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....
The Intercept
WaPo: White House Planning to Send Advanced Bomb Kits to Ukraine
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Blog
Podcasts
Shop Our Books
Voluntaryist Handbook
Hotter Than The Sun: Time To Abolish Nuclear Weapons
[playlist artists="false" images="false"...
