“Few commentators are recognizing the vast peril to democracy posed by the sweeping prerogatives of federal agencies.”
“The two Democrats want their amendment added to the Senate’s version of the National Defense Authorization Act, which sets military policy for the next fiscal year.”
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/senators-move-block-trump-removing-us-troops-south/story?id=55866351
“So, where are we? We are back to where we were before Trump initiated his series of angry outbursts, insults, and threats against North Korea. North Korea still has its nuclear weapons and is promising to get rid of them sometime into the future.”
Read more: https://www.fff.org/2018/06/15/the-big-obstacle-to-peace-in-korea/
“The Founding Fathers never intended a secret police force to be an independent fourth branch of the federal government.”
“The trials of the Catonsville Nine, the Chicago Seven and Daniel Ellsberg for leaking the Pentagon Papers — all of those events came after the Spock trial, each an escalation of the government’s response to dissent.”
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/opinion/when-the-government-went-after-dr-spock.html
“Was it General Eisenhower who saw more clearly than any of us?”
Read more: https://bonnerandpartners.com/trumps-not-like-ike/
“Lonsdale and Luckey argue that building cheaper, more efficient systems is a virtuous pursuit, saving taxpayer dollars. Anduril’s Palantir pedigree may have prepared it for criticism.”
Read more: https://www.wired.com/story/palmer-luckey-anduril-border-wall/
“Unfortunately, a very strong faction in Washington doesn’t support any peace agreement and instead seeks to overthrow the DPRK government.”
Read more: https://original.antiwar.com/Reese_Erlich/2018/06/12/a-deal-with-north-korea-dont-blow-it-this-time/
“The United States is at war in so many places that the majority of citizens would struggle to name half of them.”
Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/06/congress-may-declare-the-forever-war/562175/
“Kevin Shipp reveals IN DETAIL how the Shadow Government (CIA) destroys whistleblowers. It includes information never made public, including the personal side of what a true whistleblower must face.”