By William D. Hartung | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Imagine for a moment a scheme in which American taxpayers were taken to the cleaners to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars and there was barely a hint of criticism or outrage. Imagine as well that the White House and a majority of […]
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Republican Party
A School Shooting’s (Ir)rational Victims
By Michael Slager | (Informed Comment) | – – The mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where a former student gunned down 15 children and two teachers has prompted some of the teenage survivors of the massacre to speak out. Lina Crisostomo, 17, a student at Stoneman Douglas, argues that sitting on the […]
The “Iran deal”: when American and Iranian arch-conservatives are on the same side
By Kourosh Ziabari | (OpenDemocracy.net) The domestic critics of the Iran deal and its Republican misanthropists in the United States are making a similar mistake. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, also known as the Iran Deal, is a UN-endorsed agreement that caps Iran’s nuclear activities, subjects them to the full safeguards of the International […]
Dr. Strangelove in the 21st Century: Trump’s Pentagon lowers Nuclear Threshold
( Tomdispatch.com) – If you’re having trouble sleeping thanks to, well, you know who… you’re not alone. But don’t despair. A breakthrough remedy has just gone on the market. It has no chemically induced side effects and, best of all, will cost you nothing, thanks to the Department of Defense. It’s the new Nuclear Posture […]
Could Trump’s Fragile Ego spark Korean or Iran War?
By Bandy X. Lee and Jeffrey D. Sachs | (Project Syndicate) | – – Donald Trump is not the first leader with a severe personality disorder – characterized by intolerable feelings of inadequacy and an overwhelming need for approval – to gain power. But such leaders have usually gained control in smaller countries that lack […]
Despite Trump Surge, Taliban Attack Afghan Army Post, Killing 18 Soldiers
TeleSur | – – A bomb attack also took place in the capital Kabul killing at least one person. Islamic State group in Afghanistan claimed responsibility. Taliban militants have attacked an Afghan army post and killed 18 government soldiers, the defense ministry said Saturday, while a suicide bomber in the capital killed one person and […]
Grievance Politics for Insecure Majorities: Trumpism Worldwide
By John Feffer | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – It’s about propping up “besieged majorities” in multiethnic countries. Washington and New Delhi are having a mutual lovefest these days. Donald Trump is popular in India — where only 17 percent of the population considers the president “intolerant,” compared to a global average of […]
Thousands of US Citizens Jailed Over Debts as Small as US$28
TeleSur | – – One in three Americans has been reported to a private collection agency with the majority of cases affecting Latin American and African-American communities. The United States, where the streets are paved with gold and US$28 can send a young single mother or an 80-year-old grandmother to jail for a week or […]
Trump’s $700 Bn. Bag of Goodies for the Military-Industrial Complex
By Danny Sjursen | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Think of it as the chicken-or-the-egg question for the ages: Do very real threats to the United States inadvertently benefit the military-industrial complex or does the national security state, by its very nature, conjure up inflated threats to feed that defense machine? Back in 2008, […]
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