The New York Times dropped another Russiagate bombshell on June 26 with a sensational front-page story headlined, “Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says.” A predictable media and political frenzy followed, reviving...
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ICE Forms Nexus of Federal, State, Local, and Private Surveillance of Americans
When it comes to the rapidly growing national surveillance state, federal agencies such as the NSA and FBI get most of the attention. But in fact, state and local law enforcement agencies, and increasingly private third-parties, make federal surveillance possible. A...
How State Regulations Perpetuate Overpriced Housing
In Economic Facts and Fallacies (2011), Thomas Sowell argues that housing regulation and zoning laws, not markets, are to blame for the modern scourge of unaffordable housing. Sowell is still right. Government housing regulations have exacerbated construction costs,...
Yep, That’s How It Works Alright
Most Americans believe Russia targeted U.S. soldiers, want sanctions in response, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows "I don't believe anything the government tells me. Ever." --George Carlin "Nu-uh, you're dumb. Government is our leader." --Everybody else.
More On Michele Flournoy From Kelly B. Vlahos
Highly educated, elitist upbringing, high achiever, successful - 'She’s a technocrat—smart and efficient and highly bred for Washington’s finely tuned managerial class." "But elite is as elite does. She went from Beverly Hills High School to Harvard to Oxford, and...
Gareth Porter Destroys the Russian Bounties Hoax
Well, he simply notes that the intelligence agencies themselves refuse to stand behind it. For the Greyzone.
The Biden Foreign Policy Team: Liberal Foreign Policy Hawks With Corporate Interests
What would foreign policy be in a Joe Biden administration? According to Jonathan Guyer at The American Prospect a Biden administration would consist of Michèle Flournoy at Secretary Of Defense surrounded by a who's-who of ex-Obama think tankers that represent...
News Roundup 7/8/20
US News A new law in northeastern Italy gives the government the power to arrest people who refuse Covid treatment. [Link] CENTCOM top Gen. Kenzie says he did not see a “causative link” between the alleged Russian bounties to the Taliban and the deaths of US soldiers...
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