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Staff Writer and Louisville native Aramie Vas has been named Managing Editor of GonzoToday.com. As managing editor, Aramie will be in charge of overseeing and coordinating the daily operation and ongoing creation of our website, including managing staff and content. Aramie submitted her first piece, “Too Much Ambition” in February 2015. Since […]

by Joe Coleman  A new inspector general’s investigation found a Pentagon business advocacy agency spent almost $150 million on private “villas” and security for a very small contingent of staff and visitors in Afghanistan. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction presented his findings in a letter to Defense Secretary […]

By Aramie Louisville Vas The mainstream media is in a stir, reporting that Russia has officially called out Turkey on Wednesday for buying oil from Daesh. And “they have proof.” Russia’s got satellite images on Turkey supposedly showing tanker trucks loading oil at installations controlled by Daesh. Turkish President Ergodan […]

  By Joe Coleman In Northeastern Syria, an all-female combat unit is exacting revenge on Daesh. Women in the region tell stories of how Daesh systematically kidnaps girls and sells them like wares into sexual slavery. The fighters also justify their cruel acts as virtuous in the eyes of Allah. […]

  by Joe Coleman US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter informed the press on Tuesday that the military will expand its Special Operations force in Iraq as part of a ramped-up war effort to combat Daesh.  Carter refused to say exactly how many ground troops are deploying but said it […]

At last count, 14 people have been killed and 17 people were wounded by two deranged gunmen in San Bernardino, California. The shooting took place Wednesday afternoon at the Inland Regional Center, a complex that houses a conference center and a separate facility where trained staff provide services to people with developmental […]

By Charlie Seller The mayor of Chicago fired his police Superintendant yesterday after allegations of a cover-up surfaced regarding the police murder of Laquan McDonald, a 17 year old black teen who was shot 16 times while walking away from officers. The mayor threw Superintendant Garry McCarthy under the bus […]

Turkey, who has been chomping at the bit to join the European Union for over a decade, struck a new deal on Sunday: they will take in Syrian refugees in exchange for three billion euros, loosened visa restrictions throughout Europe and “renewed talks” on joining the EU. So many thoughts […]