Tag: defense secretary
Why Jeh Johnson would be a better defense secretary than Michèle...
The dilemma facing Joe Biden: As he chooses between three bad options for Secretary of Defense, CODEPINK thinks Jeh Johnson is the least dangerous candidate.
Rejecting Michèle Flournoy, progressives demand Biden pick Pentagon chief ‘untethered’ from...
"The power progressives hold must be wielded now before it's too late, before Flournoy is crowned and the U.S. slips further into decline..."
Secretary of Defense opposes invoking Insurrection Act, a rebuke to President...
"The option to use active-duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort, and only in the most urgent and dire of situations—we are not in one of those situations now."
Trump’s defense secretary cites climate change as national security challenge
James Mattis’ unpublished testimony before a Senate panel recognizes a threat others in the administration reject or minimize.
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‘No nonprofit is safe’: Trump escalates federal crackdown on civil society organizations
From Ivy League universities to climate and justice nonprofits, the Trump administration is deploying tax threats, federal takeovers, and embedded agents to suppress ideological dissent and dismantle nonprofit independence.
Sick and unsafe: Trump attacks on workers’ rights is an attack on public health
This power shift hasn't just changed paychecks—it has fundamentally altered the physical and mental health landscape for millions of Americans.
Facing Trump’s America
As we experience Donald Trump’s twenty-first-century version of White nationalism, how we dealt with that difficult past should help us remember that we lived through terrible times by confronting them and that we can do so again.
‘Zero care left’: UN says Israel has destroyed Gaza’s last hospital amid mass graves...
Mass graves, targeted killings of medics, and relentless hospital bombings mark the collapse of Gaza’s health system under Israeli siege, UN and forensic reports confirm.
Trump fast-tracks Great Lakes oil tunnel, triggering outcry over water and climate risks
Environmental groups and tribal nations warn the Line 5 tunnel project could endanger drinking water for 40 million people after Trump administration classifies it as an emergency.