In 1932, as in 2020, the nation experienced an explosion of civil unrest on the eve of a presidential election, writes James N. Gregory.
Category: Trump Administration
Nuclear Testing, Never Again
Congress must step in and slam the door shut on the idea of resuming nuclear testing, especially if its purpose is to threaten other countries, writes Daryl G. Kimball.
Trump Used Looted Venezuelan Public Money to Build Border Wall with Mexico
Unable to make Mexico pay for his $18 billion pet project, Trump has turned to other sources of financing, Ben Norton reports.
Palestinians & Global Allies Rise Up Against Annexation
Demonstrations against the Israeli government’s plan to further its apartheid policy took place in the occupied territories and around the world Wednesday.
Demands for Senate to Slash ‘Out of Control’ Pentagon Budget
More than 60 advocacy groups are pressing senators to back a push by Bernie Sanders and Ed Markey to cut the $740.5 billion military budget by 10 percent.
LEE CAMP: Four Giant Reasons to Remove the Statues, From a Robert E. Lee Descendant
We should relocate our racist statues to museums where we can remember our racist history in the appropriate context.
COVID-19 Means Good Times for the Pentagon
While Americans are overwhelmed by the pandemic, Mandy Smithberger details how the Pentagon and its boosters are exploiting the emergency to feather their own nests.
RAY McGOVERN: Russiagate’s Last Gasp
One can read this most recent flurry of Russia, Russia, Russia paid the Taliban to kill GIs as an attempt to pre-empt the findings into Russiagate’s origins.
This Russia-Afghanistan Story is Western Disinformation
Caitlin Johnstone says influential news outlets are parroting something nameless spooks want the public to believe, which is the same as just publishing a CIA press release free of charge.
Bolton Weaves a Tall Tale in His Venezuela Chapter
Four major sanctions over 10 months that crippled the Venezuelan economy are hardly indicative of an administration that, in Bolton’s words “vacillated and wobbled,” writes Leonardo Flores.