A pair of 2015 memos, from former attorney general Eric Holder to the Department of Justice’s National Security Division, show how the government could use … Justice Department’s Secret FISA Rules for Targeting JournalistsRead more
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McCarthy’s right-hand man, mentor to Trump
The title of this newly released documentary refers to a tirade reportedly unleashed by Donald Trump early in his presidency, after Attorney General Jeff Sessions … McCarthy’s right-hand man, mentor to TrumpRead more
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Sanders 1st Democratic Candidate to Criticize Coup in Bolivia
United States Senator Bernie Sanders became Monday the first 2020 Democratic presidential candidate to express concerns about Sunday’s military coup in Bolivia, which forced its … Sanders 1st Democratic Candidate to Criticize Coup in BoliviaRead more
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What the Right Gets Embarrassingly Wrong About Slavery
Four hundred years after the event, the New York Times has published a special project focusing on the first Africans arriving in 1619 at Point … What the Right Gets Embarrassingly Wrong About SlaveryRead more
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Elite UK military unit secretly trained by leftist regime-change advocate Gilbert Achcar and other academics
Declassified British government documents obtained by The Grayzone show that prominent regime-change activists who work in academia and market themselves as leftists have been quietly … Elite UK military unit secretly trained by leftist regime-change advocate Gilbert Achcar and other academicsRead more
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Senate’s Russia Hearings Will Lead Nowhere
Michael Hudson
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What happens when a corporation colonizes a country?
In all the history courses that I ever took, I was taught that the British Empire colonized India. Yet, as William Dalrymple’s eminently readable new … What happens when a corporation colonizes a country?Read more
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Lula Is Free
Just before 5pm on Friday the 8th of November, Brazil’s former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva walked out of his prison in Curitiba (Brazil). … Lula Is FreeRead more
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We have to talk to each other
“America Divided,” America Divided
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Why Closing the Congo-Rwanda Border Could Spread Ebola
A chora chora is a resourceful man, a clever man, a man who can get things done. He wears no uniform, but he has an … Why Closing the Congo-Rwanda Border Could Spread EbolaRead more