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The J4S boys talk to Sam Husseini about his critiques of RFK Jr., which are of the most substantive and unique in independent media. While most people criticize Kennedy almost entirely on his hawkish positions on Israel/Palestine, Husseini goes deeper — pointing out Kennedy’s silence on issues such as the appointment of Wellcome Trust director Jeremy Farrar as chief scientist of the WHO and his hesitance to hold actors like Farrar and Fauci accountable for their propagandistic coverup of Covid origins. We used these critiques in our conversation as a catalyst to talk about the role that these seemingly anti-establishment candidates like RFK play during election season, functioning as sheepdogs and Judas goats, leading the disaffected anti-establishment sects of the public into the slaughterhouses of the party duopoly. You can find Sam’s work at https://husseini.substack.com/. Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted... Support ScheerPost and become a Patron donor: https://www.patreon.com/join/4322199/... Subscribe to our Newsletter and our Blog: https://scheerpost.com/support-subscr...

On this episode of Journalists for Sale, we tackle West Africa and the recent coverage it has been drawing due to the military junta taking power in the country of Niger. Niger joins the so called “Coup belt” in Africa, where countries like Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali have all experienced military coup takeovers in the last few years. We are joined by David Hundeyin, a Nigerian journalist and filmmaker whose name has been in the news lately for his reporting on the corrupt Nigerian politician and now president of the country Bola Ahmed Tinubu. David helps us understand the anti-imperialist sentiment spreading around the region as well as the roles of countries like Russia and China in trying to present an alternative economic and security alliance as opposed to ECOWAS and the West. You can check out David’s substack and YouTube channel at WestAfricaWeekly.substack.com and West Africa Weekly on YouTube. His handle on all platforms is @DavidHundeyin. Please make sure to like, subscribe and share this video to help us fight the algorithm and enjoy. Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted... Support ScheerPost and become a Patron donor: https://www.patreon.com/join/4322199/... Subscribe to our Newsletter and our Blog: https://scheerpost.com/support-subscr...

The perception of certain types of trial evidence as cutting-edge, foolproof, and reminiscent of Hollywood can inadvertently sway juries into assuming the guilt of countless individuals. Techniques such as bite marks, blood splatter analysis, ballistics evidence, and others appear to present irrefutable indications of involvement in criminal activities. However, concealed within this seemingly conclusive cache of evidence lies a substantial amount of what is known as junk science. This is why Chris Fabricant, the director of strategic litigation at the Innocence Project, wrote his latest book, “Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System.” Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted... Support ScheerPost and become a Patron donor: https://www.patreon.com/join/4322199/... Subscribe to our Newsletter and our Blog: https://scheerpost.com/support-subscr...

A retired CIA expert on Russia and rare voice of reason coming from the bowels of the American deep state, Ray McGovern joins host Robert Scheer on another edition of the Scheer Intelligence podcast. With world peace, nuclear weapon prudence and film critique on the agenda, McGovern and Scheer delve into a host of relevant issues stemming from the war in Ukraine and the history behind it. From Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” to CNN's strange truthful broadcast on Ukraine’s counteroffensive, the old boys from the Bronx prod each other’s encyclopedic minds to try and make sense of the state of the world. Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted... Support ScheerPost and become a Patron donor: https://www.patreon.com/join/4322199/... Subscribe to our Newsletter and our Blog: https://scheerpost.com/support-subscr...

On this episode of Scheer Intelligence, host Robert Scheer is joined by Professor Julie C. Suk, an eminent expert in constitutional law and a professor of law at Fordham University. Together, they delve into the challenges women face in society, which stem from the Constitutional framework despite the century old passage of the 19th amendment that belatedly granted women the right to vote. Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted... Support ScheerPost and become a Patron donor: https://www.patreon.com/join/4322199/... Subscribe to our Newsletter and our Blog: https://scheerpost.com/support-subscr...

The world has somehow reached a moment where the use of nuclear weapons has possibly never been closer and the interest in nuclear weapons has possibly never been higher. With the release of Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” a compelling dialogue emerges concerning the utilization of nuclear weapons, as the biopic delves into the life of the father of the atomic bomb and his profound doubts about the barbaric weapon he unleashed on the world. An even more captivating narrative about dissent amongst the Los Alamos scientists who created the bomb is close to release, and its timing couldn’t be more perfect. A Compassionate Spy, directed by two time Academy Award nominated Steve James, delves into the intriguing life of an unconventional hero within the world of nuclear development – a character whose history might be viewed with skepticism, yet is undeniably instrumental in shaping the post Cold War nuclear arms race.

