Outside the Beltway

General (Retired) Michael Hayden has some harsh, and concerning, criticisms of the Trump administration.

If we’re going to have a death penalty, he was its poster boy.

President Trump took to Twitter this morning and decided poke a stick in the eye of the Russian bear.

The FBI committed gross malfeasance in building a case against the widow of Omar Mateen. She nonetheless bears significant blame for 53 deaths.

Thanks to a combination of sensationalism and outright lies, a fairly conventional story about an annual protest march in Mexico was turned into Fox News fodder that raised images of an invading army of illegal immigrants.

The woman who wounded three people at the video company before killing herself posted insane rants all over social media.

ProPublica has retracted an explosive but erroneous report about the nominee to be the next CIA Director.

The nominations of Mike Pompeo and Gina Haspel could be in trouble in the Senate.

Service members deployed to Algeria, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Niger, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Tunisia, and Uganda qualify.

Yet more absurdity from Brussels, where regulators seemingly don’t understand how the Internet works.

Another day, another Court ruling against the Trump Administration.

Two weeks later, it’s still unclear what caused a false missile alert to be sent out in Hawaii.

Donald Trump is wildly unpopular in the United Kingdom, and that’s apparently causing him to eschew visiting the United States’s most important ally.

The Supreme Court agreed to hear the Government’s appeal of the Trump Administration’s revised Muslim Travel Ban

Fortunately, yesterday’s missile alert in Hawaii was a false alarm. However, it is raising questions about the early warning system that’s in place and the state’s preparedness in case of an actual attack.

Anti-government protests are spreading in Iran.

Late yesterday, a panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling striking down the latest version of Trump’s Muslim Travel Ban.

Yesterday was the seventy-sixth anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. For most Americans, though, it was just another day. That’s only natural.

The Supreme Court is allowing the latest version of Donald Trump’s Muslim Travel Ban to go into effect.

A horrible terror attack in Egypt.

Happy Thanksgiving!

A month that was highlighted by the capture of the ISIS capital city of Raqqa ends with an apparent lone wolf ISIS-inspired attack in New York City

Two Federal Judges have issued orders blocking the latest version of President Trump’s Muslim Travel Ban.

After Sunday’s referendum, the government of Catalonia says it may declare independence from Spain as early as Monday. However, it’s likely to be a completely meaningless act.

The U.S is joining the rest of the world in refusing to recognize the independence referendum conducted by Iraqi Kurds.

Donald Trump’s increasingly confrontational rhetoric regarding North Korea is leading to similar rhetoric from the DPRK, and concern among top diplomats.

The Trump Administration has issued a new travel ban to replace the temporary one that expired late last week, but it still suffers from most of the same defects as its initial efforts.

Special counsel Robert Mueller could be looking to “flip” Paul Manafort, giving President Trump and those close to him something new to worry about.

At some point, it will be time to move on.

At least thirteen dead in an apparent terrorist attack in Spain.

A van struck a crowd outside a London mosque late last night in an attack by a man who said he wanted to kill Muslims.

The political party formed by French President Emmanuel Macron just about a year ago scored big wins in yesterday’s first round of legislative elections.

Reports are indicating that President Trump may cancel or delay his trip to the United Kingdom due to planned protests.

A massive political miscalculation by Theresa May leads to an uncertain future in the United Kingdom.

President Trump responded to last night’s terror attacks by taking to Twitter.

Another night of terror in the United Kingdom.

The infamous former sheriff and current Trump Homeland Security official committed academic fraud.

French voters face a stark choice in the May 7th runoff for President. Hopefully, they’ll make the correct choice.

An apparent terrorist attack in Russia’s second largest city.

An apparent terror attack outside Parliament in London.

Hawaii is the first state to challenge the Trump Administration’s revised Muslim travel ban.

Donald Trump took to Twitter again this morning with predictable results.

A new Pentagon proposal would place more discretion in the hands of field commanders, removing the need for Presidential approval.

A military judge has rejected a motion to dismiss the case against Bowe Bergdahl based on comments made by Donald Trump when he was a candidate for President.

The President gathered supporters around him, and blatantly lied to them, so as to increase support for his policies.

North Korean Intrigue…….

Today in “Alternative Facts.”

Survivors and family members of the Pulse Nightclub attack have filed what amounts to a frivolous lawsuit.

Ambassador Karlov is mostly likely not a modern day Archduke Franz Ferdinand.