We’re Still at War: Photo of the Day for February 3, 2014

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The guardrails protecting democracy may have buckled, but they are not broken. Autocratic forces are ascendant in America, but the story isn’t fully written. Truth-telling independent media is one remaining bulwark against Trump’s unrestrained exercise of power. He rails against the press as the “enemy of the people,” because he hates the scrutiny that comes from fearless investigative reporting. Our nonprofit newsroom is built for the chaos ahead. Please stand with us.

Soldiers from 4th Battalion, 227th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Cavalry, now under the 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade, load an AH-64 Apache with 2.75 inch rockets during a Forward Arming and Refueling Point exercise with A Company, 642nd Aviation Support Battalion, 42nd CAB, on Jan. 15, 2014, near Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The 42nd CAB, New York Army National Guard, is based in Kuwait and has assumed command of Army aviation assets in the region as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. (N.Y. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Harley Jelis/Released)