Few Americans know the name Ali Soufan and those who do recognize his story as one of the great secret tragedies of 9/11. At the time of the attacks, Soufan was one of only eight Arabic-speaking agents in the whole of the FBI, described by Guantanamo military commander Major General Michael Dunleavy as “a national […]
This is Not Normal: Rejecting the Rationalization of a Trump America
It’s been seven days since Donald Trump won the electoral college vote and became President-Elect of the United States, and I’m sure that much like me, that fact hasn’t escaped you. But I don’t want to focus on how this happened-– that will be the subject of books and documentaries for years to come. Rather, […]
This is Our Fault: White People Need to Stop Asking for Empathy and Fix Ourselves
We’re about a week into the reality of a Trump presidency and while there has been coverage of the more obviously horrible things that means, two alarming but more subtle issues are going overlooked, even as they intersect and grow. The first is a gradual media acceptance of even the more terrifying aspects of the Trump […]
I Want to Fuck a Trump Voter by Andy Segeral
I want to fuck a Trump voter. I want to rustle his thick brown hair through my fingers and I want to nibble on his ears. I want to run the back of my hand across his face and I want him to feel loved. I want to fuck a Trump voter. I want to […]