As Trump opens another trade war, international tensions rise in Asia, Middle East, Europe, and America

By Robert A. Vella This is how world wars start.  First, domestic hardship triggers cultural fragmentation across multiple nations and Continue reading →

Bibi wins, Barr testifies, Hicks questioned, more DHS purges, border contracts, racism study, executions drop

By Robert A. Vella Bibi wins From:  Israel’s Netanyahu appears headed toward 5th term as PM JERUSALEM (AP) — Benjamin Continue reading →

U.N. chief ‘deeply dismayed’ by Saudi executions, calls for restraint

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday he was “deeply dismayed” by the execution of Continue reading →

Feds confiscate lethal-injection drugs imported by 2 states

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Federal authorities have confiscated shipments of a lethal-injection chemical that Arizona and Texas tried to bring Continue reading →

Court update: CA bans Police Review Secrecy, DOJ says Homelessness is Legal, CT bans Executions

By Robert A. Vella Here are additional key court rulings from this week: From Daily Kos – California becomes the Continue reading →

The disturbing lessons of Arizona’s un-American execution

What happened Wednesday afternoon to Joseph Wood in Arizona was a state-sponsored, judicially sanctioned human experiment that went terribly wrong. Continue reading →

Arizona execution takes nearly 2 hours

PHOENIX (AP) — A condemned murderer took nearly two hours to die and gasped for about 90 minutes during an Continue reading →

Texas Won’t Say How They Killed A Man Last Night

Tommy Lynn Sells was executed Thursday night using a lethal injection drug whose source was not disclosed. Sells’ lawyers have Continue reading →