
The Game is On
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “We’re flooded in shit, and we’re still searching for a way to...

Calling on Don Corleone
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org How did President Trump get Big Pharma to “equalize” their prices wit...

How Democrats Win Elections
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “If you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze back...

Good Guys/Bad Guys
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org There is one common reason for the collapse of democracy: capitalist...

Ignorant and Free Doesn’t Work
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilizat...

What Can He Do?
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “The wind blows to the south and goes around to the north; Around and...






The prosecution took a liking to its own roman. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamasov Published on http://truth-out.org We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies.... Read more
“People believe what they want to believe because the guy who made this was so good that it’s real to everybody. Now who’s the master, the painter or the forger?”... Read more
Each society determines which thoughts and feelings shall be permitted to arrive at the level of awareness and which have to remain unconscious. Just as there is a social character, there is... Read more
“One of the most remarkable things about us is also one of the easiest to overlook: each time we collide with the real, we deepen our understanding of the world and become more fully a part... Read more
For preventing the poor, wage workers, the un-gentrified and Mother Nature from being a burden on the Alpha class of the country and for making them beneficial to the publick. “I have... Read more
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NY Times – Politics

U.S. intelligence officials said Iran was likely to pivot toward producing a nuclear weapon if the U.S. attacked a main uranium enrichment site, or if Israel killed its supreme leader. [...]

President Trump made no statement about the federal holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. Lesser occasions routinely garner official proclamations. [...]

While President Trump appears to be offering one more off ramp to the Iranians, he also is bolstering his own military options. [...]

President Trump said he would decide within two weeks whether the United States would intervene militarily in the war against Iran, according to the White House press secretary. [...]
In its biggest ruling of the term, the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a Tennessee law that prohibits some medical treatments for transgender youths, shielding similar laws in more than 20 other states. Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court for The New York Times, describes the three factions of justices in the 6-to-3 decision. [...]

TikTok executives hosted happy hours and played pickleball with influencers on the French Riviera this week, even as a U.S. ban loomed over the company. [...]