U.S. military officials knew that an August 2021 drone strike in Kabul likely killed Afghan civilians including children but lied about it, a report published Friday revealed.
Report Reveals US Lied About Afghan Civilians Killed in 2021 Drone Strike
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Military Investigation Reveals How the U.S. Botched a Drone Strike in Kabul
The human suffering in Ukraine is predicated on massive U.S. military aid, and is transforming an ailing country into a bankrupt failed state
The Long-Term Economic Implications of the Ukraine War
Scott talks with Jeffrey Kaye about an article he recently published on the CIA’s effort to suppress reports about the use of bio-weapons by U.S. forces fighting in Korea. The agency went to great lengths to dismiss those rumors and claims as communist propaganda and the results of brainwashing. Then in 2010, the agency declassified documents that contained evidence of U.S. bio-weapons use in the Korean War. Kaye and Scott discuss the relevant history and why it’s important today.
Check out the interview page here.
The Scott Horton Show
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Secret Plan Revealed: CIA Told to “Destroy” Those Supporting Communist Germ Warfare “Myth”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reportedly removed statistics on defensive gun use in the U.S. following pressure from gun control advocates.
CDC removed stats on defensive gun use over pressure from gun control activists: report
The weapons are notorious for their effects on civilians. But five years of reporting and hundreds of interviews have revealed they’ve also killed and wounded scores of Americans.
America’s Dark History of Killing Its Own Troops With Cluster Munitions
The Department of Justice in Washington has reportedly informed its Israeli counterpart that the FBI is investigating the death of Shireen Abu Akleh, six months after she was killed while covering a military raid in the northern occupied West Bank.
Will FBI probe into Abu Akleh killing be a cover-up?
With his refusal to go along with lockdowns and mask mandates during the pandemic, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis emerged as a hero to many in libertarian circles. But as his name is now consistently put forward as a prospective or even likely 2024 Republican Presidential candidate, those who view him favorably should take a sober second look. On foreign policy in particular, DeSantis promises to continue the disastrous policies of his predecessors, which have made us uniformly less free, less safe, and much poorer.
DeSantis and Future Foreign Policy Disasters
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“I was screaming and he was smiling”: DeSantis ran Guantanamo torture
YouTube: Ron DeSantis’s Military Secrets: Torture & War Crimes
A federal judge in Nebraska issued a temporary restraining order Wednesday against a Grant County [Wisconsin] company to keep it from violating child labor laws while the U.S. Department of Labor conducts an investigation into alleged violations.
Alleged child labor violations lead to restraining order for Grant County-based company
H/T: Steve Lehto
Former US national security advisor John Bolton joked about the First Amendment as a protesting journalist was detained for accusing him of lying about weapons of mass destruction and “covering up war crimes in Afghanistan.”
John Bolton mocks US First Amendment (VIDEO)
Video via Enema of the State
by Pepe Escobar
Never underestimate a wounded and decaying Empire collapsing in real time.
Imperial functionaries, even in a “diplomatic” capacity, continue to brazenly declare that their exceptionalist control over the world is mandatory.
The ‘War of Terror’ may be about to hit Europe
Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 
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