El Chapo’s drug tunnels, explained
Throughout his career as a drug trafficker, tunnels have been the common theme in El Chapo’s story. When he gained control of a major drug trafficking corridor in the late 1980s, Joaquin Guzman Loera — then known as “el Rapido”— was the first to create…
NASA finds strange alien planet hiding outside our solar system
Nasa has found a strange alien planet sitting outside of our solar system. The world is cool and small: two characteristics that make it a very strange thing indeed for scientists to find. The little planet known as HD 21749b is the third planet to…
How America became a Superpower
With over 800 military bases around the globe, the US is easily the most powerful nation on earth. But it wasn’t always this way. The US once played an insignificant role in global affairs. In this 8-minute video, you can see the transformation.
Supervolcano is brewing under Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire
Something unexpected has been gradually making itself known to geologists in the United States. A huge mass of molten rock is creeping upwards beneath the nation’s north eastern states. “The upwelling we detected is like a hot-air balloon, and we infer that something is rising…
2020 Census Will Ask White People More About Their Ethnicities
The race question is going to get complicated for many people who identify as white on the U.S. census. Since 1960, when U.S. residents were first allowed to self-report their race on the census, just answering “White” has been enough to complete the race question….
The former US Navy SEAL who killed bin Laden called Trump’s military parade ‘third world bullshit”
The former US Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden in 2011 is not happy about President Donald Trump’s desire for a military parade. He called it “third world bulls—” in a tweet, though he later acknowledged that the US has in the past had…
Jeff Sessions to rescind Obama-era marijuana policy
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is rescinding the Obama-era policy that had paved the way for legalized marijuana in states across the country. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has made it abundantly clear that he’s no fan of marijuana and now it seems he’s planning to unleash…
California is the world’s sixth largest economy.
Every US state and the majority of US cities with more than one million inhabitants conduct foreign affairs, with varying levels of efficacy and resources. Approximately 40 US states have a rough total of 250 representations abroad. Pennsylvania and Missouri operate the most overseas offices…
Trump Recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital
President Trump on Wednesday formally recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, reversing nearly seven decades of American foreign policy and setting in motion a plan to move the United States Embassy from Tel Aviv to the fiercely contested Holy City. “It is time to…
Trump Fires Bannon, North Korea Fires Missiles & Pepsi Fires Kendall Jenner
The shit show we call 2017 continues! Trump removes Steve Bannon security clearance, North Korea fires missiles saber rattling the U.S. and Pepsi shows that they have no idea what the fuck they are doing
