It matters little who sits in the Oval Office, the blood continues to flow in the Middle East, and America’s “exceptional” hands remain soaked in it. In the latest report from Yemen, news has emerged of the deaths of 9 women and 1 child in the latest act of U.S.-approved Saudi barbarism. Reuters reports: Warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition struck a … Read more
As such, the media still can’t let the election go. In its obsession with “fake news” and Russia, the U.S. press is once again betraying the public trust. It is once again demonstrating that the primary purpose of American mass media is a perpetuation of the status quo narrative. The media can’t let the election go, because any … Read more
Must Reads Washington Post Disgracefully Promotes a McCarthyite Blacklist From a New, Hidden, and Very Shady Group (The Intercept) First Brexit Then Trump. Is Italy Next for the West’s Populist Wave? (Fantastic piece on current Italian politics, The Guardian) Sanders Statement on Carrier and Outsourcing (Bernie Sanders’ Senate Page) Net Neutrality Shouldn’t Be a Debate – … Read more
Must Reads Ringside With Steve Bannon at Trump Tower as the President-Elect’s Strategist Plots “An Entirely New Political Movement” (The Hollywood Reporter) Trump’s Pick for Attorney General Scoffed at ‘Too Big to Fail’ (Sessions seems pretty good on corporate crime, Bloomberg) Harsher Security Tactics? Obama Left Door Ajar, and Donald Trump Is Knocking (The New … Read more
Must Reads/Op-eds Election Day: Only Josh Silver Won (Phenomenal article by Lawrence Lessig) Donald Trump is Moving to the White House, and Liberals Put Him There (Thomas Frank writing at The Guardian) Bernie Sanders: Where the Democrats Go From Here (The New York Times) It’s Worse Than You Think (Chris Hedges writing at TruthDig) Democrats, … Read more
With so much interest and speculation out there, I thought it might be useful to share The Daily Caller’s List of People Donald Trump Is Considering For Senior White House Jobs. According to the DC, the list was “provided by a member of the transition team on the condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to … Read more
Op-eds/Must Reads Five Reasons You Should Blame The Economics Discipline For Today’s Problems (Excellent read, Forbes) Clinton’s Charity Confirms Qatar’s $1 Million Gift While She Was at State Dept (Very, very disturbing, Reuters) Don’t Be So Sure Russia Hacked the Clinton Emails (Dangerous game being played, Reuters) How PE Firms Are Flipping Drugs in Price-Gouging Scheme that … Read more
Op-eds/Must Reads Ilargi: Ungovernability (Naked Capitalism) ‘The Woman is a Disaster!’: Camille Paglia on Hillary Clinton (The Spectator) How Congress Can Protect the U.S. From Russia (If you want to read the ramblings of an insane warmonger, read this, Politico) A Constellation of Influencers: Behind the Curtain at Teneo (The New York Times) Hacked Memo Offers … Read more
Opinon/Must Reads The Cashless Society Is a Creepy Fantasy (Bloomberg) Sorry Not Sorry: Politico’s Thrush Doubles Down on Podesta Emails (U.S. media is a total disgrace, The Hill) Dangerous Idiots: How the Liberal Media Elite Failed Working-Class Americans (The Guardian) The Slide Toward War With Russia (The Nation) Geopolitics/Foreign Affairs Nationalists and Populists Poised to … Read more
There’s an ongoing humanitarian disaster happening in one of the poorest countries on earth — Yemen. Yet you won’t hear much outrage about it from the media, and you won’t hear moderators asking questions about it during the debates. Why? Because close U.S. government ally and Clinton Foundation mega-donor Saudi Arabia is the one committing … Read more