Ed Gogol

Trump’s Ignorance on Iran Was Willful <p style="text-align: right;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">ALSO SEE: </span></strong><a href="https://bobbyghosh.substack.com/"...

stop this war, now !
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Jaw-Dropping Scale of Troops Wounded by Trump’s War Is Leaked Scores of U.S. soldiers were gravely injured—but the Pentagon has not been upfront about it.

No comment ...
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The Unbelievable Madness of Our War With Iran <blockquote><br /><strong><em>Last year, I warned about the possibility that Israel might drag the United States into a regional conflict. What’s happening now is worse t...

from RSN: "Gulf states are furious with Trump for ... a war that will result either in complete chaos in Iran that could destabilize the entire region or the survival of a regime that is even more hostile, paranoid, and determined to go nuclear."
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Do US Presidents Have the Power to Declare War? <blockquote><br /><strong><em>On paper, declaring war is reserved for Congress. The Tonkin Gulf Resolution turned a constitutional requirement into a legislative habit of looki...

The hypocrisy of the "originalists" is on full display ...
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Trump Hit by New Epstein Files Bombshell Before Big Speech An investigation alleges there are more than 50 pages worth of documents missing from the Epstein files that may pertain to allegations against the president.

Surprise, surprise ...
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WGN-TV lays off eight on-air reporters and anchors Monday in massive downsizing The ax is falling at WGN-Ch. 9, cutting a wide swath out of “Chicago’s Very Own” TV newsroom.

Proof positive that our corporate masters often do VERY stupid things ... like, cratering the value of your investment by turning a proud and valuable institution with a long history and tremendous brand loyalty, into a hollow shell ...
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Women's Olympic hockey team tells Trump to go puck himself The U.S. women's Olympic hockey team declined President Donald Trump's invitation to attend his State of the Union address on Tuesday, with a spokesperson for the team telling NBC News that they ...

Good job, women!
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Some Reese’s Treats Drop the Milk Chocolate. Mr. Reese Disapproves.

Caveat emptor ...
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Trump’s EPA to roll back rule limiting hazardous mercury from coal plants Environmental groups warn that weakening air toxics and mercury standards will lead to higher health-related costs

I suppose if I owned a coal mine, I'd also be in favor of burning more coal ... that is, if I didn't care about how many more people died ...
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DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’

"The government was silencing free speech through multiple officials repeating false statements. 'There’s a level of terror to this. He was being held for exercising his first amendment rights. It was a collaborative effort to hide the truth. It’s terrifying.'”
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A Fatal ICE Shooting Occurred in Texas Months Before Renee Good’s Killing

An army of brutes has been unleashed upon us ...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/u...

Soil, Not Blood, Determines U.S. Citizenship <p><dropcap>A</dropcap>merica’s Constitution proudly proclaims that all people born on American soil and under the American flag are Americans — equal birthright citizens...

Pretty funny that the "originalist" judges who are so concerned with the original, literal meaning of the US Constitution, did not immediately strike down trump’s “executive order.” The stench of hypocrisy is rank.
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Hitler’s Greenland Obsession <blockquote><br /><strong><em>After creating an economic mess with ill-advised tariffs, Hitler looked north in pursuit of resources and national security.</em></strong...

Adolf was also obsessed with Greenland ...
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This Is How a Child Dies of Measles <blockquote><br /><strong><em>When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak</em></strong></blockquote><br /><p><dropcap>T</dropcap...

The American public health establishment has been taken over by quacks, and this is the result. (please send Reader Supported News at least a token contribution, folks, to thank them for making it possible for you to read this vitally important article free.)
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Georgia army veteran deported to Jamaica after routine traffic stop speaks out on ICE detention, systemic failures A Georgia Army veteran who spent nearly five decades in the United States was deported to Jamaica following a routine traffic stop.

If you've served honorably in our Armed Forces, you should automatically become a citizen.
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Illness Is Rampant Among Children Trapped in ICE’s Massive Jail in Texas The number of people held at the notorious Dilley immigration jail has nearly tripled since October.

"In a furious dissent, Judge Dana Douglas warned, “Congress did not secretly require two million noncitizens to be detained without bond, when nothing like this had ever been done before, and the whole history of American immigration law suggested it would not be.”
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Our President Is a Racist Pig <blockquote><br /><strong><em>His 11 pm post</em></strong></blockquote><br /><p><dropcap>F</dropcap>riends,</p><p>I try to...

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The Key to Managing Tariffs: Be Big and Have the President’s Ear

Donald Trump is bad for American small business ...
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Nuclear Arms Control Era Comes to End Amid Global Rush for New Weapons

Heaven help us ...
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Opinion | The Globalization of Canadian Rage

"With many Canadian provinces pulling American liquor from shelves, the export of U.S. spirits to Canada dropped by 85 percent in 2025 and the bourbon maker Jim Beam has temporarily halted production at one of its Kentucky distilleries. Loathing is a powerful force."
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Opinion | I Was Arrested for Doing My Job as a Reporter. Who’s Next?

A society that claims to value our democracy cannot criminalize those who document threats to democracy. If we fail to defend that principle now, clearly and without compromise, we may soon find that there is nothing left to defend.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/o...

Twix Is OK but Granola Isn’t as States Deploy New Food Stamp Rules

No absurdity is too extreme when your goal is punishing the poor ...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/b...

Trump’s Lawsuit Against I.R.S. Creates ‘Enormous Conflict of Interest’

Grifter in chief …
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Trump shares, then deletes video depicting Obamas as apes Tim Scott, the sole Black Republican in the Senate, called it “the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House.”

Naked racism …
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Stricter ballast rules on freighters demanded to protect Great Lakes from invasive species To prevent further spread of potentially catastrophic invasive species in the Great Lakes, the Canadian government is moving forward with tighter restrictions on all freighters. But standards final…

Every industry always resists the adoption of regulations which will add costs, however slightly. Any ship on the Great Lakes without the most modern technology to prevent the spread of invasive species, should be retired, and immediately.
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Vaccines Are Helping Older People More Than We Knew

Evidence of the benefits of vaccines keeps accumulating …
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‘They Couldn’t Break Me’: A Protester, the White House and a Doctored Photo

Naked racism: "The photograph of Ms. Levy Armstrong...the hallmarks of brazen disinformation from the top level of government: smearing and humiliating one citizen in order to influence public opinion, while sending a warning to other critics. "
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‘It seemed like time stopped’: Marimar Martinez recounts shooting by immigration agent at Washington forum Marimar Martinez’s testimony comes after weeks of blowback against the immigration enforcement raids that have rattled cities like Chicago.

“I am Renee Good, I am Alex Pretti, I am Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez, I am Keith Porter,” she said. “This needs to stop now. How many more lives must be lost before meaningful action is taken?”
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Marimar Martinez, shot by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Good, Pretti deaths: ‘I am their voice’ In a wide-ranging interview with the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ, Martinez discusses her shooting, the federal government’s failed attempt to prosecute her and the role she now sees for herself in a fi...

Trump has unleashed an army of trigger-happy brutes upon our communities …
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Illinois joins World Health Organization network, after Trump administration withdraws from group Joining the World Health Organization’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network is the state’s latest move into an area that was previously the domain of the federal government, before the…

Think there's no difference between the parties? This is the true meaning of national security.
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