Yesterday, I spent some time discussing the impact of Donald Trump's presidency with two of my neighbors, both of whom work for the federal government. It was a scary conversation to say the least as it shed light on what it is like working for a government that has no ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  May 7, 2018

If Donald Trump did not collude with the Russian government to throw the 2016 election in his favor, he would no doubt be extremely alarmed about the definitive intelligence reports stating that the Kremlin is planning on disrupting the midterm elections this year. And yet ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018

(WARNING: SATIRE. PROBABLY.) Due to recent budget cuts to the State Department and Rex Tillerson’s overall management style of “Diplomacy? Yeah fuck that” the State Department was forced to center the upcoming 2018 European diplomatic efforts around Glenn and Charlie’s “Badass ...read more

• By Frederic Poag
  Nov 17, 2017

Responding to a question about lingering State Department vacancies last night, Donald Trump told Fox's Laura Ingraham that he wasn't really concerned about it. Why? Because according to Trump, he is "the only one that matters".  "Are you worried that the State Department ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 3, 2017

Rex Tillerson is destroying the State Department. This is indisputable. He is leaving key positions unfilled. He is refusing to consult with the hundreds of experts at his disposal with decades of experience. He is eliminating entire sections within the State Department, forcing ...read more

• By Justin Rosario
  Oct 5, 2017

In many regards Ronald Reagan was not a good president. But you have to give The Gipper credit for at least one thing: the man was bullish on America. He believed the country was a "shining city on a hill" that was an example for the world to follow. Granted, we very often ...read more

• By Wes Williams
  Aug 1, 2017

On Tuesday, word came down that Christopher Painter was pushed out of his job at the State Department. You'd be forgiven for not knowing who Painter is since his job, while critically important, was a bit too abstract for the general public to care about: Painter, the ...read more

• By Justin Rosario
  Jul 19, 2017

If you thought yesterday was bad, welcome to January 26th. This just in from the Washington Post:  The entire senior level of management officials resigned Wednesday, part of an ongoing mass exodus of senior foreign service officers who don’t want to stick around for the Trump ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018

The media malpractice surrounding former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails continues apace, and is actually getting worse. The custom among "objective" media has been to bury the most important facts about the emails, the ones which determine whether Hillary Clinton ...read more

• By Tommy Christopher
  Nov 9, 2018

Dick Cheney will rightly go down as one of the most despised figures in American political history. The ruthlessly cold neo con was one of the major architects of the Iraq War and the 'War on Terror', and used his power in office to do an astonishing amount of damage at home ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018

If you lie to Congress, it is a crime.  It’s called perjury.  You may remember that when Roger Clemens did it, he barely escaped two counts of it.  And you should remember that the official reason President Bill Clinton was impeached was because of perjury (you know, it had ...read more

• By Alyson Chadwick
  Nov 9, 2018

Anthony Weiner is considering running to be the next New York City's mayor and I am all for it.  The former Congressman and ardent liberal should run.  You probably remember a few years ago he was pushed from Congress for tweeting his privates. Well, that was the official reason. ...read more

• By Alyson Chadwick
  Nov 9, 2018