Bull's eye! "They made up a phony collusion with the Russians story, found zero proof, so now they go for obstruction of justice on the phony story. Nice ... You are witnessing the single greatest WITCH HUNT in American political history – led by some very...
Hodgkinson’s Disease: Politics and Paranoia in the Age of Trump
James T. Hodgkinson, the would-be assassin of Republican congressmen, wasn’t a radical. If you look at his published output – a series of letters to his local newspaper in Belleville, Illinois, as well as the majority of his Internet postings – it’s mostly about...
Border Crossing Secured; 162 Killed in Iraq
The Iraqi Army, supported by Sunni tribal fighters and U.S. air forces, dislodged Islamic State militants from an area surrounding the al-Waled border crossing which is on the main highway route between Baghdad and Damascus. U.S. forces are based nearby in Syria. At...
UN Fears for Civilians Trapped in Mosul; 14 Killed in Iraq
It Doesn’t Matter Who Controls the Military
There are more than 8,000 troops still fighting in America’s longest war. According to Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, we need about 3,000 more. The idea that 3,000 troops will change a decade and a half long stalemate seems dubious, but that’s the number Mattis...
Demonstrators Demand Arrest of Former PM Maliki; 46 Killed in Iraq
Forget the Russian ‘Threat’: Mexico Is Our Real Problem
We often hear the Russia-haters accuse Vladimir Putin of murdering journalists: when Oliver Stone recently challenged the veracity of that unproved charge, he was booed by Stephen Colbert’s audience of trained seals hand-raisers. Yet we hear almost nothing about the...
Derangement and Danger on the Potomac
The horrific shooting spree on the practice field of the GOP's congressional baseball team happened early in the morning, but it was hardly the end of Wednesday's madness on the Potomac. As it happened, the former was apparently another random eruption by of one of...
A Planet’s Future Threatened by the Fate of Its Children
Originally posted at TomDispatch. In her first interview since President Obama commuted her 35-year sentence and she was released from the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Chelsea Manning explained to Nightline co-anchor Juju Chang why she leaked documents...


