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What’s the Rumored ‘Sonic Weapon’ Used in Venezuela Raid?

January 21, 2026 Venezuela, Weapon, What's, used, raid, 'sonic', Rumored0 comment

Use of a “sonic weapon” in the overnight capture of a country’s leader might sound like something out of a science fiction novel, but experts confirm that sort of technology exists. U.S. military use of sound as a non-lethal weapon “is credible” and “has been demonstrated,” according to Brent Sadler, a senior research fellow at The Heritage Foundation who focuses on naval warfare and advanced technology. Following the U.S. military operation in Venezuela to capture socialist leader Nicolás Maduro, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt shared a post on X…

Grassroots Win: House Dems Secure ACA Funding Extension Senate Must Act to End the Trump Healthcare Crisis

January 21, 2026 Grassroots, Senate, House, must, crisis, Dems, funding, healthcare, Trump, Extension, secure0 comment

Senate Must Act to End the Trump Healthcare Crisis WASHINGTON – In response to Leader Jeffries and House Democrats leading the charge on passing the ACA discharge petition after months of grassroots pressure on healthcare, MoveOn Civic Action Executive Director Katie Bethell released the following statement: “Thanks to millions of calls, texts, and emails from people nationwide, the House forced through a successful vote to expand ACA subsidies and stop our premiums from rising even higher. Americans struggling to afford health care and premium spikes have no patience for continued…

What is the Insurrection Act? Trump’s Minnesota threat, explained

January 17, 2026 Threat, Insurrection, Minnesota, trumps, explained0 comment

The Insurrection Act grants presidents extraordinary power to use armed forces on American soil, though its use remains rare in modern times. Here’s more on what the Act is and its history. The Washington Times stories: White House

Army to update its software directive, pursue new funding category for software

January 17, 2026 Software, Army, directive, category, UPDATE, funding, Pursue0 comment

The Army is updating its software directive and scrapping its existing policy on software funding that has routinely hindered software projects across the service. Michael Obadal, the service’s undersecretary, said the new software directive will be released “in the coming weeks.” The service plans to revise the document annually to keep pace with the rapidly changing environment. Meanwhile, canceling its existing policy governing how the service pays for software will allow the Army to “apply the appropriate type of money to the applicable use case.” “For many years, as many…

‘Maybe DHS Was a Bad Idea’

January 17, 2026 maybe, Idea0 comment

“We don’t do politics in the Department of Homeland Security,” Tom Ridge, the nation’s first DHS secretary, liked to say whenever reporters would ask how he handled pressure from the White House. Ridge, a moderate Republican and a Vietnam vet with a square jaw and gentle manner, was the governor of Pennsylvania when nearly 3,000 Americans were killed on September 11, 2001. The nation was gripped with fear and horror, and President George W. Bush put the bipartisanship-seeking Ridge in charge of making sure there wouldn’t be another terrorist strike.…

Is a Red Line Still a Red Line?

January 17, 2026 still, line0 comment

One of the most embarrassing moments of the extremely embarrassing Barack Obama presidency came in the context of the Syrian civil war. In August 2012, Obama vowed that “a red line for us,” which would thereby necessitate some sort of American intervention, “is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized.” The 44th president continued: “That would change my calculus.” Except it didn’t. A year later, former Iran- and Russia-backed Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad crossed Obama’s “red line,” launching a lethal sarin gas on…