Category: World
Dozens of ex-lawmakers, staff landed at military firms since 2015
In the last decade, 31 former members of Congress and top staff have left Capitol Hill and joined the military-industrial complex as lobbyists…
Pitch for defense treaty and moving US military to Israel is insane
On August 18, Israel bombed a non-operational Syrian air base, reportedly to derail Turkish plans to deploy military forces to the installation. The…
Israel is sponsoring ads on Ted Cruz’s podcast. Is that legal?
The Israeli government is running advertisements on a popular podcast hosted by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), raising questions about whether the staunchly pro-Israel…
Stepan Bandera is haunting the Ukraine War and Polish elections
For the last several months, relations between Ukraine and Poland — one of Ukraine’s main supporters in its war with Russia — have…
‘Orcas’ with likely inside info win big on Trump Jr.-funded Polymarket
The Trump-connected Polymarket is likely helping gamblers with inside military information cash in on wars the president wages. According to Reuters, a report…
As Baghdad tries to please Trump, Iran tells Iraqi militias not to disarm
Esmail Qaani has a habit of not announcing his visits to Baghdad. He simply appears, meets whoever needs meeting, and leaves before most…
Why would the Pentagon want to hide weapons testing results?
The Pentagon says it removed 25 years worth of annual weapons testing reports from public view late last month, a move that critics…
Houthis may meet their match as Yemen slips back into civil war
Yemen’s front lines have barely moved since the 2022 truce, but the war around them is changing.Ballistic missiles and drones are striking far…
Rolling Stone hits hysterical note suggesting Putin NATO attack nigh
The Ukraine war has become fertile ground for a dangerously misguided way of thinking about the dynamics between Russia and the West —…
UN Reiterates its 18-Year-Old Ban on Smoking
When smoking was common in the corridors of the UN, in the delegate’s lounge and in committee rooms during the 1970s and 90s,…
