Scott interviews Jeffrey Kaye about Avril Haines, a former Obama administration adviser and Deputy Director of the CIA recently appointed as a foreign policy adviser to Joe Biden. Haines has been described as a "superstar", and clearly has a future as a well-connected...
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News Roundup 7/10/20
US News A Bernie/Biden unity task force announced Biden's would not support ending qualified immunity or legalizing marijuana. [Link] A top Biden aide says he will review Trump's decision to remove some troops from Germany. [Link] Foreign Policy The US sanctions four...
The Biden Foreign Policy Team: Liberal Foreign Policy Hawks With Corporate Interests
What would foreign policy be in a Joe Biden administration? According to Jonathan Guyer at The American Prospect a Biden administration would consist of Michèle Flournoy at Secretary Of Defense surrounded by a who's-who of ex-Obama think tankers that represent...
With Only Four Exceptions, Senate Republicans Vote to Remain in Afghanistan
With Americans growing ever more divided amid national upheaval over racial inequality and a global pandemic, it has perhaps never been more apparent that the United States has no business trying to fix the world with so many problems on our own doorstep. Whatever his...
7/3/20 Trita Parsi on John Bolton’s ‘Israel First’ Foreign Policy
Trita Parsi discusses John Bolton's tenure in the Trump administration, during which time he worked tirelessly to sabotage any form of negotiation between the United States and Iran. Bolton is a fierce advocate for America's alliance with Israel, says Parsi, which...
News Roundup 7/3/20
US News Jeffery Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell has been arrested in New Hampshire by the FBI on charges related to the dead sex trafficker. [Link] Large US corporations are threatening to pull ads from Facebook in an effort to get the social network to censor...
Dangerous Game: How the Wreckage of Russiagate Ignited a New Cold War
It’s been nearly four years since the myth of Trump-Russia collusion made its debut in American politics, generating an endless stream of stories in the corporate press and hundreds of allegations of conspiracy from pundits and officials. But despite netting scores of...
6/29/20 Matthew Hoh on the Dubious Russia-Afghanistan Bounty Story
Scott interviews Matthew Hoh about the recent claim that the Russian government has been paying bounties to Taliban militants to kill U.S. soldiers. The headlines have made it sound as though this is a confirmed and well-sourced story, when in reality, Hoh explains,...
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