Is the Endgame with Iran About to Begin?
An update on US escalatory noises about Iran.
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Will Russia Expand Its Ground Campaign Into Sumy, Dniepropetrovsk, and/or Kharkov Regions?
Where might Russia take the Ukraine conflict next?
Read more...Links 3/19/2025
More on Trump Defiance of Court in Venezuela Deportation Case
Yves here. This post contains informative details on the ongoing row between Judge James Boasberg and the Department of Justice, which defied his order in a deportation of Venezuelans for the planes containing the detainees en route to El Salvador return to the US. The lawlessness of this Administration is stunning. First, as Judge Napolitano, […]
Read more...More IDF Depravity: Use of Palestinians as Human Shields
More systematic war crimes by the IDF, covered up as supposedly just a few outlier cases.
Read more...New York’s Economy Teeters on a Precipice
New York as an example of the effects of economic undertow created by the Trump Administration.
Read more...Links 3/18/2025
IM Doc: Report from Flyover on the Democratic Party’s Self Destruction
The Democratic Party’s slow-motion suicide continues.
Read more...Income, Wealth, and Environmental Inequality in the US
A study based on US air pollution data finds blacks at all income levels suffer worse exposures.
Read more...The Far-Right and the Crypto Scam
How Trump and his allies use crypto to rig the rules of the game in their favor and fleece rubes.
Read more...DOGE Going Dark as Evidence of Fabrications, Destructive Results and Citizen Anger Rises
OGE is turning out to be as reckless and wantonly destructive as its fiercest critics warned.
Read more...MAHA Three Card Monte? Decision to Axe Advisory Groups Could Spell Trouble for US Food Safety
Concerns that RFK Jr.’s MAHA may set back food safety, particularly with regard to pathogens.
Read more...Links 3/15/2025: The Ides of March
Book Review: How Our Digital Infatuation Undermines Discourse
A new take on the costs and dangers of digital device overuse and dependence.
Read more...Tightening the Screws: Columbia as Early Focus of Conservative Revenge on Universities
Trump and Vance have ratcheted up their war against universities in a big way.
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