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Social Security May Bust the Federal Budget — But Not How You Think
Malcolm Mitchell is the Editor and Publisher of Investment Policy Magazine, which he founded in 1997. He has been writing about Social Security since 2002. If you’ve ever questioned what happens to...
View ArticleSecret Pentagon Chemical Testing on Troops
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Watergate and the Downing of Nixon, Part 5
As prior Watergate excerpts from Family of Secrets have shown, there is every reason to distrust the accepted story of this seminal event. In fact, Watergate teaches us to be much more skeptical of...
View ArticleCop Fakes Body Camera Footage
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View ArticleRecent Shake-up in Saudi Line of Succession Fails Sniff Test
Last month, multiple news outlets reported on what appears to be a “reshuffling” in the line of succession under Saudi Arabia’s 81-year-old King Salman, whose powerful nephew was suddenly forced out as...
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World War 3.0 — the Fight over Cyberspace
Russian interference in the US presidential election is barely the tip of the cyberwarfare iceberg. American cyber-sabotage of North Korean missiles, North Korea’s attacks on Sony Corporation, Israeli...
View ArticleTrump’s Nuclear Love
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View ArticleMeet Trump’s Pick for FBI Director, Chris Wray
Republicans and Democrats found something they could agree on this week: Chris Wray, President Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI director. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously on Thursday to...
View ArticleEvangelicals and the GOP — An Unholy Alliance
To those with even a cursory knowledge of the teachings of Jesus Christ as described in the New Testament, the so-called Christian Right’s support of Donald Trump, the GOP and their policies must seem...
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Irakly Kaveladze — The Eighth Person in Trump Tower Meeting
Editor’s note: Martin J. Sheil is a retired branch chief of the IRS Criminal Investigation division.Irakly “Ike” Kaveladze is, or at least has been, a suspected money launderer in the employ of one of...
View ArticleSanders in 2020?
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View ArticleRuss Baker Talks Russiagate, the Media, and Much More
In this extensive interview on The Ripple Effect Podcast, host Ricky Varandas and WhoWhatWhy founder, editor-in-chief and investigative journalist Russ Baker discuss a wide range of pressing topics on...
View ArticleSyrian Refugees Return Home
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The Devil’s Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of the American...
Exactly 70 years ago today, President Harry S. Truman signed the National Security Act, creating the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, the Joint Chiefs of Staff — and the Central...
View ArticleRussian ‘Hack’ Actually ‘Inside Job’?
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Will a Document Targeting Bill Clinton Come Back to Haunt Trump?
It’s the convergence of the profound with the ironic. I’m referring to a remarkable 20-year old document that surfaced this week. To understand the ironic part, a short trip in the wayback machine is...
View ArticleMedia Promotes CIA’s Iran Talking Points
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If Russia Didn’t Exist, Would We Have to Invent It?
In this week’s WhoWhatWhy podcast, Jeff Schechtman talks with Dan Kovalik, the author of The Plot to Scapegoat Russia: How the CIA and the Deep State Have Conspired to Vilify Russia. (Skyhorse...
View ArticlePanama Papers Strikes Again
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View ArticleFuture Bleak for Coal Despite Trump’s Claims
On the campaign trail last year, Donald Trump announced ambitious plans to revive the struggling coal industry, bring back jobs for miners, and invest in clean coal programs. To keep that promise, he...
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