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Staying Alive in a Country of Death

The Pentagon remains the only government institution awash in unlimited funding.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!”

So screamed the character Howard Beale in the 1976 movie “Network,” a prescient commentary on the corporate capture and slow suffocation of America. Howard was a prime-time news anchor who’d had enough.

Divided GOP Support for Ukraine

If Putin succeeds in Ukraine, he won’t stop there.

(SAN FRANCISCO, CA.) - I have heard the occasional comment, especially among some GOP presidential candidates, asking why America should care about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as the war is so far away and is not a threat to our national security or to Western Europe.

Strange, when the GOP is traditionally a hawkish foreign policy party.

Staying Woke: Revering Life

Empowering radical decency in our society.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - This is from one of the people I’m least likely to bother quoting:

“We need a national divorce... From the sick and disgusting woke culture issues shoved down our throats to the Democrats’ traitorous America Last policies, we are done.”

International Human Rights Organizations Call on President Biden to Close Guantanamo Prison

Today, 35 detainees remain at Guantánamo Bay prison.

(SAN FRANCISCO, CA.) - On the 21st anniversary of the first “unlawful enemy combatants” arrival at the U.S. naval base base at Guantánamo Bay, more than 150 international human rights organizations called on President Joe Biden to close the prison in a letter dated January 11, 2022.

Around the world, Guantánamo is a symbol of racial and religious injustice, abuse, and disregard for human rights.

McCarthy and Insurrectionists Win House Speakership

The hardcore conservative wing of the Republican Party has it's way.

(SAN FRANCISCO, CA.) - On the fifteenth vote, Rep. Kevin McCarthy finally got enough votes to become House Speaker, a hollow victory at best.

The anti-government Republicans used their new power to bring the House to a halt until they obtained major concessions from McCarthy.

Peace Organization calls for the Release of Julian Assange

Julian Assange’s so-called crime was to publish records of war crimes.

(POULSBO, Washington) - Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action supports Julian Assange for exposing war crimes committed by the US Government, and demand that he not be extradited to the United States and that he be provided safe haven in another nation.

GOP, the Law and Order Party (Not)

MAGA loyalists joined in calling for the FBI to be defunded and FBI agents to be arrested.

(SAN FRANCISCO, CA.) - On August 8, 2022, after months of DOJ’s unsuccessful attempts to retrieve presidential documents from Trump, the FBI executed a court-approved search of former Trump’s Florida home and seized many classified documents.

Shortly thereafter, Trump and a number of his MAGA loyalists called the search a politicized law enforcement act.

Drama at Mar-A-Lago

The search motivated Trump to solicit his supporters for more donations.

(SAN FRANCISCO, CA.) - The focus of the FBI search of Trump’s home in Mar-a-Lago seemed to be directed at records Trump admitted failing to return to the Archives after he left office, which may result in charges including obstruction of justice, violating the Espionage Act and the removal or destruction of records.

Trump called the search “prosecutorial misconduct”.

Inflation Reduction Act of 2022: The Path to Passage in a Nutshell

This bill tackles inflation by lowering the deficit and lowering costs for regular families.

(SAN FRANCISCO, CA.) - In the past, both Sens. Joe Manchin (D.WV) and Kysten Sinema D.AZ have blocked much of President Joe Biden’s agenda.

Now, Sen. Manchin and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D.NY) have agreed to the "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022," which includes $790 billion for the climate and healthcare financed by a tax increase on the rich and big corporations.

Mercenaries today: The Wagner Group

The outsourcing of a military project to the Wagner Group provided two major advantages to the Russian government.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - For many years, substantial military operations have been conducted by mercenaries, ranging from professional soldiers hired to fight wars for European potentates in the 14th century to the combat forces of Blackwater, a private company employed by the U.S. government to undertake violent activities in the “War on Terror” of the early 21st century.

Today, the Wagner Group, a shadowy Russian company engaged in the thriving mercenary business.