ISIS and Oswald by Jacob G. Hornberger February 22, 2019 How ironic that the U.S. government’s war on ISIS, the group brought into existence by the U.S. national-security establishment’s war of aggression on Iraq, would provide insight into the U.S. national-security’s establishment’s relationship with Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy some 55 years ago. As I emphasized in my 29-part video series ...
The Banality of Evil in Immigration Prosecutions by Jacob G. Hornberger February 21, 2019 While President Donald “America First” Trump and his merry band of foreign interventionists try to convince people how concerned they are with the plight of Venezuelans, four American women, Natalie Hoffman, Oona Holcomb, Madeline Huse and Zaachila Orozco-McCormick, might have doubts about this new-found Republican/conservative love for the poor, needy, and disadvantaged. That’s because the Trump administration has just ...
Body Cavity and Cellphone Searches at the Border by Jacob G. Hornberger February 20, 2019 Among the weirdest aspects of America’s system of immigration controls is what this system permits federal officials to do to American citizens who choose to vacation or conduct business in a foreign country. It permits them to order American travelers, upon reentering the United States, to completely disrobe in order to permit federal agents to closely examine ...
Trump and Maduro, Birds of a Feather by Jacob G. Hornberger February 19, 2019 Even while still keeping U.S. troops mired in America’s forever wars in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan, President Donald “America First” Trump is threatening to order his army to invade Venezuela in order to oust Venezuelan dictator Vincente Maduro from office and install a pro-U.S. puppet in his stead. As Ronald Reagan might have put it, “There he goes again.” In ...
Conscience Versus Blind Deep-State Allegiance by Jacob G. Hornberger February 18, 2019 Former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence officer Monica Witt, who has defected to Iran and who U.S. officials have charged with espionage and other crimes, has members of the U.S. national-security establishment and even the mainstream press befuddled. As the New York Times put it, “But by mid-2013, Ms. Witt had become disillusioned with the government — why ...
Donald Trump, America’s Elected Dictator by Jacob G. Hornberger February 15, 2019 After losing his battle against Congress to secure funding for his wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, President Trump is declaring that that the congressional rebuff is irrelevant anyway. The reason? Trump is declaring an “emergency” under the “National Emergencies Act,” which, he says, authorizes him to spend U.S. taxpayer money on the wall without congressional authorization. He’s ...
El Chapo Convicted! Yay! Drug War is Over! Right? by Jacob G. Hornberger February 14, 2019 After a 3-month-long trial in federal district court in New York City, famous Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín Guzmán Loera, more commonly known as El Chapo, has been convicted. Yay! After decades of drug warfare on the part of the feds, the drug war is finally over. Victory! Right? Well, if you believe that, I’ve ...
Understanding Why Iranians Bash the U.S. Government by Jacob G. Hornberger February 13, 2019 Two days ago, the New York Times carried an article by Times’ journalist Thomas Erdbrink entitled, “For Iran, a Grand Occasion to Bash the U.S.,” which was about Iran’s celebration of the 40th anniversary of its revolution in 1979. The article included the following sentence, “And like some evil doppelgänger, the United States was omnipresent, ...
Raining on the Latest Immigration Deal by Jacob G. Hornberger February 12, 2019 Immigration control advocates are undoubtedly hoping that the new immigration deal that is being struck to avert another government “shutdown” will finally, once and for all, end the decades-long immigration crisis. No more having to pace the floor in anxiety and depression. No more fear that the “invaders” are coming to get us and take control over ...
The Horror of the New Deal by Jacob G. Hornberger February 11, 2019 While conservatives are criticizing socialist Congresswoman Alejandra Ocasio-Cortez for her “Green New Deal” proposal, their critiques revolve around what they consider is an inappropriate use of New Deal tactics to solve environmental problems. Unfortunately, however, conservatives do not challenge the underlying premise for Ocasio-Cortez’s proposal — Democrat President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal. The New Deal was Roosevelt’s revolutionary program to ...
Trump’s Rejection of Socialism is a Conservative Joke by Jacob G. Hornberger February 6, 2019 In his State of the Union Address, President Trump declared: Here, in the United States, we are alarmed by new calls for socialism in our country. America was founded on liberty and independence — and not government coercion, domination and control. We are born free, and we will stay free. Tonight, we renew our resolve that America will never be ...
The Socialist Equalization Obsession Will Destroy America by Jacob G. Hornberger February 5, 2019 One of the principal aims of the progressive (i.e., leftist, liberal, socialist) movement is equalization of income and wealth. They think it’s unfair, even immoral, for some people to have more when others have less. They especially decry the existence of billionaires but their lament oftentimes extends to millionaires as well, sometimes even to anyone who has more wealth ...
