Saturday, April 18, 2026

Donald Trump meets the heir apparent of the Saudi throne: Oil boycott or bromance?

Trump is dedicated to keeping petroleum profitable as long as possible. This stance pleases Saudi Arabia.

The Trump doctrine

Making nuclear weapons usable again.

Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Farmers need a $12 billion bailout to offset Trump's tariffs, Ivanka Trump dumps fashion brand, new emails show the lies of Sarah Sanders, and more.

US drone attack kills at least 10 Afghan civilians—including 6 children

"Too many children have already died from U.S. drone strikes. We cannot accept one more, let alone six."

The US war in Iraq: 15 years and counting … the dead and displaced

Fifteen years after the calamitous invasion of Iraq, those who precipitated the war still walk free.

The war to end war 100 years on: An evaluation and reorientation of our...

Ending war is not impossible. Far from it, in fact. But it is going to take a phenomenal amount of intelligent strategic effort, courage and commitment.

The US failed in Afghanistan by trying to moralize with bullets and bombs

Global South nations struggling with the effects of colonialism are ticking time bombs. Global North control creates simmering resentments and resistance.

Three Surprising Reasons Saudi Arabia May Be Getting Out of the Oil Business (Video)

In as little as fifteen to twenty years, petroleum may be illegal in some places; and will be in retreat everywhere.

Turkey Stages Coup Against Its Own Press and Generals in Bid to Arm Syrian...

While Turkey is roiled by a war on journalists, the arms flowing through the country are allowing the Salafi fighters to withstand the Russia air campaign south and east of Aleppo.

Tread carefully

The folly of the next Afghan “surge.”