US Politics
US Counterintelligence Chief Calls for ‘Accountability’ by Police, Security for Capitol...
by Morgan Artyukhina
Jan.12, 2021
More than a dozen members of the US Capitol Police force have been suspended or are being investigated for alleged...
The Washington Riot Was a Defeat for the Far Right, Not...
The riot at the Capitol on Wednesday was a symptom of right-wing weakness, not power. The real danger isn’t a MAGA coup, but a...
Capitol Incident a Dress Rehearsal
The storming of the Capitol may just be a harbinger of things to come
By Joe Lauria
Jan. 7, 2021
With the normalization of mass shootings in...
Donald Trump’s Twitter ban is ‘problematic,’ says Angela Merkel
Jan. 12, 2021
German Chancellor Angela Merkel considers US President Donald Trump's eviction from Twitter by the company "problematic," her spokesman said on Monday.
Twitter permanently...
US pardons Blackwater guards: An ‘affront to justice’
30 December 2020
Five independent UN experts condemned United States President Donald Trump’s pardoning of private security contractors, convicted in 2015 for war crimes in...
Stop Trivializing The Term ‘Coup’: Notes From The Edge Of The...
By Caitlin Johnstone
January 08, 2021
Stop trivializing the term "coup". It's a real thing the US government really inflicts on other countries in a way...
Don’t Dismiss US Coup
by Finian Cunningham
Jan.9, 2021
Many commentators are dismissing the extraordinary events at the US Capitol as something much less serious than an attempted coup. Some...
New details about January 6 riot reveal need for full-scale investigation
By Eric London
Jan. 11, 2021
New information in media reports shows that Trump’s January 6 fascistic insurrection had high level support from within the Republican...
Right-wing extremists vow to return to Washington for Joe Biden’s inauguration
"We will come in numbers that no standing army or police agency can match,” wrote a popular Parler user who frequently posts about QAnon
By...