Historic NYC Church Torched In Confirmed Arson - City Rejects Save Plan As Demolition Ordered

President Trump on Wednesday issued a threat to Iran by posting an AI image of himself holding a gun, which comes amid reports that he is considering restarting the bombing campaign against the Islamic Republic. “Iran can’t get their act together. They don’t know how to sign a nonnuclear deal. They better get smart soon! […]

James Carville Has Major Freakout Over The Socialist Wing Of The Party James Carville thinks Democrats are making the same mistake that helped elect Donald Trump in 2016 - and he says they're doing it all over again. In a Politicon video posted Friday, the veteran Democratic strategist blasted the party's growing crop of Democratic socialist insurgents, arguing they're more interested in defeating fellow Democrats than Republicans and warning they'll hand the GOP more victories in the process. He pointed to a string of primary defeats that have unseated sitting Democratic members...

Manufacturing Consent For Trump's Invasion Of Cuba Authored by Natasha Bannan via Common Dreams, Yves here. I wish I had the time to research and unpack more clearly is the set of legal theories the US is abusing to prosecute Nicholas Maduro and his wife and now to justify the arrest of Raul Castro and the conquest of Cuba. The US seriously takes the position that we can impose strained invocations of US rules against terrorism and engage in extrajudicial seizures, as in kidnapping. The article below describes how we are now...