Download Episode. Scott talks with journalist Michael Tracey about the politics behind America’s foreign policy. Tracey recently attended a conference put on by the America First Policy Institute. Many Trump-friendly right-wing populists have defined their foreign...
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Washington Is Gaslighting Us About Taiwan
Since Nancy Pelosi’s purposeless diplomatic visit to Taipei on August 2, cross-strait tensions have soared between China and Taiwan. Pelosi’s envoy has effectively reduced U.S.-China relations to its lowest point since at least 1995—when diplomatic efforts between...
Neocons, “America First” Republicans Back Pelosi’s Taiwan Brinkmanship
Octogenarian House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has decided to spend her final years on this mortal coil trying to start World War Three, pushing the Biden administration to designate Russia an official “state sponsor of terrorism” and planning a freakishly incendiary trip to...
Republicans Come Out in Support of Pelosi’s Plans to Visit Taiwan
A growing number of Republican China hawks have come out in support of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s plans to visit Taiwan next month as the Biden administration is concerned the trip could spark a crisis across the Taiwan Strait.
Congress’ Obsession With Unreadable Laws
“In politics, stupidity is not a handicap,” Napoleon is reputed to have said more than two centuries ago. Boundless ignorance is also not a handicap, as Congress demonstrated last December by approving a 5593-page bill without reading it. Plenty of activists and...
News Roundup 7/5/17
Polling from the 2016 election finds that communities hit hardest by military loss were more likely to vote Trump. [Link] Trump and Putin will meet on Friday. No agenda will be set for the meeting. [Link] Illinois will increase income taxes 32%. [Link] There are about...
Fannie sticks it up your fanny
“Outrageous” is the first word that comes to mind. The next three words that come to mind are “We are screwed.” The first sentence that comes to mind is: “It’s outrageous that we’re being screwed once again by the government and its crony capitalists at Fannie Mae.”...
Newt Gingrich Takes on the Constitution
Conventional wisdom holds that Republicans are "better" on the Constitution than Democrats. In reality, this simply isn't true. Republicans are just as quick to abandon constitutional limits on federal power when it suits their agenda as Dems. I suspect we will see...
News Roundup 11/18/16
The Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, has submitted his letter of resignation. He will remain in office for 63 more days. [Link] Chelsea Manning formally petitions Obama to commute her prison sentence. Manning says she is suffering from several mental...
The Iran Deal Is In Critical Danger
Derek Davison at Lobelog has a great piece describing Donald Trump's threat to the Iran nuclear deal, the JCPOA. While he's said he won't just tear it up on the first day, he does seem to have made it clear that he means to sabotage the deal with new unrelated...
Jose Rodriguez, Who Ran Bush’s Torture Program, On Short List to Head CIA
"Donald Trump may select Jose Rodriguez, one of the primary architects of the George W. Bush torture program, to run the Central Intelligence Agency, according to a law firm with close ties to Trump. Rodriguez, the former director of the National Clandestine Service,...
Meet Trump’s Cabinet-In-Waiting
President-elect Donald Trump does not have the traditional cadre of Washington insiders and donors to build out his Cabinet, but his transition team has spent the past several months quietly building a short list of industry titans and conservative activists who could...
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