Epstein Secrets

billion reconstruction effort was largely a failure with most of that money spent on security or lost to waste and fraud, it said. Former President George W. Bush's administration cited its belief that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's government held weapons of mass destruction to justify the decision to go to wa

a dangerous dictator and his supposed stocks of weapons of mass destruction. It was also to create a functioning democracy and thereby inspire what Bush called a "global democracy revolution." The effort was supposed to be cheap -- to require few troops and even less time. Instead, it cost the Unite

ber 2003, Rumsfeld told a press conference about President Bush's request for $21 billion for Iraq and Afghan rec

T's REMEMBER: Ten years ago when President George W. Bush announced the invasion into Iraq in March 2

g news shows describe Paul Ryan as economic wonk with the expertise to work with the Administration to resolve the current budget impasse. But like Grover Norquist, his real priority is not to make the federal government fiscally sustainable as it is to make it smaller. As Eugene Robinson pointed out this week

criminals," Kori Schake, a veteran of George W. Bush's national security team, writes in the Atlantic:

war criminals," Kori Schake, a veteran of George W. Bush's national security team, writes in the Atla

did not bat an eye, did not sugarcoat it, that it works.- -- Friday news dump follow-up: "Trump sides with war criminals," Kori Schake, a veteran of George W. Bush's national security team, writes in the Atlantic: "Trump has exercised his authority to intervene in three cases involving war crimes, on the side of

sues related to the regulation of tobacco products, including "WH Administration Initiative to ban flavored vaping products." Conservative activist Grover Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Reform, has played a starring role in ginning up opposition to the implementation of what Trump announced, but

did not bat an eye, did not sugarcoat it, that it works.- -- Friday news dump follow-up: "Trump sides with war criminals," Kori Schake, a veteran of George W. Bush's national security team, writes in the Atlantic: "Trump has exercised his authority to intervene in three cases involving war crimes, on the side of

criminals," Kori Schake, a veteran of George W. Bush's national security team, writes in the Atlantic

war criminals," Kori Schake, a veteran of George W. Bush's national security team, writes in the Atl

on of tobacco Page 16628 EFTA00046139 products, including "WH Administration Initiative to ban flavored vaping products." Conservative activist Grover Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Reform, has played a starring role in ginning up opposition to the implementation of what Trump announced, but

sleading people by characterizing the American Taxpayer Relief Act as a "tax hike." When in reality, much of what it did was allow 18 percent of the Bush tax cuts — mostly those affecting the wealthiest Americans — to expire while permanently locking in a whopping 82 percent of them. If you remember,

stration is only the start. What they really want to do is not just simply change Washington but to eviscerate the U.S. government. In the words of Grover Norquist -- "drown it in the bathtub," -- slashing Social Security and Medicare, ending worker protections we've had since the 193os, eroding civil rights an