The State Department is launching a $40 million initiative to crack down on foreign propaganda and disinformation amid widespread concerns about future Russian efforts to interfere in elections. The department announced Monday that it signed a deal with the Pentagon to transfer $40 million from the Defense Department’s coffers to bolster the Global Engagement Center, […]
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Trump Tells Pentagon to Plan for Military Parade on Veterans Day…
President Donald Trump wants to hold his proposed military parade on Veterans Day, a date that would increase significance to the first public U.S. military procession since the Gulf War’s end. Trump directed Pentagon planners to organize a Nov. 11 parade in the nation’s capital, according to an unclassified memo National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster […]
Tough New Sanctions on North Korea…
In announcing new sanctions Friday against North Korea, President Trump made it clear that the communist nation will pay a big price for stockpiling nuclear weapons and long-range missiles that pose a threat to the U.S. and other countries. The president spoke to the Conservative Political Action Conference about the tough new sanctions designed to […]
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My First Day as CIA Director by Ray McGovern…
Now that I have been nominated again – this time by author Paul Craig Roberts – to be CIA director, I am preparing to hit the ground running. Last time my name was offered in nomination for the position – by The Nation publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel – I did not hold my breath waiting […]
The Problem is America: The Malignant Cultural Hegemony by Phil Butler…
What is wrong with the American people? After several years of horrific policy toward the waking world, democracy’s standard bearers seem to be drowning in a lake of selfishness. Distracted, apathetic, or simply dumbed and numbed by unrelenting propaganda, the most admired society on Earth has turned to a wriggling mush of diverging ideals. I […]
Investigation Reveals U.S. Weapons for Sale on Syrian Terrorist Website…
A wide assortment of US-supplied weapons ended up for sale on an online terrorist marketplace in Syria, a CNN investigation revealed on Tuesday. “Grenade launchers, heavy machine guns, thermal sniper scopes and body armor all appear on the jihadist channels, which also offer tips on encryption and even introduce smugglers to get people in and […]
‘Safest School in America’ Has $400K Security System. Should Other Schools Catch Up?…
A high school in suburban Indiana is taking extra steps to steel itself against such tragedy and has been called the “Safest School in America” for doing so. Southwestern High School in Shelbyville, Ind., was featured in a morning segment produced earlier this month by the Today Show. In the video, the school is depicted […]
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Bump Stock Prices Skyrocket after President Proposes Ban…
Bump stock prices have spiked following President Trump’s directive on Tuesday that the Justice Department (DOJ) draft regulations to ban the devices. Bump stocks can be used to allow semi-automatic guns to fire at speeds similar to automatic guns. After Trump’s proposed ban, bump stock prices quickly rose on the firearms auction website Gun Broker, […]
REPORT: MS-13 Spreads to 22 States, Fed by 300,000 Illegals…
The vicious MS-13 gang, stifled under former President George W. Bush, exploded during the Obama era fueled by 300,000 illegals, including those given amnesty under the DACA program, and has now been linked to crimes in 22 states, according to a new report. Since 2012, 207 murders have been tied to the gang called “Mara […]
That Story about a 20-Year-Old Who Said He Was ‘able to buy’ an AR-15 in 5 Minutes with No ID Is an Outright Lie…
A viral tweet this week alleging a 20-year-old with an expired ID was able to buy an AR-15 rifle in five minutes is a lie. It’s a damned lie. The viral tweet, which has been shared by more than 9,000 social media users, quotes a two-year-old blog post written by then-20-year-old blogger Cody Davis. The […]
What if the Iran Deal Was a Mistake?…
On May 15, 2015, just a few months before the U.S. and other world powers signed a nuclear deal with Iran, President Barack Obama convened what was to be a high-profile meeting of Middle East leaders at Camp David. King Salman of Saudi Arabia, however, was a no-show. King Hamad of Bahrain elected to go […]
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Improvised Explosive Device Found at Border Bridge to Texas…
Mexican authorities have confirmed the discovery of an active improvised explosive device (IED) at one of the international bridges connecting the border cities of Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas–the headquarters of the ruthless cartel known as Los Zetas. Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office issued a statement in regards to the recent discovery of the IED. […]
The Military, Flush with Cash, Is Asking Lawmakers for More Time to Spend it All…
The Pentagon is finally poised for a spending hike in March that could bankroll increased troop training and equipment maintenance, but the wrangling on Capitol Hill has delayed its annual budget by more than five months. Now, military leaders worry they might not have enough time in the remaining months of the fiscal year to […]
Grandmother Foils Alleged School Shooting Plot in Washington State…
Authorities arrested an 18-year-old in Washington State Tuesday whose grandmother discovered a journal with detailed plans to shoot his high school classmates, police said. Police arrested Joshua Alexander O’Connor, 18, at ACES High School on Tuesday on multiple charges, including attempted murder, the Associated Press reported. O’Connor’s grandmother called 911 Tuesday morning after noticing a […]
Criminal Justice Overhaul Advances Amid Grassley-Sessions Spat…
A bipartisan criminal justice bill easily won approval from the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, amid a rare public clash on the plan between Chairman Chuck Grassley and Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The legislation from Grassley (R-Iowa) and Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) cleared the Judiciary panel on a 16-5 vote. Six of the […]
Russia Slams Report of “Hundreds of Russian Fighters” Killed in Syria as Fake News…
Two days after Bloomberg reported that over 100 Russian fighters – mercenaries fighting on behalf of Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad – were killed in Syria on February 7 by US air strikes – the Russian foreign ministry slammed these reports about alleged “dozens” or “hundreds” killed Russian military servicemen in Syria as “classic disinformation” that […]
Sessions: Senate Amnesty Is ‘Mad Rush of Illegality’…
The immigration grand bargain the Senate will vote on as early as Thursday afternoon would “invite a mad rush of illegality,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday. Mr. Sessions said the deal would grant a future amnesty for illegal immigrants who haven’t even arrived in the U.S. yet, so those who can get into the […]
Senate Deal Grants Amnesty to FUTURE ILLEGALS…
The Senate’s new immigration compromise not only grants legal status to illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. before, but creates a new future amnesty that would even protect illegal immigrants who managed to sneak into the U.S. over the next four months, experts said. Not only would the bill enshrine Obama-era deportation rules, protecting […]
Court Orders Restoration of DACA Program…
A federal judge in New York ruled Tuesday that the government must restart the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals deportation amnesty, adding more weight to the legal case against President Trump’s phaseout of the program just as Congress is debating the fate of “Dreamers” on Capitol Hill. Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis said the administration […]
Preliminary Findings on U.S. Diplomats’ Health Problems in Cuba: Real But Still a Mystery…
Two University of Pennsylvania researchers who examined diplomatic personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Havana confirm they suffered brain injuries, but said the cases weren’t accompanied by head trauma as would have been expected. There are still no indications of what may have caused the diplomats’ mysterious symptoms. The report, published Wednesday in The Journal […]
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