President Donald Trump last week ordered a “complete blockade” of all sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving Venezuela — a giant escalation in his pressure campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The idea appears to be to cripple the country’s economy dependent on oil exports, although no official sanctions have been imposed. Over the weekend, … Read more
The head of Kristi Noem’s security agency reportedly failed the lie detector test required to view sensitive spy material — then blamed his underlings and suspended them. Madhu Gottumukkala, the acting head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which began under the Homeland Security Secretary when she was governor of South Dakota, failed a … Read more
HE NEEDS TO KNOW Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem was questioned about a Purple Heart veteran deported by ICE during a Dec. 11 hearing Rep. Seth Magaziner brought veteran Sae Joon Park to audition for Zoom after he was deported to Korea earlier this year. Magaziner accused Noem of not knowing ‘the difference between good … Read more