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LATE SUNDAY NIGHT, police in El Salvador arrested one of President Nayib Bukele's sharpest critics, Ruth Eleonora López, an anti-corruption attorney who has spent years exposing government abuses. “[She] is one of the strongest voices in defense of democracy,” says Noah Bullock, her colleague and the executive director of Cristosal, a human rights group operating in northern Central America, including El Salvador. López, a university professor and former elections official, heads Cristosal's anti-corruption unit. She has also been an outspoken critic of Bukele's crackdown on gang violence that has resulted in “arbitrary detentions, human rights violations,” and the imprisonment of people not connected to gangs, according to Cristosal. The organization has documented widespread abuses in the country's prison system. “There's a clear pattern of physical abuse, and on top of that, a clear pattern of systematic denial of basic necessities like food, water, bathrooms, medicine — medical care in general," says Bullock. “Those two factors have combined to cause the deaths of at least 380 people” in custody in recent years. That's a prison system “that's been contracted by the U.S. government,” Bullock adds. This week on The Intercept Briefing, Bullock speaks to host Jessica Washington about López's continued imprisonment and what her work and detention reveals about the Trump administration's interest in El Salvador's prison system. Facing vague corruption charges, López has seen her family and lawyer but not yet a judge. “The type of jails and the prison system that the United States has contracted is one of a dictatorship — one that operates outside of the rule of law,” says Bullock. But El Salvador isn't the only country the U.S. is looking to partner with to outsource immigration detention. “Now in addition to El Salvador, the U.S. has reportedly explored, sought, or struck deals with at least 19 other countries,” says Nick Turse, national security fellow for The Intercept. “Many of these countries,” says Turse, “have been excoriated by not only human rights groups and NGOs, but also the U.S. State Department.”“ These policies did not leap fully formed from the head of Donald Trump,” says Turse. They have a legacy largely stemming from the post-9/11 counterterrorism policies of the George W. Bush administration. “The Trump administration has expanded the Bush and Obama-era terrorism paradigm to cast immigrants and refugees as terrorists and as gang members,” says Turse.Listen to the full conversation of The Intercept Briefing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, David Christopher Kaufman explains why Trump's first shot in the war on woke could backfire. Then, it was a cold-blooded murder that shocked the country when Luigi Mangione allegedly gunned down Brian Thompson, the C.E.O. of UnitedHealthcare. Bethany McLean will join us with her perspective on the case that's riveted the nation. And finally, Nick Turse will tell us why a shot of a certain bourbon costs $300 and bottles of it trade for $100,000 on the black market.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Putin lost a longtime friend and confidant, the only American statesman he respected and admired. Why might these two have hit if off? War criminal Henry Kissinger, like Putin, was responsible for millions of deaths and backing some of the most brutal regimes in the world. The foreign policy establishment here in the U.S. and in Europe have blood on their hands for normalizing Kissinger, like Putin, for far too long.  For a refresher on Kissinger's legacy, which was revealed to be even worse than previously known, listen to the Gaslit Nation spring 2023 interview with investigative journalist Nick Turse on his reporting for The Intercept into the generational trauma of Kissinger in Cambodia. Not content to prolong the Vietnam war, Kissinger spread the conflict to formally neutral Cambodia, helping bring to power the repressive Khmer Rouge. Add to that his enabling of genocides in East Timor and Bangladesh, as well as backing dictators and murder squads in Latin America. It's obvious why he was also a fan of Trump. All this is to say, where were you when you first heard the news that Kissinger will no longer be advising other war criminals, and how did you celebrate?  Andrea shares a story of spotting Kissinger at a party while holding a throwable glass of wine in her hand, and why it's important to celebrate the demise of war criminals–that's how you build a culture to prevent future war criminals. The Patreon-only portion of this week's bonus episode features comments and questions from our listeners at the Democracy Defender level and higher. Topics range from turning our current rollercoaster of living history into the next Nineteen Eighty-Four, celebrating our acts of civil resistance, books to read to find your voice in the world, and more! To join the conversation, sign up at Patreon.com/Gaslit.  Show Notes: Henry Kissinger, responsible for millions of deaths, dies at 100 https://theintercept.com/2023/11/29/henry-kissinger-death/ Henry Kissinger: ‘If it were not for the accident of my birth, I would be antisemitic.' https://forward.com/culture/470300/kissinger-at-100-if-it-were-not-for-the-accident-of-my-birth-i-would-be/ Alex Gibney Documentary: The Trials of Henry Kissinger https://www.amazon.com/Trials-Henry-Kissinger-Eugene-Jarecki/dp/B00A9IFSBY Kissinger on the Nixon tapes https://youtu.be/OKoqIqQ0E08?si=vV7uM8nNwyPiHoMI Kissinger, a longtime Putin confidant, sidles up to Trump  https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-kissinger-russia-putin-232925 Andrea's celebratory tweet: What is the first thing Satan said to Kissinger? https://twitter.com/AndreaChalupa/status/1730055040985874722?t=UftX3tgzsaT9HQzlkzYbMw&s=19 Monty Python song “Henry Kissinger”: https://youtu.be/ABeGhyAD_DM?si=3t1FR3jsar78sqKv Israel Knew Hamas's Attack Plan More Than a Year Ago A blueprint reviewed by The Times laid out the attack in detail. Israeli officials dismissed it as aspirational and ignored specific warnings. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-attack-intelligence.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ck0.uBQX.Rdb-cCaQzu18&hpgrp=k-abar&smid=url-share

We are joined tonight by Nick Turse (@nickturse ) contributing writer for The Intercept to talk about their story "CIVILIAN HARM Secret Pentagon Investigation Found No One at Fault in Drone Strike That Killed Woman and 4-Year-Old" https://www.youtube.com/live/iDsoSsnMCms?si=OKgHtUzEOONZhTVv

