Tulsi Gabbard revoked the security clearances of Antony Blinken and Jake Sullivan amongst other Biden officials, such as Lisa Monaco, who oversaw the prosecutions of Trump Capitol supporters. Others include Mark Zaid, Letitia James, Norman Eisen, Alvin Bragg, and Andrew Weissman. read more
The president's halt of foreign aid upended two US programs that help the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) find clues about Iran's drive to build atomic bombs. read more
The US and Israel have reached out to officials of three East African governments to discuss using their territories as potential destinations to resettle Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. read more
Canadian and American troops fought together and bled together in the scorched hinterlands of Afghanistan. And for that reason there is a palpable sense of dismay -- even betrayal
-- among Canadian veterans ... read more
Despite loud opposition from constituents and progressive lawmakers against such a move, Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) took to the Senate floor Thursday evening to announce he would vote to advance a Republican spending bill that critics say would "sacrifice the needs of working people at the altar of the ultra-wealthy" and greenlight further chaos and destruction by Dotard Trump and his Oligarch-in-Chief Felon Musk. read more
Thanks, Sitzkrieg. I'm a ground guy. To me there are slow movers and fast movers, friendly or enemy. Last year, Macron went to Saudi Arabia pushing this fighter on MBS; maybe he won't buy them now. defencesecurityasia.com
How about the French Rafale fighter? "The Rafale is considered one of the most advanced and capable warplanes in the world, and among the most successful internationally. It has been used in combat over Afghanistan, Libya, Mali, Iraq and Syria." www.airforce-technology.com
According to the CBSA, before entering Canada Trumpf would have to fill out paperwork explaining his criminal conviction and requesting a "pardon" from Ottawa. Maybe Canadians on DR could explain it better. Here's what I read: www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca
Sound argument from Schumer, but the more progressive elements of the Democratic Party don't agree with him. I will trust Bernie's erudition before Chuckie's: www.commondreams.org
The US is a banana republic with nuclear weapons led by a Russian asset. Now we are going to be a "disease haven." Terrific. Meanwhile the fat cat American oligarchs continue to enrich themselves and Vladimir Putin maintains his designs on the fabulous mineral wealth under the melting ice at the North Pole. No wonder that Trumpf has Americans and Canadians at each other's throats. news.bbc.co.uk
The Dotard is bombing a Shia people that (Sunni) Muhammad Bin Salman has forced a famine on with a blockade. The only people outside the UN helping the Shia Houthis are Lebanese Hezbollah and Iran, so they became co-religionist allies. That's why we saw Houthi counter-attacks on Israeli shipping in the Gulf of Aden during the Nakba. Trumpf is doing a Bibi and MBS a favor with these attacks.
https://yemen.un.org/en/287503-crisis-yemen-deepens-aid-agencies-appeal-25-billion-humanitarian-
response-2025
https://www.britannica.com/event/Yemeni-Civil-War