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A Product of Post-9/11 America

Photo Source Matt Johnson | CC BY 2.0 If Donald Trump is anything, he is a victim. Despite his billionaire status Trump retains popularity by...

TV viewers prefer to watch giant men in spandex after Miss America pageant nixes...

Television viewership for the Miss America pageant has mysteriously dried up after the contest discontinued the...

The Collapse of the American Empire?

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How Donald Trump Desecrates America’s Founders

Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org George Washington’s Farewell Address — one of the most important documents of America’s Founders — warned against any and...

America is today’s Nazi Germany.

Eric Zuesse It’s not against Jews this time; it’s against, especially, Houthis. The U.S. and its allies — in this case mainly the Saud family who...

‘President Trump’s New Pax Americana’ – Col.Douglas Macgregor at Ron Paul Institute Media &...

Do we have any reason at all to hope for a less militaristic foreign policy under President Trump? Col. Macgregor...

Edgy senator compares ‘Russian meddling’ to murder of 3,000 Americans — RT US News

Angus King, an independent US Senator for Maine, told a crowd of first responders that Russia’s...

Why America Is a Dictatorship

Eric Zuesse America is a country in which dollars count far more than voters do, and that’s what all of the data shows. And that’s...

Trump is ‘far graver threat’ to idea of America than 9/11 attackers, MSNBC host...

On the seventeenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough has called US...

Who Wants to Join a Union? A Growing Number of Americans.

Only 10.7 percent of American workers belong to a union today, approximately half as many as in 1983. That’s a level not seen since...

One Tiny Tax Reform, Billions for America

by Gerald E. Scorse / September 10th, 2018 It’s no secret that the federal government needs more revenue going forward. Congress could put the Treasury on autopilot...
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Video: Obama criticises Trump’s America & urges midterm turnout

Former President Barack Obama has backed the Democratic party's campaign efforts by throwing shade at President Donald Trump and voicing support for ... Via Youtube

1 in 4 Americans & almost half of millennials deleted Facebook in wake of...

After Facebook was accused of censorship and hammered by privacy scandals, a new study has found...
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Video: ‘Insults’ to Islam were motivation for Afghan man’s attack on 2 Americans in...

The man who stabbed two American tourists at Amsterdam's busy Central railway station says he was motivated by insults to Islam in the Netherlands...

Chris Hedges, “America: The Farewell Tour”

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American Militarism, a Bi-Partisan Affair

Photo Source DVIDSHUB | CC BY 2.0 “I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the...

Mulvaney Student Fee Whitewash Benefits Bank of America, US Bank

In December 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau produced a study that was useful for the university administrators looking after millions of college students...

Moon landing movie stirs controversy by leaving out American flag — RT US News

One small step for man, one giant sh*tstorm for the internet. A new Canadian-directed Neil Armstrong...

Colombia announces withdrawal from South American bloc conceived to counter US — RT US...

The Colombian president has said a letter has been sent to the Union of South American...

How Corrupt America’s Dictators Are

Eric Zuesse Yet another poll confirms that America’s dictatorial clique take advantage of the ignorance and gullibility of the average person so that the clique's...

Trump ‘abandoning’ American youth, student loan watchdog says in resignation letter — RT US...

The federal student loan ombudsman for the US government has resigned, blaming the Trump administration for...

Israeli Daily Warns American Jews of Trump’s Downfall

Haaretz delivered a warning today to American Jewry. “If Trump falls, the testimonies of Cohen, Pecker and Weisselberg could spark an anti-Semitic Backlash.” Many...
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Video: La Liga in America: Fan fury over Spanish football league games played in...

Barcelona's Lionel Messi, Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos, and other club captains in Spain's top football league are poised to go on strike. That's after...
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Video: Keiser Report: Zombification of Americans (E1271)

Check Keiser Report website for more: http://www.maxkeiser.com/ In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max and Stacy discuss the mass, collective overdosing by ... Via...
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Video: Tariffs, sanctions & ultimatums: America’s own kind of friendship

Although Europe is one of America's closest allies, the kind of treatment the EU has been receiving from the US of late isn't exactly...

Medics warn of dangerous ‘kissing bug’ disease as 300,000 Americans already infected — RT...

Health experts are warning that the potentially lethal parasitic disease spread by ‘kissing bugs’ has taken...

America’s ‘Boots-On-The-Ground’ Fighters in Syria are Al Qaeda and Kurds

Eric Zuesse, as originally published at The Saker As will be documented here, America’s troops in Syria are not there in order to fight, but...

Why America is Now Far Scarier Than Trump

Photograph Source The Pug Father | CC BY 2.0 In May 2018, evangelist Franklin Graham, the son of the legendary preacher, Billy Graham, embraced Pres....

