Reckless claims by anonymous intelligence officials that Russia is “helping” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) are deeply irresponsible. So was former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s calculated decision Tuesday to repeat this unsubstantiated accusation on the debate stage...
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The Threat of a Russia-Turkey-NATO Hot War Over Idlib is a Godsend for US Foreign Policy
by Darius Shahtahmasebi | Feb 28, 2020 | Featured Articles
Turkey is calling for NATO’s protection after 33 of its soldiers were killed in an apparent Syrian airstrike in Idlib, allegedly while fighting in terrorist ranks. In the regional chaos that ensues, only one player stands to gain. Speculation over what’s to come next...
Anonymous sources and the guys and gals who made the Iraq war a reality are now claiming that the Kremlin is at it again!
by Philip Giraldi | Feb 27, 2020 | Featured Articles
Those hapless individuals who run the United States are again slipping into a fantasy world where Americans are besieged by imaginary threats coming from both inside and outside the country. Of course, it is particularly convenient to warn of foreign threats, as it...
Debunking The Smear That Assange Recklessly Published Unredacted Documents
by Caitlin Johnstone | Feb 27, 2020 | Featured Articles
The prosecution in the Assange extradition trial has falsely alleged that WikiLeaks recklessly published unredacted files in 2011 which endangered people’s lives. In reality the Pentagon admitted that no one was harmed as a result of the leaks during the Manning...
Credibility of European Court of Human Rights lies in ruins after judges’ links to Soros revealed
by John Laughland | Feb 26, 2020 | Featured Articles
A study by the European Center for Law and Justice in Strasbourg has revealed several conflicts of interest between judges at the European Court of Human Rights and NGOs funded by George Soros. The European Center for Law and Justice is an NGO which often appears at...
US Foreign Policy Perpetual Perfidy
by James Bovard | Feb 26, 2020 | Featured Articles
The Washington establishment was aghast in October when Donald Trump appeared to approve a Turkish invasion of northern Syria. The United States was seen as abandoning the Kurds, some of whom had assisted the United States in the fight against ISIS and other terrorist...
Cancel Culture: Its Causes and Its Consequences
by TJ Roberts | Feb 25, 2020 | Featured Articles
The Cancel Culture Mob knows few limitations. While social media has empowered people to speak their minds, it has also empowered the masses to attempt to “cancel” those who express controversial opinions. Victims of cancel culture often end up jobless, friendless,...
Will Jacob Hornberger Sweep Upcoming Libertarian Presidential Primaries and Caucuses? If He Does, How Much Will It Matter?
by Adam Dick | Feb 25, 2020 | Featured Articles
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has been racking up wins in state-level contests of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Much less mentioned in the media is that Libertarian presidential candidate Jacob Hornberger won the February 8 Iowa Libertarian...
How to Know If America Is Your Enemy
by Eric Zuesse | Feb 24, 2020 | Featured Articles
If your country is friendly toward Russia, China, or Iran, then today’s American Government is probably applying subversion, economic sanctions, or maybe even planning a coup, or (if none of those will succeed) probably is war-gaming now for a possible military...
Intelligence Officials Sow Discord By Stoking Fear of Russian Election Meddling
by Dave DeCamp | Feb 24, 2020 | Featured Articles
Another presidential election year is upon us, and the intelligence agencies are hard at work stoking fears of Russian meddling. This time it looks like the Russians do not only like the incumbent president but also favor who appears to be the Democratic front-runner,...
Trump’s Betrayal of Julian Assange
by Ron Paul | Feb 24, 2020 | Featured Articles
One thing we’ve learned from the Trump Presidency is that the “deep state” is not just some crazy conspiracy theory. For the past three years we’ve seen that deep state launch plot after plot to overturn the election.It all started with former CIA director John...
The Rise of Pete Buttigieg: The Man Who Isn’t There
by Martin Sieff | Feb 21, 2020 | Featured Articles
“Yesterday, upon a stair “I met a man who wasn’t there “He wasn’t there again today “I wish, I wish he’d go away.” -Hughes Mearns This year, the Democratic Party caucus-goers of Midwest, prosperous Iowa and the voters of hard-scrabble, post-industrial, impoverished...
Blago Is Free
by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. | Feb 20, 2020 | Featured Articles
On Tuesday, February 18, President Trump with excellent judgment commuted the 14 year prison sentence of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, aka “Blago.” “We have commuted the sentence of Rod Blagojevich,” Trump said. “He’ll be able to go back home with his...
Show Trial Ends: Roger Stone Sentenced to 40 months in Prison, While Judge Rants About Trump
by Patrick Henningsen | Feb 20, 2020 | Featured Articles
Today, the long-time friend and Trump campaign consultant Roger Stone was sentenced to 40 months in a federal prison for multiple charges relating to his Congressional testimony and Robert Mueller’s Russia probe. US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson issued Stone’s...
Drug War Obtuseness
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Feb 20, 2020 | Featured Articles
Sometimes I wonder how super-smart people can be so obtuse when it comes to the drug war. A recent example of this phenomenon is Ioan Grillo, a contributing editor for the New York Times. Grillo is the author of two books on the drug war: El Narco: Inside Mexico’s...
Scandal-Ridden OPCW Now Using Twitter’s 'Hide Replies' Function
by Caitlin Johnstone | Feb 19, 2020 | Featured Articles
When Twitter first implemented its “hide replies” function last year I published an article warning that it could be used by establishment narrative managers to marginalize dissident voices and diminish the relatively egalitarian nature of the platform. When I wrote...
Will Censorship Prevail over the First Amendment?
by Paul Craig Roberts | Feb 19, 2020 | Featured Articles
I remember when censorship in America was a limited phemonenon. It applied during war time—“loose lips sink ships.” It applied to pornography. It applied to curse words on the public airwaves and in movies. It applied to violence in movies. There could be violence,...
Explaining Syria
by Philip Giraldi | Feb 18, 2020 | Featured Articles
The first week in February was memorable for the failed impeachment of President Donald Trump, the “re-elect me” State of the Union address and the marketing of a new line of underwear by Kim Kardashian. Given all of the excitement, it was easy to miss a special State...
Trump Is Right: The US Does Indeed Need a Space Force
by Walter E. Block | Feb 18, 2020 | Featured Articles
Right now, America has only a pathetic five divisions of the military: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard. We desperately need a sixth. And what could be more fitting for our President than fulfilling this need with a brand new spanking Space Force. Thank...
The Death Of Free Speech: Zuckerberg Asks Governments For Instructions On 'What Discourse Should Be Allowed'
by Jonathan Turley | Feb 18, 2020 | Featured Articles
I have written for years on the effort of European countries to expand their crackdown on free speech globally through restrictions on social media and Internet speech. It appears that Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has relented in what may prove the death...
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