Conflicts of Interest: Bernie and Rand Disappoint on Yemen War Powers Bill guest Scott Horton

December 27, 2022

Scott Horton returns to COI! Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.

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Two Radically Different Views on Ukraine War

December 26, 2022

First, CNN with usual suspects NYT’s David Sanger and Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (ret): Second, David Kovalik and I on Russia’s “escalation dominance” and the US “crazies” who would take on China, as well: Reprinted from RayMcGovern.com with permission. Ray McGovern works with Tell the Word, a publishing arm of the ecumenical Church of the […]

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Zelensky Puff Peace Adds No Value To Ending Russo-Ukraine War

December 26, 2022

Zelensky Puff Peace Adds No Value To Ending Russo-Ukraine War Henry J. Wilson’s letter "Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky offers a reminder to America" (Chicago Tribune, Dec.23) sounds like it came straight from Zelensky’s press agent. “Zelensky in all his shining glory”; “Zelensky’s speech was the most inspiring address I have heard from Capitol Hill in […]

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Journalists and Not-So-Much Journalists on Zelensky

December 24, 2022

One has to put some context around the appearance of Saint Volodymyr Zelensky Wednesday evening before the U.S. Congress. Those with a modicum of accurate background information could smell a rat behind all the hugs, kisses, and stormy applause. The real record renders the smell a stench. Alas, neither the accurate record nor the stench […]

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Zelensky ‘Hints’ to US: $112 Billion in Weapons Not Enough…. Send More

December 22, 2022

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is the US weapons recipient who keeps on receiving. Ahead of his Wednesday address to Congress he said “We have artillery, yes. Thank you. We have it. Is it enough? Honestly, not really. We’re grateful for their (US) support, but it ($112 billion) is not enough. It is a hint – […]

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Conflicts of Interest: Zelensky Turns Up Heat on Russian Orthodox Church

December 22, 2022

On COI #361, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover the Senate’s impending vote on a War Powers Resolution to end US support for the Saudis’ war in Yemen, Kiev’s sanctions and arrests against Ukraine’s Russian-tied Eastern Orthodox Church, the Ukrainian government’s demands for longer-range weapons, the potential for a deal between Damascus and the Kurds […]

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US Ukraine Aide Now Exceeds AFGHANISTAN, VIETNAM

December 22, 2022

Saagar Enjeti of Breaking Points breaks down the amazing numbers (adjusted for inflation).

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He’s a ‘Wartime’ President!

December 22, 2022

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. I caught only a couple of minutes of mainstream media coverage of the Zelensky visit, and I suppose that makes me lucky. In that brief period, I heard Zelensky described twice in positive terms as a “wartime” president. As if it’s a great thing to be the […]

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Pentagon Blows Deadline To Explain US Role in Nigerian Airstrike That Killed 160 Civilians

December 22, 2022

The Pentagon’s stated commitment to transparency on civilian casualties was questioned Tuesday in an Intercept report noting that the Department of Defense has failed to respond to a group of House Democrats who set a three-month deadline to explain the US military’s role in a 2017 Nigerian airstrike that killed more than 160 noncombatants. On […]

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Yemen’s Houthis Want Civil Servants Salaries Reinstated Before Resuming Peace Talks

December 22, 2022

According to video evidence and multiple outlets in the Middle East, Oman sent a delegation to Yemen this week in an effort to reignite peace talks between Saudi Arabia and Ansar Allah. Ansar Allah has been the governing power in Yemen since taking Yemen’s capital city of Sanaa in 2015. Global powers paraded Mansour Hadi […]

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