New Poll Shows 70 Percent of Americans Support Medicare for All

As its progressive wing and a groundswell of new and energetic candidates continues to move the Democratic Party to the left, a new Reuters...

Trump’s lawyer warns Americans would ‘revolt’ if he is impeached — RT US News

Americans would revolt if President Donald Trump is eventually impeached under some phony ‘political’ reason by...

Serotonin in the Service of American Aggression and My Formative Years

From the age of nine (1942) I was allowed to attend the Saturday afternoon matinee at the Killester cinema in Dublin where we children...

Americans Are as Spacey as Ever

A hothouse planet, chronic disease, terminal war, humaneness on the decline, perpetual fire while fiddling with Facebook The white race – and I mean Israeli,...

Most Americans favor diplomacy over sanctions when it comes to Russia – poll —...

Nearly 60 percent of Americans reject Washington’s punitive sanctions and pressure approach towards Moscow, and believe...
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Video: ‘Evil image must remain’: US magazine ‘explains’ Russia’s plan to break American democracy

'Russia is at it again' - that's the claim in a new article in US magazine, The Atlantic. It says the Kremlin has set...

‘Russia hysteria’ an affront to American values, US congressman insists — RT US News

The ongoing demonization of Russia distracts from far more serious issues facing the United States and...

African-American support of Trump at 36%, almost double from last year – poll —...

Support for US President Donald Trump among black voters is currently at 36 percent, almost double...

Fox News host offers irrefutable proof of America’s greatness — RT US News

The US victory over “communist Japan” serves as ironclad proof of the America's greatness, Fox News...

New Facebook Alliance Endangers Access to News about Latin America

North Americans depending solely on English-language sources for unbiased political information from Latin America have few options. They include TeleSUR’s English-language reports on the...
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Video: US-Turkey get deeper into tariff spat over American pastor detention

Turkey has slapped tariff hikes on certain American products including cars and alcohol. The Turkish vice president called it a response to US attacks...

The Discarded Wisdom of America’s Founders

Eric Zuesse A good example of the discarded wisdom of America’s Founders is George Washington’s Farewell Address to the nation, delivered by him not orally...

White House apologizes over wrong African-American jobs claim — RT US News

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has backtracked on her claim that the Obama administration...

Young Americans have soured on capitalism, and that’s what got Trump elected – Slavoj...

Support for capitalism among younger voters has dropped drastically, a new Gallup poll reveals. The US...

Transport Security head says armed surveillance of innocent flying Americans ‘makes a lot of...

Transport Security administrator David Pekoske has defended his agency’s controversial and creepy Quiet Skies surveillance program...

‘There is a Strong Reason for All Americans to Feel more Economically Insecure than...

Janine Jackson interviewed Dedrick Asante-Muhammad about the racial wealth divide for the August 10 episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. ...

Dark Foreboding: Is the American Democratic Experiment Over

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the worldThe blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhereThe ceremony of innocence is drowned;The...

America’s Militarized Economy

Eric Zuesse, originally posted at Unz Review Donald Trump’s biggest success, thus far into his Presidency, has been his sale of $400 billion (originally $350...

‘The Vast Majority of Tipped Workers in America Suffer from Three Times the Poverty...

Janine Jackson interviewed Saru Jayaraman about tipped worker rights for the August 10 episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. ...

RT doco follows African-American activists — RT US News

With racial tensions in USA back in spotlight over the last few years, a gripping new...

Is There Enough of America Left

Notes From a Russian American

I had just finished exercising and went to the sauna. The gym I go to is a modern facility with new equipment and is very popular in our city. My favorite parts are the sauna...

Cuba and America: A Primer on History and Politics

by G.LL. Williams / August 12th, 2018 The relationship between Cuba and the United States is a relationship of history and politics. It is a...

America’s unending reign of police terror

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A Decalogue of American Empire-Building

Few, if any, believe what they hear and read from leaders and media publicists. Most people choose to ignore the cacophony of...

In Italy, There are 12,000 American Soldiers and 500,000 African Refugees: Connect the Dots 

Dublin, Ireland. Why? Because the Italians are unable to do so. Euro-skepticism is thriving in Italy. However NATO-skepticism or US-skepticism is missing. Trump, the individual,...

American ship carrying $20mn in soybeans in sea limbo, a victim of US-China trade...

Beans, beans they're good for...being stuck at sea. A US cargo ship carrying $20 million worth...
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Video: American college applicant questioned about following Alex Jones’ Twitter

Monitoring who or what people follow online is already having repercussions for one American student. During a college interview, the 17-year-old wasn't asked ... Via...

