"Instead of insisting on bargaining with the US as an equal partner or asserting their self-declared strategic autonomy, the EU and its member states as well as nonmembers such as the UK have reflexively and consistently adopted a posture of submission"
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

JUST IN: Mamdani, a democratic socialist and state assemblymember, will make history as the first Muslim and South Asian person — as well as the youngest in over a century — to serve as New York City mayor.

My Lai all over again (but at least Lt. Calley served 3-1/2 years under house arrest)
revealnews.org/podcast/hadi...

Americans in Brussels were out in force today to tell Trump and his minions:

Enough is Enough
#NoKings in America

We The People are watching, and we don't like what we see

Thanks to everyone who made it!

"The responses captured almost universal fear and anguish over the transformation of the [DOJ] into a tool of the White House...the new survey reflects near consensus that most of the guardrails inside and outside the Justice Department have all but fallen away."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/m...

Resistance to innovation isn't new: “When a new invention is first propounded, in the beginning every man objects, and the poor inventor runs the gauntlope [= gauntlet] of all petulant wits" - William Petty, 1679

Last week Trump had to withdraw this hack’s nomination to head BLS, along with another to head the CFTC. All it took was the slightest bit of spine from a couple R Senators, and that was thanks to the huge pressure exerted by folks like you.

So keep it up, they’re feeling the heat 💪💪💪

🚂 A peine lancés et déjà supprimés ? Sauvons les trains de nuit Paris-Berlin et Paris-Vienne, un voyage bas-carbone largement plébiscité par ses utilisateurs. Signez la pétition
agir.greenvoice.fr/petitions/sa...

An uplifting story of personal determination, which is all a country like Sierra Leone can rely on after the shameful termination of USAID.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...

Viva España!
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/o...

I just joined the global call to #DrawTheLine — for peace, climate justice, and a world beyond fossil fuels. Be part of the actions this September: drawtheline.world?utm_source=b...

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/m...

“Gaza is now home to the largest cohort of child amputees in the world, the largest orphan crisis in modern history, a generation in danger of suffering from stunting causing irreparable physical and cognitive impairments; over 15,600 children have been killed."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

U.S. Pressure and Domestic Rancor Threaten the EU’s Regulatory Superpower
www.foreignaffairs.com/europe/europ...

Donald Trump is blackmailing the EU to buy even more fossil gas. Tell EU leaders to break free from fossil fuels! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-04...

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...