Despite the United States accounting for around 5% of the world’s population, it houses nearly a quarter of the world’s prison population. This often discussed metric begins to make sense when examining the major cities like Los Angeles, New York and others, where things like poverty and mental illness are often considered “crimes.” Host Robert Scheer digs into this phenomenon in Los Angeles on this week’s episode of Scheer Intelligence with Melissa Camacho, a senior staff attorney at the ACLU of Southern California. Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted... Support ScheerPost and become a Patron donor: https://www.patreon.com/join/4322199/... Subscribe to our Newsletter and our Blog: https://scheerpost.com/support-subscr...

Is espionage in America just outright ignored when its committed by Israelis? Learn the answer to this question in James Bamford's summary of a shocking case involving Oscar-winning producer and Israeli spy, Arnon Milchan. Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted... Support ScheerPost and become a Patron donor: https://www.patreon.com/join/4322199/... Subscribe to our Newsletter and our Blog: https://scheerpost.com/support-subscr...

There has been no journalist that has been more effective in penetrating the self-serving secrecy of the NSA and the security state than James Bamford, the Emmy-nominated filmmaker and best-selling author. He joins host Robert Scheer on this episode of Scheer Intelligence to discuss his latest book, Spyfail: Foreign Spies, Moles, Saboteurs, and the Collapse of America's Counterintelligence. While Bamford has engaged in his share of muckraking on the NSA in his previous works, his new book focuses on an even more pernicious aspect of the intelligence apparatus: their carelessness in allowing foreign governments access to some of our own government’s most treacherous cyberwar creations. Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted... Support ScheerPost and become a Patron donor: https://www.patreon.com/join/4322199/... Subscribe to our Newsletter and our Blog: https://scheerpost.com/support-subscr...

Is the judgment from the Western District Court of Louisiana on July 4th a true victory against the censorship apparatus or does it fall short? On Journalists for Sale, Diego Ramos and Max Jones talk to Electronic Frontier Foundation Civil Liberties Director David Greene about his article titled, “Preliminary Injunction Limiting Government Communications with Platforms Tackles Illegal “Jawboning,” But Fails to Provide Guidance on What’s Unconstitutional.” David says the ruling is indeed notable given the government is finally being held accountable for their jawboning of social media platforms but the judgment itself falls short in identifying what is and isn’t constitutional and the ruling includes exceptions that are routinely exercised and exploited by the government already. We dive into all this on this episode and don’t forget to like, comment and subscribe to help us fight the algorithm. Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted... Support ScheerPost and become a Patron donor: https://www.patreon.com/join/4322199/... Subscribe to our Newsletter and our Blog: https://scheerpost.com/support-subscr...

In this new episode of Journalists for Sale, Diego Ramos and Max Jones talk to Carey Shenkman. The attorney, author and litigator who specializes in civil and human rights, comes on to give crucial context and opinion about the newest chapter in the history of the Espionage Act involving former President Donald Trump and the overstay of classified documents in his Mar-a-Lago bathroom. If there was anyone to give ScheerPost the breakdown on what this means, it’s the author of the book that explains the 100 plus year history on the awful law. The book is A Century of Repression: The Espionage Act and Freedom of the Press (https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books...) and it was co-written by Ralph Engelman. Thanks for watching as always and remember to like, comment and subscribe to battle the damn algorithm. Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted... Support ScheerPost and become a Patron donor: https://www.patreon.com/join/4322199/... Subscribe to our Newsletter and our Blog: https://scheerpost.com/support-subscr...

The Doomsday Clock continues to tick toward nuclear war, but at its fastest pace ever. Professor Jackson Lears, a former naval officer serving on a U.S cruiser carrying tactical nuclear weapons, considers the current moment more frightening than at any time during the Cold War. Then, there was intense alarm for the fate of the earth and the survival of the human race. Today, rather than diplomacy or negotiation, talk revolves around new weapons shipments, disappointment in Ukraine’s counteroffensive failures, and even drone strikes in Moscow. But far less attention has been paid to the prospect of nuclear war between Russia and the U.S that threatens to end all life on this planet as we know it. That is the alarm sounded by cultural historian and author Jackson Lears who joins host Robert Scheer to discuss Lears’s essay for Harper’s Magazine, “Behind the Veil of Indifference.” Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted... Support ScheerPost and become a Patron donor: https://www.patreon.com/join/4322199/... Subscribe to our Newsletter and our Blog: https://scheerpost.com/support-subscr...

