By Samuel Warde on February 13, 2018
Kim Jung-un, North Korea Negotiations, North Korea Policy Dispute, North Korea War, Nuclear Proliferation by North Korea, Nuclear Threat, Nuclear War, White House saber-rattling
Defense, Foreign Policy, Homeland Security, War
Trump is showing a real willingness to gamble with the lives of millions as his saber-rattling with North Korea extends beyond his Twitter account. The Diplomat reported over the weekend that: “While the world watched the two Koreas walk together at the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, there was one person […]
By Samuel Warde on February 9, 2018
Army members family, Military Might, Military Parade, Service members, The Army Times
Defense, Homeland Security, Polls, Smackdowns
Service members, their families and supporters weighed in on Trump’s proposed military parade and overwhelmingly said “no” to the idea. The Army Times launched an unofficial poll on Wednesday after the news broke that the Pentagon was working on plans for a military parade at Trump’s request. According to the Army Times: As of Thursday […]
By Samuel Warde on February 8, 2018
Confidence is silent and insecurity is loud, Confidence versus security, Male Ego, Male Posturing, Military posturing, North Korea Posturing, White House posturing
Defense, Homeland Security, Smackdowns, Weird News
The navy seal claiming to have killed Osama bin Ladin tore into plans to hold a military parade in Washington D.C. later this year. NPR reported on Tuesday that: Trump, apparently inspired by the Bastille Day parade he witnessed last summer during a trip to Paris, has asked the Pentagon to look into staging something similar […]
By Samuel Warde on January 10, 2018
American immigration, DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DREAMers, Homeland Security, Immigration Ruling, National Immigration Law Center
Homeland Security, Immigration, The Courts
California judge throws a wrench in Trump’s plans to end the Dreamers program. A federal judge in California late Tuesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA). CNN reported that Judge William Alsup “temporarily blocked” the administration’s efforts to end DACA in a ruling that “came in […]
By Samuel Warde on August 14, 2017
DHS Bulletin, Domestic Extremist Groups, Extremist Groups at home, FBI Bulletin, White Supremacist Groups
Extremists, FBI, Homeland Security
As it turns out, the FBI and Dept. of Homeland Security warned the Trump administration that an incident like Charlottesville was imminent. Noting that “Trump doesn’t want to call out white supremacists” but “the FBI already did,” Foreign Policy reported on Monday that the FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) “warned” the White House […]