Saturday Supplement: Parnas interview exposes Devin Nunes, today’s Women’s March, and much more

By Robert A. Vella Rachel Maddow‘s interview with indicted Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas, which was widely viewed (see:  Rachel Continue reading →

Saturday Supplement: More on assassination rationale, Iran-U.S. de-escalation, plane crash, + other news

By Robert A. Vella The Trump administration’s rationale for assassinating a top Iranian military officer keeps changing in the vain Continue reading →

House votes to limit Trump’s war powers, Soleimani assassination rationale falls apart, and more news

By Robert A. Vella The House of Representatives voted yesterday to limit President Trump’s war powers concerning Iran, and now Continue reading →

The disastrous briefing of Congress by White House officials on the Soleimani assassination

By Robert A. Vella President Trump sent three White House officials to Congress yesterday to explain why he ordered the Continue reading →

Iran’s attack provides a lesson in rhetoric, and today’s news

By Robert A. Vella Last night, Iran launched intermediate-range ballistic missiles at two Iraqi military bases shared by U.S. forces Continue reading →

Trump’s Iran gamble: When you get in over your head, you can’t stop the water from drowning you

By Robert A. Vella On Friday, I asserted that: Trump is playing a very dangerous game here.  He is not Continue reading →

Sunday Focus: A madman runs amok

By Robert A. Vella I’ll only briefly cover this weekend’s threatening rhetoric between President Trump and Iran’s leadership because such Continue reading →

Trump versus Iran: An anxious world wonders what will happen next

By Robert A. Vella Iran will surely retaliate against the U.S. after President Trump ordered the assassination of one of Continue reading →