In August, the U.S. Africa Command, aka AFRICOM, reported that it had killed 13 al-Shabaab fighters in southern Somalia. Though the U.S. government said that it did not kill any civilians this time around, several past airstrikes have claimed innocent lives. In one notable example from March 2018, U.S. drone operators killed a 22-year-old mother, Lul Dahir Mohamed, and her 4-year-old daughter, Mariam, as they hitched a ride in a pickup truck with suspected militants. In a recently published article for The Intercept, Nick Turse offers an unprecedented account of the March 2018 strike, thanks to his reporting in Mogadishu and a secret Pentagon investigation he obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. As Nick writes, “This is a story about misconnections, flawed intelligence, and fatal blindness. It started with bad cell service and ended with an American missile obliterating civilians the U.S. didn't intend to kill, but didn't care enough to save.” Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien sat down with Nick, contributing writer at The Intercept, to discuss his piece, a post mortem of that fatal drone strike, and the wider context of AFRICOM's drone war across the region from the Obama administration through the present day. They also discussed why this special operations strike cell “seemed like they did everything wrong,” according to one American drone pilot who worked in Somalia.Please note that this episode contains content that some people may find disturbing, including graphic depictions of deadly drone strikes. Listener discretion is advised.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Intercept's Nick Turse joins This Is Hell! to discuss his just-published report, "Civilian Harm Secret Pentagon Investigation Found No One at Fault in Drone Strike That Killed Woman and 4-Year-Old." In the undeclared drone war, nobody is accountable. Check out Nick's report here: https://theintercept.com/2023/11/12/somalia-drone-strike-civilian-deaths/ Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access weekly bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell

We had to reschedule today's guest, Nick Turse, whose article on American drone strikes and civilian casualties in Somalia remains to be published. We will let you know when that interview will take place as soon as we know. Today's episode features a timely interview from our archives. On February 15, 2015, just months after Israel's last invasion of Gaza, Middle East scholar Norman Finkelstein joined This Is Hell! to discuss the mechanisms of Israeli occupation, and the internal politics that sustain the country's periodic massacres in Palestine. He is the author of the then-recently published book, _Method and Madness: The Hidden Story of Israel's Assaults on Gaza_ from OR Books. Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access weekly bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell

