Ray Epps Instigated Breaching of the Capitol – Is He an FBI Asset? His Lawyer Says No
Ray Epps, the former Marine Sergeant from Arizona at the center of a controversy that sees him as a potential informant for the FBI, or asset for another government agency, was video taped inciting others to riot at the Capitol on January 6. But he didn’t only incite rioting, the Trump cap-wearing Epps specifically and […]
Fox News Host Jeanine Pirro Lands New Gig
Jeanine Pirro has hosted a Saturday evening program on Fox News Channel for more than a decade. That’s all about to change. Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott has announced that Pirro has become the latest co-host on “The Five.” According to Fox, the show’s liberal seat will rotate between Geraldo Rivera, Harold Ford Jr. […]
Democrats Optimistic Garland Will Prosecute Trump
Senate Democrats believe there’s a good chance that the Justice Department will prosecute former President Donald Trump. Senators have pinned their hopes on U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland filing charges against Trump. First, for trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election. And second, for inciting the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. […]
Republican Congressman John Katko Announces Retirement
Rep. John Katko (R-N.Y.) will not seek reelection in 2022. Katko, a moderate Republican representing a center-left district in Upstate New York (including the city of Syracuse) likely faced long odds in 2022 thanks to redistricting. So far, the proposed congressional maps in New York have made Katko’s district more unfavorable for the GOP. Katko […]
Trump and DeSantis Feud Over COVID Response
Donald Trump took the first shot earlier this week. The former president called politicians who keep their COVID booster status secret “gutless.” Though Trump didn’t mention DeSantis by name it was clear who he was referring to. WATCH: In response to Trump’s thinly-veiled shot, DeSantis said on Friday that he regretted not opposing the Trump […]
The City Turned Upside Down
“The image of this supposed danger beset and tortured the minds of the people far more than the real and existing danger.” I keep coming back to 19th century author Alessandro Manzoni writing about the 17th century plague in Italy. From his book: The Bethrothed. Rumors started of unclean people spreading the plague: “The city, already […]
US State Department Bashes China’s Illegal and Coercive South China Sea Claims
In a follow-up to an identically titled research report from 2014, the U.S. State Department has produced a detailed new legal analysis bashing Communist China’s illegal vaguely-defined “nine-dash line” claims on the South China Sea. SEE ALSO: Putin’s Threat to Our Undersea Cables Could ‘Black Out’ the West and Cripple Society The new 47-page research paper, ‘Limits in the Seas,’ the […]
Next Generation Squad Weapon Being Made Available to Civilians, Too
Even if the U.S. Army doesn’t adopt Sig Sauer’s next generation squad weapon, a commercial version will be available to civilians soon. The Army has yet to pick a winning design to replace the classic M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) and M4 Carbine with one rifle. But a decision is expected soon, and Sig Sauer […]
Biden’s DOJ Escalating Prosecutions by Charging Some Capitol Rioters With ‘Seditious Conspiracy’
ANALYSIS – For the first time in the year-long investigation into the violence on January 6, 2021, the Biden Justice Department (DOJ) has filed sedition charges against members of one group that attacked the Capitol. On Thursday the FBI arrested the founder and leader of the Oath Keepers, Stewart Rhodes, charging him and 10 others with seditious conspiracy. This […]