Despite recent pledges by the Trump Administration to drawdown forces in the Middle East, specifically with cuts in Iraq and Afghanistan, officials in Washington do not appear to be extending such pre-election pledges for its running contingent still illegally occupying parts of northeastern Syria.
This week, the top U.S. general in the Middle East, Frank McKenzie, confirmed plans for partial troop drawdowns in both Iraq and Afghanistan scheduled to happen before the 2020 Presidential Election on Nov. 3. The plans seeks to cut the troop presence in Iraq from 5,200 to 3,000 by the end of September. Is this an earnest rethink of western hegemony in the region, or is President Donald Trump merely seeking political capital by fulfilling his 2016 campaign pledge to end “America’s endless wars.”
As wildfires rage across the western states of California, Oregon and Washington, the mainstream media have been quick to blame the fires on ‘climate change’, as well as laying blame for wildfires at the feet of President Donald Trump.
As the election season heats up, so has the divisive rhetoric on race and identity politics.
President Trump issued a full Presidential Pardon to criminal justice reform campaigner Alice Johnson. No sooner did she receive her pardon that the Democratic activists and partisan mainstream outlets began to attack her for ‘betraying’ the African-American community and Democrats by being photographed with Trump and for appearing at the Republic National Convention where she spoke on criminal justice reform last week. Watch:
By now, everyone knows that no one can turn a phrase like Joe.
Watch this latest compendium from the Daily Caller’s comedy division, a moody one man rendition which brings to life the sublime poetry of America’s original Crazy Great Uncle. Watch:
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In EP 338 of the SUNDAY WIRE host Patrick Henningsen speaks with global affairs analyst George Szamuely, author of “Bombs for Peace: NATO’s Humanitarian War on Yugoslavia” to unpack the Democrat National (virtual) Convention. With the hawks already circling, we ask what would a Biden Administration’s foreign policy might look like? Also, who’s really driving the current US and EU-backed ‘color revolution’ in Belarus? Listen:
“Mayor Q” is a masked man about town. He frequently tweets pictures like these day and night.
(KANSAS CITY, MO) – Quentin Lucas, Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, announced last week an extension of the city’s State of Emergency declaration through mid-January. The extension is specifically related to the mask mandate which was implemented in June.
The story of Jamal Trulove is one you probably have never heard. Some say he was collateral damage in the wake of what was a politically ambitious district attorney. It’s happened many times before, but this case takes on an new meaning because that politically ambitious DA is the current Democratic Party’s Vice Presidential nominee, Kamala Harris.
A small group of demonstrators protest the removal of mail collection boxes along Patterson (Credit: Daniel Dreifuss/Santa Barbara Independent)
It’s no surprise by now that continued lockdowns and closures are killing the economy and increasing suffering for families and communities across the country.
