By: Jenna Ranger With this election cycle being widely described as both the most important and most absurd of our generation, who to vote for is becoming increasingly more important in the minds of many young adults. This election has been filled with scandal after scandal, hack after hack, and leak after leak. It’s safe…
by Elias J. Atienza Kentucky Democratic Senate nominee Jim Gray released an ad today that attacked Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) for his foreign policy. It features the words of the Republican nominee Donald Trump, and other prominent Republican leaders. According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, his campaign is spending $325,000 to air the ad on radio and…
Johnson Slams Current US Foreign Policy By: Elias J. Atienza Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson recently gave a speech on foreign policy at the University of Chicago Institute for Politics. This comes after weeks of misleading headlines accusing the nominee of not knowing any foreign leaders nor knowing who the leader of North Korea is….
by Kody Fairfield Libertarian candidate for President, Gov. Gary Johnson has been dragged through the mud recently by major media outlets for his supposed “gaffes” on foreign policy. First on his suggested list of “gaffes” was Johnson’s appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe when he was posed with a “gotcha” question posed by panelist Michael Barnicle. With no previous conversation on foreign…
by Micah J. Fleck It’s good to know exactly where our tax dollars are going. Unfortunately, the latest investment made by the government with said money will be unknown to pretty everyone except those of us whose job it is to follow politics and policy and foreign affairs. You see, in an attempt to maintain…
by Micah J. Fleck According to a new interview with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, U.S. foreign policy in Syria now involves a plan to overthrow the dictatorship there through Jihadi extremist groups. As a result, the U.S. is, according to Lavrov, refusing to separate these extremists from the moderate rebel forces in an attempt…
Paul Loses, But Some Groups Are Optimistic About Progress by Elias J. Atienza The Senate today voted 71-27 to approve $1.15 billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia. This is because of Senate Joint Resolution 39, which would have disapproved of the arms sales. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced the legislation with a bipartisan coalition….
Johnson Leads Among Officers, Navy, and Air Force By: Elias J. Atienza Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson may not be making headway toward the 15 percent he needs to be in the presidential debates, but among active duty military, he is in a statistical dead-heat with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. A poll conducted by Military Times and…
Why is the World Silent Over Saudi Arabia’s War Crimes? By: Elias J. Atienza Saudi Arabia is perhaps one of the most totalitarian governments still in existence today. And yet the United States continues to sell arms to them, with the State Department recently approving a $1.15 billion arms sale. Where is the outrage over…
Coalition Seeks to Delay Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia By: Elias J. Atienza Representative Justin Amash (R-MI) is part of a bipartisan coalition that is seeking to end arms sales to Saudi Arabia. Recently this coalition sent a letter to President Obama on postponing the $1.15 billion arms sales recently approved by the State Department. The…