Understanding foreign policy in Russia is complicated. Over the past weekend, the media said Russia was undergoing a coup and then they weren’t. The leader of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was a brutal military figure, then suddenly a liberator of Putin’s hold on Russia. These entanglements in narratives require an impartial judge, someone who can make sense of it for the way it is. After years of doing this on a daily basis for the president of the United States, Ray McGovern joins host Robert Scheer on this episode of Scheer Intelligence to do just that. Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted... Support ScheerPost and become a Patron donor: https://www.patreon.com/join/4322199/... Subscribe to our Newsletter and our Blog: https://scheerpost.com/support-subscr... (0:00) Intro (0:42) Ray's job in the CIA (2:16) Communism vs. nationalism (10:19) McGovern's briefing for Biden (21:03) The effectiveness of patriot missiles (35:22) Impact of Ellsberg (43:20) The reality of Ukraine's position (58:58) Ukraine is losing — nuclear war? (1:10:00) This is about China (1:22:23) Nationalism and racism (1:30:29) Outro

Bob Scheer joins us for this episode of Journalists for Sale. Apart from being our awesome boss, Bob is a legend in American journalism and almost requires no introduction. In his nearly 60 years as a journalist however, Bob has met hundreds of interesting and influential people from presidents to civil rights activists to movie stars but none might be more important to American history than Daniel Ellsberg. The two were close friends and Bob joins us to discuss his relationship with Ellsberg, the impact he had on journalism and whistleblowing and how the praise and reverence from the media today contradicts the status quo attitude towards people like Julian Assange and whistleblowers today. Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted... Support ScheerPost and become a Patron donor: https://www.patreon.com/join/4322199/... Subscribe to our Newsletter and our Blog: https://scheerpost.com/support-subscr...

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Joining co-hosts Max Jones and Diego Ramos this week is Ray McGovern. The former CIA intelligence analyst turned political activist helps Jones and Ramos understand the latest developments in the Nord Stream sabotage case, exploring the recent Washington Post revelation claiming that the U.S. and European leaders knew about the attack months before and the suspect divers were under the direction of Ukraine’s top dog general. We compare the reporting to Sy Hersh’s bombshell on the sabotage and dive into what the future of the war looks like. Donate on Paypal!: paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=9KX6MYHKAN2B6 Support ScheerPost and become a Patron donor: https://www.patreon.com/join/4322199/... Subscribe to our Newsletter and our Blog: https://scheerpost.com/support-subscr... (0:00) Intro (0:43) WaPo account of Nordstream vs. Sy Hersh account (11:19) U.S. is going to throw Zelensky under the bus (13:28) The real state of Ukraine (18:28) Cuban Missile Crisis, absence of experienced people (26:57) Lack of communication and media's hypocrisy (37:39) The contradictions in WaPo story (49:41) Startling escalations by media and Ukraine

In today's episode, co-hosts Diego Ramos and Max Jones talk to journalist Kit Klarenberg about his detainment by British police at London Luton Airport, in which he was invasively interrogated about many things, but mainly for his extremely revealing and courageous reporting for the, hilariously according to Wikipedia, first ever “far-left and far-right” publication, The Grayzone. The conversation was as frightening as it was captivating, as Kit astutely broke down the devolvement of the United Kingdom into an Orwellian state, and the increasingly repressive measures its government is taking to silence and persecute dissidents — effectively imposing self-censorship and state censorship in blatantly authoritarian ways. Donate on Paypal!: paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=9KX6MYHKAN2B6 Support ScheerPost and become a Patron donor: https://www.patreon.com/join/4322199/... Subscribe to our Newsletter and our Blog: https://scheerpost.com/support-subscr... (0:00) Intro (0:57) How did Kit get detained? (6:01) The repressive precedent set by police use of Schedule 3 (11:08) Reporting on Ukraine led to U.K. targeting Kit (16:27) Official Secrets Act (19:00) Britain wants ton conceal its role in escalating the Ukraine proxy war (21:41) DSMA (U.K.'s informal but effective method of censorship) (25:42) How did gov. legally restrict Kit's rights with past legal precedent? (31:00) Anomaly 6 illegal surveillance / authoritarian crackdowns (34:30) Throwing Ukraine under the bus (37:07) What were the wrong answers in the detainment? (41:00) Future of criminal proceedings (42:15) Outro

Formerly incarcerated journalist and writer Keri Blakinger uses her past experiences to detail the inside of prisons and why so few people come out better on the other side. Support ScheerPost and become a Patron donor: https://www.patreon.com/join/4322199/... Subscribe to our Newsletter and our Blog: https://scheerpost.com/support-subscr...

