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...
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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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The Kyle Anzalone Show: ICE Using AI to ID Targets, Breaking Down Trump’s WEF Speech
Greenland on the table, NATO on edge, and an algorithm deciding who gets a knock at the door. We dive into President Trump’s Davos remarks claiming the U.S. will pursue Greenland, then trace the fallout across European capitals as Denmark draws a hard line on...
Parallax Views Podcast: The Government Murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti
J. G. Michael invited me on his podcast to talk about the U.S. immigration agents' recent murders of two American citizens in Minneapolis.
They Warned Us
It’s hard to enjoy the writings of Franz Kafka, though in some of his story telling we find a reflection of the contemporary or perhaps a dirty glass panel into the past. In his book, The Trial, we experience a bureaucracy of inhumanity through the eyes of an unnamed...
The Kyle Anzalone Show: Is Pam Bondi Miriam Adelson’s Tool to Censor Americans?
A letter about the Nobel Peace Prize. A claim that America needs “complete and total control of Greenland.” And a war that almost started, then didn’t. We follow the thread from ego-driven spectacle to real-world consequences, unpacking how image-making can bend...
Lose/Lose Situation
I discuss Minneapolis ICE situation and we finish up the last of 3 presidential debates from 1992
The Story Can Still Be Told
“Don’t be mean, we don’t have to be mean, coz remember, no matter where you go, there you are,” said Buckaroo Banzai as he stood on stage with his band of as multi-faceted men. The Hong Kong Cavaliers. Buckaroo, the scientist, surgeon, rock star, comic book character...
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