With broad bi-partisan support, the Pentagon announced a massive purchase of the practically useless F-35 fighter jets. The deeply troubled aircraft might not do much to actually defend this country, but the hundreds of billions spent on development and acquisition go...
Patriot Act On Steroids: Trump’s Dangerous New ‘Pre-Crime’ Plan
Dubbed "The Surge" President Trump through his Attorney General have sent notice to law enforcement across the country that they need to be even MORE militarized and must receive more training on how to identify and punish Americans for crimes they have not (yet)...
Duke Students Protest Speech by Tzipi Livni, Former Israeli Foreign Minister Accused of War Crimes
Students at Duke University in North Carolina repeatedly interrupted a recent speaking event featuring Tzipi Livni, the former Israeli foreign minister who has been the subject of arrest warrants and a lawsuit in three countries for her alleged role in war crimes...
Endless War Horribly Distorts US Foreign Policy
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.The Pentagon used the president’s fixation on plunder to get him to agree to maintaining a U.S. military presence in Syria:A US official with knowledge of operations in Syria said that Trump’s interest in...
William J. Astore on Edward Snowden and Turnkey Tyranny
Edward Snowden recently talked to Joe Rogan for nearly three hours. Snowden has a book out (“Permanent Record“) about his life and his decision to become a whistleblower who exposed lies and crimes by the U.S. national security state. As I watched...
Is Trump Really Going To Take Syria’s Oil?
President Trump yesterday claimed he would be leaving US troops in Syria to make sure no one takes the oil. Leaving aside who's oil it actually is (hint: it's in Syria), what are the logistics and what is the wisdom of leaving a couple of hundred US troops dispersed...
Joe Rogan Interviews Edward Snowden
Heroic whistleblower Edward Snowden is interviewed on Joe Rogan's podcast for an awesome 2.5 hours:
Zombie NATO Expansion Stumbles On
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.NATO expansion stumbles on mindlessly like a zombie:The U.S. Senate approved the accession of North Macedonia to NATO in a 91-2 vote Tuesday, meaning the small Balkan nation is a step closer to becoming NATO’s...
Ron Paul: With US Withdrawal, Is Hillary’s War on Syria Finally Over?
President Trump announced this morning that the US would continue to withdraw from Syria and allow the countries in the region to solve their own border disputes. He claims the US was 100 percent responsible for the destruction of ISIS. He blamed the Obama...
Save Yemen, Stop Raytheon Benefit Concert in Cambridge, Massachusetts
As Professor Griff always says, "hip hop is the infinite power healing of our people, it serves as a voice for the voiceless." Public Enemy and other groups like the Geto Boys taught us this through songs like "Fuck a War" and "Fight the...


