Phil Giraldi makes the case that the Russiagate investigation was not simply a good faith effort to ensure then-candidate Trump was not an agent of the Russian government, but a legitimate plot to ruin his chances at the presidency by insiders connected to the Clinton...
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40,000 Dead Thanks to US Sanctions on Venezuela – Study
by Will Porter | Apr 28, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
American economic sanctions may have killed up to 40,000 people in Venezuela between 2017 and 2018, according to a new study. The finding only underscores the lethal realities of “soft power,” all too often presented as a humane alternative to open armed conflict....
Good Rand Paul: US Out of Afghanistan
by Scott Horton | Apr 28, 2019 | Blog
A great answer from the senator to Matt Welch of Reason: Welch: [A]lmost from the beginning [of your Senate career], you have used the formulation in speeches and also in bills of, "Hey, it's time to declare victory in Afghanistan and bring our troops home." Can you...
Tom Woods Interviews Me On Russiagate
by Scott Horton | Apr 28, 2019 | Blog
https://tomwoods.com/ep-1393-trump-mueller-and-obstruction/
4/26/19 David Stockman on the Mood in ‘Never-Trumpville’
by Scott Horton | Apr 26, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
David Stockman offers his take on the end of the Russia investigation. He points out that the Mueller report categorically denies just about every allegation made by President Trump's opponents, including the surveillance of his campaign based on false information...
Marine Held for NK Embassy Break-In
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 26, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #341, I discuss a former Marine being held on an extradition request from Spain for stealing electronics from the North Korean embassy in Madrid. The break-in occurred in the days leading up to Trump's second summit with Kim Jong-un. While few details of the...
George H.W. Bush’s Forgotten Debacles and Demagoguery
by Jim Bovard | Apr 25, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
After former President George H.W. Bush died late last year, he was widely hailed as a great leader and patriot. At the National Cathedral funeral service, biographer Jon Meachan declared that Bush was a “twentieth-century Founding Father.” The minister of Bush’s...
News Roundup 4/25/19
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 25, 2019 | News Roundup
Wikileaks Daniel Ellsberg on the importance of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, and Chelsea Manning. [Link] Caitlin Johnstone debunks the myth that Julian Assange is an agent of Russia. [Link] Ryan McManken explains why it doesn’t matter if Assange is a ‘journalist’ or not....
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YouTube Censoring Veterans’ Antiwar Video
WEST CHESTER, PA. — Silicon Valley’s selective censorship of news stories isn’t limited to just the U.S. presidential election, a right of center veterans group said Monday. YouTube and Google platforms are violating the free speech rights of an Afghanistan and Iraq...
Walter Wallace’s Mother Called the Cops on Him
Philadelphia cops killed a black man, Walter Wallace, who was, despite early reports that he was standing still, charging them with a knife. A massive riot has broken out in response. https://twitter.com/GoStonerLife/status/1320879409411350534 They almost certainly...
Our Foolish Politicized Era
It's ridiculous to think you can divine people's politics merely from their views on the pandemic or any given policy response to it. Similarly, it's absurd to rebut a view by referring to the holder's politics.
How to Panic the Public
Disseminate worst-case scenarios, taking care to ignore the dubious assumptions that go into modeling while vilifying anyone, no matter how well-qualified, who refuses to ignore them. Emphasize the (alleged) benefits of a draconian government response, taking care to...
What the Love of Power Trumps
How interesting that the people most worried about Trump's authoritarian personality demand draconian government responses to the pandemic. Love of power must trump fear of Trump.
An Economy Cannot Be Crippled
Lockdown doesn't cripple "the economy." It cripples people who are trying to live. Strictly speaking, there's no economy. There are people interacting in particular ways regularly.
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