President Donald Trump is under fire for choosing to attend high-profile events in Florida rather than participating in the dignified transfer ceremony at Dover Air Force Base for four U.S. service members killed during a training exercise in Lithuania. The fallen soldiers—Staff Sergeants Troy S. Knutson-Collins, Jose Duenez Jr., Edvin F. Franco and Private First […]
The crackdown continues… Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau confirmed Thursday that the State Department revoked visas held by members of a Mexican band. Landau accused the band of Los Alegres del Barranco, of “glorifying a drug kingpin” when they projected an image of El Mencho onto a screen at a recent concert in Mexico. […]
The internet—once a democratizing force akin to the Gutenberg press—was slowly transformed into a gated estate, where the gatekeepers carried blue checkmarks and the speech codes echoed more of Pyongyang than Philadelphia. I speak not in abstraction, but from experience, having been deplatformed, demonetized and digitally tarred for the high crime of asking questions. It […]
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States by Monday, April 7, following his wrongful deportation to El Salvador’s CECOT “mega prison,” home to 10,000 to 20,000 thousand of the country’s most violent criminals. Judge Paula Xinis labeled the deportation as “unlawful,” emphasizing that Abrego Garcia […]
Former Vice President Kamala Harris hinted at another run for political office during a rare public address. Former Vice President Harris made a surprise appearance at a leadership summit for Black women in California on Thursday “I’m not going anywhere,” Harris said during her nearly 8-minute speech at the Leading Women Defined gathering. WATCH: Harris did not mention her […]
“Show me the man and I will show you the crime.” Lavrentiy Beria, Stalin’s infamous secret police chief, uttered those words not as satire but as standard operating procedure. In the Soviet Union, guilt was not discovered but assigned. What mattered was not justice but control. In the United States, we like to imagine we […]
On Friday, President Donald Trump announced he is signing an executive order to extend TikTok’s operation in the United States by an additional 75 days. Originally mandated by Congress to be divested from China by Jan. 19 or face a ban due to national security concerns, Trump unilaterally extended the deadline to allow more time […]
President Donald Trump’s deportation policies could potentially provide a wage boost to blue collar workers, with some estimates suggesting a 17 percent increase in labor costs, according to a report by The New York Times. The article highlights how a loss of migrant labor due to increased deportations could raise wages in the construction industry, […]
Does President Donald Trump make national security staffing decisions based on research compiled by right-wing activists? Maybe he does. And maybe he should. Especially if the White House’s own vetting has been lax. But the reasons should be valid. Following a White House visit from activist journalist Laura Loomer, up to 10 officials from Trump’s National […]
Vietnam’s general secretary of the Communist Party, To Lam, engaged in a phone call with President Donald Trump on Friday, expressing Hanoi’s desire to eliminate tariffs in a prospective trade agreement with the United States. President Trump characterized the conversation as “very productive,” noting that To Lam indicated Vietnam’s willingness to reduce tariffs to zero, […]
Via Zero Hedge by Tyler Durden Various international reports have said that the White House is seriously considering Iran’s proposal for indirect nuclear talks, however, on Tuesday the U.S. slapped more sanctions on the Islamic Republic as part of the Trump’s restored “maximum pressure” campaign. The Treasury Department in this latest move sanctioned several entities based in Iran, […]
Congress Demands To Know: Who Is Swatting Conservative Activists?
The U.S. House Oversight Committee’s Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement is investigating after a rise of “swatting” attacks on conservative activists, in which police are called to a home after a false report of a hostage situation, in the hopes the police will shoot and kill the surprised residents. Subcommittee Chairman Clay Higgins (R-La.) has […]