“Like a Stepford Wives convention” — Comedian Jimmy Dore looks back on the 2024 Democratic National Convention.
The Chris Hedges Report: Betrayal of the Liberal Class
Category: Trump Administration
Photos of 2005 Haditha Massacre in Iraq Finally Published
Photos of the mass killing by U.S. Marines have been kept hidden for decades, making the atrocity relatively unknown. Now The New Yorker has released 10 of them.
Caitlin Johnstone: Democrats’ Mad Middle East Platform
When you’re siding with John Bolton on whether to bomb Iran, you’re as insanely hawkish as it gets.
Pine Gap Readies for US Nuclear War
In Australia, the U.S. has been quietly expanding and refocussing its “most important surveillance base in the world,” preparing it to fight a nuclear war against China, writes Peter Cronau.
When Presidents Kill
History is littered with examples of tyrants using the powers of the state to kill for no moral purpose, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.
Nationalizing US Rail
There is little hope for any improvement of the U.S. rail system so long as it remains in the hands of the irresponsible and unaccountable Class I robber barons, writes Adam Barrington.
A Very Undemocratic Democracy
Nat Parry reflects on a Democratic theme — which Biden raised in his withdrawal announcement last week — that their party will protect democracy from Donald Trump.
Capitol Hill: Netanyahu’s Second Home
The appearance again in Congress of the Israeli prime minister makes it seem as if he is the American president and Israel and the U.S. are one country, writes Corinna Barnard.
The Trump Assassination Attempt & US Political Violence
The assassination attempt on the former U.S. president was a minor affair compared to the treatment that Washington doles out around the world and even against its own people, writes Margaret Kimberley.
Patrick Lawrence: ‘Brain Dead’ & Dangerous, NATO Proceeds
The trans–Atlantic alliance’s true purpose of global dominance is too objectionable to profess. Instead, it operates on the basis of fantastic conjurings, which no member questions.