Iranians Would Kindly Like Donald Trump To “Shut Up”
Iranian students gather for a demonstration over the downing of a Ukrainian airliner at Tehran University on January 14, 2020.Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images When Iran’s military admitted on Saturday that it had mistakenly shot down a civilian airliner, Ukraine Airlines Flight 752—killing all 176 of its mainly Iranian passengers and crew—Iranians started taking to…
The Hypocrisy of Trump’s Threat to Destroy Iran’s Cultural Sites
Win McNamee/Getty Three days before an American drone assassinated one of Iran’s top generals, the White House bragged in a press release about spending $25 million overseas “to protect religious freedom, religious sites and relics.” Over the weekend, President Donald Trump thoroughly undermined that boast by threatening, via his favorite platform, to eradicate 52 Iranian…
The Selective Service’s Website Crashed and Not Because People Are Rushing to Enlist
Capt. Robyn Haake/Planet Pix/Zuma As concerns about violent reprisals or a Middle East war unfolded following reports that President Donald Trump had ordered the killing of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani on Thursday, some Americans were also worried about more personal implications of the event. So many Americans Googled “draft requirements“ and “military exemptions“ that the…
North Korea Is About To Blow Up Trump’s Supposed Top Foreign Policy Win
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the South and North Korea on June 30, 2019 in Panmunjom, South Korea.Handout/Dong-A Ilbo via Getty Images North Korea is reportedly set to test a missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead to American shores in coming days,…
Can You Make a Progressive Defense Bill? Democrats Tried, and Now Think They Failed.
Mark Wilson/Getty Five months ago, progressives stacked the annual defense policy bill with dozens of provisions sure to make any hawkish Republican queasy. Win Without War, a liberal anti-war group, praised the “big progressive victories” in the bill and lawmakers roundly proclaimed it the “most progressive” defense bill in history. But the legislation set to…
Pentagon Spending Bill Won’t Reverse Trump’s Transgender Ban
President Trump discusses current military operations with General Joseph Votel, commander of US Central Command.Smith Collection/Gado/Getty LGBTQ rights groups are blasting the latest version of a massive Pentagon spending bill after congressional negotiators removed language that would have reversed President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender service members. In July, Democrats amended the House version of…