North Carolina Democrat To Switch Parties – Hand GOP Supermajority: Report

Republican lawmakers in one state capitol are on the cusp of a decisive victory. According to multiple reports, lawmakers in the North Carolina House of Representatives say one Democrat is preparing to jump ship and change their party affiliation to Republican. The move would give the GOP a veto-proof majority in North Carolina General Assembly, […]

Who’s Actually Responsible For The Fiscal State Of Our Union?

The federal budget is (very) slowly working its way through Congress with a fiscal year-end deadline in September. While Congress has an ingrained, bipartisan habit of missing that deadline, the budget preliminaries have provided at least one clear assessment of why we’re in such a fiscal mess. In testimony before the House Budget Committee, Tax […]

Trump Indictment Unsealed

Former President Donald Trump has been processed and arraigned before a judge on more than two dozen felony charges. To some observers, Trump’s appearance before Judge Juan Merchan signified one of the few times in his adult life when he entered a room and wasn’t in control. Indeed, as a defendant in criminal court, Trump […]

Kremlin Arrests Woman For Allegedly Blowing Up Pro-War Russian Blogger

ANALYSIS – Warning: false flag, Kremlin intrigue or something else?  Russia’s Investigative Committee – the country’s top state criminal investigation agency – announced the arrest of a 26-year-old woman, Daria Trepova, for the assassination of the pro-war 40-year-old Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky. The blogger was killed in a bomb blast at a St Petersburg […]

Report: Senior ISIS Leader Killed By US Strike

The United States has successfully carried out a military strike to kill a senior Islamic State leader. The “unilateral” strike in northwest Syria, carried out Monday, killed Khalid ‘Aydd Ahmad al-Jabouri, CENTCOM head Gen. Erik Kurilla said in the statement.  The statement noted that al-Jabouri was a senior ISIS figure who “was responsible for planning ISIS attacks into Europe and […]

Angering Putin – Finland Membership Bolsters NATO Against Russia In North

TUESDAY PDB – Finland doubling NATO’s border with Russia in blow to Putin. The blue-and-white Finnish flag rises outside NATO headquarters Tuesday afternoon, making Finland a member and doubling Russia’s border with the world’s biggest security alliance. Four maps explain how Finland could alter NATO’s security. The move will transform Europe’s security landscape for years to come […]

Tennessee GOP Moves To Expel House Democrats Over Link To Unruly Capitol Protest

Multiple Tennessee state Democrats are on the brink of expulsion, an extraordinarily rare move in the Volunteer State Capitol. Last week, hundreds of protesters stormed the Capitol demanding the Republican-led Statehouse pass gun control measures in response to the Covenant school shooting that resulted in the deaths of six innocent people, including three children. (RELATED: […]

Larry Hogan’s Ex-Chief Of Staff Dead After FBI Standoff

The manhunt for former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s ex-chief of staff ended yesterday in Knoxville, Tennessee, following a confrontation with the FBI. The chase for Roy McGrath kicked off with the FBI executing a search warrant at his Florida home after he failed to appear in Baltimore for the start of his criminal trial. McGrath […]