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The de facto civil war in the US is obscuring two existential threats — climate change and nuclear war. Jatras mentions only the latter. Still, the US remains addicted to ever-increasing sanctions, and despite warnings from both Russia and China that they are prepared for war – warnings virtually ignored by the US media and political class – the US keeps pressing on all fronts: outer space, the Arctic, Europe (withdrawal from the INF treaty), Ukraine, the South China Sea, the Taiwan Strait,...

Civil War 2.0 (along with Cold War 2). Racial politics in the United States, both before and after the end of slavery, has blocked the emergence of a class politics that would unite poor whites and poor blacks in a demand for more public services. So what will happen when, by around 2045, non-Hispanic whites become a minority of the total population?…. It's the demographics.Project SyndicateAmerica’s Ongoing Civil War Jeffrey D. Sachs | Professor of Sustainable Development and Professor of...

Civil War 2.0. Where some see nationalist populism, others see incipient fascism. Irreconcilable differences?Bracing ViewsAmerican Fascism: No Longer Misleading WJ Astore | Lt. Col. USAF (retired)

“I’ve never seen anything like this, but I hope it never happens again,” Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn told BuzzFeed News on Thursday. I have an inkling that this is just the beginning."Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." — William Congreve As a matter of fact, it is an extension of the ongoing culture and race wars that are turning into a civil war, soft so far. Civil wars are so uncivil.And a battle between the sexes is the worst of all worlds. Turning ugly. You really don't...