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Gearing Up for the Third Gulf War By Michael T. Klare, May 14 2018

With Donald Trump’s decision to shred the Iran nuclear agreement, announced last Tuesday, it’s time for the rest of us to start thinking about what a Third Gulf War would mean. The answer, based on the last 16 years

Killing Gaza By Chris Hedges, May 14 2018

Israel’s blockade of Gaza—where trapped Palestinians for the past seven weeks have held nonviolent protests along the border fence with Israel, resulting in more than 50 killed and 700 wounded by Israeli troops—is one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters.

Israel Repurposes Nakba Myths to Justify Today’s Massacre in Gaza By Jonathan Cook, May 14 2018

On Monday and Tuesday, Palestinians commemorate the anniversary of the Nakba, or catastrophe, their mass expulsion and dispossession 70 years ago as the new state of Israel was built on the ruins of their homeland. As a result, most Palestinians

Selected Articles: Nakba Day: Remembering Palestine’s 1948 Humanitarian Disaster By Global Research News, May 14 2018

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War Propaganda 101 By Anthony Freda, May 14 2018

Propaganda 101: This fine illustration by Edward Kinsella accompanies a classic demonization piece in the current Wall Street Journal.

This sort of political marketing is designed to create a public enemy of the state as a pretext to a military

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Welcome Home! Canada’s Trudeau Government Welcomes Confessed ISIS Terrorist back to Toronto By Mark Taliano, May 14 2018

Dear Canada: Your government supports al Qaeda and al Qaeda-affiliated terrorists. It supports all of the terrorists in Syria.

Some of these terrorists are coming home to Canada. As a Canadian you can do little about this since you have

Israel at Seventy: Symbol of War, Racism, Reaction By Joyce Chediac, May 14 2018

Featured image: May 12 vigil in South Africa supporting the Great March of Return in Gaza. (Source: BDS South Africa)

The settler state of Israel turns 70 on May 14. In imperialist capitals, especially Israel and the U.S., this state

Hitler’s Racially-driven Disregard for Nuclear Weapons By Shane Quinn, May 14 2018

Adolf Hitler is indeed one of the most hated individuals in world history, whose genocidal policies were responsible for killing tens of millions of people. Yet there is a little known irony regarding the Fascist dictator. As the atomic scientists

Reasons Trump Breaks Nuclear-Sanction Agreement with Iran, Declares Trade War with China and Meets with North Korea By Prof. James Petras, May 14 2018
We will examine the reason why Trump has embraced three strategic decisions which have world-historic consequences, namely: Trump’s reneging the nuclear accord with Iran; Trump’s declaration of a trade war with China; and Trump’s meeting with North Korea.
High Alert for Palestinian Slaughter and Conflict with Iran By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, May 14 2018

Featured image: Protest against US war in the Middle East in Los Angeles from DreamsTime.com.

There will be a confluence of trigger events this week that could lead to an escalation of conflict. At the same time that the

Do You Want to Travel Around the Middle East? Think Twice! By Andre Vltchek, May 14 2018

Featured image: empty Jordan – Syrian border post

Do you think it is that simple to travel around the Middle East? Think twice!

Ask Palestinians, about trying to get from a point A to a point B in their own

Oliver North Worked with Cocaine Traffickers to Arm Terrorists. Now He’ll be President of the National Rifle Association (NRA) By Jon Schwarz, May 14 2018

Featured image: Jackson Free Press

The National Rifle Association has always been clear about drugs: They’re terrifying.

Last year, NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre darkly warned that members of drug gangs “are infiltrating law enforcement and even the military.” In 2013,

Switzerland’s “Referendum for Sovereign Money” By Peter Koenig, May 14 2018

It’s called “Vollgeld Initiative” – in German, meaning more or less “Referendum for Sovereign Money”. What is “Sovereign Money”? – Its money produced only by the Central Bank, by the “Sovereign”, the government, represented by its central bank.

