Amb. David Scheffer argues it is time for the United States to abandon the "immunity interpretation" and finally ratify the Rome Statute.

via The Parnas Perspective — Good evening, everyone. There is a lot of news to cover this Saturday. Donald Trump is looking increasingly isolated on the world stage, while America’s adversaries appear less and less concerned by his threats. Public health experts are sounding the alarm over the gutting of the CDC and questioning how prepared the agency would be to handle a future pandemic in light of the hantavirus outbreak. The DOJ is facing internal turmoil following the indictment of James Comey. Evangelical leaders are a

via Robert Reich — Friends, Trump is alone. That’s different from the United States being alone. We — that is, the vast majority of Americans who were against Trump’s war from the start, and who support NATO and the United Nations Charter and the post-World War II system of alliances and rules — are not alone. Most of the people of the United States stand with most democracies of the world. When Trump’s call to America’s traditional allies for assistance clearing the Strait of Hormuz was rebuffed by those allies,