In the Midst of Worldwide Water Scarcity, an Artist Reminds Us, "We Are Water"

[t]   Monday, March 19, 2018 [t r u t h o u t] [View Recent Newsletters]( [Tell a friend about Truthout!]( [Donate Today!](   Truthout is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization; donations are tax deductible.   BuzzFlash Splinterland: The Rise of the "Alt-Right" in Trump's United States [Read the Article at BuzzFlash](   Trump Administration Purging Civil Servants Suspected of Disloyalty [Read the Article at Talking Points Memo](   Austin Bombs "Meant to Send a Message," Authorities Believe [Read the Article at CNN](   A 2 Percent Financial Wealth Tax Would Provide a $12,000 Annual Stipend to Every US Household [Read the Article at BuzzFlash](   What Hope Hicks Knows [Read the Article at New York Magazine](   Former GOP Rep. 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Sommer, Truthout: It's been 15 years since the Bush-Cheney administration launched the US into wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with an ingenious marketing campaign. Now the quagmire they created is wider and deeper by magnitudes but the US continues its pattern of self-destruction. A military father reflects on the cost of those wars to his family and to the country. [Read the Article]( [Jared Kushner, RIP: A Political Obituary for the President's Son-in-Law]( Nomi Prins, TomDispatch: Let's imagine what Kushner's political obituary would look like, should he be the next Trump appointee to exit the administration. Here's one version: The political career of Jared Kushner met a slow death from unparalleled incompetence, conflicts of interest and financial sleights of hand. His generosity was second to none: He opened his arms to any financial firm that came his way. 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