On COI #367, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman recap the disastrous foreign policy developments of the year, focusing on escalations with Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, as well as the catastrophic trajectory of the Pentagon’s so-called “Great Power Competition.”...
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COI #365: Zelensky Visits Washington to Collect a Big Check
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 22, 2022 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #364, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover Twitter’s collaboration with U.S. Central Command’s Middle East psyops, Washington’s deployment of nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to South Korea for war drills, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s trip to...
COI #339: Elon Musk Raises the Alarm Over NATO Nuclear War Games
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 21, 2022 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #339, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover the war in Ukraine, Iran deal news, and Washington’s latest escalations against China. Kyle discusses Elon Musk’s response to one of his Antiwar.com articles on Twitter. Musk is alarmed by NATO’s nuclear war...
Israel Got Away with Murdering an American Journalist: COI #328
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 22, 2022 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #328, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover progressives’ demands for a response to Israeli soldiers’ murder of a Palestinian-American journalist, NATO’s classification of China as a “challenge,” and the latest Iran deal news. Kyle breaks down Representative...
COI #322: Is the Iran Deal Dead?
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 8, 2022 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #322, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover the aftermath of Israeli forces’ murder of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, Tel Aviv’s increasingly heavy influence on the Joe Biden administration’s Iran policy, an Orwellian Saudi government app...
EU Submits Final Text of Iran Deal; Negotiations Over
by Jason Ditz | Aug 8, 2022 | News Roundup
The EU’s return to the Iran nuclear talks in Vienna appears to have borne fruit, as after just four days they have submitted what they are calling the final text that tackled everything.
COI #299: Imitating Trump, Biden Has Nearly Killed Obama’s Iran Deal
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 7, 2022 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #299, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman break down the latest Iran deal news. Connor covers a recent round of talks in Doha. Once again, these negotiations saw the Americans and the Iranians speaking via intermediaries. Having already made considerable...
COI #274: Why the Blob Backs Ukrainian Resistance and Israeli Apartheid
by Kyle Anzalone | May 12, 2022 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #274, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover Tel Aviv’s murder of an internationally renowned journalist in the occupied West Bank as well as the latest Iran deal news. Kyle breaks down the Israeli occupation forces’ brutal killing of Al Jazeera’s Shireen Abu...
COI #262: Biden Can Save the Iran Deal, Does He Have the Political Courage?
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 14, 2022 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #262, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover political upheaval and boiling violence in Israel, as well as the latest Iran nuclear deal news. Kyle breaks down critical changes in Israeli politics that have seen Prime Minister Naftali Bennet lose his...
Blinken Announces New $100 Million Security Package to Ukraine
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 27, 2022 | News Roundup
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced a new $100 million military aid package to Ukraine on Sunday while visiting Israel. The latest security assistance will include armored vehicles for Ukrainian police and border guards. The US labeled the donation - which...
COI #251: Rand Paul Breaks with Trump, GOP on Iran Nuclear Deal
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 23, 2022 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #251, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman break down the latest Iran deal news, Senator Rand Paul’s support for the JCPOA, the ongoing genocide in Yemen, and the war industry’s profiteering. Connor covers London settling decades old debts with Tehran, a new IAEA...
Iran Nuclear Deal Revival Appears Imminent, But Issues Remain
by Connor Freeman | Mar 7, 2022 | News Roundup
After 11 months of talks, a U.S. return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the Iran nuclear deal, appears more likely each week. The Europeans’ respective chief negotiators have already begun posting photos of their teams, thanking them for their work,...
1/13/22 Trita Parsi on the American Public’s Influence on US Foreign Policy
by Scott Horton | Jan 14, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show
Trita Parsi of the Quincy Institute recently wrote a piece in a German publication arguing that the noninterventionist sentiment of the Trump years was not an arbitration. So Scott brought him on to talk about it. They discuss Parsi’s expectations for the future of...
COI #207: Is Biden Turning to Diplomacy with Russia and Iran?
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 30, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #207, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman update the JCPOA talks’ recent developments and the Russians’ security proposals presented to Washington. Kyle discusses the Russians pulling 10,000 troops off the border with Ukraine and sending them back to their bases....
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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...
Chris Rock’s New Special Exposes His Political Ignorance
A common claim among Democrats is that, "It's not that people don't want to be educated, they just haven't been given the opportunity, thus government spending on education needs to increase." If there were ever a group of people capable of "educating" themselves it...
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