Trump's $1.5 Trillion Gamble: Will Endless Conflict Win Midterm Votes?

Trump's $1.5 trillion Gamble: Will Endless Conflict win Midterm Votes?

( OpenDemocracy.net ) – Donald Trump’s plan to raise US military spending to $1.5trn at best signals a plan to put military force at the centre of his presidency, and at worst, an administration planning for all-out war. The president this week unveiled his proposal to increase the defence budget by almost 60% by the 2027 fiscal year, after three weeks of lethal US operations in Nigeria, Syria, Venezuela and the Caribbean and Pacific littorals. …

I Used to Be a Critic of the Two-Party System - Now I Wish We Had One

By Roger D. Harris  –  Jan 14, 2026 I am told that if I don’t like what “my government” is doing, I should write “my representative.” So I dropped Senator Adam Schiff a note about the US war on Venezuela.  The senator’s reply, with my translations of his Washington-speak (in italics) provided in brackets, is as follows: “I have been opposing the administration’s unlawful use of force against targets [a sovereign country] in the region…the U.S…co…

I Used to Be a Critic of the Two-Party System – Now I Wish We Had One

I am told that if I don’t like what “my government” is doing, I should write “my representative.” So I dropped Senator Adam Schiff a note about the US war on Venezuela. The senator’s reply, with my translations of his Washington-speak (in italics) provided in brackets, is as follows: I have been opposing the administration’s unlawful use of force against targets [a sovereign country] in the region…the U.S…conducted an operation [act of war] on J…