Trump suggests the US may withdraw from the INF Treaty with Russia. [Link] National Security Adviser John Bolton calls for the US to withdraw from the INF Treaty. [Link] Trump threatens to increase the size of the US nuclear weapons arsenal until other nations come to...
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10/3/18 Gareth Porter on Trump and the American Empire
by Scott Horton | Oct 8, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter is interviewed on his article for Truthdig, "Can Trump Take Down the American Empire?" Porter talks about revelations in the Bob Woodward book "Fear", about the Trump presidency, and how they may pertain to the American Empire. Porter also talks about...
News Roundup 10/2/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 2, 2018 | News Roundup
Eric Margolis gives his take on Trump's UN speech. [Link] A US Navy destroyer and a Chinese Navy ship had a close encounter in the South China Sea. [Link] North Korea needs to see goodwill moves from the US for North Korea to denuclearize. [Link] A US airstrike kills...
News Roundup 9/20/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 20, 2018 | News Roundup
The European Court rules Snowden exposed illegal spying. [Link] A reported UN claim that China massively imprisoned Uyghers, actually originated from the US. The US source did not provide evidence for the claim. North Korea will allow international inspectors to...
FPF #247 – More Talks with Kim & Taliban
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 17, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #247, I discuss the possibility of another round of talks with Kim Jong Un and the Taliban. Trump and Kim have said they would like to meet again. The Taliban said they want a second round of talks with the US. I break down demands of the US and the Taliban. I...
9/6/18 Doug Bandow on Deep State Resistance to Trump
by Scott Horton | Sep 8, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Cato's Doug Bandow discusses the recent anonymous op-ed in the New York Times, which claims that a devoted resistance movement inside the White House works to undermine President Trump's agenda at every turn. Bandow explains how troubling it is to have an unelected...
FPF #240 – Fake News on Russiagate & North Korea
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 31, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #240, I break down false and misleading information on Russiagate and North Korea. I discuss an article by Gareth Porter that debunks the claim that Russia hacked 21 state voter registration sites. Recent reporting on North Korea suggested that Donald Trump...
News Roundup 8/29/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 29, 2018 | News Roundup
Max Blumenthal on the dark legacy of John McCain. [Link] Peter Van Buren on the Tweets that got him banned from Twitter. [Link] The judge in the case of Guantanamo Bay detainees being tried for crimes related to 9/11 retires. [Link] Doug Bandow argues against military...
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Pentagon Fraud and Accounting Errors: Feature and Not Bug
2028. The plan is to spend four trillion more before they can deliver on proving where the money is going. You can't make this up. I read the GAO reports so you don't have to. If fraud was a Ferris wheel, it would be shaped like the Pentagon. The Marine Corps is the...
No Right To Repair: The Bandits Win Again
No one knows how to innovate better than the actual users of end-items and the Congress has manged to throw another bone to a bloated and ineffective bureaucracy by destroying right to repair for the services. US lawmakers have removed provisions in the National...
Royal Navy Submarine Force is Not “Fit for Purpose”
Vanguard class nuclear submarine But with all the scientists and engineers imported from Africa into the UK, how is this even possible? On a more serious note, it is high time for America to suspend its maintenance program of the Trident systems the UK uses. Yet...
The Kyle Anzalone Show [GUEST] Craig Pasta Jardula : Is Trump Imploding?
A kitchen joke about tomato sauce quickly gives way to the hard edge of politics as we unpack a growing fracture on the right. Trump’s volleys at Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie aren’t just personality drama; they point to a deeper shift toward a larger...
Pinker on Peace and Enlightenment
"If, despite impressions, the long-term trend, though halting and incomplete, is that violence of all kinds is decreasing, I think that calls for a rehabilitation of the ideals of modernity and progress, and it's a cause for gratitude for the institutions of...
The US Paper War Tiger is Way Behind
The Ukraine and Russian forces have been building drones for less than three thousand dollars and the "Affordable Mass" efforts in the US had an original floor price of three hundred thousand dollars because that is the way the American "defense" acquisition system...
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