Rampant, Racist Voter Suppression in Georgia Goes to Federal Court
… almost a quarter of a million previously registered voters who may want to vote in this election who will find their registrations cancelled based on an assumption that they had moved when they had...
View ArticleThe Fire This Time: It Will Keep Burning Long After November 6
Perhaps enough Americans in enough numbers in enough places have woken up to the wildfires consuming our country. Perhaps these woke Americans will throw some water on the fires in the November 6...
View ArticleUS Calls for Ceasefire, Keeps Attacking Yemen
In case you missed it, US efforts to prolong the world’s most serious humanitarian crisis in Yemen continue to succeed spectacularly. US military support enables the Saudi coalition to continue to bomb...
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Police State Mindset Sees One-Year-Old and Mother as Threat
The mission of the New York City Police Department is to enhance the quality of life in New York City by working in partnership with the community to enforce the law, preserve peace, reduce fear, and...
View ArticleAfghanistan in 2019: Fewer US Troops, More CIA Torture and Killings
No other country in the world symbolizes the decline of the American empire as much as Afghanistan. There is virtually no possibility of a military victory over the Taliban and little chance of leaving...
View ArticleCourt Uses Law’s Absurdity to Allow Unfit Kavanaugh to Remain as Justice
The allegations contained in the complaints [against Judge Kavanaugh] are serious, but the Judicial Council is obligated to adhere to the Act. Lacking statutory authority to do anything more, the...
View ArticleCareer War Criminal Elliott Abrams to Lead US on Venezuela
In 1985, an activist for the relatives of the disappeared [persons in Guatemala], named Rosario Godoy, was abducted by the army. She was raped. Her mutilated body was found alongside that of her baby....
View ArticleFukushima’s Three Nuclear Meltdowns Are “Under Control”: That’s a Lie
The implementation of the safe decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station is a unique complex case and expected to span several decades: the IAEA Review Team considers that it will...
View ArticleAggressive US Lies and Misleads to Justify War on Iran
It is the assessment of the United States Government that the Islamic Republic of Iran is responsible for the attacks that occurred in the Gulf of Oman today. This assessment is based on intelligence,...
View ArticleFailure to Impeach Trump Is a Way to Reaffirm Him
Would the American people re-elect a president caught in the midst of a multi-faceted impeachment inquiry? One never knows. Or would the American people be more likely to re-elect a president free from...
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US Policy: Global Climate Crisis Not Our Problem. Really?
AP Photo/Mel EvansBy withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement, the US is effectively saying the global climate crisis is not our problem. This is American exceptionalism run amok. The US acts as if...
View ArticleHere’s a Thought: Have Presidential Candidates Debate Serious Issues
The first thing to be said about the “presidential debate” on September 29 is that there was no Presidential Debate on September 29. We don’t have Presidential Debates in the United States any more and...
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How Rational Can the US Be in Dealing with Yemen and Iran?
We’re also stepping up our diplomacy to end the war in Yemen — a war which has created a humanitarian and strategic catastrophe. I’ve asked my Middle East team to ensure our support for the United...
View ArticleFukushima Meltdowns Turn Ten, Still Getting Worse
Fukushima Daiichi’s multiple nuclear reactor meltdowns started ten years ago. They are not over. They are not even close to over. Nuclear disasters don’t ever end. The radioactive danger slowly decays...
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Yemen’s Blood Is on US Hands, and Still the US Lies About the War
Six years ago, on March 26, 2015, the US green-lighted and provided logistical support for the Saudi bombing of Yemen that continues on a daily basis. The US/Saudi war, which includes as allies the...
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Peace With Iran Is Tricky: Is Biden Making It Impossible?
American policy toward Iran has long been stupid and self-defeating. Anyone here not see that? Anyone here think that’s a necessary state of affairs? OK, it’s true that stupid, self-defeating policy...
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What Does a “Racist Country” Look Like Anyway?
“America is not a racist country,” Republican senator Tim Scott of South Carolina said in his party’s official response to President Biden’s address to the nation on April 28. There are reasons that...
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Ukraine Is a Problem Only as Long as the West Makes It One
Ukrainian servicemen take part in a drill of the airborne troops taking place in Zhytomyr region on November 21, 2018. (photo: AFP) Since the fall of the Soviet Union thirty years ago, US policy on...
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Wishlist for 2022
Julian Assange in 2019. (photo: Matt Dunham/AP) Any wishlist for the future is potentially infinite. My Wishlist for 2022 is finite, limited to the first several things that came to mind, more than can...
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Colleyville Hostages: Blowback for US Torture, War Crimes
The official version of the 11-hours hostage-taking in Colleyville, Texas, on January 15, makes it seem pretty straightforward and limited. Early that Saturday morning, Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker...
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