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More 'Dictatorship Than a Democracy': Trump Purge at Pentagon Increases Fears of Coup-in-Motion

A tattered sticker seen on November 10, 2020 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania reads "Trump/Pence OUT NOW." (Photo: Mark Makela/Getty Images)

Critics Call Upcoming Pentagon Visit by Indonesian Defense Minister—Accused of Horrific Atrocities—a 'Human Rights Catastrophe'

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

Indonesian Defense Minister and former Kopassus general Prabowo Subianto during a visit to Natuna air base on February 5, 2020. (Photo: Muhammad Fahmi Dolli/Andalou Agency via Getty Images)

Prabowo Subianto—who led a notorious commando unit implicated in genocidal violence—was invited to Washington by Defense Secretary Mark Esper.

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Democratic Lawmakers Raise Alarm Over Esper's Refusal to Rule Out Deploying Troops During Election

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

Defense Secretary Mark Esper, pictured here in October 2019. (Photo: Staff Sgt. Nicole Meija/Joint Base Andrews/cc)

"We have not received a direct commitment from Secretary Esper that he will...

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Pentagon Secrecy Around Covid-19 at Guantanamo Just One More Reason to Shut Offshore Prison, Say Senate Dems

Julia Conley, staff writer

The lawmakers said the response they received from the Defense Department about...

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'What a Disgrace': Pentagon Weighing $2.2 Billion in Cuts to Military Healthcare Just After Passage of $740 Billion Budget

Citing Fears of a Defeated Trump Who Won't Go Willingly, Warren Calls on Cabinet Officials to End Deployment of Federal Agents Against Protests

1,250 Former DOJ Officials Demand Investigation Into Barr's Involvement in Violently Dispersing Demonstrators Near White House

An activist with a mask of U.S. President Donald Trump marches with a model of a nuclear rocket during a demonstration against nuclear weapons on November 18, 2017 in Berlin.

80 Lawmakers Demand Trump Ditch Any Thought of Resuming 'Dangerously Provocative' Nuclear Tests

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) is leading a bill to curb the president's power under the Insurrection Act of 1807.

Dems Introduce Bill to Curb President's Insurrection Act Powers After Trump Threatens to Send Troops to Cities Across US

ACLU Sues Trump Over 'Shameless, Unconstitutional, Unprovoked, and Frankly Criminal' Assault on Protesters

President Donald Trump walks with Attorney General William Barr, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, and others from the White House to visit St. John's Church on June 1, 2020, in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

AFL-CIO's Veteran Council Demands Resignation of Defense Secretary and Joint Chiefs Chair Over Violent Clearing of Lafayette Square

'What Authoritarianism Looks Like': Trump Condemned as Busloads of US Soldiers Arrive in Nation's Capital

Sen. Warren Demands Federal Probe Into Attorney General Barr's Order to Tear-Gas Peaceful Protesters

'We Need to Put Guardrails in Place': Senator Unveils Plan to Bar Use of US Military Force Against Protesters

'This Isn't a Healthy Democracy': Warnings of Domestic Military Threat as Top US General Walks DC Streets in Combat Fatigues

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo leaves after a press briefing at the State Department on May 20, 2020.

Lavish Taxpayer-Funded Dinners Hosted by Pompeo Spark Concern Over Real Purpose

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Jeffrey C. Isaac

We Must Be Prepared to Nonviolently Defend a Democratic Election in the Streets

John Feffer

What Will Trump Do to the World to Win Re-Election?

Andrea Mazzarino

A Naval Officer's Spouse on Why the US Military Puts Empire Over Public Health

Michael T. Klare

A World of "Killer Robots" But Not "National Security"

Thea Paneth

Reflection on the Upcoming 75th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Nikola Mikovic

What Do Russian Analysts Make of the Charge Moscow Offered Taliban Bounties on US Troops?

Mandy Smithberger

Covid-19 Means Good Times for the Pentagon

George A. Lopez

Targeting the ICC: Misguided Sanctions Imposed Yet Again

Juan Cole

From Fallujah to Minneapolis: Trump Brings the US Military 'Battlespace' Home

Danny Sjursen

The Coming of a Social-Distancing Version of War