Pentagon Cuts Threaten Programs That Secure Loose Nukes and Weapons of Mass Destruction | WIRED

Documents obtained by WIRED show the US Department of Defense is considering cutting up to 75 percent of workers who stop the spread of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons...

https://www.wired.com/story/pentagon-cuts-nukes-chemical-weapons-wmd/

Russia breached global chemical weapons ban in Ukraine war, US says | Reuters

The United States on Wednesday accused Russia of violating the international chemical weapons ban by deploying the choking agent chloropicrin against Ukrainian troops and using riot control agents "as a method of warfare" in Ukraine…

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-breached-global-chemical-weapons-ban-ukraine-war-us-says-2024-05-01/

How Tear Gas Became a Favorite Weapon of U.S. Border Patrol, Despite Being Banned In Warfare

As the Trump administration continues to defend firing tear gas into crowds of asylum seekers, we look at the history of tear gas, which is banned in warfare but legal for federal authorities and police to turn on civilians. Border authorities’ use of tear gas has spiked under the Trump administration, with the agency’s own data revealing it has deployed tear gas over two dozen times this year alone. Customs and Border Protection told Newsweek Tuesday it began using tear gas under the Obama administration in 2010. The agency’s use of tear gas has now reached a seven-year record high. We speak with Stuart Schrader, lecturer in sociology at Johns Hopkins University. He has studied how tear gas went from a weapon of war used in Vietnam to being deployed by law enforcement at home. His forthcoming book is titled “Badges Without Borders: How Global Counterinsurgency Transformed American Policing.”...
https://youtu.be/8W68UWHYgK8
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Once again, Putin gives us a lesson on the usefulness of the blatant lie - The Washington Post: Opinion

Confronted with the truth about its assassins, the Kremlin simply doubles down. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/once-again-putin-gives-us-a-lesson-on-the-usefulness-of-the-blatant-lie/2018/09/14/abf6cce2-b798-11e8-a7b5-adaaa5b2a57f_story.html

Donald Trump's big fail on North Korea: He didn't prepare and he got played - USA TODAY

Kim Jong Un is a ruthless butcher. For Donald Trump to claim North Koreans love him shows how badly he misjudged Kim or just wanted a 'deal.' Any deal. .....
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/06/12/donald-trump-singapore-summit-skipping-preparation-big-mistake-column/694748002/

Nikki Haley finds herself under the bus as Trump shifts course on Russia - The Washington Post: Analysis

Shortly after The Post reported Trump "has battled his top aides on Russia and lost," he exerts his authority. Coincidence? ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/04/16/nikki-haley-finds-herself-under-the-bus-as-trump-shifts-course-on-russia/

Alex Jones: ‘Fuck Trump’ for Blasting Syria - The Daily Beast

From Fox News host Laura Ingraham to the Infowars auteur, many of President Donald Trump's most vocal boosters turned on him over his decision to strike Syria. ....
https://www.thedailybeast.com/alex-jones-fuck-trump-for-blasting-syria

Trump supporters rip decision to strike Syria - POLITICO

They compared Trump's decision to attack Syrian targets to actions taken by President George W. Bush or a hypothetical President Hillary Clinton. ....
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/13/trump-supporters-syria-strikes-523061

An Army of Smear Artists Is Working Overtime to Undermine Sy Hersh's Syria Bombshell | Alternet

Syria has become a hugely divisive issue on the left....
http://www.alternet.org/world/undermining-sy-hershs-syria-bombshell

US defense chiefs say they want to deter more chemical attacks, not oust Assad

Defense secretary brushed off talks of Syria regime change amid contradictory messages from Trump administration and Rex Tillerson's visit to Russia ...
https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7652103633459993609#editor/target=post;postID=6962838352068472389;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=10;src=postname

Anne Frank Center Calls On Trump To 'Fire Sean Spicer Now'

The Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect on Tuesday called for President Donald Trump to fire White House press secretary Sean Spicer "at once" for his comments about Adolf Hitler and chemical weapons.

"On Passover no less, Sean Spicer has engaged in Holocaust denial, the most offensive form of fake news imaginable, by denying Hitler gassed millions of Jews to death," Steven Goldstein, the executive director of the center, said in a statement....
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/anne-frank-center-calls-on-trump-fire-sean-spicer-now

Sean Spicer’s Comments About Hitler Show Appalling Ignorance Of Basic Historical Facts

Yesterday, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer dug himself into quite a hole when he made a terrible analogy about dictators Adolf Hitler and Bashar Al Assad. “You had someone who was as despicable as Hitler who didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons,” Spicer told reporters in a failed attempt to highlight how brutal the Assad regime’s most recent chemical attack on Syrians was. “He [Hitler] was not using the gas on his own people the same way that Assad is doing.”...
https://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/sean-spicer-s-comments-about-hitler-show-appalling-ignorance-of-basic

Sean Spicer praises Hitler for his restraint, falsely claims he never gassed his own people

During his Tuesday news conference, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer compared Hitler favorably with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Referring to the recent sarin gas attack on Syrian civilians, Spicer said, “You had someone as despicable as Hitler, who didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons.”...
https://thinkprogress.org/spicer-praises-hitler-chemical-weapons-a45144ebb8ae

US Official Says Russia Knew In Advance Of Syrian Chemical Attack

A senior U.S. official says the United States has concluded that Russia knew in advance of Syria's chemical weapons attack last week. The official says a Russian-operated drone flew over a hospital in Syria as victims of the attack were rushing to get treatment. Hours after the drone left, a Russian-made fighter jet bombed the hospital in what American officials believe was an attempt to cover up the usage of chemical weapons....
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/world-news/official-russia-syrian-chemical-attack

Business Insider: Russia is using Donald Trump's own words against him

Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken a page out of President Donald Trump's playbook by questioning the reliability of U.S. intelligence reports about chemical weapons usage in Syria. The Trump administration has tried to force Moscow's hand with U.S. spy reports about chemical weapons being used in by the Assad regime. It also used them to justify recent missile strikes against Syrian President Bashar Assad's military bases. ...
http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-donald-trumps-intel-2017-4

Trump’s Far-Right Supporters Turn on Him Over Syria Strike

Some of President Trump’s most ardent campaign supporters were among his most vocal opponents on Thursday after he ordered the missile strike against Syria, charging him with breaking his promise to keep the United States out of another conflict in the Middle East.

Prominent writers and bloggers on the far right attacked Mr. Trump. They accused him of turning against his voters by waging an attack that he had for years said would be a terrible idea. They also criticized him for launching the strike without first seeking congressional approval — something he said on Twitter in 2013 would be a “big mistake.”

The most vocal in their outrage were leaders from the small but influential white nationalist movement....
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/us/trump-far-alt-right-syria.html?emc=edit_nn_20170407&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=78638145&te=1&_r=0

A weak and paranoid president leads rapidly to a weak and paranoid government

Donald Trump and his dishonesty seep everywhere in Washington, and it is taking a toll on America's claim to moral leadership – and harming its economy ...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/06/donald-trump-weak-paranoid-president-government?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1