US News The White House federal marijuana pardon does not extend to military members. Military.com The White House released a new Arctic strategy on Friday that calls to “enhance” the US military presence in the region to counter Russia and China. AWC Russia Russia on...
US News The sailor accused of setting the fire to the USS Bonhomme Richard has been found not guilty. The $1.2 billion warship was destroyed in the fire. Military Times Joe Biden is withholding the full report on the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal...
US News The White House offers state and local governments $1 billion in grants directed toward improving cybersecurity. Nextgov Veterans may be committing suicide at over double the Pentagon's estimated rate. Military Times The Pentagon awarded Lockheed Martin and...
The United Nations is pushing to include a key product in fertilizer within the deal that allows Moscow and Kiev to export grain through Ukrainian ports. A Western diplomat said expanding the grain agreement to include Ammonia from Russia could stabilize the grain...
US News The Army awarded Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics a $15 million contract to develop concepts for the Terrestrial Layer System-Echelons Above Brigade. The system is a part of the electronic warfare platform. Defense News The Pentagon awarded BlueHalo a...
US News The Department of Education will forgive student loans for ITT Technical Institute students from January 1, 2005 until it closed in 2016. Over 200,000 former attendees of the school will have $3.9 billion forgiven. Market Watch The Army transferred control of...
US News The Justice Department said federal charges have been filed against four former and current Louisville police officers in the apartment raid that killed Breonna Taylor. UPI The National Police Accountability Project, claims that officers with the Rosenberg...
$200 billion is not a rounding error, it’s a signal that Washington is settling in for a long Iran war while pretending it can buy its way out of the consequences. We walk through the Pentagon’s latest funding push, why leaders keep hinting the price tag will rise,...
The part that doesn’t get said out loud often enough is this: you can be “aligned” in a war and still be on a collision course. We dig into why U.S. goals in Iran and Israel’s goals in Iran don’t just differ, they actively clash and how that clash shows up in...
Among the films that formed my childhood, the Iron Giant is a black sheep. From its loving treatment of classic sci-fi horror to its somber handling of nuclear holocaust, the film is deeper than any of us realized as kids. Of course now, as adults, and especially as...
First, they came for the writers, but I could not read. Then, they came for the artists, but I could not see. When they came for the musicians, I was unwilling to hear. Eventually they came for me, but I could no longer think.
This post first appeared on Pat MacFarlane's email list, "What They're Not Tellin' You" Sign up for that here. The last few months I've been especially conscious of how time is passing us by. This being my original Liberty Weekly mailing list, some of you have been...
Over a decade ago, the US and Western nations would feign concern for the loss of innocent life while they waged a war. Terms such as Collateral or Unintentional would be thrown around, even when all evidence points in the opposite direction. There was a need for...