Scott talks to Gareth Porter about the national political scene in Iran, where, in large part thanks to U.S. intervention, the population is increasingly aligning behind the most conservative forces, and moving away from President Rouhani. Iranians, Porter says, have...
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News Roundup 5/19/21
US News A city in California has dropped charges and paid a settlement to two journalists. The city gave the journalists access to documents, then claimed the journalists hacked the government. [Link] Senator Tim Kaine says he is hopeful for a repeal of the 1991 and...
News Roundup 5/11/21
US News Overdose deaths in Washington State were up 30% in 2020. [Link] The FDA gives Pfizer emergency approval to give its vaccine to patients as young as 12. [Link] Susan Hennessey was named to the National Security Division of the Justice Department. Hennessey was...
News Roundup 5/2/21
US News Two Texas police officers were fired for committing crimes on the job. One officer punched a teenage boy for no reason. The other officer pulled his gun and threatened to kill people without cause. [Link] The US announced it will cut its embassy in Moscow...
4/30/21 Tom Collina on the Reckless Plan to Expand America’s Nuclear Arsenal
Scott talks to Tom Collina about the alarming plan to expand America's nuclear arsenal. The $2 trillion package, Collina explains, would include a large investment in what's known as the "nuclear sponge": a collection of ICBMs in America's heartland designed to draw a...
Remembering Reese Erlich, Pillar of Independent Journalism
When Reese Erlich died in early April, we lost a global reporter who led by example. During five decades as a progressive journalist, Reese created and traveled an independent path while avoiding the comfortable ruts dug by corporate media. When people in the United...
4/23/21 Gareth Porter on Biden’s Promised Withdrawal from Afghanistan
Gareth Porter discusses the recent announcement that the Biden administration will withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September 11 of this year. This is obviously a violation of the May 1 withdrawal agreement made under the Trump administration, but Porter...
COI #101 – Saboteurs Plot the Iran Nuclear Deal’s Destruction
On COI #101, Will and Kyle update stories on Iran, Afghanistan, Ukraine and the problem-plagued F-35 fighter jet. The F-35 program's executive officer admitted to lawmakers last week that a major system upgrade had been placed on a "strategic pause" as developers...
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