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Plan B for Trump’s election intimidation: An iron fist in a velvet glove

This article was originally published in The Hill by one of our veteran partners. Read the original article here. Gen. Dan Caine, the nation’s senior-most military leader, recently told Sen Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) that the U.S. military has “no plans” to be at polling places in November. But President Trump has made it impossible to dismiss fears of military interference. To the contrary, his persistent assault on the integrity of the voting process, his suggestion that Repu

Oct 133 min read

Plan B for Trump’s election intimidation: An iron fist in a velvet glove

This article was originally published in The Hill by one of our veteran partners. Read the original article here. Gen. Dan Caine, the nation’s senior-most military leader, recently told Sen Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) that the U.S. military has “no plans” to be at polling places in November. But President Trump has made it impossible to dismiss fears of military interference. To the contrary, his persistent assault on the integrity of the voting process, his suggestion that Repu

Oct 133 min read

Trump Treats Uniform as Campaign Prop at Fort Bragg Rally

There's a reason every president before Donald Trump — regardless of party, regardless of how they felt about the military — maintained a basic norm: you don't use the armed forces as a political backdrop. That norm existed not out of courtesy, but because the military's effectiveness depends on the public's belief that it belongs to everyone. Friday's event at Fort Bragg suggests that norm is now effectively gone. Trump's appearance on the North Carolina installation was, by

Feb 172 min read

Expert Q&A on the U.S. Boat Strikes

The following article was originally published in Just Security by one of our veteran partners. Read the original here. Is it legal to use lethal force to target suspected drug trafficking boats on the high seas or kill those on board? No. The United States is not in an armed conflict with any cartel or criminal gang. That means the law of armed conflict (LOAC), also known as international humanitarian law (IHL), does not apply to the military operations that began on Sept.

Dec 3, 202510 min read

Killing Shipwrecked Survivors is Not Just Illegal—It Endangers U.S. Servicemembers

The following article was originally published in Just Security by one of our veteran partners. Read the original here. According to recent media reports , Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth verbally ordered special forces to “kill everybody” ahead of a Sept. 2 operation targeting alleged drug traffickers in international waters. That order allegedly resulted in a follow-on “double tap” strike that killed two survivors who were clinging to wreckage. I agree with Professor Jack Go

Dec 1, 20256 min read

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