Judging Freedom Max Blumenthal : The CIA’s Cocaine Business and Regime Change
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Nov 20, 2025 
Max Blumenthal, an investigative journalist known for his insights on U.S. foreign policy, explores the dark interplay of the CIA and drug trafficking. He discusses controversial U.S. actions in Venezuela, highlighting covert operations and the role of figures like Elliott Abrams. The conversation also covers the tech sector's involvement in surveillance in Gaza and critiques the misguided narratives surrounding AI. Blumenthal's provocative insights challenge conventional views on geopolitics and economic interests.
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Pollard's Hero Status And Treachery
- Jonathan Pollard is treated as a hero in segments of Israeli settler and religious-nationalist society.
- Max Blumenthal recounts Pollard's life sentence for handing NSA methods and a knock list to Israel and his later release.
Internal 'Israel First' Faction In U.S. Policy
- Max Blumenthal argues some Trump administration figures are "Israel firsters" who prioritize Israeli interests over U.S. institutions.
- He frames Huckabee's secret Pollard meeting as evidence of an internal pro-Israel faction influencing policy.
UN Vote And The Gaza "Master Plan"
- Blumenthal describes the UN vote and the so-called Gaza "master plan" as a move to internationalize occupation under a stabilization force.
- He details how Arab states and abstentions by Russia and China facilitated a plan he calls a Trojan horse for permanent Israeli control.