On the 81st anniversary of the Nagasaki bombing today, we ask how we can avoid nuclear holocaust. Plus overreaction to U.S. socialism and Trump’s trap in Iran. Scott Ritter, Rick Wolff, 8 p.m. EDT Tonite.
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Category: Politics
PATRICK LAWRENCE: A Certain Schizophrenia
Democratic Socialists are contesting elections as if they are members of a party, but there is no party. This is not a small detail.
The Conflict Over the US Dept. of Justice
Two notorious cases came across Todd Blanche’s desk recently and in both he rejected the rule of law and bowed to presidential whim, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.
Teaming Up for Genocide
While a record number of Democrats voted to block weaponry to genocidal Israel earlier this month, Hakeem Jeffries and J Street came together to keep it flowing, writes Norman Solomon.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Only One Way Out for Trump
The question ahead of the latest summit with Netanyahu on Tuesday is what the U.S. president will lose — either a war, on the one hand, or on the other, the global economy and the American electorate.
UK’s New Defence Minister Called Israel ‘Rogue State’
Wes Streeting is now responsible for the military treaty with a country he believes committed war crimes, reports Dania Akkad.
Collapse of US-Israel Bipartisan Consensus
As a legal debate is expanding, the political foundation of unconditional U.S. military support for Israel has entered its most serious crisis in decades, writes Dan Steinbock.
Caitlin Johnstone: COINTELPRO 2.0
It seems the United States is looking at a reinvigorated COINTELPRO for the 2020s, this time with police drones and AI-assisted mass surveillance. They know they’re losing their grip. They know that they are vastly outnumbered. They are afraid.
US Rifles Pointed at a US Lawmaker in the West Bank
Tracing a rifle to a settler implicates the transfer itself, so no U.S. administration wants to run that trace, writes Imran Khalid. That is what the incident with Rho Khanna in the occupied West Bank reveals.
Craig Murray: The Ditching of Nigel Farage
The stranded Reform U.K. Party leader is the most consequential British politician of the 21st century, certainly more important historically than any of the last eight prime ministers. Tony Blair is the only realistic rival.