It’s always appropriate to show honor and appreciation to veterans and other members of the military, but I offer this reminder to my readers: we’re not celebrating Veteran’s Day, we’re celebrating Memorial Day — a day we set aside every…
In response to Donald Trump’s rejection of Iran’s response to his latest so-called peace plan (big surprise), I’m reposting John Whitehead’s great piece documenting how Trump’s approach to the war is making America last, not first. This article has been…
The American police state is making it easier for you to die in a war and making it harder to vote. Reports of food shortages on naval ships deployed to the Middle East. Video footage of disabled military veterans—some in wheelchairs, others…
The language of modern government is the language of empire. It is the language of domination, retaliation, conquest and control—of enemies to be crushed, nations to be subdued, and dissenters to be silenced. Under the Trump Administration, the language of…
When Donald Trump took the martyrdom of Charlie Kirk up a notch by appointing Erika Kirk to the United States Air Force Academy’s oversight board, he moved the military one step closer to becoming what some critics are calling a…
The military-industrial complex and the American police state have joined forces. Trump’s war abroad (Iran) and war at home are no longer separate enterprises. They have fused. This did not happen overnight. Every modern president has stretched the limits of war-making power.…
Recent events involving the murder of protesters in Minneapolis, MN at the hands of ICE agents have now brought us to a point where we must ask a question once thought unthinkable: Would Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth order the…
