Two of the television outlets on which American liberals rely most for their news — NBC News and CNN — have spent the last six years hiring a virtual army of former CIA operatives, FBI officials, NSA spies, Pentagon chiefs, and DOJ prosecutors to work in their newsrooms. The multiple ways in which journalism is fundamentally corrupted by this spectacle are all vividly illustrated by a new article from NBC News that urges the prosecution and extradition of Julian Assange, claiming that the...
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‘Bomb the Sh*t Out Of Them!’ – Trump Drones Yemen More in One Week Than Obama in a Year
Undeterred by the disastrous commando raid on Yemen in the first days of his Administration, where plenty of civilians were killed but the target got away, President Donald Trump...
Trump Invades Syria
US forces in Manbij, Syria. March 5, 2017.Although the Syrian army, with its ally Russia, has made significant gains against ISIS over the past week or so, the Washington Post is...
Can Public Opinion Check Presidential Power?
The concentration of power in the United States presidency has had a good run over the last few decades. This concentration of power is evident in presidents pursuing war after...
US Airstrikes Continue in Yemen, Killing Former Gitmo Detainee
Heavy US airstrikes that began Thursday and continued through the weekend have not halted yet, with at least one strike reported on Monday, with the drone strike destroying a car...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Anti-Marijuana Sessions, War Propaganda, No Guns List, Military Spending, Prostitution
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues has been posted. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher,...
James Clapper Denies Obama Wiretapped Trump
The former Director of National Intelligence under the Obama administration, James Clapper, denied there was a secret court order for surveillance at Trump Tower. Speaking on...
NATO’s scaremongering about ‘Russia threat’ to Baltic States ‘is all about money’
The US security establishment is trying to justify its existence, says Daniel McAdams of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, commenting on a new report which lists...
Winning Wars?
“We have to start winning wars again,” President Trump told the nation’s governors today. No, Mr. President, America must stop military interventionism. As you have said America...
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