Author: Thomas L. Knapp

Source: Popular Information
by Rebecca Crosby & Noel Sims

“Last week, the Washington Post reported that [US Secretary of Defense Pete] Hegseth gave a verbal order to leave no survivors in the first strike of the DOD’s campaign against drug smuggling boats, which took place in the Caribbean on September 2. Several minutes after striking the boat for the first time, the Special Operations commander overseeing the attack ordered a second strike to kill two men hanging on to the burning remains of the boat in order to comply with Hegseth’s order, according to the Post. … That Hegseth would give such an order that could potentially constitute a war crime should come as no surprise. Hegseth has a long history of expressing contempt for the Geneva Conventions and the legal rules of engagement.” (12/02/25)

https://popular.info/p/department-of-war-crimes

Source: Cobden Centre
by Elias Sanchez

“In antiquity, kings, generals, and heroes journeyed to the Oracle of Delphi seeking guidance about the future. Their questions were strikingly similar to those posed by economists today: What will happen if I choose this path? Will victory come next season? Will prosperity return? The oracle, seated above fissures of intoxicating vapours, never gave precise forecasts. Her answers were elliptical, conditional, and interpretive. ‘If Croesus goes to war with Persia, he will destroy a mighty empire,’ she told Croesus — but she did not specify whose. The message was merely a signal, not an itinerary blueprint. In this sense, the Delphic pilgrimage mirrors contemporary economics.” (12/02/25)

https://www.cobdencentre.org/2025/12/the-limits-of-economic-foresight-and-the-oracle-of-delphi-why-models-warn-but-never-predict/

Source: Expression
by David L Hudson Jr.

“When socialists, anarchists, and other political dissidents opposed the war effort, Woodrow Wilson had their movements crushed.” (12/02/25)

https://expression.fire.org/p/politics-of-dissent-during-world

Source: Washington Post
by Marian L Tupy and Gale L Pooley

“U.S. consumers spent about 17 percent of disposable personal income on food in 1960; by 2019, that share had fallen to 9.5 percent, driven largely by more affordable food at home. Even after the inflation spike in recent years, Americans last year devoted 10.4 percent of disposable income to food, still roughly half the share common in the mid-20th century and lower than in most other countries. That is a textbook case of Engel’s law: As incomes rise, the share of income spent on food declines.
What produced these gains is not mysterious.” (12/02/25)

https://archive.is/KtTNY

Source: The Intercept
by Nick Turse

“Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is under increasing fire for a double-tap strike, first reported by The Intercept in early September, in which the U.S. military killed two survivors of the Trump administration’s initial boat strike in the Caribbean on September 2. The Washington Post recently reported that Hegseth personally ordered the follow-up attack, giving a spoken order ‘to kill everybody.’ Multiple military legal experts, lawmakers, and now confidential sources within the government who spoke with The Intercept say Hegseth’s actions could result in the entire chain of command being investigated for a war crime or outright murder.” (12/02/25)

https://theintercept.com/2025/12/02/hegseth-boat-strikes-war-crime-venezuela/