The American bombardment of Iran has been launched without explanation, without Congress, without public support. Above all it has been launched without a coherent strategy for the Iranian people, and without a plan to let them build a legitimate Iranian state.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Stop parroting the "pre-emptive" language. You are not stenographers. You're journalists. Act like them.
Ronn Easton and his fur coat gained righteous viral fame when he berated ICE goons in Minneapolis in a riff that lent voice to an entire city’s rage. His elevated profile has deepened the Vietnam veteran's sense of duty to keep fighting for his nation. “We’re supposed to be a country, not a cult.”
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Bravo. The Guardian also does this. Whereas NYT continues to use terms like "inaccurate claims" and "falsehoods," and feels very proud of itself. Just call it like it is, like journalists (like myself) are supposed to.
Check out the incredible #RSV package from @sciam.bsky.social. Articles from me, @lizszabo.bsky.social @markkreidler.bsky.social, Suzette Brewer & editing frm @emilybazar.bsky.social. All editorially independent reporting. www.scientificamerican.com/report/innov... (we didn't know who sponsors were)
No concept of justice can remedy the suffering of a husband and father who has lost his family in one grievous, everlasting instant. So I wondered what Yaroslav felt should happen to those who killed his wife and children and to Russia as a whole for its untold crimes against Ukraine.
The new restriction will sharply limit access to the Novavax vaccine for people under 65 who are in good health. It may leave Americans who do not have underlying conditions at risk if a more virulent version of the coronavirus were to emerge. It could also limit options for people who want the vaccine for a wide array of reasons, including to protect a vulnerable loved one.
Under 65 years old? No Novovax COVID vaccine for you this year.
As expected, the Republicans have enabled RFK Jr. and his coterie of antivax grifters to take away your right to make your own medical decisions in consultation with your doctor.
Gift Link: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/h...
Video showed that before 15 aid workers were killed by Israeli forces, they had their emergency signal lights on, contradicting Israel’s claims.
The image is a screenshot of a tweet from Brandon Bradford (@BrandonLBradfor ). The tweet reads: "Deporting Americans without due process then saying they no longer get due process because they aren’t in America means no one has rights, FYI. Nightmare scenario."
If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.
"So they expected him to kneel?"
He didn't.
Read the assessment of today's shameful, embarrassing White House display by @martinkuz.bsky.social
"In the presence of a genuine wartime leader, whose tone and demeanor remained respectful even as they assailed him with insults and condescension, Trump and Vance engaged in a disgraceful display of what now passes for American strength."
"Westerners may think that Zelensky should have appeased the Trump-Vance tag team. But his unwillingness to beg reveals a consistent moral code that applies to the man as much as his country — a refusal to surrender to tyrants, whether in DC or Moscow." @fpwellman.bsky.social @rdelwood.bsky.social
Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
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President Trump’s simpering fealty to Vladimir Putin and Russia is embarrassing and dangerous.
Illinois stands with Ukraine, and so should the White House.
Zelenskyy showed more courage and intestinal fortitude today than the entire Republican Party since 2016. It's shocking to see someone refuse to bend the knee and become a supplicant.
Trump’s executive orders have blocked entrance to the country for more than 110,000 refugees, including thousands of Afghans who worked with the U.S. military.
“We feel betrayed,” said one Afghan American soldier.
With @texastribune.org
President Trump has proposed that Palestinians leave Gaza for somewhere else. Framed less politely, this is an American president calling for ethnic cleansing of Gaza. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
"Vance, Gabbard and Hegseth appear oblivious to a dark irony: After years of claiming that America’s political and military establishment betrayed their generation of veterans, they soon will assume the role of betrayer, abandoning Ukrainian troops to their fate." My piece in @thehill.com today.
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"Ukraine begins with you."
The words of Vyacheslav Chornovil surfaced from memory while I doom-watched U.S. election coverage. In this uncertain moment, his rise from political prisoner in the USSR to presidential contender in independent Ukraine holds a lesson for Ukrainians and Americans alike.
