Download Episode. Scott is joined by Matt Taibbi to discuss a series of reports he recently coauthored that provide new details on the so-called censorship-industrial complex. Taibbi talks about what he and his fellow journalists discovered and what it reveals about...
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COI #126: America’s War on Drugs Wreaks Havoc in Central and South America
On COI #126 Brian Saady, author and host of the Rackets podcast, comes on the show to explain how the 'war on drugs' is a deadly foreign policy. Brian breaks down the countries most impacted by the drug war: Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, and Honduras. Each...
Multi-Generation War
On FPF #319, I discuss the endless US War on Terror. The US has issued a $1 million reward for information on the son of Osama bin Laden. The younger bin Laden is rising through the ranks of al-Qaeda. Americans are born before 9/11 are starting to enlist in the...
FPF #315 – The Trial of El Chapo guest Brian Saady
On FPF #315, Brian Saady returns to the show to discuss the trial of El Chapo. Brian explains who El Chapo is and how he rose to power and gives important details from the trial. He argues that the arrest of El Chapo does nothing to with the drug war. Brian and Kyle...
FPF #267 – Venezuela guest Brian Saady
On FPF #267, Brian Saady returns to discuss Venezuela. Brian explains the rise of Chavez and the Communist government. He reviews the opposition to the Communist government. We talk about the current state of Venezuela and Trump's Venezuela policy. Brian Saady is the...
The Economics of Policing in Broward County, Florida
James, thanks very much for posting that. I wonder what will happen to him. Is it clear what led the police to finally admit this after so many days? Check out this incredible thread about the economics of policing in Broward County. The Sheriff's Department and the...
The Scandal Isn’t Post-Presidential Speaking Fees, It’s Political Pensions
As former US president Barack Obama’s second term drew toward its close last July, he exercised his veto power for the eleventh of 12 times, shutting down “The Presidential Allowance Modernization Act of 2016.” The bill, which easily passed both houses of Congress,...
3/3/17 Raeford Davis on the seven Baltimore cops indicted on federal racketeering charges
Raeford Davis, a speaker for Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP) and a former North Charleston police officer, discusses how drug prohibition and gun control laws create both dangerous criminals and corrupt cops, like the seven Baltimore "high-profile gun unit"...
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Israel Winner of the 2003 Iraq Oil War
From the Foreword by Lawrence B. Wilkerson: “[T]he debate over whether oil was a principal reason for the 2003 invasion has waxed and waned, with one camp arguing that it absolutely was, while the other argues the precise opposite.” “Mr. Vogler, himself a former...
Domestic Imperialism: Nine Reasons I Left Progressivism
Imagine the Catholic Church (or any person or group of people) doing what the government does every day: Everyone who doesn’t give the Catholic Church 25% of his annual income every year will be put in jail. If he resists the Jesuit officer, the officer has the right...
Diary of a Psychosis: How Public Health Disgraced Itself During COVID Mania
FOREWORD BY JAY BHATTACHARYA, MD, PHD Diary of a Psychosis is different from all other books on Covid: it traces the development of the government response as it happened, bit by bit, and subjects it to relentless scrutiny: did any of it do any good? It thereby...