1+ week, 4+ day ago   (463+ words) Oblivious to his own failure, which dwarfs George W. Bush’s premature declaration of victory in Iraq, Donald Trump stupidly mimicked the “Mission Accomplished” slogan last week in advance of the six-month mark of his disastrous, illegal, and hugely unpopular war. In…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (74+ words) The Contrarian USS Abraham Lincoln Is Finally Heading Home After 272 days at sea with worsening conditions and mental health crises, all to support Trump’s war of choice in Iran, the USS Abraham Lincoln and its roughly 5,000 sailors are on their…...

1+ mon, 20+ hour ago   (378+ words) In competitive, highly anticipated primaries Tuesday, Democrats defied “hot takes” and bad punditry, showing that (boring but true!) better candidates beat worse ones and Democrats are coalescing around a theme of economic populism with broad appeal. For Republicans, Donald Trump’s…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (349+ words) The Iran war is escalating after the ceasefire agreed in the Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran crumbled in early July. The renewed hostilities have also dragged new state and non-state actors into the fight, widening the…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (341+ words) The Contrarian Breaking: Bill Cassidy Still Can't Find His Spine A senator with nothing to lose agrees to vote for the worst nominee ever for attorney general. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), who lost his primary but never misses an opportunity…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (236+ words) As candidates gear up for the sprint to the midterm elections, Democrats must pierce the protective cocoon that spares Republicans embarrassment and scrutiny. They would be wise to employ four avenues of attack to bring the fight to Republicans. Third,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (191+ words) The Trump administration recently achieved a rare feat: It announced an international deal that virtually everyone, Democrats and Republicans, hates. The deal, signed on July 22 by Energy Secretary Chris Wright, would give Saudi Arabia American technology to build nuclear power…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (792+ words) Over lunch last Tuesday, a colleague asked the question now hanging over nearly every discussion of Iran: How does Trump get out of this war? I deflected. Donald Trump, I said, thinks war is a Steven Seagal movie when it…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (521+ words) The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to hold its vote on the Blanche nomination this Thursday. Jay Clayton’s hearing was less theatrical. But the testimony of Trump’s prospective director of national intelligence was no less disturbing when placed against the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (386+ words) Donald Trump’s entire premise for the disastrous, illegal war against Iran — namely, that the U.S. military could topple the Iranian regime, permanently eradicate its nuclear weapons and missile programs, and thereby remake the Middle East — has been exposed as…...