Had the war plans been discussed on a secure government channel a record would have been kept, but Signal offered a way to make it disappear unless someone from outside took screenshots, writes Joe Lauria.
The ‘Disappearing’ War Chat
Category: Commentary
Max Blumenthal: Jeffrey Goldberg’s ‘War Chat’
Summoned to move the neocon message on Trump’s illegal war on Yemen, the Atlantic Magazine editor in chief wound up with more access than he could handle.
Trump’s Retaliation Against South Africa
As a warning to other countries, Washington’s ouster of Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool may well backfire, writes Medea Benjamin.
Jonathan Cook: Gaza Is Our Holocaust
If Hamas struck a hospital treating Netanyahu it would not be justifiable. But the laws of war are forgotten when Israel violates them.
Chris Hedges: Annexation & Genocide
Zionist extremists and Christian fascists, who are united and now hold senior positions throughout the Trump administration, embody a global movement to the extreme right.
Palestinian Rights Are Human Rights
The arbitrary arrests and due-process violations taking place in the U.S. are what Palestinians have known for eight decades under Israeli military occupation, writes M. Reza Behnam.
The Chris Hedges Report: America’s Constitutional Crisis
“An abusive exercise of power accompanied by humiliation” —Katherine Franke, former law professor at Columbia, on the university’s handling of Mahmoud Khalil, for whom she served as disciplinary adviser.
Why They Deny It’s a Genocide
Supporting the massive U.S.-to-Israel weapons pipeline requires pretending Israel is not perpetrating a genocide, says Norman Solomon.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Greek Leftists for Trump
Trying to stop the war in Ukraine, spreading fear among conservative politicians and carrying out diplomacy with North Korea, as the U.S. president did in his first term, all earn points.
Perilous Times for Freedom in the US
The U.S. government, in its zealous enforcement of the nation’s immigration laws, has become lawless, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.