Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Tag: war

‘The lion has fallen!’

Recently, Manbij has fallen under the control of Kurdish militias and their allies. And that is only a rough summary of the city’s grim and complex history.

The Israelis left behind in 50 mn. tons of bomb-infested rubble...

Clearing this rubble will be extremely dangerous for so many reasons.

Egypt and Jordan reject Trump’s plan to ‘clean out’ Gaza

President Trump told reporters that he wants to “clean out” Gaza, suggesting that Palestinian Arabs should be ethnically cleansed into Egypt and Jordan.

Biden’s legacy is written in blood 

Behind all the devastation are all the people in power that make all of this tragedy and grief possible in the first place.

Israeli airstrikes kill 73 in Gaza just hours after ceasefire announcement,...

Israeli strikes escalate in Gaza even as cease-fire talks continue amidst a humanitarian crisis.

Gaza deal: What it means for peace in the Middle East—expert Q&A

We asked Scott Lucas, an expert in the Middle East conflict at University College Dublin, to explain the key issues that have led to the agreement and what it means for the future of the region.

Ukrainian neutrality is still the key to peace

The article explains why Ukrainian neutrality is still the key to peace, just as it was when Ukraine and Russia negotiated a draft peace agreement in March and April 2022, which the United States tragically rejected and blocked.

Angling toward Armageddon

You might think that the Washington establishment would be hard at work trying to prevent the ultimate catastrophe—a nuclear war.

Lancet study reveals Gaza death toll likely undercounted by 41% amid...

New analysis finds the human cost of Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Gaza may be far higher than official reports indicate.

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You deserve our hatred Elon. Your budget cuts are killing people.

Could Elon and his savage cuts to USAID. cause a subsequent resurgence of drug resistant TB?

Since 1975, $79 trillion has been redistributed from the bottom 90% to the top...

Has this massive redistribution, driven by policies favoring corporations and the wealthy, reshaped the American economy?

The CDC buried a measles forecast that stressed the need for vaccinations

The agency would have emphasized the importance of vaccinating people against the highly contagious and potentially deadly disease that has spread to 19 states, the records show.

How worker-owned news outlets are changing the media industry

For growing numbers of media companies, employee ownership offers journalistic freedom and job stability.

Make America Worse – the corrosive blueprint driving Muskrat-Trump’s high-risk demolition derby

Where’s the great Trump hustle, what he does best, that promises the moon while taking away the earth? The battle is now how much scorched earth Trump inflicts without any positive deliverables to offset the pain.