Scott is joined by Antiwar.com’s Dave DeCamp for a rapid fire review of what’s been happening around the world. They start with Russia where the U.S. has told its European allies an invasion of Ukraine could be imminent. DeCamp explains that, if there’s any truth to...
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News Roundup 11/16/2021
US News Rep. Nancy Mace introduces a bill to legalize marijuana. [Link] The judge in the Kyle Rittenhouse case dismissed the weapons charge after the prosecutor agreed the rifle Rittenhouse carried was not short-barreled. Both sides concluded their closing arguments...
Americans Must Demand ‘Maximum Peace’ With Iran
In Vienna, at the end of November, the indirect talks to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) will resume. Of the original P5+1, five states remain within the nuclear deal: Iran, Russia, China, France, the United Kingdom, and Germany. Of course, the...
News Roundup 11/15/21
US News The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals rules against four Oklahoma death row inmates attempting to block their pending executions by lethal injection. [Link] Biden nominates Robert Califf to head the FDA. Califf led the FDA in the final year of the Obama...
COI #187: The Biden Administration’s War on Immigration
On COI #187, Kyle Anzalone breaks down the increasing tensions in Eastern Europe. Thousands of migrants from the Middle East and North Africa are seeking to enter the EU through Belarus. The refugees are currently living in freezing conditions near the border with...
News Roundup 11/12/2021
US News Two million Ellume at home Covid tests have been recalled for giving false positives. [Link] Delaware police killed an 8-year-old girl. The District Attorney has charged two teens, who did not shoot the girl, with her murder. [Link] The Department of Justice...
Conscription: First Stop on the Road to Military Despotism
The U.S. Senate continues to debate legislation potentially adding women to the military draft in the United States. This week, for instance, Senator Josh Hawley attempted to remove from the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act provisions requiring that “all...
Losing Hearts and Minds on FOB Wolverine
In an email to my father on July 18th, 2013 from my computer on Forward Operating Base Wolverine, I wrote, “This country is the hopeless dream of arrogant experts.” To this day, that line sums up my feelings about the entire war in Afghanistan. Now that the war is...
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