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USAID is/was an octopus, with tentacles extending everywhere. What did those tentacles do? First and foremost, they extended into the taxpayers' pockets to extract tens of billions of dollars a year, transferring those dollars to organizations and agencies favored by the transnational elite. The projects could be anything from overthrowing a government or two to putting some spending money into the pockets of the favored elites. A grain or two of rice might be given to some starving people for appearance's sake, but that was hardly the point. The grift and the power were. A perfect example is the case...

USAID: British politician complaining that his wife was supposed to get $1M in USAID grants before Trump cancelled the contract. Rory Stewart's wife runs Turquoise Mountain Foundation, which exposes modern art to puzzled Afghan women.

What happened to Track and Trace? I only ask because it might be needed. There’s a new lergy doing the rounds and it seems to be highly contagious. Just like Covid, cases of Trump Derangement Syndrome are appearing everywhere. No great cause for alarm – it’s all in the head – but certain individuals in high places are frightening the pants off people. Poor old Rory Stewart looked red-eyed and sniffly as he spoke of his pain and fears for future following Donald Trump’s shock victory. The former Tory MP-turned-weeping Leftie says he is “heartbroken” that America has just voted...

Outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May has vowed to stop the UK leaving the EU without a deal by aligning with Remainers in the Tory Party including Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Amber Rudd and Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond. Sources close to Mrs May told The Mail on Sunday that despite her failure to pass the EU-approved withdrawal treaty, she has “not budged” from her position that UK should not leave the bloc unless it has an exit deal. One ally told the Sunday newspaper: “She made little secret of the fact that she did not want...

David Cameron has been warned that Britain cannot afford any more defense cuts in the wake of the growing threat posed by Vladimir Putin—despite claiming the UK military is strong enough to fend off Russian aggression. The Conservative chair of the Defense Select Committee, Rory Stewart, said Mr. Putin was watching to see if Britain was going soft on defense. He said Britain’s military could not stand another round of defense cuts after the election. Mr. Stewart’s stark warning comes after RAF fighters were scrambled to escort two Russian bombers in international airspace off the coast of Cornwall yesterday. A...