ScheerPost’s own Max Jones and Diego Ramos are back with another video interview except this time it is under the official name for their show: Journalists for Sale. We hope the irony isn’t lost on our readers and we are excited to bring this weekly interview show to the site and our other platforms. This week, Jones and Ramos talk about the state of the media with none other than esteemed ScheerPost columnist Patrick Lawrence. Inspired by Lawrence's insightful and substantial piece, "Journalists-on-Journalists Crime," the trio engages in a stimulating discussion, talking about Tucker Carlson’s Fox News ousting, the media's handling of leaker Jack Teixeira and Matt Taibbi’s Mehdi Hasan appearance. Support ScheerPost and become a Patron donor: https://www.patreon.com/join/4322199/... Subscribe to our Newsletter and our Blog: https://scheerpost.com/support-subscr...

Max Jones, a student at USC and journalist for Scheer Post confronts the former British Prime Minister about the Prime Minister’s position that Putin should be tried by the ICC for war crimes but not Bush for Iraq. Is there a student back anti-war movement at universities ? Max describes the atmosphere around geo-politics with Kim. You can find more of Max’s work: https://scheerpost.com/category/max-jones/ Support ScheerPost and become a Patron donor: https://www.patreon.com/join/4322199/... Subscribe to our Newsletter and our Blog: https://scheerpost.com/support-subscr...

The more that is understood about the U.S. intelligence apparatus, the more it becomes clear that Aldous Huxley’s vision of an oppressive society seems to fit the mold. It is the subtle deception and constant, manufactured confusion at the hands of the most powerful entities in the U.S. government that allows for them to operate in ways that subvert our rights, our perception of the world and our control in what we see and hear. MintPress News reporter Alan MacLeod has been pulling back the curtain on the government’s duplicitous involvement in the social media world for months.

On Apr 20, 2023 ScheerPost writer/editor Max Jones went to a panel hosting the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Gordon Brown, to ask a question on the 2014 Maidan coup in Ukraine, commonly known as the “Revolution of Dignity.” The question Jones posed to the former Prime Minister referred to a statement Brown made during a 2022 media appearance when the politician advocated for the International Criminal Court to prosecute Russian President Vladimir Putin for crimes of aggression.

The story of a U.S. backed coup destabilizing a country for the benefit of Western capitalist interests is one so often repeated that each instance is a sort of classic novel in the dystopian series from the 20th century on. The tale of the Iranian coup in 1953 is indeed a classic, as it was the first of its kind. With its share of infamous characters—mainly the CIA and British MI6—as well as its lasting impact on the region, its citizenry and the world, the coup in ‘53 proved to be a monumental shift in world politics, one of great promise and prosperity for the West by means of exploitation and rapacity. For its victims, decades of occupation, terror and confusion flooded countries and created the hegemonic world we live in today. Support ScheerPost and become a Patron donor: https://www.patreon.com/join/4322199/... Subscribe to our Newsletter and our Blog: https://scheerpost.com/support-subscr...

This is a wide-ranging discussion about the anatomy of bank failures. Dave Kelley is the moderator. He is a pension actuarial expert, headquartered in Ohio. Chairman of the Domestic Policy subcommittee of the Govt Oversight Committee, Kucinich, as a senior member of Congress, investigated the subprime meltdown (see you tube videos), grilling Wall Street titans. Michael Hudson is one of eight economists in the world who predicted the collapse of the financial system 2007-2008. He is a noted author on the corruption of the economy. Kucinich’s most recent book, The Division of Light and Power, explored corruption in the banking and private utilities industries.

A major shift in global relations has recently transpired. To some in America, it may look like the second coming of the Evil Empire. To much of the rest of the world, it’s a welcome chance for a renewed multipolar order, where the sovereign desires of nations are respected and new collaborations can be established. The deal brokered between Iran and Saudi Arabia, brought together by China, to restore diplomatic relations, is a clear example of that. The 20-year anniversary of the Iraq War is bringing even more attention to the faltering era of U.S. global hegemony and bullying. To add to that, America’s thirst for war with China spells out its acknowledgement of its waning dominance in the world. The last two decades in the Middle East serve as the quintessential case study of U.S. foreign policy and how it served the interests of America’s biggest corporations and stakeholders. Support ScheerPost and become a Patron donor: https://www.patreon.com/join/4322199/... Subscribe to our Newsletter and our Blog: https://scheerpost.com/support-subscr...