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News Roundup 12/13/18

by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 13, 2018 | News Roundup

Trump signs an executive order creating ‘opportunity zones.’ The zones will have large real estate development tax breaks. Trump’s family stands to benefit from the tax breaks. [Link] Russia will remove nuclear-capable bombers from Venezuela on Friday. [Link] British...

12/11/18 Jonathan Hafetz on Habeas Corpus and Detaining Americans Without Charges

by Scott Horton | Dec 12, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show

Jonathan Hafetz of the ACLU joins the show to talk about one of their clients, an American citizen detained in Iraq for over a year without charges because of allegations of his being an enemy combatant. Thanks to the efforts of Hafetz and his organization, this man...

12/11/18 Peter Van Buren on the Mueller Investigation

by Scott Horton | Dec 12, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show

Peter Van Buren comes on the show to talk about his latest article on the Mueller investigation, which he believes is more conspiracy theory than truth. He points out that there's still no evidence of blackmail based on personal matters, and that none of the supposed...

12/10/18 Karen Kwiatkowski on Exposing the War State

by Scott Horton | Dec 12, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show

Karen Kwiatkowski was one of the whistleblowers on the malfeasance of intelligence agencies leading up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, recently documented in Rob Reiner's film, Shock and Awe. Kwiatkowski explains that the American people are usually inclined toward an...

12/7/18 Sheldon Richman on Pearl Harbor and Avoiding War with Russia

by Scott Horton | Dec 12, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show

Sheldon Richman comes back on the show to talk about his recent article on Ukraine, and another recent Libertarian Institute article on Pearl Harbor. He outlines some of the history of FDR's involvement in the lead-up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, explaining how much...

12/7/18 Trita Parsi on Iranian Sanctions

by Scott Horton | Dec 11, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show

Trita Parsi talks about President Trump's efforts to use sanctions to pressure the Iranian people into overthrowing their government. Parsi and Scott believes this strategy is futile, likening it to the possibility of Americans overthrowing our entire system of...

Trump’s Sanctions Meet His Trade War

by Jacob Hornberger | Dec 10, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

President Trump’s sanctions against Iran have just intersected with his trade war against China. The intersection comes in the form of the arrest of Meng Wanzhou, an executive with Huawei Technologies, one of the most prominent companies in China. Meng was arrested by...

News Roundup 12/10/18

by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 10, 2018 | Uncategorized

Trump says Chief of Staff John Kelly will step down at the end of the year. [Link] Trump will nominate William Barr to Attorney General. [Link] Trump wants to increase the Pentagon budget to $750 billion. [Link] Trump nominates Gen Mark Milley to be the next Chairman...

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