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...
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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...
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The Waco Tragedy
Last year, I sat down with author David Hardy and filmmaker Dan Gifford for a 13-hour in-depth review of the ATF, FBI and US Army's slaughter of the Branch Davidians of Waco, Texas on this day in 1993. Also feat. James Tabor, Paul Fatta, David Thibodeau, Jim Bovard,...
TSA Gets a Raise
Are you bummed because inflation's got you again wit' yer broke ass? Well take heart. Federal Government employees are doing better than ever at your expense. So at least they've got that going for them.
Lexington and Concord: The Fire Begins
The divorce proceedings between London and America began on this day in 1775, 249 years ago. In Episode 011 of my podcast, I did a historical memorium to the events at Lexington and Concord. In honor of this day, give it a listen.
The “Israel Has the Most Moral Army in the World” Trope
Delusional supporters of Israel’s genocide in Gaza claim the IDF is “the most moral army in the world”. Here’s the stark reality.
Wheels Within Wheels: Complexity is Real in War
“The truth about the world, he said, is that anything is possible. Had you not seen it all from birth and thereby bled it of its strangeness it would appear to you for what it is, a hat trick in a medicine show, a fevered dream, a trance bepopulate with chimeras...
F35 Fat Amy Follies: The Gift That Keeps on Giving
Two Trillion Dollars... Pretty soon, we're talking real money. So we put this in perspective: Two trillion U.S. dollars in $100 notes would be 1,356 miles high. If they were one dollar bills, it would be 135,600 miles high (the moon is 238,900 miles from Earth)....