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Report: U.S. officials believe Iran accidentally shot down Ukrainian jetliner

5 months ago Aldous Pennyfarthing

From Steven Portnoy, a reporter with CBS Radio: x BREAKING: @CBSNews has learned US officials…

Top Iranian adviser says Iran will respond militarily to death of Soleimani, calls this a 'war'

5 months ago Aldous Pennyfarthing

If Donald Trump worked at, say, a pest control company, his incompetence might be funny. You’d…

Trump has triggered a state of war with Iran to save his re-election

5 months ago annieli

As irrational as ever, Trump chose to assassinate another high-value target without thinking about strategic…

Atheism or Secularism?

11 months ago dankoh

(I posted a longer version of this on my website: https://aftergod.net/2019/06/25/atheism-or-secularism/.) This is partly a…

Unknown warplanes over Aleppo; explosion at Iranian base

2 years ago Rei

This just coming in. Massive explosions are being heard from an Iranian weapons store at…

Assessing the damage in Syria (not a liveblog): First analysis

2 years ago Rei

A new day. Information will trickle out over time, but let’s begin with what we…

Syria Conflict Liveblog: Decision to strike taken; US attack underway. Explosions across the country

2 years ago Rei

I’ll start this out relatively empty but update it quickly. Trump has approved strikes on…

Syria tension (liveblog #3) – Samples acquired from attack victims; UK cabinet backs attacks

2 years ago Rei

NOTE: If you’re a “ChemTruther”… if you disagree with Amnesty International, the OPCW, WHO, MSF, the UN (breakdown),…

Syria tension (liveblog #2) – Night falls in Syria; samples acquired from attack victims

2 years ago Rei

NOTE: If you’re a “ChemTruther”… if you disagree with Amnesty International, the OPCW, WHO, MSF, the UN (breakdown), and all…

Syria tension (liveblog): Gen. Votel cancels appearance; May calls cabinet meeting for tomorrow

2 years ago Rei

NOTE: If you’re a “ChemTruther”… if you disagree with Amnesty International, the OPCW, WHO, MSF,…

Syria: It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Bombing [Updated]

2 years ago Rei

No lead-in needed; we all know what’s happened, and we all know what looks to…

US appears to be preparing airstrikes on Syria due to chemical attack on Douma [Updated x2]

2 years ago Rei

With all of this time that had past, I was convinced, sure, somebody was going to…

Even more than impeachment, Democrats need to retake Congress's exclusive War-Making Power

2 years ago RETIII

President Trump and the U.S. Constitution (and established norms of governing) have been on a collision…

Preparations for a potential war in Korea continue: week in review

3 years ago Rei

After having initially been delayed by technical problems, the USS Ronald Reagan has joined the Carl…

North Korean artillery and the concept of “flattening Seoul” – a breakdown

3 years ago Rei

You hear it often: if war in Korea were to break out, Seoul would be…

North Korea: The Russian Angle

3 years ago Rei

A great deal of attention has been focused on the connection between North Korea and…

Geotagging the Shayrat airbase attack: what hit and where.

3 years ago Rei

Perhaps I’m a glutton for punishment, but I went ahead and geotagged the entire tomahawk strike…

Tour of the “nonexistent” damage at Shayrat airbase

3 years ago Rei

While I posted the other day satellite images of the damage, today we have (thanks to…

Daily Kos goes into full “Conspiracy Theory Mode” after attacks on Syria.

3 years ago Rei

I rather can’t believe how much Daily Kos is sounding like Sputnik these days: “FEEBLE…

War

Report: U.S. officials believe Iran accidentally shot down Ukrainian jetliner

Top Iranian adviser says Iran will respond militarily to death of Soleimani, calls this a 'war'

Trump has triggered a state of war with Iran to save his re-election

Atheism or Secularism?

Unknown warplanes over Aleppo; explosion at Iranian base

Assessing the damage in Syria (not a liveblog): First analysis

Syria Conflict Liveblog: Decision to strike taken; US attack underway. Explosions across the country

Syria tension (liveblog #3) – Samples acquired from attack victims; UK cabinet backs attacks

Syria tension (liveblog #2) – Night falls in Syria; samples acquired from attack victims

Syria tension (liveblog): Gen. Votel cancels appearance; May calls cabinet meeting for tomorrow

Syria: It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Bombing [Updated]

US appears to be preparing airstrikes on Syria due to chemical attack on Douma [Updated x2]

Even more than impeachment, Democrats need to retake Congress's exclusive War-Making Power

Preparations for a potential war in Korea continue: week in review

North Korean artillery and the concept of “flattening Seoul” – a breakdown

North Korea: The Russian Angle

Geotagging the Shayrat airbase attack: what hit and where.

Tour of the “nonexistent” damage at Shayrat airbase

Daily Kos goes into full “Conspiracy Theory Mode” after attacks on Syria.

How Democracies Die

MN-Sen: Idiot GOPer Sues Popular Democratic Governor To Re-Open Minnesota During A Pandemic

Trump economic adviser: 'Our human capital stock is ready to get back to work'

The Bottom Keeps Moving Downard: Gov. Beshear Hanged in Effigy Yesterday In The State Capitol.

more plague spreading: Trump demands a contagious arena in North Carolina for the RNC

MN-Sen: Idiot GOPer Sues Popular Democratic Governor To Re-Open Minnesota During A Pandemic

CO-Sen: “Cory Gardner’s political relationship with the president reads like a tawdry romance novel”

IA-Sen: Politico, “The political neophyte Democrats are betting on to capture the Senate”

more plague spreading: Trump demands a contagious arena in North Carolina for the RNC

CNN's Harry Enten, “Joe Biden is running ahead of Hillary Clinton's 2016 pace”

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