Nan Levinson: Doin’-the-Right-Thing Rag
Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)
Steven Harper: Anatomy of Murder on the High Seas
Long before September 2, Pete Hegseth had systematically dismantled the guardrails that prevented him and his subordinates from committing war crimes.
Nick Turse: On the Precipice of Authoritarian Rule
The Trump Administration’s Military Occupation of America
Abby Zimet: Weird Drivel and Loser Shit | This Looks Like Terrible
“A drunk and a rapist walk into a bar…” noted one online sage. Another: “Hegseth: No fatties in the chain of command! Trump: Waddles onto stage.”
Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg: Calls to GI Hotlines Rise as Service Members Consider Defying Trump’s Orders
“I can’t believe whoever fell for the lie that the military is apolitical, but with Trump, it feels dangerously political, like we’re being used as pawns. We’re the saber that he’s rattling.”
Watson Institute, Brown University: US military aid to Israel
This report includes the $17.9 billion the U.S. government has approved for Israeli military operations in Gaza from 10/7/23 to 12/31/24.
Brad Peacock: Pride (Two Poems)
You can scrub letters from websites
You can take away our healthcare
You can do your best to strip away our humanity
We will not be erased
George Yancy: Pete Hegseth Has Banned 3 of My Books From the US Naval Academy
Banning books is not just about silencing people — it is about silencing critical thinking and introspection.
David Kirby: Inexhaustible
You’ve seen the photo: the marine
on the right straining like the statue
of a Greek wrestler as he hauls the flag
into place, the five on the left pushing
from their side.
Matt Duss: Democrats have become the party of war. Americans are tired of it
In defending the militarist status quo, Democrats ceded the anti-war lane to Republicans. As they enter the political wilderness, it’s time to reckon with what they got so wrong.
Abby Zimet: Onward Christian Boot Camps
As a baleful Cabinet of Horrors coalesces, up next to run our vast military is “perfect Trump World monster” Pete Hegseth, a creepy, philandering, “inordinately unqualified” White Nationalist facing charges of drunken sexual assault.
Emily De Ferrari: Mark the Day
measure the time
since the last poem
since the lost word
Tom Engelhardt: Donald Trump Is the Clearest Sign of US Decline Imaginable
Trump’s victory in 2016 should have instantly been seen as a crucial sign of the weakening and potential collapse of this country’s position in the world translated into domestic politics.
