US News In 2021, between 41,000 and 48,000 American prisoners were placed in solitary confinement. Nearly 1,000 people have been in solitary for over a decade. Reason A US appeals court upheld the ban on smoking in federally subsidized housing. Reuters The Pentagon...
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COI #316: The Darya Dugina Assassination
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 26, 2022 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #316, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover the assassination of Darya Dugina, the latest JCPOA news, Tehran’s improved diplomatic ties with Arab states, and the recent U.S. bombings in Syria. Connor discusses a car bombing outside Moscow that killed Russian...
Pitch Black 2022: American F-35s Take Part in 17-Nation War Games
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 25, 2022 | News
Washington and several of its close partners kicked off massive aerial military exercises in Australia. F-35s from the US and Brittan will join advanced warplanes from India, Japan, South Korea, France and several other countries.
As Faith in the Regime Wanes, So Does Military Recruitment
by Ryan McMaken | Aug 25, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
The U.S. Army reports it is having some serious problems when it comes to recruiting new soldiers. Last month, according to the AP: “Army officials…said the service will fall about 10,000 soldiers short of its planned end strength for this fiscal year, and prospects...
A Modern Rebirth of Federalism
by David Brady | Aug 24, 2022 | Featured Articles
The FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago resort has resulted in a backlash from Red states against an agency once beloved by the right-wing. Lacking control over either legislative house or the presidency, for Republicans there is little they are...
NATO Abandons Diplomacy, Says No Longer ‘At Peace’
by Bas Spliet | Aug 23, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
At the end of its annual summit in Madrid in late June, NATO adopted a new strategic concept. The guidance document is the eighth of its kind since the founding of the alliance in 1949. It radically breaks with the three previous post-Cold War security briefs,...
There Are Now More Armed Bureaucrats Than There Are U.S. Marines
by John Whitehead | Aug 23, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
“A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty.”—James Madison The IRS has stockpiled 4,500 guns and five million rounds of ammunition in recent years, including 621 shotguns, 539 long-barrel rifles and 15...
Agreement to Save Iran Nuclear Deal Is Close, But Obstacles Remain
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 20, 2022 | News
Al-Jazeera reported on Friday that several sources say the US and Tehran could imminently ink an agreement that will see both sides return to compliance with the Iran nuclear deal.
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Anti-War Blog – The Powerful and the Powerless
There is an indecency in forcing someones home open, to be pillaged, then celebrating in such behaviour by showing of what was found. Personal items. Men, relishing in the intimate secrets of a woman. Lingerie and other personal apparel to be strewn and displayed for...
Storm Clouds Gathering: Is This It?
Secret Service Director Ron Rowe [9/16/24]: "There could be another geopolitical event that could put the United States into a kinetic conflict or some other... some other issue that may result in additional responsibilities and protectees of the United States Secret...
Fraud on Fraud: Compounding The LCS Follies
It only took the DoJ eight years to levy a fine for ripping off tax dollars. Imagine if journalists on the Pentagon beat actually went after the fraud and inefficiencies of the military industrial complex with investigative lenses and FOIA festivals that could shed...
Indefensible: Homeland Defense is Not Available at This Time
I have a challenge for my readers and listeners. The US DoD has spent trillions of dollars and still can't defend the homeland against the ICBM/IRBM threat. "U.S. defense officials have stated that both existing terrestrial- and space-based sensor architectures are...
Submarine News: Hold My Beer!
Who knows how expensive this will be and challenging for new rules and culture shifts. They new Virginia’s have “gender neutral” bathrooms. Basically, everyone gets a private stall to themself. Gaucher added, per the outlet, that all future nuclear-powered attack...
Lessons From September 11th, 2001
https://youtu.be/6tMWiBqfZWU Lessons From 9/11: Do not let tragedies put you in a state of mind which allows you to be manipulated into becoming the very thing you claim to oppose. Warfare is based on lies. Politicians engage in 'threat inflation' (and explicit lies),...
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