Published on http://www.counterpunch.org In his rambling address to 800 Flag officers of the U.S. military, President Trump didn’t get his MAGA boost from his audience. The 800 weren’t an au... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “Every few hundred years in Western history there occurs a sharp transformation. Within a few short decades, society ─ its worldview, its basic value... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “A federal appeals court on Wednesday evening stayed a lower-court ruling that former Trump White House counsel Donald McGahn must comply with a Hous... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “The reptilian brain always wins in the marketplace.” — Clotaire Rapaille What do we now see as the expressions of this reptilian brain? Bullet point... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “The solution of social problems consisted in the adjustment of conflicting interests; and the real business of politics, then, was simply the contr... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “The Senator was vulgar, almost illiterate, a public liar easily detected, and in his “ideas” almost idiotic, while his celebrated piety was... Read more
After months of restraint, President Trump’s move to blacklist Lukoil and Rosneft will hit Russia where it hurts. [...]
A Republican measure that would pay essential government employees faltered in the Senate, and the G.O.P. blocked a pair of Democratic bills to pay a broader swath of workers. [...]
Some conservative policy advisers and commentators, including Laura Loomer and Stephen K. Bannon, are raising questions about the administration’s policy in the region. [...]
The Trump administration is preparing to file an investigation into China’s compliance with a trade deal signed during President Trump’s first term, raising tensions ahead of a meeting between the countries’ leaders. [...]
An estimated 3,000 employees seem to be affected. The federal agency said the return to work would occur Monday, with the costs paid by user fees collected from researchers. [...]
The surprise move could give Democrats two or three additional House seats and is likely to scramble the last couple weeks of campaigning ahead of the Nov. 4 election. [...]
