New data from Turkey reveals almost all the mercenary force of “Arab militias” getting slammed by former and current U.S. officials were armed and trained in the past by the CIA and Pentagon, reports Max Blumenthal.
PEPE ESCOBAR: The Road to Damascus: How the Syria War was Won
Following the Damascus-Kurdish alliance, Syria may become the biggest defeat for the Central Intelligence Agency since Vietnam, says Pepe Escobar.
On Psychopathy & Power
The way we design systems that elevate psychopaths to positions of leadership have been causing problems throughout history, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Legacy of British Empire Lurks Behind Today’s Headlines
From Brexit’s threat to resurrect hard borders in Ireland to the ongoing unrest in Hong Kong, John Wight reviews an array of global crises rooted in British exceptionalism.
Everybody Betraying Everybody in Syria
Civil Rights on High Court Chopping Block in New Term
The cases concern everything from firing people who are LGBTQ, to abortion restrictions that disproportionately affect low-income women, to deportations, to the scope of the Second Amendment, writes Marjorie Cohn.
Weep for Catalonia, Weep for Liberalism in Europe
Presidential ‘Debates’ Aren’t Debates at All – They’re Joint Press Conferences
This kind of format promotes canned mini-speeches, writes John P. Koch.
Protecting the ‘Whistleblower’ & Other Preposterous Pranks
James Howard Kunstler marvels at Adam Schiff’s tactical idiocy and savors the bit of media agitprop about James Comey in Saturday’s New York Times.
DC’s Atlantic Council Raked in Funding from Hunter Biden’s Corruption-Stained Ukrainian Employer While Courting His VP Father
Max Blumenthal reports on the think tank’s shady arrangement with Burisma, the gas company at the center of “Ukrainegate.”
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Predictable Mess on Syria’s Border with Turkey
Why Barack Obama Was Particularly Unsuited to Live up to the Ideals of the Nobel Peace Prize
RAY McGOVERN: The New York Times’ Preemptive Reporting on James Comey
CN Live! Episode 13: Turkey Invades Syria; History and Present of the Anti-War Movement
Aid Groups Warn of Humanitarian Crisis from Turkey’s Assault on Syria
As World Looks Away, Death Stalks Democratic Republic of Congo
British Government Continues to Aid Repression in Human Rights-Abusing Countries, New Data Shows
Trump, Impeachment & Forgetting What Brought Him to the White House
The New Yorker’s Partisan Attempt to Refute Its Claim of Partisan Disinformation on Biden and Ukraine
A leading New Yorker writer omits crucial facts to run interference for Joe Biden against serious allegations of corruption in Ukraine, writes Joe Lauria.