Conflicts of Interest

July 2, 2021

On COI #130, Dave DeCamp – news editor at Antiwar.com – returns to the show to discuss Biden’s disorganized Russia and Afghanistan policies. After a somewhat successful summit with Putin, the Biden administration followed up by threatening sanctions and violating Russian territorial waters. In Afghanistan, US officials say the withdrawal is mere days away from […]

Eric Garris

July 2, 2021

From the Committee for the Republic The Committee gave its Defender of Liberty Award to Daniel Ellsberg on the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision on the Pentagon Papers. The rise of whistleblowers is born of Congress abdicating its constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight of the executive branch. Congress readily surrenders to executive claims […]

Gilbert Doctorow

June 30, 2021

Vladimir Putin’s annual “Direct Line” television program in which he takes questions addressed to him from the Russian public via their audio-video apps was held today. As usual, it received a great deal of promotion on all state television channels days in advance. As usual, a special Kremlin call center received and analyzed questions sent […]

Eric Garris

June 29, 2021

Political commentator Peter Beinart speaks to the Middle East Eye about his journey from liberal Zionist to a proponent of a one-state solution:

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

June 29, 2021

Over the weekend President Biden ordered US airstrikes on Syrian and Iraqi territory. The Administration claims that bombing countries 6,000 miles away who could not pose a threat to the US if they wanted was a “defensive” move. One problem: US troops are illegally occupying Syria and the bombing was unequivocally condemned by the Iraqi […]

Conflicts of Interest

June 28, 2021

On COI #128, Kyle and Will break down reports indicating that four of the Saudis behind the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi received paramilitary training in the United States. The training, which took place between 2014 and 2019, was authorized by the State Department. The Biden administration has confirmed that it will not […]

Gilbert Doctorow

June 28, 2021

The incident of 23 June off the coast of Crimea when the British destroyer HMS Defender intentionally crossed into the territorial waters of the Russian Federation and was shooed away by Russian coast guard vessels and fighter jets has received a modicum of coverage in Western Europe, much more coverage in the U.K., itself, where […]

Eric Garris

June 27, 2021

Former Senator Mike Gravel (D-AK) died yesterday at 91. He was a major hero of the antiwar movement several times over. Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times; they began publishing them on June 13, 1971 The U.S. Justice Department immediately tried to halt publication, on the grounds that the information […]

Conflicts of Interest

June 24, 2021

On COI #126 Brian Saady, author and host of the Rackets podcast, comes on the show to explain how the ‘war on drugs’ is a deadly foreign policy. Brian breaks down the countries most impacted by the drug war: Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, and Honduras. Each country plays a critical war in the multi-billion dollar […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

June 23, 2021

Apparently the “rules-based order” that the Biden Administration touts does not apply to the United States, as the Justice Department announced yesterday it was seizing the websites of dozens of foreign news outlets, including the Iranian government-funded PressTV. Is taking down foreign news sites a good look for the US? This and more on today’s […]