Many both within and beyond America’s borders labor under the delusion that US policy is determined by the nation’s elected representatives amid a careful balancing act between the judicial, legislative, and executive branches of government. In reality, the inner workings of US policy resemble nothing of the sort. In reality, an unelected deep state controls Read More…
Military
Trump Drones Yemen More in One Week Than Obama Did in a Year
Undeterred by the disastrous commando raid on Yemen in the first days of his Administration, where plenty of civilians were killed but the target got away, President Donald Trump has escalated US military involvement in the tragic Yemen conflict to an unprecedented level. In fact as Foreign Policy reports, the US President has bombed Yemen Read More…
Congresswoman Introduces Bill to Stop Further U.S. Ground Invasion of Syria
‘It is our constitutional duty as members of Congress to place a check on the executive branch in matters of war and peace.’ In response to the Pentagon’s deployment of about 400 American ground troops to Syria, U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) is introducing a bill Friday that would block the Defense Department from putting any more Read More…
The North Korean Nuclear Cha-cha-cha
There are few events in geopolitics so metronomically dependable you could dance to them, but the North Korean nuclear situation is one of them. It’s a military exercise cha cha cha and a nuclear testing cha cha cha. It’s a tightening sanctions cha cha cha and a “Death To America!” cha cha cha. Still, as Read More…
Hundreds of US Boots On The Ground In Syria
A number of leading outlets, including the New York Times, are now reporting that the U.S. is sending more and more ground troops into Syria. According to the New York Times, the U.S. just sent an additional 400 troops to Syria to help prepare for a looming fight in Raqqa, ISIS’ supposed capital in Syria. The majority of Read More…
Tit For Tat Politics, Vault 7 And The Political Distraction – TLAV Political Roundtable
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS‘There is no such thing as absolute privacy in America’ – FBI Director James Comey Welcome to modern America, where freedom, rights and privacy are no longer an absolute, but something to be earned or withheld on a whim, and the Read More…






