Last week the State Department revealed that an unknown official within its public affairs office ordered the scrubbing of roughly eight minutes from a video of a State press briefing, which included a discussion about negotiations related to the Iran nuclear deal.In...
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Color Revolutions – Opium of the People
by Tony Cartalucci | Jun 7, 2016 | Featured Articles
Karl Marx said of religion: Religious suffering is, at one and the same time, the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It...
Next Time Someone Says Nothing Is Made in the USA Anymore, Show Them This
by JP Sottile | Jun 6, 2016 | Featured Articles
Who says nothing is made in the USA anymore? Certainly not the well-heeled denizens of the State Department’s diplomatic corps. And they should know. That’s because they’re stationed on the frontlines of the ongoing battle to preserve Uncle Sam’s dominant market share...

The Keynesians Stole The Jobs
by Ron Paul | Jun 6, 2016 | Featured Articles
Late last week the markets were shocked by a surprisingly bad May jobs report – the worst monthly report in nearly six years. The experts expected the US economy to add 160,000 jobs in May, but it turns out only 38,000 jobs were added. And to make matters worse,...
Muhammad Ali Risked It All When He Opposed The Vietnam War
by Justin Block | Jun 4, 2016 | Featured Articles
Muhammad Ali’s most famous act of social activism — one that would strip him of his best fighting years, cost him millions of dollars, forever alter his image and eventually send him into debt — began with one off-hand quote: “Man, I ain’t got no quarrel with them...
The Census Bureau’s Latest Peril to Freedom
by James Bovard | Jun 3, 2016 | Featured Articles
The Census Bureau is sending its hefty American Community Survey to more than three million households a year. I recently received this 28-page tsunami of questions about everything from my plumbing to my profession to my ethnicity and income. But as a former Census...
War Criminal Blair Warmongers for Ground Invasion of Syria and Iraq
by Steven MacMillan | Jun 2, 2016 | Featured Articles
In an ideal world, Tony Blair would have been tried for war crimes years ago, and most probably would be over a decade into a life-time jail sentence for his role in the Iraq war. However, in our Orwellian world, devoid of justice and accountability, Blair is doing...
No “Glitch”: State Department Admits That Press Briefing Was Intentionally Edited To Remove Passage . . . But Insisted It Cannot Find Official Responsible
by Jonathan Turley | Jun 2, 2016 | Featured Articles
You may recall the controversy of a press conference at the State Department was later edited to remove an embarrassing question and answer regarding the Iran negotiations. When the exchange with Fox New Reporter James Rosen was found missing, Elizabeth Trudeau,...
Clinton Offers New Explanation For Email Scandal
by Jonathan Turley | Jun 1, 2016 | Featured Articles
I was on NPR yesterday on the Diane Rehm Show to discuss the Clinton email scandal. Appearing on the show was Brian Fallon, spokesperson for Hillary Clinton, who offered a new and rather implausible spin on the worsening scandal. Fallon said that Clinton was relying...
Was the White Rose Right or Wrong on Patriotism?
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Jun 1, 2016 | Featured Articles
One of the most dramatic movie scenes I have ever watched is the courtroom segment in Sophie Scholl: The Final Days, a German movie with English subtitles that I cannot recommend too highly. The movie revolves around Hans and Sophie Scholl, a brother and sister who...
Congress’ Treachery, the FBI’s Double-Crossing and the American Citizenry’s Cluelessness: With Friends Like These, Who Needs Enemies?
by John W. Whitehead | May 31, 2016 | Featured Articles
As the grandfather of three young ones, ages 5 to 9, I get to see my fair share of kid movies: plenty of hijinks, lots of bathroom humor, and an endless stream of slapstick gags. Yet even among the worst of the lot, there’s something to be learned, some message being...
Obama and the Myth of Hiroshima
by Peter van Buren | May 31, 2016 | Featured Articles
On May 27, Barack Obama became the first sitting American president to visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, the site of the world’s first atomic bombing. Though highly photogenic, the visit was otherwise one that avoided acknowledging the true history of the place....
Third Battle For Fallujah — Time To Finally Come Home?
by Daniel McAdams | May 31, 2016 | Featured Articles
Iraqi military troops along with Iran-backed Shia militias are fighting to expel ISIS from its two year control of Fallujah. That unfortunate city is also the location of two US battles to "liberate" the city and both times the place was flattened. The US says it is...
Thank The Troops for Destroying Our Country
by Jacob G. Hornberger | May 30, 2016 | Featured Articles
While Americans are expected to thank the troops for their service all year long, today — Memorial Day — we are called upon to thank them even more profusely. The idea is that since the troops are defending our country and protecting our rights and freedoms, we should...

Government Can’t Help; It Can Only Hurt
by Ron Paul | May 29, 2016 | Featured Articles
Three recent stories regarding three government agencies — the IRS, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) — show why we should oppose big government for practical, as well as philosophical, reasons. In recent...
As Our Past Wars Are Glorified This Memorial Day Weekend, Give Some Thought To Our Prospects Against The Russians And Chinese In World War III
by Paul Craig Roberts | May 29, 2016 | Featured Articles
The Saker reports that Russia is preparing for World War III, not because Russia intends to initiate aggression but because Russia is alarmed by the hubris and arrogance of the West, by the demonization of Russia, by provocative military actions by the West, by...
Memorializing the Horrors of War with 10 Must-See War Films
by John W. Whitehead | May 28, 2016 | Featured Articles
“The horror... the horror...”—Apocalypse Now (1979) “You can’t show war as it really is on the screen, with all the blood and gore. Perhaps it would be better if you could fire real shots over the audience’s head every night, you know, and have actual casualties in...
Europe Revolts Against Russian Sanctions
by Finian Cunningham | May 27, 2016 | Featured Articles
From ministerial offices to barricades on the streets, Europe is in open revolt against anti-Russian sanctions which have cost workers and businesses millions of jobs and earnings. Granted, the contentious issues are wider than anti-Russian sanctions. However, the...
The New State Department Report on Hillary’s Email, and Why it Matters
by Peter van Buren | May 27, 2016 | Featured Articles
The State Department Inspector General’s (IG) investigation report leaked out a day early on May 25 makes a number of significant points. These matter, and need to be considered by anyone voting in November. What’s in the IG Report — Neither Clinton nor any of her...
State Department Refutes Key Statements By Clinton On Email Scandal; Finds That She Violated Clear Rules
by Jonathan Turley | May 26, 2016 | Featured Articles
While the New York Times has reported that the “State Department’s inspector general sharply criticized Hillary Clinton’s exclusive use of a private email server” and “undermined some of Mrs. Clinton’s previous statements”, the report did far more than criticize and...
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