Russia ‘Closely Monitoring’ Venezuela Crisis As US Builds Up 16,000 Troops Off Coast

Via Zero Hedge by Tyler Durden Russia says it is closely monitoring the situation in Venezuela at a moment of unprecedented build-up of military assets threatening the country which possesses the world’s largest crude oil reserves. Responding to a weekend Washington Post report saying that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has requested military assistance from Moscow, especially missiles and radars, Kremlin Spokesman […]

Virginia Judge Strikes Down Universal Background Check Law

Via The Truth About Guns by Scott Witner A Virginia circuit court has handed gun owners a major victory by striking down the state’s universal background check law. The ruling permanently halts enforcement across the Commonwealth, marking a landmark victory for the Second Amendment and for Gun Owners of America (GOA), Gun Owners of America Foundation (GOF), […]

America’s Cyber Command Is Leaderless – And That’s A National Security Risk

PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – We are under cyberattack every day. ‘Heartbreaking’ lack of a confirmed leader is impacting CYBERCOM and NSA. It’s been seven months since the Trump administration fired the Cyber Command leader who was also the director of the National Security Agency. With no nominee yet, lots of highly qualified patriots are raising […]

Suspects Charged In Foiled Halloween Terror Attack After Lawyer Claimed Plot ‘Never Existed’

Two Michigan men have been charged in a foiled ISIS-inspired terror attack that allegedly would have involved a massacre in a Detroit suburb on Halloween, according to an FBI affidavit. Mohmed Ali, of Dearborn, Michigan, and Majed Mahmoud are accused of plotting to launch a terror-inspired mass shooting codenamed “pumpkin,” according to court documents. The suspects have […]

Senate Vote Fails To End Shutdown After Trump’s SNAP Policy Flip

No Breakthrough After 14 Votes WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate failed for the 14th time to pass a bill to fund the government, pushing the federal shutdown into the longest stretch in American history. As The Hill reports: The Senate on Tuesday shot down a bill to reopen the federal government for the 14th time, […]