Bear Witness to American War Crimes

Look. Look! 50 children killed when USA-Saudi bomb a school bus traveling through a market. On your dime. In your name. Here are some of the...

Yemen: Fake ‘News’ That’s Mixed Into America’s Mainstream News — And Why

Eric Zuesse On Friday, August 10th, CNN headlined “Saudi-led strike kills dozens of children on school field trip in Yemen” and reported as if the...
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Video: 26% of Americans would give US president power to close media outlets –...

A new US poll suggests the reputation of news organizations is in decline. It found that more than a quarter of American citizens now...

This is the real, Americanized, nazi, Ukraine

Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org Such important reality as is shown in this picture is virtually unpublishable in mainstream U.S. ‘news’media, because U.S. ‘news’media...

a Brief Personal History of American High Schools, 1957-2018

In the late 1960s, near the peak of my own revolutionary romanticism, when many of my comrades thought that the American Empire would soon...

Arsenal FC supporter Jeremy Corbyn slams American tycoon’s full takeover of club — RT...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has hit out at American billionaire Stan Kroenke’s plans to take...

America’s Billionaires Battle Each Other for Political Control Over Europe

Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org A contest for political control of Europe is gearing up between two American teams, one headed by the long-established...
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Video: US sanctioning Turkish officials over detention of American pastor – WH

The officials targeted under the so-called Global Magnitsky Act are Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül and Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu, White ... Via Youtube
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Video: A Slaughter in Silence: How Trump’s “America First” Policy Enabled Ethnic Cleansing in...

https://democracynow.org - The Democratic Republic of Congo is facing one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world as a wave of extreme violence...

Donald Trump and the American Left

Photo by nguyengurl | CC BY 2.0 The election of Donald Trump fractured the American Left. The abandonment of class analysis in response to Mr....

What America is doing to itself with renaming frenzy — RT US News

The purge of historical names – Austin, Texas is this week's target – is not about...

Paramount Owes America an Apology

New Calexit plan would give Native Americans half of state — RT US News

Supporters of a long-running effort to see California secede from the United States have revamped their...

Who Does America Belong to?

US sanctioning Turkish officials over detention of American pastor

The officials targeted under the so-called Global Magnitsky Act are Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül and...

Sessions must stop Mueller ‘right now’ before witch hunt ‘stains America’ — RT US...

President Donald Trump again lashed out at Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s ‘Russiagate’ investigation via Twitter, warning...

How American Islamophobes Peddle Falsehoods

Anti-Muslim activists in the United States were operating in a “post-truth era” and putting out “alternative facts” long before those phrases entered the language....

America’s Birth Rate Is About to Start Booming

Sometimes a society’s values change sharply with almost no one noticing. In 1968, according to a Gallup survey, 70 percent of American...

More than half of Americans oppose US declaring war on Iran – poll —...

The majority of Americans would prefer to stay away from military conflict with Iran as tensions...

‘Quiet Skies’ TSA surveillance team targets Americans on domestic flights without warrant – report...

If you board late or change your appearance before a domestic flight, the TSA might have...

America Sacrificed At The NWO Altar

Prosecution of Julian Assange Is Persecution of American Ideals

Over 50 years ago, in his letter from the Birmingham Jail, addressing a struggle of the civil right era, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote,...

America’s Allies Against Russia & Iran

Main U.S. allies are Saudi Arabia, UAE, Al Qaeda, ISIS, Israel, & Nazis Eric Zuesse The public have been so brainwashed by Big Brother’s lies, so...

Drawing Straws: It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of...

In a sense, blowback is simply another way of saying that a nation reaps what it sows. Although people usually know what they have...
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Video: What’s really dividing America?

Why is the issue of Russian meddling so divisive? Check out http://rt.com RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air Subscribe to RT! Via Youtube

An American Life – LewRockwell

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Video: Iraqi-American Pediatrician Mona Hanna-Attisha on the Trauma of Child Separation & the Travel...

https://democracynow.org - As more than 900 children remain separated from their parents, we speak to Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, a pediatrician from Flint, ... Via Youtube

Release American pastor or face big sanctions, Trump threatens Turkey — RT US News

US President Donald Trump has lashed out at Turkey on Twitter, vowing to impose “large sanctions”...

‘Shock’ Poll: Most Americans Support Another Trump/Putin Summit… But Congress Says ‘No!’

According to a new poll by HarrisX Polling Company and The Hill newspaper, more than half of all Americans –...
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Video: ‘Washington wants regime change in Iran’ – American ex-diplomat on US launch of...

Donald Trump has lashed out at Iran. He tweeted on Sunday that Tehran should not threaten the US, otherwise, it will face serious consequences....

