Starting out that way. Homes of Mitch McConnell and Nancy Pelosi Are Reported Vandalized Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, called the vandalism of his Louisville, Ky., home a “radical tantrum” taken from a “toxic playbook.” The homes of Senator Mitch...
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11/13/20 Mark Perry: the Revenge of Colonel Douglas Macgregor
by Scott Horton | Nov 15, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Pentagon reporter Mark Perry discusses the recent appointment of retired Colonel Douglas Macgregor to a senior advisory position under President Trump's new secretary of defense. Perry calls Macgregor one of the greatest military minds in America; after a...
New Defense Secretary Says ‘All Wars Must End’ (Even Afghanistan)
by Dave DeCamp | Nov 15, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
President Trump’s acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller sent a memo to his Pentagon staff that signals he could have been appointed to carry out troop withdrawals in places like Afghanistan or Iraq. In the memo, dated November 13th, Miller addresses his staff...
Douglas Macgregor Joining Pentagon As Senior Advisor To Acting Secdef
by Steven Woskow | Nov 11, 2020 | Blog
Good news! From Axios: President Trump's newly installed acting Pentagon chief is bringing on a senior adviser in a sign the administration wants to accelerate the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Middle East before the end of his presidency in January, three people...
Election Interference? Trump and Deep State Claim Race Is Compromised
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 6, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On Conflicts of Interest #30, Will and Kyle give the latest on the US presidential election, where a winner has yet to be determined. President Trump has leaned hard into claims of election-rigging and illegal ballots as he launches lawsuits across several states. The...
The Plot to Kidnap Michigan’s Governor
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 10, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On Conflicts of Interest #18, Will and Kyle look at an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer in order to try her for "treason," which the FBI claims to have unraveled with help from a number of confidential informants and undercover agents. The...
Home for Christmas: Trump’s New Promise to U.S. Troops in Afghanistan
by Jason Ditz | Oct 8, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
On Wednesday, President Trump made a new comment on the pullout of Afghanistan, saying that it is now his intention to have all remaining U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by Christmas. That’s substantially sooner than previous statements on the matter. This seems to be...
Trump Blasts the Pentagon for Following His Orders?
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 9, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On Conflicts of Interest #5, Will and Kyle break down the DOJ's case against two 'Boogaloo Boys' charged for conspiring with Hamas. Entrapment or foiled terrorist plot? President Trump went on a tear against top Pentagon brass during a Monday press conference,...
WSJ: NSA Says Russian Bounties Story is False
by Scott Horton | Jun 30, 2020 | Blog
Journal: "The National Security Agency strongly dissented from other intelligence agencies’ assessment that Russia paid bounties for the killing of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, according to people familiar with the matter. "The disclosure of the dissent by the NSA,...
As Raimondo Might Say: ‘Bwahahahahahahaha!’
by Scott Horton | May 1, 2020 | Blog
As Biden struggles, Hillary waits for the call As the primaries roll forward, and especially with officials’ thumbs on the scales, Biden will almost certainly win the candidacy. In the absence of a brokered convention, how could Democrats replace their...
4/15/20 Nasser Arrabyee on the World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis
by Scott Horton | Apr 15, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Nasser Arrabyee brings us the latest on the war in Yemen, where he says that a supposed recent Saudi ceasefire has actually meant very little on the ground. Arrabyee thinks the announcement was nothing more than a public relations stunt. Despite the looming threat of...
Hospitals Say Feds Are Seizing Masks and Other Coronavirus Supplies
by Scott Horton | Apr 8, 2020 | Blog
L.A. Times: "Although President Trump has directed states and hospitals to secure what supplies they can, the federal government is quietly seizing orders, leaving medical providers across the country in the dark about where the material is going and how they can get...
Envoys Gather in Doha for Signing of Afghanistan Peace Deal: Growing optimism about peace process after week of violence reduction
by Jason Ditz | Mar 2, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Representatives from dozens of countries, foreign ministers or generally envoys, have flocked to the Qatar city of Doha this weekend, for the planned Saturday signing of the Afghanistan peace deal between the US and the Taliban.After a successful week of reduction of...
Taliban: No Peace Deal If US Troops Stay in Afghanistan
by Jason Ditz | Feb 20, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Deputy leader says withdrawal is main thing the Taliban wants With a potential US-Taliban peace deal in Afghanistan potentially at hand, Taliban Deputy Leader Sirajuddin Haqqani wrote an op-ed in the New York Times clarifying exactly what the Taliban hopes to get out...
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The US Government Has Been Lying About How to Lose Weight for Decades
https://youtu.be/TUADs-CK7vI Fat Fiction Movie Website Research by Ann F. La Berge: How the Ideology of Low Fat Conquered America Turns out a low-carb diet does far more to help people lose weight than a low-fat diet.
The “Rich Get Richer” Myth
Some 94 percent of Americans who reach “top 1 percent” income status will enjoy it for only a single year. Approximately 99 percent will lose their “top 1 percent” status within a decade. Now consider the top 400 U.S. income-earners—a far more exclusive club than the...
The Non-Existent Difference Between National Socialism and Democratic Socialism
Summary: National Socialism and Democratic Socialism both advocate institutionalized violence by the state against peaceful people only differing in rhetoric. The most popular self described Democratic Socialists in America today are Senator Bernie Sanders and...
A Response to My Memorial Day Critics
My article against Memorial Day drew a lot of ire and attention. This should not have been surprising; I was making a controversial statement. What did surprise me, however, was that many critics were self-described libertarians or former libertarians. There were many...
Ignoring Political Gossip & Sticking to Principle
https://youtu.be/ZwWHjYVY4tg In the private sector, firms must attract voluntary customers or they fail; and if they fail, investors lose their money, and managers and employees lose their jobs. The possibility of failure, therefore, is a powerful incentive to find...
The Myth of “Hyper-Rugged-Isolationist-Individualism”
Myth #1: Libertarians believe that each individual is an isolated, hermetically sealed atom, acting in a vacuum without influencing each other. This is a common charge, but a highly puzzling one. In a lifetime of reading libertarian and classical-liberal...
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