An Untold Story of Cutthroat Politics and Renegade Operations in the U.S. Government (a book review)

By Robert A. Vella – December 9th 2022 On December 22nd 1963, exactly one month after the assassination of President Continue reading →

The Coward in his Bunker: Donald Trump and the legacy of oppressors’ fear of The People

By Robert A. Vella 227 years ago,  King Louis XVI and Marie “let them eat cake” Antoinette were beheaded after Continue reading →

Politics, not facts, shroud AG William Barr’s summary of the Mueller report

By Robert A. Vella The brief summary of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian collusion during the 2016 election Continue reading →

Who is Roger Stone? GOP operative worked on campaigns from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump

Stone has always been pugnacious, working on presidential campaigns from Nixon to Trump. His web site features pictures of him Continue reading →

Smoking Gun: Trump has his Nixon moment

By Robert A. Vella Regardless of the myriad of ways Donald Trump and his Republican henchmen work to stymie the Continue reading →

Will We Ever See Mueller’s Report on Trump? Maybe.

WASHINGTON — The swirl of speculation surrounding the Russia investigation often assumes that the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, Continue reading →

The GOP’s Trump dilemma is a no-win situation

By Robert A. Vella Before the 2016 presidential election, both the Democratic and Republican parties faced internal civil wars pitting Continue reading →

As Trump chased money and power, Mueller followed the money trail of corruption

By Robert A. Vella In the classic film of the Watergate scandal All the President’s Men, an FBI official (Mark Continue reading →