Permanent musical accompaniment: When the walls come crumblin’ down. Kurt Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine who resigned abruptly, testified before lawmakers behind closed doors for more than nine hours [last] Thursday. He provided messages he had exchanged with other diplomats, the president’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani and a high-level adviser to Ukrainian President … Read more
The news media is effin’ up again. Too many news outlets are reporting in their headlines that Turkey has agreed to a “cease fire” in Syria after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Vice President Mike Pence today. This is not a “cease fire.” This is a “pause” in the Turkish offensive, the betrayal of … Read more
No one will ever trust working with America again. This will have long-term negative consequences for our alliances and coalition building in the future. This is a dark day for America. The Turkish invasion of northern Syria to massacre our U.S.Kurdish allies, who successfully defeated the ISIS Caliphate and who are holding thousands of ISIS … Read more
Donald Trump is a horrible poker player. He has an obvious “tell” that reveals when he is lying (I know, I know, every time his lips are moving). No, it’s whenever he says “witch hunt,” he is admitting that “it’s true.” This tell has been borne out time and time again. The other day Trump … Read more
The mainstream media that Donald Trump likes to abuse as “fake news” has frequently assisted the right-wing conspiracy theories that he thrives upon by giving them reporting, and this giving them an air of credibility through repetition, even while debunking them. For example, back in April 2015 I warned you what was coming, which proved … Read more