Once again, the whispers of phantoms masquerading as administration officials have attempted to put Donald Trump on the defensive only two months before the fall election. And in typical fashion, the roused president has gone on an immediate rhetorical offensive....
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Judge Megan Shanahan Suffers From Severe Mental Illness and Must Be Removed From the Court
by Scott Horton | Sep 17, 2020 | Blog
Have you ever heard of such madness in your life?: Judge Upholds Pseudonymity of Cincinnati Police Officer Who Is Suing His Critics for Libel I wrote about the case (in which news outlets, the defendants, and I are opposing pseudonymity) a few weeks ago here....
News Roundup 9/17/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 17, 2020 | News Roundup
US News A 46-year-old Texas woman died on the floor of her jail cell after the prison failed to give her prescribed medications and appropriate medical care. [Link] A judge rules Pennsylvania’s lockdowns are unconstitutional. [Link] A judge blasts prosecutors US...
9/15/20 Kevin Gosztola: Day Six of the Assange Extradition Hearing
by Scott Horton | Sep 16, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Kevin Gosztola is back for an update on Julian Assange's extradition hearing. He describes the great line-up of witnesses being summoned by Assange's defense team and how easily, for the most part, they've been able to dismantle the arguments from the prosecution....
85% — EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT (!!) of People Busted For Pot in D.C. Are Black
by Scott Horton | Sep 16, 2020 | Blog
Thank God the cops are here to protect us from the riots they caused by constantly treating human beings like garbage. Although marijuana arrests have declined by more than half, African Americans still account for just under 90 percent of those arrested on all...
The ‘Bountygate’ Narrative Collapses as Trump Hires Afghan War Skeptic
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 16, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On Conflicts of Interest #8, Will and Kyle discuss CENTCOM commander Frank McKenzie's recent statement on the New York Times's "Russian bounties" story, saying he'd seen no evidence to support the assertion. Negotiating teams from the Afghan government and the...
News Roundup 9/16/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 16, 2020 | News Roundup
US News The mayor of Louisville announces the taxpayers of his city will pay $12 million to the family of Breonna Taylor. So far, the police officers who murdered Taylor have not been charged. [Link] Trump says he will sell advanced weapons to states that normalize...
LAPD, LASD Literally Just Street Gangs
by Scott Horton | Sep 16, 2020 | Blog
In Compton they call themselves the Executioners. Remember, the cops who murdered the security guard and the guy on the bicycle in just the past few weeks? Them. Throughout L.A. they go by the Spartans, Regulators, Grim Reapers and Banditos. Your security...
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News Roundup 5/10/17
Trump fires FBI Director James Comey. [Link] 250 refugees fleeing North Africa for Europe are missing and feared dead. 1,300 people are believed to have died making the trip this year. [Link] South Korea elected Moon Jae-in to be president. Moon said he will look to...
Libertarianism And Imagination
A key weapon of the Libertarian thinker is imagination. Human society is and always has been a decentralized give and take. Norms and habits are emergent phenomenon, as are our historical and social narratives. The state and its violence represents a dominant...
What If Everything We’re Being Told About U.S.-North Korea Tensions Is Wrong?
Ask and you shall receive. For weeks upon weeks on end, the American populace has watched Donald Trump and his administration, along with pundits in the corporate media, drone on about how China should step up its game in the effort to thwart North Korea’s nuclear...
The Antiwar Comic: The Longest War
If you had asked me 20 years ago if I thought the U.S. would be stupid enough to invade Afghanistan and stay there for 16 years, I would've said, "That's the dumbest question I've ever heard. No one's that stupid." And yet... For more comics, visit The Webcomic...
Remembering the Devastation of the Korean War
As tensions between North Korea and the US remain at their highest levels in years, it's worth recalling the brutality of the Korean War. The Story Over at The Intercept, Mehdi Hasan has a new article that provides some stark facts and observations on the Korean War....
News Roundup 5/9/17
In a signing statement on the spending bill, Trump stated that he is not bound by the bill's restrictions on transferring detainees to Gitmo. [Link] The Pentagon is increasing spending on a space-based weapons program. [Link] The Egyptian government destroyed 15...
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