The New York Times is leading the full-court press to improve on what it regards as Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s weak-kneed effort to blame the Russians for giving us Donald Trump.
RAY McGOVERN: Catapulting Russian-Meddling Propaganda
Oligarchic Dozen: Wealth of These 12 Tops $1 Trillion
Chuck Collins and Omar Ocampo report on a milestone in the U.S. history of concentrated wealth and power.
Protecting Food From the Hungry
This absence of money — the most mystical of all human creations — is enough reason to let people starve, writes Vijay Prashad.
Warnings of Scheme to ‘Kill Postal Banking’ With ATMs in Post Offices
The plan, revealed in an internal USPS document, is getting slammed as yet another Wall Street power-grab.
QAnon Is a Fake, Decoy Imitation of a Healthy Revolutionary Impulse
Caitlin Johnstone calls QAnon a propaganda construct designed to manufacture support for the status quo among people who otherwise would not support it.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Trump’s Choice for Germany
High among Douglas Macgregor’s qualifications as U.S. ambassador to Germany is his opposition to endless wars.
American Empire, Belarus, Commentary, Europe, European Union, Foreign Policy, International, Russia, Ukraine
There’s Enough Blame to Go Around in Belarus
There are many similarities to what is happening in Minsk today to what happened in Kiev in 2014, but there are also significant differences, writes Joe Lauria.
Commentary, European Union, Foreign Policy, Intelligence, International, Protests, Russia, Ukraine, United Kingdon
Western Media Misperceptions About Belarus, Lukashenko & Putin
The fate of of Belarus may lie with Russian integration, writes Craig Murray. But Lukashenko is not “Putin’s man.”
Advanced Technologies, American Empire, China, Commentary, Economy, Foreign Policy, International, Militarism, Trump Administration
Whose Century Is It? Don’t Ask Trump
As the previous piece published here today shows, while the U.S. blows things up, China builds things, better than the U.S., and that has infuriated Washington, says Dilip Hiro.
American Empire, Censorship, Commentary, Foreign Policy, Israel, Media, Middle East, Militarism, Vietnam
On Bombs & Bombings
The Israeli army has been bombing Gaza and the U.S. just ordered an airstrike on Syria. In a sane and just world, Caitlin Johnstone says both would command intense, international attention.
COVID-19: Pentagon Secrecy on Virus at Guantanamo Another Reason to Shut Offshore Prison, Democratic Senators Say
Lawmakers raised the case for closure days after the international Red Cross canceled its visit to Guantanamo Bay, citing concerns over the pandemic.
UPRISING: Calls to Drop ‘Absurd’ Charges Against Journalists Covering Protests
The Committee to Protect Journalists speaks up for members of the press who were arrested while covering Black Lives Matter protests across the U. S.
CEOs Now Make 320 Times More Than Typical Worker
The Economic Policy Institute finds that growth in CEO compensation far outstripped that of the stock market.
COVID-19: This Pandemic Brings Out the Worst in Our CEOs
Jim Hightower spotlights the “me-first” greed of a corporate chieftain.
How We Could Wind Up Banned from Discussing an October Surprise on Social Media this Election
There’s reason to be concerned that YouTube’s new attack on press freedoms will spread to outlets like Twitter and Facebook, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Dems Urged to Support Possible Pardon by Trump for Snowden
Activists and journalists on Twitter pressed lawmakers to set aside partisan politics for the sake of the NSA whistleblower and the fight against digital mass surveillance.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Huawei, Tik Tok, WeChat & Other Handy Targets
Washington is now committed to preventing any non–Western nations that do not conform to the neoliberal order from rising in any field wherein they threaten to best U.S. companies.
Campaign 2020, Commentary, Foreign Policy, International, Iran, Politics, Trump Administration, Venezuela
What is Next for Washington After Its Failed Venezuela Strategy?
It’s come out in the open now in Washington that the Trump administration’s Venezuela policy is an embarrassing failure but will the next administration wise up, or double down?, asks Steve Ellner.
Constitution, Egypt, History, International, Israel, Legal, Middle East, Palestine, Trump Administration, U.S., United Arab Emirates
What the Palestinians Think of the Israel-UAE ‘Deal’
The State of Palestine Negotiation Affairs Department has laid out Palestine’s position regarding the deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and how it affects Palestinians.
ELECTION 2020: Parties Play Favorites to Allot States’ Delegates
With the Democratic Convention kicking off Monday and the GOP to follow, John A. Tures finds some staggering disparities between state populations and their delegate portions.