Aaron Maté reports on John Bolton’s controversial new book and finds that Bolton would have had little evidence to present had he testified at Trump’s impeachment hearing.
Category: Trump Administration
25 YEARS OF CN: ‘The Pathology of John Bolton’ — May 23, 2019
This is the 10th story in our series looking back on a quarter century of journalism by Consortium News.
UPRISING: Is This the Broadest Popular Movement in US History?
This transformational moment is becoming a transformational movement, writes Marjorie Cohn.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Iranian Tankers & the Age of Interdiction
Two forms of interdiction — the steady expansion of U.S. sanctions and our stunning drift toward unmasked censorship — have begun to intersect.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Bolton’s Book Is Good to Go
You don’t have to like the former national security adviser to see why his book, after surviving top-security clearance, should be published.
The Killing of Rayshard Brooks Shows Police ‘Reform’ Is a Joke
Reform proponents are advancing a decoy agenda that has been distracting people for generations, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
COVID-19: Mike Pence Ripped for Dismissing Surge in Cases
The vice president is drawing criticism for an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal praising Trump’s leadership and slamming the media for sounding alarm bells over a second wave of infections.
Trump Hammers Cuba While Cuba Cures the Sick
It’s clear that from now until November, the Trump administration will pummel its island neighbor, write Medea Benjamin and Leonardo Flores.
Trump’s ‘Deal’ for Palestinians: Repercussions & Responses
Members of the Al-Shabaka network discuss the ramifications of the deal where they live and outline counter-measures.
The Greatest Show on Earth
The odd feature of this singular situation is that we’ve come to accept as (more or less) normal persons and actions that would have struck everyone as patho-normal just a few decades ago, writes Michael Brenner.