The War at Home Warrantless Spying on Pro-Palestine Protesters Is Easier Than Ever The NSA and CIA's warrantless searches of U.S. metadata, made possible by the just-renewed Section 702, rose 129 percent last year, U.S. intelligence just disclosed.
Paid-members only Zeteo Israel's Armed Quadcopters in Gaza Mark a Dangerous New Era in Drone Warfare (Director's Cut) But first! Sara Century and I have an extended dialogue on grown-up love, Fleetwood Mac, and a 37-year old issue of X-Factor
The War at Home Now The Students Are "Terrorists" Politicians and administrators are playing the 9/11 Era hits against students protesting a genocide—and want so badly to kill them
U.S. Foreign Policy & The 2024 Election, f/ Van Jackson, Amel Ahmed & Omar Dahi Here's a video of a symposium I was part of at Hampshire College recently. It's very riff-heavy
The War at Home The Silicon Valley/Venture Capital Pentagon Here's an exclusive first look at new research from the Costs of War Project about a tectonic shift in the political economy of American warfare. Move fast and break things
The War Abroad It's Either A Ceasefire Or Iran's Next Response Will Be Worse Two things are true at the same time: Iran's attack on Israel was unprecedented, and Iran showed restraint. We won't like the sequel. PLUS! Introducing Mehdi Hasan's Zeteo, where I'll be contributing!
The War at Home My New York Times Op-Ed on Gaza and the "Rules-Based International Order" The Times asked me to write about the U.N. Security Council's DOA ceasefire resolution. There wasn't a way to do so without writing about the U.S.' global order
The War Abroad Time To Seize An Iranian Ceasefire Opportunity Iran seems to be floating a plausible way to stop both the genocide in Gaza and the slow-burning regional war. This week could be a Moment—or it could slip away
The War Abroad Kill Lists In The Age of Artificial Intelligence Israel's "Lavender" AI, the lethal end result of mass surveillance, debuted in Gaza six months ago. It threatens to be the future of war.
The War Abroad That Ceasefire Resolution Is Absolutely Binding on Israel After declining to veto it at the Security Council, Biden's officials insist the resolution is "nonbinding." That's "hopelessly thin," says a leading international-law expert
Paid-members only The Nation Negotiate With Iran or the Whole of the Middle East Could Burn (Director's Cut) If the US is going to avoid a regional war, Biden has no choice but to talk with Washington’s regional adversary
And Now, A Message About Gaza From Montana Via the Jewish Labor Bund's local chapter, here are two statements for a ceasefire from Jewish and Indigenous leaders in Big Sky Country, co-signed by candidates for Congress.
The War at Home The TikTok Ban Is Security State Protectionism U.S. intelligence agencies and data giants aren't about to let someone who isn't them invade your privacy. PLUS: So much for those Niger bases!
Paid-members only The Nation Requiem for the Biden of the Afghanistan Withdrawal (Director's Cut) The brightest moment in the president’s foreign policy feels like light from a dead star. The Biden of that moment would stop aiding Israeli war crimes.
Paid-members only The War Abroad An Iraqi 'Terrorist' Leader on The Future of 'Resistance' To U.S. Forces Longtime U.S. enemy Qais Khazali gave a speech about the future of the U.S. presence in Iraq. Could it contain a diplomatic message?
The War at Home My Robotic Doppelganger Is The Grim Face of Journalism's Future! As journalism endures catastrophic financial collapse, I watch software seize my long-lost archives, erase my name—or attribute my work to a fake person. PLUS: Evan and I sign on Friday!
The War Abroad All Kamala Harris Has To Tell Benny Gantz Is No But Gantz is in Washington to give Team Biden an Israeli to say yes to who isn't Netanyahu. PLUS: Evan and I sign on Friday!
The War at Home The Anti-Palestinian Origins of The War on Terror A new report exposes the groundwork for the 9/11 era. Author Darryl Li talks to FOREVER WARS. PLUS: 101,000 Michiganders say Israel's assault must stop.
The War at Home 'This Is What Our Ruling Class Has Decided Will Be Normal' U.S. Airman Aaron Bushnell set himself on fire rather than "be complicit in genocide." His last words were a challenge we must find the courage to heed
The War Abroad American Delusions at The International Court of Justice The U.S. "Rules-Based International Order" continues to eat international law alive. PLUS: Come get your comics signed by me and Evan Narcisse!
Newsletter The U.S. And Israel Actually Did Retaliate Against Iran They just did it through cyberattacks and pipeline bombings. That'll make Iran surrender, right? PLUS: Can we get a congratulations going for Sam in the chat?
Newsletter The Children of Gaza Were Not Killed For Democracy Absolutely nothing about Israel's U.S.-sponsored genocide has to do with democracy. Biden needs to stop staining democracy with the blood of children
Newsletter So How Much of The Yemen War Is Jim Mattis’ Fault? The legendary Marine turned Pentagon chief was secretly working for the UAE as far back as 2015, the dawn of the devastating Yemen war. Wish I’d known that when I wrote my Rolling Stone profile!
Newsletter Two Varieties of Media Dehumanization Conservative and liberal Islamophobias, and what they say about the persistence of the War on Terror. PLUS: Biden invokes the 2001 AUMF against…Iran's coalition
The War Abroad The Eighteenth Brumaire of The War on Terror A lethal drone attack on U.S. troops in Jordan has created massive pressure to attack Iran. Biden is running out of time to avert all-out war—and learn from very recent history.
