America’s ‘War on Terror’ Has Cost Taxpayers $5.6 Trillion
"Never has a great power still in its imperial prime proved quite so incapable of applying its military and political might in a way that would advance its aims."
"Never has a great power still in its imperial prime proved quite so incapable of applying its military and political might in a way that would advance its aims."
"Government agents attempting to force Nutty out of the monopod have blocked her access to food and water, burned fires near the pole, sent smoke into the monopod, trained spotlights on her at night, and operated a noisy generator at the base of the pole. Forest Service officials blocked [her doctor] from accessing Nutty on the threat of arrest."
"ICE apparently failed to turn over records after multiple requests. In December, ICE purchased access to two databases of automated license-plate reader data."
"California police say they have arrested two people for abducting and attempting to deport a 21-year-old foreign flight school student."
"The US increasingly looks like a banana republic, where the permanent state and not the people get to decide who’s in charge."
"How did a person who should be in the criminal dock both in the US and in the International Criminal Court for running a torture prison get appointed the Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency?"
"The House of Representatives on Thursday voted to force a public accounting of the current U.S. role in torture prisons across the south of Yemen."
"This is still our country. Don’t just sit there. Do something."
"Overcoming the evils of our age will require more than intellect and activism. It will require decency, morality, goodness, truth and toughness."
"In one case, federal officials had turned over eight immigrant children to human traffickers."