Doug Brignole's Iron Man Archive

Gen. Francis L. Donovan, the head of US Southern Command, visited Venezuela on Wednesday and met with Venezuelan Acting President Delcy Rodriguez, a visit that came less than two months after the US attacked Venezuela and abducted President Nicolas Maduro. According to a press release from Rodriguez’s office, during the meeting, both sides “agreed to […]

Teacher Loses Career Over Two-Word Facebook Post Supporting ICE James Heidorn, who taught at Gary Elementary School in West Chicago, found himself at the center of a community firestorm that cost him not just his teaching position but his identity as an educator, all for posting two words on Facebook: "Go ICE."  The incident began in late January when Heidorn, a 14-year physical education teacher, responded to a news story about a local police department pledging cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. His personal Facebook post sparked immediate backlash in the...

A flurry of Israeli strikes targeted southern and eastern Lebanon on Sunday night and Monday, killing at least five people. Four of the slain were reportedly members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and were killed near the Lebanon-Syria border. The IDF declared them terrorists who were operating in the Majdal Anjar area, near Masna. The four […]