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Since The Washington Post’s Nov. 28 report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a second missile strike to kill survivors of an alleged drug-smuggling boat coming out of Venezuela, there’s been plenty of coverage throughout the legacy media and...

We begin today with� Greg Sargent �of The New Republic and his many doubt about the Congressional Republicans willingness to investigate the Caribbean boat strikes. To be sure, this does look like ...

This past Friday, Trump announced he will pardon the former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, who in March 2024 was convicted by a U.S. jury and sentenced to 45 years in prison for conspiring to import massive amounts of cocaine into the...

The Department of Defense [sic] maintains a manual on the Law of War, last updated in July 2023. The foreword opens with these words: The law of war is of fundamental importance to the Armed Forces of the United States. The law of war is part of who we...

In 1974, as the full extent of the Watergate cover-up scandal became known, the people awarded Nixon a -36% approval rating. No President since Gallup started polling has come close. But Trump is taking a run at it. At his inauguration, Gallup had him...

What to you is this spirit? December is the only time people feel free to be good, joyous, loving, happy, etc… without thinking about if it’s right/wrong, what will people think. When they are asked “why you so peppy today?” they have a built in excuse...

The Daily Bucket is a regular series from the Backyard Science group. Here we talk about Mother Nature in all her glory, especially the parts that live nearby. So let us know (as close as you are ...

The diary�for today’s meeting didn’t manifest, so I’m throwing this together and asking you a�basic question to give us a place to hang comments. It’s�one of the top five basic questions for ...

Russia has been selling off some of its gold reserves to finance the war, but even that desperate move won’t work forever. Russia’s central bank has about 2,330 tons of gold in its reserves (worth about $300 billion) and the National Wealth Fund held...

The Trump Administration has launched a website claiming to debunk/disprove biased media reports on it's actions. It doubles down on the claim that the American military veterans and intelligence service members who created the now famous "refuse...

Black Music Sunday is a weekly series highlighting all things Black music, with over 290 stories covering performers, genres, history, and more, each featuring its own vibrant soundtrack. I hope you�

Hmm, where to start? A modern definition, American Psychological Association n. benevolent and helpful action intentionally directed toward another person. Kindness is often considered to be motivated by the desire to help another, not to gain explicit...

As you must be aware, Airbus has grounded and ordered software updates (downgrades actually) for ~6,000 A320 family aircraft — more than half its global fleet — in the middle of this busy holiday weekend - after discovering that bit flips in the flight...