Mike Allison

Why Blowing Up Venezuelan Boats Won’t Stop the Flow of Drugs President Trump says striking drug traffickers from Venezuela will prevent deadly drugs from reaching the United States. But the major smuggling routes are elsewhere.

And using military might to take out small trafficking boats, Mr. Story said, is like “using a blowtorch to cook an egg.”

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Got to turn two there. Another great night for Schlittler.

Secretary of State Alexander Haig said Wednesday that four... - UPI Archives Secretary of State Alexander Haig said Wednesday that four American Catholic missionaries killed in El Salvador may have been shot in an exchange of gunfire...

'I would like to suggest to you that...perhaps the vehicle (in which the nuns were riding) may have run a roadblock or may have been perceived to be doing that, and that there was an exchange of fire in which perhaps those who caused the casualties sought to cover it up.'

2023 White House statement when Governor Abbott chartered planes and buses to send migrants to Chicago.

GOFO* or Go Home? Pete Hegseth's Insecurity Complex and the Non-Partisan Military Congrats, today is now the worst day in US civil-military relations since the Civil War.  It outclasses the two previous times I used this...

Saideman's Semi-Spew: GOFO or Go Home? Pete Hegseth's Insecurity Complex and the Non-Partisan Military saideman.blogspot.com/2025/10/gofo...

When the right broke, according to the right "That's what radicalized you all?"

When the right broke, according to the right smotus.substack.com/p/when-the-r...

Opinion | The Grand Strategy Behind Trump’s Crackdown on Academia

Ending higher education as an engine of upward mobility: Opinion | The Grand Strategy Behind Trump’s Crackdown on Academia - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/o...

Not sure why he would choose Brazil - en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candel%...

Claudia Ortiz, leader of the opposition to Bukele: ‘El Salvador is moving toward an authoritarian regime’ In an interview with EL PAÍS, the politician describes the state of political resistance, denounces harassment, and shares her fears about living in a country without judicial guarantees

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The US economy has a new problem: Democracy is under siege | CNN Business Some political scientists see a pattern that suggests American democracy is being undermined in real time. The stakes are massive for the US economy and the business world.

The US economy has a new problem: Democracy is under siege | CNN Business www.cnn.com/2025/09/22/b...

Why America can't escape its long legacy of political violence "For some time now, we've become increasingly inured to acts of unspeakable violence," law professor Jon Michaels told Newsweek.

Why America Can't Escape Its Long Legacy of Political Violence - Newsweek www.newsweek.com/why-america-...

Scranton: It has been a really difficult stretch. Maybe thinking about how we can re-visit the poisonous narratives of the past and protect the work done to provide accurate accountings of our history could be a bit cathartic.

It’s Censorship, Not Cancel Culture The authoritarian accelerationism is at work.

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The amount of shit I got for this segment at the time was astronomical, and it was all from people who now stalk CVS employees to get them fired for insufficient online sadness.

Cheering on political violence is both evil and not new, an outgrowth of an internet intentionally dismantled years ago.

What ‘They’ have done In 2020, They stole the presidential election. How They did this has never been explained clearly. At first, it was alleged that They did so through fraud, by stuffing ballot boxes or submitting fake ...

I wrote about Them. www.pbump.net/o/what-they-...

‘The whole thing is screwed up’: Farmers in deep-red Pennsylvania struggle to find workers They’re pushing lawmakers to move faster on a farm labor solution, even as the president cracks down on immigration.

Self-inflicted harm: health care, auto manufacturing, construction, etc... Lawmakers are weighing a farm labor bill. Pennsylvania’s farmers are telling them to hurry up. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Don't Do a Ph.D. Now At least in the United States

Don't Do a Ph.D. Now - by Paul Musgrave musgrave.substack.com/p/dont-do-a-...

Wow. The final few minutes of the Giants - Cowboys game.

Waving the Bloody Shirt We don’t know who killed Charlie Kirk. We do know who’s trying to exploit his death.

Waving the Bloody Shirt - Paul Krugman paulkrugman.substack.com/p/waving-the...

Opinion | America’s Loss Could Be Central America’s Gain

Opinion | America’s Loss Could Be Central America’s Gain - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/o...

As Political Violence Rises, Trump Condemns One Side

As Political Violence Rises, Trump Condemns One Side www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...

Deportation Fears Are Fueling Money Transfers to Latin America

Deportation Fears Are Fueling Money Transfers to Latin America - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/w...

Inside the CIA’s secret fight against Mexico’s drug cartels Working with special Mexican army and navy units, the CIA for years has been running covert operations to hunt down Mexico’s most-wanted narcos, a Reuters investigation finds. Among the captures: a son of cartel chief Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.

Inside the CIA’s secret fight against Mexico’s drug cartels | Reuters www.reuters.com/investigatio...

On AI, We Reap What We Sow (opinion) We’re seeing the predictable results of higher ed’s decades-long focus on outcomes over process, Chad Hanson writes.

On AI, We Reap What We Sow (opinion) www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Latino voters in this Pa. town worry about Trump’s immigration policies — but aren’t ready to reject him Nicolas Diaz looked out at the empty sidewalks along Wyoming Street, one of this former coal region’s main commercial corridors, and took it as proof that the president he supported is delivering o…

Latino voters in this Pa. town worry about Trump’s immigration policies — but aren’t ready to reject him www.thetimes-tribune.com/2025/09/08/l...

Poster for event on Sunday September 7 at 5:30.

Scranton friends: I will be amongst the speakers at this multi-faith gathering against the starvation of Gaza and mass deportations at home. This Sunday, 9/7 at 5:30 along the Courthouse Square. Shout with any questions.

At Jesuit universities, the government’s D.E.I. crackdown is an attack on religious freedom Now more than ever, it is urgent to stand up for our university’s autonomy to make curricular decisions based on its Jesuit mission.

At Jesuit universities, the government’s D.E.I. crackdown is an attack on religious freedom - America Magazine www.americamagazine.org/faith-and-re...

Will Venezuela be the first target of Trump's new MAGA Monroe Doctrine? Trump "believes that if you are powerful, you should use your power," a former senior U.S. official told Newsweek.

Tom Shannon in Newsweek: "If there is a new Monroe Doctrine, it's kind of emasculated in the sense that the president is not bringing what you need to the game in order to win,"
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