NYT: Not so fast: Advocates for police reform are making the case that the phrase “defund the police” doesn’t mean what many people think it means. “Be not afraid,” Christy E. Lopez, a Georgetown University law professor, wrote in The Washington Post. “‘Defunding the...
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Minneapolis Plans to Abolish the Police guest Will Porter
On FPF #502, Will Porter returns to the show to discuss ongoing George Floyd protests. Will and Kyle break down some of the worst examples of police brutality. Will explains that the protests are now in 100s of American cities and have even spread to Europe. The...
Announcing a New Arms Race guest Will Porter
Will Porter returns to the show to discuss the US announcing that it plans to spend China and Russia into oblivion in a new arms race. In recent years the US has been working towards a new Cold War. Will explains how the announcement ties with Trump's foreign policy...
Mike Rowe: An Unsolicited Commencement Speech Delivered at the Height of the Plague
H/T to Tom Luongo https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=VnrsRHnuRKY&feature=emb_logo
Trump Withdraws from Another Important Treaty with Russia
On FPF #495, I discuss the US leaving the Open Skies Treaty. The treaty allows for member states to conduct surveillance flights over each other. The treaty is key to keeping countries informed about each other's military capabilities. Without the treaty in place, war...
Russiagate: Judge Takes Rare Step in Flynn’s Trial guest Will Porter
Will Porter returns to Foreign Policy Focus to explain a rare move the judge made in Mike Flynn's case. The Justice Department has recommended that charges be dropped against Flynn. However, the judge has now appointed a 'third party' to come argue the case against...
Exposing of the Origins of Russiagate guests Dan Wright and Joanne Leon
Dan Wright and Joanne Leon - cohosts of the Around the Empire Podcast - return to Foreign Policy Focus to discuss the origins of Russiagate. For three years, we have been fighting to debunk the fake news created about the imagined Russian conspiracy to help Trump beat...
As Coronavirus Spreads In Meat Plants, Nearly 200 USDA Inspectors Test Positive
Meat inspectors travel to multiple plants to inspect but what if they are carriers of the virus? From Food Dive "A U.S. Agriculture Department spokesperson told Food Dive that 197 field employees in the Food Safety and Inspection Service are absent from work after...
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