The Salisbury Poisonings. What Was the Agent Used? Who Could Have Produced It? When and Where were the Skripals Exposed? By Professor Paul Mckeigue, Prof. David Miller, and Professor Piers Robinson, May 14 2018

The following briefing note is developed by academics researching the use of chemical and biological weapons during the 2011-present war in Syria. The note reflects work in progress. However, the substantive questions raised need answering, especially given the seriousness of

The Opening of a U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem: Full-Fledged Apartheid By Dr. Husam Zomlot, May 14 2018

Today will go down in history as the day the US encouraged Israel to cross the line towards what numerous US and international leaders have been warning from, a full-fledged apartheid. The reality has evolved into a system of privileging

The War on Syria and the Astana Peace Process: Time to Make China Fourth Guarantor State By Peter Korzun, May 13 2018

In January, Russia hosted the Congress of Syrian National Dialogue in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. It has been the most representative forum thus far to discuss the conflict in Syria. Moscow invited Beijing to take part in the

Ecuador Hints It May Hand Over Julian Assange to Britain and the US By James Cogan, May 13 2018

Julian Assange is in immense danger. Remarks made this week by Ecuador’s foreign minister suggest that her government may be preparing to renege on the political asylum it granted to the WikiLeaks editor in 2012 and hand him over to

Hypersonic Weapons: The Perfect Tool for Asymmetrical Warfare By Federico Pieraccini, May 13 2018

As recently confirmed in a debate at the Brookings Institute by the Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, General Robert Neller, “there are military areas in which the United States maintains a technological advantage [over Russia and China],

Selected Articles: US-NATO War on Syria and Iran: Hitting Two Birds with One Stone? By Global Research News, May 13 2018

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As CO2 Levels Soar Past ‘Troubling’ 410 ppm Threshold, Trump Kills NASA Carbon Monitoring Program By Jessica Corbett, May 13 2018

Featured image: An animation shows how carbon dioxide moves around the planet. (Photo: NASA/YouTube)

As the Trump administration charges forward with its war on science by canceling a “crucial” carbon monitoring system at NASA, scientists and climate experts

The US Senate Must Not Allow a Torturer to Become CIA Boss By Jonathan Power, May 13 2018

In Charles Dickens’s novel “A Tale of Two Cities”, set during the French revolution of 1789, he draws the character of Madame Defarge. She, along with other members of the Tricoteuse, the knitting women, perch every day next to the

Flowers: Symbols of Love in Europe that Bring Food Insecurity to the African Nations that Produce Them By Dr. Birsen Filip, May 13 2018

For decades, Kenya and Ethiopia have endured extreme droughts[1] that precipitated severe food shortages[2], whereby millions of people were forced to reduce their food consumption to just one meal per day and lacked access to adequate water supplies[3]. Ethiopia and

Media Debate Best Way to Dominate Iran By Gregory Shupak, May 13 2018

The debate in the New York Times and Washington Post over President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known as the Iran deal, revolves around which tactics America should use to

Chemical Attack Accusations ‘Fake’: Bashar Al-Assad Interview By Bashar al Assad, May 13 2018

In an exclusive interview with Kathimerini, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad denied that the Syrian Army used chemical weapons against civilians, while taking aim at both Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President Donald Trump.

Saying that Syria gave …

Putin-Netanyahu Summit in Moscow. Russia Is “Urging” Syria to “Compromise”, Now! By Andrew Korybko, May 13 2018

It couldn’t get any clearer – Russia is without a doubt “urging” Syria to “compromise” on a so-called “political solution” to its long-running crisis, and to do so as soon as possible in order to avoid a larger Mideast war.

Haspel Nomination: Torture? Let’s Also Not Forget the CIA’s Core Program of Assassination By Jacob G. Hornberger, May 13 2018

The nomination of CIA operative Gina Haspel to be CIA director has, fortunately, given rise to powerful arguments against the U.S. government’s participation in torture, a practice that is common to tyrannical regimes. The critics of Haspel’s nomination are right:

Israel Baits the Hook. Will Syria Bite? By Tony Cartalucci, May 13 2018

Israel has repeatedly struck Syria with missiles and rockets – the most recent exchange taking place after Israel claims “Iranian rockets” struck positions the Israeli military is illegally occupying in Syria’s Golan Heights.

