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Russia Claims First Abrams Tank Kill in Ukraine
by Will Porter | Feb 28, 2024 | News
Russia’s military has claimed to have destroyed a US-supplied M1 Abrams main battle tank in Ukraine for the first time, with reports stating the multi-million dollar weapon was knocked out by a cheaply made suicide drone.
News Roundup 2/19/2024
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 19, 2024 | News Roundup
Ukraine Ukraine Withdraws from Key Donbas City of Avdiivka AWC Officials in Hungary Snub Congressional Delegation Pushing NATO Expansion NYT Israel Israeli Military Says Hamas Will Not Be Defeated in Gaza Offensive AWC After Call With Biden, Netanyahu Rejects...
The ‘Disinformation’ Complex and US Foreign Policy
by James W. Carden | Feb 14, 2024 | Featured Articles
During Mr. Obama’s second term in office (2013-2017), it had become clear that the terms of the public policy debate were undergoing a radical and worrying transformation. In the space of a very short time, certain ideas and policy proposals were being ruled as out of...
House Bill Would Downgrade US-South Africa Ties Over Pretoria’s Genocide Suit Against Israel
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 11, 2024 | News
A new bill proposed by two members of the House would require the White House to review and potentially downgrade the US relationship with South Africa. The legislation was proposed in response to Pretoria bringing Israel up on genocide charges at the International...
2/8/24 Nasser Arrabyee on How the US Airstrikes are Affecting His Country
by Scott Horton | Feb 10, 2024 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Nasser Arrabyee returns to the show to give some on-the-ground insight into the U.S.-U.K. air campaign against Yemen. Arrabyee then explains the true level of influence that the Iranian regime has in the country. They also discuss some of the...
IDF Opens Investigation of Friendly Fire Deaths During October 7 Attack
by Connor Freeman | Feb 7, 2024 | News
The Israeli military said on Tuesday it launched a probe into friendly fire deaths and possible breaches of the law during fighting in Israel which occurred in response to the October 7 Hamas attack and in its immediate wake. Several reports in Israeli media have...
Only 3 in 10 Americans Were Aware of US Troops in Syria Prior to Deadly Attack
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 6, 2024 | News
A recent poll of Americans found that only 30% were aware that US troops were deployed to Syria before three US soldiers were killed just across the border in Jordan. The results of the survey show Americans are generally unaware of the attacks against US forces in...
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The Waco Tragedy
Last year, I sat down with author David Hardy and filmmaker Dan Gifford for a 13-hour in-depth review of the ATF, FBI and US Army's slaughter of the Branch Davidians of Waco, Texas on this day in 1993. Also feat. James Tabor, Paul Fatta, David Thibodeau, Jim Bovard,...
TSA Gets a Raise
Are you bummed because inflation's got you again wit' yer broke ass? Well take heart. Federal Government employees are doing better than ever at your expense. So at least they've got that going for them.
Lexington and Concord: The Fire Begins
The divorce proceedings between London and America began on this day in 1775, 249 years ago. In Episode 011 of my podcast, I did a historical memorium to the events at Lexington and Concord. In honor of this day, give it a listen.
The “Israel Has the Most Moral Army in the World” Trope
Delusional supporters of Israel’s genocide in Gaza claim the IDF is “the most moral army in the world”. Here’s the stark reality.
Wheels Within Wheels: Complexity is Real in War
“The truth about the world, he said, is that anything is possible. Had you not seen it all from birth and thereby bled it of its strangeness it would appear to you for what it is, a hat trick in a medicine show, a fevered dream, a trance bepopulate with chimeras...
F35 Fat Amy Follies: The Gift That Keeps on Giving
Two Trillion Dollars... Pretty soon, we're talking real money. So we put this in perspective: Two trillion U.S. dollars in $100 notes would be 1,356 miles high. If they were one dollar bills, it would be 135,600 miles high (the moon is 238,900 miles from Earth)....