political games
Someone Leaked Classified Transcripts Of Trump’s Phone Calls With Foreign Leaders
The Washington Post on Thursday published portions of classified transcripts of combative phone calls President Trump had earlier this year with the leaders of Mexico and Australia. The transcripts portray acrimonious conversations between Trump and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, largely on the issues of immigration, border wall funding…
Read MoreIran to America: Stop Worrying About Us, Your Government Is About to Collapse
Iranian officials have struck back at the Trump administration’s verbal attacks on Iran, suggesting the U.S. should worry about its own domestic problems before turning a critical eye towards them. According to al-Monitor, an arguably pro-Tehran media site: “Iranian officials have condemned US Secretary of Defense James Mattis for calling for regime change in Iran. During an interview with a high school newspaper,…
Read MoreHouse Democrat Just Filed Articles Of Impeachment Against Trump
One month after Texas Democratic Rep. Al Green grandstanded on the floor “I do not do this for political purposes,” a second Democrat has now formally introduced his own article of impeachment against Trump. California Rep Brad Sherman follows the same path as Green, accusing the president of obstructing justice during the federal investigation of Russia’s 2016 election…
Read MoreTrump Is Losing The Russian Political Game Obama Started
Russia is getting irritated at the United States’ unwillingness to give back two Russian intelligence compounds seized in the United States because of Barack Obama’s temper tantrum and manufactured narrative. Since the US refuses to act to stabilize relations with the former Soviet Union, and return property seized because of an emotional outburst over Hillary…
Read MoreThe Worst Financial Nightmare In Illinois History Erupts As State Comptroller Declares ‘We Are In Massive Crisis Mode’
Margaret Thatcher once said that the big problem with socialist governments is that “they always run out of other people’s money”, and unfortunately we are witnessing this play out in a major way in the state of Illinois right now. At this point, the Illinois state government has more than 15 billion dollars of unpaid…
Read MorePeace Through Mutual Blackmail: Is That What’s Happening in Washington?
In the last few days, the campaign to impeach Donald Trump has quieted down. We’ll see what happens; but is this breathing space and pause the result of a stalemate? Do both sides have “control files” on each other? Is the underlying proposition, “I won’t spill your secrets if you won’t spill mine”? I now…
Read MoreWant Donald Trump Impeached? Be Careful What You Wish For
Some of you out there really, really hate President Trump. Some of you despise the guy so much you want him impeached, and are looking for any reason to make that happen. Heck, some of you were talking about impeaching him before he was the Republican nominee. But there’s an old saying, and I think…
Read MoreWhat If Everything We’re Being Told About U.S.-North Korea Tensions Is Wrong?
Ask and you shall receive. For weeks upon weeks on end, the American populace has watched Donald Trump and his administration, along with pundits in the corporate media, drone on about how China should step up its game in the effort to thwart North Korea’s nuclear ambitions. From the Washington Post on Tuesday: “A North Korean…
Read MoreTrump Accuses Sally Yates Of Leaking “Classified Information Into The Newspapers”
Later today at 2:30 PM EST, former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates and Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee to answer more questions about Russian Interference in the 2016 United States Election. As it turns out, President Trump has a couple of suggested additions to the question…
Read MoreNorth Korea Accuses CIA Of Plotting A “Biochemical Attack” Against Kim Jong-Un
In the latest verbal fireworks involving the Pacific Rim’s most unstable nation, overnight North Korea accused the CIA and the South Korea National Intelligence service of supporting a terrorist cell plotting to kill its “supreme leadership” with a bio-chemical weapon and said such a “pipe-dream” could never succeed. According to AFP, the North’s Ministry of…
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