US Politics
Trump escalates coup plotting with swearing-in of Supreme Court Justice Amy...
By Patrick Martin
Oct. 27, 2020
One week before the US presidential election, there is an expanding political conspiracy spearheaded by President Trump to hijack the...
“How Can You Not Be Worried?”
Famed Journalist Bob Woodward brought down U.S. President Richard Nixon with his reporting on the Watergate scandal. Now he talks to DER SPIEGEL about...
The dumbing down of America
By Carl Sagan
October 19, 2020
Extract from, "The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark"
- 1995 - By Carl Sagan.
I have a foreboding...
A BFD: Biden Finally Rejects The GOP’s Austerity Talking Points
After pushback, Biden thankfully dropped his old deficit hawkery and made a strong statement. Will he be held to his new position if he...
From Assassinations to Sanctions: Emergency Powers and the Rise of the...
A decades-long push to concentrate power in the Oval Office through emergency response legislation has made the Office of the President more powerful than...
Why are Israeli, US Jews divided between Trump, Biden?
Israelis are from Venus, US Jews are from Mars when it comes to the Trump-Biden race.
By HERB KEINON
OCTOBER 15, 2020
If Israelis could vote...
Jeremy Scahill: Trump Has Incited White Supremacists & Emboldened Police to...
October 19, 2020
As the 2020 presidential campaign enters its final two weeks, we look at the past four years of the Trump presidency with...
Elus notés, pluie de dollars et spots de pub : aux...
Malgré la multiplcation des tueries de masse, le lobby aux 5 millions de membres ne baisse pas la garde pour défendre le droit des Américains...
COVID-19 infections soar in US
By Kate Randall
18 October 2020
The United States reported more than 70,000 coronavirus cases on Friday, making it the highest single-day increase since late July....
From Scientist-Politicians to an Anti-Science Demagogue: America’s Tragic Descent Into Madness
By Wayne Madsen
October 12, 2020
Several of the founders of the United States were gifted scientists and scholars of the Age of Enlightenment. Benjamin Franklin...