Exposing the American Okie-Doke

Photo by srslyguys | CC BY 2.0 Russiagate, Corporate Propaganda, and the Historical Obstruction of Class Consciousness Peace to you; if you’re willing to fight for...

Americans Can Legally Download 3-D Printed Guns Starting Next Month

Gun-rights activists have reached a settlement with the government that will allow them to post 3-D printable gun plans online starting August...

Pompeo Seeks Iranian-American Support for Sanctions

Secretary of State Mike R. Pompeo discussed the current administration’s Iran strategy during a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley,...

America’s Reporter: the Hersh Method

Photo by Institute for Policy Studies | CC BY 2.0 If Seymour Hersh had only broken the story of the massacre of unarmed civilians at My...

Going Home Again to Trump’s America

This is the first of four essays that describe the writer’s Northeast travels between New York, Washington, and New England during spring 2018. For the...
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Video: Who cares about bans? US-owned Radio Liberty places political ad on Facebook targeting...

Radio Liberty, a media outlet funded by the US government, has placed an advert on Facebook. It was quickly noted that the outlet is...

Trump’s Supreme Pick Escalates America’s War on Sex 

Photo by The White House | CC BY 2.0 President Trump’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court  does not...
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Video: Tillerson Tries and Fails to Rally Latin American Support for Sanctions Against Venezuela

US Secretary of State recently completed a tour of Latin American countries where he unsuccessfully tried to rally support for regional sanctions against ... Via...
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Video: Poll: Russia one of the least important issues for Americans

While US congress seems obsessed with alleged Russian meddling, ordinary people are more concerned with other internal issues. Check out http://rt.com RT ... Via Youtube
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Video: Keiser Report: American Labor Shortage (E1255)

In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max and Stacy discuss how former Treasury Secretary and ex-head of the NY Fed, Timothy Geithner, is...

The Saudi and American Way

(photo above: 15 August 2016, Yemen, U.S. weapons, Saudi pilots) Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org The U.S.-Saudi-UAE “Operation Restoring Hope” has become their plan to...

CNN host Cuomo says Trump’s aversion to ‘fake news media’ means he hates America...

CNN has always been at daggers' points with Donald Trump, however, Chris Cuomo took the antagonism...

The Bipartisan War on Central and South American Women

Photo by Master Steve Rapport | CC BY 2.0 An under-examined element of the Trump Administration’s war on immigrants was the ruling by Attorney General...
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Video: PBS Report from Yemen: As Millions Face Starvation, American-Made Bombs Are Killing Civilians

https://democracynow.org - The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Yemen is incredibly difficult to cover on the ground, with many obstacles for journalists hoping to ... Via...

As Millions Face Starvation, American-Made Bombs Are Killing Civilians

The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Yemen is incredibly difficult to cover on the ground, with many obstacles for journalists hoping to access the capital...
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Video: ‘America undermines Afghan sovereignty’: US General withdraws statement on Taliban talks

The General heading the US mission in Afghanistan, has reiterated remarks by the Secretary of State - on the possibility of direct talks with...

US media claims Trump betrayed America with Putin meeting – Republican voters say otherwise...

Despite breathless reports insisting that President Donald Trump betrayed America by meeting with Vladimir Putin in...

American Democracy and ‘So I Say’ Genres

In America, where a union of bankers run a system promoting private initiative ahead of public interest, the President has adopted a ‘so say...
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Video: Debate: Is Trump-Putin Summit a “Danger to America” or Crucial Diplomacy Between Nuclear...

https://democracynow.org - As President Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, we host a debate on U.S.-Russia relations. Via Youtube
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Video: Chuck D and DMC on hip hop and America Pt.5

Chuck D On The Real Off The Record Visit http://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating at http://therealnews.com/donate. Via Youtube

Americans are programmed to blame Russia when things go wrong — RT US News

Baywatch icon turned activist Pamela Anderson says Americans are programmed to always blame Russia, and treatment...

Trump demands bigger bed & red, white & blue paint job for ‘more American’...

Apparently unimpressed by the iconic aircraft used to ferry US presidents around the world, Donald Trump...

Cop who declined to help Puerto Rican woman being harassed for ‘un-American’ T-shirt resigns...

A Chicago police officer has resigned a month after a video of him standing by while...
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Video: Keiser Report: American Capitalist Cancer (E1251)

In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max and Stacy discuss how private equity has destroyed yet another U.S. firm for short term gain....

Trump calls in British reinforcements as America’s longest war drags on — RT US...

British Prime Minister Theresa May announced that the UK will almost double its troop numbers in...

Ahead of Trump's UK Arrival, Green Day Hit "American Idiot" Surges on British Charts

Jon Queally, staff writerWith just days before President Donald Trump's scheduled arrival in the United Kingdom and with massive protests planned, the British people...

