Cathy Young

1 week ago | thebulwark.com | William Kristol |Andrew Egger |Cathy Young |Jim Swift

Minnesota is reeling from the shootings of several state lawmakers, but Donald Trump wants you to know he’s much too busy to call Gov. Tim Walz about the tragedy. After all, that’s time he could be using to slag on Tim Walz. “I think the governor of Minnesota is so whacked out,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One early this morning. “I’m not calling. Why would I call him? I could call and say, ‘Hi, how you doing?’ The guy doesn’t have a clue. He’s a mess.

1 week ago | thebulwark.com | Cathy Young

IN THE SPRING OF 2022, THE EARLY DAYS and weeks of Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine were marked by a drastic hardening of authoritarianism in Russia—or, perhaps more accurately, a drastic plunge from authoritarianism into full-fledged totalitarianism that leaves no space for a civil society independent of the state. Protests and even private expressions of discontent were ruthlessly suppressed and punished; nearly all remaining independent media were shut down or hounded out of the country.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Cathy Young

IN THE SPRING OF 2022, THE EARLY DAYS and weeks of Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine were marked by a drastic hardening of authoritarianism in Russia—or, perhaps more accurately, a drastic plunge from authoritarianism into full-fledged totalitarianism that leaves no space for a civil society independent of the state. Protests and even private expressions of discontent were ruthlessly suppressed and punished; nearly all remaining independent media were shut down or hounded out of the country.

2 weeks ago | newsday.com | Cathy Young

By Cathy YoungJune 13, 2025 6:00 amThe military parade to be held in Washington on Saturday may turn out to be a moment of key significance — if only a symbolic one — in Donald Trump’s less than six-months-old presidency. Ostensibly marking the 250th anniversary of the United States Army, it also coincides with Trump’s 79th birthday.

3 weeks ago | newsday.com | Cathy Young

By Cathy YoungJune 6, 2025 7:00 amIt’s been a remarkable week in the war in Ukraine, with Ukraine taking it to Russia in a bigger way than ever. First, a fleet of Ukrainian drones, deployed inside Russia in a stunning intelligence operation, struck several Russian military airfields, destroying or disabling anywhere between 12% and 34% of Russia’s strategic bombers, putting a dent in Russia’s nuclear capability.