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Is Trump aiming for talks with Iran after chucking John Bolton to the curb?
Sophia Tesfaye
Trump is thoroughly incompetent — but ditching Bolton may be his best decision, and reduces risk of war with Iran
We forgot the lessons of 9/11: Osama bin Laden would love Trump
Amanda Marcotte
In electing Donald Trump, we gave Osama exactly what he wanted, by exposing the U.S. as a hapless paper tiger
Fox News host Tucker Carlson claims that John Bolton is a “man of the left” and a “progressive”
Shira Tarlo
But Carlson didn't mention Bolton spent more than a decade as a Fox News contributor before being tapped by Trump
A super-hawk’s big fail: The unlikely rise and welcome fall of John Bolton
Heather Digby Parton
Bolton was always a terrible fit for the Trump White House — and the world breathes easier without him there
“The pain remains”: The living literature of war
Nick Turse
Since 2001, more than 1,500 U.S. military personnel have lost limbs to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
The forgotten lesson of 9/11: Political misinformation long predates Trump
Bob Hennelly
9/11 first responders are dying because officials lied about air quality. Trump is just a continuation of a problem
President Trump fires John Bolton as national security adviser
Shira Tarlo
Trump said he asked Bolton for his resignation, while Bolton claims he offered to resign
John Bolton and Lindsey Graham may have talked Trump out of Taliban summit
Matthew Rozsa
New report reveals that Trump impulsively pursued a Taliban summit — and just as suddenly abandoned the idea
Julián Castro refers to “bizarre episode” of Donald Trump supposedly calling off Taliban peace talks
Matthew Rozsa
2020 presidential candidate Julián Castro expressed skepticism on Donald Trump's supposed Afghan peace talk plans
Who are the real invaders on planet Earth?
Tom Engelhardt
In this century, there has been only one true invader on planet Earth: the United States of America
A new book reveals just how sophisticated surveillance has become
Jefferson Morley
"Eyes in the Sky" details a startling account of the new technologies that promise safety and imperil privacy
Amid the rising tide of “gaffes,” Joe Biden looks less electable every day
Amanda Marcotte
Joe Biden is the least electable of the major Democratic candidates. Will voters see that in time to stop Trump?
Wake up, America: The dream is dead. Not just for “Dreamers,” but for all of us
Anis Shivani
One DACA recipient has decided to "self-deport" — to Canada. More will follow, and that should tell us something
Former Secretary of Defense James Mattis: “I had no choice but to leave” Trump administration
Shira Tarlo
"I just couldn't connect the dots anymore," Mattis said, breaking his eight-month retreat from the public eye
How Amazon and Silicon Valley seduced the Pentagon
James Bandler, Anjali Tsui, Doris Burke
Tech moguls like Eric Schmidt have gotten unprecedented access to Defense Department. That's not a good thing
Sanders and Warren should know that demonizing foreign regimes produces a hefty Pentagon price tag
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies
Authoritarianism is not a concept the U.S. can defeat militarily, any more than “communism” or “terror”
Emails show the VA took no action to spare veterans from a harsh Trump immigration policy
Yeganeh Torbati, Isaac Arnsdorf, Dara Lind
The VA’s approach differs from the Pentagon’s, which won an exemption for active-duty members of the military
The uneasy alliance between aluminum and warfare
Mimi Sheller
From hand grenades to nuclear bombs, modern weaponry across the world rests on aluminum-based technology.
The U.S.’s culture of violence is killing us all
César Chelala
Although violent incidents occur in other countries, they are not as frequent — or as deadly — as in the U.S.
It’s not Democrats who are making guns a political issue: It’s all the dead bodies
Lucian K. Truscott IV
All three recent mass shootings involved military-style assault rifles. Now there's no excuse for inaction
This refugee-run catering company cooks up food from around the world in Queens
Hannah Howard
Eat Offbeat depends on refugees from Iraq to Senegal to create a global cuisine for their clients
Trump’s press pass: Reporters fail America when they allow the president to go “off the record”
Dan Froomkin
Why did the press allow President Trump to hide from them when he went to Dayton and El Paso?
Why white nationalist mass shootings should make us rethink “national security”
Jefferson Morley
The idea that white nationalist terrorism is a threat to U.S. national security is the new normal
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