How many times did Trump try to destroy something and get stopped by a brave bureaucrat?

Bureaucrats get a bad rap. A good deal of the responsibility for this falls on Republicans, who love to place the adjective “unelected” right in front while slamming them. Democrats more typically …

Gen. Milley crushes Sen. Tom Cotton with forceful statement on the role of America's military

News that Gen. Mark Milley had exchanged phone calls with Chinese military officials to let them know the U.S. was not planning an attack was greeted with dozens of earnest editorials, like this one …

Republicans that backed Trump's sedition want Milley punished for 'undermining' him

The good news is that there does seem to be some appetite for discussing, in political circles, just how close members of Trump’s inner circle believed Trump came to attempting an overthrow of …

Joint Chiefs of Staff made plans to resign rather than obey Trump's 'gospel of the Führer'

Previously released excerpts from a new book by Washington Post reporters indicated tension between members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Trump White House. However, additional material …

It could have been worse—Trump wanted to use active duty military to clear the streets of D.C.

The Insurrection Act, allowing the president to deploy military forces within the United States, was signed into law in 1807. Of the course of that 214 history, the law has been used for vastly …

'Just shoot 'em'—New book details Trump's orders to 'beat the f*ck' out of racism protesters

Donald Trump is no longer in office but evidence of the violence he encouraged during his term continues to surface. According to a book by Wall Street Journal reporter Michael Bender, Trump suggested …

Republicans want to love the military, but it just won't toe the white supremacist party line

On Thursday evening, Tucker Carlson—whose combat experience seems to be limited to that time he was kicked out of an elite Swiss boarding school—decided it would be great to go after Chairman of the …

Matt Gaetz tries to showboat on 'critical race theory,' an angry Gen. Mark Milley isn't having it

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz has been trying very hard to shore up Republican base support in anticipation of possibly being indicted on federal sex trafficking charges, and that means Gaetz jumped at a …

Opponents of a real crackdown on military sexual assault have help from a key Democratic senator

Here’s a headline for you. From the Associated Press: "Military leaders wary of changes in sexual assault policy.“ 

You don’t say! After years and years of admitting under pressure that …