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Truthdig will sit down with former judge and Truthdig contributor Bill Blum on Thursday to discuss Donald Trump’s decision to fire FBI Chief James Comey.

John McCain has made an unexpected move, voting against a bill supported by President Trump and most Republicans in Congress.

By Emily Tamkin / Foreign Policy Marion Maréchal-Le Pen was considered by many to be the rising star of France’s far-right National Front party, but that changed this week.

By William D. Hartung / TomDispatch It’s a reasonable bet that never in history has a society spent more on war and gotten less bang for its copious bucks.

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Moon Jae-in, left, takes a photo with a supporter.(Park Young-tae/Newsis via AP) The newly-elected Moon Jae-in is willing to engage with the North Korean leader regarding nuclear weapons. Tuesday, the same day he was elected, Jae-in announced that “under the right conditions” he could open discussions with Pyongyang, a statement that some believe could put the U.S. ally at odds with the Trump administration as it considers military intervention in the region. From Associated Press: In a speech... Читать дальше...

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Trump’s firing of James Comey raises the question of whether he and his circle of neofascists intend to reshape the Bureau as (even more of) an instrument of white nationalism and executive authoritarianism.

This is profoundly immoral. It is morally incumbent on all of us to stop it.

By John Light / Moyers and Company The administration’s lawyer thinks there might be legal ramifications if the U.S. stays in the Paris Climate Agreement but doesn’t cut emissions. No one who worked on the deal agrees.

Craig Aaron, president and CEO of the nonprofit organization Free Press, explains why the Sinclair Broadcast Group’s expanding monopoly is a cause for concern.

Former FBI Director James Comey testifing before the House Judiciary Committee in September. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP) Update: 4:29 p.m. PDT: The head of the American Civil Liberties Union and former National Security Agency contractor-tuned whistle-blower Edward Snowden both commented publicly about Comey’s firing after the news broke. ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero offered his thoughts in a statement: The independence of the FBI director is meant to ensure that the president does not operate above the law. Читать дальше...

By Andrew J. Bacevich / TomDispatch The media’s obsession with Donald Trump provides an excuse for highlighting trivia, while slighting issues that deserve far more attention.

By Chelea Harvey / The Washington Post A new report points to alarming possibilities about hazards triggered by climate change that could become reality in the not-too-distant future.