Headlines like the UK’s Independent’s, “Israel

Trump Crossed the Rubicon and the World is Reacting By Michael T. Bucci, May 13 2018
Whether or not Mrs. Merkel’s meeting with Vladimir Putin results in an agreement to uphold the Iran accord, it presently remains the desire of Russia, France, Britain and Germany to defend their respective “interests” against American threats that have no basis in international law.
UK Has Sold $1 Billion of Weapons to Turkey Since Coup Attempt By Jamie Merrill, May 13 2018

Theresa May is set to roll out the red carpet for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan this weekend, as new figures reveal that Britain has sold more than $1bn of weapons to Ankara since the failed 2016 coup and subsequent

The Non-Profit Industrial Complex and “The Parallel Left” By Michael Welch, Bob A. Feldman, and Cory Morningstar, May 13 2018

“Why do people continue to believe that NGOs such as 350.org/1Sky that are initiated and funded by Rockefeller Foundation, Clinton Foundation, Ford, Gates, etc. would exist to serve the people rather than the entities that create and fund them? Since

Macedonia: History, Geopolitics and the Macedonian Identity By Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirović, May 12 2018

It is quite true that “Macedonian national identity is one of the most complex in the Balkans”.[1] The present-day Macedonians are having a century and a half identity disputes with their neighbors, especially with the Greeks and the Bulgarians but

Trump Is a Disaster for the Environment, for Wildlife, and for Human Life By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, May 12 2018

Trump has handed over to polluters oil and mineral rights in US National Monuments.  Mining will now deface what was before Trump protected national monuments, and oil drilling will destroy the Arctic National Refuge.  He has appointed polluters to run

The Summer of War and Chaos: US-Israel Plan to Balkanize the Middle East By Timothy Alexander Guzman, May 12 2018

Tensions are at an all-time high in the Middle East as Israel launched more than sixty missiles at Syria because Israel claimed that Iranian forces fired rockets into the Golan Heights, an Israel-occupied territory since the 1967 Six-Day War. A

Two Interrogations, Gina Haspel and Adolf Eichmann By Brian Terrell, May 12 2018

Featured image: Defendant Adolf Eichmann takes notes during his trial in Jerusalem. The glass booth in which Eichmann sat was erected to protect him from assassination. (Photo credit: Israeli Government)

On May 9, Gina Haspel, Donald Trump’s choice for

Geopolitical Implications of the Israel-Russia Relationship: Netanyahu in Moscow for Victory Day 2018 Celebration By Andrew Korybko, May 12 2018

Featured image: On May 9, 2018 Vladimir Putin had talks with Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu in the Kremlin (Source: author)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attendance at Victory Day 2018 as President Putin’s guest of honor, the

Twitter Troll Sent to Berlin as Trump’s Ambassador Instantly Offends Germany with Tweet By Robert Mackey, May 12 2018

Richard Grenell, the new U.S. ambassador to Germany, formally took up his post in Berlin on Tuesday and immediately got to work as Donald Trump’s representative by offending the German people with a tweet.

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The Skripals Will Most Likely Never be Allowed to Talk By The Saker, May 12 2018

There have been major developments this week, all of them bad, including Putin re-nominating Medvedev as his Prime Minister, and Bibi Netanyahu invited to Moscow to the Victory Day Parade in spite of him bombing Syria, a Russian ally, just

Unmasking the White Helmets By Colonel W. Patrick Lang, May 12 2018

British government official agencies are the patrons, managers and funders of the White Helmets, who have been the go-to source for the mainstream Western media reporting on the ongoing Syrian war.  For good measure, the U.S. State Department’s Agency for

World Diplomats Skip US Embassy Opening Ceremony in Jerusalem By Press TV, May 12 2018

The Israeli Haaretz newspaper reported that only 30 out of 86 foreign envoys serving in Israel had accepted Tel Aviv’s invitation to the Sunday reception. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had invited the entire foreign diplomatic corps to the event.

