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Steve Hilton: Mattis, Kelly Marched to the Establishment Beat…

The new year began as the old year ended – with the establishment up in arms over generals leaving the Trump administration. How would the world survive the departures of John Kelly and James Mattis? “Today has just been a cascade of what would be generally seen as absolutely apocalyptic news in any other presidency…Let’s […]

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Bolton Won’t Give Up on Illegal War in Syria…

Bolton is not giving up on keeping our illegal war in Syria going one way or another: Some U.S. troops could remain in southern Syria for an undetermined amount of time even as American forces withdraw in coming months from the northern part of the country, a senior administration official said Friday. Bolton’s comments are […]

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NBC and MSNBC Blamed Russia for Using “Sophisticated Microwaves” to Cause “Brain Injuries” in U.S. “Diplomats” in Cuba. The Culprits Were Likely Crickets…

NBC News and MSNBC specialize in repeating and disseminating what U.S intelligence officials tell them to say and then calling that servitude “reporting.” Those two networks really are the all-but-official outlets for CIA messaging. And this status has led their brightest on-air stars to broadcast a series of extremely consequential stories that turned out to be humiliatingly wrong…

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SELLIN: Salvaging America’s Defeat in Afghanistan…

It is no longer a question of whether the United States will leave Afghanistan; it is a question of under what conditions. Will it be a repeat of the chaotic withdrawal from Vietnam in 1975 and America’s subsequent timidity in the pursuit of our national interests? Or will it be simply a segue to a […]

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Circuit Court Backs DoD’s Transgender Policy…

A circuit court hearing one of the four federal cases challenging President Donald Trump’s policy to limit transgender military service sided with the administration Friday, ruling that the process former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis took to implement the president’s directive was sufficient and did not result in a blanket ban. That federal case, “Doe v. […]

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Antifa Exposed: “Angry White People With Money”…

The National Review sent journalist Kevin D. Williamson deep into Portland for an on-the-ground report on the local Antifa scene, several months after the black-clad social justice warriors squared off with conservatives from the Proud Boys and Patriot Prayer groups after Antifa crashed several permitted rallies. And while Williamson’s original story is a fascinating read, perhaps even more interesting is…

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Unprepared and Overwhelmed: Two Decades After Columbine, Five Years After Sandy Hook Educators and Police Still Weren’t Ready for Parkland Shooting…

Failures by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office and school district cost children their lives at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. A gunman with an AR-15 fired the bullets, but a series of blunders, bad policies, sketchy training and poor leadership helped him succeed. Information reported over 10 months by the South Florida Sun Sentinel reveals […]

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How the War Party Lost the Middle East…

“Assad must go, Obama says.” So read the headline in The Washington Post, Aug. 18, 2011. The story quoted President Barack Obama directly: “The future of Syria must be determined by its people, but President Bashar al-Assad is standing in their way. … the time has come for President Assad to step aside.” France’s Nicolas […]

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The Mattis Dilemma…

The resignation letter of Secretary of Defense James Mattis that was published last Thursday revealed much of the Deep State mindset that has produced the foreign policy catastrophes of the past seventeen years. Mattis, an active duty general in the Marine Corps who reportedly occasionally reads books, received a lot of good press during his […]

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President Donald Trump Surprise Speech to Troops in Iraq (Full Speech Video)…

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump deliver remarks to U.S. military during a surprise visit to Al Asad Air Base in Iraq. During his remarks President Trump outlines his determination to remove U.S. military from Syria and to hold regional allies accountable to retain stability and security. Additionally President Trump directly addresses the […]

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Trump Scores, Breaks Generals’ 50-Year War Record by Gareth Porter…

The mainstream media has attacked President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria as impulsive, blindsiding his own national security team. But detailed, published accounts of the policy process over the course of the year tell a very different story. They show that senior national security officials and self-interested institutions have been playing […]

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OPINION: Trump Critics of Syria Withdrawal Fueled Rise of ISIS by Max Blumenthal

President Donald Trump’s announcement of an imminent withdrawal of US troops from northeastern Syria summoned a predictable paroxysm of outrage from Washington’s foreign policy establishment. Former Secretary of State and self-described “hair icon” Hillary Clinton perfectly distilled the bipartisan freakout into a single tweet, accusing Trump of “isolationism” and “playing into Russia and Iran’s hands.” […]

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Trump Orders Major Afghan Drawdown: 7,000 Troops oo Return Home in Coming Weeks…

CNN warns “officials brace for Trump announcement on Afghanistan” after Trump’s Wednesday bombshell Syria troop pullout announcement. He’s now initiated “a major drawdown” of forces in Afghanistan too, and while inside the beltway neocon heads might continue to explode, the broader public for which the seventeen year long Afghan war is deeply unpopular will no […]

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‘First Step Act’ Is Now Law…

President Trump delivers remarks during the First Step Act Bill Signing. The president talks about border security, the border wall and the likelihood of a government shutdown. The FIRST STEP Act was championed by Jared Kushner, and passed through Congress with bipartisan support. President Trump saluted his allies in the White House and in Congress […]

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James ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis’s Resignation Letter…

Dear Mr. President: I have been privileged to serve as our country’s 26th Secretary of Defense which has allowed me to serve alongside our men and women of the Department in defense of our citizens and our ideals. I am proud of the progress that has been made over the past two years on some […]

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Trump’s Decision to Finally Leave Syria, a Proxy War Never Approved by Congress, Was No ‘Surprise’…

In 1966, in the midst of the Vietnam War, Vermont Senator George Aiken recommended that President Lyndon Johnson simply “declare victory and get out.” While what Aiken actually said was more complex (because the U.S. couldn’t win militarily, he implied, it should stop deploying troops and start deploying diplomats), his statement is commonly cited as […]

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Triple-Amputee Air Force Veteran on Mission to Raise $1B for U.S.-Mexico Border Wall…

A triple amputee U.S. military veteran says he was inspired to raise money for President Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall after reading a New York Post article that questioned why no one had taken up the mantle. In just three days, Brian Kolfage’s GoFundMe campaign “We The People Will Fund The Wall,” has racked up more […]

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WHY TRUMP DECIDED TO REMOVE U.S. TROOPS FROM SYRIA by b…

Last Friday President Trump had another long phonecall with the Turkish President Erdogan. Thereafter he overruled all his advisors and decided to remove the U.S. boots from Syria and to also end the air war. This was the first time Trump took a decisive stand against the borg, the permanent neoconservative and interventionist establishment in […]

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