US News The FDA recommends all adults have a booster of a Pfizer or Moderna covid vaccine. [Link] The House passes the nearly $2 trillion Build Back Better Act. The bill passed along party lines with one Democrat voting against the bill with Republicans. [Link] A...
Sanctions
News Roundup 11/19/21
US News The FDA is expected to give emergency approval for Moderna and Pfizer boosters for all Americans over 18. [Link] The Army will no longer allow soldiers who are unvaccinated - and do not have a waiver - to reenlist or receive a promotion. [Link] The Marines...
News Roundup 11/17/21
US News Pfizer asks the FDA for emergency approval of its anti-covid pill. [Link] The US will buy 10 million doses of Pfizer's covid pill over the next 10 months for $5 billion. [Link] The Navy says that sailors who do not get vaccinated will be discharged and could...
Conflicts of Interest #189: The Pentagon Manufactures Crises It Cannot Control
On COI #189, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman – writer at the Libertarian Institute – talk about increasing tensions in Eastern Europe and the Persian Gulf. Kyle covers the refugee crisis on the border shared by Poland and Belarus. Washington and their European allies...
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...
11/12/21 Daniel Larison on Iran, Sanctions and Great Power Competition
Scott brings Daniel Larison back to the show to discuss a handful of articles he’s written recently for Antiwar.com. First they discuss his piece pointing out that there is no legal basis for any action the U.S. takes against Iran, a fact that ought to be brought up...
News Roundup 11/11/2021
US News A judge approved the $600 million settlement agreement between Michigan and the residents of Flint poisoned by their water. The settlement was announced in 2020. [Link] Ten states are suing the federal government over Biden’s healthcare worker mandate. [Link]...
News Roundup 11/9/21
US News The police officer who killed Johnny Hurley - who stopped a mass shooter - will not face charges. [Link] The Biden administration’s push for a new domestic terror war has generated 2,700 open domestic terror investigations by the FBI. [Link] The US will begin...
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