The Discovery of Central American Suffering

Photo by Jonathan McIntosh | CC BY 2.0 U.S. pundits and politicians just discovered, it seems, that Washington’s decisions harm Central American families. For the...
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Video: From CIA-Backed Wars to Cartel Violence: Inside the Roots of the Refugee Crisis...

https://democracynow.org - Across the United States, thousands of migrant children remain detained alone after the Trump administration forcibly separated ... Via Youtube

Make America More Like New Zealand, Costa Rica and Ethiopia

FOR DECADES, AMERICANS have accepted rule by a mendacious and meretricious elite. Today we have reason to believe that our situation is worse than ever....

America Bombs, Europe Gets the Refugees. That’s Evil.

Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org The U.S. Government (with France and a few other U.S. allies) bombs Libya, Syria, etc.; and the U.S. regime...

Even With SNAP Benefits, Some Low-Income Americans Lack Nutritious Food

While researching how hard it is for low-income Americans to eat healthy on tight budgets, I’ve often found a mismatch between what people want...

How “Roe v. Wade” Changed the Lives of American Women

The recent announcement of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement has ignited widespread speculation about the future of Roe v. Wade. Some analysts believe that a new appointment...

Roaming Charges: America, Unchecked and Unbalanced

Billboard activism, Oakland. + Someone should put together a volume of Trump’s lectures on natural resources. It will rival John Wesley Powell. This week’s  lesson...

American troops unlikely to leave Germany, US NATO envoy says — RT US News

Not much is likely to change for the 35,000 American soldiers stationed in Germany, as the...
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Video: Changing UK for France? Mattis threatens to replace America’s main military ally

The Pentagon chief is apparently threatening to drop the UK as America's main military ally. James Mattis has written to British Defence Secretary Gavin...

360,000+ Americans with tax debt may be denied passports – IRS — RT US...

Hundreds of thousands of US citizens may have to scrap their holiday plans, the Internal Revenue...

Teen Attacked for Wearing ‘Make America Great Again’ Hat

Police are investigating after a teen says he was verbally attacked and assaulted at a Whataburger for wearing a Make America Great...

The Balkanization of South America and the Role of Fifth Columns Throughout the World

During the recent meeting in Caracas of the Venezuelan Presidential Economic Advisory Commission, in mid-June 2018, President Maduro said something extremely interesting, but also...

America on Thin ICE

Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair “The culture and ideology fostered in this globalization process relate largely to “lifestyle” themes and goods and their acquisition; and...
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Video: ‘See results!’ Iran hints it will block all Gulf oil exports in case...

Iran has threatened to block seaborne oil shipments along a route that is used for almost 1/3 of all oil exports if Washington attempts...
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Video: ‘One of the most honest voices in US’: RT America anchor Ed Schultz...

Longtime TV & radio broadcaster Ed Schultz has passed away. Ed joined RT America in 2016, and was a highly valued member of the...

Bernie Sanders pays tribute to ‘passionate defender of American workers’ Ed Schultz — RT...

US senator and former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has paid his respects to legendary TV and...

RT America anchor’s greatest stories (VIDEO) — RT US News

Veteran radio and TV broadcaster Ed Schultz joined RT America in January 2016 and hosted the...

‘America Is the Whole Thing’: US Complicity in the Destruction of Yemen

Originally appeared on The American Conservative. PBS NewsHour aired the second of Jane Ferguson’s three reports on the war on Yemen earlier this week. Her...

Twitter accuses Republican senators of defiling America after spending July 4 in Moscow —...

A group of Republican senators have been accused of treason after spending July 4 in Moscow....

Poverty Won’t ‘Make America Great’

This summer, UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty Philip Alston presented his observations on the state of international poverty to the UN Human Rights...
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Video: Is second Civil War possible in US? 31% of Americans think so, poll...

Deep divisions along party lines and fears over immigration have raised concerns for the ultimate fate of the US. Almost a third of Americans...
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Video: Is patriotic impulse dying? Number of ‘extremely proud’ Americans slips below 50% for...

It's US independence day and apparently a new low in American patriotism. For the first time a poll, by public opinion consultants Gallup, suggests...

Americans ask Russians to fix their space-toilet — RT US News

When you want a job done right, send in the Russians. NASA has renewed a contract...
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Video: James Forman Jr. on “Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black...

https://democracynow.org - Yale University law professor and writer James Forman Jr. won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in the general nonfiction category for his new...

America Celebrates Lateral Move From Monarchy To Corporate Rule – Consortiumnews

America celebrates its independence 242 years ago today from Britain with little thought it seems about who rules them now,...

