Missouri's Governor has issued a stay of execution for Marcellus Williams. William's guilt has come under question because of DNA evidence. [Link] A jury failed to convict four men accused of committing crimes during the 2014 Bundy Ranch Standoff. Two men were...
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News Roundup 8/21/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 21, 2017 | Blog
Trump will meet with several military advisers about a plan for the Afghanistan War. Trump is expected to announce a decision soon. [Link] Steve Bannon has resigned from the Trump Administration. [Link] The family of a young man charged with attempting to bomb an...
News Roundup 8/18/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 18, 2017 | Blog
Two victims of the CIA torture program reached a settlement with Dr. James Mitchell and Dr. Bruce Jessen. Mitchell and Jessen were contracted by the CIA to design the torture program. [Link] California police killed 157 police officers in 2016. [Link] A father of five...
News Roundup 8/15/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 15, 2017 | Blog
Trump is considering a pardon for former Arizona Sharif Joe Arpaio. Arpaio was convicted of a misdemeanor for contempt of court. When Arpaio was Sharif, he continued to enforce an immigration law after a court ordered him not to. [Link] Charges against two Texas...
News Roundup 8/13/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 12, 2017 | Blog
Robert Perry explains how the flawed Russigate logic made Trump more of a war hawk. [Link] Sam Heller defends Trump's decision to end support for Syrian rebel groups. [Link] A Democrat running to be governor of Illinois says he will commute the sentence of all...
News Roundup 8/10/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 10, 2017 | Blog
Federal drug prosecutions are at the lowest rate in 25 years. [Link] The FBI searched Paul Manafort's home. The FBI had a warrant for tax information and banking records. [Link] The UAE is on pace to donate $20 million to the Middle East Insititute over 2016-2017....
News Roundup 8/9/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 9, 2017 | Blog
A New York man is suing the New York police department for harassing him and assaulting him so he would give false testimony in a murder trial. [Link] Baltimore tax payers are paying victims of Baltimore police $1.1 million. The $1.1 million is for four...
News Roundup 8/7/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 7, 2017 | Blog
Congress has put several spending increases in the budget for departments Trump wanted a budget cut. [Link] National Security Advisor H R McMaster says Trump has already made some important decision on Afghanistan policy. One of these decisions is trying to prevent...
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The Kyle Anzalone Show guest Jim Webb: Commies or Trump? Who Is a Threat to the American Dream
Calling everything “communism” might win a news cycle, but it doesn’t explain why so many Americans feel the ladder to a stable life is disappearing. Kyle sits down with Jim Webb to sort propaganda from incentives, starting with Trump’s warnings about socialist...
Rules for Radicals: The Genesis of Tactic Proxy w/John Weeks
John and I continue reading and commentary on Rules for Radicals
The Kyle Anzalone Show guest Larry Johnson: Trump’s Strait of Hormuz Nightmare
A ceasefire memo is supposed to stop wars, not rename them. We start with the weekend’s flashpoint in the Strait of Hormuz and ask a blunt question: if the MOU bans initiating military operations and the threat or use of force, how do we end up with drone attacks,...
The Kyle Anzalone Show: Will Iran Force the US Out of the Middle East?
Tucker Carlson saying “I’m out” on the Republican Party is not just a headline, it is a stress test for how American voters think about loyalty, war, and who our politics actually serves. I walk through why his break is landing with millions of people, how Israel and...
The Kyle Anzalone Show: The White House Spin
Something big is shifting in the Middle East, and you can hear it in the gap between what US officials say publicly and what regional actors are doing quietly. We walk through the latest reporting and remarks around Iran, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), and a...
The Kyle Anzalone Show guest Dave DeCamp: Israel First Republicans Are Turning on Trump
Trump says Iran is “being very nice” and “agreeing to everything,” but that sales pitch doesn’t survive contact with the actual reporting. We sit down with Antiwar.com’s Dave DeCamp to sort out what the US Iran memorandum of understanding seems to concede, why both...
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