Is President Trump about to invade Venezuela? His advisors keep telling us in ever-stronger terms that all options are on the table and that US military intervention to restore Venezuelas constitution may be necessary. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was on the Sunday news programs to claim that President Trump could launch a military attack Continue reading A Nuclear War? Over Venezuela?Russian gun rights activist and graduate exchange student Maria Butina was sentenced to 18 months in prison last week for conspiracy to act as a foreign agent without registering. Her crime was to work to make connections among American gun rights activists in hopes of building up her organization, the Right to Bear Arms, when Continue reading Why is Maria Butina in Prison?Last weeks arrest of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange by the British government on a US extradition order is an attack on all of us. It is an attack on the US Constitution. It is an attack on the free press. It is an attack on free speech. It is an attack on our right to Continue reading Julian Assange: Political PrisonerThis week President Trump admitted what the Washington policy establishment of both parties would rather be kept quiet. Asked why he intervened to block a new round of sanctions on North Korea, he told the media that he believes the people of North Korea have suffered enough. "They are suffering greatly in North Korea And Continue reading Trump Tells the Truth: Sanctions Cause People to SufferLast week Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ordered the last of the US diplomats out of Venezuela, saying their presence was a constraint on US policy toward the country. The wording seemed intended to convey the idea that the US is about to launch military action to place a Washington-backed, self-appointed politician to the presidency. Continue reading Is Trump Really About To Attack Venezuela?President Trumps second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un last week was criticized by both parties in Washington long before Air Force One even touched down in Hanoi. Washingtons political class seemed terrified that the nearly 70 year state of war with North Korea might actually end. In the end the only positive thing Continue reading Did Bolton Blow North Korea?In a fitting legacy for my friend Walter Jones, Jr. who passed away last week, the US House made history by voting in favor of H.J.Res. 37, a resolution Directing the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress. As George ONeill wrote Continue reading Walter Jones and the Vote to End US War on YemenLast weeks bipartisan Senate vote to rebuke President Trump for his decision to remove troops from Syria and Afghanistan unfortunately tells us a lot about what is wrong with Washington, DC. While the two parties loudly bicker about minor issues, when it comes to matters like endless wars overseas they enthusiastically join together. With few Continue reading President Starts a War? Congress Yawns. Threatens to End One? Condemnation!Last week President Trump announced that the United States would no longer recognize Nicholas Maduro as president of Venezuela and would recognize the head of its national assembly, Jose Guaido, as president instead. US thus openly backs regime change. But what has long been a dream of the neocons may well turn out to be Continue reading Trumps Venezuela FiascoIm starting to wonder whether President Trump has any power over US foreign policy at all. Many people believe that the US president is just a figurehead, with actual foreign policy firmly in the hands of the deep state. Trumps latest dramatic U-turn on pulling troops from Syria certainly feeds such theories. When President Trump Continue reading Trumps Neocons Reverse His Syria Withdrawal Plan

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