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Kelsey Atherton

Albuquerque

Founder and Writer at Wars of Future Past

Chief Editor at Center for International Policy

War, robots, & bad futures, but imagining better. EIC @CIPolicyJournal, opinions my own. Unitarian Universalist. He/him. Husband to @alymaybe, father of 2.

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  • Opinion | Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ system is an expensive way to make America less safe

    1 month ago | msnbc.com | Kelsey Atherton

    Last week, President Donald Trump boasted of the inclusion of the “Golden Dome” missile defense program in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which the House narrowly passed Thursday. The funding, initially set at a staggering $175 billion, is for a long-standing Republican fantasy: total U.S. impunity to attacks from other nations.

  • Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ system is an expensive way to make America less safe

    1 month ago | flipboard.com | Kelsey Atherton

    11 hours agoWhat is Trump’s 'Golden Dome'? President Trump is pushing for a “Golden Dome” missile defense system for the United States. The “Golden Dome” plans are modeled after Israel’s “Iron Dome.” @ KatyTur explains why the rollout of this proposed force field may not be as straightforward as it seems.

  • Opinion | Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ system is an expensive way to make America less safe

    1 month ago | yahoo.com | Kelsey Atherton

    Last week, President Donald Trump boasted of the inclusion of the “Golden Dome” missile defense program in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which the House narrowly passed Thursday. The funding, initially set at a staggering $175 billion, is for a long-standing Republican fantasy: total U.S. impunity to attacks from other nations.

  • Whiskey for Troops™️

    Nov 11, 2024 | fingers.email | Kelsey Atherton

    Editor’s note: This special joint post from Fingers x Wars of Future Past was originally published Veterans Day 2023, but I think it still holds up.—Dave. If Grunt Style and Black Rifle Coffee Co. opened a distillery, what would it make? Unfortunately, we don’t have to speculate, because this Veterans Day, the militarization of brown liquor is fully upon us. This edition of Fingers is a collaboration with , a longtime military-technology journalist and publisher of the independent newsletter .

  • The sinister politics of pouring beers for dead troops

    Sep 4, 2024 | fingers.email | Dave Infante |Kelsey Atherton

    Editor’s note: Apropos of Donald Trump’s grim use of American soldiers’ gravesites as props for a campaign ad late last month, and this excellent column by Jonathan M.

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Kelsey D. Atherton
Kelsey D. Atherton @AthertonKD
18 Jun 25

As someone who keenly remembers the "Mission Accomplished" banner proceeding years of tragedy and bloodshed from a war of choice, I'm very happy to publish @NoeNicholas at @CIPolicyJournal on why any claimed victory over Iran will prove hollow https://t.co/qKlmjFbxZE

Kelsey D. Atherton
Kelsey D. Atherton @AthertonKD
13 Jun 25

RT @RepChuyGarcia: Netanyahu’s strikes on Iran are acts of diplomatic sabotage that risk escalation, endangering civilians in both countrie…

Kelsey D. Atherton
Kelsey D. Atherton @AthertonKD
10 Jun 25

RT @NegarMortazavi: Can Trump & Tehran Make a Deal? Join our panel discussion next week at @busboysandpoets and hear from top experts on w…