Trump nomination for next intelligence chief backfires

Trump nomination for next intelligence chief backfires

Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) has withdrawn from consideration for the soon-to-be-vacant Director of National Intelligence [DNI] post. Ratcliffe had been nominated by President Trump to replace the soon-leaving Dan Coats.  This withdrawal by Ratcliffe is just the latest instance of a Trump administration nomination going south after the president moved to appoint a key official […]

Invade Iran? Not any time soon

Invade Iran? Not any time soon

Many hawks in Washington are wondering why the United States hasn’t already responded with military force against Iran in the Middle East. The Iranians are increasingly bellicose in Syria and in the Persian Gulf. They’ve seized oil tankers and sabotaged others with mines in international waters. Most importantly, they’ve openly violated the uranium enrichment and […]

Victory for Trump as UK and France pledge to increase troops in Syria

Victory for Trump as UK and France pledge to increase troops in Syria

The magazine Foreign Policy (FP) is reporting the United Kingdom, France and some Baltic and Balkan states have agreed to increase special forces elements in Syria. It comes as a major victory for the Trump administration after it decided to pull troops out of Syria. Officially, the U.K. and France do not acknowledge having any […]

Op-Ed: Why Trump wins again in 2020

Op-Ed: Why Trump wins again in 2020

You don’t have to like it, but it’s coming: another four years of President Trump. His base has never been stronger, he’s got a massive war chest, and he has singular focus. The Democrats are eating themselves alive and the party is at odds with itself. Whatever side of the political spectrum you identify with, […]

Armed anarchist and anti-fascist shot and killed outside ICE detention facility

Armed anarchist and anti-fascist shot and killed outside ICE detention facility

On Saturday, July 13th, a self-described anarchist and anti-fascist named Willem Van Spronsen showed up at a detention facility belonging to Immigration, Customs, and Enforcement (ICE) in Tacoma, Washington. Spronsen had protested there in the past—last year, he attacked a police officer and when arrested, had a knife and collapsible baton on his person, according […]

Who will carry out Trump’s immigration raids today?

Who will carry out Trump’s immigration raids today?

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is kicking off a series of “raids” in several major U.S. cities beginning on Sunday, July 14. The operation was first brought to light by a report from the New York Times, and according to a report from NBC, will focus on about 2,000 families suspected of living in […]

New information details Huawei’s links to the Communist Party of China

New information details Huawei’s links to the Communist Party of China

The Chinese telecom giant Huawei has always insisted it is its own corporate entity, operating outside the purview of China’s Communist government. In a recent CBS interview, the company’s CEO was asked if his company ever provided information to the Chinese government. “It is not possible because across our entire organization, we’ve stressed once and […]

Meet NASA’s special weapons and tactics team

Meet NASA’s special weapons and tactics team

Reactions online were mixed when the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently filed for a solicitation for a small quantity of AR-15s. In the solicitation, NASA requested a lightweight, 5.56mm, magazine-fed, gas-operated semi-automatic rifle. Those making comments balked at the idea of NASA’s need for “assault rifles” or poked fun at a militarized moonbase. […]

Breaking: Royal Marines storm Iranian supertanker bound for Syria

Breaking: Royal Marines storm Iranian supertanker bound for Syria

Troops from the Royal Marines 42 Commando unit boarded the Iranian tanker Grace 1 using light speedboats today. The Royal Marines rappelled from a helicopter onto the deck while approximately 16 police officers from Gibraltar were also involved in the operation. Luckily no shots were fired and the ship is secure at the moment. Gibraltarian […]

Democrats slam President Trump after historic North Korea meeting

Democrats slam President Trump after historic North Korea meeting

One day after U.S. President Donald Trump became the first sitting president to enter North Korea, Chuck Schumer, the Democratic Senate Minority Leader, criticized the president for his weekend meeting with North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un. “This was one of the worst few days in American foreign policy and American diplomatic history in […]