A Brief Thought: Obama, Wall Street & Weaponized Identity Politics - Link

Well my friends; I promised myself we'd shoot for 15 posts and over 20K words this month - here we are on the last day of April, with our 15th post. Hopefully, you've all enjoyed reading them as much as I've enjoyed writing them and May is roughly as productive.

Thank you for all your support guys.

Read "Obama, Wall Street & Weaponized Identity Politics" here.

 - nina

A Brief Thought: Who Elected Ivanka Trump? - Link

Read "A Brief Thought: Who Elected Ivanka Trump?" here.

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Info Meme of the Week: Brotherhood of Evil Mutants Pt Sixteen – Scott Pruitt (Link)

After taking some time off to chase other stories, Nina is back with another look at one of Trump's key Brotherhood of Evil Mutants goons; new EPA head Scott Pruitt

Read "Brotherhood of Evil Mutants Pt Sixteen – Scott Pruitt" here.

- nina illingworth

A Brief Thought: Poisoned Prospects, Fallow Fields - Link

I take a brief look at the structural reasons why neoliberal elites can destroy candidates on the left, but not right wing reactionaries in the wake of round 1 French Presidential election results.

Read "A Brief Thought: Poisoned Prospects, Fallow Fields" here.

- nina illingworth 

A Brief Thought: Freedom to Oppress - Link

I take a look at the terrifying ramifications of news that the Department of Justice is going after Julian Assange

Read "A Brief Thought: Freedom to Oppress" here.

- Nina Illingworth

New Deluxe Wall of Shame Update: Sean Hannity - Link

The moment has finally arrived; Fox News Talk Show Thingy Sean Hannity takes his rightful place on our Wall of Shame.

Read "New Deluxe Wall of Shame Update: Sean Hannity" here. 

- nina illingworth

A Brief Thought: Duterte, Death Squads & Selective Outrage - Link

I take a long, hard look at the west's "humanitarian" argument for deposing Bashar al-Assad and find it lacking in credibility.

Read "A Brief Thought: Duterte, Death Squads & Selective Outrage" here. 

- nina illingworth

A Brief Thought: Send Em Upriver Sessions & The Trump Era - Link

In the rush to analyze the Trump administration's new war posture, Jeff Sessions almost managed to slide a serious bit of immigration fuckery by me - almost.

Read "Send Em Upriver Sessions & The Trump Era" here. 

- Nina Illingworth

A Brief Thought: Weapons of Mass Distraction - Link

In the ongoing lead up to the next American war, I stop to take a look at news from the war we've already forgotten: Afghanistan.

Read "A Brief Thought: Weapons of Mass Distraction" here.

- nina illingworth 

Six Things I Think: Masters of War Edition - Link

Well, after a minor technical error that I could only fix by posting the entire article again, my latest is up - I took a quick spin around mainstream US media to discover that it's all war, all the time in the lead up to what seems like it will be the most serious conflict of my life:

Read "Six Things I Think: Masters of War Edition" here. 

- nina illingworth

A Brief Thought: GOP Voter Suppression Hypocrisy - Link

Recently the Republican Party has begun to employ an excuse to justify voter suppression laws that's so cynical it simply cannot be allowed to quietly pass unnoticed.

Read "A Brief Thought: GOP Voter Suppression Hypocrisy" here.

- Nina Illingworth

 

Info Meme of the Week: Donald’s Double Dutch - Link

In the span of just over 60 hours, the United States may have signaled its intention to start two world-altering military conflicts

Read "Info Meme of the Week: Donald’s Double Dutch" here.

- Nina Illingworth

A Brief Thought: Madness, Mendacity & Motive - Link

The most common question I get asked by well-meaning liberals who only read the headlines is "why would the Democratic Party push a garbage conspiracy theory they know isn't true?" This Brief Thought answers that query.

Read "A Brief Thought: Madness, Mendacity & Motive" here

- Nina Illingworth

Fantastic Lies: Of Bernie Bros & Bolshevik Bot Networks - Link

Read "Of Bernie Bros & Bolshevik Bot Networks" here.

- Nina Illingworth

A Year of Living Dangerously - Link

In honor of the recent 1 Year Anniversary of ninaillingworth.com, I take a look at what I think are my top 10 articles, 8 honorable mentions and 2 stories I'd like to have back from the first year of this website.

Read "A Year of Living Dangerously" here.

- Nina Illingworth