Scott interviews Hassan El-Tayyab from the Friends Committee on National Legislation about the effort to end the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. Although the Biden administration announced an end to support for "offensive operations" in Yemen, thanks to the Saudi...
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4/9/21 Jay Schweikert: New Mexico Ends Qualified Immunity for All Public Officials
Scott talks to Jay Schweikert about the promising developments in New Mexico, where a new state-wide law has been enacted that repeals qualified immunity as a legal defense for any public official. This is a similar move, says Schweikert, to legislation adopted...
4/9/21 Jesselyn Radack on the Latest Victim of America’s Draconian Espionage Act
Scott interviews national security attorney Jesselyn Radack about her work in the protection of whistleblowers. Daniel Hale, the man who leaked the so-called "drone papers" to the Intercept in 2014, has just pleaded guilty to violations of the Espionage Act in what...
4/8/21 Trita Parsi on Biden’s Willingness to Negotiate With Iran
Trita Parsi talks about the state of negotiations between the U.S. and Iran. President Trump, of course, made a point of withdrawing from the JCPOA and increasing hostilities with Iran, deliberately parting ways with one of President Obama's signature issues. But the...
News Roundup 4/9/21
US News A Florida court rules those police officers who commit violent crimes are entitled to the same identity protection as crime victims. [Link] The US sanctioned Myanmar’s state-owned gem company. [Link] The US deployed two warships to the Black Sea. Turkey says...
COI #94: NATO’s Push Into Ukraine Is Increasing Tensions Between the US and Russia
On COI #94, Connor Freeman - writer at The Libertarian Institute - returns to the show to discuss the escalating tension between the US and Russia. Most of the escalation is over Ukraine. Biden is reassuring the Ukrainians that they have America's full support and...
Episode 562: Vaccine “Fact Checkers” Exposed with Stacie-Ann from ‘The Dissent’ Podcast
41 Minutes NSFW Stacie-Ann is the host of "The Dissent" podcast on YouTube as well as being a lawyer. Stacie-Ann joined Pete for a Livestream to discuss a couple articles, including a FaceBook "fcat-check" one, addressing the CV19 vaccine and their alleged numbers....
A Critique of Turkey’s Healthcare System
I am writing this article upon the death of Aslı Özkısırlar (38) on account of multi-organ failure. This painful incident...
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