Trump’s Criticism of NATO Doesn’t Go Far Enough
President Trump was critical of the fact that NATO countries aren’t paying their fair share of its costs, among other issues, and he was roundly criticized in return by...
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The Twitter “Fake Follower” Purge: What Does It Mean?
Twitter has begun purging tens of millions of fake accounts, causing many celebrities and politicians to lose millions of followers overnight. But — considering that the company has known...
The Real Lesson of the Scandals Surrounding Pruitt’s Resignation
Ronald Reagan once quipped that politics is the second-oldest career and bears a striking resemblance to the oldest. In the decades since he made that observation, it has been...
Correction Please
Trump Accused of Burying Collusion Charges Item: On May 21, an online article by the New York Times Editorial Board appeared under the headline “Trump v. the Department of...
Spygate Bigger Than Watergate
From the print edition of The New American The liberal mainstream media appear determined to either ignore the recent revelation of “Spygate” — the scandal of the FBI having...
Putin Invokes Threat of Nuclear WWIII and Mutually Assured Destruction
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that “a third world war could be the end of civilization” and said that “should restrain” nations “from taking extreme steps on the international...
Merkel Calls for EU to Lead the World As It Is “Reorganized”
During Wednesday’s meeting of the European People’s Party (EPP) in Munich, German Chancellor Angela Merkel took the opportunity to take a cheap shot at President Trump while calling for...
Surveillance State Grows with Help from State and Local Government Accomplices
The surveillance state — ever on the rise since 9/11 — is making plans to grow even bigger and dig even deeper into the lives of American citizens. And...
Facebook Investors Take Zuckerberg to Task
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is being forced to face the music over his social media company’s treatment of users’ data. In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal —...
Pew Survey Shows Facebook is Losing Teen Users
Social media giant Facebook — still reeling from the Cambridge Analytica scandal — is losing ground among the most Internet-connected generation ever, according to a recent survey. The platform...
FBI’s Violation of Rules in Spying on Trump Campaign Further Exposes Deep State
In its zeal to embed a spy into the Trump campaign in 2016, the FBI not only likely broke laws, but also certainly violated its own rules. ...
Amazon Echo Story Illustrates Dangers of Putting Surveillance Devices in Your Home
With the report that Amazon’s Echo recorded a family’s private conversation and sent the audio file to a person in the family’s contact list, privacy concerns about the Internet...
Spygate Is a Bigger Scandal Than Watergate
The liberal mainstream media appear determined to either ignore the recent revelation of “Spygate” — the scandal of the FBI having planted a spy in the Trump campaign in...
Name of Spy in Trump Campaign Revealed; Trump Demands Investigation
The name of the FBI spy placed in the Trump campaign in 2016 has been revealed, and it turns out this isn’t his first time infiltrating a political campaign...
Trump and Torture
Donald Trump is a believer in the usefulness of torture to gain intel, and his pick to head the CIA, Gina Haspel, seems also to be. But is torture...