Tag: National Security

Director of National Intelligence Warns Of Devastating Cyber Attacks (Video)

Russian meddling in our elections is bad enough. But if groups of tech-savvy government mandarins are able to infiltrate our social media to disseminate propaganda...
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RWNJs Want Trump To Start A War To Save GOP’s Skin...

Even though Donald Trump's approval rating has ticked upward, it's still in pretty brutal territory. At last report, FiveThirtyEight pegged Trump's average approval rating...
Rob Porter walking with Sarah Huckabee Sanders (screengrab courtesy MSNBC)

Trump And Kelly May Have Allowed A Yuuuuge Security Risk Into...

Last week, White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter resigned in the wake of what seem to be very credible accusations that he physically abused...

ISIS Finds Another Tool To Wage Terror–Our Lax Gun Laws (TWEET)

Earlier this month, the Iraqi government declared that it had chased the Islamic State out of its territory. But it doesn't look like ISIS...

Trump Drops Climate Change From National Security Strategy List (Video)

Apparently we don't have to fear climate change anymore. That is if we go by a move the Trump administration made this week when it dropped...
Robert Mueller in the White House in 2012 (image courtesy Obama White House, part of public domain)

Trump’s Israel Intel Leak Might Finally Put Him In Mueller’s Crosshairs...

If you're either Donald Trump or part of the 38.4 percent of Americans (as measured by FiveThirtyEight) who think he's doing a good job,...
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Trump’s Loose Lips Could Get An Israeli Agent Killed By ISIS...

In case you missed it, word got out yesterday that Donald Trump revealed classified information about a key American ally to Russia's foreign minister...

Trump Wiretaps? 2016 Called, It Wants It’s News Back (TWEETS)

President Donald Trump unleashed a Twitter Storm today regarding wiretaps on Trump Tower authorized by the Obama Administration during the 2016 election. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/837989835818287106 https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/837996746236182529 Although it may...

Trump Puts National Security At Risk For The Price Of A...

President Donald Trump spent the weekend at his private Florida golf resort, Mar-a-Lago, with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. News broke Saturday that North...
The key to a classified lockbag, exposed in plain view (image courtesy Martin Heinrich's Twitter)

Trump Screams ‘Security!’ All The Time–And Proves He Doesn’t Practice It,...

Donald Trump spent over a year and a half kneecapping Hillary Clinton for supposedly mishandling classified emails on her private email server. But if...
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Reporter Wants To Know How President Bannon Got A Security Clearance

There were a lot of questions surrounding Donald Trump's chief strategist and chief brownshirt, Steve Bannon. But one of the biggest questions of all...

Former Obama Advisor Says Trump Is Using Him As Alternative Fact...

Ever since the election of Donald Trump to the Presidency, I have felt like I'm living in some kind of surreal science fiction world...
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WTF?! Trump Is Still Tweeting From An Unsecured Cell Phone (TWEETS)

Donald Trump's vow to continue using Twitter on a regular basis as president put a lot of people on edge. And with good reason....
Monica Crowley at the first presidential debate (image from Crowley's Facebook)

One Down: Trump Adviser Out After Being Exposed As A Serial...

When Donald Trump takes office later this week, he will do so at the helm of perhaps the most ethically challenged administration in recent...
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Trump’s National Security Adviser Seems To Be Entangled In Affairs With...

Donald Trump has spent the better part of this week trying to put out the five-alarm public relations blaze that erupted amid rumors that he...
How Trump's 5,000 Jobs Deal With Sprint Could Compromise National Security

National Security: Trump’s Claim To Sprint’s 5,000 Jobs Deal Is Beginning...

Since President-elect Trump's announcement about telecommunications giant Sprint bringing 5,000 jobs back to the United States, it has been passed off as part of...
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David Petraeus Might Be Barred From Joining Trump’s Cabinet Even If...

Donald Trump's picks for his White House staff and Cabinet have already given us more reasons than ever to question his judgment. But any...

Former NSA Analyst: Trump’s National Security Adviser ‘Took Money From Putin’...

President-Elect Donald Trump’s decision to appoint Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn as National Security Adviser continues to look worse and worse by the day. A...
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Trump’s Choice For National Security Advisor Pushes Sharia Law Conspiracy (VIDEO)

Donald Trump’s choice for national security advisor, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn (ret.), has made several speeches in the past year that promote conspiracy theories...
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Is Sleazy Steve Bannon Too Sleazy To Pass A Federal Background...

For the better part of a week, Donald Trump's critics on both sides of the aisle have assailed Trump's decision to name his campaign...