Scott talks to David Stockman about the economic fallout from the coronavirus lockdowns. Stockman points out all the devastation that has already been wrought by the government so far—relating to both the lockdowns and to the rampant stimulus measures meant to address...
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Hezbollah Bomb Plots: The Latest In Mossad Disinformation
by Gareth Porter | Aug 28, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
This article was originally featured at The Grayzone and is republished with permission. Israeli officials have exploited the massive explosion at the Port of Beirut this August to revive a dormant propaganda campaign that had accused the Lebanese militia and...
Are We About To See A Troop Withdrawal From Iraq?
by Doug Bandow | Aug 28, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Hubris, hypocrisy, and sanctimony are all constants of U.S. foreign policy. All came together in George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq. Most foreign policy analysts, other than the neoconservative war enthusiasts who dominated Bush administration decision-making,...
John McCain’s Staff Endorse Biden, Explicitly Because He’s Worse on War
by Scott Horton | Aug 27, 2020 | Blog
New York Times: More than 100 former staff members for Senator John McCain are supporting Joseph R. Biden Jr., a show of support across the political divide that they hope amplifies the “Country First” credo of the former Arizona senator. Many of the onetime McCain...
News Roundup 8/27/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 27, 2020 | News Roundup
US News DNA evidence proves a man who spent 37 years in prison for rape is innocent. [Link] The cost of US nuclear weapons will skyrocket if the New State Treaty falls apart. The treaty is set to expire in 2021, and it will cost nearly half a trillion dollars. [Link]...
8/25/20 Ted Snider on Donald Trump and the Art of Betrayal
by Scott Horton | Aug 26, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Ted Snider discusses the many foreign policy betrayals that have already taken place under the Trump administration. One of Trump's first moves in office—and indeed one of his biggest campaign promises—was to withdraw from the JCPOA, an agreement that did little...
News Roundup 8/26/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 26, 2020 | News Roundup
US News Two people were killed in the third night of riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The riots started after police shot James Blake in the back seven times. Blake’s family announced he will survive but is paralyzed. [Link] Nearly five million Americans became gun owners...
Both Parties Pretend to Care About Ending Endless Wars
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 26, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #537, I discuss both parties claiming they will end the endless wars, but neither is serious about actually doing it. Americans keep voting for the president who promises to be less interventionist. However, after taking office, Bush, Obama, and now Trump have...
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WSJ: Cuba, Nicaragua Next
U.S. Push to Oust Venezuela’s Maduro Marks First Shot in Plan to Reshape Latin America "The Trump administration’s attempt to force out the president of Venezuela marked the opening of a new strategy to exert greater U.S. influence over Latin America, according to...
The Federal Reserve And The Price Of Gold In 2019 – Mike Swanson
Today Jerome Powell and the Federal Reserve is holding an FOMC meeting and before the meeting the members are talking among themselves about ending their QT bond program. This all represents the end of the tightening cycle and is helping to put in a top in the US...
Cool Documentary
Needs funding.
Bolton: We’re Taking Venezuela’s Oil
The heroic Ron Paul and the great Dan McAdams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTE0SQA2jU8
Episode 214: Bird and Car from the ‘Friends Against Government’ Podcast
77 Minutes Not Safe for Work (or probably anyone) Pete asked his friends Bird and Car from the Friends Against Government podcast to come on. He wanted to have some fun and take the edge off and boy oh boy..... Friends Against Government Podcast Bird on Twitter Car on...
Taliban Talks
I'm just speculating and things, but Trump must be as insistent as hell to get Khalilzad and the State Department to push this hard. It's really something.
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