Common Dreams | RESIST DAY #50: What You Can Do Today
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Lawrence Wittner | Why Should Trump―or Anyone―Be Able to Launch a Nuclear War?
Ultimately, then, the only long-term solution to the problem of national leaders launching a nuclear war is to get rid of the weapons.
Lawrence Wittner | Why Should Trump―or Anyone―Be Able to Launch a Nuclear War?
Ultimately, then, the only long-term solution to the problem of national leaders launching a nuclear war is to get rid of the weapons.
Flowers and Zeese: US Democracy Crisis Creates Illegitimate Political System
Ninety percent! A near unanimous consensus about the lack of confidence in the US political system. The poll taken last month as the primary season comes to a close found ...
Days Before Runaway Military Blimp, Another Blimp Accident in Kabul Killed Five
The runaway military surveillance blimp that came loose from an Army base in Maryland on Wednesday dragged its torn tether through power lines in two Pennsylvania counties before crashing into the woods. But at least no one died.
David Swanson: Pope Tells World’s Top Arms Dealers to End Arms Trade
Swanson: Perhaps they even heard the shout of honesty in the line: "Sadly, the answer, as we all know, is simply for money: money that is drenched in blood, often innocent blood."
Ivan Eland, Consortium News: The War Responsibility of Congress
Congress was to be the dominant branch of government, and the Executive’s role merely was to narrowly execute and enforce laws passed by that body. Even the president’s commander-in-chief role, much abused by modern chief executives, was to be restricted narrowly to commanding the U.S. military in battle. By Ivan Eland ConsortiumNews.com October 14, 2014 More
E. J. Dionne: The Vital Incoherent Center
Every decade or so, the Pew Research Center sorts the American electorate into discrete groupings with interesting names. By E.J. Dionne, Jr. truthdig.com June 30, 2014 Dirk Loop (CC-BY) Here’s one political paradox: A substantial majority of Americans do not fit neatly into the conventional “liberal” and “conservative” boxes, yet there is no coherent political center. Those More
Dan Froomkin, The Intercept. The Inverse of Oversight: CIA Spies On Congress
"The consistent theme is that members of Congress are finding themselves at an ever-increasing disadvantage when it comes to even finding out what intelligence agencies are doing — not to mention reining them in." By Dan Froomkin The Intercept 5 Mar 2014 Top intelligence officials testifying before the Senate intelligence committee in Jan. 2014. (AP File More
Will Shapira, Star Tribune: Letter of the Day (March 1): America's leaders and war
They have their excuses, and they’re not afraid to use them. By Will Shapira StarTribune Updated: February 28, 2014 - 5:48 PM Photo: Barrie Maguire • NewsArt The several wire stories in the Feb. 27 Star Tribune urging that the United States remain closely engaged in military affairs in Iraq and Afghanistan for one reason or More
Will Shapira, Star Tribune: Letter of the Day (March 1): America’s leaders and war
They have their excuses, and they’re not afraid to use them. By Will Shapira StarTribune Updated: February 28, 2014 - 5:48 PM Photo: Barrie Maguire • NewsArt The several wire stories in the Feb. 27 Star Tribune urging that the United States remain closely engaged in military affairs in Iraq and Afghanistan for one reason or More
Sonali Kolhatkar: The Cost of Courage — Malalai Joya’s Life-Risking Activism
"Joya had refused to remain silent in Parliament, and now, out of office, with her life more in danger than ever, she continues to speak for her people. In 2009, at the insistence of her supporters, she published her memoir, “A Woman Among Warlords,” where she laid out in clear terms her twofold struggle against More