Scott interviews Hunter DeRensis about the National Conservatism Conference, part of a movement that DeRensis describes as trying to come up with intellectual rationalizations for Trumpism after the fact. Crucially, this new national conservatism movement did not...
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8/8/19 Ben Freeman on the Military-Industrial Jobs Scam
by Scott Horton | Aug 10, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Ben Freeman talks about President Trump's friendship with Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson and what it means for the military-industrial complex. Trump likes to boast about keeping businesses—particularly those related to military industries—open and hiring in the...
Iraqi National Who’d Lived Whole Life in US Dies Shortly After Being Deported to Iraq
by Scott Horton | Aug 8, 2019 | Blog
CNN: An Iraqi national who had lived in the US since he was an infant died shortly after being deported to Iraq as part of the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration. Jimmy Aldaoud, 41, died from complications of diabetes, his attorney Edward Bajoka...
News Roundup 8/8/19
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 8, 2019 | News Roundup
US News Former Secretary of Defense James Mattis returns to his position as a board member at General Dynamics. [Link] New SecDef Mark Esper says the US will not overreact to NK missile tests. [Link] Venezuela Bolton said the US is ready to target countries that...
Bolton’s Economic War on Venezuela
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 7, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #385, I cover the US economic war against Venezuela. The US imposed sanctions on Venezuela under Obama. After John Bolton joined the Trump administration as National Security Adviser, the US ramped up the economic war against Venezuela by sanctioning the state...
News Roundup 8/6/19
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 6, 2019 | News Roundup
Venezuela Trump suggests the US may blockade Venezuela. [Link] Trump signs an executive order freezing all Venezuelan assets. Some analysts believe this will allow the US to sanction anyone who does business with Venezuela. [Link] Korean Peace North Korea says planned...
‘The answer to a murderer targeting immigrants is…more immigration control, according to the president.’
by Scott Horton | Aug 5, 2019 | Blog
Elizabeth Nolan Brown at Reason: On Monday morning, Donald Trump reacted to the two recent mass shootings by offering what sounds like a quid pro quo to liberals: Give me my border plans, and I'll give you gun control. This weekend saw two mass shootings in America,...
News Roundup 8/5/19
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 5, 2019 | News Roundup
US News Five police officers who killed two unarmed people got their jobs back. The officers fired dozens of shots into the victim's car. [Link] The new Defense Secretary will review the contract for the Pentagon cloud program. [Link] Tulsi Gabbard becomes a...
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KPFA Saturday Evening News–How Violence Breeds Violence
Short contribution of Laurie Calhoun to the KPFA Saturday Evening News on August 6, 2022, with David Rosenberg about drone assassination and the logic of “violence breeds violence”. This three-minute exchange spans 5:10-8:15. Many other foreign policy topics are also...
WBAI News in Exile: the al Zawahiri Drone Strike in Kabul
News in Exile (WBAI): Paul DeRienzo and Laurie Calhoun consider the al Zawahiri drone strike report. Discussion begins at 14:30 and lasts five minutes....
Muslim Network News: The al Zawahiri Drone Strike and “We Kill Because We Can”
Imam Abdul Malik Mujahid and Laurie Calhoun discuss the Zawahiri drone strike and "We Kill Because We Can" on Muslim Network News - August 2, 2022. Drone discussion begins at 15:36 and lasts 15 minutes. https://youtu.be/sh1ZEQYuhIA
Drone Assassination: Inconvenient Facts
On the assassination of Ayman al-Zawahiri by U.S. drone in Kabul (from Accuracy.org): [Laurie Calhoun] said today: “President Biden has pivoted from the multiple crises of his administration — inflation, heightened tensions with China and Iran, and even the very real...
The Brief Case for Pacifism – Bryan Caplan, Ph.D.
“My case for pacifism, to recap, comes down to three simple premises. The first two are empirical: Premise #1: The short-run costs of war are clearly awful. [Empirical claim about immediate effects of war]. Premise #2: The long-run benefits of war are highly...
Why We Should Study China
I would posit that there is no civilization so utterly foreign to Americans than China. Often, American impressions of China are informed by preconceptions, myth, and fear of the other. For the average American, the sum of all knowledge about China is derived...
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