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- Soldiers of the boogaloo: David Neiwert on the far right's plans for a new civil war | Author of "Alt-America": What happens this year will be a "key turning point" on the path from democracy to fascism https://www.salon.com/2020/05/18/soldiers-of-the-boogaloo-david-neiwert-on-the-far-rights-plans-for-a-new-civil-war/ 10 comments politics
- Soldiers of the boogaloo: Is the far right really planning a new civil war — and how bad will it be? | Author of "Alt-America": What happens this year will be a "key turning point" on the path from democracy to fascism https://www.salon.com/2020/05/18/soldiers-of-the-boogaloo-david-neiwert-on-the-far-rights-plans-for-a-new-civil-war/ 44 comments politics
- Hi. I'm Kathleen J. Frydl, author of The Drug Wars in America, 1940-1973. Ask me anything. http://www.amazon.com/Drug-Wars-America-1940-1973/dp/110769700X/ 170 comments history
- The prudes are winning- The author of "America's War on Sex" says things have gotten worse under Obama http://www.salon.com/2012/05/01/the_prudes_are_winning/singleton/ 9 comments politics
- Trump Brings in the Infantry for His War on Blue America: Even during the pandemic, he is using the tools of national authority to advance Republican priorities while weakening Democrats’ capacity to impede them. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/05/trump-escalating-his-war-blue-america/611653/ 5 comments politics
- I am author and Iraq War veteran Matt Gallagher. My novel 'Empire City,' about a military coup in an alternate America that won the Vietnam war, is out this week. AMA! http://mattgallagherwriter.com/ 20 comments books
- Trump’s War on Blue America - The president’s move to revoke California’s authority to set car-emission standards is part of a broader push to stymie the states that voted against him. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/09/trump-epa-california-car-emissions/598381/ 46 comments politics
- I am Stewart Patrick, senior fellow in global governance at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of a new book: The Sovereignty Wars: Reconciling America with the World. AMA https://www.reddit.com/r/geopolitics/comments/78nl3w/i_am_stewart_patrick_senior_fellow_in_global/ 46 comments geopolitics
- Congress will authorize President Obama’s war on ISIS: Legislators don’t want to be responsible for America’s wars - Today, in the wake of Iraq and Afghanistan, there is similar distaste for going to war and a distrust of presidential power http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/war_stories/2015/02/congress_will_authorize_president_obama_s_war_on_isis_legislators_don_t.single.html 8 comments politics
- How The CIA Kills Countries - John Perkins, author of "Confessions of an Economic Hitman," describes how the United States of America, through corporations and the CIA, wages economic wars against Third World countries in order to control their resources. http://criticalthought.me/post/how-cia-kills-countries-john-perkins-author-confessions-economic-hitman-describes-how-united 10 comments worldnews
- In a move that would expand America’s involvement in Syria’s civil war, US President Obama is close to authorizing the US military to train moderate Syrian rebels to fight the regime of Bashar Assad and al Qaeda-linked groups, according to reports. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/27/obama-deploy-us-military-advisers-syria/#ixzz32w8tzen2 5 comments worldnews
- How the War on Terror Changed the Way America Fights - Obama's decision to seek Congressional authorization for a Syrian intervention illustrates the new mood in the country http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/09/how-the-war-on-terror-changed-the-way-america-fights/279250/ 3 comments politics
- HR 1553 Authorizing ‘Use of Force’ Against Iran is Based on Pure Propaganda .. America has not officially declared war on a nation since World War II. Yet we are now entangled in endless wars with no feasible goals, except sustained military profits and resource grabs. http://militantlibertarian.org/2010/08/21/hr-1553-authorizing-use-of-force-against-iran-is-based-on-pure-propagandahr-1553-authorizing-use-of-force-against-iran-is-based-on-pure-propagandahr-1553-authorizing-use-of-force-against-i/ 20 comments politics