Cuộc đảo chính ở Niger ngày 26/07/2023 lật đổ tổng thống dân cử làm Hoa Kỳ lo lắng: Một thập niên nỗ lực gầy dựng quan hệ đối tác với Niger có nguy cơ tan thành mây khói. Quốc gia châu Phi vùng Sahel này là « pháo đài » cho Mỹ trong cuộc chiến chống quân thánh chiến, và là bức « tường lửa » chặn đà gia tăng ảnh hưởng của Nga trong vùng. Những áp lực từ quốc tế như trừng phạt kinh tế, dọa sử dụng vũ lực để tái lập trật tự hiến pháp vẫn không làm chùn bước phe quân đội đảo chính tại Niger. Các nhà lãnh đạo của chính quyền quân sự mới tuyên bố thách thức mọi nỗ lực khôi phục quyền lực của tổng thống bị lật đổ, ông Mohamed Bazoum, một đồng minh thân cận của Pháp và Mỹ.Thái độ chừng mực của MỹBurkina Faso, Mali và Guinea – những quốc gia Tây Phi, thuộc địa cũ của Pháp đã trải qua những cuộc đảo chính quân sự trong ba năm qua – đã cảnh cáo rằng họ hậu thuẫn Niger trước bất kỳ hành động can thiệp quân sự nào của nước ngoài. Trong khi đó, chính quyền quân sự mới ở Niamey tuyên bố chấm dứt hợp tác quân sự với Pháp – quốc gia có sự hiện diện quá lớn ở cựu thuộc địa này.Nếu như Pháp và Liên Hiệp Châu Âu mạnh mẽ lên án một « mưu toan đảo chính » và thông báo ngừng các chương trình viện trợ cho đến khi nào trật tự Hiến Pháp được tái lập, thì Hoa Kỳ lại có một phản ứng rất dè chừng đối với chính quyền quân sự mới tại Niger.Tổng thống Mỹ Joe Biden trong phát biểu đầu tiên về cuộc khủng hoảng chỉ nói đến « trả tự do » và yêu cầu bảo đảm an ninh cho tổng thống bị lật đổ. Washington ngay từ đầu đã ưu tiên giải pháp ngoại giao, do không mấy tin tưởng vào khả năng Cộng đồng Kinh tế các nước Tây Phi (ECOWAS trong tiếng Anh hay CEDEAO trong tiếng Pháp) khôi phục được quyền hành bằng vũ lực cho tổng thống Mohamed Bazoum.Quan điểm này đã được ngoại trưởng Mỹ Anthony Blinken giải thích rõ trong một cuộc trả lời phỏng vấn dành riêng cho đài RFI ngày 07/08/2023 :« Hoa Kỳ hậu thuẫn mọi nỗ lực của ECOWAS ở châu Phi nhằm tái lập trật tự Hiến Pháp ở Niger, chúng tôi tìm kiếm các phương cách ngoại giao nhằm hậu thuẫn những nỗ lực của khối. Tôi thường xuyên liên lạc với các lãnh đạo châu Phi, với cả ECOWAS cũng như là với các đối tác của Mỹ tại châu Âu, bao gồm cả Pháp. Những gì chúng ta đang chứng kiến tại Niger thật đáng tiếc và chẳng mang lại lợi ích gì cho người dân Niger. Ngược lại, sự gián đoạn trật tự Hiến Pháp này đặt chúng ta và nhiều nước khác trong tình thế phải ngừng hỗ trợ cho Niger, điều này sẽ không giúp ích gì cho người dân Niger. Do vậy, điều chắc chắn rằng ngoại giao là phương cách thích hợp hơn để giải quyết cuộc khủng hoảng này (…) ».Mỹ: Nguồn đào tạo quân sự chính yếuPhản ứng chừng mực này của Mỹ được giải thích phần nào bởi việc cho đến lúc này, không giống như Pháp, quân đội Mỹ chưa phải hứng chịu những lời lẽ « bài Mỹ » nào từ các phát biểu của giới chức lãnh đạo quân sự Niger. Chính tại quốc gia Tây Phi này, quân đội Mỹ có thêm một căn cứ quân sự lớn thứ hai ở châu Phi. Hơn 1.000 binh sĩ Mỹ được bố trí không chỉ tại căn cứ Agadez, mà còn nhiều nơi khác trên khắp nước, kể cả ở sân bay Niamey.Nick Turse, nhà báo điều tra độc lập, cộng tác viên cho trang mạng The Intercept, gần đây tiết lộ một trong những thủ lĩnh của cuộc đảo chính ở Niger – chuẩn tướng Moussa Salaou Barmou, từng được quân đội Hoa Kỳ huấn luyện – đã có cuộc gặp với lãnh đạo Bộ Tư lệnh Chiến dịch Đặc biệt của quân đội Mỹ, trung tướng Jonathan Braga, tại căn cứ của Mỹ ở Niger.Trên kênh truyền hình độc lập Mỹ Democracy Now, Nick Turse nhắc lại nguồn cội của mối quan hệ quân sự giữa Mỹ với các nhà lãnh đạo cuộc đảo chính ở Niger :« Hoa Kỳ đã đào tạo một số nhà lãnh đạo đảo chính ở Tây Phi những năm đây. Và đây là một phần trong chiến lược an ninh của Mỹ. Quả thật, họ đã ùa vào khu vực này với nhiều chương trình hỗ trợ an ninh thời hậu 11/9. Mỹ đã đổ một lượng lớn tiền hỗ trợ an ninh vào khu vực. Quân đội Mỹ đã xây dựng nhiều tiền đồn nhỏ, trong số này có căn cứ máy bay không người lái tại Agadez. Họ đã đầu tư nhiều cho quân đội, gây bất lợi cho việc xây dựng các tổ chức xã hội dân sự. »Nhưng khủng hoảng ở Niger là cuộc đảo chính lần thứ 11 ở Tây Phi do các sĩ quan châu Phi được Mỹ huấn luyện thực hiện tính từ năm 2008. Điều này cho thấy mô hình hỗ trợ an ninh của Mỹ chống khủng bố trong khu vực đã không thành công. Nick Turse, nhận định tiếp :« Trở lại năm 2002, 2003, khi hỗ trợ an ninh cho Niger bắt đầu, bộ Ngoại Giao Mỹ ghi nhận chỉ có 9 vụ tấn công khủng bố ở vùng cận Sahara. Năm 2022, chỉ riêng ở Niger và các nước láng giềng Burkina Faso và Mali, Lầu Năm Góc thống kê có hơn 2.700 vụ tấn công, tăng hơn 30.000% ».Niger : Tiền đồn quân sự thiết yếu của Mỹ tại SahelBất chấp những con số thống kê bất lợi, nhưng Hoa Kỳ những năm gần đây vẫn xem Niger như là tiền đồn quân sự chính yếu ở vùng Sahel trước đà tiến của các nhóm thánh chiến và tầm ảnh hưởng ngày càng lớn của Nga. Theo giải thích từ nhà nghiên cứu về Quan hệ Quốc tế, Olayinka Ajala, đại học Leeds Beckett với kênh truyền hình Democracy Now, sự chọn lựa này của Mỹ còn vì vị trí địa lý chiến lược của Niger tại vùng Sahel.« Một lý do khác làm cho Niger khá khác biệt, ngoài việc quốc gia này gần đây là đồng minh của Pháp và Mỹ, đó còn là vì Niger có biên giới trên bộ với bảy nước châu Phi khác nhau (giáp với các nước Bắc Phi và Tây Phi). Vì vậy, bất cứ điều gì xảy ra ở Niger đều tác động đáng kể đến nhiều nước khác ở vùng Sahel và Tây Phi. Đây là lý do vì sao Niger được quan tâm nhiều hơn so với ba nước còn lại là Burkina Faso, Mali và Guinea. »Tại Niger, Hoa Kỳ đã cho xây dựng Căn cứ Không quân 201 rộng bao la, được bao bọc nhiều tháp canh. Nhà báo độc lập Mỹ Nick Turse, từng đến khu căn cứ này, mô tả :« Căn cứ Không quân 201 của Mỹ nằm ở Agadez, phía bắc thủ đô Niger. Đây thực sự là trục chính cho các tiền đồn quân sự Mỹ, được phát triển nhanh chóng trong vài năm qua ở Tây Phi. Đây là một trung tâm giám sát, được sử dụng cho các chiến dịch chống khủng bố. Từ đây, máy bay không người lái được phóng đi, kể cả loại máy bay không người lái vũ trang đáng gờm MQ-9 Reaper. Căn cứ này là đặc biệt quan trọng. Hoa Kỳ đã chi ra hơn 110 triệu đô la để xây dựng căn cứ này và mỗi năm phải tốn khoảng từ 20-30 triệu đô la để duy trì căn cứ. »Theo nhật báo Công Giáo Pháp La Croix, binh sĩ Mỹ còn được triển khai tại căn cứ không quân 101 ở Niamey. Hơn nữa, gần một thập niên nay, Washington đã dành đến 450 triệu đô la để đào tạo và trang bị cho quân đội Niger. Không quân nước này được cung cấp 4 chiếc chuyên cơ vận tải và trinh sát Cessna cũng như là 3 chiếc Hercule C-130. Ngần ấy nỗ lực của Mỹ, ngoài mục đích tăng cường năng lực cho quân đội Niger còn nhằm « hất cẳng » Nga và trong một chừng mực nào đó là Trung Quốc, nhà đầu tư hàng đầu tại châu Phi.Tương lai nào cho đối tác Mỹ - Niger ?Trong bối cảnh này, cuộc khủng hoảng tại Niger đặt Hoa Kỳ trong thế nan giải. Bất chấp hàng trăm triệu đô la hỗ trợ hàng năm, Washington dường như vẫn bất lực trong việc ép buộc các lãnh đạo tập đoàn quân sự tái lập trật tự Hiến Pháp.Đặc sứ Mỹ Victoria Nuland phải nhìn nhận có những thảo luận « khó khăn » nhân chuyến thăm của bà tại Niamey hôm 7/08. Tuy được gặp tân tham mưu trưởng quân đội, Moussa Salaou Barmou, nhưng bà đã không thể có được cuộc trao đổi với người đứng đầu cuộc đảo chính tướng Abdourahamane Tiani, cũng như là với tổng thống bị lật đổ Mohamed Bazoum.Dù vậy, Hoa Kỳ hành động với mọi cẩn trọng, tuân thủ các nguyên tắc chi phối chính sách chiến lược của Mỹ tại châu Phi : Kín đáo , Không can dự quân sự trực tiếp. Liệu rằng Hoa Kỳ có sẽ triệt thoái quân khỏi Niger nếu tập đoàn quân sự nắm quyền lãnh đạo đất nước trong dài lâu ? Về điểm này, giới quan sát phương Tây tin rằng là Không. Nhà báo Nick Turse giải thích :« Tôi nghĩ rằng Mỹ sẽ làm mọi cách để có thể tiếp tục hoạt động ở Niger. Ngoại trưởng Blinken và bộ Ngoại Giao Mỹ đã tránh gọi đây là một cuộc đảo chính, trong khi đây rõ ràng là một cuộc đảo chính. Nhưng tôi nghĩ rằng Mỹ muốn để ngỏ các giải pháp cho mình. Bởi vì một khi tuyên bố đó là đảo chính, Hoa Kỳ buộc phải ngừng hầu hết các chương trình hỗ trợ an ninh. Có nhiều phương cách xung quanh vấn đề này. Có nhiều kẽ hở để thực hiện. Gần đây tôi đã từng tường thuật rằng ở nước láng giềng Mali, quốc gia có một chính quyền do Mỹ lãnh đạo vẫn còn nhận được một số viện trợ an ninh nhỏ giọt. Mỹ luôn tìm ra cách khi cần. Nhưng Niger có tầm quan trọng cho mô hình chống khủng bố và lợi ích an ninh trong khu vực, do vậy, Washington sẽ làm mọi cách để giữ cho Căn cứ Không quân 201 được hoạt động và sự hiện diện của quân đội Mỹ càng nhiều chừng nào càng tốt chừng ấy. »Theo báo La Croix của Pháp, Hoa Kỳ vẫn còn duy trì nhiều nhóm lính tinh nhuệ mũ nồi xanh tại Burkina Faso, sau cuộc đảo chính ngày 30/09/2022, lật đổ chính quyền dân sự. Một sự hậu thuẫn kín đáo khác dành cho phe đảo chính quân sự cũng được giữ thông qua nhiều tập đoàn tư nhân đảm trách việc đào tạo các lực lượng an ninh, trước nỗi lo đất nước rơi vào tay thánh chiến cũng như khả năng nhóm lính đánh thuê Nga Wagner ùa vào Tây Phi.

