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News Roundup 2/26/17

by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 26, 2017 | Blog

Tom Perez was elected to chair the Democratic Party. Perez served in the Obama Administration. [Link] A Philippines Senator who opposes the president's war on drugs has been arrested and accused of violating the drug laws. The Senator's arrest seems to be an...

News Roundup 2/24/17

by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 24, 2017 | Blog

Private prison companies donated over $100 million to Trump for his election and inauguration. These companies will now profit from Trump's immigration policy. [Link] Jeff Sessions removes an Obama directive that ordered the Department of Justice to move away from...

News Roundup 2/23/17

by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 23, 2017 | Blog

The ATF ran an illegal cigarette smuggling operation to raise millions of dollars in funding for undercover operations. The ATF is now being sued by a group of tobacco growers. [Link] New Hampshire passes a Constitutional Carry law. This will allow citizens to...

News Roundup 2/22/17

by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 22, 2017 | Blog

The Department of Homeland Security issued orders to immigration enforcement agents to work to deport illegal immigrants. The spokesperson for DHS said that those with criminal records will be prioritized. Those who were granted protected under Obama's DACA program...

News Roundup 2/21/17

by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 21, 2017 | Blog

Trump picks H.R. McMaster to replace Flynn as National Security Advisor. [Link] Immigration enforcement agents are posing as local police officers to get information about people they suspect to be illegal immigrants. [Link] 74 bodies have washed ashore in Libya. It...

News Roundup 2/20/17

by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 20, 2017 | Blog

Scott Pruitt has been confirmed to head the EPA. Pruitt is currently suing the EPA as Oklahoma's Attorney General. [Link] An Arizona sheriff overturns a rule put in place by his predecessor, Joe Arpaio, that allows immigrants to be detained for over the maximum...

2/8/17 Joe Lauria on the battle for Mosul against the Islamic State in Iraq

by Scott Horton | Feb 8, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show

Joe Lauria, an independent international affairs journalist, discusses the Iraqi army's long struggle to finally retake eastern Mosul from the Islamic State; the very difficult upcoming battle for the remainder of the city; the fate of Mosul's internally displaced...

News Roundup 2/6/17

by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 6, 2017 | Blog

The Trump Administration is walking back its plans to reopen CIA black sites. [Link] The US military underreports the number of airstrikes it conducts by the thousands. [Link] The US has agreed to a $8.5 billion deal with Lockheed Martian to buy 90 F-35As. The cost is...

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