Scott interviews Ray McGovern about his decades as a CIA analyst, with a particular focus on U.S.–Russia policy from Kennedy to George H. W. Bush. They also discuss America's growing antagonism toward Russia and China in recent years, and the attempt to expand NATO...
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COI #148: After 2 Decades of War & Nation Building, the Afghan State Is Crumbling
On COI #148, Kyle breaks down some of the latest developments in Afghanistan. The Taliban continue their offensive, seizing major Afghan cities like Kandahar, Ghazni, and Harat. In response, the US is planning to reduce the staff at its embassy and possibly abandon it...
News Roundup 8/13/21
Afghanistan Afghanistan’s second-largest city, Kandahar is under Taliban control. [Link] The Taliban captured the capital of the Uruzgan province. [Link] The US is carrying several airstrikes a day. Many of the strikes are targeting US equipment captured by the...
U.S. Emergency Deploys 3,000 Additional Soldiers to Afghanistan to Evacuate Embassy
The U.S. is sending about 3,000 troops to Afghanistan to help evacuate some personnel from the U.S. embassy in Kabul as the Taliban is making rapid gains across the country. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the U.S. is sending three infantry battalions that are due...
Just In Time For The Mandatory Vaccine Rollout
New Roundup 8/12/21
US News California is requiring all school employees to get vaccinated or get weekly covid tests. [Link] The NY Stock Exchange will require all floor traders to get vaccinated. Medical and religious exemptions are available. Anyone who receives an exemption will have...
How the Warfare-Welfare State (Unfortunately) Unites Americans
In case you haven’t noticed, America is “deeply divided.” At least, that’s what a seemingly nonstop stream of headlines from major media sources would have us believe. “Trump Leaves America at Its Most Divided since the Civil War,” reads one CNN headline from earlier...
After Two Years, Cop Charged For Shooting Mentally Ill Man and His Parents at Costco
As TFTP reported in June of 2019, panic erupted inside a Corona, California Costco as multiple people were injured and one man was killed during a shooting. Dozens of shoppers immediately dropped to the ground as fears of the next mass shooting filled their thoughts....
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