America is one-dollar-one-vote, not really one-person-one vote.

Eric Zuesse The only comprehensive and scientific study which has ever been done of whether the U.S. is a democracy or instead a dictatorship, was...

Trump the peacekeeper? US leader brags that America would be ‘in war’ with N....

US President Donald Trump has once again baffled the international community, as he claimed that it...

‘Low point in US patriotism:’ Number of ‘extremely proud’ Americans slips below 50% for...

With politics and society increasingly divided, only 47 percent of US citizens polled say they’re "extremely...

‘Low point in US patriotism:’ Number of ‘extremely proud’ Americans slips below 50% for...

With politics and society increasingly divided, only 47 percent of US citizens polled say they’re "extremely...

US-UK special relationship at risk? Mattis hints France could edge out America’s closest ally...

The US could dump the UK in favor of France amid fears of Britain’s eroding...

‘Rulers need myth that US is a democracy to give Americans illusion of control’...

Jeff Bezos has $141 billion, and 63 percent of Americans say they can’t afford a $500...

America & Russia don’t have to be adversaries despite being competitors – US Senator...

America and Russia do not need to be enemies even though they are competing with one...

Americans Can Learn From Korean “Plaza Democracy”

Photo by Jjw | CC BY 2.0 “Broadly speaking, the candlelight protest movement had two goals. The first goal was to restore social justice by...

Americans Can Learn From Korean “Plaza Democracy”

Photo by Jjw | CC BY 2.0 “Broadly speaking, the candlelight protest movement had two goals. The first goal was to restore social justice by...

Americans take to Twitter on Canada Day to apologize for Trump — RT US...

Canada Day has nothing to do with the US, but that hasn't stopped the Twittersphere from...

The Dictatorship Over America: How It Functions

Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org Democrats have won the national vote in six of the last seven presidential elections, which, with the retirement of...

America’s Moral Angst

Photo by Dave Hosford | CC BY 2.0 For all those who in 2016 closed their eyes, held their noses and took a leap into...

Trump Isn’t The Problem, He’s the Manifestation of America’s Id

Paul Krugman, professor of international trade and economics at Princeton University The speed of America’s moral descent under Donald Trump is breathtaking. In a matter...

Congressman warns US heading towards civil war – 31% of Americans agree — RT...

The United States is heading towards civil war, Congressman Steve King has warned. His sentiments are...

Today’s Refugee Crisis Is Blowback From US Dirty Wars in Central America

In our special broadcast from the US-Mexico border, we speak to human rights lawyer Jennifer Harbury, who has lived here in the Rio Grande...
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Video: Jennifer Harbury: Today’s Refugee Crisis Is Blowback from U.S. Dirty Wars in Central...

https://democracynow.org - In our special broadcast from the U.S.-Mexico border, we speak to human rights lawyer Jennifer Harbury, who has lived here in the...

American Mythology and the Loss of Democracy

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Supreme Court’s “Janus” Decision Is an All-Out Attack on Working Americans

Wednesday’s 5-4 Supreme Court decision in Janus v. AFSCME, which prohibits public-sector unions from collecting “fair-share fees” covering the cost of representing non-union members,...

VP Pence sends message to Latin America — RT US News

Immigrants from Central America are welcome so long as they come legally, Vice President Mike Pence...

Mexico Can be a Counterweight to US Foreign Policy in Latin America

Photo by Emiglex | CC BY 2.0 The candidate of the radical left Andrés Manuel Lépez Obrador, known in Mexico as ‘AMLO’ is set to...
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Video: Michael Bennett Speaks Out About Trauma of Growing Up Black in America &...

https://democracynow.org - When Michael Bennett was 12 years old, James Byrd was lynched in Jasper, Texas. The African-American man was brutally ... Via Youtube

New American Civil War? Some people think it’s already begun — RT US News

From celebrities calling on citizens to take to the streets, to members of Congress calling for...
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Video: “The King” Director Eugene Jarecki: Elvis Presley’s Rise and Fall Is a Metaphor...

https://democracynow.org - To understand America in the age of Trump, prize-winning documentary filmmaker Eugene Jarecki says to look no further than the ... Via Youtube

‘American Civil War wasn’t about slavery’

Republican Senate nominee Corey Stewart has argued that the American Civil War was not fought over...

FDA approves America’s first marijuana-based medication — RT US News

In a breakthrough for medical marijuana use, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved...

America’s Cold War “Tugboat”

Photo by Daniel Lobo | CC BY 2.0 Several years ago, I had occasion to interview the Guardian’s Russia correspondent, Jonathan Steele, and asked how he...

Black communities mentally scarred when cops kill unarmed African-Americans – study — RT US...

