Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “disorganization is a kind of anesthesia” Jenny Holzer, Truisms Following our 2016 U.S. presidential election, I am more than ever convinced that th... Read more
All the strikes in recent weeks have taken place in the Pacific, reflecting Colombia’s role in the drug trade and the feuding between Bogotá and Washington. [...]
Moderate Republicans want a chance to show their support for keeping health care costs down, but the speaker has waffled on whether he will allow a vote. [...]
The defense secretary joined the secretary of state on Capitol Hill to deliver the first classified briefings to include all members of the House and Senate on the maritime attacks. [...]
President Trump praised his chief of staff as doing “a fantastic job,” and more than a dozen members of his cabinet have posted defenses of her on social media. [...]
An informal custom gives Senate Democrats leverage on federal prosecutors even as Republicans have sought to ease other confirmations. The president wants it eliminated. [...]
Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank just passed its 800th day (and 77th year): at least 70,000 have been confirmed dead, including 20,000 children – and [...]
The major public opinion survey institutions in the US (Pew Research, Gallup, and others) and the UK (YouGov UK, Ipsos UK, and others) are telling the same story. The citizens [...]
Donald Trump certainly has global ambitions. He is using tariffs to remake the global economy. He is withdrawing the United States from as many multinational organizations and agreements as possible [...]
The following is an interview with Hans-Josef Fell. Fell is the drafter of the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG), a law that came into force in Germany 25 years ago [...]
Washington brands Nicolás Maduro a dictator, celebrates Volodymyr Zelenskyy as democratic, and sponsors María Corina Machado to achieve regime change in Venezuela rather than promote genuine democracy. Within the narrow [...]