Outside the Beltway

Once again, President Trump is going soft on Russia. Why? I’ll leave that up to the reader to decide.

While everyone is paying attention to the government shutdown, the Trump Administration is preparing for a never-ending, unwise, and unauthorized military commitment in Syria.

Two Republicans spoke out today against the President’s war on the news media, but don’t expect their colleagues to follow suit.

New York Knicks Center Enes Katner is at the center of an international legal dispute for speaking out against the President of Turkey.

Donald Trump’s foreign policy has been erratic, illogical, and demonstrated a clear disdain for diplomacy.

Ominous news for the Trump Administration today out of Federal Court in Washington, D.C.

Happy Thanksgiving!

The first shoes drop in the Mueller investigation.

The first shoes appear ready to drop in Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and the Trump campaign.

America has become involved in conflicts around the world, largely without the knowledge of the American people or the consent of their representatives, and it doesn’t appear that’s going to end anytime soon.

Iraqi military forces begin to crack down against Iraqi Kurds after last month’s independence referendum.

Donald Trump is continuing to up the ante in his rhetorical war against one of America’s most fundamental freedoms.

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

Kurds in Iraq voted overwhelmingly for independence in a non-binding referendum, and the result is threatening to create a new conflict in the Middle East.

Another Cabinet member rebukes the President for his comments about Charlottesville.

The Daily Caller crosses a line and doesn’t seem to regret it.

Vice-President Pence is advocating the admission of Georgia into NATO. That would be a bad idea.

Maryland and the District of Columbia are suing President Trump based on alleged violations of two provisions of the Constitution that have never been litigated before.

Lt. General Michael Flynn is declining to comply with a Congressional subpoena regarding the Russia investigation, and invoking his rights under the Fifth Amendment.

The Trump White House knew Michael Flynn was under investigation and named him National Security Adviser anyway.

Another day, another allegation against the President. This time, though, it’s very, very serious.

Everywhere one turns, it seems, there’s Russia.

There seems to be no question that the decision to fire James Comey was motivated largely by the President’s frustrations over the fact that his campaign is under investigation.

By a narrow margin, Turks voted for some significant changes.

More trouble for Lt. General Michael Flynn.

Despite American air strikes, ISIS is expanding its power amid the chaos in Libya.

An apparent terror attack outside Parliament in London.

More conflicts of interest for the Trump Administration.

As expected, Donald Trump yesterday signed Executive Orders targeting Muslims and refugees.

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

Another attack in what has been a bloody 2016 for Europe.

The situation in the Middle East just potentially became much more complicated.

One of the Cold War era’s last dictators has finally died.

Happy Thanksgiving!

As God is my witness……..

The incoming president’s business interests are a yuuuge problem.

Turkey’s government appears to have rebuffed a coup attempt, but questions remains about the stability of the government going forward.

A third major terrorist attack inside of a week.

A massive attack hits Istanbul’s airport.

Turkey has issued a formal apology to Russia over the November 2015 downing of a Russian jet that had briefly strayed into Turkish airspace.

Voters in the United Kingdom are headed to the polls in a vote that will have widespread consequences.

A political cartoonist for The Washington Post crossed a line and, rightfully, got condemned for it.

Some analysts are already suggesting that Russia’s two month old intervention in Syria is becoming a quagmire. That seems to be a premature judgment, but it’s not accomplishing much more than anything the West is doing.

NATO is extending full membership to the tiny nation of Montenegro, and there doesn’t seem to be a good reason why they’re doing it.

The British Parliament has approved expansion of that countries airstrikes into Syria, but it’s unclear just how much of an impact that will have on the ground.