Propaganda is everywhere: Why Americans are susceptible to Russian meddling

Propaganda is everywhere: Why Americans are susceptible to Russian meddling

Thanks to the ongoing investigation into Russian meddling into the 2016 presidential election, there’s been an increased focus on just how things like social media can be used to affect the mindset of your average American voter.  While some have taken a decisive stand regarding the subject, stating outright that foreign efforts to influence an […]

Kim Jong Un praises nuclear program, promotes sister to center of power

Kim Jong Un praises nuclear program, promotes sister to center of power

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un said his nuclear weapons were a “powerful deterrent” that guaranteed its sovereignty, state media reported on Sunday, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said “only one thing will work” in dealing with the isolated country. Trump did not make clear to what he was referring, but his comments seemed […]

Trump on chief of staff John Kelly: He’ll be here for the next 7 years

Trump on chief of staff John Kelly: He’ll be here for the next 7 years

President Donald Trump offered an endorsement of sorts for White House chief of staff John Kelly this weekend as rumors grew that Kelly may not last in the administration. “He’ll be here, in my opinion, for the entire remaining seven years,” Trump said. Kelly has recently found himself caught in the middle of a deteriorating […]

New internet connection for North Korea as Russia and China continue to undermine US efforts

New internet connection for North Korea as Russia and China continue to undermine US efforts

It has been no secret that Russia and China have both worked diligently to present the façade of working toward a denuclearized Korean peninsula, while simultaneously bolstering support for Kim Jong un’s North Korean regime in the face of what both nations construe as American geopolitical bullying.  While both Russia and China likely do favor a […]

Disaster Relief Missions Straining Already Hurting Military Readiness

Disaster Relief Missions Straining Already Hurting Military Readiness

The U.S. military has been taxed with fighting wars for 16 years in multiple countries and with the previous presidential administration cutting back on troop levels, modernization of the service’s equipment, the Defense Department’s readiness is in “dire straits” across the board according to some reports just released. The report from the Heritage Foundation, the […]

Trump’s “Calm Before the Storm” Comment at Military Dinner an Omen?

Trump’s “Calm Before the Storm” Comment at Military Dinner an Omen?

During a photo shoot with the press before a scheduled dinner with top military advisers and their spouses, President Trump repeated a couple of mysterious remarks that set the tongues in Washington and elsewhere wagging. As the group posed for pictures, Trump grinned and asked the press photographers, “do you guys know what this represents? And […]

Mattis says Trump still backs diplomacy with NK, suggests keeping Iran nuclear agreement

Mattis says Trump still backs diplomacy with NK, suggests keeping Iran nuclear agreement

Despite his remarks on Twitter over the weekend, President Trump is still backing the pursuit of a diplomatic end to heightening tensions with Kim Jong un’s regime in North Korea, according to Secretary of Defense James Mattis. “President Trump’s guidance to both Secretary Tillerson and me has been very clear that we would pursue the diplomatic […]

Trump, Mattis Relax Rules of Engagement for Troops in Afghanistan

Trump, Mattis Relax Rules of Engagement for Troops in Afghanistan

Back in August, President Donald Trump pledged to lift the restrictions and expand the authorities for US troops in Afghanistan in a move to break the stalemate in the sixteen-year long war. And now Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis has overturned a stipulation in the rules of engagement that US troops must be in contact […]

The calls are coming from inside the house: America’s communist insider threat

The calls are coming from inside the house: America’s communist insider threat

In recent months, the US news media has been abuzz with more reports about Russian espionage and disinformation tactics than at any other period in recent memory.  At times, watching cable news networks almost sounds like we are back in the 1960’s at the height of the Cold War.  Much of this is a reaction […]

Trump’s company had more contact with Russia during campaign, according to documents turned over to investigators

Trump’s company had more contact with Russia during campaign, according to documents turned over to investigators

Associates of President Trump and his company have turned over documents to federal investigators that reveal two previously unreported contacts from Russia during the 2016 campaign, according to people familiar with the matter. In one case, Trump’s personal attorney and a business associate exchanged emails weeks before the Republican National Convention about the lawyer possibly […]

Trump decries diplomacy with North Korea; Does that mean war’s the only option left?

Trump decries diplomacy with North Korea; Does that mean war’s the only option left?

Although President Trump has repeatedly stated that going to war with North Korea is not his preferred option, his statements on Sunday would seem to indicate that it’s the only outcome he’s now open to pursuing. Donald Trump once again took to the social media platform Twitter to convey his foreign policy stance, claiming that American […]