Trita Parsi talks about his book, Treacherous Alliance, which details the complicated political dealings of Iran, Israel, and the United States in the 1980s, 90s, and early 2000s. Most of us forget how closely aligned Israel and Iran were before Bush Jr. and Obama's...
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This Week in Congress: Hearing Edition
While there may not be that much excitement on the floor, the House of Representatives will hold a number of significant hearings this week. The House Intelligence Committee will hold its first hearing of the year, but you won’t find out much about it because the...
2/1/19 Eric Margolis on Pulling Troops out of Afghanistan
Eric Margolis joins the show to talk about President Trump's apparent intentions to pull U.S. troops out of Afghanistan. This idea has met with a surprising amount of pushback—somehow ending the war is seen as more shameful than the war itself. Scott and Margolis fear...
News Roundup 1/28/19
US News Congressman Walter Jones enters hospice care. [Link] Roger Stone has been indicted on seven counts including lying to the FBI and witness tampering. Stone was arrested in an early morning raid by the FBI. He was released on bail. [Link] FaceBook will merge the...
Democrat All-Stars Look Toward 2020
Que Darude’s techno classic Sandstorm. It’s Whitehouse or bust for the Democrats in 2020 and the Iowa Caucus is almost a year away, with the first primary debates slated to begin this June. This year the DNC has promised to allow all candidates to debate no matter how...
1/18/19 Ron Paul on President Trump’s Foreign Policy
Dr. Ron Paul joins the show for an assessment of President Trump's foreign policy so far, about half way into his first term. Paul says that compared with Bush and Obama, Trump doesn't look too bad. His instincts are better, especially in the way he questions why...
Tulsi Gabbard: A Fox in the Hen’s House
The Democratic primary is just kicking off and they’ve already got a fox in the henhouse. A coy, young presidential-hopeful seeks to capitalize on Trump’s nationalistic and isolationist rhetoric, deviating from the party’s platform by boldly declaring political...
Stan Lee versus the censors
Stan “The Man” Lee passed away on November 12 of last year at the age of 94. Lee was for years the main writer of Marvel comics, and he created, or helped create, many of the most iconic characters in comics, including Spiderman, the Hulk, Iron Man, X-Men, Thor, and...
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