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Terrorists, Iran and…WikiLeaks? US counter-intel agency puts ‘public disclosure groups’ on same threat list as Al-Qaeda & ISIS

Posted on February 11, 2020February 11, 2020By Editor

The US National Counterintelligence and Security Center has warned in its latest report “public disclosure organizations” and hackers are dire spy threats on the level of Islamic State terrorists, Al-Qaeda, and Iran. … Read More >Terrorists, Iran and…WikiLeaks? US counter-intel agency puts ‘public disclosure groups’ on same threat list as Al-Qaeda & ISIS

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US Lies and Deaths in Afghanistan

Posted on February 11, 2020February 11, 2020By Editor

Last December the Washington Post published secret Pentagon documents showing the official lies that have undergirded the US war on Afghanistan for the past 18 years. The opening paragraph of the article puts the matter bluntly: … Read More >US Lies and Deaths in Afghanistan

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Trump Says Wants to Create World’s Strongest Nuclear Force

Posted on February 11, 2020February 11, 2020By Editor

In the absence of arms control treaties with Russia and China, the United States will be creating the world’s strongest nuclear force, President Donald Trump said at a White House Business Session with governors on Monday. … Read More >Trump Says Wants to Create World’s Strongest Nuclear Force

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Sanders asks for recanvass of 25 Iowa caucus precincts

Posted on February 11, 2020February 11, 2020By Editor

Democrat presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has formally requested a partial review of last week’s Iowa caucuses, after getting more votes but fewer delegates than rival Pete Buttigieg. … Read More >Sanders asks for recanvass of 25 Iowa caucus precincts

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‘Too perfect’: Iowa Dem Party sign falls off podium as chair struggles to explain caucus flop, Twitter sees a metaphor

Posted on February 11, 2020February 11, 2020By Editor

An Iowa Democratic Party sign fell to the floor as the party chairman tried to account for a disastrous caucus plagued by tech failures and bad math, creating what many netizens dubbed a perfect allegory for the botched primary. … Read More >‘Too perfect’: Iowa Dem Party sign falls off podium as chair struggles to explain caucus flop, Twitter sees a metaphor

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Pentagon’s “Pivot” to Russia, China Faces Trouble as Its Troops ‘Stuck in Sand’, Need Money

Posted on February 10, 2020February 10, 2020By Editor

The Pentagon’s plans to shift its focus to Russia and China as was laid out in the National Defence Strategy drafted in 2018 and in documents accompanying the 2020 defence budget might face trouble on a number of issue … Read More >Pentagon’s “Pivot” to Russia, China Faces Trouble as Its Troops ‘Stuck in Sand’, Need Money

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Who Can NOW Say America Hasn’t Become a Mega-Corporate Dictatorship?

Posted on February 9, 2020February 9, 2020By Editor

Jon Hellevig posted on January 16th at The Saker, “Capitalism in America: How a Dismal Decimal is Robbing Americans Blind” the most extensive and up-to-date compendium anywhere, of data on economic inequality in America … Read More >Who Can NOW Say America Hasn’t Become a Mega-Corporate Dictatorship?

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Living in Inequality, Dying in Despair

Posted on February 9, 2020February 9, 2020By Editor

Americans are living a little longer. But we still lag well behind the developed world’s life expectancy norm. As the world’s most unequal developed nation, we shouldn’t be surprised. … Read More >Living in Inequality, Dying in Despair

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Banning Fracking: Politically Smart and a Climate Necessity

Posted on February 9, 2020February 9, 2020By Editor

Though the Democratic primary has just begun, one warning has been pushed in the press loud and clear for months already: Democrats who support a ban on oil and gas fracking would effectively cede the election to Donald Trump. … Read More >Banning Fracking: Politically Smart and a Climate Necessity

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EMBASSY PROTECTORS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TELL JURY GUAIDO IS NOT PRESIDENT, OR MENTION INTERNATIONAL LAW

Posted on February 9, 2020February 9, 2020By Editor

On February 4, Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell issued a ruling on what the jurors will be allowed to be told in the trial of the Embassy Protectors scheduled to begin on February 11. … Read More >EMBASSY PROTECTORS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TELL JURY GUAIDO IS NOT PRESIDENT, OR MENTION INTERNATIONAL LAW

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