In the words of Ronald Reagan, here we go again. The unbelievable hatred that Democrats, liberals, progressives, and the mainstream press have toward President Trump continues to consume them, with the latest manifestation being a second impeachment of President...
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How CENTCOM Chief McKenzie manufactured an Iran crisis to increase his power
by Gareth Porter | Jan 16, 2021 | Featured Articles
During the final two months of the Trump administration, a series of provocative US military moves in the Middle East stirred fears that a war against Iran was being hatched. The atmosphere of crisis was not the result of any threat posed by Tehran, but rather the...
‘Revoke Their Degrees’: Harvard Faculty and Students Seek Revocation Of Degrees For Trump Officials and Allies
by Jonathan Turley | Jan 16, 2021 | Featured Articles
There is a building campaign at Harvard to rescind the degrees of Trump officials and allies including White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX). This is not the only such effort to retaliate against...
9/11 Was the Prelude. 1/6 Is the Holy Grail
by Pepe Escobar | Jan 16, 2021 | Featured Articles
I hear the sons of the city and dispossessed Get down, get undressed Get pretty but you and me We got the kingdom, we got the key We got the empire, now as then We don’t doubt, we don’t take direction Lucretia, my reflection, dance the ghost with me Sisters of Mercy,...
Congressional Hysteria & Hypocrisy Could Doom Liberty
by James Bovard | Jan 15, 2021 | Featured Articles
The political hysteria unleashed by last week’s clash at the Capitol between police and Trump protestors poses a growing danger to Americans’ constitutional rights. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer ludicrously compared the ruckus to Pearl Harbor – a “day of...
Biden Taps Veteran Interventionist Samantha Power to Head USAID
by Dave DeCamp | Jan 14, 2021 | Featured Articles
On Wednesday, Joe Biden announced that he will nominate Samantha Powerto head the US Agency for International Development (USAID). Power served as ambassador to the UN for President Obama from 2013 to 2017. Before that, she worked on Obama’s National Security Council,...
How Silicon Valley, in a Show of Monopolistic Force, Destroyed Parler
by Glenn Greenwald | Jan 14, 2021 | Featured Articles
Critics of Silicon Valley censorship for years heard the same refrain: tech platforms like Facebook, Google and Twitter are private corporations and can host or ban whoever they want. If you don’t like what they are doing, the solution is not to complain or to...
The Pentagon Speaks
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Jan 14, 2021 | Featured Articles
The Joint Chiefs of Staff have spoken. Issuing a remarkable memorandum to all members of the Armed Forces, the JCS have declared that Joe Biden will be the new president of the United States. The memo may have been not only one to military personnel but also to...
Here Comes the Post- ‘Invasion’ Crackdown
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Jan 13, 2021 | Featured Articles
Just as thunder follows lightning, you can rest assured that Democrats, the Deep State, and the mainstream press are going to use recent events at the Capitol to crack down on civil liberties. Why let a good opportunity to expand governmental power go to waste? Why,...
Can Burns Change the CIA?
by Ray McGovern | Jan 13, 2021 | Featured Articles
In nominating former Deputy Secretary of State William Burns to be CIA director, President-elect Joe Biden has chosen a highly experienced diplomat to lead a hydra-headed agency. But, if past is precedent, the highest hydras who head calcified fiefdoms at CIA can be...
In the Asian Flu of 1957-58, They Rejected Lockdowns
by Jeffrey A. Tucker | Jan 13, 2021 | Featured Articles
The Asian flu of 1957-58 was a deadly pandemic with a broader reach for severe outcomes than Covid-19 of 2020. It killed between 1 and 4 million people worldwide, and 116,000 in the US in a time with half the population. It was a leading contributor to a year in which...
Ron Paul Posts Criticism of Censorship on Social Media Shortly Before Facebook Blocks
by Jonathan Turley | Jan 12, 2021 | Featured Articles
We have been discussing the chilling crackdown on free speech that has been building for years in the United States. This effort has accelerated in the aftermath of the Capitol riot including the shutdown sites like Parler. Now former Texas congressman Ron Paul, 85,...
The Biggest Scam in History
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Jan 12, 2021 | Featured Articles
Soon after US officials declared their “war on terrorism” some 20 years ago, I wrote that this new war was likely to last longer than the “war on drugs.” There is a simple reason for that: the supply of “terrorists” would be endless, for two reasons: (1) the US...
Wednesday’s Other Story
by Matt Taibbi | Jan 11, 2021 | Featured Articles
Just before the madness at the Capitol broke out Wednesday, news came from London. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who seemed Monday to be the luckiest man alive when a judge denied an American request to extradite him, was now denied bail on the grounds that he...

The ‘War On Terror’ Comes Home
by Ron Paul | Jan 11, 2021 | Featured Articles
Last week’s massive social media purges – starting with President Trump’s permanent ban from Twitter and other outlets – was shocking and chilling, particularly to those of us who value free expression and the free exchange of ideas. The justifications given for the...
With unilateral censorship of a sitting US president, Big Tech has proven it’s more powerful than any government
by Helen Buyniski | Jan 9, 2021 | Featured Articles
Big Tech’s moves to muscle President Donald Trump off social media have been heralded by some as victory. But a corporate-run state with politicians serving as mere figureheads amounts to the very fascism they claim to oppose. The smug, palpable air of "mission...
Thoughts on a ‘Right Wing Insurrection’
by Karen Kwiatkowski | Jan 9, 2021 | Featured Articles
January 6th was crack cocaine for the mainstream media, Democratic politicians, and some of their most ardent supporters. As the high wears off, the post high paranoia will be a problem. Mistrust of those around you, envisioning of enemies and evil doers behind every...
How the White House COVID Task Force Sunk the Trump Presidency
by Jordan Schachtel | Jan 9, 2021 | Featured Articles
President Trump took in the early days of 2020 from a position of incredible strength. At the beginning of the year, no serious analyst would have told you that he was in major jeopardy of losing the 2020 election. The American economy was booming, we had solid...
I Hate Federal Commissions, But Americans Need One To Look Into The 2020 Election
by Jonathan Turley | Jan 8, 2021 | Featured Articles
Below is my column in USA Today on the need for a federal commission on the 2020 election. While I opposed the challenge and the call for the ten-day commission, I do believe that a real commission is warranted. Indeed, the violence Wednesday only further shows the...
The Capitol Riot Wasn’t a Coup. It Wasn’t Even Close.
by Ryan McMaken | Jan 8, 2021 | Featured Articles
On Wednesday, a mob apparently composed of Trump supporters forced its way past US Capitol security guards and briefly moved unrestrained through much of the Capitol building. They displayed virtually no organization and no clear goals. The only deaths were on the...
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