US The Supreme Court rules the 8th Amendment applies to state laws. The ruling will prevent states from imposing excessive fines and forfeitures. [Link] A video surfaces show a Delaware cop putting a gun in a man’s face for no reason. [Link] Brian Saady breaks down...
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Ron and Dan: Iraq Lies Redux: Trump Admin Claims Iran/al-Qaeda Alliance
In an astonishing Washington Times article this week, unnamed Trump Administration officials (who may or may not be called “John Bolton”) are claiming that Iran, which has been battling al-Qaeda in Syria for nearly four years, is actually secretly allied with al-Qaeda...
2/15/19 James Bamford on Maria Butina, the Spy who Wasn’t
James Bamford talks about the case of Maria Butina, a young Russian woman educated in the U.S. who was accused of spying for the Russians and sabotaging the 2016 presidential election. Butina was indicted and spent months in solitary confinement, which is technically...
CIA, CENTCOM Insubordination on Afghanistan
Can't leave now. ISIS is going to hit the U.S. "from Afghanistan." Trump is going to have to start firing people wholesale, or just give the keys to the Oval Office over to the Joint Chiefs.
News Roundup 2/20/19
US Heather Nauert withdraws her nomination to be US Ambassador to the UN. [Link] The 9/11 Victims Fund cuts payouts by 70%. [Link] 12 TSA employees are charged with smuggling over $100 million in cocaine. [Link] The Pentagon will buy up to 80 F-15Xs because of the...
News Roundup 2/19/19
2020 Bernie Sanders announces he is running for the Democratic nomination in 2020. Rep Tulsi Gabbard introduces a bill that would prevent the US from spending money on weapons that violate the INF Treaty. [Link] US News Colorado marijuana sales top $6 billion over the...
2/15/19 Gareth Porter on the FBI Putsch Against Trump
Gareth Porter gives an update on the "Russiagate" investigation, which he has long maintained is nothing more than a thinly-veiled ploy to remove President Trump from office. Recent reports on the investigation have only confirmed Porter's suspicions that the...
Walter Jones and the Vote to End US War on Yemen
In a fitting legacy for my friend Walter Jones, Jr. who passed away last week, the US House made history by voting in favor of H.J.Res. 37, a resolution “Directing the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been...
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