The independent press has long reported the seeming collusion between the US and al-Qaeda in the war on the Houthis in Yemen. Now the most mainstream of mainstream media outlets - AP - has concluded a blockbuster report that reaches the same findings. The US and its...
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Neocons Demand ‘Crushing’ Sanctions on Russia
by Ron Paul | Aug 6, 2018 | The Liberty Report
You can always count on the neocons in Congress to ignore reality, ignore evidence, and ignore common sense in their endless drive to get us involved in another war. Last week, for example, Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Lindsey Graham (R-NC), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), and...
Silence on US Meddling Abroad
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Aug 6, 2018 | Featured Articles
Among the most fascinating aspects of the brouhaha over supposed Russian meddling in America’s electoral system is the total silence in the US mainstream press about US meddling in the political affairs of other countries. Consider the mass outrage and indignation...
New Sanctions Kick In: Trump Declares (Trade) War On Iran…And EU!
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 6, 2018 | The Liberty Report
Starting tonight, US sanctions on Iran and anyone who does business will kick in. Did Iran attack someone? Threaten someone? No. President Trump has unilaterally pulled the US out of the nuclear agreement and now demands that all US allies follow suit and, de facto,...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Criticizing Media, Bipartisanship, NY Marijuana, Weapons Salesman, Conflicting Votes
by Adam Dick | Aug 5, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues is out. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud. Listen to the new episode here: Read a transcript of the new episode,...
Pakistan Needs a Strong New Leader
by Eric Margolis | Aug 4, 2018 | Featured Articles
The words "hope" and "Pakistan" do not often appear together. Pakistan, a sprawling nation of 205 million, is hard to govern, even harder to finance, and seething with tribal or religious violence and discord. But Pakistan, which for me is one of the most interesting...
There Will Be No American-Russian Alliance Against China
by James George Jatras | Aug 4, 2018 | Featured Articles
Since 1991 and the formal end of the first Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, the world has experienced an American “unipolar moment” as the bipartisan US policy establishment sought to consolidate and perpetuate its hegemonic control over the...
Facebook Censoring Getting Out of Control
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 4, 2018 | Featured Articles
Facebook has been crowing about finding 32 "Russian-backed" accounts seeking to "sow division" among Americans. Only despite their over-confidence in sussing out these Kremlin-backed miscreants, they got it wrong. They shut down a page managed by real Americans who...
The Bizarre Facebook Path to Corporate Fascism
by Glen Ford | Aug 3, 2018 | Featured Articles
“The Facebook intervention is a qualitative escalation of the McCarthyite offensive.” Facebook has assumed additional political police powers, disrupting a planned counter-demonstration against white supremacists, set for August 12th in Washington, on the grounds that...
The Ball is in Trump’s Court to Engage Iran
by Melkulangara Bhadrakumar | Aug 3, 2018 | Featured Articles
As I had written last week, a conversation of sorts has been under way between Washington and Tehran. The megaphone is no longer in use, the conversation is in civil tone from public platforms or more meaningfully, through the Twitter. It’s become an almost daily...
Southwest Syria Is Liberated – On To Idlib
by Moon of Alabama | Aug 2, 2018 | Featured Articles
The Syrian Arab Army campaign in southwest Syria is coming to an end. The whole (green/black) area held by "rebels" and ISIS just six weeks ago is now liberated. After early resistance was overcome by a large force, many "rebel" groups gave up their fight and agreed...
Senators Seek ‘Crushing’ Sanctions For Russia In New Bill
by Tyler Durden | Aug 2, 2018 | Neocon Watch
In the latest effort to punish Moscow over alleged election meddling, as well its role in both Ukraine and Syria, a bipartisan bill has been introduced in the Senate Thursday that seeks to be so far reaching that it's being widely described as "crushing." Predictably,...
Assad Wins: Voting With Their Feet, Syrians Come Home
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 2, 2018 | The Liberty Report
With the Syrian army's liberation of the southwest complete, there remains just a single province in control of ISIS and al-Qaeda in the country. The "bloodbath" that the "experts" warned about if Assad regained control not only did not come to pass, but tens and...
Revolving Door: How Security Clearances Perpetuate Top-Level Corruption in the United States
by Philip Giraldi | Aug 2, 2018 | Featured Articles
President Donald Trump is threatening to take away the security clearances of a number of former senior intelligence and security officers who have been extremely critical of him. Most Americans were unaware that any ex-officials continued to hold clearances after...
Veteran Intel Officers to Trump: Intel on Iran Could be CATASTROPHIC
by Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity | Aug 2, 2018 | Featured Articles
As drums beat again for war — this time on Iran—-the VIPS’ warning is again being disregarded as it was before the Iraq debacle and this time VIPS fear the consequences will be all-caps CATASTROPHIC. August 1, 2018 MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran...
Facebook Deletes 32 Pages; Blames Russians
by RPI Staff | Aug 1, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Out of more than 2.2 billion Facebook users, the company yesterday dramatically announced that it had discovered 32 accounts it considered "inauthentic." The mainstream media - and Facebook's US government-funded partner the Atlantic Council -- screamed that this must...
TSA Passenger Screening Could Be Eliminated at 150-plus Airports
by Adam Dick | Aug 1, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
It seems that United States government actions taken in the name of “security” become more oppressive each year. This trend can be seen in the activities of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) that corrals people into checkpoints at airports for...
Have you gained or lost weight? Congrats, TSA is now tracking you for suspicious activity.
by James Bovard | Aug 1, 2018 | Featured Articles
If you fall asleep or use the bathroom during your next flight, those incriminating facts could be added to your federal dossier. Likewise, if you use your laptop or look at noisy children seated nearby with a “cold, penetrating stare,” that may be included on your...
‘President’ Pompeo? Neocons Nix Trump/Rouhani Meeting
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 1, 2018 | The Liberty Report
After a firey, all-caps Tweet warning Iran, President Trump did a 180 and said he'd meet with Iranian president Rouhani with no pre-conditions. Then his neocon Secretary of State Pompeo got wind of it and added a list of conditions to the meeting. Unsurprisingly, the...
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