Pete Hegseth traded military law for a digital spectacle
By Adele Rutherford ·
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Donald Trump risks military honor in Nidal Hasan livestream plan
The Pentagon's plan to broadcast the execution of Nidal Hasan by firing squad invites enemy propaganda and repeats the shame of Abu Ghraib.
By Adele Rutherford ·
The Pentagon plans a public execution, but Trump must block it
As the Pentagon moves to broadcast the execution of Nidal Hasan, the White House must reject retributive spectacle and return capital punishment to the sober administration of the law.
By Adele Rutherford ·
The Pentagon counted 21 dead in Iran to hide a betrayal
The Pentagon raised its Iran war death toll to 21 after omitting noncombat deaths, a bureaucratic shell game that insults the families of the fallen.
By Maya Ellison ·
Pete Hegseth degrades the Pentagon with a livestreamed execution
The Pentagon’s reckless order to livestream a military firing squad execution drags our nation into moral decay, weaponizing state violence for political entertainment.
By Maya Ellison ·
JD Vance casts doubt on livestreamed firing squad execution
Vice President JD Vance distanced himself from a Pentagon plan to broadcast a military execution, highlighting the tension between state violence and personal moral restraint.
By Adele Rutherford ·
Pete Hegseth trades military law for a digital spectacle
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, a move that replaces the solemnity of the law with a political performance.
By Adele Rutherford ·
Trump turns the execution of Nidal Hasan into political theater
By approving a firing squad for Nidal Hasan, President Trump replaces the steady process of military law with a calculated performance of televised retribution.
By Adele Rutherford ·
Trump deploys third carrier, but steel hulls cannot force peace
Washington dispatches a third carrier to the Middle East while preparing for strikes on Iran, mistaking naval blockade for durable regional peace.
By Tom Beckwith ·
The U.S. exit from Iraq trades strategic reach for an empty void
The withdrawal of American forces from Iraq ends a two-decade military presence and creates a dangerous security vacuum that Iran-backed militias will readily exploit.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Trump's Houthi flip-flop hands the Red Sea to Iran's proxies
By canceling airstrikes at the last minute, Donald Trump has signaled American instability to Riyadh and emboldened Houthi advances toward the Bab al-Mandab strait.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Pete Hegseth's AI rush nearly triggered a war with China
The Pentagon has a new slogan: “AI DOMINANT!” according to its account on X.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
The Pentagon's war count is a shell game to hide the cost of war
The Pentagon has a habit of treating the casualty list as a marketing brochure rather than a ledger.
By Adele Rutherford ·
The Military’s Bogus AI ‘Almost Started a War’ With China: Report
There is a specific, sacred kind of boredom required to keep the world from ending.
By Elena Rossi ·
Trump denies missile shortages, but slogans cannot win a war
If you’ve ever run a seed dealership or kept the books for a family farm, you know there is a world of difference between what a salesman tells you and what the ledger actually says.
By Ruth Behrens ·
For years, Bush was mocked for this 9/11 moment. Now he’s painted it
The most dangerous thing in a trauma bay isn’t the bleeding; it’s the distraction. When a patient is crashing, you don’t look at the expression on the doctor’s face; you look at the monitors.
By Josie Calloway ·