The View from Inside the Trump White House: It Ain’t Pretty
Some of the most hard-hitting and shocking criticisms of Donald Trump have come from insiders in his administration. From Rex Tillerson’s calling his former boss a “fucking moron” to his former Direct...
22 Okt 202051min
The Most Successful Covert Operation Since the Trojan Horse...and It Wasn't So Covert
Russia has been trying to weaken the United States since the first days of the Cold War. But in that entire span of three-quarters of a century, even with the success of its spies and counter-espionag...
21 Okt 202048min
Will American Tear Itself Apart?
One of our regulars, Ed Luce of the Financial Times, had an article in the Weekend FT called "Will America tear itself apart: The Supreme Court, 2020 elections and a looming constitutional crisis." It...
19 Okt 202040min
A Song of Fire and Ice...and Cyber and Terrorists and Lawyers
In Game of Thrones leadership decisions were made with the help of dragons and Moon Doors and Valyrian steel daggers. In America today, people play just as rough but their tools are cyber warfare, dis...
16 Okt 202049min
From a Wannabe Authoritarian to the Perfect Weapon
Donald Trump has unleashed resources of his government to support his campaign against Joe Biden in a way that America would condemn were it the behavior of any foreign government. In fact, as David S...
12 Okt 202052min
From the 25th Amendment to a Trip to the Hague: What to Do About Trump?
The increasingly erratic president was pretty erratic to begin with. Which has made the past week all the more unnerving. Throw in revelations about the unusual layers of secrecy and the cover ups sur...
9 Okt 202049min
The 3 a.m. Call is Coming from Inside the White House
The biggest national security story in America today is the biggest domestic story and the biggest political story and the biggest economic story and the biggest public health story. The COVID outbrea...
5 Okt 202052min
Shit Show or Clusterfuck? (And are we talking about the debates, Trump's taxes or the whole Trump presidency?)
The debate this week was a trainwreck inside a dog's breakfast wrapped in bad acid trip. It was, despite the best efforts of Joe Biden to discuss the issues, chaotic. But that's what President Trump w...
2 Okt 202043min