Israel’s …

70th Anniversary of Apartheid Israel: History of Violent Invasion. Chronology of Palestinian Genocide By Gideon Polya, May 12 2018

14 May 2018 marks the 70th anniversary of the Israeli Declaration of Independence by Zionist terrorist David Ben Gurion, the foundation of an invasion-,   violence-, racism- , genocide- and theft-based Apartheid Israel, and commencement of the large-scale, Rohingya Genocide-scale  

Iran Breaks the Rules of Engagement: Israel Takes Its Revenge, and Syria and Iran Impose the Golan Equation By Elijah J. Magnier, May 12 2018

Israel hits Syrian and Iranian objectives and weapons warehouses again (evacuated weeks before) for the fourth time in a month. 28 Israeli jets participated in the biggest attack since 1974. Tel Aviv informed the Russian leadership of its intentions without

Long Past Time for Canada to Exit NORAD By Yves Engler, May 12 2018

This weekend the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) celebrates its 60th anniversary. On May 12, 1958, Canada and the US officially signed their most significant bilateral military accord.

The Cold War agreement was supposed to defend the two countries …

Iran, Disinformation, and “Sanctions of Mass Destruction” By Kim Petersen, May 12 2018

The United States has done it again: reneged on a signed agreement. President Donald Trump has drop kicked the Iran Nuclear deal (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA).

The examples of US government chicanery are myriad. In 1972, American president

Afghanistan, Iraq. Hollywood’s Complicity: How Soon the Suckers Forget! By Philip A Farruggio, May 12 2018

Featured image: George W. Bush with Ellen Degeneres, backstage after the former President appeared on “Ellen” and was hailed by her as a good friend (Source: @theellenshow/Instagram)

How many lies and how many innocent lives have been sent out into

Britain’s Defence and Security Media Advisory: D-Notices, State Censorship and the Cynical Collusion of Mainstream Media By True Publica, May 12 2018

If you’ve been following the Skripal/Novichok/Chemical weapons/Syria drama unfold through TruePublica you’ll be up to date on most, if not all, the relevant information there is to know.

On several occasions, we have published news relating to the D-Notices sent …

Israel Threatened All Lebanese When It Equated Their State with Hezbollah By Andrew Korybko, May 12 2018

An Israeli security cabinet minister ominously wrote on Twitter that “Hezbollah=Lebanon” and promised that “The State of Israel will not differentiate between the sovereign State of Lebanon and Hezbollah, and will view Lebanon as responsible for any action from within

Trump Reneged on Pledge to Lower Drug Prices By Stephen Lendman, May 12 2018

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Americans pay twice as much or more for prescription drugs as consumers in other developed countries.

Republicans and undemocratic Dems bear full responsibility,

Iran – Trump’s Broken Deal – Maneuver to War? By Peter Koenig, May 12 2018

Trump’s “Broken Deal”, his irrational decision to withdraw from the JCPOA, or simply called Iran’s Nuclear Deal, has hardly any other motives than again launching a provocation for war. The decision goes against all reason. Let’s not forget, that deal

May Day in Havana. Enthusiasm and Expectations By Prof Susan Babbitt, May 12 2018

May Day in Havana is calm and festive. Walking through quiet, crowded streets, under a full moon, we try to be near the Plaza when the anthem plays at 7.30am. Foreigners say: “Only in Cuba … Wouldn’t miss it.“  Across

Online Censorship: Help Us Reverse the Tide By Global Research News, May 11 2018

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Britain and the War on Syria: Ten Questions for the British Government By Adeyinka Makinde, May 11 2018

On May 10th 2018, the British government “condemned” recent Iranian rocket attacks against Israeli positions in the Golan Heights, adding that Israel “has the right to defend itself”. It did not condemn recent Israeli attacks on Iranian positions which apparently

490,000 Pounds of Toxic Pesticides Sprayed on America’s National Wildlife Refuges By Center For Biological Diversity, May 11 2018

America’s national wildlife refuges are being doused with hundreds of thousands of pounds of dangerous agricultural pesticides every year, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis by the Center for Biological Diversity.

The Center report, No Refuge, reveals that an estimated …

Art Review: In the Flesh, Chaim Soutine at the Jewish Museum in New York City. “The Transitivity between Humans and Animals” By Prof. Sam Ben-Meir, May 11 2018

The Jewish Museum in New York City is currently presenting the work of Chaim Soutine (1893-1943), featuring just over thirty paintings by one of the most distinctive and significant artists of the early twentieth century. Focusing on still life paintings,

Will Congress Authorize Indefinite Detention of Americans? By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, May 11 2018

Featured image: Sen. Bob Corker and Sen. Tim Kaine talk during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, March 11, 2015. Sens. Corker and Kaine have introduced a new Authorization of Military Force bill to Congress in April 2018. (Photo: Tom

The Spectre of Torture: The Gina Haspel Hearings By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, May 11 2018

“I’m not going to sit here with the benefit of hindsight and judge the very good people who made hard decisions who were running the agency in very extraordinary circumstances.” – Gina Haspel, May 9, 2018.

