More US lobbyists are registering as foreign agents after the prosecutions of Flynn, Manafort, and Gates. [Link] Ron Paul explains why the new sanctions bill targeting Russia will not achieve the ends its neocon backers hope. [Link] The UN is failing to protect...
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News Roundup 8/7/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 7, 2018 | News Roundup
Congress has introduced several pieces of legislation to constrain Trump's foreign policy. [Link] Philip Giraldi explains how to reform the access to security clearance that intelligence officers continue to hold after leaving government work. [Link] Senator Rand Paul...
News Roundup 8/6/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 6, 2018 | News Roundup
The Pentagon is using 'Other Transaction Authority' to spend money without Congressional approval or oversight. [Link] The 2019 NDAA requires the Pentagon to create a post to track civilians killed by the US. [Link] The FBI reveals payments to Trump Dossier author...
News Roundup 8/3/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 3, 2018 | News Roundup
Senate Republicans and Democrats introduced a new bill that would strengthen sanctions against Russia. [Link] An employee of a migrant housing facility has been fired for allegedly sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl. [Link] Senator Rand Paul will visit Russia next...
News Roundup 8/2/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 2, 2018 | News Roundup
Senate Democrats circulated a memo on heavily increasing government regulation of the internet. [Link] Congress passes the 2019 NDAA authorizing $716 billion in military spending next year. [Link] State Senator Richard Black explains the importance of Wikileaks....
News Roundup 8/1/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 1, 2018 | News Roundup
John Kelly says he will remain Trump's chief of staff through 2020. [Link] A federal judge temporarily blocks the release of 3D printed gun blueprints. [Link] Colorado police shoot and kill an innocent homeowner. The police were responding to a call of a break-in, and...
News Roundup 7/31/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 31, 2018 | News Roundup
Air Marshals are now monitoring travelers who are on secret lists. [Link] A federal judge rules Albuquerque's civil asset forfeiture law violates due process. [Link] Wikileaks has changed the world. [Link] Justin Raimondo on the violence in Nicaragua. [Link] Ecuador's...
News Roundup 7/30/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 30, 2018 | News Roundup
A judge dismisses the murder for hire charge against Ross Ulbricht with prejudice. [Link] In 2018, the city of Chicago has agreed to pay $45 million in settlements for police misconduct. [Link] An ICE detainee with schizophrenia commits suicide after spending 21 days...
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Connor Freeman Interviewed on Cold War 2.0 by Reed Coverdale and David Spuria
Earlier this month, I did a series of interviews covering a wide range of foreign policy topics with the great Reed Coverdale and David Spuria. On the Naturalist Capitalist, Reed and I discuss the continuity between the Trump and Biden administrations, highlighting...
Scott Horton on CSPAN2 Book TV for Hotter Than the Sun 8/28-8/29
Scott Horton, our Director and host of the Scott Horton Show, will be on CSPAN2 Book TV discussing his new book Hotter Than The Sun: Time to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. This interview took place at FreedomFest last month and airs today (6:05pm EDT) and tomorrow (6:05am...
New Pentagon Office Has Orwellian Name
Washington's official propaganda outlet Voice of America reports on the new Orwellian named Pentagon agency tasked with reducing civilian deaths. The "Civilian Protection Center of Excellence" will receive a tiny fraction of the Pentagon's $800 billion budget. The...
Sen. Marsha Blackburn Travels to Taiwan, Third Congressional Visit this Month
Reuters reports Senator Marsha Blackburn arrived in Taiwan on Thursday. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi traveled to Taipei in August, setting off a massive escalation with China. Blackburn is the third Congressional delegation to visit Taiwan this month. Beijing views the...
A Third of Vets Get Booked into Jail at Least Once
A new study from the Council on Criminal Justice finds "roughly one third of veterans report having been arrested and booked into jail at least once in their lives, compared to fewer than one fifth of non-veterans." Military.com reports on the causes for vets getting...
Navy Fights With Congress to Decommission Little Crappy Ships
Jeff Schogol of Task & Purpose details the battle between the Department of Defense and Congress over the future of the Littoral Combat Ship program. The Pentagon is seeking to scrap five of its LCS, including four ships that are less than five years old. However,...
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