US News Two former New York police officers got only probation for raping an 18-year-old girl. The officers detained the girl for drugs, then claimed she had consensual sex with them. [Link] James Bovard explains why mandatory gun buyback will not work in the US....
Only one other country has followed the US move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Trump campaigned on this promise and it is considered a major victory for Bibi Netanyaho. "One reason was that Jerusalem was key in his attempt to win over the coveted evangelical vote —...
Last week Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ordered the last of the US diplomats out of Venezuela, saying their presence was a “constraint” on US policy toward the country. The wording seemed intended to convey the idea that the US is about to launch military action to...
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...
U.S. Push to Oust Venezuela’s Maduro Marks First Shot in Plan to Reshape Latin America "The Trump administration’s attempt to force out the president of Venezuela marked the opening of a new strategy to exert greater U.S. influence over Latin America, according to...
Last week President Trump announced that the United States would no longer recognize Nicholas Maduro as president of Venezuela and would recognize the head of its national assembly, Jose Guaido, as president instead. US thus openly backs regime change. But what has...
The 800 page Farm Bill Trump recently signed is filled with trash. The bill includes a rule that prevents the House from voting on a bill to end the War in Yemen and several new farm subsidies. [Link] Trump Tweets Patrick Shanahan will be acting Defense Secretary...
On FPF #263, I discuss the nuclear arms relationship between the US and Russia. NSA John Bolton appears determined to pull the US out of the INF Treaty. Bolton played a role in the withdraw from a nuclear treaty with Russia as a member of the Bush Administration. Vice...
Today the front pages and bookstores are filled with tales of the so-called "China Threat." From spy balloons to Fentanyl pipelines, genocide to dreams of world domination: CHINA! But is it all true? Is any of it? Now, for the first time, the speciousness of these and...
