Millions of families need federal help right now for the food, shelter, income, and health care they need. The absolute last thing Congress should be doing is shoveling money to boost the profits of defense contractors. No. Just no. But....
The Pentagon will ask for billions of dollars in the next version of a stimulus package to help defense contractors hit by closures or other effects of the coronavirus pandemic...
Trump has fired the intelligence community’s chief watchdog, Michael Atkinson, saying he no longer has confidence in him. He will be removed 30 days from now. Trump is using a global pandemic as cover to exact political revenge against the Intelligence Community Inspector General who revealed his misconduct.
Trump is firing the intelligence community inspector general whose insistence on telling lawmakers about a whistle-blower complaint about his dealings with Ukraine triggered impeachment proceedings last fall...
In mid-February at a meeting with Congressional leaders in Munich, corrupt psychopath Mike Pompeo made a commitment: the Afghan peace deal would NOT require the Afghan government to release Taliban prisoners. Then, the deal at the end of February required them to release 5,000. Not in exchange for a peace deal even.... just for a week cease fire.
Please note: the Republican Party lost its mind when President Obama released five Taliban guys to get US Army soldier Bowe Bergdahl back home. Now Trump cuts a deal to release 5,000 Taliban prisoners.
In July 2019, we wrote at length about a sycophant becoming the Director of National Intelligence. Trump had just nominated Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas). However, a week latet Ratcliffe was dropped from consideration to be DNI in the face of reports that he misrepresented his record as a prosecutor in terrorism-related cases.
NOW RATCLIFFE HAS BEEN NOMINATED AGAIN IN LATE FEBRUARY 2020.
Our Budget Cuts Series is unfortunately back again and there's a ton to cover from the grotesque fiscal year 2021 budget that Trump, Mulvaney and crew puked out at us in mid-February 2020. We'll cover it topic by topic in the coming week.
Trump is about to propose a budget that leans much more heavily on military... than diplomatic prowess....to deal effectively with global crises.
SIGN THIS PETITION PLEASE: http://act.winwithoutwar.org/sign/tell-congress-ban-landmine-use/
Undetonated mines lie in wait for generations, indiscriminate in their destruction, unable to tell friend from foe, child from adult. They simply kill.
Someone in the U.S. Senate cut the words “white nationalists” from a measure in the defense authorization - after the House passed it. As the measure’s purpose is keeping white nationalists out of the military, we should know who in the Senate wants them in.
Park rangers belong in our parks, serving visitors and protecting the public lands that belong to us all, not at the border.
The Trump administration is sending a new “surge” of rangers from US national parks such as Zion, Yosemite and the National Mall to patrol the southern border for crossings by illegal immigrants.
The Trump administration is stonewalling Vietnam veterans from receiving the benefits they need to help manage illnesses associated with Agent Orange exposure.
Two years ago, then Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin decided to add three health conditions to the list of diseases eligible for Agent Orange benefits, but White House officials challenged his authority and impeded enactment.... Now tens of thousands of veterans are still waiting.
To install the extremist Trump and Stephen Miller want as head of our Department of Homeland Security, they are seeking to bypass laws by naming someone as head of the "Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office", then elevating that person to be the acting secretary of homeland security.
Trump's cronies can’t find a qualified person to be DHS secretary who would push his illegal and immoral policies and kiss his ass without using loopholes in the law.