President Trump promised a lot during his presidential campaign, but the one promise he made most often was to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. No need to recount all the times; suffice it to say, Trump promised over and over and over that he would build the wall — and that Mexico would […]
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A Small Pennsylvania Town Lost a Son in Combat. We Saw How They Remembered Him Firsthand…
Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin, the special tactics airman who was killed along with three other U.S. troops in Afghanistan late last month, reflected the place he was raised as much as a person could. He hailed from Beaver County, Pennsylvania, a region of tough, practical people about 10 miles down the Ohio […]
REVEALED: There Were Two CIA Torture Programs by Jeffrey Kaye…
A major aspect of the CIA’s detention and interrogation operations has been purposefully hidden from view, primarily due to secrecy guidelines that make it illegal for anyone “read into” the program to reveal even its very existence. Recent declassified documents make clear that there was not one, but two CIA torture programs. These programs used […]
“Yes, Virginia, There Is A Deep State!” by Ray McGovern…
A year ago yesterday, it became fully clear what was behind the feverish attempt by our intelligence agencies and their mainstream media accomplices to emasculate President Donald Trump with the Russia-gate trope. It turned out that the objective was not only to delegitimize Trump and make it impossible for him to move toward a more […]
Loophole in Bernie Sanders’ Yemen Bill Actually Allows Continued US Involvement in Yemen…
While SJR 54 claims to be aimed at achieving “the removal of United State Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress,” it contains a major loophole that will allow the majority of U.S. troops in Yemen – if not all – to stay. Last week, many […]
The Maria Butina Case Is Not About Spying…
Why did U.S. authorities bother to pursue a Russian gun-rights activist for activities they could easily have ignored? The answer should worry you. Two things stand out in this week’s plea deal of Maria Butina, the Russian citizen branded by U.S. media as an “accused spy.” The description of her offense by federal prosecutors doesn’t […]
ICE Arrested More Than 80,000 Illegal Immigrants in 2018 with DUI Charges, Convictions…
More than a quarter of a million people illegally present in the United States were removed from the country in fiscal year 2018, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Approximately half of the 158,000 people arrested by ICE — 80,730 — had been charged or convicted of driving under the influence, according to the […]
Broward Sheriff’s Sergeant Called ‘an absolute, total failure’ as Parkland Shooting Panel Slams Agency…
The state commission investigating the Parkland school shooting agreed Thursday to strengthen its criticism of the Broward Sheriff’s Office’s weak initial response to the massacre. The commission, meeting in Tallahassee, spent the morning going through its draft report on the law enforcement response and agreed to further highlight the Sheriff’s Office failures in command, training […]
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo U.N. Press Conference (Video and Transcript)…
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks to the media following his presentation to the U.N. surrounding ongoing issues with Iran, the failed JCPOA and the updated U.S. sanction policy. SECRETARY POMPEO: Good afternoon, everyone. We had a productive Security Council meeting where the United States made clear that Iran’s ballistic missile activity is out […]
Senate Votes to Withdraw Support for Saudi War in Yemen in Rebuke to Trump…
The Senate passed a resolution Thursday withdrawing congressional support for the continued U.S. backing of a Saudi-led coalition’s ongoing proxy war against Iranian-funded rebel forces in Yemen, in a strong rebuke to the Trump administration. A bipartisan coalition of Senators, motivated largely by opposition to Saudi Arabia’s extrajudicial killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul […]
Maria Butina: Russian Activist Pleads Guilty. Cooperating with Prosecutors…
A Russian woman accused in the US of acting as an agent for the Kremlin to infiltrate political groups has pleaded guilty in a deal with prosecutors. Gun rights activist Maria Butina, 30, admitted a single count of conspiracy at a court in Washington DC. She allegedly tried to infiltrate the National Rifle Association (NRA) […]
DEA Agent Arrested for Participating in Decade-Long Narcotics Conspiracy and Providing Firearms to Drug Trafficking Organization…
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector in Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”), Ari C. Shapira, Special Agent in Charge of the Miami Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”), and […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE: Jury Recommends Life Sentence for Fields…
A Charlottesville jury on Tuesday recommended that James Alex Fields, Jr spend the rest of his life in prison for the Aug. 12, 2017 killing of Heather Heyer in a car attack that injured 35 others. The jury recommended a life sentence and a $100,000 fine for the first-degree murder conviction in Heyer’s death, plus […]
Russia Deploys Nuclear-Capable Tu-160 Bombers to Venezuela…
Previously US defense officials warned that Russia was preparing to deploy nuclear-capable Tu-160 Blackjack bombers to Venezuela this week in continuation of scheduled training, but which Pentagon leaders see as a provocation, given both countries are under sanction and seen as “rogue” states. This comes as President Nicolas Maduro, who is overseeing one of Venezuela’s […]
Trump Names State Spokeswoman Nauert for UN Ambassador…
President Donald Trump announced on Dec. 7, he’s nominating State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. “Heather Nauert will be nominated,” Trump said Friday before departing the White House on Marine One for an event in Kansas City. “She’s very talented, very smart, very quick, and I […]
Supreme Court Turns Down Challenge to the Border Wall…
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up a challenge to President Donald Trump’s border wall Monday, which asserted that the administration violated the Constitution when it exempted border barrier projects from environmental regulations. The plaintiffs warn of adverse effects to local ecosystems should the administration raise a wall along the border with Mexico. It’s […]
Why Can the CIA Assassinate People?…
Given that we have all been born and raised under a regime that has the CIA, hardly anyone questions the power of the CIA to assassinate people. The CIA’s power of assassination has become a deeply established part of American life. Yet, the Constitution, which called the federal government into existence and established its powers, […]
Over 400 Migrants Cross Border, Surrender to Border Patrol in Texas…
More than 400 people illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border into Texas on Dec. 3 and surrendered to U.S. Border Patrol agents in El Paso. Agent Fidel Baca, a spokesman for the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), told the El Paso Times that a group of men, women, and children turned themselves in to the […]
Hide, Deny, Spin, Threaten: How the School District Tried to Mask Failures That Led to Parkland High School Shooting…
Immediately after 17 people were murdered inside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the school district launched a persistent effort to keep people from finding out what went wrong. For months, Broward schools delayed or withheld records, refused to publicly assess the role of employees, spread misinformation and even sought to jail reporters who published the […]
Retired Anti-Gun Justice Reveals Attempts to Thwart Landmark Heller Decision…
Few Supreme Court justices have been as avowedly opposed to the Second Amendment as John Paul Stevens, who retired from the high court in June 2010. Stevens wrote a lengthy dissent to the landmark decision of District of Columbia v. Heller and to its follow-up, McDonald v. Chicago. He then continued to advocate against those […]
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