By Scott Beauchamp | (Informed Comment) | – – One of the more disturbing elements of Trump’s promised renewal of military dominance is a return of torture. Back on the campaign trail last year, then-candidate Trump defended torture as something that “works” and that only a “stupid person” would claim otherwise. In his typically self-serving […]
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US politics
Trump picks fights with US Allies: Germany, NATO, EU, Britain etc.
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – After Trump falsely accused President Obama of having him wiretapped at Trump Tower during the campaign, Sean Spicer upped the ante by charging that Obama could have used the British GCHQ electronic surveillance agency to carry out the monitoring. GCHQ does in fact outrageously invade people’s […]
Is White Supremacy Making A Comeback?
AJ+ | (Video Clip) “Former FBI undercover agent Mike German discusses the resurgence of the white supremacist movement now under President Trump.” AJ+: “Is White Supremacy Making A Comeback?”
Was U.S. Attorney Bharara Investigating HHS Sec. Tom Price when Trump Fired Him?
By Robert Faturechi | (ProPublica) Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who was removed from his post by the Trump administration last week, was overseeing an investigation into stock trades made by the president’s health secretary, according to a person familiar with the office. Tom Price, head of the Department of Health and Human Services, came […]
As Trump Budget Hurts Old, Meals on Wheels Sees Donations Surge
TeleSur | – – One in six seniors “struggles with hunger,” according to Meals on Wheels, which provides free services to those who cannot afford to pay. Meals on Wheels America, the umbrella organization for 5,000 providers of home-delivered meals for seniors, said on Saturday that online donations have surged since the White House released […]
What everyone Needs to know about alt-NeoNazi President Steve Bannon
AJ+ | (Video Clip) | – – “President Trump is calling for an investigation into voter fraud, and media sources have discovered that his chief strategist, Steve Bannon, was actually registered in two different states. Here are some other things you should know about Bannon.” AJ+: “Steve Bannon: What You Need To Know” —- Related […]
41 Killed in US Attack on Syrian Mosque
TeleSur | – – “It was right after prayers at a time when there are usually religious lessons for men in it,” one witness told AFP. On Thursday the U.S. government confirmed that it carried out an airstrike in Syria which, according to AFP, struck a mosque killing 46 civilians. A spokesperson for U.S. Central […]
How the Iraq War came Home & brought us Trump
By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – If you want to know where President Donald Trump came from, if you want to trace the long winding road (or escalator) that brought him to the Oval Office, don’t look to reality TV or Twitter or even the rise of the alt-right. Look someplace far […]
I Am an Enemy of the People (Feffer)
By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) | – – If Trump cracks down on journalists, there might be less uproar than you’d think. Even before the election of Donald Trump — and his extraordinary declaration that the media are the “enemies of the people” — U.S. journalism was in trouble. According […]