US News Luke Murray, an aide to House Republican leadership, says the NSA has ended its mass collection of call metadata. [Link] Lockheed receives $1 billion from the Pentagon on behalf of Saudi Arabia for THAAD missile defense. [Link] The US offers a $1 million...
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Liberty at the Movies: Vice
Vice tells the story of how Richard Chaney went from being expelled from Yale and drinking and fighting in his spare time to becoming the most influential Vice-President in history. Written and directed by Adam McKay who also directed The Big Short, Vice employs the...
The Green New Deal: When Imperialism Goes Wrong
"History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes." Nothing happens in a vacuum, and there's certainly nothing new under the sun. This is never more true than in the operations of government. There's a Roman myth, whether real or not is difficult to tell as so much...
News Roundup 2/26/19
US Foreign Policy Trump nominates US Ambassador to Canada Kelly Craft to be the Ambassador to the UN. [Link] Mikhail Gorbachev warns about the concerning status of nuclear weapons treaties. [Link] Pat Buchanan explains how foolish it would be for the US to attempt...
News Roundup 2/25/19
US News YouTube will demonetize videos that promote ‘anti-vax’ views. [Link] YouTube deletes 400 channels with pedophilic comments posted by other people on the videos. [Link] Microsoft employees publish an open letter to the company condemning a contract to sell...
News Roundup 2/22/19
Criminal Justice Topeka will hire a civilian to investigate police misconduct. [Link] An LA judge rules a new law makes police abuse records public. [Link] The Houston police chief says that his department will stop using no-knock raids in most cases. A recent...
CIA, CENTCOM Insubordination on Afghanistan
Can't leave now. ISIS is going to hit the U.S. "from Afghanistan." Trump is going to have to start firing people wholesale, or just give the keys to the Oval Office over to the Joint Chiefs.
News Roundup 2/20/19
US Heather Nauert withdraws her nomination to be US Ambassador to the UN. [Link] The 9/11 Victims Fund cuts payouts by 70%. [Link] 12 TSA employees are charged with smuggling over $100 million in cocaine. [Link] The Pentagon will buy up to 80 F-15Xs because of the...
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