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Trump usurps congressional appropriations authority
On Saturday, Trump unconstitutionally breached exclusive congressional appropriations authority. Continue reading
Can Trump legally suspend payroll taxes by executive order?
Trump pushed the dubious scheme earlier. Continue reading
US war on Chinese enterprises
US war on China’s rising prominence on the world stage is a bipartisan affair. Continue reading
Israel considers human rights activists national security threats
Like the US and other Western states, Israel is a fantasy democracy. Continue reading
Pompeo’s big lies and deception never quit
Mike Pompeo’s public remarks in speeches, press conferences, interviews, and before Congress feature a litany of Big Lies and mass deception—notably when commenting on Trump regime’s policies and about nations on the US target list for regime change. Continue reading
The diabolical GOP HEALS Act
The vast majority in Washington are indifferent toward public health, safety and welfare. Continue reading
Pompeo gives new meaning to ugly American
Judge him by his actions and rhetoric, defining the menace he represents. Continue reading
GOP let ‘em eat cake stimulus plan
On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced the so-called Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection and Schools (HEALS) Act. Continue reading
GOP stimulus scheme: Generously fund privileged Americans, crumbs for workers
Made-in-the-USA economic collapse is the most diabolical scheme ever concocted by dark forces in the country. Continue reading
Trump regime wants Social Security and Medicare weakened
On Monday, debate began in Washington on extending aid to unemployed workers and other Americans in need at a time of economic crisis conditions. Continue reading
NYT op-ed editor/writer resigns over its abandoned journalistic principles
I’ve written scores of highly critical articles about the self-styled newspaper of record. Continue reading
Trump regime ups the stakes v. China
Trump regime hostility toward China keeps pushing the envelope toward rupturing relations altogether or possibly something worse. Continue reading
US war on humanity v. Venezuelan social democracy
Since Hugo Chavez established Bolivarian social democracy in 1999, four US regimes—from the Clintons to Trump—sought to eliminate what they consider the “threat” of a good example. Continue reading
NYT walks back from its fake news about Russia
Most everything The New York Times claims about nations on the US target list for regime change is suspect at best, a gross perversion of reality at worst—state-approved propaganda over truth and full disclosure. Continue reading
Governments the US wants toppled threaten no one
The US emerged from WW II as the only major power unscathed by its ravages and more powerful than ever when world peace was restored. Continue reading
Media hostility toward nations free from US imperial control
No nations should subordinate their sovereign rights to the will of another country. Continue reading
First of 5 Iranian tankers enters Venezuelan waters
First some facts establishment media suppress. Continue reading
Trump regime refuses to provide PPE for healthcare workers
Indifference toward human health and welfare by Trump and hardliners infesting his regime has been shown repeatedly throughout their time in office. Continue reading
Trump’s vaccine deception
Trump is a congenital liar. Accept nothing he says at face value. Continue reading
Rewriting history is a US specialty
The power of endlessly repeated propaganda gets most people to believe almost anything—especially when pounded into the public consciousness by press agent establishment media. Continue reading
Trump regime hardliners want Social Security and Medicare eliminated
Social Security and Medicare are insurance programs, not welfare—funded by equal worker-employer payroll tax deductions. Continue reading
Indifference toward public health and welfare in America
The US is the only developed nation without some form of universal healthcare coverage. Continue reading
Effects of US lockdowns v. lifting them
A University of Pennsylvania Wharton School model isn’t encouraging. Continue reading
Israeli brutality against Palestinians during COVID-19 outbreaks
Instead of easing state-sponsored violence against Palestinians at a time of COVID-19 outbreaks, the racist Netanyahu regime and extremist settlers it supports are using the public health crisis to intensify viciousness. Continue reading
She’s back: Nikki Haley’s anti-China rage
Neocon hardliner Nikki Haley is an ideologically extremist hawk on the far-right fringe of US politics. Continue reading
Washington’s Dr. Strangelove
There are lots of choices for this dubious distinction from elements of both right wings of Washington’s one-party state. Continue reading
Misinterpreting the Constitution, a Trump specialty
Nearly all US presidents reinterpreted international, constitutional, and US statute laws time and again. Continue reading
Hungry Americans
In more normal times than now, tens of millions of Americans face hunger and food insecurity in the world’s richest country. Continue reading
Get ready for an unacceptable new normal
At times like now, ideas lying around dormant on the shelf become reality. Continue reading
Trump envoy for regime change in Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, adds Iran to his portfolio
Posted on August 12, 2020 by Stephen Lendman
Everything thrown at the Islamic Republic for over 40 years to return the country to US client state status failed. Continue reading →