Fatal shootings of African-Americans by police have negatively impacted the mental health of their communities, says...

The Diseased, Lying, Condition, of America’s ‘News’Media

Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org Both President Trump and former President Obama are commonly said in America’s ‘news’ media to be or to have...

‘Americans should be true to their constitution & stop persecution of Julian Assange’ —...

It is extraordinary that a country which historically claimed to be the champion of free speech...

Obscured American – LewRockwell

Trump praises Kim Jong-un’s leadership, wants Americans to stand to attention for him too...

US President Donald Trump spoke in admiring terms about North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, praising Kim’s...

Why Americans (and Koreans) Can Sleep Better

Scads of analysts and pundits have weighed in on the Trump-Kim summit talks in Singapore, parsing the brief agreement and presidential tweets for signs...

US Border Control vehicle hits Native American man, drives off (VIDEO) — RT US...

A police investigation has been launched after a video was shared online in which a US...

America’s Public Are Foie-Gras Ducks

American Billionaires Farm This Public By Feeding to the Voters the Politicians Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org Any animal farm needs to feed, to its...

Another Reason Young Americans Don’t Revolt Against Being Screwed

Photo by Aaron Bauer | CC BY 2.0 “8 Reasons Young Americans Don’t Fight Back: How the US Crushed Youth Resistance” was originally published in...

Democrats ‘don’t give a f**k’ about Russia – 4 ways we know Americans are...

How much do regular Americans actually care about Russia’s alleged ‘meddling’ in the 2016 presidential election?...

Why Americans (and Koreans) Can Sleep Better After the Summit – Consortiumnews

The summit has already relaxed tensions but the reason is not because of a lessened threat from Pyongyang, as Jonathan...

Scientists determine what God looks like for Americans — RT US News

What people envision God to look like varies broadly, depending upon demographics and politics. Whether God...

‘Will America wake up?’ Republican congressman retweets anti-immigration post from white supremacist — RT...

Iowa congressman Steve King has attracted a backlash after apparently endorsing a Twitter post from a...

American Rage

Photo by Giuseppe Milo | CC BY 2.0 “The Bonaparte dynasty represents not the revolutionary, but the conservative peasant; not the peasant who strikes out...

American Rage

Photo by Giuseppe Milo | CC BY 2.0 “The Bonaparte dynasty represents not the revolutionary, but the conservative peasant; not the peasant who strikes out...

American Rage

Photo by Giuseppe Milo | CC BY 2.0 “The Bonaparte dynasty represents not the revolutionary, but the conservative peasant; not the peasant who strikes out...

America’s Genocide in Yemen Starts Tuesday

Eric Zuesse The Houthis in Yemen are expected to start being slaughtered en-masse on June 12th. The U.S.-Saudi-UAE plan is to destroy the Yemenese port...

Henry Giroux – American Nightmare: Facing the Challenge of Fascism

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Video: Michael Eric Dyson on NFL Protests, Malcolm Jenkins & Listening to Black Americans...

https://democracynow.org - Last week Donald Trump abruptly called off a planned visit by the Super Bowl-winning Philadelphia Eagles, tweeting, “Staying in the ... Via Youtube
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Video: “What Truth Sounds Like”: Michael Eric Dyson on New Book About RFK, James...

https://democracynow.org - This month marks 50 years since the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. On June 5, 1968, Kennedy was shot dead shortly after...

Michael Eric Dyson on NFL Protests, Malcolm Jenkins and Listening to Black Americans on...

Last week Donald Trump abruptly called off a planned visit by the Super Bowl-winning Philadelphia Eagles, tweeting, “Staying in the Locker Room for the...
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Video: Keiser Report: ‘Medici cycle’ in America (E1237)

In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max and Stacy discuss the vicious 'Medici cycle' taking hold in America where corporate power begets political...
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Video: 6 against Trump: Latest US policies trigger ‘kick America out of G7’ talk

If Donald Trump doesn't care about 'being isolated,' then G7 may be better being G6, says Emmanuel Macron. The French president slammed US counterpart...

From the Ghettoes, Reservations and Backwoods of America – Consortiumnews

Don North was part of an ABC News team on the route from St. Patrick’s in New York to Arlington...

Is America’s Racial Divide Permanent?

Pat Buchanan, American Renaissance, 1 June 2018 “Is white America really black America’s biggest problem?” For Roseanne Barr, star of ABC’s hit...

The Empire’s Media and the Quest for Veto Authority in the Americas

Christian Science Monitor (4/11/18) In April, the Summit of the Americas in Peru predictably led to articles fretting about declining US influence in the Western...

