The military junta that seized power in Niger last week, has alleged that the ousted government has granted France permission to carry out strikes on the presidential palace with the aim of freeing President Mohamed Bazoum. This announcement came from Army Colonel Amadou Abdramane, one of the leaders of the …
Read More »Armed and Beltway-ish: More Federal Bureaucrats Than U.S. Marines Authorized to Pack Heat
By Mark Hemingway for RealClearWire When Congress authorized $80 billion this year to beef up Internal Revenue Service enforcement and staffing, Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy warned that “Democrats’ new army of 87,000 IRS agents will be coming for you.” A video quickly went viral racking up millions of …
Read More »More Federal Bureaucrats Than U.S. Marines Are Authorized To Pack Heat
By Mark Hemingway for RealClearInvestigations When Congress authorized $80 billion this year to beef up Internal Revenue Service enforcement and staffing, Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy invoked the language of war to warn that “Democrats’ new army of 87,000 IRS agents will be coming for you.” A video quickly …
Read More »No state is authorized to buy automatic weapon – Presidency
The presidency has waded into the controversy surrounding buying of arms for state-owned security outfits. In a statement issued on Tuesday September 27, by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, it was stated that nobody is allowed to illegally carry AK-47 or any …
Read More »