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Trump’s Muslim world address
In Saudi Arabia Sunday night, Trump addressed the Muslim world—after sealing a $110 billion arms deal, signing a memorandum of intent to supply Riyadh with weapons worth around $350 billion over the next decade. Continue reading
Israeli minister calls for assassinating Assad
The US/Israeli axis represents humanity’s greatest threat—serial aggressors, partners in high crimes, waging endless wars. Continue reading
Israel’s draft nation-state law codifies racism
The 1917 Balfour Declaration is its antecedent—“establish[ing] in Palestine a national home for the Jewish people,” at the expense of indigenous Arabs as things turned out. Continue reading
Puerto Rico declares bankruptcy
Colonized and exploited by America since 1898, its people, governor and other officials are powerless—ruled by US administrations and Congress. Continue reading
House passes pay or die Trumpcare
Obamacare was bad enough—a deplorable rationing scheme to enrich insurers, drug companies and large hospital chains. Continue reading
US coup plot wants Venezuela’s government toppled
Since Hugo Chavez’s February 1999 ascension to power, Washington wanted Venezuela’s bad old days restored—fascism replacing Bolivarian social democratic freedoms. Continue reading
Trump seeking change in libel laws?
To win defamation lawsuits, plaintiffs must prove falsified statements or information—causing material harm either negligently or willfully. Continue reading
Trump’s America unfit to live in
The myth of an anti-establishment candidate vanished straightaway in office. Donald Trump’s a dirty politician like most others in Washington—saying one thing, doing another, causing enormous harm to millions at home and abroad. Continue reading
US war on whistleblowers
Truth-telling in America is endangered. Free and open expression is our most fundamental right, all others threatened without it. Continue reading
Trump invades Somalia
Bookmakers must be wondering how many wars he’ll wage during his tenure. Continue reading
Trump’s cruise missile diplomacy
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
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
Greece is no longer a sovereign state
Posted on May 24, 2017 by Stephen Lendman
Berlin and Brussels colonized Greece, debt entrapping it in the euro straightjacket, the country pillaged, its people impoverished, its crown jewel enterprises and assets sold off at fire sale prices. It continues to grab what’s left. Continue reading →