Troops from Niger ousted the country's democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, last week. One of the coup leaders had previously received training from the U.S. government, becoming the 11th coup in the region led by U.S.-trained officers. This week on Intercepted, Nick Turse, investigative journalist and contributing writer with The Intercept, joins Jeremy Scahill and Murtaza Hussain to discuss the unfolding events in Niger and the Sahel region. Turse outlines how Africa has seen elevated conflict and instability as the U.S. has increased its military involvement on the continent over the last two decades.If you'd like to support our work, go to theintercept.com/join — your donation, no matter what the amount, makes a real difference.And if you haven't already, please subscribe to the show so you can hear it every week. And please go and leave us a rating or a review — it helps people find the show. If you want to give us feedback, email us at Podcasts@theintercept.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gaslit Nation comes full circle! Our new graphic novel Dictatorship: It's Easier Than You Think! was released today, on the same day longtime Russian mafia asset Donald Trump was finally arrested on federal charges of espionage. The A.I. overlords writing the simulation we're all stuck in certainly have a festive spirit!   If you haven't had a chance to pick up a copy, including for a young person in your life, check out this endorsement for the book and the show from historian Timothy Snyder, the New York Times bestselling author of On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century: “Everyone who wants to grow up in a healthy democracy should know about Gaslit Nation.” We agree! Which brings us to this week's big news. We're going to record a Trump Federal Arrest Super Special, out Friday, featuring Sarah back on the show to share her insights and predictions on what's next as the Trump criminal circus plays out heading into 2024.   Today's episode puts on trial celebrated war criminal Henry Kissinger, a villain of history who kept popping up like a Where's Waldo? in our research for Dictatorship: It's Easier Than You Think! To walk us through some of his latest reporting unearthing the horrors Kissinger committed, investigative journalist Nick Turse stops by Gaslit Nation. Terse is a contributing writer for The Intercept, covering national security and foreign policy, and the author of the books Next Time They'll Come to Count the Dead: War and Survival in South Sudan; Tomorrow's Battlefield: U.S. Proxy Wars and Secret Ops in Africa; and Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam. He is also the managing editor of TomDispatch.com.   This week's bonus episode, available to subscribers at the Truth-teller level and higher on Patreon, will be the full episode of our Trump Federal Indictment Super Special, which we'll share a free excerpt of wherever you get your podcasts. If you're not already a part of our community of listeners, be sure to sign up at the Truth-teller level or higher to get access to the live taping of Gaslit Nation on June 27 at 12pm EST featuring Russian mafia expert Olga Lautman answering your questions about the Trump indictments, the Russian elites civil war, Russian spy networks in the West, and more! The show link will be sent straight to your inbox on the morning of the event for Patreon supporters at the Truth-teller level or higher so be sure to subscribe today to support the Gaslit Nation! Thank you to everyone supporting independent journalism, especially in these uncertain times! We could not make the show without you!

American journalist Nick Terse joins This is Hell to discuss his recent Intercept piece, "Kissinger's Killing Fields." Interviews with more than 75 witnesses and survivors of U.S. military attacks and an exclusive archive of documents show that Henry Kissinger is responsible for even more civilian deaths in Cambodia than was previously known. You can find the article here: https://theintercept.com/series/henry-kissinger-killing-fields/

Click here for the full interview with Nick Turse: https://usefulidiots.locals.com/post/4092319/extended-episode-henry-kissinger-kill-anything-that-moves Read Nick's article Blood on his Hands: Survivors of Kissinger's Secret War in Cambodia Reveal Unreported Mass Killings https://theintercept.com/2023/05/23/henry-kissinger-cambodia-bombing-survivors/ For $5 a month, become a Useful Idiot! Get extended interviews, Thursday Throwdowns, and chat live with Katie and Aaron in the Absurd Arena at http://usefulidiots.locals.com Find us on Substack at http://usefulidiots.substack.com Join the Absurd Arena live chat with Katie and Aaron every Tuesday at 12pm est at https://usefulidiots.substack.com/chat Watch this week's Thursday Throwdown: "The Russians are dying...It's the best money we've ever spent." https://usefulidiots.locals.com/post/4084907/the-russians-are-dying-its-the-best-money-weve-ever-spent Since CBS is celebrating Henry Kissinger's 100th birthday, we figured it's time to look into the “elder statesman's” past with journalist Nick Turse, author of books including Next Time They'll Come to Count the Dead and a recent investigation “Blood on his Hands,” an extensive examination of the unreported mass killings of Kissinger's secret war in Cambodia. “It's long been known that Henry Kissinger has a lot of blood on his hands for Cambodia,” Turse begins. “But this investigation, using an archive of US military documents and never-before-published interviews, shows that Kissinger was responsible for far more civilian deaths than we knew about, and that the violence was far more intimate.” Turse, who visited Cambodia to hear the stories of survivors, shares in-depth accounts of the horrors unleashed by Kissinger. And he was asked over and over again by the people of Cambodia: “Why? Why were we bombed?” Nick, in an ambush interview with Kissinger himself, asked the statesman those very questions. “Why were they bombed?” “We didn't bomb Cambodians,” Kissinger lied back. “We bombed North Vietnamese in Cambodia.” “Then how were 50,000 Cambodians murdered by your bombs?” And the answer Kissinger gave, as strange as it is chilling, Nick still doesn't understand: “He told me to ‘Play with it and have a good time.' And then he stomped his cane on the floor and stalked off.” Hear the full interview with Nick Turse in which he recounts finding the secret tape recordings from Kissinger's office, widely unreported, that detail the extent of Henry Kissinger's hands-on control in the murders of tens of thousands of people. As Aaron puts it: “Well that was bone-chilling.” Subscribe to watch the full interview below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The award-winning, New York Times best-selling author, Nick Turse, has done some deep investigations at the intersection of Southeast Asia; the intellectual bankruptcy of US geopoliticking; and Henry Kissinger's direct role in the slaughter of 150,000 civilians in Cambodia.  A wild story and some great journalism. Van Jackson sat down with Nick to talk about it all. They also swap anecdotes about their personal run-ins with Kissinger. A must-listen.Nick's story in The Intercept: https://theintercept.com/2023/05/23/kissinger-phone-call-transcripts/Subscribe to the Un-Diplomatic Newsletter: https://www.un-diplomatic.com

