Monday, December 15, 2025

A nonpartisan guide to national security and foreign policy issues in the presidential election...

Is Trump a Russian agent? And is Clinton an emailing criminal? Will we be less safe during the next administration?

How Australia’s ‘fever swamp’ of climate science denial is pushing a non-scandal about temperatures

Australia’s network of climate science deniers continue to grasp at straws.

With voting rights protections gutted, polling places have been shuttered on a ‘massive scale’

Decisions to shutter or reduce voting locations are often made quietly and at the last minute, making pre-election intervention or litigation virtually impossible.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio loses re-election

Responsible for costing Maricopa County million of dollars in civil rights violation lawsuits, Arpaio can soon finally stop calling himself America’s toughest sheriff.

Abuses of power in Trumpworld and Davos

Trump spoke at Davos – an impeached president addressing world economic leaders while being tried in the Senate.

Bernie surges on

I don't know if Bernie will be nominated, but his latest surge in the polls puts him ahead in Iowa, N.H., and Nevada. Biden leads in South Carolina.

STUDY: US lawmakers are looting America

The new tax overhaul, passed by the Senate yesterday, will only exacerbate the problem.

‘Bullying of marginalized workers’: Trump moves to slash pay of guest farm workers amid...

"While immigrant farm workers risk their lives working w/o sufficient protection during this dangerous time, this country is excluding them from federal relief packages and lobbying to lower their wages."

Bernie Sanders: The Democracy Now! interview

“It’s not about you. It’s about the future of this planet. It’s about your kids and your grandchildren. It is about American democracy. It is about some very fundamental issues. And nobody in this room or in this country has a right to say I give up.“

Redefining American valor: Bernie Sanders’ vision for a new foreign policy paradigm

At the heart of Sanders' critique is the notion that American foreign policy has been marred by a series of misguided interventions and conflicts.