TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel is a turning point in the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict. However, the issue is much bigger than Palestine as Donald Trump may have just lit the match that will set off the powder keg of the Arab World. Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States Read More…
When the Pentagon wants to mislead the public about where US troops are, generally speaking, they just lie. Yet sometimes the number of troops is just too big to claim as a rounding error, and questions start happening. This week, the focus is on over 44,000 US military personnel deployed to “unknown,” which immediately raises red flags, Read More…
U.S. officials admit they are not planning on shutting down the government’s warrantless spying program, even if it is not reauthorized by 2018. (TFTP) As the United States Congress runs out of time to vote on a bill that would reauthorize one of the government’s most egregious warrantless spying programs, officials are claiming that those programs Read More…
Former Spokesperson for the Syrian Democratic Forces, Talal Silo, alleges US-backed fighters struck several deals with ISIS, allowing fighters and their families safe passage out of ISIS-occupied cities. The former spokesman of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), who defected from the US-backed coalition to Turkey, has accused the Kurdish-led group of making evacuation deals with Daesh (ISIS) fighters. Correction Read More…
Apparently Trump’s efforts to call out reporters for their biased, misleading, inaccurate and/or often just outright false reporting (A.K.A. “Fake News”) is now tantamount to endorsing human rights abuses by dictators the world over…at least according to Politico. Per an article published earlier this morning, Politico argues that “by aligning themselves with Trump’s words, despots have Read More…
It wasn’t headline news for long, but on Monday, one of the most important geopolitical events of the year took place. On December 4, 2017, Yemen’s former leader, Ali Abdullah Saleh, was executed by the Houthi rebels currently vying for power in the war-stricken nation. Before he was ousted from power in 2012, Saleh enjoyed a cozy Read More…