George W. Bush’s Last Disaster – The Republican Party
What happened to the Republican Party? Simple. George W. Bush happened.
Politics in the Zeros
Topple Trump, politics, renewable energy, water
Politics in the Zeros
Topple Trump, politics, renewable energy, water
Josh Mull
Josh Mull aka “Ultimate Josh†is an underground citizen journalist best known for his work with TheUptake.org covering the 2008 Presidential Elections, including live video coverage of police crackdowns on peace marches at the Democratic and Republican National Conventions.
He began writing on the web as a teenager, publishing articles and reviews for Planet Unreal and other multiplayer gaming sites, later moving on to more serious subject matter on LiveJournal, Myspace, and finally here at Read or Alive. He was also one of the many citizen journalists pioneering the use of microblogs during political debates, natural disasters, and terrorist attacks, including the recent violence in Mumbai and the Gaza Strip.
In December 2008, Josh began working with Small World News (SWN) as a blog writer but has since moved on to be a Contributing Editor of Alive in Baghdad and Co-Creator of Alive in Gaza. He is also currently a contributor for Politics in the Zeros, as well as a guest contributor at Enduring America, focusing on US foreign policy in the Middle East and Central Asia.
Josh is available for media appearances and speaking engagements on a variety of matters relating to social media, citizen journalism, digital reporting, open source intelligence (OSINT), microblogging, and social networking as well as any topics relating to his research and reporting on national security, foreign policy, US elections, President Barack Obama, Iraq, the Israeli-Arab conflict, counter-insurgency (COIN), and the Global War on Terror, also known as The Long War. He has previously appeared as a guest on WAAY 31 News, BBC News, and Radio Islam.
War Crimes in Afghanistan? Time To Investigate
We have clear evidence that there may be an ongoing policy of collective punishment and expulsion, war crimes under international and US law, happening in Afghanistan, and it’s time for the House oversight committee to investigate.
Conservatives Turn Against Afghanistan War, Max Boot Goes Insane
I am the Afghanistan Blogging Fellow for Brave New Foundation. You can read my work on Firedoglake or at Rethink Afghanistan. The views expressed below are my own. Something very interesting has been happening with conservatives lately. They’re turning against the war…
Axis of Agreement Watch: Joe Klein’s “Lucky” Strategy
Joe Klein urges Obama to play chicken with Congress over the war in Afghanistan.
Journalism is not an Attack, Wikileaks is not Warfare
Are supporters of Wikileaks feeding into the crackdown by the US Government?
Afghanistan: Hearts and Minds and Blood and Anger
War is not politics, it is violence – murder – on an enormous scale. It does not lead to democracy, security, or good governance, it leads to anger, humiliation, and above all else, more violence.
Pakistan: Diplomacy vs Giving It All Away
A response to Spencer Ackerman's opening gambit on Pakistan diplomacy
Forget the Generals, Americans are committed to Ending War
The propaganda tour has failed - 6 in 10 Americans want an end to the war in Afghanistan. Will Obama stick to his timeline, or will congress be forced to take drastic measures?
America’s Broken Response to Pakistan
The ability for the United States to project power abroad - to protect its national security interests - is broken.
Obama can’t control his Generals – Time for Congress to step in
If President Obama is too weak to preserve our civilian-military order, then Congress is obligated to enforce its constitutional authority over the power of war.