Obama Plans On Stepping Back Into National Spotlight
Former President Barack Obama plans to resurface on to the national scene this fall, albeit slowly, according to the The Hill. In the next few weeks, Obama and his staff will strategize a way allowing him to be part of the political conversation, while not making him the loudest voice in the party. Aides say his role is to be more behind the scenes than anything else, in terms of fundraising for example, as opposed to a front man. The Hill notes Obama has already given advice to the party since its devastating 2016 presidential loss, and he met with ... Read More
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Trump Says US Is 'locked and loaded' amid North Korea Threat
President Trump took to Twitter early Friday issuing yet another stark warning to North Korea that the United States’ military was “locked and loaded,” and urged the rogue regime’s dictator to “find another path.” “Military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded, should North Korea act unwisely. Hopefully Kim Jong Un will find another path!” the president tweeted Friday morning, amid escalating tensions this week. Trump’s tweet comes after days of tough rhetoric toward the regime, which has made several threats to the United States amid a new United Nations sanctions package that was passed unanimously last week. Earlier this week, Trump reacted to ... Read More
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Susan Rice Urges Trump to ‘Tolerate Nuclear Weapons in North Korea’
Former President Barack Obama’s National Security adviser, Susan Rice, wants President Donald Trump to accept North Korea as a nuclear power. “History shows that we can, if we must, tolerate nuclear weapons in North Korea — the same way we tolerated the far greater threat of thousands of Soviet nuclear weapons during the Cold War,” she wrote in a New York Times op-ed, criticizing the president’s “fire and fury” rhetoric in response to the escalating tensions between the two countries. Rice urged Gen. John Kelly, White House chief of staff, to stop Trump, and she pointedly attacked Dr. Sebastian Gorka, the ... Read More
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DNC Hack Was 'Inside Job,' Not by Russia
The Democratic National Committee was not hacked by Russia — nor by anyone else — but instead was "an inside job by someone with access to the DNC's system," according to a report in The Nation. "There was no hack of the Democratic National Committee's system on July 5 last year — not by the Russians, not by anyone else," according to the Nation's report, referencing conclusions by a group of former NSA computer experts. "Hard science now demonstrates it was a leak — a download executed locally with a memory key or a similarly portable data-storage device. "In short, it was an inside job by someone with access to ... Read More
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Evangelical Adviser: Bible Gives Trump Authority to Take Out Kim
President Donald Trump's evangelical adviser is standing behind his claims that God has given the nation's leader the authority to take out North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, saying he believes the Bible is clear about using force to stop evil, but a Catholic priest Thursday argued the minister is misinterpreting scripture. "There is a great deal of confusion among Christians when it comes to this idea of using force to topple evil," Pastor Robert Jeffress of the First Baptist Church of Dallas told Fox News' "Fox & Friends" program. "I wanted clarify that I believe the Bible, especially Romans 13, does give President Trump moral authority to ... Read More
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