Does Turkey Think Trump’s Resolve in Syria is Weakening?
Social media went abuzz Friday with videos of US and Syrian Kurdish forces jointly patrolling the Syrian-Turkish border. Syrian Kurdish women saluting American forces arriving Dirbasiya area, Rojava...
View ArticleChemical Weapons Convention Treaty Anniversary
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) treaty entering into force. There have been a number of previous chemical weapons treaties, including the Hague Declaration of...
View Article100 Days of Trump — Dems Can’t Capitalize on Presidency of Blunders
Donald Trump has been president for 100 days and things are going pretty well for him. In many ways, he resembles the classic character of Inspector Clouseau from the Pink Panther series — a comically...
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Conflict of Interest Questions Dog Former EPA Official, Taken to Court
The former Deputy Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) who allegedly bragged that he deserved a medal for killing a study about the safety of Monsanto products is being taken to court...
View ArticleGerman Officer Planned False Flag Attack
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View ArticleTurkey Purge Continues as EU Nods to Erdogan
Police fired tear gas and detained over 200 in Istanbul and other Turkish cities on Monday, as protesters gathered on May Day to mark the 40th anniversary of a 1977 massacre of leftist demonstrators.It...
View ArticleCries From Syria, a Scorching Documentary
The ongoing carnage in Syria is impossible to ignore for anyone who makes the least effort to keep up with world news. Yet it is hard to react with sustained outrage to an ongoing tragedy so remote. Or...
View ArticleFBI’s Secret Tsarnaev Docs
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Worker Safety Takes A Beating During Trump’s First 100 Days
Each year, an estimated five million workers are injured on the job, 50,000 workers die from occupational diseases, and 4,800 die in workplace accidents. That’s 13 worker deaths a day, said David...
View ArticleFeinstein Takes Big Money
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Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Part 1: Rex Tillerson
Rex Tillerson likes his privacy. Career diplomats working in the same building with him were given special instructions: Do not try to make eye contact with him, and do not speak to him directly. On...
View ArticleSanctuary Cities Take Hit
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Will France Turn Neo-fascist? Polls Say “Non!”
The far right in France has never been closer to power than now, leading into this Sunday’s elections.With the very existence of the European Union in question, the stakes could not be higher. Can...
View ArticleCalifornia Plans Spaceflight Tax
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The Climate Debate Is Settled…Except for the Part That Isn’t
While man-made climate change is settled science, the full consequences are still unknown and will probably always remain so. But that is no argument for inaction. In fact, citing uncertainty as a...
View ArticleGOP Has Great Healthcare Plan for Healthy and Wealthy
After seven years of trying, House Republicans finally got their wish. This past Thursday, Obamacare was repealed and replaced with the American Health Care Act. Of course, the House had previously...
View ArticleMuch Ado About Syrian “De-escalation Zones”
Outlets sympathetic to the Syrian regime on Sunday hailed what they framed as the beginning of the “systematic destruction” of the Islamic State “across Syria.” But while international media also...
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Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Part 2: Big Oil, Bigger Lies
What did the fossil fuel industry know about its polluting effect on the environment — and when did it know? At the end of our first excerpt from Dick Russell’s new book — Horsemen of the Apocalypse:...
View ArticleThe Government Is Not Done Messing with Barrett Brown
A recent lawsuit against the FBI is shedding light on the complex game the Bureau is playing to silence investigators of the cyber-industrial complex.The lawsuit concerns the subpoenaing of anonymous...
View ArticleHow Voters Vote
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