The ‘Never Clinton’ Campaign
Will the Republican party suck it up and embrace Donald Trump?
FBI interviews Clinton aides including Huma Abedin as part of email probe
Why Did NBC News Sit on Explosive Story About Clinton’s Alleged Hacked Email Server For Weeks?
The ‘Never Clinton’ Campaign
Meet the Bernie Sanders supporters who say they won’t switch allegiances, no matter what happens in the general election.
Bill Clinton visits Louisville, ‘literally serves fried chicken to black people’
As the first black president, Bill Clinton knows *every* black person likes fried chicken. Why else, during a visit to Louisville, Kentucky, would he make an unannounced stop at Franco’s Home Cooking, and get behind the counter to serve food.
Trump’s open path to nomination causes agony for some in GOP
John Kerry just drew a new red line for Assad in Syria
US Air Strikes Kill Hundreds of Civilians in Mosul
US, Russia Broker 48-Hour Ceasefire in Syria’s Aleppo
Russia Sees al-Qaeda’s Nusra Front as Threat to Calm
Don’t blame our sanctions, U.S. tells nervous Iran investors
Iranian commander threatens to close Strait of Hormuz to US
The deputy commander of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard said Iranian forces will close the strategic Strait of Hormuz to the United States and its allies if they “threaten” the Islamic Republic, Iranian state media reported on Wednesday.
Uproar Over the 28 Pages: The Saudi/CIA Connection?
Saudi Arabia and Israel’s Growing Alliance, a Match Made in Hell
The Iran nuclear deal is redrawing political lines in the Middle East.
Russia Says It Is Creating Three New Divisions to Counter NATO Moves
Western officials have said the alliance will send about 4,000 troops to Poland and the Baltics
Romanian hacker Guccifer: I breached Clinton server, ‘it was easy
The infamous Romanian hacker known as “Guccifer,” speaking exclusively with Fox News, claimed he easily – and repeatedly – breached former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s personal email server in early 2013.
Shying Away from 9/11 Evidence
Lee Hamilton has always flinched at implicating important Americans and “allies” in crimes of state – citing the need for near perfect evidence – but that has let complicit parties go unpunished, says 9/11 widow Kristen Breitweiser.
DR Congo announces probe into opposition use of US mercenaries
Inequality Will Get Worse Until There’s a Revolution
Another Reason for Brexit: EU ‘Was a CIA Project from the Beginning’
If supporters of the UK’s exit from the European Union didn’t have enough reasons to vote yes on exit, they may have just got another one: according to journalist Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, the European project was a CIA-inspired scheme from the start.
Inequality Will Get Worse Until There’s a Revolution
America’s wealth concentration has increased tenfold since Bill Clinton first ran for president.
Iran asks U.N. chief to intervene with U.S. after court ruling
Iran asked U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon on Thursday to convince the United States to stop violating state immunity after the top U.S. court ruled that $2 billion in frozen Iranian assets must be paid to American victims of attacks blamed on Tehran.
Iraqi PM: Security restored in Baghdad after protesters storm Green Zone
Protesters in Iraq’s green zone begin to withdraw
Demonstrators leave at behest of their leaders, who are demanding the formation of a new cabinet and government reform
Barack Obama in surprise swipe at Clinton at final correspondents’ dinner
As expected, the president mocked Donald Trump but also made fun of his fellow Democrat’s efforts to attract younger voters
The Unspoken Truth is that America is Supporting Al Qaeda
Heavy Propaganda Rages in the Battle for Aleppo. The Terrorists are Portrayed as “Freedom Fighters”
Civilian deaths in Syria surge as US-Russian brokered ceasefire unravels
More than 200 civilians, including 35 children, were killed as military violence erupted across Syria this week, leaving the ceasefire agreement brokered by US and Russian diplomats in February in tatters.
Russia Rises From the Mat
The U.S. government doesn’t want to admit that its heady “unipolar” days are over with Russia no longer the doormat of the 1990s, but Washington’s arrogance risks war, even nuclear annihilation, explains Gilbert Doctorow.
Russia Says U.S. Buildup Violates Syrian Sovereignty
Planned increase of U.S. military personnel in Syria is illegal, deputy foreign minister says
As More American Boots Hit the Ground in Syria, U.S. Parses “Boots” and “Ground”
After President Obama announced on Monday that he would deploy 250 additional special operations troops to Syria, State Department spokesperson John Kirby tried to deny that Obama had ever promised not to send “boots on the ground” there.
Finland Report Warns Joining NATO Would Lead to Crisis With Russia
A new report commissioned by the Finnish government is warning that possibility of the country joining NATO comes with serious risks, and that a membership bid could lead to a major “crisis” with neighboring Russia.
Ukraine nearly doubles consumer gas prices to secure IMF aid
Nigeria and pro-Biafra campaigners step up war of words
Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro Hikes Minimum Wage 30 Percent
The measure is intended to help people of Venezuela to cope with the economic war led by the right wing opposition.
The Return of the Coup in Latin America
Classified Pages From 9/11 Report Could Be Released by Summer
The top intelligence official in the United States said on Monday that a review to declassify 28 pages of material in a Sept. 11 report, which families of victims and some lawmakers are demanding be made public, could be completed by June.
The US Should Quit Coddling Badly-Behaving Saudi Arabia
The classified ’28 pages’: A diversion from real US-Saudi issues
The controversy surrounding the infamous “28 pages” on the possible Saudi connection with the terrorists that were excised from the joint Congressional report on the 9/11 attacks is at fever pitch. But that controversy is a distraction from the real problems that Saudi Arabia’s policies pose to the United States and the entire Middle East region.
Obama: Sending Ground Troops to Syria Proves Fighting ISIS a Priority
Kurds Urge US to Also Provide Them With More Weapons
Syria – Russia Rejects Kerry’s New Attempts To Shield The Terrorists
The U.S. admits that the upcoming Aleppo offensive by the Syrian government and its allies is designed to hit al-Qaeda and associated terrorist forces and not primarily the “moderate” unicorns the U.S. propaganda blushes about. But the openly U.S. supported forces will also be hit as they are very much integrated with al-Qaeda.
In Israel, an ugly tide sweeps over Palestinians
In Israel’s evermore tribal politics, there is no such thing as a “good” Arab – and the worst failing in a Jew is to be unmasked as an “Arab lover”. Or so was the message last week from Isaac Herzog, head of Israel’s so-called peace camp.
‘I was expendable’: how UC Berkeley failed a woman being sexually harassed
University provost who resigned amid scandal expresses ‘regrets’ over handling of Tyann Sorrell’s case, who says she was denied basic protections
The Empire of Chaos Strikes Back
Soon after the impeachment motion against President Dilma Rousseff was approved in the Brazilian Congress by what I chose to call Hybrid War hyenas, President-in-Waiting Michel «Brutus» Temer, one of the coup’s articulators, dispatched a senator to Washington as special paperboy to deliver the news on the coup in progress. The senator in question was not on an official mission for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
The Return of the Coup in Latin America
Venezuela and Brazil are the scenes of a new form of coup d’état that would set the continent’s political calendar back to its worst times. Meanwhile, in Argentina, the brutal model for the demolition of democracy is set forward by the continental oligarchic right and the hegemonic forces of US imperialism who wish to impose their model in the region.
Swiss Envoy Summoned over US Seizure of Iran’s Assets
The Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned Swiss Ambassador to Tehran Giulio Hass in protest at the recent ruling by the US Supreme Court which authorized the transfer of $2 billion of Tehran’s frozen assets to the families of the victims of a 1983 bombing in Beirut.