My life at a Russian propaganda network

“What would you do if we asked you to write something that wasn’t true?” I was sitting in a 10th-floor conference room in the K Street offices of “RIA Global,” otherwise known as the Washington, D.C., bureau of the Russian-owned Sputnik News Service, where I’d come for a job interview. It was in mid-December, just […]

Drone spotted flying over the border from Mexico carrying 13 pounds of meth

The influx of commercially available drone technology has introduced a slew of challenges for American military and law enforcement officials.  Iranian drones have interrupted flight operations aboard U.S. aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf, Frankenstein-like drones fielded by the Islamic State have carried out suicide missions or dropped explosives on coalition fighters, and now, drones […]

DOJ slams the brake on Operation Choke Point

Today the United States Department of Justice and Attorney General Jeff Sessions slammed the brakes on one of the more subtle and potentially devastating programs that was put into place by former Attorney General Eric Holder. Operation Choke Point was the name of the operation where the DOJ at the time began their subtle assault on the […]

Steve Bannon out: Trump’s chief strategist leaves administration

Steve Bannon, President Trump’s controversial chief strategist, left the administration on Friday, in what the White House has called a “mutual agreement” between Bannon and recently appointed White House Chief of Staff John Kelly. According to multiple news outlets, this decision has been developing over the span of some time, with some claiming Bannon submitted […]

No easy task: Experts debate how to launch Martian samples back to Earth for analysis

Although mankind has been using rockets to hurl our equipment, and ourselves, into the vast expanse of space for 60 years or so, NASA’s delays in fielding their new SLS rocket platform, as well as dramatic footage of the early tests conducted by private space fairing organizations like SpaceX, have made it clear: launching something […]

Op-Ed: Charlottesville: Divided we will fall

In the wake of Charlottesville and the whirlwind of political fallout that has rained down on this administration, our President remains committed to his original statement, stating, “I think there is blame on both sides.” It seems from his statement both from Saturday and Monday, that the President remains reluctant to call out these alt-right […]

ACLU pushes back after being blamed for Charlottesville violence by Virginia Governor

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has come under fire for their legal support of organizers of the “Unite the Right” white supremacist rally held last weekend in Charlottesville, to include being blamed by Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe for the rally where the violence unfolded. Speaking to National Public Radio, Governor McAuliffe said: The City […]

Is the deep state really that bad?

I’ve been fascinated to watch the recent public conversation about the “deep state” unfold.  I had been used to hearing this phrase from the far left, you know the type that wear sweaters and jackets with those leather patches on the elbows and give long-winded speeches at socialist enclaves on college campuses, those guys.  They […]