Resisting Riviera of the Middle East

“There is something sick and rotten about states and societies that not only support and enable mass killings but also make money off of them.” ~ Pankaj Mishra, January 30, 2025 At a February 4th, 2025, press conference in Washington, D.C., President Trump, standing...

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William Astore says Cut Pentagon Spending!

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. As Elon Musk runs amok in the U.S. government, claiming to work for government efficiency, I’ve yet to see him tackle the elephant in the room: the Pentagon budget. That budget, nominally at $900 billion,...

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