Scott and Gareth Porter continue their ongoing conversation about President Trump's foreign policy so far. Porter focuses first on Iran, which has become the ultimate excuse for just about every foreign policy decision over the last decade. In reality, of course, Iran...
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News Roundup 9/15/20
US News Joe Rogan offers to hold a four-hour Trump/Biden debate. Trump has accepted the invitation. [link] Federal regulations make forest management impossible and fuel the forest fires in the western US. [link] A US citizen was charged with terrorism by Venezuela....
Russiagate is Horseshit
A fan of the show wrote wanting to know how can I not see what a Russian agent Trump is? Well: Popodopolous had no knowledge of any Russian anything. The guy who set him up was not a Russian agent, but MI-6. Carter Page was a CIA asset, not a Russian one. And they...
19 Years After 9/11 Americans Still Live in Fear
On Conflicts of Interest #6, Kyle and Will outline the legacy of the September 11 attacks on their 19th anniversary, including years of war, torture, and mass surveillance carried out in their wake. The Pentagon has awarded a $13.3 billion contract to Northrop Grumman...
News Roundup 9/8/20
US News Kevin Gosztola breaks down the first day of Assange’s extradition hearing. [Link] The criminal justice reform law FIRST STEP Act resulted in the release or reduced sentence of 7,000 prisoners. [Link] Trump says Pentagon leaders want to fight wars to enrich...
9/5/20 Gareth Porter on Trump’s First Term Foreign Policy Record
Gareth Porter discusses President Trump's foreign policy as we near the end of his first term. The story of Trump's time in office, as everyone knows, has been that despite his sense for the futility and unpopularity of America's endless wars, he, like Obama before...
9/4/20 David Henderson on the Supposed Economic Threat of China
Scott interviews David Henderson about the threat to the U.S. posed by China's growing stature as an economic powerhouse. In general, Henderson thinks that such concerns are overblown, citing the real economic figures behind the trade relationship. In particular, he...
Quad-NATO: Trump’s Shiny New Dooms Day Machine
The US State Department has called to formalize a NATO-like alliance between itself, Japan, Australia and India, currently known as the "Quad." The Deputy Secretary of State, Stephen Biegun, said he would like the new alliance to serve as a bulwark against Beijing,...
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