Scott talks with journalist Nick Turse about a series of articles he wrote to mark Henry Kissinger's 100th birthday. Scott and Turse reflect on all the destructive policies Kissinger helped enact during his long career in government and try to determine how many deaths he is responsible for. Turse also reveals some new information he discovered about the U.S. bombing campaign in Cambodia and talks about the time he confronted Kissinger directly about his war crimes. Discussed on the show: “Blood on his Hands: Survivors of Kissinger's Secret War in Cambodia Reveal Unreported Mass Killings” (The Intercept) “Notorious 1973 Attack Killed Many More Than Previously Known” (The Intercept) “U.S. Blamed the Press for Military Looting in Cambodia” (The Intercept) “Transcripts of Kissinger's Calls Reveal His Culpability” (The Intercept) Nick Turse is a contributing writer for The Intercept. He is the author most recently of Next Time They'll Come to Count the Dead: War and Survival in South Sudan and of the bestselling Kill Anything That Moves. Follow him on Twitter @nickturse This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Tom Woods' Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott. Get Scott's interviews before anyone else! Subscribe to the Substack. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Download Episode. Scott talks with journalist Nick Turse about a series of articles he wrote to mark Henry Kissinger's 100th birthday. Scott and Turse reflect on all the destructive policies Kissinger helped enact during his long career in government and try to determine how many deaths he is responsible for. Turse also reveals some new information he discovered about the U.S. bombing campaign in Cambodia and talks about the time he confronted Kissinger directly about his war crimes. Discussed on the show: “Blood on his Hands: Survivors of Kissinger's Secret War in Cambodia Reveal Unreported Mass Killings” (The Intercept) “Notorious 1973 Attack Killed Many More Than Previously Known” (The Intercept) “U.S. Blamed the Press for Military Looting in Cambodia” (The Intercept) “Transcripts of Kissinger's Calls Reveal His Culpability” (The Intercept) Nick Turse is a contributing writer for The Intercept. He is the author most recently of Next Time They'll Come to Count the Dead: War and Survival in South Sudan and of the bestselling Kill Anything That Moves. Follow him on Twitter @nickturse This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Tom Woods' Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott. Get Scott's interviews before anyone else! Subscribe to the Substack. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjY

It's Hump Day! Sam and Emma talk to Ken Klippenstein, investigative reporter at the Intercept, to discuss his recent reporting on the Pentagon's efforts to combat disinformation. Then they speak with Nick Turse, contributing writer at The Intercept, to discuss his recent series on Henry Kissinger.  First, Sam and Emma run through updates on the debt ceiling move to the House floor, the Sacklers getting shielded from accountability, conservatives' turn against Chick-fil-A, Twitter's plummeting valuation, and the SEIU's new anti-trust suit, before watching Matt Gaetz walk through the Freedom Caucus' plan to handle the debt ceiling, and what else could be pushed through. Ken Klippenstein then looks to his reports on the Pentagon's propaganda efforts, with the recent (re)establishment of a “Perception Management Office,” first, walking through the Pentagon's history of “perception management,” particularly coming out of the Vietnam war, and the complete public backlash to the eventual establishment of this office under the post-9/11 Bush administration. After touching on the lack of backlash to the recent re-establishment of this office, Ken, Sam, and Emma tackle the actual work this office engages in, and how they keep it undercover. Nick Turse then parses through his series on how Henry Kissinger's level of imperial bloodshed was somehow even greater than previously believed. First, he establishes the incredible political and media network that Kissinger still maintains to this day, before stepping back to explore his work interviewing survivors and witnesses to Kissinger's terror and the relentless violence he wrought in places like Cambodia. They also touch on Kissinger's rampant and indiscriminate bombing of Cambodia in the context of initiating the Watergate scandal, and as the original blueprint for US counterinsurgency “forever wars.” And in the Fun Half: Sam and Emma dive into the SEIU's anti-trust suit against UPMC Hospital Network's monopsony, the impeachment of Ken Paxton, and what it means that Trump is rallying behind him. They also look at the anti-LGBTarget rapper's appearance on Fox, Candace Owens' free-flowing fundamentalism, and Ken from South Carolina talks about MAMMOTH climate change solutions. Owen from LA discusses an impending real estate disaster, and Jesse Watters runs cover for DeSantis' witness to war crimes. Sam from St. Augustine dives into the exploitative world of military recruitment, plus, your calls and IMs! Check out Ken's reporting here: https://theintercept.com/staff/kenklippenstein/ Check out Nick's reporting here: https://theintercept.com/staff/nick-turse/ Check out Ken from South Carolina's video "Can Wooly Mammoths Solve Climate Change?" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F87vCO9Ra-I&ab_channel=Mycopath Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com: https://fans.fm/majority/join Subscribe to the ESVN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/esvnshow Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here: https://am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord! http://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!: http://majority.fm/app Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattBinder @MattLech @BF1nn @BradKAlsop Check out Matt's show, Left Reckoning, on Youtube, and subscribe on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leftreckoning Subscribe to Discourse Blog, a newsletter and website for progressive essays and related fun partly run by AM Quickie writer Jack Crosbie. https://discourseblog.com/ Check out Ava Raiza's music here! https://avaraiza.bandcamp.com/ The Majority Report with Sam Seder - https://majorityreportradio.com/

