Trump is the latest in a long line of warrior presidents—pursuing America’s longstanding imperial agenda, naked aggression its main strategy of choice. Continue reading
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Staged chemical weapons attack preceded Trump’s aggression
Trump’s Friday aggression left no doubt he deplores peace, favors interventionism and war-making over diplomacy. Continue reading
Washington’s little known spy agency
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
US spying is institutionalized—on anyone, anywhere for any reason or none at all. Continue reading
Brazil’s coup plotter convicted on corruption charges
Former Brazilian Chamber of Deputies President Eduardo Cunha was convicted on corruption and related charges in connection with Operation Car Wash, a scandal involving state-owned oil company Petrobras. Continue reading
Nikki Haley’s historical revisionism
In March 29 remarks at the Council on Foreign Relations, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley called America “the moral conscience of the world.” Continue reading
Lost privacy rights in America
America is a total surveillance society. Big Brother is no longer fiction. Continue reading
Master spider David Rockefeller passes
On March 20, billionaire predatory banker David Rockefeller died in his sleep at age 101. Continue reading
Trumpcare down but not out?
On Friday, one of Trump’s signature domestic programs was defeated, at least for now. Continue reading
Harvard’s fake guide to fake news sites
Is this what parents pay $63,000 annually for tuition, room, board and fees, so their children can be ill-served and ill-taught? Continue reading
Unaffordable healthcare in America
Healthcare in America costs double what consumers in other developed countries pay. Proper coverage is increasingly unaffordable for millions. Continue reading
Trump’s pay or die healthcare plan
Proposed Trumpcare is a boon to America’s privileged and sickness industry, a bane for most others—leaving millions more uninsured than under Obamacare. Continue reading
Trump’s new travel ban
President Trump’s new executive order, issued Monday, reworked his earlier one—rejected at the federal district and appeals court levels. Continue reading
Trump before Congress
Donald Trump’s Tuesday address was long on making America safe for Wall Street, war profiteers and other corporate predators, short on what’s most needed to serve all Americans equitably and promote world peace. Continue reading
Hollywood honors terrorism
Hollywood’s Academy Awards are all about film promotion for profits, unrelated to the industry’s best, way too little of it around. Continue reading
Ending Obamacare’s nightmare promises a worse one
Addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference last Thursday, Vice President Pence said, “America’s Obamacare nightmare is about to end.” Continue reading
Trump: America’s latest warrior president
Trump’s first month in office proved nothing he said campaigning holds water. All politicians lie, saying whatever it takes to get elected, doing whatever they please once in office. Continue reading
Western Russophobia
Russia is stereotypically portrayed in the West as the world’s leading bad guy. Continue reading
US imperial lawlessness
Oxford Dictionaries call rogue states “nations or states regarded as breaking international law and posing a threat to the security of other nations.” Continue reading
Trump praises rogue state Israel
During a White House press conference with Netanyahu, Trump turned truth on its head, calling Israel “a symbol to the world of resilience in the face of oppression.” Continue reading
Veterans again stand for Standing Rock
Last November, over 1,000 US veterans supported Standing Rock Sioux tribe members, putting their bodies on the line as human shields. Continue reading
Nuclear madness
As long as these weapons exist, one day they’ll likely be used with devastating effects, risking almost certain doom or close to it. Continue reading
Trump’s FCC chairman threatens Net Neutrality
With major media featuring fake news, Net Neutrality is key to keeping the Internet free and open, letting users access all content without restrictions, limitations, or discrimination, an online level playing field for everyone. Continue reading
Neocon Elliott Abrams for deputy secretary of state?
Trump is considering Elliott Abrams for the department’s number two position—perhaps an especially powerful one while Rex Tillerson transitions from Big Oil to diplomacy. Continue reading
Betsy DeVos confirmed as education secretary
Long ago, inner city kids like myself had wonderful public schools with dedicated teachers, preparing us for higher education when even top colleges and universities were affordable. Continue reading
Torture prison head named deputy CIA director
On Thursday, Trump named Gina Haspel his deputy CIA director, agency head Mike Pompeo, saying: “Gina is an exemplary intelligence officer and a devoted patriot who brings more than 30 years of agency experience to the job. She is also a proven leader with an uncanny ability to get things done and to inspire those around her.” Continue reading
Trump picks Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court
On Tuesday, Trump nominated US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant after Antonin Scalia’s mid-February 2016 death, saying, “When Justice Scalia passed away suddenly last February, I made a promise to the American people: If I were elected president, I would find the very best judge in the country for the Supreme Court.” Continue reading
Trump’s disturbing first week in office
After responsibly pulling America out of the TPP, it’s been all downhill. His top priority should be do no harm, not America first. Continue reading
Green card holders not safe from Trump’s immigration ban
Trump’s anti-Muslim order caused a firestorm of outrage nationwide, from relatives of affected individuals, activists, human rights groups, as well as state and local officials. Continue reading
Police state tactics target independent journalists covering Anti-Trump protests
First Amendment rights are too precious to lose. Without them, all others are at risk. Continue reading
Brexit on a slow track to oblivion?
Prime Minister Theresa May’s support for Brexit is more rhetorical than real. Continue reading
America is No. 1 in all the wrong things
American exceptionalism is a great deception—except in negative terms. No nation in world history caused more harm to more people over a longer duration. Continue reading
Trump invades Somalia
Posted on April 19, 2017 by Stephen Lendman
Bookmakers must be wondering how many wars he’ll wage during his tenure. Continue reading →