So apparently Baghdadi (founder and head of ISIS) is dead for real this time, the infamous Bill Taylor says the quid pro quo is real, Gaetz lead a siege of the SCIF, Hilary thinks Tulsi is a Russian asset, and we're sending troops to eastern Syria because you know...
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Poll: Americans Are Always Wrong About the Most Important Things
The Hill: A large majority of voters — 84 percent — are concerned about the prospect of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons, according to a Hill-HarrisX poll released on Monday. That's more than those who expressed concern over other foreign policy issues, including North...
Uncivil Obedience
When I do contract work with the government I make it clear I’m against their rules, but follow all the rules to a T. Which drives them crazy, because they are publicly for the rules but want me to break them to keep things moving.
10/25/19 Kieren McCarthy on the FBI’s National Security Surveillance Lies
Kieren McCarthy discusses the recent revelation that the FBI has access to the NSA's national security database, and has queried it tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of times. The database, gathered under special surveillance powers by the NSA and CIA, is not...
Saudi Bases and the Bin Ladens: A Love Story
What is Trump really up to? It’s almost unknowable. At the same time that the president was pulling (some) troops out of Northeast Syria, giving an antiwar speech, and then sending other troops back into Syria to "secure the oil," he also quietly sent another 1800...
Trump Flip-Flops on Syria Withdrawal. Again.
President Trump is reversing his foreign policy decisions so quickly these days that it almost seems like he overturns himself before making the decision in the first place. Last week he was very clear that the US was pulling its troops out of Syria. “Bringing...
News Roundup 10/28/19
US News Maria Butina has been released from a Florida prison and deported to Russia. [Link] In a speech, Pence voices support for the Hong Kong protesters. He also condemned China for being too interventionist. Pence targeted Nike and the NBA for being too supportive...
10/25/19 Trevor Aaronson on the FBI’s Unconstitutional Investigative Powers
Trevor Aaronson discusses some of the FBI's egregious abuses of its power over American citizens, most recently brought to light by their use of an informant to investigate a law-abiding militia group in California for years. Although the FBI claims to be concerned...
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