I have been called to testify at courts-martial as an expert witness on servicemembers’ duty to disobey unlawful orders.
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Soldiers Must Disobey Unlawful Orders Under Trump — It’s Their Legal Duty Read Post »
The ruling comes amid legal battles over Trump’s moves to deploy the National Guard in other US cities.
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Judge Orders Trump Administration to Halt Illegal DC National Guard Deployment Read Post »
It’s been a week of Donald Trump outrages—he barked at a female reporter, “Quiet, quiet, piggy,” and during a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, he denigrated Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post columnist who was slain and dismembered by Saudi operatives, allegedly on bin Salman’s orders. But perhaps his most horrendous transgression, so […]
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Trump Endorses Hanging Democratic Members of Congress Read Post »
On their first day guarding a mall in Minneapolis, the men met in a warehouse on the outskirts of town at 4 a.m. to get “kitted up.” They put on flak jackets and masks. Some had military fatigues. Their boss, Nathan Seabrook, wore a walkie-talkie headset. He packed two pistols and a weapon that dangled […]
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How a Mercenary Became a Minneapolis Mall Cop Read Post »
The weapons industry is reaping the benefits as Trump amasses ships, drones, and missiles off the coast of Venezuela.
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The US’s Top Military Contractors Are Cashing In on Caribbean Operations Read Post »
In November 2005, a group of US Marines killed 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq. The case against them became one of the most high-profile war crimes prosecutions in US history—but then it fell apart. Only one Marine went to trial for the killings, and all he received was a slap on the wrist. Even his […]
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An Atrocity of War Goes Unpunished Read Post »
Pete Hegseth appears to have found a great workaround for racial integration at military events: When the rules won’t allow you to put up a “No Coloreds” sign, you can just ban soldiers with shaving waivers instead. The Pentagon boss—who now insists on being called the “Secretary of War”—is refusing entry to servicemen with beards […]
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Hegseth Bars Bearded Troops From Air Force Event Read Post »
“I’d be allowed to do whatever I want. The courts wouldn’t get involved,” Trump said.
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Trump Claims He Can Send “Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines” Into US Cities Read Post »
On Friday, the Trump administration escalated its military presence in the Caribbean and South America by announcing the deployment of an aircraft carrier group to the region. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave the green light to send the USS Gerald R. Ford—described by the US Navy as “the most capable, adaptable, and lethal combat platform […]
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“Gringos, Go Home”: Latin America Reacts to Trump’s Expanding Military Campaign Read Post »
This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter. Denise Rosales has never been arrested. She’s never been handcuffed. She’s never spent a night behind bars, never stood before a judge to profess her innocence. And yet, if you perform a […]
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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Over two years of nearly incessant bombardment, Israeli forces have killed more than 60,000 Palestinians, at least a third of whom are children. The human toll has been called genocide by human rights organizations around the world and by a UN commission, but a new […]
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Devastated by Israel, Gaza Faces an Environmental Crisis “Above Imagination” Read Post »
For our November+December issue, we investigated the brutal rollout of President Donald Trump’s immigration police state: the surge in funding and manpower, the troubling arrests by masked agents, the increasing use of problematic tech, the incessant cruelty of the messaging, and the shadowy profiteers cashing in on the administration’s anti-immigrant crackdown. Read the whole package here. When the […]
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