On COI #394, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover how Washington and Seoul’s massive war games are inflaming tensions on the Korean Peninsula, the Pentagon’s confirmation that Kiev is now using US precision guided bombs, Congress voting down a War Powers Resolution...
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12/15/22 Annelle Sheline on the Delayed Yemen Vote
by Scott Horton | Dec 16, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Annelle Sheline of the Quincy Institute joined Antiwar Radio to discuss Senator Bernie Sanders’s Tuesday night decision to delay the vote on the Yemen War Powers Resolution. Scott and Sheline talk about why the Biden Administration moved against it...
Bernie and Rand Disappoint on Yemen War Powers Bill: Guest Scott Horton
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 15, 2022 | Conflicts of Interest
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Week of Action on Yemen
by Patrick Macfarlane | Jun 21, 2022 | Blog
Scott Horton and the Libertarian Party, among others, are whipping up support for a week of action to end US involvement in the Yemen War. And you can help. H.J. Res. 87 was introduced on May 31. The bill would "direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from...
COI #139: Congress Let the President Steal War Powers, Can It Take Them Back?
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 23, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #139, Kyle breaks down a new bill that would repeal the War Powers Act and replace it with a new law that seeks to give Congress back more control over foreign policy. The proposed law fixes several critical problems with the War Powers Act and repeals the 2001...
Was the Constitution Defeated By Endless Wars? guest Mike Maharrey
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 20, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On Conflicts of Interest #36, Kyle is joined by the great Mike Maharrey from the Tenth Amendment Center to talk about the president's war powers. Mike recently published two articles on how the president claims the authority to wage war in Somalia and Yemen. Mike...
Another Step Towards War: Trump Vetoes the Iran War Powers Resolution
by Kyle Anzalone | May 13, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #491, I discuss Trump's decision to veto the Iran War Powers resolution passed by Congress. The resolution was passed after the killing of Iranian General Soleimani. Trump's veto is now one of several vetoes he has used to keep Congress from attempting to put...
L’etat C’est Moi!
by Sheldon Richman | May 7, 2020 | Blog, Foreign Policy
Trump has vetoed Congress's effort to keep him from going to war against Iran unilaterally. Nothing remarkable there. We've come to expect such things from the fraud who posed as antiwar. What's interesting is that Trump has reminded of what a narcissist he is. That...
The Senate Takes a Stand on Iran
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 21, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #455, I discuss the Senate voting on a War Powers bill to constrain Trump's ability to start a war with Iran. Trump has continued on the presidential tradition of killing whoever he wants, and he is unbound by the Constitution. The House will also need to pass...
Limiting Presidential War Making guest Mike Maharrey
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 5, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
Michael Maharry returns to the show to discuss Afghanistan and his new book, Constitution Owner's Manual. Mike and Kyle describe how Trump has ramped up the war in Afghanistan. Mike answers questions about how the Constitution can be used to limit the president's...
Presidential War Power
by Sheldon Richman | Jan 14, 2020 | Blog
"It is, however, insane and intolerable that peace depends on the restraint of the Islamic Republic and an American president given to rage-tweeting war-crime threats," the Cato Institute's Gene Healy, who studies presidential power, writes in "Trump the Decider." "No...
Michigan Bill Would Ban Unconstitutional National Guard Deployments
by Michael Maharrey | Jan 13, 2020 | Blog
LANSING, Mich. (Jan. 11, 2019) – A bill introduced in the Michigan House would prohibit unconstitutional foreign combat deployments of the state’s national guard troops, an important step towards restoring the Founders’ framework for state-federal balance on the...
House Passes War Powers Challenge to Attack on Iran
by Scott Horton | Jan 9, 2020 | Blog
This time it's veto-proof. Jason's got the goods for you at Antiwar.com.
Sen. Mike Lee Will Support War Powers Resolution Regarding Iran
by Scott Horton | Jan 8, 2020 | Blog
Because of the insane briefing that Pompeo and them gave to the Senate. .@SenMikeLee : "It is not acceptable for officials within the executive branch of government…to come in and tell us that we can't debate and discuss the appropriateness of military intervention...
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These Iraq War Supporters Are Still in Congress
On March 19, 2003 the United States began its military invasion of Iraq. The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq passed Congress in October 2002, with 296 congressmen and 77 senators voting in favor of giving President George W. Bush carte blanche...
Laci Green is Wrong: Democratic Competition vs. Free Market Competition
In environments where there's a lot of competition, people tend to lie out their ass and you can apply this to any competitive situation. Take capitalism. As industrialization took full effect, the Federal Government had to interfere because there was so much false...
Empower the Workers: Decriminalize Economic Activity Between Consenting Adults
The most reliable and effective protection for most workers is provided by the existence of many employers. As we have seen, a person who has only one possible employer has little or no protection. The employers who protect a worker are those who would like to hire...
Chris Rock’s New Special Exposes His Political Ignorance
A common claim among Democrats is that, "It's not that people don't want to be educated, they just haven't been given the opportunity, thus government spending on education needs to increase." If there were ever a group of people capable of "educating" themselves it...
War and Delusion: A Critical Examination
In this episode of the Protestant Libertarian Podcast, Alex Bernardo sits down once again with Laurie Calhoun. Laurie is a philosopher, a cultural critic and an author. She is a senior fellow at the Libertarian Institute, where she regularly writes articles analyzing...
Crime and Poverty
“The theory that crime is caused by poverty is not supported by the known facts. The very poor, in fact, tend to be just as law-abiding as the rich, and perhaps more so. To argue otherwise is to libel multitudes of people who keep to decency under severe difficulties,...
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