Download Episode. Scott is joined by Branko Marcetic of Jacobin to discuss the recent revelations that the Department of Homeland Security has been guiding tech platforms on what they should censor. They observe some specific cases where platforms like Facebook and...
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News Roundup 11/15/2022
US News The FBI bought the Israeli spyware Pegasus. The FBI Director Chris Wray says the spyware was never deployed. NYT Russia Citing unnamed administration officials, the report said that Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan...
Blinken, Sullivan Oppose General Milley’s Appeal for Diplomacy in Ukraine
While Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley has publicly voiced support for diplomacy between Ukraine and Russia, other Biden administration officials are against the idea, CNN reported on Friday. Citing unnamed administration officials, the report...
White House to Send Ukraine Avenger Surface-to-Air Missiles
The Department of Defense has announced that it will send Avenger air defense systems and a number of other weapons to Ukraine, bringing US security assistance to Kiev to over $1 billion in the last month alone.
US Approves HIMARS Sale to Lithuania
The US State Department greenlit a nearly $500 million sale of the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) to Lithuania. Washington has transferred dozens of the systems to Kiev, which has used them to carry out attacks inside territory claimed by Moscow.
News Roundup 11/8/2022
US News The US and Canada sanctioned the head of the Haitian Senate over alleged ties to drugs and gangs. Reuters The State Department offered three separate one million bounties for men accused of being Haitian gang leaders. Press Release Bill LaPlante, the...
Netanyahu Ally Says Israel Will Attack Iran Absent a ‘New Nuclear Deal’
If Washington does not secure a new nuclear deal or take military action itself, incoming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will attack Iran, according to Tzachi Hanegbi, a longtime member of Israel’s Likud party. The former settlement minister issued the warning while speaking with Channel 12 news on Friday.
Putin Blames West for Killing Ukraine Peace Deal in March
Russian President Vladimir Putin believes Kiev was unwilling to accept a peace deal in March because of pressure from Washington. Putin joins a growing list of sources who say the war nearly ended after a month, but Western influence prodded Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelensky to keep fighting.
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