In "Watershed Moment" China Orders Companies To Defy US Sanctions

President Trump on Thursday attacked House lawmakers as “unpatriotic” for passing a War Powers Resolution that would direct him to end the war with Iran, which he launched with Israel without congressional authorization, in violation of the US Constitution. The bill passed on Wednesday in a vote of 215 to 208, with four Republicans joining […]

Contempt Of Court: Justice Sotomayor Suggests Justice Kavanaugh Is An Uninformed Elitist Authored by Jonathan Turley, Justice Brett Kavanaugh is accustomed to unrelenting personal attacks from the left that began with his nomination to the Court. This week, however, the ad hominem insults came not from cable programs but a colleague.  Justice Sonia Sotomayor used an appearance at the University of Kansas School of Law to level a personal dig at Kavanaugh as an out-of-touch elitist. I have long criticized the growing number of public statements by justices on controversial subjects and cases, including Justice Sotomayor. However, this...

The US Military Is Running A Bitcoin Node, Admiral Paparo Reveals Authored by Micah Zimmerman via Bitcoin Magazine, The United States military has an active node on the Bitcoin network, according to Admiral Samuel Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM). The disclosure, made at a House Services committee hearing, marks the first known confirmation that a U.S. military combatant command is directly participating in the Bitcoin peer-to-peer network. “We have a node on the Bitcoin network,” Paparo wrote. “We’re doing a number of operational tests to secure and protect networks using the Bitcoin...