Download Episode. Scott talks with Kevin Gosztola about a project he’s working on documenting the lead-up to Iraq War II as well as his brand new book about Julian Assange. To mark the twentieth anniversary of the disastrous invasion of Iraq, Gosztola has been...
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Congress Holds Hearing on ‘Twitter Files’ And Shoots the Messenger
I often joke that I survived Washington because I had low expectations, but last week’s hearing of the House Weaponization of the Federal Government subcommittee would have tested the lowest of my low expectations. The purpose of the subcommittee is to look into the...
Election Denial Is Legally Protected Speech
Should the law do more to punish persons who falsely assert that an election was rigged or stolen? That’s a demand being heard from some academics and officials. But any general attempt to legislate against so‐called election denial soon runs into the First...
3/3/23 Richard Booth: Honest OKC Bombing Coverage Finally Goes Mainstream
Download Episode. Richard Booth joins Scott to talk about the surprisingly good CNN article on Oklahoma City cop Terry Yeakey. Scott and Booth give an overview of Yeakey’s story and praise CNN for publishing such a fair piece about him. They then embark on a broader...
Most Front-Line Ukrainian Soldiers Killed Within ‘4 Hours’
A retired American Marine fighting in Ukraine told ABC News the frontlines are a "meat grinder" where soldiers survive an average of "four hours." Troy Offenbecker is fighting alongside Ukrainian forces in the Donbas region. Moscow and Kiev have been battling around...
Elizabeth Warren is Wrong to Call Crypto ‘the Preferred Tool for Terrorists’
Last week, the Justice Department announced criminal charges against Anatoly Legkodymov for violating anti‐money laundering laws while operating Bitzlato, an off‐shore crypto exchange alleged to have processed over $700 million in illicit funds over several years....
Stand with Humanity
Stand with the Libertarian Institute The Empire has us on the brink of nuclear Armageddon. The central bank has us flirting with economic-social collapse. Americans are increasingly paranoid of one another and simultaneously invested in wielding the state...
An Economics Lesson for Idiot Robert Reich
...Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart, became one of the wealthiest men in the world by figuring out how to cut the price of just about everything to the benefit of everyone, but especially of lower-income consumers. That’s one of the other virtues of the free market:...
Texas Cops v. Journalism
Reason: In April 2017, [Priscilla] Villarreal, who reports near the U.S.-Mexico border, broke a story about a Border Patrol agent who committed suicide. A month later, she released the surname of a family involved in a fatal car accident. The agency that confirmed...
10/17/22 Richard Booth on Why the OKC Bombing is Still Important
Download Episode. Richard Booth joins Scott to discuss the Oklahoma City bombing. The two go back to the beginning and talk about what originally got them interested in the bombing and how they later joined up to create the largest online archive of relevant...
10/14/22 Ted Galen Carpenter on the Danger of America’s Involvement in Ukraine
Download Episode. Scott interviews author and Cato Institute senior fellow Ted Galen Carpenter about the dangerous situation in Ukraine. Carpenter has been paying close attention to the social psychology behind America’s response to Russia’s invasion. He talks with...
10/7/22 Matt Taibbi on the State of Journalism Today
Download Episode. Scott talks with journalist Matt Taibbi about a number of articles and videos posted recently at his substack publication TK News. First, they talk about the misleading journalism behind stories of Russia granting whistleblower Edward Snowden...
Free Assange Movement Plans Global Protests Before Extradition to US
Supporters of journalist Julian Assange and freedom of the press are holding international protests on October 8th. The founder of Wikileaks is set to be extradited to the United States. Advocates for Assange say his conviction in an American courtroom would mean the...
A Coverup in Uvalde? Cops Refuse to Release Body Cam Footage
21 people, including 19 children aged nine to eleven, were murdered by a mentally unstable 18-year-old at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on May 24. The brutality of the incident, and conflicting and contradictory reports on the fumbled the police...
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