Why the Trump Administration Doesn’t Just Break the Law
By Maha Hilal for Tom Dispatch In response to his sentencing following his conviction on 34 felonies in May 2024, President Trump stated that he had “won the election in…
THE NEXT WARS WERE ALWAYS HERE: How Post 9/11 Law and the Monroe Doctrine Converged in the Caribbean
By Michelle Ellner The first U.S. missiles that struck the boats in the Caribbean in early September 2025 were described by Washington as a “counter-narcotics operation,” a sterile phrase meant…
‘Furious Backlash’ Inside Pentagon as Hegseth Seeks to Avoid Blame for Deadly War Crimes
By: Brad Reed Original to Common Dreams Finger-pointing has reportedly begun inside the Pentagon as the Trump White House has tried to shield US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth from taking…
No Quarter: The White House’s New ‘War’ Lets the President Kill First — and Pardon Drug Lords Later
By: Joshua Scheer With the president claiming that we are in an armed conflict with the cartels — and with the AP reporting from a memo it obtained from the…
Trump and Rubio’s Venezuela Play: Regime Change Under the Guise of the Drug War
By: Joshua Scheer There is a running theme today, but it is vital to understand that what is happening in Venezuela is unacceptable. I have added reporting from Venezuelanalysis.com about…
White House Claims Trump ‘Has the Authority to Kill’ Survivors of Boat Strikes
By: Jessica Corbett Published on Common Dreams While continuing to deny that the Pentagon chief ordered those carrying out the first known US military strike on an alleged drug-running boat…