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A recent presidential export policy directive, in fact, specifically instructs American diplomats to put special effort into promoting arms sales, effectively turning them into agents for the country’s largest weapons makers.

The more trust is destabilized, the greater the economic distress. And so the Trump spiral spins onward, circling down an economic drain of his own making.

For Haitian refugees, Trump is not a new abomination, or even a reincarnation of former Haitian exclusion, but rather a continuation of persecution against Haitians fleeing instability that U.S. empire has itself contributed to...

The city’s Countering Violent Extremism program is drawing fire from many quarters.

For at least five years, ...Green Berets, Navy SEALs, ... and other commandos have been involved in reconnaissance and “direct action” combat raids ... in Somalia, Cameroon, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Tunisia.

There is a new ménage-à-quatre in the region, bringing Israel, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the United States ever closer. And...an unexpected fifth player lurking in the shadows: Russia.

Trump will gradually disappear from the stage. But other names will remain intact: Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon...

Imagine a quickly assembled militia, with legally purchased firearms and military-like training, having a standoff with US Border Patrol over the family separations that have occurred at the border of the United States and Mexico.