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Donald Trump’s Roger Rabbit Moment

September 28, 2016

Donald Trump’s recent attempts to show more restraint and look presidential unraveled in his debate with Hillary Clinton like Roger Rabbit unable to resist a goofy sight gag, says Michael Winship.

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Campaign 2016, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, Lost History, Media, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing, The Bush-43 Administration

Trump’s Missed Debate Opportunities

September 27, 2016

Donald Trump missed chances in the first debate, including failure to exploit a U.S. intelligence report that cited U.S. support for an Islamic State forerunner, part of Hillary Clinton’s scheme for Syrian “regime change,” notes Joe Lauria.

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Campaign 2016, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, Obama Administration, Politics

Clinton’s Faulty New Scheme to ‘Fight’ ISIS

September 27, 2016

Exclusive: Even as Hillary Clinton pushes a new scheme for defeating ISIS, the reality is that contradictory U.S. policies in the Mideast that she helped formulate are fueling the growth of jihadi extremism, writes Daniel Lazare.

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Campaign 2016, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing

Clinton Toned Down Her Hawkishness

September 27, 2016

Exclusive: Hillary Clinton’s strongest point in Monday’s debate may have been what she didn’t say, as she avoided a return to her hawkish rhetoric that has alienated many anti-war Democrats, writes Robert Parry.

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Campaign 2016, Environment, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing

The Challenging Politics of Global Warming

September 27, 2016

Though global warming represents a grave danger, it received only passing notice in the first presidential debate, in part, because the politics of climate change are challenging, as ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar explains.

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Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing

Ex-Speaker Boehner’s Lucrative Return

September 26, 2016

When House Speaker John Boehner quit, he acted like he was done with Washington’s toxicity, but the big dollars of the lobbying world have lured him back through the golden revolving door, writes Michael Winship.

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Constitution, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, Lost History, Obama Administration, Secrecy, The Bush-43 Administration

CIA Whistleblower Kiriakou Honored for Integrity

September 26, 2016

The U.S. government gives free passes to officials who commit war crimes but imprisons whistleblowers who tell the truth, a fate that befell CIA’s John Kiriakou for disclosing torture. But he was honored by some ex-intelligence officers, reports Ray McGovern.

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Campaign 2016, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, Lost History, Media, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing, Secrecy, The Bush-43 Administration

America’s Deceptive Model for Aggression

September 26, 2016

Since NATO’s 1999 war on Serbia, U.S. officials have followed a script demonizing targeted foreign leaders, calling ultimatums “diplomacy,” lying about “war as a last resort” and selling aggression as humanitarianism, says Nicolas J S Davies.

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Campaign 2016, Constitution, Foreign Policy, Intelligence, Media, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing

New Cold War Spins Out of Control

September 26, 2016

U.S. enthusiasts for the New Cold War with Russia appear to be ignoring less-belligerent orders from President Obama and pushing for a dangerous escalation of tensions, reports ex-British diplomat Alastair Crooke.

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Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, Lost History, Media, Obama Administration, Secrecy

How Libyan ‘Regime Change’ Lies Echo in Syria

September 25, 2016

Exclusive: The mainstream U.S. media has largely ignored a U.K. report on the West’s lies used to justify the Libyan “regime change,” all the better to protect the ongoing falsehoods used in Syria, as James W Carden explains.

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Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Obama Administration

Did the Pentagon Sabotage Syrian Peace Deal?

September 25, 2016

As the latest attempt at U.S.-Russian cooperation in Syria goes up in flames, the back story includes Pentagon resistance to the plan and the bloody U.S. airstrike on a Syrian military outpost, reports Gareth Porter for Middle East Eye.

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Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, Lost History, Media, Obama Administration, Secrecy, The Bush-43 Administration

Another Kerry Rush to Judgment on Syria

September 24, 2016

Exclusive: The U.N. withdrew its claim that an airstrike hit its Syrian relief convoy but Secretary of State Kerry relied on the outdated claim in lashing out at Russia in a repeat of his earlier rushes to judgment, writes Robert Parry.

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Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, Media, Obama Administration, Politics

How US Propaganda Plays in Syrian War

September 23, 2016

U.S. foreign policymakers have experimented at planting propaganda in social media and then citing it as evidence to support their goals, a process now playing out in the Syrian “regime change,” as Rick Sterling explains.

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Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Obama Administration

Turkey and the Kurdish Quandary

September 23, 2016

The West’s imperial division of the Mideast, including the parceling of Kurdish territory among several countries, still contributes to the region’s unrest, leaving the Kurds now at odds with Turkey’s powerful army, as Alon Ben-Meir explains.

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Campaign 2016, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Media, Obama Administration, Politics

In Election, Russians Rallied Around Putin

September 22, 2016

The mainstream U.S. media disparaged Russia’s parliamentary elections which showed scant support for the West’s favored “liberals” who side with the U.S. pressure on Moscow, but their defeat should come as no surprise, says Gilbert Doctorow.

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Campaign 2016, Environment, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Media, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing

Dangerous Denial of Global Warming

September 22, 2016

Exclusive: Direct and indirect dangers from global warming are so grave that the issue should be near the top of the U.S. campaign agenda, instead of being downplayed or denied, writes Jonathan Marshall.

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The Updated ‘Trick or Treason’ Now Available

September 21, 2016

From Editor Robert Parry: The new edition of my book, Trick or Treason: The 1980 October Surprise Mystery, is just back from the printers. It tells the remarkable story of political and intelligence intrigue that surrounded America’s pivotal 1980 election.

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Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Media, Obama Administration, Right Wing

WPost Wants a Bigger War in Syria

September 21, 2016

The neocon Washington Post wants an even bigger U.S. military intervention in Syria, ignoring the tenets of international law and assuming that more bombing will somehow make things better, observes ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar.

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Campaign 2016, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Lost History, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing, Secrecy, The Bush-43 Administration

Obama Promises to Shield Saudis on 9/11

September 21, 2016

President Obama is vowing to veto a bill that would let families of 9/11 victims sue the Saudis for their alleged role in financing the terror attack, a move that 9/11 widow Kristen Breitweiser condemns and Congress may override.

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Campaign 2016, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Obama Administration

Obama’s Curious UN Farewell Address

September 21, 2016

President Obama’s U.N. speech looked critically at the U.S. role in world and admitted capitalism’s shortcomings, a contrast with Obama’s previous bluster about “indispensable” and “exceptional” America, notes Joe Lauria.

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