Five Election Officials Dismissed; Seven Killed in Iraq
Sistani Calls on Baghdad to Answer Protest Demands; Seven Killed in Iraq
Jewish Nation-State Law: Why Israel Was Never a Democracy
The head of the Arab Joint List Alliance at the Israeli Knesset (Parliament), Aymen Odeh, described the passing of the racist Jewish Nation-state Law as "the death of our democracy." Did Odeh truly believe that, prior to this law, he had lived in a true democracy? 70...
US Supports Saudi-UAE War Crimes in Yemen
"If they would just confirm to us that my brother is alive, if they would just let us see him, that’s all we want. But we can’t get anyone to give us any confirmation. My mother dies a hundred times every day. They don’t know what that is like." In July of...
How the Media Wove a Narrative of North Korean Nuclear Deception
Since the June 12 Singapore Summit between US President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the US media has woven a misleading narrative that both past and post-summit North Korean actions indicate an intent to deceive the US about its willingness to...
Seeking Peace Is Not ‘Treasonous’
The bipartisan hysteria provoked by Donald's Trump's waging of peace in Helsinki rapidly reached its summit with John Brennan's wild "treason" charge. This ranked high in news priority, most media showing scant concern for its truth or falsity. According to...
Assange’s Freedom, Democracy’s Last Line of Defense
Over 50 years ago, in his letter from the Birmingham Jail, addressing a struggle of the civil right era, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote, "We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling...
Pompeo’s Ridiculous Crocodile Tears for Iranian People
On Sunday 22 July 2018 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke before what the State Department claimed to be representatives of the Iranian-American community in the United States. Attendance was by invitation only, and the questions had to be submitted in advance, so...
Trump, the Great Disruptor
What in the name of all that’s holy is Donald Trump up to this time? Good God in Heaven, what's the story with this deranged tweet – in all caps yet! – threatening Iran with “consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before.” “Be...