Journalist Nick Turse (@nickturse) joins David to talk about Henry Kissinger turning 100, and his breaking reporting on new revelations about the scope of Henry Kissinger's involvement in brutal war crimes in Cambodia. KISSINGER'S KILLING FIELDS: Survivors of Kissinger's Secret War in Cambodia Reveal Unreported Mass Killings https://theintercept.com/2023/05/23/henry-kissinger-cambodia-bombing-survivors/ MERCH 4 SALE - https://leftreckoning.com/store ------- Get our booklist here: https://bookshop.org/lists/left-reckoning-big-book-list/ Left Reckoning goes live Tuesdays @ 7 Central. Along with the main show, there is a Griscom stream every Thursday afternoon. To get access to all the bonus episodes, including more Hitchens conversations & deep dives into radical US history, Lenin, James Connolly & more support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning - for just $5 you help make the public show possible and get double the bonus content. Support us on patreon.com/LeftReckoning Twitter: @LeftReckoning - @mattlech - @davidgriscom Instagram: @LeftReckoning Check out our Twitch streams at Twitch.tv/LeftReckoning

An Intercept investigation, years in the making, reveals previously unpublished, unreported, and underappreciated evidence of hundreds of civilian casualties that were kept secret during the conflict in Cambodia and remain almost entirely unknown to the American people. This week on Intercepted, host Murtaza Hussain talks to Nick Turse, an investigative journalist and contributing writer for The Intercept, about his work to uncover the mass violence Kissinger ordered and oversaw in Cambodia while the U.S. carpet-bombed the country between 1969 and 1973. Turse's investigation, “Kissinger's Killing Fields,” is based on previously unpublished interviews with more than 75 Cambodian witnesses and survivors of U.S. military attacks in 13 Cambodian villages so remote they couldn't be found on maps. Their accounts reveal new details of the long-term trauma borne by survivors of the American war.“It was very hands on. Kissinger was picking where bombs would be dropped in Cambodia,” Turse says. “The authentic documents associated with these strikes were burned and phony target coordinates and other forged data were supplied to the Pentagon and eventually Congress.” Experts say Kissinger bears significant responsibility for attacks in Cambodia that killed as many as 150,000 civilians — six times more noncombatants than the United States has killed in airstrikes since 9/11.Check out the full "Kissinger's Killing Fields" project at TheIntercept.com.If you'd like to support our work, go to theintercept.com/join — your donation, no matter what the amount, makes a real difference.And if you haven't already, please subscribe to the show so you can hear it every week. And please go and leave us a rating or a review — it helps people find the show. If you want to give us feedback, email us at Podcasts@theintercept.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Krystal and Emily discuss DeSantis planning to launch his campaign this evening in a Twitter Spaces conversation with Elon Musk, the debt ceiling conversation "Nowhere near a deal", Bankruptcies spiking in America, Montana banning TikTok in their state, Emily and Krystal debate if Fox News has gone woke with the pronoun rules in their New York office, Krystal looks into workers using "Choke Point Organizing" to make Amazon pay, Emily looks into how Meta was hit with a record fine over data privacy, and we're joined by guest Nick Turse (@nickturse) to talk about his piece in The Intercept on Henry Kissinger's Secret War in Cambodia. Nick Turse's piece: https://theintercept.com/2023/05/23/henry-kissinger-cambodia-bombing-survivors/ To become a Breaking Points Premium Member and watch/listen to the show uncut and 1 hour early visit: https://breakingpoints.supercast.com/ To listen to Breaking Points as a podcast, check them out on Apple and Spotify Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-points-with-krystal-and-saagar/id1570045623   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Kbsy61zJSzPxNZZ3PKbXl   Merch: https://breaking-points.myshopify.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Krystal and Emily discuss DeSantis planning to launch his campaign this evening in a Twitter Spaces conversation with Elon Musk, the debt ceiling conversation "Nowhere near a deal", Bankruptcies spiking in America, Montana banning TikTok in their state, Emily and Krystal debate if Fox News has gone woke with the pronoun rules in their New York office, Krystal looks into workers using "Choke Point Organizing" to make Amazon pay, Emily looks into how Meta was hit with a record fine over data privacy, and we're joined by guest Nick Turse (@nickturse) to talk about his piece in The Intercept on Henry Kissinger's Secret War in Cambodia.Nick Turse's piece: https://theintercept.com/2023/05/23/henry-kissinger-cambodia-bombing-survivors/To become a Breaking Points Premium Member and watch/listen to the show uncut and 1 hour early visit: https://breakingpoints.supercast.com/To listen to Breaking Points as a podcast, check them out on Apple and SpotifyApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-points-with-krystal-and-saagar/id1570045623 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Kbsy61zJSzPxNZZ3PKbXl Merch: https://breaking-points.myshopify.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vice President Kamala Harris wrapped a historic tour of Africa last week, where she positioned the U.S. as a reliable and trustworthy security and economic partner. This week on Intercepted, host Murtaza Hussain is joined by investigative reporter, Nick Turse, to discuss his latest reporting on U.S. counterterrorism efforts in Africa. Since the war on terror was launched, the U.S. government's ventures in Africa have been more focused on military aid than economic support. Harris's trip comes after a decade of China investing in infrastructure and critical resource mining throughout the continent and the administration's concerns over the growing influence of the Russian mercenary Wagner Group. But America's 20-plus years of counterterrorism support in the region hasn't resulted in better security. In that time, terrorist groups have risen and U.S.-trained African officers have attempted at least nine coups, eight of which were successful. Hussain and Turse discuss the impact of U.S. military involvement and the influence of other foreign powers.If you'd like to support our work, go to theintercept.com/join — your donation, no matter what the amount, makes a real difference.And if you haven't already, please subscribe to the show so you can hear it every week. And please go and leave us a rating or a review — it helps people find the show. If you want to give us feedback, email us at Podcasts@theintercept.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's Casual Friday! Sam and Emma host David Dayen, executive editor at the American Prospect to round up the week in news. Then, they're joined by David Feldman of The David Feldman Show! First, Emma and Sam run through updates on the charging of five Memphis cops over the brutal murder of Tyre Nichols, the right bickering over the next RNC Chair, Adam Schiff entering the race for Feinstein's seat, and DeSantis bumping 1 million Floridians off of Medicaid, before watching Tyre Nichols' mother, RowVaugn Wells, reflect on the legacy of her son. Then, David Dayen joins as he dives right into the arrival of Jeffrey Zients as Biden's new Chief of Staff, parsing through his record as an “efficiency expert” and cost cutter, and his background in consulting as worrying features for the President's primary day-to-day filter, before reflecting on Democratic establishment media's defense of Zients as a “nice guy” whose past work you should somewhat ignore. Next, David walks Sam and Emma through Chuck Schumer cutting two massive bills that would have been a step towards breaking up Big Tech, including the American Innovation and Choice online Act – essentially preventing self-preferencing – and the Open Apps Market Act – which would take on the stipend that app monopolies (Google, Apple) take from in-app purchases – as well as exploring why Schumer has acted with such fealty to the Tech regime. Wrapping up, Dayen assesses Biden's massive 2021 executive order made up of 72 actions pushing government agencies to take on an understanding of economic competition beyond the impact on prices and consumers, discussing which agencies have actually seen the biggest shift in attitude, and the importance of these types of executive action in bolstering the programs of his anti-trust candidates like Lina Khan at the FTC and Jonathan Kanter at the DOJ, before briefly touching on Pete Buttigieg's floundering at the DOT and whether that will change. David Feldman also joins as he reflects on Sam's anti-cooperative work ethic, calls out the gated community that is the Majority Report, and check's in with Sam's child, Matt Lech. And in the Fun Half: Sam and Emma discuss the politics behind the Memphis Police's quick charging of their fellow cops for the murder of Tyre Nichols, Ron DeSantis asks why the hell the RNC is in DC, the nation's capital, and Matt Gaetz and Geraldo Rivera bring a tepid fight to Hannity over the debt ceiling debate. They also discuss Project Veritas' honey potting of a no-nothing Pfizer worker, Adam from Virginia talks to this show (of all shows) about day trading, and Garret from Michigan recommends the work of Nick Turse and discusses giving history teachers the freedom to discuss America's violent past, plus, your calls and IMs! Check out David's work at the Prospect here: https://prospect.org/topics/david-dayen/ Check out The David Feldman Show here: https://www.youtube.com/c/DavidFeldman/featured Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com: https://fans.fm/majority/join Subscribe to the ESVN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/esvnshow Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here: https://am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord! http://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!: http://majority.fm/app Check out today's sponsors: Sunset Lake CBD: Sunset Lake CBD is a majority employee-owned business that pays a minimum wage of $20/hour. Visit https://sunsetlakecbd.com and use code TINCTURE at checkout to save 35% on all tinctures. Also, Use code Leftisbest and get 20% off your purchases! Aura: Go to my sponsor https://aura.com/majority to try 14 days free and let Aura go to work protecting your private information online Manukora Honey: If you head to https://manukora.com/MAJORITY you'll automatically get a free pack of honey sticks with your order-a $15 value! ZBiotics: Go to https://thld.co/zbiotics_majority_0123 and get 15% off your first order of ZBiotics Pre-Alcohol Probiotic by using my code MAJORITY at checkout. Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattBinder @MattLech @BF1nn @BradKAlsop Check out Matt's show, Left Reckoning, on Youtube, and subscribe on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leftreckoning Subscribe to Discourse Blog, a newsletter and website for progressive essays and related fun partly run by AM Quickie writer Jack Crosbie. https://discourseblog.com/ Check out Ava Raiza's music here! https://avaraiza.bandcamp.com/ The Majority Report with Sam Seder - https://majorityreportradio.com/

