Scott interviews Ray McGovern about his decades as a CIA analyst, with a particular focus on U.S.–Russia policy from Kennedy to George H. W. Bush. They also discuss America's growing antagonism toward Russia and China in recent years, and the attempt to expand NATO...
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COI #148: After 2 Decades of War & Nation Building, the Afghan State Is Crumbling
On COI #148, Kyle breaks down some of the latest developments in Afghanistan. The Taliban continue their offensive, seizing major Afghan cities like Kandahar, Ghazni, and Harat. In response, the US is planning to reduce the staff at its embassy and possibly abandon it...
U.S. Emergency Deploys 3,000 Additional Soldiers to Afghanistan to Evacuate Embassy
The U.S. is sending about 3,000 troops to Afghanistan to help evacuate some personnel from the U.S. embassy in Kabul as the Taliban is making rapid gains across the country. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the U.S. is sending three infantry battalions that are due...
New Roundup 8/12/21
US News California is requiring all school employees to get vaccinated or get weekly covid tests. [Link] The NY Stock Exchange will require all floor traders to get vaccinated. Medical and religious exemptions are available. Anyone who receives an exemption will have...
How the Warfare-Welfare State (Unfortunately) Unites Americans
In case you haven’t noticed, America is “deeply divided.” At least, that’s what a seemingly nonstop stream of headlines from major media sources would have us believe. “Trump Leaves America at Its Most Divided since the Civil War,” reads one CNN headline from earlier...
Churchill’s Machiavellian Move That Made Him Prime Minister
https://youtu.be/9wHMK1BrWug In war, State power is pushed to its ultimate, and, under the slogans of “defense” and “emergency,” it can impose a tyranny upon the public such as might be openly resisted in time of peace. War thus provides many benefits to a State, and...
Important Thread on Today’s Assange Hearing
Leftist antiwar activist Richard Medhurst was there: https://twitter.com/richimedhurst/status/1425383427122077698
News Roundup 8/11/21
US News DC Mayor Muriel Bowser ordered all city employees to get vaccinated or weekly covid tests. [Link] Senator Rand Paul had a second video taken down by YouTube for ‘covid misinformation’ and cannot post for a week. [Link] The NSA awarded a contract worth up to...
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