On April 11, the ongoing saga of journalist and transparency activist Julian Assange took a dangerous turn. Ecuador’s president, Lenin Moreno, revoked his asylum in that country’s London embassy. British police immediately arrested him — supposedly pursuant to his...
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This Week in Congress Wrap-Up
Here is the roll-call vote on S.J.Res. 7, the resolution calling on the U.S. to end involvement in the Yemen Civil War. The vote was 247-176. Every Democrat plus 15 Republicans voted for the bill. Representative Justin Amash (MI-03) voted “present” because he objected...
News Roundup 4/11/19
Assange Arrested London police have arrested Julian Assange. Ecuador withdrew his asylum. [Link] US News The Department of Defense has awarded $1 billion in contracts to two companies to build portions of the southern border wall. [Link] Attorney General Barr says he...
What a Hollow Pretext For a Putsch
The FBI is trying to pretend they really believed Trump fired Comey on Russian orders rather than over Comey's J. Edgar Hoover-type extortion scheme he pulled on Trump with the fake foreign dossier and launching this whole fake investigation of him in the first place....
Finding A Better Definition For The Political “Left” And “Right”
Lately I have been listening to and reading different takes on the question of how we define what we mean when we say "left-wing" or "right-wing". Tom Woods has concluded that while he once thought of these definitions as referring to a spectrum, he now believes that...
Obamacare’s Unhappy Anniversary
Last month marked nine years since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (popularly known as Obamacare) became law. Obamacare’s proponents promised that the law would reduce costs, expand access, and allow us to keep our doctors if we liked our doctors. The...
News Roundup 4/10/19
US News California prisoners are suing over mice and maggots being on dining tables. [Link] A North Carolina man was arrested for keeping his pet fish in filthy conditions. [Link] Rachel Maddow still can’t get Russiagate right. [Link] The US and Lithuania sign a...
Trump Names the IRGC ‘Terrorists’
On FPF #334, I discuss the Trump admin naming Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terror organization. I explain the false arguments used by the Trump admin to claim the IRGC supports terror groups. The move makes a conflict with Iran more likely. Links Eric...
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