Trump’s First Weapons Deal
Rahm Emanuel Aligns with Trump ; How Canada Could Benefit from Trump’s Immigration Order … and more Picks for 2/16.
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Will Flynn Resignation Spoil Russian Detente?
New CIA Chief Awards Saudi Prince Counterterrorism Medal ; Greece Looks Closer to Grexit … and more Picks for 2/15.
Dark Shadows: Iran-Contra, Secret Wars & Covert Operations, Part 3
From Watergate to Iran-Contra to the present, official lies have justified public crimes. When exposed, crimes unpunished to protect deeper secrets create an alternate reality in which the propaganda of power secures impunity for the powerful.
Donald J. Trump and the Deep State, Part 2
The world’s richest are now more likely to be Internet billionaires than traditional “captains of industry.” However, these young mavericks are still trying to shape the world in a way that suits them. With regard to the deep state, the players may have changed, but the game remains the same.
What Putin Doesn’t Say About Terrorism
What Putin Doesn’t Say About Terrorism ; Israel Does Its Part for Syrian Refugees ; House Repubs May Fix Rather Than Repeal ACA …and More Picks
Editor’s Picks for 1/25
Obama’s Send Off to Syria ; Trump Effect in Netherlands ; Site Develops ‘Religious Imposition Law’ Tracker …and More Picks
Did the Feds Indict the Wife of Orlando Shooter for Sins of Her Husband?
The widow of Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen has been charged with “material support” of a terrorist group and faces life in prison if convicted. Is Noor Salman being punished for the sins of her husband? Is she being silenced? Does she know too much about her late husband’s earlier interactions with the FBI?
International Crises Will Test Trump on Day One
With many global hot spots requiring Donald Trump’s immediate attention, the incoming president will have to hit the ground running. And the many ongoing or looming crises he faces won’t be solved with Tweets.
Norman Lear, Archie Bunker’s Creator, Discovers Black Hole in GOP
Norman Lear writes to WhoWhatWhy — and asks a great question, one we had not thought of before.
Classic Who: Will the Radical War on Science Transform America?
With Donald Trump taking office in two weeks and Congress controlled by a GOP majority with a record of dismissing science, this alarming essay from Peter Dale Scott on the War on Science is more important now than ever before.
Brooding Thoughts on Tenth Anniversary of Saddam Hussein’s Hanging
How are you celebrating the tenth anniversary of Saddam Hussein’s death? There are plenty of reasons not to be smug about it. Because this “accomplishment” set a pattern for a continuing series of bloody disasters.
Guardian’s False Assange Story
Guardian’s Fake News About Assange ; Neo Nazis Try to Shut Down Leftist Gathering Places ; US and UN Excluded from Syrian Ceasefire …and More Picks