Zika has hit Puerto Rico at full strength.

The Republican Party has for decades encouraged rabid right-wing extremism while denying responsibility for it. Suggesting violence against the state is a standard part of that. What Trump does is bring that rabidity into the heart of the party.

Many think tanks' are in the business of bias-laundering for companies. The companies donate to the think tank, the think tank does a study and publishes a report that is slanted to serve those donors, and the credulous media (which often publish press releases with little checking) accept the report as objective truth.

The IMF's independent evaluation body has criticized the IMF for participating in abusive Euro-zone "bail-outs".

A retired US Army officer says that the greatest threat to US national security is the current perpetual war. He urges Americans to stop idolizing soldiers and the military, and urges soldiers to report the injustice and corruption they see. (The article also explains the many pressures that deter soldiers who recognize wrongs from saying so.)

I agree, and I have refused to idolize the US military for as long as this site has operated. That is why, for instance, I don't use the term "gold star families". Captain Khan was an honorable American—he's not the one that hijacked the US military to fight an unjustified personal war. Trump did wrong to insult Khan's parents, but we would make a mistake if we worship them.