Recently fired top Pentagon advisor Dan Caldwell took his case to the massive Tucker Carlson show yesterday, explaining that despite whispered accusations against him and his two colleagues, there was not even an investigation as to whether they were responsible for leaks. It's clear that the neocons are getting desperate for their war on Iran and intend to purge any voices of reason. Also today - Ambassador Huckabee to Palestinians: "Starve!"

Just days after media reported that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth discouraged President Trump from attacking Iran, multiple media stories have dropped claiming incompetence and worse on his part. Meanwhile three top aides known for a more realist approach to foreign policy have been sacked on dubious grounds. Is Hegseth about to learn what happens when you cross the neocons?

President Trump is set to address a joint session of Congress tonight. Where will he focus? Where should he focus? Economy? Tariffs? Inflation? DOGE?

During the visit of the president of El Salvador to the US this week, President Trump expressed a desire to depart not only illegal aliens, but also American citizens to El Salvador's notorious prison. Is this Guantanamo "extraordinary rendition" on steroids? Also today, Trump's team is divided on Iran: half want to talk, the other half want war. Who will win?

While the second Trump Administration was billed as a clean break from the neocons who have dominated Republican (and Democrat) politics for decades (including Trump 1.0), unfortunately we are steadily seeing neocons and especially neocon policies creeping back into place like a bad virus...

Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem announced Friday that the the notorious PATRIOT Act-era REAL ID scheme would go into effect at the end of the month. REAL ID is one of the greatest threats to Americans' civil liberties in decades. Also today: The State Department knew before arresting a foreign Tufts student that she was not involved in terrorist or antisemitic activities. So why did they do it?

As the House passed its budget resolution by a razor thin margin, all eyes are now on the Senate, which has promised to cut an additional $1.5 trillion before sending it back to the House for a final vote. Does anyone believe it? Also today, yet another Trump threat on Iran as a new poll shows the majority of Americans oppose Israel.

The Chinese government has vowed to not back down in the face of President Trump's ratcheting up of tariffs on top US trading partner. With tariffs of 104 percent and 84 percent respectively, how far will this spat between US and China go...and what can consumers expect? Also today, Netanyahu urges Trump to blow up all of Iran's nuclear facilities...it will be easy he claims.

President Trump casually mentioned that the U.S. will have its first TRILLION dollar military budget. This does not, in any sense, sound like a government looking to cut waste, fraud and abuse. We have been bankrupted (economically, and more importantly, morally) by a century of endless wars. The federal debt continues to rise, even with total Republican control. This is all bad news for our nation.

Americans voted for lower inflation and a peace president, yet just months into Trump 2.0 we are seeing a tariff plan that is rocking world markets and an expanding - but losing - war on Yemen with the Administration about an inch away from starting yet another war, this time with Iran. What happened?