Nearby Israeli cities dump waste in Palestinian Shuqba, including broken electronics like cell phones, industrial waste right there
The Putinization of America
( Tomdispatch.com ) – It’s strange so many years later, in the United States of America, to feel as if I’m living in a country threatening to become like the Russia of Vladimir Putin that I spent years experiencing earlier in this century. To start, let me tell you a little something about that. For decades […]
A Case for Nonviolent Resistance: MAGA Men and Rage
( Tomdispatch.com ) – One strangely hot November afternoon, I waited for my elementary-school-aged kids to arrive at their bus stop. The quiet in our rural area was eerie. It captured the mood in the days after a national election that no one in my little community yet knew exactly how to respond to. In […]
Thugs R Us: How MAGA Uses Violence to Consolidate Power
( Tomdispatch.com ) – President Trump, his cabinet, and those who have profited from his rise seem to revel in public displays of cruelty. Take former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk, holding a chainsaw at a televised event to celebrate the firing of civil servants. Or Trump’s White House sharing a video […]
Illness and Endless War: The Unrecognized Ripple Effects of Violence on Health
( Tomdispatch.com ) – War kills in so many ways. These days, Americans are bombarded with images from Gaza and elsewhere of people or broken bodies being ferried on stretchers from the rubble of homes and hospitals, by rescue workers whose thin bodies and stricken faces suggest they are barely better off than those they’re […]
Detained! Trump’s America as one Big Black Site
( Tomdispatch.com ) – I don’t know about you, but the news continues to stress me out. Trump administration officials are using any excuse they can think of to detain and deport people whose points of view — or whose very existence on U.S. soil — seem to threaten their agenda. Deportations to El Salvador […]
The Cost of Trump’s War on Federal Workers: an Eyewitness Account
( Tomdispatch.com ) – The second administration of President Donald J. Trump has already started working its special magic across the Washington, D.C. capital region. Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have fired tens of thousands of federal workers, with more to come. Those who have lost their jobs include people who […]
The War on Terror Turns on Us: Gitmo and the end of the Rule of Law
( Tomdispatch.com ) – President Donald Trump has made no secret of his disdain for immigrants, particularly the non-white variety from south of our border. His statements that immigrants are “poisoning the blood” of our country,” coupled with Fox News reports on Hispanic-appearing migrants who commit crimes, leave little doubt about what he and his […]
Trump’s “Largest domestic Deportation Operation in U.S. History” would Target America Itself
( Tomdispatch.com ) – This country, once a haven for immigrants, is now on the verge of turning into a first-class nightmare for them. President Donald Trump often speaks of his plan to deport some 11.7 million undocumented immigrants from the United States as “the largest domestic deportation operation in American history.” Depending on how […]
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