Introduction In the mainstream view, al-Qaeda did not play a role in the Syria conflict until Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dispatched his deputy, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, to Syria in August 2011 to establish a wing of the group there, called...
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For One Day, Protestors Stopped the War Machine
by Jim Bovard | Dec 27, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
I’ve attended most of the major antiwar protests in Washington since 9/11. At a 2005 protest, a cop tried to whack me on the head with a wooden pole. At a 2007 protest, I snapped a picture showing George W. Bush hanging next to the U.S. Capitol. But my favorite...
Roger Stone Is Free, Another Fake Scandal
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 13, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #517, I discuss top news, including Trump's commuting of Roger Stone's jail sentence. Democrats are attempting to roll this story into the Russiagate conspiracy theory, which now includes Bountygate. While the opposition to Trump is enraged by their own fake...
Interview on the NY Times Story on Afghanistan Russian Bounties
by Scott Horton | Jun 30, 2020 | Blog
I was interviewed on David Gornoski's show about the latest scandal. https://youtu.be/chuUJCCdBLk
Video: The Spreading Corruption Scandal Nobody Knows About: The Israel Lobby Enters State Government.
by Scott Horton | Mar 5, 2020 | Blog
Grant F. Smith of the Institute for Research for Research: Middle Eastern Policy discusses the findings of his new book, The Israel Lobby Enters State Government: Rise of the Virginia Israel Advisory Board. This event took place at Middle East Books and More on...
Bwahaha: Biden Campaign Demands Networks Stop Booking Giuliani
by Scott Horton | Sep 29, 2019 | Blog
Oh my goodness the Democrats are such idiots. Since they've decided to use their front runner's corruption scandal as their bludgeon against Trump, they can't do anything now but try to crack down on mentions of their part of the story. Hell I wouldn't be surprised if...
Spy Culture on Top Gun and Military Censorship
by Steven Woskow | Jul 29, 2019 | Blog
The new Top Gun movie is coming out and you can be sure the military is all over it. According to Spy Culture, the military believed the original movie inspired the famous Tailhook scandal. Because of this, the Navy withdrew support for Top Gun 2 and thus the 20 year...
The Stormy Daniels Story Finally Has a Newsworthy Allegation
by Eric Schuler | Mar 26, 2018 | Featured Articles, Politics
After the interview with 60 Minutes, the story surrounding Stormy Daniels finally has something newsworthy about it. In the discussion, Daniels said she was threatened to keep silent about her alleged affair with Donald Trump. The threat allegedly occurred in 2011,...
‘Parallel Construction’
by Scott Horton | Jan 9, 2018 | Blog
Human Rights Watch has a new report out about cops violating people's rights to obtain evidence and then lying about its origins. This should be a huge scandal. No word yet if HRW is calling for invasion and regime change in Washington.
'Parallel Construction'
by Scott Horton | Jan 9, 2018 | Blog
Human Rights Watch has a new report out about cops violating people's rights to obtain evidence and then lying about its origins. This should be a huge scandal. No word yet if HRW is calling for invasion and regime change in Washington.
Backwards American Empire (Political Comedy)
by HypocriteTwins | Feb 6, 2017 | Blog
To understand how backwards our current situation is, we need to look to history to give us context. What is the Iran-Contra Scandal? Why did America arm Saddam Hussein in the Iran-Iraq war? The Iran-Iraq War took a million lives over eight years. But why did it...
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Military Conscription is Slavery: Woodrow Wilson Edition
By the guidelines set down by the Selective Service Act, all males aged 21 to 30 were required to register to potentially be selected for military service. At the request of the War Department, Congress amended the law in August 1918 to expand the age range to include...
The Capitalist Competition Myth
Capitalism involves far more cooperation than competition—think of the number of mutually beneficial transactions you’ve had today compared to the number of competitions you’ve been in today - Chris Freiman, author of Why It's OK to Ignore Politics Democratic...
Blame Mexico? Blame Neocons! Blame Big Pharma! Blame the USA!
ABC News: If fentanyl is so deadly, why do drug dealers use it to lace illicit drugs? I have an alternative explanation. America has been fighting endless wars almost the entire century. Many have come home from these never-ending wars with injuries and pains. Doctors...
My Testimony Before the Maine State Senate
In support of Ld 1054, Defend the Guard legislation: Thank you all so much for the opportunity to testify before your committee today. Today is the 20th anniversary of the beginning of Iraq War II. The consensus now is that we should not have done it. Iraq was not...
These Iraq War Supporters Are Still in Congress
On March 19, 2003 the United States began its military invasion of Iraq. The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq passed Congress in October 2002, with 296 congressmen and 77 senators voting in favor of giving President George W. Bush carte blanche...
Laci Green is Wrong: Democratic Competition vs. Free Market Competition
In environments where there's a lot of competition, people tend to lie out their ass and you can apply this to any competitive situation. Take capitalism. As industrialization took full effect, the Federal Government had to interfere because there was so much false...
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