Scott talks to William Van Wagenen about his recent Libertarian Institute article exploring the extremist roots of Syria’s civil war. Contrary to the popular narrative, according to which peaceful, secular, democratic protestors were met with violence by the...
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News Roundup 5/1/20
US News The Navy awards a $5.5 billion contract to Fincantieri to build warships. [Link] An Air Force intelligence report was leaked to the press explaining that US sanctions on Iran are harming the country's response to coronavirus. [Link] Russia says it will oppose...
News Roundup 4/30/20
US News Mike Flynn’s attorney says unsealed FBI documents show the agency discussed if the point was getting Flynn on record was to trip him up into lying. [Link] Russia Russia warns the US against using low-yield nuclear weapons. Russia said using one would result in...
News Roundup 4/29/20
US News Kentucky parents are being investigated for child abuse for failing to practice social distancing. [Link] Trump dossier author Christopher Steele met with DNC lawyers before publishing the report. The DNC provided Steele with the information about an alleged...
The Salafist Roots of the Syrian Uprising
In the mainstream view, the Syrian conflict began in the Spring of 2011 with a period of peaceful, pro-democracy protests, which were then brutally suppressed by the Assad regime. As the liberal-left Intercept describes it, “Syrian civilians rose up to demand...
News Roundup 4/28/20
US News More evidence surfaces to support Tara Reade’s sexual abuse claim against Joe Biden. [Link] The Supreme Court rules 8-1 that the federal government must provide a $12 billion bailout to health insurance companies. The bailout was a promise from Obamacare....
4/24/20 Mitchell Plitnick on Israel’s New Unity Government
Mitchell Plitnick talks to Scott about the dizzying state of the Israeli elections. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has finally formed a government after three rounds of elections that looked to be tilting toward his main rival, Benny Gantz. Plitnick theorizes that...
4/24/20 Grant Smith on the IRS’s Israeli Settlement Corruption
Scott talks to Grant Smith about his organization’s Freedom of Information lawsuit against the IRS, an attempt to get the agency to reveal its policies on tax-exempt organizations overseas. Of particular interest is the shocking fact that billions of dollars of...
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