I haven't seen many miracles in my decades of travel around the globe, particularly not in the strife-torn Mideast. But last week I participated in a real miracle in Jordan as the splendid Four Paws International group staged a daring rescue of 13 wild animals trapped...
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News Roundup 8/14/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 14, 2017 | Blog
The sanctions bill Trump signed had a provision that will require the government to monitor crypto currencies. [Link] The Trump Administration is looking at arming Ukrainian rebels. Those who are advocating arming the rebels believe it will help to put pressure on...
News Roundup 7/28/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 28, 2017 | Blog
Veteran Intelligence Professional for Sanity released a memo to Trump on Russiagate and the false narrative that Russia hacked the DNC. [Link] Trump will nominate Kansas governor Sam Brownback as Ambassador for International Religious Freedom. [Link] Trump's new...
News Roundup 7/27/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 27, 2017 | Blog
The vote on the clean repeal of Obamacare failed in the Senate 45-55. [Link] A federal judge in Michigan continued to prevent the deportation of 1,400 of Iraqi nationals living in the US. [Link] New documents reveal the Obama Administration violated the law while...
News Roundup 7/25/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 25, 2017 | Blog
Trump has announced Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be the new Press Secretary and Anthony Scaramucci as communications director. [Link] The US just commissioned its largest warship ever. The US now has 11 aircraft carriers in its fleet. [Link] Someone has posted signs...
News Roundup 7/24/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 24, 2017 | Blog
President Trump’spersonal lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, will no longer lead the legal team responding to the ongoing Russian investigations. Trump’s legal team spokesman, Mark Corallo, also resigned [Link] Sean Spicer has resigned. [Link] A GAO sting was able to buy $1.2...
News Roundup 7/20/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 20, 2017 | Blog
A police officer accidentally recording himself planting drugs. [Link] A police dog died after being locked in a police car on a 95-degree day. The dog died of heat exustion, and the officer who was responsible for the dog was reassigned. [Link] Senator John McCain...
7/19/17 Daniel Davis on the victims of the long war in Mosul
by Damon Hatheway | Jul 19, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show
Afghan war whistleblower Daniel Davis returns to the show to talk about his latest article, "I Interviewed the War-Weary Residents of Mosul. The Fight for the City Is Far From Over." Davis talks about his trip to northern Iraq, heroic stories of everyday people...
News Roundup 7/19/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 19, 2017 | Blog
Trump spoke with Putin at a world leaders dinner in Germany. [Link] Trump will nominate Jon Huntsman to be ambassador to Russia. [Link] Trump has appointed former Navy SEAL Joseph Kernan to be Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence. [Link] Mitch McConnell says...
News Roundup 7/18/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 18, 2017 | Blog
Trump appointed Thomas Blank to be Cheif of Staff of ICE. Blank is a former lobbyist. [Link] John McCain will be out of the Senate for several weeks for medical reasons. Senate Republicans believe they need McCain's vote to pass the healthcare bill. [Link] The FBI has...
News Roundup 7/14/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 14, 2017 | Blog
Over 400 people were charged with crimes in a health care scheme that used fraud and unnecessary opioid prescriptions to steal $1.3 billion from Medicare and Medicaid. [Link] Kid Rock confirms that he will run for Senate in Michigan. [Link] A public sector union has...
News Roundup 7/13/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 13, 2017 | Blog
The Atlanta Police Department is investigating a police officer who was filmed beating a woman. [Link] The US signed an anti-terror agreement with Qatar. In the agreement, both countries will work to reduce funding to terrorists. [Link] 5,000 South Sudanese...
News Roundup 7/12/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 12, 2017 | Blog
Donald Trump Jr. Tweeted copies of several emails expressing his desire to meet with a Russian lawyer in hopes of getting information on Hillary Clinton. The emails say the Russian lawyer had information from the Russian government to pass to Trump Jr. [Link] The...
News Roundup 7/11/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 11, 2017 | Blog
The Third Circut Court of Appeals has ruled that filming police is a right protected by the First Amendment. [Link] A man accused of plotting a terror attack claims the FBI entrapped him. The man accused says FBI informants pushed him to buy machine guns. [Link] The...
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Aaron Maté: ‘NATO’s mission’ leaves Ukraine destroyed
'NATO’s mission' leaves Ukraine destroyed — "We are carrying out NATO’s mission." As Ukraine’s defense minister acknowledges the proxy war, NATO proxy warriors disregard the toll. Unveiling its latest military assistance package to Ukraine — at $3.75 billion, the...
Ban This!
Well shoot. I got kicked off of Twitter again. Not sure why. Though I did make a crack that Jordan Peterson should jump off a bridge since he has no dignity since he RTs the MeK cult on regime changing Iran. I mean I didn't really say go kill yourself. It was more...
Church Proves the Poor Will Benefit From Privatized Education
Depending on which source you look at, there are hundreds of thousands of churches in world. Almost all Churches contain the two things Democrats constantly tell us are impossible if education were voluntarily funded instead of funded coercively via taxation. ...
Ashli Babbitt’s Mother Arrested for Peaceful Protest While Her Murderer is Still Free
The mother of Ashli Babbitt, who was fatally shot while participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was arrested Friday afternoon for blocking traffic near the Capitol. Micki Witthoeft, 58, is charged with blocking and obstructing roadways,...
AOC is Dumber Than I Thought: Minimum Wage Edition
Progressives will admit higher prices hurt those with the lowest incomes, but when it comes to raising the price of labor they ignore that very economic reality: Charging more for X discourages X from being consumed. When you raise the price of employing someone:...
Another Successful Fundraiser and the Year Ahead
I cannot express how grateful I am, and all the staff and writers here at the Institute are, for your vote of confidence in our work. We've got an incredible year ahead. I'm working on my new book with Darryl Cooper now, Provoked: America's Role in the Russia-Ukraine...