Thomas Paine writes that a despotic government is a fungus that grows out of a corrupt civil society. This is what happened to past societies. It is what happened to us.
Chris Hedges: The Rule of Idiots
Tag: U.S. President Donald Trump
DHS Chief Calls for Military Arrests in LA Protests
In a letter obtained by The San Fancisco Chronicle, Kristi Noem appears inclined to skirt federal restrictions on military involvement with domestic law enforcement.
Palantir’s Value Soars With Dystopian Spy Tool that Will Centralize Data on Americans
By contracting the surveillance firm to agglomerate the U.S. population’s personal data across government agencies, the White House has turbo-charged the company’s value, Kit Klarenberg reports.
Trump Sanctions Reportedly Halt ICC Work
White House reprisals against the ICC and its chief prosecutor for issuing arrest warrants for Israeli leaders for war crimes have greatly reduced the court’s ability to function, according to multiple news outlets.
The Bogus Habeas-Corpus Argument
Suspending the right to challenge the legality of one’s detention in court would shred a core tenet of the Constitution, writes Marjorie Cohn.
Trump Missing His Chance to Make History in Moscow
Edward Lozansky on the snubbing by European leaders, along with the U.S. president, of Moscow’s May 9 celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany.
Vijay Prashad: Strangling Venezuela’s Economy
What the United States did to Chile between 1970 and 1973 is precisely what they have been doing to Venezuela since Trump’s 2017 “maximum pressure” campaign.