Francis Rooney

They have decided that the administration, not the Constitution, are the arbiters of what is in the public interest - judge, jury and excutioner. (2/2)

The Trump admin first undermined the 1st amendment by banning media who weren’t 'precleared' at DoD briefings. Now the FCC has raised the bar of repression by threatening federally licensed broadcast media unless their coverage is ‘acceptable’. (1/2) foxnews.com/media/trump-th…

did the President not study Vietnam? the old maxim that came out of Vietnam, relevant to Iraq and Afghanistan as well, is never fight an enemy who sleeps where he fights. (2/2)

Trump’s actions are becoming more erratic and dangerous to our prosperity. We are in a quagmire in Iran with no strategy to win nor any consistent rationale for being there. Today there’s talk of sending an amphibious attack group & 2000 or so Marines to the Iran conflict (1/2)

consequences for the west. Sooner or later the Iranian people would’ve dealt with the regime on their own. Prior to admin cuts, the AGM had 20% radio market share in Iran with its Farsi broadcasts. Now we’ve destroyed any chance for an internal solution to the mullahs' theocracy

Even though the White House has offered numerous, always changing, justifications for bombing Iran nothing rings true except the fact that we have dangerously upset the balance of power in the Middle East and may bring on a civil war in Iran which could have unintended (1/2)

Justice Kavanaugh has perversely decided that the cost of upholding the Constitution is just too great. Do our institutions have a price tag? (2/2)

For  the 2nd time in less than 100 years SCOTUS has stopped authoritarian, or executive branch excess. While the admin continues to shred the Constitution’s separation of powers, the court has made an obvious ruling based on statute. (1/2)

The administration calling for "nationalization" of the electoral process is clear defiance of our Constitution. Taking ballots from Fulton County, GA is a crime. The American people must resist and oppose this destabilizing anticonstitutional behavior by our federal government.

It was great to join @jaketapper last night for a discussion of the Anthony Pretti killing and the ensuing investigation. video.snapstream.net/Play/6yNjAjyRG…

In the last two weeks ICE has killed two U.S. citizens and now the DOJ, FBI, and local law authorities are prevented from joining in the investigation. This is unprecedented U.S. Government behavior, common in authoritarian regimes but not places based on the rule of law.

They tried in 2009, the aborted "Green Revolution" and Obama ignored them. Lets hope the western and Arab worlds respond forcefully and positively to their efforts now. (4/4)

At that time Radio Free Europe/Voice of America, now the Agency for Global Media, had significant market share broadcasting in Farsi into Iran. Several studies described in the article showed significant alignment of goals & aspirations among Iranian and American people. (3/4)

The repressive regime of the Iranian Ayatollahs may finally be coming to an end. The people can't take lack of basic services and abject poverty any longer, as they see prosperity and success throughout the western side of the Persian Gulf. (1/4)

It was great talking with Chris Salcedo last night on @NEWSMAX about the clarity Pope Leo is bringing to the Vatican. newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/fra…

and the result has been lower construction costs and greater productivity. Robert F. Kennedy exposed union corruption in his book, The Enemy Within, but this admnistration has brought it back. 2/2

For the first time, a Republican president has mandated union labor for federal construction work. President Trump has extended the "project labor agreement" requirements, meaning only union labor can work on these jobs For over 45yrs the market has repudiated union mandates 1/2

Recent reporting noted the Administration’s termination of the 2019 executive order extending the ban on offshore oil & gas drilling in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. This will seriously threaten Florida's west coast & its tourism economy. The administration is abandoning Florida.

Americans do not know for certain who killed Adnan Kashoggi but we know CIA & Turkish intel authorities think it was orchestrated by Saudi Arabia. While it is no surprise that Saudi Arabian leader MBS would seek to exculpate the country, it does not square with what our own intel