US News A new study shows that vaping is more effective than traditional nicotine replacement therapies at helping people quit smoking. [Link] Several ICE detainees are on hunger strikes. ICE is force feeding six of the detainees. [Link] A man dies in a Georgia prison...
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FPF #305 – The Hawks Hunt for War
On FPF #305, I breakdown war state efforts to create and expand wars. Factions of the Trump administration continue to push regime change efforts in Venezuela. DNI Dan Coats is attempting to throw cold water on a deal with North Korea. Max Boot is arguing that the US...
This Week in Congress
Well the longest shutdown in history is over . . . for now. Last Friday, the Senate and House passed legislation ending the government shutdown until February 15. The Senate passed it by unanimous consent so there is no roll-call vote. Here is the roll-call vote from...
News Roundup 1/31/19
US News A new bipartisan bill would make animal cruelty a federal crime. [Link] Baltimore will stop prosecuting marijuana possession offenses. [Link] Facebook blocks ad transparency tools from working. [Link] Google removes a map of ‘Kurdistan’ at the request of the...
Humanitarian Interventions Are Killing National Sovereignty — And That’s a Bad Thing
ince the 1990s, it has become increasingly popular for the United States and other Western nation-states to justify new wars on the basis of "humanitarianism." This was the case in Somalia in 1993, in the former Yugoslavia in the mid 1990s, and in Libya in 2011....
The Syrian Smokescreen
In recent weeks, Trump announced the “withdrawal” of U.S. forces from Syria, as well as the withdrawal of 7,000 troops from Afghanistan. Although Trump had in the past taken actions against the Syrian state, for instance launching Tomahawks at the Shayrat Airbase in...
News Roundup 1/30/19
US Foreign Policy The US has produced its first low yield nuclear weapons. The weapons have the power of about 5 kilotons of TNT. [Link] Senator Mitch McConnell introduced an amendment that pushes Trump to keep US forces in Afghanistan and Syria. [Link] The LA Times...
FPF #304 – Worst of Trump in 2018 guest Will Porter
On FPF #304, Will Porter returns to the show for part two of the year-end review show. We discuss the worst of Trump's foreign policy decisions in 2018. Will breaks down the important events in Yemen, Russia, Iran, and China. We examine the influence that John Bolton...
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