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White House Considers Afghan Troop Withdrawal
Amid consistent signaling that the administration will deploy several thousand additional soldiers to the Afghan war zone, inability to agree on a strategy has brought about discussion of a troop withdrawal, an option long thought to be beyond the pale for Washington policymakers. “It’s a macro question as to whether the U.S., this administration, and…
Read MoreRich White House Staffers Paid Handsome Salaries
Nearly half of the Trump administration’s White House staff will earn in excess of $100,000 per year, according to new salary details released last Friday. While some staff work pro bono, such as “First Daughter” Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner, 22 of Trump’s aides, including some with a net worth in the tens of…
Read MoreUS Foils Fake Chemical Attack It Predicted, Mainstream Media Pats Self on Back
Well, we can all rest easy — the chemical weapons attack mainstream media predicted Assad would carry out against his own people has been successfully thwarted by mainstream media, which credited mainstream media’s original pre-crisis reporting for successfully averting the crisis. Per Reuters: “U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Wednesday that the Syrian government…
Read MoreCourt: Permits Allowing DAPL to Cross Missouri River Violated Rights — And the Law
In a stunning turn of events in favor of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, a federal judge ruled Wednesday certain aspects of the approval of the Dakota Access Pipeline — which now crosses under the Missouri River’s Lake Oahe reservoir, source of the Tribe’s drinking water — violated the law. “This decision marks an important…
Read MoreFBI Director Comey Fired
The Director of the FBI under the Trump administration, James Comey, has been fired, White House officials say. “Today, President Donald J. Trump informed FBI Director James Comey that hes has been terminated and removed from office,” the White House said in a statement. Comey’s termination comes after he made inaccurate statements to Congress regarding Hillary…
Read MoreDow Chem Pushes Regulators to Scuttle Findings of Pesticide Study – Report
Dow Chemical is pressuring Trump Administration regulators to withdraw biological findings that show three insecticides used on America’s fruit and vegetables are toxic for nearly all threatened and endangered animals and plants, according to documents. The revelation comes from letters obtained by the Center for Biological Diversity, which show Dow’s lawyers asking the Trump administration…
Read MoreTrump Administration Begins Quiet Preparations For Government Shutdown
Even as Donald Trump is desperate to show to the US population, and especially his voter base, some actual achievement before his first 100 days run out next weekend, prompting him to tell AP that he will unveil a “tremendous” tax cut plan next week (recall he did the same in February), the Trump administration…
Read MoreNunes Calls Comey, Rogers For “Closed Session” After Finding “Concerning Info” In Intel Reports
Last night we highlighted a Fox News story which suggested that Devin Nunes expected the NSA to deliver a “smoking gun” which would prove that the Obama administration spied on the Trump transition team, and possibly the president-elect himself, as early as today. Moments ago, Nunes fanned that speculation by holding an impromptu press conference…
Read MoreTrump’s Labor Secretary Nominee Alexander Acosta Helped Infamous Pedophile Jeffrey Epstein Avoid Federal Charges
President Trump’s Labor secretary nominee Alexander Acosta will likely face some tough questioning at his upcoming Senate confirmation hearing over an unusual plea deal he oversaw for a billionaire sex offender while U.S. attorney in Miami. That billionaire sex offender is none other than the infamous Jeffrey Epstein. Last Thursday, Washington state Sen. Patty Murray,…
Read MoreWhy Trump’s Syria ‘Surge’ Will Fail
Last week President Trump significantly escalated the US military presence in Syria, sending some 400 Marines to the ISIS-controlled Raqqa, and several dozen Army Rangers to the contested area around Manbij. According to press reports he will also station some 2,500 more US troops in Kuwait to be used as he wishes in Iraq and…
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