It was always

The Sound and Fury and Silences of Donald Trump. “What is the Purpose of America’s Roughly 4,000 Existing Nuclear Weapons?” By Zia Mian, May 11 2018

Listening to Donald Trump’s announcement of his decision to withdraw the United States from the Iran nuclear deal (also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA) brought to mind Shakespeare’s line about “a tale told by

Russia’s Unspoken Relationship with Israel By Andrew Korybko, May 11 2018

Alt-Media totally misunderstands – and oftentimes deliberately misportays – President Putin’s relationship with Israel, which a reading of the official Kremlin website’s most relevant links indicates is a lot better than most people may think.

Alt-Media dogma indoctrinates its followers …

The Resistance Is a Deep-State Trojan Horse. “The New AUMF Allows the U.S. President to Unilaterally Declare war Anywhere in the World” By Helen Buyniski, May 11 2018

The validity of the US political system hinges on the perceived legitimacy of its voting process. Even in 2018’s hyper-partisan climate, faith in the possibility of change through voting stops Americans from burning Washington down and tearing out the throats

Rendition to Torture in Libya, Complicity of U.K. Government: Half a Million Pounds of Taxpayers’ Money Bails Out War Criminals Jack Straw and Sir Mark Allen By Craig Murray, May 11 2018

So the Belhaj family have accepted an apology and half a million pounds of our tax money to drop their legal action against HMG and against Jack Straw personally over their extraordinary rendition to torture in Libya.

The British establishment, …

The U.S. President Does Not Have Unlimited Power to Declare War By Bruce Fein, May 11 2018

F.H. Buckley recently wrote an opinion piece in the New York Post headlined “When the president doesn’t need to ask Congress before striking.” Not to give away the ending, but it’s counter-historical, counter-textual, and counter-constitutional. The article’s audacity is more

Israeli Attack on “Iranian” Targets in Syria a Sign of Tel Aviv’s Frustration, Fear By Elliott Gabriel, May 11 2018

An hours-long exchange of fire between the Israeli military and alleged rocket-equipped Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) personnel seized the world’s attention early Thursday morning just after midnight, fanning fears that the Middle East is once again being plunged into

Climate Change
The Solution to the Climate Crisis Is to Put Power in the Hands of Those Hit Hardest By Asad Rehman, May 11 2018

The greatest injustice of the climate crisis is that those least responsible for it are hit first and hardest. But within this injustice lies the key to a just and sustainable future – a movement for people and planet that

Murder and Violence Plague Mexico’s Elections By Kent Paterson, May 11 2018

A Cinco de Mayo tweet by Mexican journalist Ricardo Alemán insinuating that presidential frontrunner Andrés Manuel López Obrador of the left-leaning Morena party could be assassinated created an uproar in Mexican media and on social media outlets:

“A fan killed

Costa Rica’s New President Promises 100% Green Energy, Aims to be First Such Nation By Prof. Juan Cole, May 11 2018

Carlos Alvarado, 38, has had his inauguration as the Americas’ youngest head of state, coming to power in Costa Rica. Standard-bearer of an ambitious platform aiming at slashing corruption, government costs, poverty and unemployment, the journalist and author stands

In the Wake of Extensive Israeli Bombings of Syria: Netanyahu’s Security Cabinet Plots More Aggression By Stephen Lendman, May 11 2018

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Overnight Wednesday Israeli aggression on multiples Syrian sites wasn’t the end of it, much more sure to come – partnered with Washington in

The Coming US War Against Iran By John Kiriakou, May 11 2018

I spent nearly 15 years in the CIA. I like to think that I learned something there. I learned how the federal bureaucracy works. I learned that cowboys in government – in the CIA and elsewhere around government – can

Trump’s Pyrrhic Victory: The US Opts for a Path that Can Only Lead to War By Philip Giraldi, May 11 2018

Nearly everyone loses by President Donald Trump’s decision on Tuesday to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) relating to Iran’s nuclear energy program and to reinstate the “highest level” of sanctions while also threatening secondary sanctions on

US Trade War Claims China’s Telecom Firm ZTE as First Victim By Nick Beams, May 11 2018

The US trade war against China has claimed its first major victim with the telecom firm ZTE announcing that the “major operating activities of the company have ceased.”

