Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves. — Herbert Marcuse As this Midwestern university town gets set for NCAA March Ma... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? — William Butler Yeats, 1920 American culture, by which I... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “The press is the enemy.” -Richard M. Nixon “The FAKE NEWS media is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!” -Donald Trump President... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “I propose the following definition of the nation: it is an imagined political community-and imagined as both inherently limited and sovereign. It i... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ The darkness drops again but now I know That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, And what rough beast, its... Read more
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President Biden believes that presidents should not comment on pending legal matters. He also does not want to be baited into a reaction. [...]
For more than two centuries, American presidents were effectively shielded from indictment. But the case against former President Donald J. Trump breaks that taboo and sets a new precedent. [...]
Surrounded by piles of lumber and twisted metal, the president promised that the federal government was “not just here for today.” [...]
The lawsuit, seeking to claw back cleanup costs under the Clean Water Act, accuses the Georgia-based rail company of putting profits over safety. [...]
The Government Publishing Office sent letters to about 1,900 White House visitors from late in the Trump administration whose Social Security numbers were erroneously posted. [...]
In a statement, he announced his departure from Walter Reed Military Medical Center and urged those suffering from mental health challenges to seek help as he did. [...]