Last month, The Intercept published a new investigation from Alice Speri and Nick Turse looking into a secretive funding authority at the Pentagon known as 127e, or 127-echo. Using exclusive documents and interviews, the reporters revealed how U.S. Special Operations forces are involved in a proxy war program on a significantly larger scale than previously known. To discuss the program and what it means for U.S. foreign policy, Tyler McBrien sat down with Nick, an investigative journalist at The Intercept who has reported on 127-echo for years. They discussed the history of the funding authority, what these new documents and interviews can tell us about U.S. proxy wars, and how much we still don't know.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nick Turse is the master of annoying the Pentagon with his pesky questions about their secret military deployments and how they're spending U.S. taxpayer dollars in places you've never heard of. He lives up to his reputation with a new Intercept piece, written with Alice Speri: "How the Pentagon uses a secretive program to wage proxy wars." This week, we discuss how their Freedom of Information requests resulted in a ton of new information about special operations missions across the Middle East and Africa, and how successive administrations and Congress have done nothing about it. In the first segment, Kelley and Dan talk about whether the Biden administration will declare Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman immune from a civil lawsuit alleging his role in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi — or will his new desire to make nice with the Kingdom come between Khashoggi's loved ones and final justice?More from Nick Turse:How the Pentagon uses a secretive program to wage proxy wars — The Intercept (w/Alice Speri), 7/1/22Civilian Victim of U.S. Drone Strike Starts a Go Fund Me to Save his Legs — and His Life, The Intercept, 5/218/22The military isn’t tracking US-trained officers in Africa — Responsible Statecraft. 3/30/22Are we training future coup leaders and creating new terrorists in West Africa? — Responsible Statecraft, 1/31/22 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit crashingthewarparty.substack.com

U.S.-trained officers have led seven coups and coup attempts in Africa over the last year and a half. This week on Intercepted: Investigative reporter Nick Turse details the U.S. involvement on the African continent. U.S.-trained officers have attempted coups in five West African countries alone: three times in Burkina Faso, three times in Mali, and once each in Guinea, Mauritania, and Gambia. Turse offers the stories behind the coups, details about clandestine training efforts, and a look at the sordid history of the U.S. military's involvement on the continent. He examines why most Americans have no idea what their tax dollars have wrought in Africa and the broader implications of failed U.S. counterterrorism policies being implemented repeatedly, in country after country. join.theintercept.com/donate/now See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Oh my God, it's not over yet? Seriously? Seriously. Thanks to Georgia's 50% rule, we've got to get through January 5th before this ballot hell is over. But that doesn't mean the anger industrial complex is finished with us--which is why we asked Lauren Anderson (FBI), Clarence Page (Chicago Tribune), Valerie Plame (CIA) and Nick Turse (war correspondent) to join Michele for a glass of Massican. Oh--and there's a special guest star, too.

James has a conversation with award-winning journalist Nick Turse.

Dag 11. SMILE OR DIE. "The Morning Show" Ottar-podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpdDFqPK6sM Nick Turse og amerikanske militærbaser i Afrika https://theintercept.com/2020/02/27/africa-us-military-bases-africom/

This week on Intercepted: New York Times reporter Charlie Savage and former federal prosecutor Ken White of Popehat break down the recent indictment and plea deal and what it may mean for Trump. Investigative journalist Nick Turse and Kenya scholar Samar Al-Bulushi take us into the world of US militarism in Africa: secret drone bases, US commandos and Washington-backed African forces operating under the guise of the “war on terror.” Musician Roberto Lange of Helado Negro performs.

