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We continue with part two of our episode on the Koch Empire, dive into the legacy of the Cato institute, Murray Rothbard's self proclaimed Leninism and The Belden Program.
links:
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/independent-and-principled-behind-cato-myth/
https://thebaffler.com/latest/the-forgotten-man-ganz
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2020/08/journey-into-a-libertarian-future-part-ii-the-strategy.html
http://davidmhart.com/liberty/AmericanLibertarians/Rothbard/Rothbard_1977TowardStrategy.pdf
http://www.libertarianpapers.org/articles/2009/lp-1-3.pdf
We take a look at the recent hubbub surrounding the USPS, what motivates the drive toward privatization, and the larger ideological underpinnings of the Libertarian revolution.
We are joined by investigative reporter Matthew Petti to talk about the recent alleged oil deal in Northern Syria, different factions in the State Department, Washington's possible desire for militiafication in the North, and what the future might portend.
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On the Trump/Pompeo team: nationalinterest.org/blog/middle-east-watch/state-department-seeks-maximum-pressure-iran-syria-116666
On the history of rebels and Brett McGurk: nationalinterest.org/blog/middle-east-watch/made-america-how-us-government-paid-turkeys-war-syria-94401
On the pencil incident: nationalinterest.org/blog/middle-east-watch/exclusive-inside-state-departments-meltdown-kurds-90241
On the CIA analyst talking about an Arab SDF: nationalinterest.org/blog/middle-east-watch/inside-iran-hawks-hijacking-trumps-syria-withdrawal-plan-90041
On the Bolton book the multicolored map: nationalinterest.org/blog/skeptics/exclusive-john-bolton-tells-how-iran-hawks-set-trump%E2%80%99s-syrian-kurdish-disaster-163062
On the oil and Assad: https://reason.com/2019/12/03/the-madcap-scheme-to-take-syrias-oil/
On Delta Crescent: nationalinterest.org/blog/skeptics/did-mike-pompeo-mislead-congress-about-syria%E2%80%99s-oil-166158
On Russia and the oil: nationalinterest.org/blog/skeptics/us-general-were-talking-russia-about-syrias-oil-166762
On the peace talks: nationalinterest.org/blog/skeptics/syria%E2%80%99s-kurds-we-were-cut-out-syrian-peace-negotiations-167396
plus other recommended reading
The cursed photo of Rayburn and some other details on the oil by Zack Kopplin: newrepublic.com/article/158841/pompeo-trump-steal-oil-kurds-syria-iraq
On the reason for being in Tanf: al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/06/us-tanf-base-syria-john-bolton-trump-troops.html
On the corruption at Tanf: thedefensepost.com/2020/04/16/syria-rebels-defect-maghawir-al-thawra/
On Mazloum’s leaked message to US leaders: cnn.com/2019/10/12/politics/us-syria-meeting-doc/index.html
We return to sift through the newly released testimony from Virginia Giuffre in the Ghislaine Maxwell case, talk "anonymous" prime ministers, and examine the nine new Jane Does and their claims against Jeffrey Epstein
We’re joined by the legendary private investigator & radio host Ed Opperman to discuss his origin story, some of his biggest cases, his involvement with the Epstein-Trump case, and Jim Jordan’s sauna secrets.
Listen to The Opperman Report
WE ARE BACK -- and laden with information about Ghislaine Maxwell's post-arrest machinations, and new terrible details about her pre-arrest sprees.
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