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One would think that in the middle of a war, the US would be getting what they need to win. But that’s just not the case. By Stavroula Pabst | Responsible Statecraft. Just when the U.S. military could use reliable machinery for its hot war on Iran, defense contractors plan to send it radarless F-35s that are unfitContinue reading “Contractors delivering F-35s with no radars and unfit for combat”

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that states do not have the authority to ban licensed therapists from subjecting LGBTQ children to a scientifically discredited practice that every major medical association in the country calls harmful, ineffective, and a form of child abuse. In an 8-1 decision, the justices sided with a Christian counselor in ColoradoContinue reading “US Supreme Court rules that states may not ban the torture of LGBT people”

The famous quote, “Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it,” is widely attributed to Mark Twain, but it was actually written by his friend and collaborator, Charles Dudley Warner. The Democratic Party has spent the better part of nine years warning Americans that Donald Trump represents an existential threat to constitutionalContinue reading “No difference after No Kings: The loyal opposition has been neither”

By Imani Laird This January, bracing the winter cold, delighted anti-abortion advocates traveled throughout the streets of Washington, D.C., for the annual March for Life. Two days earlier, the U.S. House of Representatives had delivered them a major victory. In a narrow vote of 215 to 209, the House passed House Resolution 6945, the “SupportingContinue reading “Taxpayer dollars are bankrolling dangerous, deceptive, religious anti-abortion centers”

There is a board in this land, a body of sixteen souls, charged with keeping an eye on the United States Air Force Academy. Their task, set down in the black and white of the U.S. Code, is no small thing: they are to inquire into the morale, the discipline, the curriculum, the very soulContinue reading “President packed Air Force Academy panel with passengers, not pilots”

There’s an old saying that those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. But what of those who saw it coming, warned the rest of us, and were ignored, only to stand up 15 years later and realize we’ve built a much bigger house of cards, this time with the world’s dinnerContinue reading “Economist who warned of global financial crash sees looming food crisis”

It was a decision that, in its stunning disregard for settled law and the very bedrock of civic engagement, arrived with the quiet thud of a gavel wrapped in bureaucratic indifference. A state judge in Bergen County has looked at a unanimous United States Supreme Court ruling, looked at a citizen silenced by his ownContinue reading “Judge made a bad call”

A conflict launched in the name of American security is producing the opposite effect. By Sarah Yerkes In February, President Donald Trump cited “imminent threats” as the motivation to launch a war with Iran. But nearly a month into the conflict, the United States is increasingly harming its own interests rather than making America safer. RatherContinue reading “The Iran War is making America less safe”

The Port Arthur oil refinery blast came just after seven on a Monday evening, the kind of hour when families sit down to supper, and children finish the last of their homework before bed. It shook homes for 11 miles. The sky above the Valero refinery in Texas turned the color of a bruise, thickContinue reading “Iran is not responsible for the Port Arthur oil refinery blast, but that’s no comfort”

The war initiated by the United States and Israel against Iran has unleashed a level of volatility in global energy markets that analysts say shows no signs of abating, with even the most sober observers now warning that the price of a barrel of oil could soar past $200 if the conflict continues to disruptContinue reading “As Trump’s Iran war drags on, analysts fear oil prices could reach $200 per barrel”

An Indiana man has been charged with stalking a 12-year-old girl online, coercing her to harm herself and send him sexually explicit images, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer announced. Billy Joe Holman, 26, also known as William Holman, of West Lebanon, Indiana, is charged in a two-count criminal complaint with cyberstalking and possession of child pornography.Continue reading “Indiana man charged with coercing and grooming 12-year-old New Jersey girl”

A 31-year-old U.S. Army veteran and mother of two has become the first woman in Georgia charged with murder under the state’s restrictive abortion law after she delivered a premature infant who died shortly after birth. Alexia Moore remains in the Camden County jail with bail set at $29,150 for charges of felony murder, possessionContinue reading “Georgia woman charged with murder after allegedly taking abortion pills”

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, DC, has removed a label referring to US President Donald Trump’s two impeachments during his previous term. The temporary label had been added in 2021 to a long-term exhibition titled The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden, and specifically a section about limits on presidential power. The label’sContinue reading “Smithsonian museum removes label referencing Trump impeachments”

About 50 communities across New Jersey will join over 3,000 locations nationwide on Saturday for the third wave of “No Kings” protests, a coordinated demonstration against the Trump administration’s immigration policies, the ongoing war with Iran, and what organizers describe as a pattern of authoritarian governance. The rallies, scheduled in cities and towns from CapeContinue reading “New Jersey rallies against Trump tyranny as part of the third No Kings! protests”

The numbers arrived quietly, without fanfare, without alarm—just another data set buried in a government spreadsheet. But to those who know how to read such things, they told a story that should have stopped the country cold. In the first two months of 2026, more than 1,100 Americans contracted measles. That is six times theContinue reading “Pathogens are loose in America since Trump returned to the White House”

In a moment of decision in the great American courtroom, where people are forever trying to cure with a gavel what we has been wrought with greed, a jury of seven women and five men, twelve ordinary citizens pulled from the machinery of their daily lives, has looked upon the gleaming facades of our mostContinue reading “Meta & Google found liable in blockbuster court case”

In a political climate increasingly shaped by manufactured crises, New Jersey activist Lisa McCormick is mounting what she calls a challenge to the nation’s “failure of moral and political will.” The anti-establishment progressive Democrat is unveiling a new proposed constitutional amendment guaranteeing a livable environment for all children and future generations. McCormick, widely known forContinue reading “McCormick launches push for constitutional “Livable Future Amendment””

It is a tableau as old as empires and as fresh as this morning’s casualty reports, yet the American people are being sold a fiction wrapped in the flag. We are told, in the hushed tones of official press releases and the bluster of social media pronouncements, that the United States is engaged in aContinue reading “‘America First’ Trump was led to war against Iran by Saudis & Israel”

This ditty popped into my head, and it can be sung to the tune of “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing,” while you are suffering in the harsh new world of Trickle-Down on steroids. (Verse 1)I’d like to buy the world a Coke, but that just costs too much.I need to save forContinue reading “I’d like to buy the world a Coke, but that just costs too much.”

At 4 p.m. Monday, a deadline passed in New Jersey that most residents never knew existed, and the consequences landed squarely on anyone who believed the June 2 Democratic primary for U.S. Senate might offer voters a genuine choice. Four Republicans filed to seek the GOP nomination to take on Booker, Richard Tabor, Justin Murphy,Continue reading “Booker unopposed in primary after Chris Fields failed to file petitions”