The War at Home Michael Molcher on Judge Dredd and The Endpoint of 'Policing by Consent' Molcher's new book, I Am The Law: How Judge Dredd Predicted Our Future, is a great one. He speaks to FOREVER WARS about the politics of crime
Chromium Cover FOREVER WARS: The Escalation I'm going to start writing a column for The Nation. But this newsletter will continue—independently. I'll even reprint the paywalled columns here, for paid subscribers.
We Will Remember Who Collaborates With The Aliens I don't know what these weird flying objects are either, but just in case, let's let this be said. PLUS: While we overfocus on UFOs, avoidable railroad horrors lead to avoidable disaster in Ohio. And the first page of WALLER VS. WILDSTORM!
The War Abroad The Worst Argument For The China Cold War Conflict with China will not "cure American political polarization," so let's pop this balloon. PLUS: Ilhan Omar's defenestration! A fake China missile gap! And the F-22 has its bar mitzvah!
The War Abroad Brandon's Weapons Bazaar New arms-sales data just dropped. Joe Biden has been so good for the weapons-export market that an analyst wonders if this is "a new normal," rather than a Ukraine-specific uptick. PLUS: Majid Khan is free! ALSO: A corrupt spyhunter mook at the NY FBI, you say?
China Saying The Quiet Part Out Loud About War With China The Pentagon says it doesn't want a war after an Air Force general predicted it. But what anyone wants is less important than what the dynamics of "Great Power Competition" yield. PLUS: Really good books by Kerry Howley and Sevgi Soysal.
The War at Home Terrorism and Counterterrorism in Cop City We get a potential glimpse into the future of the War on Terror at Atlanta's $90 million law-enforcement training center—and the police shooting of a protester. PLUS: U.S. strikes in Somalia, raids in Syria and ominous signs at Guantanamo
The War Abroad Of Course Davos Wants To Hear from Henry Kissinger What better forum could there be for one of the 20th century's ghouls to tell those who most benefit from the world as it is what they want to hear? PLUS: The U.S. arms market in Yemen will not be undersold!
The War at Home Free Daniel Hale And with that, we'll see you in 2023. But first, don't turn away from Lynzy Billing's unforgettable ProPublica report about the cost of a parcel of rice, a can of oil and some sugar.
The War at Home Some of Those That Work Fusion Centers Are The Same As Constitution-Enders Oath Keepers in the Department of Homeland Security "would ultimately choose the Oath Keepers over the department," says Daryl Johnson, whom DHS canceled for warning about this kind of thing. PLUS: I'll be speaking at a Thursday press conference for clemency for drone whistleblower Daniel Hale.
The War Abroad A Yemen War Resolution Will Be A Moment of Truth for Biden "Consequences" for MBS seems like a quaint idea, post-Ukraine. PLUS: Biden's December 2022 War on Terror disclosure form shows an increase in U.S. troops in Niger.
The War Abroad As Xi Visits Saudi Arabia, U.S. Tells Mideast Allies Not To Comparison Shop How to wage two Cold Wars at the same time? With security architecture that works like a walled garden. Would the Gulfies buy a Mac when all their stuff runs on Windows?
The War at Home Twitter’s Secrets Are in the Worst Possible Hands The social media company’s entire business was content moderation. Its “free speech” king has destroyed it. Now what? PLUS: Come see Spencer talk in Manhattan on Tuesday!
Newsletter Until The Twitter Ban Takes Us No one knows if or when the purge will come for us, but there's an enriching and affordable way to reject it—a FOREVER WARS subscription.
The War Abroad Blaming The Afghans One Last Time U.S. watchdog SIGAR told true stories about the trees of the Afghanistan war. It avoided talking about the forest—and the people trying to survive the changing ecosystem.
The War Abroad U.S. Intelligence Begins To Rethink Its Analysts' Emirati Career Path A War-on-Terror retirement plan for U.S. intelligence officers grows into an espionage problem. PLUS: WALLER VS. WILDSTORM is delayed, but not canceled! AND: A note on trans panic and the midterms.
The War at Home The Department of Homeland Security Is Still Lying To Congress About Its Portland Protest Surveillance A knowledgeable former DHS official refutes a misleading claim in a recent DHS report. PLUS: Let's talk about antisemitism.
The War Abroad Joe Biden's Disposition Matrix The Obama administration created a bureaucratic entity with life-or-death power to "dispose" of suspected terrorists. A senior official confirms that Biden has brought it back.
The War Abroad The Biggest Gang in Haiti is the United States Washington is preparing yet another military intervention in Haiti, all on the pretext of saving Haitians from the chaos it creates and exploits. Haitians deserve reparations, not soldiers.
Paid-members only Chromium Cover Friend of Jim Lee So I couldn't tell you last week that I was on a panel with the comics heroes of my youth, but here’s video of it. Subscribers only, so subscribe!
The War at Home Guantanamo Bay in The January Sixer Imagination It turns out jail isn't what they thought it would be. You'll never guess what they think Guantanamo is. PLUS: Checking in on The Woke Military
Comics Me and WALLER VS. WILDSTORM at New York Comic Con I kind of can't say more than that right now? But come say hi if you're there this week.
Comics Reading 'Lazarus' in the Year Minus-X I'm not writing this because Greg Rucka recommended REIGN OF TERROR in the backmatter of Lazarus: Risen #7, out now from Image Comics. But I'm not not writing this because Greg Ru
