Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola & and Jimmy Dore | (The Young Turks Video Report) | – – “Melissa Harris Perry walked off of MSNBC, and said they had been pre-empting her every week. MSNBC proceeded to hire a disgraced liar freshly fired from the Ted Cruz campaign. Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola (ThinkTank), and Jimmy Dore […]
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Archives for 2016
“Tehran is liberated territory” as Pragmatists & Centrists win Iranian Capital & Expert Assembly
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The era of former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, also a former mayor of Tehran, is completely over. Ahmadinejad’s so-called spiritual mentor, Mohammad-Taqi Misbah-Yazdi (actually an extremely hateful individual), lost his seat on the Assembly of Experts, as did far right figure Mohammad Yazdi, the body’s sitting […]
Oscars: Chris Rock on lack of Diversity in Hollywood
Chris Rock | (ABC – Academy Awards) | Oscars 2016: Chris Rock’s Best Lines The host had Hollywood’s A-list laughing with jokes about the controversy over the lack of diversity at this year’s Academy Awards. ABC Breaking News | Latest News Videos —– Screenshot
How Much will Iran Change after Ayatollah Khamenei?
By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/RL ) | – – The succession question in Iran has come to the fore recently with the election of a new Assembly of Experts, the 88-member chamber of (male) theologians who pick and nominally oversee the work of the country's supreme leader. Speculation mounted about potential successors to Supreme […]
Best Movie of 2016: Michael Moore skewers US Inequality in “Where to Invade Next”
By George Lakey | ( Waging Nonviolence ) | – – Many fields of endeavor have what they call “best practices,” and self-respecting workers look for those. I wouldn’t expect Michael Moore to focus there, since his films delight in blistering attacks on capitalism, the U.S. healthcare system and gun culture. That’s why I was […]
On Eve of Super Tuesday: Can Bernie Sanders outmaneuver Democratic Party Corporatism?
By Arun Gupta | ( TeleSur | – – Bernie Sanders has the ideas and passion, but his campaign has run smack into the deep state backing Hillary Clinton. Bernie Sanders supporters are understandably frustrated about the 2016 primary. He essentially tied Hillary Clinton in Iowa, trounced her in New Hampshire, and gave her a […]
In Dem Race, African-American women could be decisive on Super Tuesday
By Evelyn M. Simien | (The Conversation) | – – As the Democratic nominating contest speeds up, African-American voters – especially women – have some tough, and influential, choices to make . . . As someone who has been researching this topic for the last 15 years, I believe both candidates are attractive to African-American […]
US-Backed Saudi-Led Airstrikes Kill 40 People in Yemen, Mostly Civilians
TeleSur Saudi Arabia has been accused of bombing weddings and carrying out other war crimes against Yemeni militants it claims are aligned with Iran. Airstrikes carried out by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition waging war in Yemen struck a market in the capital Sanaa on Saturday, killing 40 people, according to Reuters. At least 30 people […]
After largest Methane Leak in US History, will California Ban Fracking, go for Solar & Wind?
The Tree | – – A natural gas well that leaked over four months in California is finally under control, paving the way for the “road to recovery” and justice. The Aliso Canyon gas facility in Porter Ranch, California, just 30 miles from Los Angeles, leaked 96,000 tons of methane into the environment, forcing thousands […]