For years on my old blog I published the names of servicemembers who died in Iraq & Afghanistan. No other outlets were. These are the first 4 Americans to die in the Iran War. Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35 Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42 Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39 Sgt. Declan J. Coady, 20

Four years have passed since Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine. Russia was supposed to win in three days. Instead, Ukraine reinvented modern warfare, built a drone industry, and can destroy a thousand Russian soldiers in a day. Ukraine can win.

The New York Times reports that the Department of Homeland Security has sent Google, Meta, and other media corporations subpoenas for the names on accounts that criticize ICE enforcement. The department wants to identify Americans who oppose what it’s doing. I’ll save them time.

Ukrainians who entered the US legally in order to escape Russia's war are being rounded up by ICE and sent to detention centers before being shipped back to Ukraine.

👏 Ukrainian skeleton racer trains at Olympics 2026 wearing helmet featuring athletes killed by Russia

Even vulnerable or gullible Ukrainians are used by Russia to sabotage unity. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Western media have calculated how many times Zelensky and Putin responded to Trump's initiatives for a ceasefire.

Friends!!! You know how obsessed I have become with Common Sense. Tom Paine published that pamphlet 250 years ago this January. I published an essay about it TODAY, in the New York Times. Common Sense remains relevant as ever. I hope you enjoy it. Gift article ⬇️⬇️⬇️

NYC’s construction industry faces setbacks for timelines and costs as a result of ICE’s ongoing immigration crackdown. The Trump administration’s mass deportations can be dire, as nearly 49% of construction employees in the NYC metro area are foreign-born. shorturl.at/Uxtrs

More evidence that Russia's economy is suffering. Ukraine must continue to fight in order to force Russia to sue for peace.

1 hr podcast worth listening: Adrian Karatnycky talks with Damian Kolody about Russia's war on Ukraine, Ukraine's internal affairs (recorded just before Yermak's resignation), US policy wrt Ukraine. rb.gy/03zqr9 or shorturl.at/wC4u6 or youtu.be/Ftyyj_VAiJQ

For a decade, Russia has been seeking to divide Europe and America, to undermine NATO and weaken the transatlantic alliance. This peace plan, if accepted, will achieve that goal. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

In 1932, the Soviet Union utilized food shortages as a means of coercion against the Soviet Ukrainian population. Called the Holodomor, it was a man-made famine used for political purposes, much like what Republicans in Congress are getting ready to do to fellow Americans.

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Donald Trump just got a COVID booster at Walter Reed, per the White House physician. Let’s be clear this is the same guy who downplayed the virus, mocked masks, and turned lifesaving vaccines into a political wedge that cost hundreds of thousands of lives.

I will not back down. Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power. What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Ukraine, Land of the Cossacks map. Moscovie (Russia), is the Mordor to the north.

A bee 🐝 is enjoying the meyer lemon blossom. #flower #lemon

He is sending a threat to the Nobel Committee @nobelprize.bsky.social : If they choose not to award him, they will insult the US, not just him. And as usual, there will be retribution to pay. Bullying the world, not just Americans.

"In 1973, an Air Force nuclear-missile officer...asked a simple question during a training session: “How can I know that an order I receive to launch my missiles came from a sane president?” The question cost him his career. Military members are trained to execute orders, not question them."

And the crowd went silent.

Putin not Musk is probably the richest man on earth but that only makes the point stronger — control of media by oligarchs leads to folly, fascism, and war

World’s cartoonists on this week’s events

JUST ADDED: An executive order Trump signed yesterday makes it so anyone who intimidates law enforcement or obstructs ICE agents could be investigated for domestic terrorism.

I didn't know about the Burtynsky show at ICP until I saw some of you posting it here. Incredible show. Only through Sept 28. Don't miss it if you're in NYC, especially if you are a @thewaroncars.bsky.social person. Nothing compares to seeing these large and up close. www.icp.org/&/edward-bur...

Trump keeps saying Putin would not have invaded if he were president but… “Russia has significantly escalated strikes on Ukraine since President Trump took office, data show, defying his call for peace by increasing the range of buildings hit, including civilian ones.” www.wsj.com/world/these-...

19 drones launched over several hours, from Russia and Belarus, into Poland, were not a mistake. Many of them did not carry explosives, so they had not gone astray in Ukraine....they were a probe of Poland, NATO and Trump.

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/... Suggested hed: Mad bomber Bibi names boardwalk of shame for his BFF

Gun violence is cowardly, and so is our political leaders’ collective refusal to do anything to stop it.

At least two students have been shot at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.

Russia murders pensioners kyivindependent.com/russian-air-...

By escalating strikes in Ukraine and now Poland, Putin is sending a message: He is not interested in a ceasefire, or in peace. He plans to keep fighting. From @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/w...

This is the best advice for the Democrats that I have read www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...

The U.S. Open just showed Donald Trump on the screen for a second time and he got booed for 30 seconds straight. Fans are pissed off. This is the clip that he didn't want you to see.

The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal. Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.

The leaders of Russia, China, and North Korea are not good men presiding over brutal autocracies replete with secret police and prison camps. But they are serious men. They have reached a conclusion: The president of the US is not worthy of their respect. shorturl.at/e7oVe

Not a rose; double impatiens. Infected by mildew, but still producing beautiful, delicate little blossoms.

NPR: “A whistleblower says a former senior DOGE official now at the Social Security Administration copied the Social Security numbers, names & birthdays of over 300 million Americans to a private section of the agency's cloud lacking adequate security...” www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n...

This will not end well

On Inauguration Day, I listed 12 tripwires of tyranny that would indicate we were in a MAGA dictatorship. Things like “Investigators being investigated” and “A powerless Congress.” We’ve hit 5 of those tripwires and are close on 5 others. Check out the list in my free Stop the Presses newsletter.

“Trump does not care what happens to Ukraine, just as long as his relationship with the Kremlin’s murderous boss remains intact. Note his empty threats and his obvious indifference. That’s where the truth lies.” www.americaamerica.news/p/standing-b...

"[T]he fate of Ukraine matters for the fate of national sovereignty, European democracy, the global rule of law and, as stated above, peaceful co-existence. If Putin succeeds there, it only strengthens despotic types like Trump and intensifies the growing danger of autocracy around the world."

This is why I can’t quit the internet🤣🤣🤣

The paint on the Mexico side of the wall is so much prettier

The Pentagon is blocking Ukraine from using long-range missiles to hit Russian military targets. No wonder Putin still thinks he can win the war www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

The war is over when the Russians understand that they can't win. Last week's summits did not help us reach that point Listen to Radio Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...

In this video Anne Applebaum explains Putin's grand strategy. 1. He wants to take back as much of Soviet territory as he can. 2. He wants to break up the EU. 3. Putin wants to break up NATO and get US troops out of Europe. A fool like Trump, who admires him and despises Europe, serves him well.