Kudos to Glenn Greenwald, a rare leftist voice of sanity on so many issues, for opening his recent article this way: In virtually every realm of public policy, Americans embrace policies which they know will kill people, sometimes large numbers of people. They do so...
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Glenn Greenwald On The The Media’s Role In The Russian Bounty Story
by Steven Woskow | Apr 16, 2021 | Blog
Glenn Greenwald on the role the media played in propagating CIA disinformation to stop Trump from removing troops in Afghanistan. More here
News Roundup 10/30/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 30, 2020 | News Roundup
US News Glenn Greenwald resigns from the Intercept after editors censored his article. [Link] Biden says he would never suggest withdrawing US troops from South Korea. [Link] France French President Macron announces he will deploy 7,000 troops within France to defend...
US Escalates Campaign of Aggression Against China On All Fronts
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 30, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On Conflicts of Interest #27, Will and Kyle break down a series of recent stories that illustrate ramped up tensions between the US and China, as Washington carries out joint war games with Japan with eyes on Beijing and attempts to build an alliance of Asian states...
Joe Rogan Interviews Glenn Greenwald
by Scott Horton | Oct 28, 2020 | Blog
Veddy interesting. Update: okay, mildly interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0rcLsoIKgA&t=455s
Attempting to Rein in the Killer Cops
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 15, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #505, Will Porter returns to the show to discuss efforts to rein in the police. The recent weeks of protests have produced 100s of videos of police murdering and assaulting people. The police have committed these crimes with a very small chance of facing any...
Glenn Greenwald Charged With Cybercrimes in Brazil
by Scott Horton | Jan 21, 2020 | Blog
Breaking in the New York Times. Note that this is the same as Trump's case against Julian Assange: The recipient and publisher of a leak is a co-conspirator with whoever did the leaking. It's a war against honesty in language first and foremost, and it's a threat to...
Chomsky on Russiagate: Don’t Be Stupid
by Scott Horton | Apr 23, 2019 | Blog
Here's some more Chomsky from a couple weeks ago on what he called the "farcical" fixation on Russiagate and Trump/Russia collusion. Twitter often distorts the critical difference between establishment liberalism & leftism so Chomsky is great to listen to on all...
A Real Attack on Journalism guest Will Porter
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 15, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #336, Will and Kyle discuss how the indictment of Julian Assange is an attack on journalism. Will exposes errors made in the mainstream media about the charges. The errors have led to the false belief that Assange's work did not fall under the category of...
Punk-Ass New York Times Editorial Board Says Nothing About Assange Persecution
by Scott Horton | Apr 11, 2019 | Blog
We will all suffer for their sin. But on the bright side, at least they will too. See Glenn Greenwald on why this represents an attack on all journalism here. I chimed on the Assange vigil thing today with Joe Lauria and Kim Dotcom and them. Cue to 1:50:45 for my...
Congress Votes to End War
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 17, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #323, I discuss Congress passing the Yemen War Powers Bill. The bill calls for an end of the US involvement in the Saudi-led war against Yemen. The bill continues to face hurdles and Trump has threatened to veto the bill. I explain what is in the bill and why...
Glenn Greenwald Defends Rep. Ilhan Omar
by Scott Horton | Mar 5, 2019 | Blog
The House Democrats’ “Rebuke” of Rep. Ilhan Omar is a Fraud For Many Reasons, Including its Wild Distortion of Her Comments, he writes at the Intercept.
FPF #298 – FBI Investigates Trump, Finds Nothing
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 16, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #298, I discuss a recently reported FBI investigation of Trump in 2017. The investigation looked into possible Russian influence over Trump. The investigators found no evidence. However, Russiagate conspiracy theorists add the investigation as further proof...
FPF #293 – Trump Wavers on Syria
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 4, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #293, I discuss Trump seeming to waver on his decision for a rapid withdraw of US troops from Syria. CNN reports a Pentagon official says the US troop withdraw from Syria will take 120 days. I cover what we know about the arrest of US citizen Paul Whelan in...
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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...
Empower the Workers: Decriminalize Economic Activity Between Consenting Adults
The most reliable and effective protection for most workers is provided by the existence of many employers. As we have seen, a person who has only one possible employer has little or no protection. The employers who protect a worker are those who would like to hire...
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