When Israeli troops stormed the house of Palestinian parliamentarian and lawyer, Khalida Jarrar, on April 2, 2015, she was engrossed in her research. For months, Jarrar had been leading a Palestinian effort to take Israel to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Her...
Israel and the Trillion-Dollar 2005-2018 US Intelligence Budget
The American public and think tank analysts are not supposed to know precisely how billions in taxpayer dollars flowing into the intelligence community are spent. Even the best plead ignorance. Steven Aftergood of the Federation of American Scientists Project on...
Not on the Agenda – America’s Wars Are a Non-Factor in Today’s Midterm Elections
The United States military is actively fighting in seven Muslim-majority countries; and no one cares. As Americans go to the polls today in a ritual pretense of democracy, they will vote for one of the two major political parties on issues ranging from healthcare to...
More Bombs in Baghdad Despite Ministry Denials; Six Killed in Iraq
Entering the Second Nuclear Age?
Originally posted at TomDispatch. He was the candidate who, while talking to a foreign policy expert, reportedly wondered "why we can’t use nuclear weapons." He was the man who would never rule anything out or take any "cards," including nuclear...
33 Trillion Reasons Why The New York Times Gets It Wrong on Russia-gate
Even more damning evidence has come to light undermining The New York Times‘ assertion in September that Russia used social media to steal the 2016 election for Donald Trump. The Times‘ claim last month that Russian Facebook posts reached nearly as many...
Whatever Happened to the Russia-gate ‘Scandal’?
After all the screaming headlines and hysterical talk of “treason,” the Russia-gate hoax was almost entirely absent from the midterms. One would think that the other party being in the hands of a ruthless foreign dictator who has it in for America would be a major...
String of Bombs Strike Baghdad; 33 Killed in Iraq
ISIS Assassinates Three Chieftains in Iraq; 16 Killed, 15 Found in Mass Grave
Withdrawing From the INF Treaty Is One of Trump’s Most Dangerous Moves Yet
In December 1987, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev signed the landmark Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. On October 21, 2018, President Donald Trump announced at a rally that the United States would formally...


