Demonstrators gather after curfew during a protest in New York City on June 2, 2020. Brendan McDermid / Reutersby Thomas NeuburgerAll of us were basically on our way home. They took us to a large garage with at least 100 other people they arrested that night. I say arrested, but I’m not actually sure. No one was given a reason why they were stopped. ...
by Thomas NeuburgerAmong the many thoughts these rebellious times inspire is this one: How will it ever end?It could end in mass and chaotic violence, of course, with anti-killercop protests hijacked by cop provocateurs and Proud Boy "bust 'em up" squads, followed by the inevitable law-and-order crackdown that shuts the whole thing off in a National Security State way — a crackdown that white and suburban liberals and conservatives alike will appl
My statement on the officer-involved death in Minneapolis: pic.twitter.com/HUoGfXEj7R— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) May 26, 2020
The Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C., built to honor the 58,000 Americans killed in that war (Getty Images)by Thomas NeuburgerIt's appropriate to remember, as the end of May approaches, the nation's honored dead. It's also appropriate to remember its forgotten dead, those whose sacrifices are and will be ignored.
Building on the site of the World War II-era Japanese biological weapons research and testing facility at Harbin in China (source). by Thomas NeuburgerOne of the more interesting side issues in the “novel coronavirus” story is its biological origin.
(Source)by Thomas NeuburgerI began writing this piece by considering the modern shape of rebellion, should it come, in America.
Bernie Sanders in Wisconsin. Could a third-party candidate do this?by Thomas NeuburgerI'm thinking out loud these days, trying to crack the uncrackable nut, escape the inescapable trap laid for policy-minded voters, the one that says “It's a Republican or a neoliberal; there's no other viable choice. Pick one.”More and more, people want to pick neither.
Juanita Broaddrick, right, with residents of her Arkansas retirement home and Bill Clinton in April 1978, the same month she alleges that Clinton assaulted her (source)by Thomas NeuburgerHid among the grease and grime of the Tara Reade rape discussion — "Shoul
What the 2016 electoral vote would have looked if the “FU / None of the Above” electorate had turned out (source)by Thomas Neuburger“If I were to become President, these wars in the Middle East would end. War is a money-making scheme done by the military industrial complex.
