US News Texas raises the smoking age to 21. [Link] Officials release video showing corrections officers turning off a body camera then beating a restrained prisoner. [Link] Senator Rand Paul says someone in the deep state prevented John Brennan from losing his...
Iraq
Pentagon’s Phony Iran ‘Evidence’: New Rationale for US Intervention?
Last week a senior Pentagon official accused Iran of having sabotaged four oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman on May 12 and of firing a rocket into Baghdad’s Green Zone on May 19. Iran executed these events, he said, either directly or through regional “proxies.” But...
Was it worth it? Guernica to Sana’a
When the Fascist fleet of twenty bombers, made up of German and Italian ‘volunteers’ serving the Spanish Nationalist forces, dropped their destructive payload onto the city of Guernica the world reacted in outrage. A large military force had knowingly attacked...
News Roundup 6/6/19
US News Rep Lieu and Sen Markey warn against creating low-yield nuclear weapons. [Link] Trump blocks cruise ships from stopping in Cuba. [Link] The Trump administration approved the transfer of sensitive nuclear information to Saudi Arabia after the murder of Jamal...
News Roundup 6/4/19
Immigration Mexico tells the US, making Mexico a 'safe third country' for people seeking asylum in the US is crossing a red line. The policy would allow the US to send asylum seekers to Mexico. [Link] Russia Trump says Russia informed him most Russians have left...
Year Zero: Policing the World to Safety
In Episode 44 Tommy addresses a common position in modern America. Should Team America police the world? And if they do what is the result? "I believe in police the world... i do." ~ Dana Perino For decades the US has adhered to this policy of policing the world. In...
News Roundup 6/3/19
US News A new app allows users to record interactions with police by voice command. [Link] An Indiana judge orders a police force to repay $80,000 that was confiscated from a driver. The money was taken without charging the man with a crime. [Link] Andrew Bacevich...
5/31/19 Giorgio Cafiero on Iraq War III 1/2
Giorgio Cafiero of Gulf State Analytics discusses the mess that U.S. foreign policy has made of the Middle East in light of the news that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is in fact alive after many claims and rumors to the contrary. President Trump, Scott and Cafiero...
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