The announcement, which came in a statement issued to the Hong Kong …

Haspel Says CIA Won’t Torture Again as Ray McGovern Is Dragged Out of Hearing By Joe Lauria, May 11 2018

2nd UPDATE: After refusing to directly answer questions about her history as an alleged torturer, Ray McGovern decided to ask Gina Haspel a question or two of his own and he wound up in jail for it, reports Joe Lauria.

U.K. Defense-Notice (D-Notice): Here Are the Official State Censorship Documents Relating to the Skripal Affair By True Publica, May 10 2018

Last week we reported that a D-notice (Defence and Security Media Advisory Notice) used by the British state to censor the publication of potentially damaging news stories had been formally issued to the mainstream media to withhold publication of the

‘Time to Melt Some Phones’ on Capitol Hill as Red Alert for Net Neutrality Hits Internet By Julia Conley, May 10 2018

As internet freedom supporters in the Senate attempt to force a vote to reverse the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) unpopular repeal of net neutrality rules, dozens of prominent websites went on “red alert” in support of the protections on Wednesday,

‘Paper Genocide’: Trump’s Political Maneuvers Could Rob Native America of Tribal Sovereignty, Culture, Health Care By Courtney Parker, May 10 2018

Native Americans have long existed in a legal and cultural limbo, surviving the devastating impacts of a trail of broken treaties by the U.S. government with staunch determination to maintain their unique cultures and legal federally recognized tribal sovereignty.

In …

Torture to Continue with Haspel as CIA Director By Stephen Lendman, May 10 2018

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Torture and related wrongdoing is longstanding CIA policy – ongoing throughout most of the agency’s existence, begun long before Gina Haspel’s involvement,

US Pullout from Iran Nuclear Deal; Part of a Larger Strategy: Richard Becker By Press TV, May 10 2018

Trump made the decision despite massive efforts by the European allies of the US to convince him to stay in the landmark agreement. The nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) came out of years of

Why Cry? It’s Great News that Trump Pulled Out of the Iran Deal! By Andrew Korybko, May 10 2018

The fear and fury that have gripped the Alt-Media Community since Trump’s announcement yesterday that he was pulling out of the Iran deal are totally misplaced and triggered by a lack of understanding over what the most likely consequences of

War Criminals
Bolton’s Pathetic Case for Reneging on the Nuclear Deal By Daniel Larison, May 10 2018

John Bolton makes the weakest possible case for Trump’s decision to renege on the nuclear deal with Iran:

He decided that this deal actually undermines the security of the American people he swore to protect and, accordingly, ended U.S. participation

Why Are They Still in Prison? By J. B. Gerald, May 10 2018

Featured image: Herman Bell

On April 27th, 2018 Herman Bell went home to his friends and family. Eligible for parole after 25 years he served 45 years, as a model prisoner. His 8th application for parole was granted by the

Red Alert for Net Neutrality: What You Need to Know By Tim Karr, May 10 2018

Starting this Wednesday, Net Neutrality supporters will raise the alarm in defense of an open internet. 

Since December of last year — when the Federal Communications Commission voted to strip internet users of their Net Neutrality protections — millions of

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When You Are in a Hole… Fossil Fuel and the Climate Crisis By Hannah McKinnon, May 10 2018

Today, a pair of declarations representing close to 500 organizations and 140 leading economists respectively were submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) calling on countries and the process to address fossil fuel production and financing

Video: CIA Whistleblower Ray McGovern Brutally Assaulted by Police at Haspel Hearing By Eric Garris, May 10 2018

78-year-old CIA whistleblower Ray McGovern had his arm dislocated by Capitol Hill police as he was brutally dragged out of the confirmation hearing for Trump CIA Chief nominee Gina Haspel today.

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