link] North and South Korea agree to reconnect roads and rail lines between the two countries. [Link] The US will spend $390 million to clean up a site contaminated...
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News Roundup 10/15/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 15, 2018 | News Roundup
The Washington Supreme Court outlaws the death penalty. [Link] Three Kentucky police officers went to a man's home and attempted to lure him into a fight after the man complained about police on Facebook. [Link] An innocent man spent over 20 years in prison after a...
News Roundup 10/5/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 5, 2018 | News Roundup
Trump is expected to sign the FAA Reauthorization bill on Friday. [Link] In a letter to Senator Kaine, the Pentagon claims to have the authority to conduct near limitless military actions. [Link] The US pulls out of international agreements to avoid being subject to...
FPF #252 – How to Fight War in Congress
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 28, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #252, I discuss how to fight war in Congress. Two different methods have been proposed to end wars, passing a more restrictive AUMF or by invoking the War Powers Act. I argue the War Powers Act method is more effective. I also break down an article by Turkey's...
News Roundup 9/10/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
The House passed a bill that will reclassify dozens of crimes as crimes of violence. The reclassification will allow for more crimes that could result in deportation. [Link] A Dallas police officer shoots and kills an innocent man after mistakenly entering his...
News Roundup 8/28/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 28, 2018 | News Roundup
The USDA will buy $1.2 billion in farm products and provide $5 billion in aid payments to farmers. [Link] The top US student loan official has resigned. [Link] Trump canceled Pompeo's trip to North Korea after receiving a belligerent letter from North Korea. [Link]...
News Roundup 7/9/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 9, 2018 | News Roundup
The head of the National Endowment for Democracy tells Congress the organization plays the long game and pursuits regime change. [Link] Max Blumenthal explains the friendly relationship Congress has with people connected to neo-Nazi movements in Ukraine. [Link]...
News Roundup 6/25/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 25, 2018 | News Roundup
POGO explains the trail program for the 'zero-tolerance' immigration policy. [Link] SCOTUS decision protects cell phone location data from warrantless searches. [Link] Peter Van Buren on the basis of diplomacy. [Link] Nicholas Davies debunks the precision bomb myth....
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We: Records 1-5
Reading We, a Russian dystopian novel.
The US Navy Does the Right Thing: At Last
This is the first US Navy decision I can get behind in years. The US Navy just cancelled its Constellation class frigate program because it is absolutely incapable of building hulls and ships that work. They have not launched a successful surface ship since 1991 with...
If Wishes Were Buses
Like a major air disaster that leaves blackened wreckage scattered far and wide, Zohran Mamdani’s New York collision with reality hurtles ahead. The mayor-elect has once again put on display a key reason that catastrophe is inevitable. It is worse than just...
The Kyle Anzalone Show: Israel Ramps Up Push to Annex West Bank
A ceasefire that looks good on paper means little when people are living under lockdowns and raids. We open with the West Bank, where daily operations near schools and reports of soldiers quartering in homes reshape civilian life and hollow out the promise of...
What’s Wrong with Young People?
A former Obama speechwriter faulted young people for having the faculty of abstraction when thinking about the Holocaust, genocide, Israel, and the Palestinians.
Abdicating Responsibility: Education
I discuss how sending children to public school is abdication of responsibility and read the seven purposes of school from Dumbing us Down.
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