( Tomdispatch.com ) – Today, Donald Trump presides over his own Murder Incorporated, less a government than a death squad. Many brushed off his proclamation early in his second term that the Gulf of Mexico would henceforth be called the Gulf of America as a foolish, yet harmless, show of dominance. Now, however, he’s created […]
500 Years of Inflicted Horrors, from the New World to Israel
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Leon Golub once related a story to a mutual friend. A Chicago artist famous for large canvases depicting crimson torture rooms in Central America, Golub had been asked what it meant to him to be a “Jewish political artist.” The painter’s quick reply was that he wasn’t a “Jewish political artist,” he […]
Ripping Suckling Babes from their Mothers’ Breasts: Trump’s Border Porn
(Tomdispatch.com) – On February 15th, Donald Trump declared a state of national emergency in order to fund his “great, great” border wall without having to go through Congress. There is, of course, no emergency, despite the rape fantasy that the president has regularly tried to pass off as public policy. In speech after speech, including […]
How Not to Build a “Great, Great Wall:” A Timeline of Border Fortification
By Greg Grandin – New York ( Tomdispatch.com ) – The point was less to actually build “the wall” than to constantly announce the building of the wall. “We started building our wall. I’m so proud of it,” Donald Trump tweeted. “What a thing of beauty.” [Note: Today’s author, the superb Greg Grandin, has written […]


