Last Thursday, congressional Republicans unveiled their tax reform legislation. On the same day, President Trump nominated current Federal Reserve Board Governor Jerome Powell to succeed Janet Yellen as Federal Reserve chair. While the tax plan dominated the...
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A Day in the Life of the Empire
by Charles Goyette | Nov 3, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
On March 9, 2015 President Obama formally declared a new national emergency. Most Americans went about their business that day without ever suspecting that what the White House called “an unusual and extraordinary threat to our national security” had suddenly popped...
Neocons Hijack Trump’s Syria Policy
by Ron Paul | Oct 30, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Does anyone in the Trump Administration have a clue about our Syria policy? In March, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson appeared to be finally pulling back from President Obama’s disastrous “Assad must go” position that has done nothing but prolong the misery in Syria....
What Did Washington Achieve in its Six Year War on Syria?
by Ron Paul | Oct 3, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Now that the defeat of ISIS in Syria appears imminent, with the Syrian army clearing out some of the last ISIS strongholds in the east, Washington’s interventionists are searching for new excuses to maintain the illegal US military presence in the country. Their...
Cynical Hawks Exploit North Korea Crisis to Torpedo Iran Agreement
by Ted Galen Carpenter | Sep 21, 2017 | Featured Articles
Donald Trump’s speech to the UN General Assembly underscored his intention to adopt highly confrontational policies toward both North Korea and Iran. He threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea in the event of war and re-emphasized Washington’s long-standing...
Vet Says Iowa Official Deceived Him Into Lobbying in Saudi Drive Against 9/11 Law
by Stark Realities with Brian McGlinchey | Sep 8, 2017 | Featured Articles
Veteran’s claim: Connie Schmett recruited him to lobby for changes to JASTA, but didn’t disclose Saudi sponsorship of the effort A gubernatorial appointee to two state boards, Schmett’s endorsement is sought by national presidential candidates Schmett registered with...
Trump: Let Our Police Armor up Like Soldiers
by Jason Ditz | Sep 6, 2017 | Featured Articles, Justice
Apparently believing it will bolster his pro-police image, the Trump Administration has announced that it is reversing President Obama’s 2015 restrictions on the provision of certain U.S. military equipment to local American police forces. Announcing the move on...
Intel Vets Challenge ‘Russia Hack’ Evidence
by VIPS | Jul 24, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) SUBJECT: Was the “Russian Hack” an Inside Job? Executive Summary Forensic studies of “Russian hacking” into Democratic National Committee computers last year reveal that on July...
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It NDs Today: The Swiss Adopt a Lemon
The Gods help them in this very silly selection by the Swiss armed forces. ND is a negligent discharge where the pistol fires when you haven't asked it to. Most inconvenient. So the Swiss are buying a gun that technically failed the evaluation just to keep the...
The Evergreen State Pays the Green Toll of Stupidity
I cover mostly military topics here at the LI Blog per my charter but on occasion I cover other topics. The Washington State ferry system is in tatters. It continues to get worse barely a week into the new year: Washington State Ferries needs 17 boats to operate at...
The Kyle Anzalone Show [GUEST] Patrick Henningsen: Venezuela: America’s Next Disaster?
A president is kidnapped, the government remains, and we’re told it isn’t regime change. We pull back the curtain on what our guest calls “regime changeover,” a strategy that uses spectacle and lawfare to force leverage without admitting occupation. From sanctions...
Pentagon Fraud: A Feature and Not a Bug Part XVII
The easiest solution to this is stand the entire military industrial complex down until they fix this. But that is far too responsible. The fraud you are seeing in MN, WA and MA is large but the financial mismanagement in the Pentagon is hundeds of billions of dollars...
New US Army Tank Just in Time for Retirement
“You can ignore reality, but you cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.” - Ayn Rand I have said that aircraft carriers are the chariot and crossbow of the 21st century not fit for purpose on the oceans and the tank is certainly a nominee for that notion....
Trump Announces US Take Over of Venezuela, Kidnaps Maduro & Bombs Caracas
A pre-dawn post, a capital in darkness, and a president in cuffs aboard a U.S. ship—what started as a “one-night raid” is already morphing into something far bigger. We unpack how the strike on Venezuela unfolded, why the official story leaves key gaps, and what it...
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