The war on Yemen moved towards the most violent form of war. A siege on a whole country with the obvious intent to cause a genocidal famine of the resisting population. The attacking nations, the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Britain and the UAE, planned to grab Yemen’s resources but failed in their war. They are now […]
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Notorious Boston Gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger Found Dead in West Virginia Prison…
James “Whitey” Bulger, the murderous Boston gangster who benefited from a corrupt relationship with the FBI before spending 16 years as one of America’s most wanted men, died in federal prison. He was 89. Bulger was found unresponsive Tuesday morning at the U.S. penitentiary in West Virginia where he’d just been transferred, and a medical […]
Inside the Pentagon’s Plan for Stopping the “Migrant Invasion”…
The White House’s latest “troop surge” to the border will ensure that more than 7,000 National Guard and active duty troops are waiting at 26 crossing points in Texas, Arizona and California to intercept members of the migrant caravan that’s slowly making its way from Honduras to the US’s southern border with Mexico. While most […]
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Can Trump End Birthright Citizenship by Executive Order?…
On substance, I believe President Trump is right on birthright citizenship — the 14th Amendment does not require it. I do not believe, however, that the president may change the interpretation of the 14th Amendment, which has been in effect for decades, by executive order, as he is reportedly contemplating. My friend John Eastman explained […]
Sen Lindsey Graham to Introduce Legislation to End Birthright Citizenship…
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday said that he will introduce legislation to end birthright citizenship after President Trump suggested he wanted to do so through an executive order. “Finally, a president willing to take on this absurd policy of birthright citizenship. I’ve always supported comprehensive immigration reform — and at the same time — […]
Mattis Holds Presser…Covers Russia, China, Yemen, Syria and More…
Mattis goes right into how he sees Chinese and Russian foreign policy (US competitors in 2018 NDS) – China “seems to want … tribute states around it”…Russia seeks security by creating “insecurity around other nations”. Mattis characterizes NATO as “getting stronger”. Mattis says getting peace process on track in Yemen is “foremost” on Middle East […]
5 Freed from U.S. Military Prison Now in Qatar Office Negotiating Taliban’s Peace Pact…
Five members of the Afghan Taliban who were freed from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in exchange for captured American army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl have joined the insurgent group’s political office in Qatar, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Tuesday. They will now be among Taliban representatives negotiating for peace in Afghanistan, a sign […]
Pompeo: China Is Buying an ‘Empire’…
Chinese President Xi Jinping is trying to buy an “empire” through predatory loans to poor countries around the world, according to the top U.S. diplomat. “When China shows up with bribes to senior leaders in countries in exchange for infrastructure projects that will harm the people of that nation, then this idea of a treasury-run […]
U.S. Citizen, Detained Without Charge by Trump Administration for a Year, Is Free…
An American illegally detained in Iraq by the U.S. military for more than a year has finally won his freedom. On Sunday, after a long court battle, the Trump administration let our client go. Under a settlement agreement, he was released in a third country, where he will once again be a free man. Parts […]
Some 5,200 U.S. Troops Deploying to Southern Border…
Roughly 5,200 U.S. troops will be deploying to the southern border in response to the migrant caravan pushing north through Mexico, U.S. officials told Fox News on Monday. “We’ll reinforce along priority points of entry so as to enhance [Border Patrol]’s ability to harden and secure the border,” Air Force Gen. Terrence O’Shaughnessy, head of […]
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800 U.S. TROOPS DEPLOYED TO SOUTHERN BORDER…
As Mexican authorities do little to stop the ‘migrant caravan’ from cross southern Mexico, Defense Secretary James Mattis is reportedly preparing to order an additional 800 troops to the southern border as soon as Thursday, CNN reported. The order comes after President Trump threatened earlier this month to send troops to the border to stop […]
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Bill to Halt Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia Over Khashoggi Killing Introduced in U.S. Congress…
Almost two dozen United States members of Congress introduced a bill that would suspend future US arms sales to Saudi Arabia in response to the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The bill, introduced in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday, also includes a prohibition on security assistance, intelligence, training and equipment, but does not […]
Gutting Habeas Corpus: The Inside Story of How Bill Clinton Sacrificed Prisoners’ Rights for Political Gain…
On the eve of the New York state primary last month, as Hillary Clinton came closer to the Democratic nomination, Vice President Joe Biden went on TV and defended her husband’s 1994 crime bill. Asked in an interview if he felt shame for his role passing a law that has been the subject of so […]
Boston Marathon Bomber’s Hospital Interrogation Submitted as Part of Death Penalty Appeal…
A child and two women were dead, killed when two bombs detonated at the Boston Marathon finish line more than five years ago. An MIT Police officer was dead, shot and killed for his handgun. Tamerlan Tsarnaev was dead, killed during a shootout with police in Watertown. And now FBI agents were in a Boston […]
The Uncertain Future of the INF Treaty…
Signed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987, the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty is the only Cold War-era U.S.-Soviet arms control agreement that remains in force today. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, at which point all U.S. and Soviet INF missiles had been eliminated, the […]
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White Helmets Members, Experts Killed in Huge Blast at Chemical Workshop in Northwestern Syria…
The Arabic-language website of Russia’s state news agency, Sputnik, quoted well-informed sources as disclosing that a huge blast broke out at a workshop of the terrorists used for making chemicals in the small town of Tarmanin in Northern Idlib near the border with Turkey. It further said that the workshop included a large volume of […]
U.S. General Shot in Taliban Attack in Afghanistan…
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Smiley was shot in a Taliban attack that killed two Afghan leaders in Kandahar province last week, the Pentagon has confirmed. Cdr. Grant Neeley, a North Atlantic Treaty Organization Resolute Support spokesperson, and a U.S. defense official both confirmed the incident to Fox News on Sunday, but did not provide […]
Syria – U.S. (Again) Only Pretends to Fight Islamic State…
The U.S. occupation force and its Kurdish proxy SDF in northeastern Syria are supposed to fight the Islamic State in its last hold out northeast of Euphrates. But the operations against the handful of towns ISIS (grey) still holds – launched only after long and unexplained delays – shows little progress. Last week it received […]
Nearly a Decade Awaiting Trial, Now Freed…
In the first test of a newly signed law that significantly narrows California’s felony murder rule, a judge today ordered the immediate release of a man who has spent nearly a decade awaiting trial in double murder. Neko Wilson, now 36, had initially faced the death penalty in connection with the July 2009 murders of […]
This Is What Saudi Arabia’s Influence Network in Washington Looks Like…
One of the quieter revelations of the investigation by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III is the murky world of foreign lobbying. Among the charges faced by President Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was that he failed to report income earned from his lobbying efforts on behalf of Ukrainian officials. What was unusual about […]
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