On COI #117, Kyle Anzalone breaks down Biden's Pentagon budget proposal for FY 2022. The President is asking Congress to give $715 billion in taxpayer dollars to the military-industrial complex. The proposal calls for tens of billions to be spent on weapons systems...
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COI #95 – Will Biden Save the Iran Nuclear Deal?
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 12, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #95, Kyle and Will update the progress of the negotiations between the US and Iran in Vienna, where the two sides are meeting for indirect talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. While there have been some promising developments, public statements from the US...
Trump’s Shifting Justification for Killing Soleimani guest Will Porter
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 24, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #456, Will Porter returns to the show to discuss the evolving justification for Trump's assassination of Soleimani. Will explains how the Trump admin has now given several reasons that they needed to and had the power to kill Soleimani. Will and Kyle look at...
US Lawmakers Keep Adding to $1.4 Trillion Spending Deal
by Jason Ditz | Dec 18, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
US lawmakers have agreed to tack on another $24.7 billion in spending to their $1.4 trillion compromise spending package for 2020, hoping this extra spending will be enough to pass the spending bills before a Friday deadline. Passing the compromise spending has been a...
Jimmy Dore: Reagan Official (David Stockman) Says Cut Military Spending! Panel SCREAMS!
by Steven Woskow | Oct 29, 2019 | Blog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT7WEkvCWeM
Russia Drops Out of Top Five in Global Military Spending
by Scott Horton | May 1, 2019 | Blog
See that's how they getcha! Doing sneaky shit like dissolving their empire and paring down their military forces. But all the worst liars in America warn that we better watch out! They're tricky, them Russians!
Trump: Great Strides Made in ‘Ridiculous’ Afghan War
by Jason Ditz | Apr 3, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Praises NATO's promised spending hikes Whenever President Trump is dealing with NATO issues, there is always the question of whether Trump is going to praise NATO as the greatest thing since sliced bread, mock them as a relic of the past, or somehow manage to do both...
12/3/18 Dave Lindorff on the Pentagon’s Audit
by Scott Horton | Dec 4, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Dave Lindorff joins Scott to talk about his recent article, "The Pentagon’s Massive Accounting Fraud Exposed," in which he outlines the results of the recent audit of U.S. military spending. The Pentagon's cavalier attitude toward flunking their audit reveals that...
Foreign Policy Focus #160 – Trump’s CPAC Speech
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 26, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #160, I breakdown Trump's CPAC Speech. In the speech, Trump celebrates increased military spending and moving the US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Trump also makes threats and announces new sanctions against North Korea. I point out Trump's lies and explain...
Foreign Policy Focus #160 – Trump's CPAC Speech
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 26, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #160, I breakdown Trump's CPAC Speech. In the speech, Trump celebrates increased military spending and moving the US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Trump also makes threats and announces new sanctions against North Korea. I point out Trump's lies and explain...
The Antiwar Comic: Bribe Our Way to Peace
by Tony DiGerolamo | Nov 11, 2017 | Blog
So much money wasted. It boggles the mind. For more comics visit The Webcomic Factory.
TGIF: New York Times Acknowledges US Global Empire
by Sheldon Richman | Oct 27, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
One big advantage the war party has is the public's ignorance about the activities of the far-flung American empire. Although frustrating, that ignorance is easy to understand and has been explained countless times by writers in the public choice tradition. Most...
McCain threatens government shut down if military spending isn’t increased
by CNN | Mar 31, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
[Editor's note: Government shut down to debate military spending? Yes, please. Cut, cut, cut.] (CNN) Sen. John McCain said Wednesday he will do whatever it takes to make sure that military spending is increased in the next spending bill even if that means shutting...
TGIF: Trump’s Military Budget Is Not NATO’s Fault
by Sheldon Richman | Mar 24, 2017 | Foreign Policy, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
President Trump's budget proposal would increase military spending $54 billion, not quite a 10 percent increase over the current level. According to Quartz, the increase alone is more than all but two countries -- China and Saudi Arabia -- spend on their militaries....
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The Capitalist Competition Myth
Capitalism involves far more cooperation than competition—think of the number of mutually beneficial transactions you’ve had today compared to the number of competitions you’ve been in today - Chris Freiman, author of Why It's OK to Ignore Politics Democratic...
Blame Mexico? Blame Neocons! Blame Big Pharma! Blame the USA!
ABC News: If fentanyl is so deadly, why do drug dealers use it to lace illicit drugs? I have an alternative explanation. America has been fighting endless wars almost the entire century. Many have come home from these never-ending wars with injuries and pains. Doctors...
My Testimony Before the Maine State Senate
In support of Ld 1054, Defend the Guard legislation: Thank you all so much for the opportunity to testify before your committee today. Today is the 20th anniversary of the beginning of Iraq War II. The consensus now is that we should not have done it. Iraq was not...
These Iraq War Supporters Are Still in Congress
On March 19, 2003 the United States began its military invasion of Iraq. The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq passed Congress in October 2002, with 296 congressmen and 77 senators voting in favor of giving President George W. Bush carte blanche...
Laci Green is Wrong: Democratic Competition vs. Free Market Competition
In environments where there's a lot of competition, people tend to lie out their ass and you can apply this to any competitive situation. Take capitalism. As industrialization took full effect, the Federal Government had to interfere because there was so much false...
Empower the Workers: Decriminalize Economic Activity Between Consenting Adults
The most reliable and effective protection for most workers is provided by the existence of many employers. As we have seen, a person who has only one possible employer has little or no protection. The employers who protect a worker are those who would like to hire...
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