Africa
US trashed Somalia, can we really scold its people for coming here?
Trump’s vitriol against the African state dates back long before the current aid scandal, but in the context of recent history, it makes little sense.
January 13, 2026
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Military Industrial Complex
War porn beats out Venezuela peace messages in DC Metro
As arms contractors blanket WMATA stations with ads, an anti-war group’s message was rejected under rules that favor the military industrial complex
January 12, 2026
Latin America
Trump will be sore when Cuba domino refuses to fall
But he shouldn't be surprised. American presidents have been predicting collapse there since 1959.
January 12, 2026
Latin America
Trump's sphere of influence gambit is sloppy, self-sabotage
Great powers have historically sought regional sway but the president's Venezuela and Greenland ploys risk anything but
January 08, 2026
Washington Politics
JFK oversaw Vietnam decapitation. He didn't live to witness the rest.
A coup likely set unto motion by Kennedy memo ended with the assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem in fall of 1963. Two years later, the US was fully at war.
January 08, 2026
Africa
Is Somaliland recognition worth a new Israeli outpost on the Red Sea?
Both countries have a lot to gain from the controversial new relationship, and judging from the backlash, a lot to lose too
January 07, 2026
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