Walter Turner gives a comprehensive history of Africa and AFRICOM, putting the US troops in Niger into a big perspective. Professor Turner relates a huge amount of clear information of the continent. More on AFRICOM click here for an article on this topic by Nick Turse that Walter mentions this in the show.     The post Why is the US in Niger? AFRICOM in Africa appeared first on KPFA.

Peter Phillips interviews Nick Turse, who speaks about the largely unseen role US forces are playing in Africa, with a special focus on the civil war in South Sudan. Then Dana Frank and Mark Sullivan discuss the US-backed Honduran government's program of free-market “model cities” (ZEDEs), in which corporate control will supersede the rights of Honduran citizens. Nick Turse is the author of “Tomorrow's Battlefield: US Proxy Wars and Special Ops in Africa.” Dana Frank teaches history at the University of California. Mark Sullivan is an environmental attorney and human rights advocate. The post Project Censored – June 5, 2015 appeared first on KPFA.

Nicole speaks with Nick Turse, author of Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam (Hint: we've been torturing people for a long time). Plus Amy Simon of She's History and Crooks & Liars' John Amato. Plus, guns in the news, the filibuster and Michelle Obama's eye roll at Boehner!

Nick Turse, an award-winning journalist, historian, and co-author of Terminator Planet: The First History of Drone Warfare, 2001-2050, talks about the growing US military presence in Africa, including the training of local armies and militia, and the use of both surveillance and armed drones.Download mp3 at www.archive.org

TomDispatch founder Tom Engelhardt talks about the history and future of drone warfare. It is the subject of his latest book, along with co-author and TomDispatch regular Nick Turse, titled Terminator Planet: The First History of Drone Warfare.Download mp3 at www.archive.org

The Faux of July by Mike Wasdin http://www.strike-the-root.com/82/wasdin/wasdin1.html The nation of unwitting slaves; new planet shopping, anyone? Are Obama and McCain your typical Nazis? Declaration of Independence http://www.constitution.org/usdeclar.htm Ah, the land of collectivism, a place where all sorts of evils are supposedly sufferable The 'can-do' American spirit still exists and is vital to our future The nature of consent, contracts, breach of contracts, and unanimous consent Government, the antithesis of freedom Petition for redress of grievances; being humble has its drawbacks We The People Foundation http://www.givemeliberty.org/ The Lawsuit to Restore Constitutional Order http://www.givemeliberty.org/RTPLawsuit/InfoCenter.htm http://www.givemeliberty.org/RTPLawsuit/CourtFilings/ComplaintAmended-9-15-04.PDF http://www.wethepeoplefoundation.org/PROJECTS/Court-Docs/6700-2ndCirc-Full-Appeal-Oct-2007.pdf What makes jurisdiction? The contradictory concept of "state" and other deleterious collectivistic abstractions The Pentagon Is America's Biggest Polluter by Joshua Frank http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/85186/?page=entire The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives by Nick Turse http://us.macmillan.com/thecomplex A Pentagon's Who's Who of Your Life by Tom Engelhardt and Nick Turse http://www.lewrockwell.com/engelhardt/engelhardt329.html Root of despotism: the "power" to lay and collect taxes Shays Fought the Revolution's Final Battle, and We Lost by George Smith http://www.strike-the-root.com/52/smith/smith4.html Shays's Rebellion: The American Revolution's Final Battle by Leonard L. Richards http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/13777.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Rebellion Ever Wonder How Politicians Think? (the grasshoppers vs the ants, from A Bug's Life) http://www.adventuresinlegalland.com/index.php?/content/view/26/33/ The many facets of statism, and the fear and ignorance that creates them Shirking responsibility and rationalization Hiring leaps in public sector by Dennis Cauchon http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20080430/1a_lede30_dom.art.htm The ills of the parasitism of government Astronomers on Verge of Finding Earth's Twin by Jeanna Bryner http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080624-st-planet-tally.html bumper music "American Idiot" by Green Dayhttp://www.greenday.com/greenday.html to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697  

Click here for the full interview with Nick Turse: https://usefulidiots.locals.com/post/4092319/extended-episode-henry-kissinger-kill-anything-that-moves Read Nick's article Blood on his Hands: Survivors of Kissinger's Secret War in Cambodia Reveal Unreported Mass Killings https://theintercept.com/2023/05/23/henry-kissinger-cambodia-bombing-survivors/ For $5 a month, become a Useful Idiot! Get extended interviews, Thursday Throwdowns, and chat live with Katie and Aaron in the Absurd Arena at http://usefulidiots.locals.com Find us on Substack at http://usefulidiots.substack.com Join the Absurd Arena live chat with Katie and Aaron every Tuesday at 12pm est at https://usefulidiots.substack.com/chat Watch this week's Thursday Throwdown: "The Russians are dying...It's the best money we've ever spent." https://usefulidiots.locals.com/post/4084907/the-russians-are-dying-its-the-best-money-weve-ever-spent Since CBS is celebrating Henry Kissinger's 100th birthday, we figured it's time to look into the “elder statesman's” past with journalist Nick Turse, author of books including Next Time They'll Come to Count the Dead and a recent investigation “Blood on his Hands,” an extensive examination of the unreported mass killings of Kissinger's secret war in Cambodia. “It's long been known that Henry Kissinger has a lot of blood on his hands for Cambodia,” Turse begins. “But this investigation, using an archive of US military documents and never-before-published interviews, shows that Kissinger was responsible for far more civilian deaths than we knew about, and that the violence was far more intimate.” Turse, who visited Cambodia to hear the stories of survivors, shares in-depth accounts of the horrors unleashed by Kissinger. And he was asked over and over again by the people of Cambodia: “Why? Why were we bombed?” Nick, in an ambush interview with Kissinger himself, asked the statesman those very questions. “Why were they bombed?” “We didn't bomb Cambodians,” Kissinger lied back. “We bombed North Vietnamese in Cambodia.” “Then how were 50,000 Cambodians murdered by your bombs?” And the answer Kissinger gave, as strange as it is chilling, Nick still doesn't understand: “He told me to ‘Play with it and have a good time.' And then he stomped his cane on the floor and stalked off.” Hear the full interview with Nick Turse in which he recounts finding the secret tape recordings from Kissinger's office, widely unreported, that detail the extent of Henry Kissinger's hands-on control in the murders of tens of thousands of people. As Aaron puts it: “Well that was bone-chilling.” Subscribe to watch the full interview below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices