Tuesday Topics: Impeachment, Syria, right-wing extremism, trade war, policeman arrested, other news

By Robert A. Vella Topics for this Tuesday include congressional testimony in the impeachment inquiry by former NSC advisor Fiona Continue reading →

The geopolitical fallout of Trump’s withdrawal from Syria, impeachment and international news, + more

By Robert A. Vella There’s a longstanding aphorism in politics, derived from a quote attributed to Aristotle, which states that Continue reading →

Sunday Topics: The second whistleblower, the cowering GOP, and the suspicious murder of a witness

By Robert A. Vella Topics for this Sunday include a second whistleblower in the impeachment inquiry of President Trump, congressional Continue reading →

Weekend News Roundup: The Rebranding of the Republican Party

By Robert A. Vella There are those who commit crimes, those who enable crimes, and those who ignore crimes which Continue reading →

Mad genius or sheer stupidity: President Trump openly impeaches himself

By Robert A. Vella I’ve been asserting for some time now that President Trump’s brazen admissions of his corrupt behavior Continue reading →

Whistleblower fallout spotlights Volker, Pompeo, Senate Republicans, Ukraine, Giuliani, NRA, + other news

By Robert A. Vella Whistleblower fallout Fallout from the CIA whistleblower’s exposure of President Trump’s attempt to coerce a foreign Continue reading →

A crazy day, turnabout of a Trump supporter, water cannons, a baby’s life, racial bias, pessimism in America

By Robert A. Vella Donald Trump’s arrival in France yesterday for the G-7 meeting highlighted a growing disconnect between world Continue reading →

Italy collapses, top cop resigns, health agencies silenced, longer detentions, more cuts, and world wildfires

By Robert A. Vella The Italian government collapsed today from political turmoil triggered by its far-right interior minister and would-be Continue reading →