(2025-07-18). The Bully Pulpit Reveals Trump's Bullying the Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Palestine. counterpunch.org President Theodore Roosevelt often referred to the term "bully pulpit" to mean he would use the country's highest office to present his program. "Bully," at the time, was positive, as in wonderful or sublime. President Trump and his subordinates have revealed during their time occupying the nation's highest pulpit that they are bullies in the
(2025-07-18). Fragmenting a Nation: Israel's Enduring Pursuit of Palestinian Disunity. counterpunch.org 
Israel is aggressively implementing plans to shape Palestine's future and the broader region, sculpting its vision for the 'day after' its genocide in Gaza. The latest, bizarre iteration of this strategy proposes fragmenting the occupied West Bank into so-called 'emirates,' starting with the 'emirate of Hebron.' This unexpected twist in Israel's protracted search for alternative
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(2025-07-18). The Atomic Nightmare, Then and Now. counterpunch.org 
In recent months, nuclear weapons have reemerged in global headlines. Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan approached the brink of a full-scale war, a confrontation that could have become an extinction-level event, with the potential to claim up to two billion lives worldwide. The instability of a global order structured on nuclear apartheid has also come into sharp