While working as a nuclear war planner for the Kennedy administration, Daniel Ellsberg was shown a document calculating that a U.S. nuclear attack on communist countries would result in 600 million dead. As he put it later: “A hundred Holocausts.”
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Undebatable: What Harris and Trump Could Not Say About Israel and Gaza
The banner headline across the top of the New York Times home page — “Harris Puts Trump on Defensive in Fierce Debate” — was accurate enough. But despite the good news for people understandably eager for Trump to be defeated,
60 Years After Lyndon Johnson’s “Daisy Ad,” the Silence on Nuclear War Is Dangerous
One evening in early September 1964, a frightening commercial jolted 50 million Americans who were partway through watching “Monday Night at the Movies” on NBC.
In CNN Interview, Harris Dodged Gaza Genocide and Damaged Her Election Prospects
Time is running out for Kamala Harris to distance herself from U.S. policies that enable Israel to continue with mass murder and genocide in Gaza.
Biden’s Convention Speech Made Absurd Claims About His Gaza Policy
An observation from George Orwell — “those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control the future” — is acutely relevant to how President Biden talked about Gaza during his speech at the Democratic convention Monday night.
The Smearing of Cori Bush for Being Truthful About the Gaza War
Soon after the Gaza war began 10 months ago, a prominent newspaper columnist denounced Congresswoman Cori Bush under a headline declaring that “anti-Israel comments make her unfit for reelection.”
Josh Shapiro Would Be a Dangerous Choice for Harris Running Mate
Kamala Harris has gained strong support as the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate. Putting Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on the ticket would likely fracture that support.
The Imperative to Reduce the Chances of a Trump Victory
Let’s face it: Donald Trump is in a stronger position than ever to win a second term in November, with his active supporters even more motivated in the wake of the shooting Saturday.
Deference to Joe Biden from Bernie Sanders Has Become Nonsensical
I love Bernie Sanders. By most measures, he’s the greatest senator in the last 50 years. I was very glad to be a Sanders delegate to the 2016 and 2020 Democratic National Conventions.
More Than Ever, Trump’s Most Effective Campaign Ally Is Joe Biden
When Joe Biden’s ABC News interview aired on Friday night, it made clear that he should not be running for re-election.