How Much Further Can U.S. Forces Go in Mexico?
A drug kingpin’s arrest in Mexico shows Trump using the war on drugs to justify intervention. Will he deliver on his military action threat?
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Why Futuristic, Tech-Centered ‘Smart City’ Projects Are Destined To Fail
Why the smart city idea regular falls short of its hype.
Read more...Q&A: Tech Billionaires’ AI Space Empire Fantasies Are ‘An Insidious Form of Climate Denial’
Science journalist Adam Becker dissects offensively crazy tech billionaires’ schemes that greenwash their planetary looting.
Read more...The Political Fallout from the UK’s Mandelson-Gate Scandal Has Only Just Begun
One thing is already clear: Peter Mandelson (aka the Prince of Darkness) is now a spent force in British politics.
Read more...How Vulnerable is the US Electrical Grid to Winter Outages?
A look at the shaky state of the US electric grid and how it came to be in such sorry shape.
Read more...The Actual Gavin Newsom Is Much Worse Than You Think
A Gavin Newsom rap sheet, starting with his fake progressiveness.
Read more...Historia Arcana of the NATO Pact
Did the success of former Nazi officers in landing key positions in NATO help explain NATO’s Russia hostility even after the USSR fell?
Read more...ICE and Border Patrol in Minnesota − Accused of Violating 1st, 2nd, 4th and 10th Amendment Rights − Are Testing Whether the Constitution Can Survive
A law professor recaps ICE and DHS violations of the Constitution in Minnesota alone and their import in reversing Federal oversight.
Read more...Turmoil at FEMA Adds to the Revolt Against Kristi Noem
Is Kristi Noem incompetent, evil, or just doing exactly what Trump wants her to do? Her misrule at FEMA provides more to consider.
Read more...Türkiye Plays Peacemaker But Has Central Role in Iran Encirclement
While Trump’s “armada” gets the attention, Türkiye plays major role in bringing hostile actors to Iran’s borders.
Read more...Why American Life Expectancy is Falling Behind Globally, Falling Apart by State
The features of American life, policy, and economics are stalling out and even shortening life expectancy and what we can do to change it.
Read more...Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – The Folly of Bombing Iran
Escalation advocates argue that bombing Iran could extract concessions, collapse the regime, or permanently secure Israel. History suggests otherwise. Strategic bombing has repeatedly failed to produce regime collapse, even under extreme destruction. More importantly, even the most maximal hypothetical “success” against Iran would not resolve Israel’s deeper strategic dilemma. The Middle East is not a two-player system, and force cannot substitute for a political end state. Without defined limits and durable arrangements, military action merely resets the cycle of conflict—accumulating risk over time rather than producing security.
Read more...US Military Helping DHS Build Massive Network of ‘Concentration Camps,’ Navy Contract Reveals
DHS is using a repurposed $55 billion Navy contract to turn warehouses into makeshift jails and plan sprawling tent cities in the boonies.
Read more...Mexico Warns of “Far-Reaching Humanitarian Crisis” in Cuba, As US Seeks to Starve Island Nation Into Final Submission
Donald Trump’s vision of low-cost colonialism bears echoes of the fiscal receivership model pioneered by Theodore Roosevelt, which did not end well for most concerned.
Read more...It’s 2026 and You’re Uninsured. Now What?
Congressional inaction and rampaging heath premium increases mean even more Americans will go uninsured. Some suggestions about what to do.
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