US News Tennessee ends a program that encouraged inmates to get sterilized in exchange for shorter sentences. [Link] The Supreme Court refuses to hear the case of a veteran attempting to sue the government for medical malpractice. The Supreme Court says the Feres...
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5/14/19 Gareth Porter on the Supposed Iranian Threat
Gareth Porter explains the overblown claims of Iran's threat to the United States, which are constantly being used as a pretext for war by American and Israeli neocons. Discussed on the show: "John Bolton's Nefarious Plot for War With Iran" (Truthdig) "Did Iran Kill...
Island Gun Laws: The History of Gun Control and Crime in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK
“We know that other countries in response to one mass shooting have managed to craft laws that almost eliminate mass shootings. Friends of ours, allies of ours, Great Britain, Australia, countries like ours. So we know there are ways to prevent it.” President Obama,...
Trump’s Big Government
A recent Foreign Policy article makes a case that the role of the government in the U.S. economy has grown under President Trump. Normally this would seem contrary to the values of a conservative administration. However, Trump is no small-government conservative nor...
Freedom vs. Liberty: How Subtle Differences Between These Two Big Ideas Changed Our World
“I see the liberty of the individual not only as a great moral good in itself (or, with Lord Acton, as the highest political good), but also as the necessary condition for the flowering of all the other goods that mankind cherishes: moral virtue, civilization, the...
News Roundup 5/2/19
Immigration The Pentagon expects to send about 300 more troops to the border. [Link] Trump proposes having asylum seekers pay an application fee. [Link] US Foreign Policy Biden’s campaign says he opposes continuing US support for Saudi in the Yemeni War. Biden was...
News Roundup 5/1/19
Russiagate Phil Giraldi explains how the deep state worked against Trump. [Link] Larry Johnson details the FBI informants that appear in the Mueller Report. [Link] Venezuela The US sanctions Venezuela’s foreign minister. [Link] Juan Guaido attempted to overthrow...
Savagery and Its Promoters and Profiteers
Max Blumenthal’s new book, “The Management of Savagery: How America’s National Security State Fueled the Rise of Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Donald Trump,” is over 300 pages and wastes not a word. It also does far more than it claims. “This book,” Blumenthal writes, “makes...
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