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I chose the name Foggy Bottom Line years ago while working on a doctorate at George Washington University. I studied international relations and security there and it’s in Foggy Bottom in DC, so it made sense at the time. The Foggy Bottom Line brand focuses on the idea that the bottom line answer to most questions is rarely completely clear. A bit of fog always clouds the truth, and I don’t deal in absolutes. Background may or may not give credibility, and we have no desire to argue from authority or experience (which is always, after all, anecdotal). We're either right or wrong and will always endeavor to provide evidence – or at least logical reasoning – that supports our views and policy recommendations. But for the record Scott and I are both retired combat soldiers (tanks and intelligence) with broad military, academic, economic, political, and management training and experience. I have worked defense contracting and Scott served as a local election official
Unknown Host hosts Two Crusty Old Combat Soldiers with a Microphone, a government show with 28 episodes published.
Right in the middle of the Iran war Trump started but can't figure out how to finish, he heads off to China with an entourage of family members and billionaire CEOs, including Elon Musk and Jensen Huang, NVIDIA CEO. Why?
Show notesEarlier this week we reported an interesting lack of Iran War news coverage and discussed the structural reasons for these media choices and some reasons the Trump Administration might want to suppress news about the war
Show notesScott Konopasek and I get together for a discussion of the US media, and why we don't see more reporting on the most important thing happening in the world right now: the Iran War, which just turned hot again. Yes, SCOTU
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In this Two Crusty Old Combat Soldiers with a Microphone episode, Scott and I break down a chaotic week in American politics—from a major Supreme Court of the United States ruling impacting the Voting Rights Act, to esca
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In this special Foggy Bottom Line Media bonus episode, hosts Stan Scott and Scott K. sit down with Virginia 5th Congressional District candidate Mel Tull—Army veteran, small business attorney, and first-time candidate—to
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Iran Crisis: What happens next? In this episode of Two Crusty Old Combat Soldiers with a Microphone, military veterans and political analysts Stan Scott and Scott Konopasek break down the rapidly escalating Iran crisis a
Show notesIn this conversation, Stan Scott and Scott Konopasek discuss the implications of religious beliefs within the military, particularly in light of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation's reports on discrimination. They
Show notesIn this conversation, Stan Scott and Scott Konopasek discuss the recent military actions against Iran, exploring the motivations behind these decisions, the implications for U.S. foreign policy, and the historical contex
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Trump and his team complained so loudly about a stolen 2020 election, hundreds of his followers stormed the Capitol to stop the Electoral Vote count, causing a riot that led to deaths on both sides and demonstrated that
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After he left the Army, Scott K served as an election official in 4 states, including Virginia. In this episode, the first in a series on how American elections work, we lay out the basics of election law and some though
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Last Friday, the Department of Justice dumped more than three million pieces of information about Jeffrey Epstein, his crimes, and his group of pals. Emails, photos (some of nude girls - actual CSAM!) court documents, le
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Last week, an ICE agent in Minneapolis shot and killed a woman after she tried to flee when they attempted to pull her from her vehicle. Trump officials and others blamed the victim, claiming that she attempted to run th
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After the Second World War, the US and its victorious allies created a set of international institutions and legal regimes designed to protect and spread capitalism and democracy around the world. Intended to promote hum
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Federal ICE agents have occupied American cities, and they think they have a right to assault you, arrest you, and even shoot you if you don't follow their instructions. This is police state shit, people. Check out full
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Yesterday, a woman named Renee Good attempted to flee from ICE agents in a Minneapolis neighborhood when they attempted to pull her from her vehicle. She was not obstructing them and was not violent - she simply did not
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From crypto scams to pardon deals to simply taking gifts from billionaires (not to mention foreign governments!), Donald Trump is making the Presidency very lucrative. Scott K and I discuss some of his methods, and why t
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Lots of violence this week, with Rob Reiner and his wife Michele murdered and mass shootings in Rhode Island and Australia, Trump goes nuts on Truth Social and makes the Reiner murder all about Trump. Scott and I give vi
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This week the Trump Administration sent Federal agents into a citizenship ceremony and pulled people who were about to take the oath out of the line because of where they came from. Also this week, a ProPublica investiga
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