Don't get him too strung out, but on special occasions like a Sanders endorsement, you're gonna wanna get him a little pep talk there, if you know what I mean. https://twitter.com/BernieWon2016/status/1249764557393932289
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FDR, Demagogue Champion of Leviathan and War
Sunday was the 75th anniversary of the death of Franklin Roosevelt. Roosevelt was sainted by the media even before he died in 1945. CNN last week trumpeted FDR as “the wartime president who Trump should learn from.” A 2019 survey of historians ranked FDR as the third...
4/11/20 Ray McGovern on the World’s Most Heroic Journalist
Scott talks to Ray McGovern about the heroic Julian Assange, who is still languishing in solitary confinement during his extradition trial to the U.S. on charges that he coordinated with Chelsea Manning to steal classified documents from the U.S. government. McGovern...
That Didn’t Take Long: U.S. National Debt Exceeds $24 Trillion
The U.S. national debt pushed above $24 trillion on Tuesday. The U.S. government was already running massive budget deficits long before the coronavirus pandemic and the debt was piling up at a dizzying pace. Response to the outbreak has put spending and debt in...
Principles of Ingsoc Holding Strong
Life over there on Airstrip One. https://twitter.com/BanTheBBC/status/1249598512427347969
News Roundup 4/13/20
US News A Pennsylvania man who is believed to be innocent and wrongly sentenced to death now has coronavirus. The murder victim’s mother is pushing to get the man released from jail. [Link] A church in Kentucky defied the governor's dictates that all churches must...
Was Julian Assange Given a Death Sentence? guest Will Porter
On FPF #478, Will Porter returns to the show to discuss Julian Assange's perilous situation. A year ago, Assange was ripped from the Ecodurian embassy and thrown in UK top maximum-security prison. Over the year, Assange's health has declined. Adding to his health risk...
4/10/20 Chip Gibbons on the FBI’s Abusive Surveillance of Nonviolent Activists
Scott talks to Chip Gibbons about his research into FBI spying on nonviolent pro-Palestinian activist groups. Although these activists are made out to be dangerous terrorist sympathizers, Gibbons says that the actual evidence against them amounts to criminalization of...
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