Newsbud Report with Peter B Collins

Newsbud Interview:  Peter B. Collins presents Prof. Rebecca Gordon
Professor Rebecca Gordon comments on the July 1 White House release of estimates of civilian deaths from drone strikes targeting “militants” who pose and “imminent” threat to American interests, and concludes that most of the deaths “are almost certainly illegal” under US and international law.  In this Newsbud interview, we discuss the drone programs, the precedents established under Obama, and the failure of Congress to pass any laws regulating this form of remote-control warfare.

Newsbud Interview:  Peter B. Collins presents Prof. Stephen Zunes

In the latest edition of Newsbud Report, Peter B. Collins gets Brexit commentary from outspoken British author and commentator Richard Seymour, and previews an important new documentary about cyberwarfare and the Stuxnet virus.  Plus, we will have recaps of important Supreme Court decisions on abortion and political corruption, and the growth of anti-Muslim hate groups in the United States.
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From the Orlando Shooting to “Dissent Memo” on the Syrian War
In the latest Newsbud Report, we look at how the Orlando shootings are driving media and politics; we talk with abandoned CIA officer Sabrina de Sousa about her impending extradition to Italy; State Department veteran Peter van Buren comments on the “dissent memo” urging escalation of the Syrian war.Thanks for watching this Newsbud Report. If you have a news tip or story you think we should cover, email peter@peterbcollins.com

Coming up in today’s Newsbud interview, military whistleblower Joe Hickman reveals how exposure to toxic burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan have exposed tens of thousands of our veterans to cancers and chronic health problems…he says it’s the new Agent Orange scandal…we’ll also look at the debt crisis in Puerto Rico, the roles of Bill and Hillary Clinton in post-earthquake Haiti, and the corruption conviction of Alabama’s Speaker of the House, who was exposed by the work of independent journalists.

Did we just finish Mainstream Media Malpractice Week? We examine the media’s premature projection of Hillary Clinton as Democratic nominee. We report on the FBI’s expanding use of paid informants in “domestic terrorism” cases, like the recent convictions in Minneapolis; and the FBI’s push for expanded powers to monitor internet activity. We examine NY Gov. Cuomo’s order to punish supporters of boycotts of Israel, and journalist Max Blumenthal comments in our interview. In our Newsbud Exclusive, Prof.

In this debut episode of “Newsbud with Peter B. Collins,” we put President Obama’s historic visits to Vietnam and Hiroshima, Japan in context with his activities regarding the nuclear arsenal and his expansion of the U.S. military. We also cover Israel’s new defense minister, Bayer’s bid for Monsanto and the pervasive impact of the herbicide, Roundup, and provide updates on America’s surveillance state. Our feature interview is with two election analysts who suspect manipulation of election results in the 2016 Democratic primaries.