William Arkin comes back on the show to discuss continuity planning in the U.S. government. He notes that the measures being taken in Washington D.C. to ensure the integrity of a constitutional government during an emergency are somewhat at odds with the steps that...
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News Roundup 4/22/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 22, 2020 | News Roundup
US News Prisons in three states are surveilling prisoners' phone calls for mentions of the coronavirus. [Link] Eighty-six members of the just-graduated Air Force Academy class will join the Space Force. [Link] A new documentary explains how Bill Clinton prevented the...
The “War” on Covid Is War on Our Freedoms.
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 22, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #482, I discuss how the US government is seizing more of our rights and money in the name of fighting pandemic. In Wisconsin, a police officer forced a young girl to delete her social media posts under threat of arrest. Now, the Pentagon is prepping to get...
More Russiagate Bullshit
by Scott Horton | Apr 21, 2020 | Blog
So the GOP-dominated Senate Intelligence Committee says the CIA was right, says the Washington Post. Omitted so far from what I've read is any actual reason to believe so besides the old "Even Republican Senators are repeating CIA claims! Wow, they must be true!"...
Feds Continue to Steal Protective Equipment From Actual People
by Scott Horton | Apr 21, 2020 | Blog
USA Today: Delaware medical supplier says FEMA seized 400,000 N95 masks, now he's out millions of dollars WILMINGTON, Del. – As pleas for protective masks continue amid the coronavirus pandemic, a Delaware supplier of medical equipment is disputing the legality of...
We Don’t Need a Cure to Reopen
by Peter Boettke | Apr 21, 2020 | Economics, Featured Articles
Back on March 19th, 2020, I pointed to this piece by Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas at my blog – Coordination Problem — where he states very clearly the reality constraint in public policy deliberations in the current coronavirus crisis. Without committing one way or...
News Roundup 4/21/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 21, 2020 | News Roundup
US News Facebook is removing anti-lockdown events from the site. [Link] Seventy-four percent of Americans are concerned about losing freedoms due to coronavirus. [Link] The Pentagon is planning to insert bailouts for weapons makers in the next stimulus bill. [Link]...
4/10/20 Richard Booth on the Truth Behind the OKC Bombing
by Scott Horton | Apr 20, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Richard Booth about his investigative journalism into the real story behind the Oklahoma City bombing and its subsequent investigation. Booth goes over some of the main holes in the official narrative, which was largely constructed in order depict...
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Trump and JFK’s “Fascist New Frontier”
In his speech at Fayetteville, NC, yesterday Donald Trump said: "Our men and women in uniform represent the absolute best of us. We must follow their example working in unison toward a shared goal across every social, racial and economic line. They understand that to...
The FBI Continues Its Winning Streak in Convicting Its Own “Terrorist” Patsies
Since 2002, observes investigative author Trevor Aaronson in his deeply researched book The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI’s Manufactured War on Terrorism, the FBI has been spending roughly $3 billion a year “to hunt an enemy that is largely of its own creation.” The...
How the FBI Became the World’s Largest Child Porn Distributor
Over a year ago, the FBI conducted an unprecedented hacking operation in which the agency deployed malware to more than one thousand accounts identified as visitors to a single dark web child pornography site. Using more than 8,000 IP addresses, the Bureau hacked...
Gem State Gendarmerie Obstructs “Forfeiture” Reform Proposals
Idaho state representatives Illana Rubel, a Democrat from Boise, and Steven Harris, a Republican from Meridian, have collaborated on legislation that would address abuses committed through the practice of asset forfeiture. This is the seizure of cash, cars, and...
News Roundup 12/7/16
Bob Dole received $140,000 from Taiwan and set up the call between Trump and Taiwan's president. [Link] The Washington Post responds to a petition to retract its "Fake News" article by standing by the article. [Link] Lowes allows a vet to bring his service dog to work...
Donald Trump Continues to Make the Case for Limited Government
Not intentionally, of course. But he's making the case nevertheless. Today, he did so on Twitter, offering this barb to the Boeing Corporation: Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out of control, more than $4 billion....
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