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President Biden should certify the Equal Rights Amendment
The ERA will help restore abortion access, protect women from violence, and help build a gender-equitable future. Biden should certify it while he still has the power to do so.
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Who should get a presidential pardon but won’t!
President Joe Biden has pardoned his son, Hunter, after having repeatedly promised that he would not.
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An open letter to President Joe Biden
Mr. President, If you can pardon your son, why can’t you free the Indigenous political prisoner Leonard Peltier?
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The problem with Joe and Hunter
The outrage surrounding President Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter Biden is not just about clemency for the relatively minor charges he was facing. The younger Biden has lived a life of great privileges, all granted to him by his father, who is equally undeserving of his own success. Fortunately, the two corrupt mediocrities will soon fade away and the public will be spared from watching them fail upward.
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The United States raises a middle finger to the International Criminal Court: The Forty-Eighth Newsletter (2024)
As the International Criminal Court finally issues arrest warrants for Israeli leaders Netanyahu and Gallant, the United States confirms it has no regard for international law or a genuine rules-based order.
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Why these new Russian missiles are real game changers
In response to a U.S. decision to arrange for ballistic missile attacks from Ukraine into Russia, the great magician and President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin pull a rabbit from his hat.
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To prolong the war in Ukraine U.S. allows ATACMS use on Russia
The ATACMS missiles Ukraine had so far been allowed to fire, mostly against Crimea, have been carriers of cluster ammunition with a reach of some 160 kilometer.
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Will Biden’s legacy be war with Russia? – weekly briefing
Lindsey German on POTUS in the last chance saloon.
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The West’s support for Israel’s genocide is destroying the world as we know it
The old world is dying once again, but the U.S.-Israel axis is wrong to suggest it is slaying monsters. It is the monster.
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Cuba faces nation-wide blackout, activists renew calls for an end to the blockade
The inclusion of Cuba on the state sponsors of terrorism list has severely limited the island nation from accessing funds and the international market.
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U.S. boots on the ground in Israel demolishes international law
The U.S. decision to send troops to Israel has upended the focus of attention for all those, globally, who have attempted to stop both the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and the determination of the current Israeli government to create Eretz Israel: a territory incorporating–at minimum–all Palestinian land now occupied by Israel, but also likely southern Lebanon and parts of Jordan and Syria as well.
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The Shift: Recent reports reveal how deeply implicated the U.S. is in the Gaza genocide
In recent weeks a number of stories have broken revealing key details about the Biden administration’s foreign policy support for Israel’s genocide in Palestine.
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Blinken approved policy to bomb aid trucks, Israeli Cabinet members suggest
From the very beginning of Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken had his hands on the steering wheel.
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The U.S. privately encouraged Israel to escalate in Lebanon
POLITICO reports that U.S. officials Brett McGurk and Amos Hochstein, an IDF veteran, told Israeli officials they agreed with the plan to escalate.
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U.S. gives Israel $8.7 billion in military aid for operations in Gaza and Lebanon
The new aid comes as the U.S. claims it’s pushing for a ceasefire in Lebanon.
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Why does the U.S. still control every penny of Iraqi oil revenues?
Washington has maintained control over Iraq’s oil revenues since its illegal 2003 invasion–a financial and economic subjugation that undermines Iraqi sovereignty and denies it access to its own national treasure.
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U.S. attacks President Petro for denouncing genocide in Gaza
The United States (U.S.) once again confirmed itself as the main defender of Israel’s genocidal actions, in the face of any criticism of the crimes it is committing against the Palestinian people.
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Cold War II: U.S. Congress passes 25 anti-China laws in 1 week, funds propaganda campaign
In what it called “China Week”, the U.S. House of Representatives approved 25 anti-Chinese laws over a few days, in bipartisan votes. Cold War Two fervor is reaching fever pitch in Washington.
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There is only one night left to build fortifications: The Thirty-Eighth Newsletter (2024)
Recent indications suggest that NATO may permit Ukraine to use Western-provided missiles to strike Russian territory. This would mark a serious escalation of the conflict.
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How U.S. union leaders worked with the CIA to undermine democracy
Soon after Israel launched its genocidal war in Gaza with the full support of the U.S. government, opposition emerged to the Biden administration in a place that many professional political commentators found confounding: within U.S. trade unions.