Download Episode. Andy Worthington returns to talk about the 35 men who remain imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay as we pass the 21st anniversary of the prison. Of those 35 men, 20 have already been cleared for release, yet they remain in custody with no release date....
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WaPo: White House Planning to Send Advanced Bomb Kits to Ukraine
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 14, 2022 | News
The Joe Biden administration is preparing to send equipment to Ukraine that will convert “dumb bombs” into “smart bombs,” multiple unnamed officials told the Washington Post. The White House is reported to be in discussions about sending Kiev other advanced weapons, including the Patriot air defense system.
Facebook, Twitter Greenlight Ukrainian Neo-Nazi Posts
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | Feb 27, 2022 | Blog
The Azov Battalion is an essential element of the Ukrainian National Guard that America has supported with numerous weapon shipments. It is also a neo-Nazi militia that has been fighting separatist forces in Ukraine's eastern Donbass region since 2014. Once on...
News Roundup 10/30/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 30, 2020 | News Roundup
US News Glenn Greenwald resigns from the Intercept after editors censored his article. [Link] Biden says he would never suggest withdrawing US troops from South Korea. [Link] France French President Macron announces he will deploy 7,000 troops within France to defend...
Forget Firing the Prosecutor, Biden Overthrew the Government of Ukraine in 2014
by Scott Horton | Oct 21, 2020 | Blog
The reason Burisma hired his crackhead son is that they were in tight with the government he overthrew and so were trying to cozy up to the new powers in town. But anyway, here's the intercepted phone call between Robert Kagan's wife Victoria Nuland conspiring with...
Will the Israel-UAE Deal Lead to More Arm Sales?
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 19, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #534, I cover several important stories in the news. Documents from BlueLeaks expose the government spending thousands on training police in junk sciences. Andy McCarthy writes in the National Review how Kevin Clinesmith's guilty plead also is an indictment of...
Trump Instructs Navy to Shoot Down Iranian Ships
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 24, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #483, I discuss Trump's lastest foolish threat to Iran. Trump tweeted that he is instructing the Navy to 'shoot down' Iranian ships that harass American Navy ships. If Trump's orders are followed it could provoke a shooting war between the US and Iran....
3/27/20 Eli Clifton on the Crushing US Sanctions on Iran
by Scott Horton | Mar 29, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Eli Clifton about the U.S. sanctions regime against Iran. These sanctions were already having a severe impact on the ability of Iranian civilians to conduct business and buy necessary goods, and in the face of coronavirus they could turn an already...
2/21/20 Dave DeCamp on the OPCW’s Efforts to Discredit Douma Whistleblowers
by Scott Horton | Feb 25, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Dave DeCamp about the OPCW's efforts to discredit a pair of whistleblowers, both of whom are former employees who claim their findings were expunged from the organization's official reports on the alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma in 2018. The...
Daniel Hale: The Latest NSA Whistleblower
by Rocky Ferrenburg | Jun 17, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
Daniel Hale is the most recent whistleblower to release documents exposing the injustice carried out by the state. Hale was a National Security Agency (NSA) intelligence analyst. Hale was also a former airman who served as a defense contractor for the National...
6/10/19 Jim Epstein on Brazilian Libertarians’ Alliance with Jair Bolsonaro
by Scott Horton | Jun 14, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Reason's Jim Epstein joins the show to discuss the Brazilian libertarians who are trying to influence the Bolsonaro government. Brazil has the largest and fastest growing libertarian community in the world, and though this arrangement can be seen as a major political...
Turkey & the Second Drone Age guest Will Porter
by Kyle Anzalone | May 31, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest
Will Porter returns to FPF to discuss Turkey's drone program and drone proliferation. Turkey has developed surveillance and armed drones that are being used to target the Kurdish insurgents. Turkey is flying drones over its own citizens and has killed over 400 within...
A Failed Bank Job in Haiti
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 27, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #328, I break down how heavily armed American mercenaries got arrested outside the Haitian Central bank. The Intercept reports Haiti's president bribed a cutout to hire the Americans. The Americans then attempted to help the cutout transfer $80 million at the...
News Roundup 3/26/19
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 26, 2019 | News Roundup
New Zealand The New Zealand shooter had ties to the Ukrainian Neo-Nazi Azov Brigade. [Link] New Zealand makes possession of the mosque shooter’s manifesto illegal. [Link] Haiti The Intercept explains why heavily armed American mercenaries were arrested outside the...
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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...
Empower the Workers: Decriminalize Economic Activity Between Consenting Adults
The most reliable and effective protection for most workers is provided by the existence of many employers. As we have seen, a person who has only one possible employer has little or no protection. The employers who protect a worker are those who would like to hire...
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