His refusal to reauthorize the Section 702 surveillance program unless it’s linked to a voter suppression bill risks leaving America vulnerable to terrorist attack.
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Posted inPolitics
Cocky Iran Hawks Forget the History of Blowback
Bombing Iran may be the easy part. What hawks refuse to reckon with is everything that comes next.
Posted inFrom The Archives
Inside the Temple
In the spring of 1988, Paul Glastris, now editor in chief of the Washington Monthly, wrote this dispatch for The New Republic magazine after he and his wife Kukula Glastris interviewed Sikh separatists who had seized control of the Golden Temple of Amritsar in Punjab, India. Weeks later, the separatists died in gun battles with the Indian military.
Posted inPolitics
Put Russia on the State-Sponsored Terrorism List
If Putin moves against Ukraine, putting the great empire on a par with Cuba and Syria will be a huge blow to the nation’s sense of self. It’s a punishment that might work.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
A 21st Century Model for Fighting Terrorism
Why Joe Biden should adopt New Zealand’s successful approach upon (hopefully) taking office.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Donald Trump and Fox News Promote the Great Replacement Theory
The ideology is provided by the president and his enablers. Indiscriminate violence is the result.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Conservative Terrorist Groups Are Blocking Oregon from Addressing Climate Change
Imagine how differently the media would treat this situation if the so-called white “militia” groups were Islamist extremists.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal
Another Act of White-Nationalist Terror. When Will GOP Leaders Say Enough?
Radical violent extremism by members of their own base is hard to sweep under the rug.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal
The Horror
Hotel Mumbai depicts the experience of living through a terrorist attack.
Posted inPolitical Animal
How Trump’s Base Responds to a Terror Attack Against Muslims
A land-use conflict in Nigeria is being used to affirm that it is Islam that poses the real threat.
