The expected U.S. attack on Syria last night did not happen. Today U.S President Trump seemed to pull back from his earlier attempt to pressure Russia over a faked chemical incident in Ghouta, Syria: Trump – Never said when an attack on Syria would take place. Could be very soon or not so soon at […]
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Former Key Defense Intelligence Agency Official Resurfaces in AG Jeff Sessions Top Staff…
A key DIA official from within the White House National Security Council has resurfaced today as reports show Ezra Cohen-Watnick has been hired by Attorney General Jeff Sessions to assist on issues surrounding counterintelligence and counterterrorism – A former American intelligence official who came under intense scrutiny during a stint at the White House last […]
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Army Chief Says Transgender Service Is ‘Not a civil rights issue’…
The legal fight over transgender troops and a proposed Pentagon policy barring many from service is not an issue of civil rights, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said on Thursday. Milley told a Senate committee that soldiers voluntarily give up some civil rights when they enlist and that instead the transgender debate should […]
Report: AG Sessions Freezes Aid Program for Illegal Migrants…
The program, dubbed the Legal Orientation Program, paid various left-wing groups to provide immigration-court advice to migrants, according to the Washington Post. The program helped roughly 53,000 migrants during 2017, the Post said. The shutdown spotlights the administration’s efforts to reform the nation’s business-oriented immigration system, which annually delivers at least one million additional cheap […]
Tucker Carlson Takes on the Relentless Neocon/Neolib Warmongers…
Tucker Carlson needs to bop his low-information colleague Sean Hannity upside the head because he’s an idiot. Once again, the world is supposed to believe the guy who just negotiated a cease fire deal in Syria with Iran/Russia/Turkey decides he’s going to now poison his own people who have been held hostage by terrorists for […]
President Trump’s Exceptionally Well-Skilled Homeland Security Adviser, Tom Bossert, Removed by John Bolton…
It is being reported today that Tom Bossert has been forced to resign his position at the White House by newly appointed National Security Adviser John Bolton. There is absolutely nothing about this that is good news. This is not winning. According to Bloomberg’s Jennifer Jacobs (very reliable) Bossert was essentially fired from his position […]
Bank of America to Stop Lending to Military-Style Weapons…
A Bank of America executive announced Tuesday that the bank will stop lending money to companies that manufacture “military-style” rifles that are available for civilians to purchase. Anne Finucane, Bank of America’s vice chair, told Bloomberg TV that the bank doesn’t want to “underwrite or finance military-style firearms” and has told a number of gun […]
While We Were Sleeping, Russia, Iran and Turkey Made an Ominous Deal…
There can’t possibly be that many Russians of importance left to sanction. But President Donald Trump has laid more economic restrictions on Russia, Russians and Russian companies, described as the most punitive yet, for a variety of evil-doings in recent years. Forget for a moment that every president loudly announces such sanctions, which then are […]
Syria – Any U.S. Strike Will Lead to Escalation…
Yesterday’s alleged ‘gas attack’ in east Ghouta likely never happened. A video shows a number of presumably dead kids in a basement or dark apartment. Another video shows an undamaged yellow gas cylinder which, we are told, was dropped from some unseen helicopter and crashed through a concrete roof. We do not know when or […]
Mattis Approves Sending 4,000 National Guard Troops to U.S.-Mexico Border…
The National Guard will deploy up to 4,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border beginning Friday night, according to a newly signed memo from Defense Secretary James Mattis after President Trump called for troops to shore up the area until his border wall is built. The memo authorizes the use of Title 32 and Defense Department […]
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Trump May Have Just Ended ‘Catch and Release’ With a Stroke of the Pen…
A memorandum signed by President Trump on Friday could be the beginning of the end for America’s longstanding “catch and release” policy at the border. The memo gives the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies 45 days to detail “all measures that their respective departments have pursued or are pursuing to expeditiously end ‘catch […]
U.S. Deploys Three Carrier Battle Groups to Face-Off Against Chinese Aircraft Carrier in South China Sea…
Last week, we reported that satellite images had captured China’s only aircraft carrier in deployment, the Liaoning, flanked by 40 other warships and submarines, conducting unprecedented live-fire drills in the South China Sea. This massive Chinese naval exercise was observed for the first time, with China watchers pointing out that such a forceful display of […]
Secretive X-37B Military Space Plane Wings Past 200 Days in Orbit…
The U.S. Air Force’s X-37B space plane has winged past 200 days in orbit on its latest clandestine mission. That mission, known as Orbital Test Vehicle-5 (OTV-5), began Sept. 7, 2017, when the robotic spacecraft launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. According to Air Force officials, […]
Town Bypasses Constitution, U.S. Citizens Given 60 Days to Turn in Guns or Become Criminals…
As the state promises gun rights activists they’re not coming for their guns, behind the scences they’re pleading for it to happen. And now the feared gun grab is occurring. Residents in Deerfield, Illinois have 60 days to surrender their “assault weapons” or face fines of $1000 per day per gun. The gun ban ordinance […]
What the U.S. Really Wants from Russia…
The US’ recent multidimensional asymmetric offensive against all manner of Russian interests isn’t the random symptom of psychotic Russophobia that it’s being presented as, but is part of a comprehensive strategy for pressuring Moscow to abandon its close cooperation with China & Iran in exchange for a “New Détente”, a scenario that shouldn’t be ruled […]
National Guard Deployed to Support U.S.-Mexico Border Patrol…
President Donald J. Trump is authorizing the deployment of the National Guard to support the Border Patrol in its mission to protect our country and stop the stream of illegal immigration. To give our Border Patrol agents the support they deserve, President Trump is authorizing the deployment of National Guard units to the southern border […]
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The Taliban Keeps Stealing Night Vision Goggles from Afghan Troops — And the Pentagon Has No Idea What to Do…
U.S. military members often say “we own the night” due to their use of night vision devices, but the maxim no longer holds true. That’s because the Taliban has picked up much of that same tech, either by seizing it from slain Afghan troops or by acquiring it up on the black market. And while […]
4 Marines Die in a Helicopter Crash, the Second Marine Aircraft to Crash That Day…
Four Marines are presumed dead after their CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crashed in California during a training mission – the second Marine Corps aircraft crash on the same day, officials said. The helicopter from the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing went down near El Centro, California, around 2:35 p.m. local time on April 3, the Marines […]
TRUMP: “Until we can have a wall and proper security, we’re going to be guarding our border with the military”…
President Trump on Tuesday said that the U.S. will secure the southern border with the military until a wall can be built, calling the move a “big step.” Trump made the remarks during a meeting with Baltic leaders, where he said he had discussed the matter with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. “Until we can have […]
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Interventionistas Outraged over Trump’s Syria Withdrawal: “We took the oil. We’ve got to keep the oil”…
Regime change advocates, neocon beltway hawks, and all the usual armchair warrior zero-skin-in-the-game think tank interventionistas are in continued meltdown mode after Trump confirmed plans to withdraw American forces – some 2000+ troops and personnel – from Syria. On Friday the president told senior White House aides that US forces will be exiting Syria after […]
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