Scott interviews Danny Sjursen about his new book, which chronicles his own story of disillusionment with America's endless wars, in addition to outlining what he believes should be the new attitude of true American patriotism. He calls this type of patriotism...
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Glenn Greenwald On The Coalition Of Pro-War Democrats And Republicans
Glenn Greenwald at The Intercept: How The Armed Services Committee, In The Middle Of A Pandemic, Approved A Huge Military Budget And More War In Afghanistan. For anyone that needs a reminder of what Democrats (and some Republicans) were saying about V.P. Dick Cheney...
11/29/19 Jeb Sprague on the Latest Latin American Deep State Coup
Scott interviews Jeb Sprague about his work studying U.S.-backed coups in Latin America, particularly the current one in Bolivia. Support for democracy and the rule of law is one thing, say Scott and Sprague, but it is quite another to demand that the military rush in...
The Militarization Of The American Mind
It's become obvious the government (mainly the security state) wants to completely take over social media (they probably have already). Now ICE is going to use fake accounts to monitor the social media of foreigners seeking to enter the country. Eventually, this...
Congress Fiddles While Trump Lurches Toward War on Iran
Congress, and particularly the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives, seems determined to see the end of the Trump Administration before the 2020 vote. Although House Speaker Pelosi claims she is not seeking impeachment, she’s accusing the president of...
TGIF: ‘Peace Through Strength’ Is a Racket
Donald Trump has embraced the popular "peace through strength" doctrine (PTSD) with his characteristic panache: "I’m going to make our military so big, so powerful, so strong, that nobody — absolutely nobody — is gonna to mess with us," Trump says. On other occasions...
TGIF: Raining on the Parade
Of course Donald Trump wants a military parade. I'd be surprised if he didn't. It's just what an insecure narcissist would want. A parade would be the national equivalent of his strutting around like a peacock, dying to turn heads. Even a politician can see that: "I...
The Online Lynching of a Lynn, Mass. Coffeehouse
While a bit less vaunted in American public esteem than the military, the police forces are also held in the highest of regards. Though this may be contested among some in the minority community, and on the far left and the social libertarian right, the desire for...
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