Lockheed Earned a Profit During the Pandemic. Now Congress Wants It to Pay for Faulty Fighter Jets.
The F-35, Lockheed Martin’s signature product, is the most expensive government weapons program in history.George Frey/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.It’s been quite a week for Lockheed Martin. On Tuesday, the financial news outlet Barron’s dubbed the giant defense contractor a “pandemic star,” after its quarterly earnings came in…
A New State Department Report Cements Mike Pompeo’s Twisted View of Human Rights
Jim Loscalzo/CNP/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Last July, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo launched an advisory panel to help the US practice “a moral foreign policy … grounded in [a] conception of human rights.” Crucially, its mission, Pompeo explained, would include reining in a dangerous proliferation of “new”…
Top US General Vows to “Take Action” If Reports of Russian Bounties Are True
Drew Angerer/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Gen. Mark Milley, the highest-ranking US military officer, vowed Thursday to “take action” if reports of Russian bounty payments targeting US troops in Afghanistan are confirmed. Still, don’t expect much in the way of immediate action, as the chair of…
Congressional Democrats Are Tying Themselves Into Knots About Whether to Restrict Aid to Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Feb. 20, 2020 visiting an area where a new neighborhood is to be built in an East Jerusalem settlement.Debbie Hill/Pool via AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Rank and file Democrats are trying to walk a thin line on Israel. Almost…
John Bolton’s Book Claims Trump Called Muslim Concentration Camps in China the “Right Thing to Do”
Ivanov Artyom/TASS/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.President Donald Trump reportedly said China’s decision to detain Uighur Muslims in concentration camps was “exactly the right thing to do” and encouraged Chinese leader Xi Jinping to “go ahead with building the camps,” according to a book excerpt published…
Trump’s Crackdown on Protesters Is Great News for Chinese Propagandists
Ivanov Artyom/TASS/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As tensions between China and the United States have escalated in recent years, June 4 has become an increasingly important date for American political leaders, especially ones who are hawkish on China. On that day in 1989, Chinese security forces…