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Weekend news that “Neocon Nikki” Haley is in talks to hit the campaign trail for Donald Trump should raise red flags to everyone cautiously optimistic that Trump 2.0 will avoid some of the personnel disasters that Trump 1.0 fell into time and time again. Haley was nicknamed “birdbrain” by Trump in the primaries and he … Continue reading “Neocons Circling a Surging Trump… Will He Bite?”

Growing up, I never imagined myself working as a journalist, let alone for one of the world’s leading wire services; however, I ended up doing exactly that for Sputnik – one of Russia’s news agencies – from April 2021 to October 2024. My time at Sputnik was not at all like most Americans would expect, … Continue reading “Why the US Government Stopped Me From From ‘Telling the Untold’ at Sputnik”

First Published as The Libertarian Institute Debrief In 2020, amid lockdowns, Joe Biden prevailed in the election, running his campaign from his home. Biden was clearly experiencing significant cognitive decline, so the American people were presented with a carefully choreographed message that a vote for Biden was a return to normalcy. Since Donald Trump descended … Continue reading “Joe Biden Allowed His Friend Bibi to Destroy His Presidency and Legacy”

Originally appeared on TomDispatch. It hardly matters what day you check out which news report when it comes to Gaza or now Lebanon. Amid the accounts of chaos and further destruction, there are always the children, even if often hidden away in the odd paragraph somewhere in the piece. Take a typical New York Times … Continue reading “The Global War on Children”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been on a tour of the capitals of Europe promoting his Ukrainian Victory Plan. It is apt that he has billed it a victory plan and not a peace plan because there is nothing of peace in it. The plan aims to strengthen Ukraine militarily so that Russia is forced … Continue reading “The Nukes or NATO: The Hidden Threat Behind Zelensky’s Victory Plan”

The UK government and police – the British state – made clear on Friday they are waging a war of intimidation against the country’s independent journalists in a desperate attempt to silence them. Ten Metropolitan police officers made a dawn raid on the home of investigative journalist Asa Winstanley and seized his electronic devices under … Continue reading “Police Escalate the British State’s War on Independent Journalism”

When you take on the role of the world’s policeman, don’t be surprised when countries who cannot fight their own wars call “911.” That is exactly what is happening to the United States on two fronts and it is bankrupting our country, depleting the military that should serve our own national interest, and threatening to … Continue reading “Why Should We Fight Wars for Ukraine and Israel?”

Another 34 people were wounded. Also, seven bodies were recovered from an old mass grave.

An especially notable feature of the 2024 presidential campaign has been the number of prominent Republicans who have endorsed Democratic Party nominee Kamala Harris. The latest convert is former congressman Mickey Edwards, a 6-term representative from Oklahoma, who had been a member of the GOP’s leadership in the House of Representatives. Some Republican defectors have … Continue reading “Kamala’s Growing Flock of GOP Hawks”

Since September 11, 2001, and the global war on terror that ensued, leadership decapitation has been the preferred method of dealing with groups designated as terrorist organizations. The theory behind decapitation is simple. In order to kill the snake you must first cut off its head. Twenty-three years later, Israel has seen no reason to … Continue reading “The Head of the Snake: The Unintended Consequence of Israel’s Decapitation Policy”