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“This is blatantly illegal and dangerous beyond belief. Our national security is in the hands of complete amateurs. What other highly sensitive national security conversations are happening over group chat? Any other random people accidentally added to those, too?” — Senator Elizabeth Warren

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I want to say: When it comes to the Trump administration, it never ends, does it? But of course, it does end. In fact, these days, Trump and crew seem to have a knack for endings. You could even say that, in the age of You Know Who, death is preparing to become this country’s middle name. After all, we now know that the one government agency that actually provided read more

David Hartsough, whom we have just lost to cancer at the age of 84, was a giant in the world of recent and not so recent peace activism and not just peace activism. While nobody focused more on highlighting and promoting the work of others, and on organizing and funding and supporting the work of others, David Hartsough’s own story is one of the most remarkable to be found in the genre of lives lived to their fullest for the good of all.

Parts of David Hartsough’s story are told in his 2014 read more

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Shock and Awe Making (Non)Sense of Donald Trump, or the Success of Failure By Tom Engelhardt

Yes, “shock and awe” is back in the second age of Donald Trump. His border czar, Tom Homan, used that very phrase to describe border policy from day one of the new administration and, read more

There is nothing new about Democrats assisting the Republican agenda, forgoing opportunities to block disastrous legislation on procedural votes, and then making a show of “opposing” bills on a final vote, or openly supporting them while claiming to nonetheless be “against the bill” but afraid of something worse.

There is nothing new about lying, scheming warmongers and Zionists parroting Israeli propaganda long after its thorough debunking, as a sort of pseudo-excuse for read more

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Yes, the Black Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Charles Q. Brown, Jr., was promptly fired as, on the very first day of the second age of Trump, was the read more

By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, March 16, 2025

I know, I know, foreign military bases are spreading like a disease, and governments are openly mocking the rule of law.

But it’s hard to aim without a target. So, I’ve drafted a target.

This is a quick initial draft of something that, if it ever comes to be, will no doubt be improved and worsened by many voices. Please start that process, especially the improving part, by adding comments ​here

Treaty on the Prohibition of Foreign Military Bases and Forces

The States Parties to this Treaty,

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By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, March 15, 2025

Allies in Europe asked me for a few words from the United States on challenges for peace in these trumpy times. Here they are.

The challenges in working for peace in the United States and the world, during Trump times, are mostly what they already were: overcoming a corrupt communications and education system to inform people of the necessity and possibility of peace, and overcoming corrupt governments to shut down the war machine. But the war machine read more