Thomas Neuburger

New York Times response to Donald Trump's attack on the Times story revealing recent U.S. cyber-attacks against Russiaby Thomas NeuburgerThe New York Times has just admitted that it clears national security stories with the government before it publishes them.

Surveillance images from East German Stasi archives (source)by Thomas NeuburgerThis is yet another reminder that we live in a nation in which citizen surveillance is assumed, with o

Control of the region recently called Palestine from 2000 BCE to the present (source; click to enlarge)by Thomas NeuburgerThere are two possible futures for Israel and Palestine: one close to the vision of Isaiah — “nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more” — and one reminiscent of the prophecy o

Elizabeth Warren's Issues page from her campaign website. Do you see anything about Medicare for All, or even about health care?by Thomas NeuburgerDoes presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren support Medicare for All? I mean this as an actual question. I don't know the answer — or I think I know and I'm not sure — and I'd appreciate it if someone pinned her down on this.

Image: Chip Somodevilla/Gettyby Thomas NeuburgerIt's been clear for while that John Bolton and Donald Trump are not on the same foreign policy page.CNN, for example, recently reported that Trump announced publicly that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un had "kept his word" on nuclear and missile testing, "contradicting his own nati

Konstantin Kilimnik, on of the most crucial and damaging figures in the Paul Manafort-Russia allegations. Does he indeed have "links to Russian intelligence"? Or is he instead a long-time, protected State Department asset? Is this information you'd like to have?

Will the U.S. Supreme Court expose itself to the public as a failed institution in this term or the next? (Iconic Portland Oregon poster showing future mayor Bud Clark and a downtown statue. Title: "Expose Yourself to Art." Story here.)by Thomas NeuburgerThe second point ... about the illusion of the Court's legitimacy, is just as important as the first.

The Russian navy test-fires a Moskit P-270 antiship cruise missile in February of 2015. The P-270 Moskit is a Russian supersonic ramjet powered cruise missile (source).

Atmospheric CO2 levels have now reached 415 ppm. The last time humans experienced levels this high was... never. Human didn't exist.#climatecrisis #climatechange pic.twitter.com/xtRSF2ScGC— Peter Gleick (@PeterGleick) May 13, 2019

Standoff at the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, D.C. (Photo Ann Wright)by Thomas NeuburgerThis is US military policy, being carried out unlawfully on US soil.