US Politics
‘Far Worse’: Watergate Journalist Dubs Leaked Trump Tape ‘Smoking Gun’
by Daria Bedenko
Jan. 4, 2021
Earlier on Sunday, The Washington Post posted a leaked recording of a phone call between the outgoing US president, Donald...
Roaming Charges: It is What It is, But is That All...
by Jeffrey St. Clair
January 1, 2021
photo: Mount Hood from the Marquam Prairie, western Oregon, December 2020. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair.
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People Are Taking the Wrong Lesson From Trump’s Failed Coup
Trump failed to steal the election because of incompetence, not because our robust institutions defeated him
By Elie Mystal
December 15, 2020
Donald Trump was soundly defeated...
Here’s Every Time Donald Trump And Ghislaine Maxwell Have Been Photographed...
By Lisette Voytko
Jul 21, 2020
Photo by Patrick McMullan/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images
Topline: During a Tuesday coronavirus briefing, President Trump offered well-wishes to Ghislaine Maxwell,...
UN expert joins calls for presidential pardon for Assange
UN special rapporteur on torture Nils Melzer has written an open letter to US president Donald Trump, becoming the latest in a chorus of...
Where In The World Is Kamala Harris?
The vice president-elect made headlines pushing $2,000 checks, but suddenly she’s nowhere to be found on the issue.
By David Sirota and Andrew Perez
Dewc. 23,...
Left Grassroots Groups Helped Biden Win Georgia. Now They’re Organizing to...
With hopes for a progressive agenda on the line, working class-led organizations are going all out to defeat the GOP in Georgia.
By Nuala Bishari
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The “anti-War” Trump pardons war criminals
Trump pardons Blackwater contractors jailed for massacre of Iraq civilians
Four guards fired on unarmed crowd in Baghdad in 2007, killing 14 and sparking outrage...
On Capitalism, Racism, Trump, and Pandemo-Fascism
by Paul Street *
December 18, 2020
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair
The Covid-19 pandemic as it has played out in its favorite country the United States...
A top scientist questioned virus lockdowns on Fox News. The backlash...
By Peter Jamison
Dec. 16, 2020
The epidemiologist sitting before the cameras spoke with calm authority. It was late March, and as the coronavirus spread across...