Category: Analysis

Led by LA, Anti-Trump, ICE Protests Sweep US

L.A. protests led demonstrations across the country against Trump and his aggressive immigration policy  Saturday, while in D.C. veterans and other citizens protested Trump’s military parade, Joe Lauria & Ann Wright report.

Scott Ritter: A US-Russia Citizen’s Summit

Given the present existential dangers in Russia-U.S. relations, an historic 1985 citizen’s summit that was televised from Leningrad and Seattle, will be replicated on June 18 in St. Petersburg, Russia and Kingston, New York. 

RAY McGOVERN: Putin Would Not Rise to the Bait

The black-eye given Russian security services will eventually heal while the artful destruction of a handful of bombers – like earlier high-profile, but misguided operations – will have zero effect on the war in Ukraine.

VIPS MEMO: The Leap Forward in Surveilling Americans

The U.S. has weaponized intelligence agencies against U.S. citizens for political reasons. Today’s collection and exploitation of information on Americans goes beyond anything VIPS has seen and should stir every U.S. citizen who cares about privacy under the Constitution.