How Much Caffeine Do You Need? Ask the American Army’s New Algorithm

The Army wants you….awake. Since the Second World War, U.S. military scientists have been tinkering with the human brain to keep pilots, soldiers,...

the US is Once Again Supporting Death Squads in Central America

Photo by Alison McKellar | CC BY 2.0 The United States has been quietly funding and equipping elite paramilitary police units in El Salvador accused...

Worrying Rise in HIV Cases and STD Rates in American Cities

Never far from the periphery of the American consciousness, STDs have again made headlines over the past few months. Indeed, given the recent “outbreak”...

Hail storm shatters American Airlines plane, prompts emergency landing (PHOTO) — RT US News

Published time: 5 Jun, 2018 08:51 Mother Nature's wrath came down on an American Airlines plane...

Meet Stacey Abrams, Democrat Who Could Become First African-American Woman Governor in US History

We speak with Stacey Abrams, who made history in Georgia last month when she became the first African-American woman to win a major party’s...
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Video: Meet Stacey Abrams, Democrat Who Could Become First African-American Woman Governor in U.S....

https://democracynow.org - We speak with Stacey Abrams, who made history in Georgia last month when she became the first African-American woman to win a...

‘It’s incredibly expensive to be poor in America’ – Redacted Tonight — RT US...

The Redacted Tonight team takes a look at the striking number of poor people – 40...

Why The American Conservative Purged Its Own Publisher

Ron Unz, The Unz Review, 29 May 2018 Author’s note: Some may be aware that when I originally established The Unz Review over four...

Being locked out of €500 million EU defence fund could push UK into America’s...

An obsession over ‘strategic autonomy’ in the defense industry by the European Commission runs the...

How the people who control America manufacture our consent to their rule

Eric Zuesse Modern dictatorship, as Walter Lippmann pointed out in 1921 about “the manufacture of consent,” is the “creation of consent” and “is not a...

America’s Big-Brother ‘News’ Media

America’s aristocratically controlled ’news’ media hide the basic reality — that America’s trillion-dollar annual federal military expense is a taxpayer-subsidization of U.S.-headquartered international corporations,...

How can America’s evangelical Christians who favor Trump justify themselves?

Eric Zuesse, originally posted at the Greanville Post One of the perhaps half-dozen honest news-sites, the Greanville Post, ran this news-commentary from Jason Holland, on...

American Raj? Pentagon renames PACOM to ‘Indo-Pacific Command’ — RT US News

Say goodbye to the Pacific Command and hello to the US Indo-Pacific Command: the Pentagon has...

Netflix says shows produced by Obama won’t be political, but Americans not buying it...

Netflix’s Chief Operating Officer Ted Sarandos has said the streaming service is not veering to the...
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Video: Coups R US: American regime changes and their aftermaths, from Hawaii to Libya...

In March of 1951, Jacobo Arbenz came to power in Guatemala after having been resoundingly elected by the people. A little more than three...

‘It’s open season on Americans by US police forces’ – Lee Camp — RT...

We have a uniquely American problem in which civilians are getting massacred by police on a...

Will Europe stand up to American Pressure?

Europe has decided to assert its independence: it will not revise its agreement with Iran and will not comply with US sanctions. When Washington...

America’s Treatment of Palestinians Has Grown Horrendously Cruel

On May 14, Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin smiled for pictures in front of the new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem...

With Haspel Sworn In as CIA Director, Let’s Stop Pretending That Her Atrocities Run...

Gina Haspel prepares to speak while flanked by President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, after she was sworn in as CIA director...

Deforestation in the US South Is Four Times Greater Than Logging in South American...

Mahatma Gandhi said, "What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to...

Why America’s Torture-Chief Now Runs the CIA

Eric Zuesse On May 17th, the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee voted 10 to 5 to approve Gina Haspel as America’s new chief of the Cenral...

BoJo ‘dad dances’ with teacher, avoids any gaffes on first leg of South American...

British foreign secretary, Boris Johnson's overseas trips are often watched with a certain amount of...

If I Die In A School Shooting: These Are America’s Children

Houston's police chief and mayor, in cap and brown shirt, join the March For Our Lives. Photo by David Phillip/AP. On front, Santa Fe...

How can America’s evangelical Christians who favor Trump justify themselves?

Eric Zuesse, originally posted at the Greanville Post One of the perhaps half-dozen honest news-sites, the Greanville Post, ran this news-commentary from Jason Holland, on...

Trump: Making America Dread Again

Donald Trump is a well-known, self-described germaphobe. Unfortunately, he is not concerned about other Americans’ exposure to germs and disease. With leading infectious disease...

US House Intelligence Committee declares China ‘pre-eminent threat to American security & values’ —...

Having bitterly split along partisan lines in the probe over Russian influence and “meddling,” the House...

‘Most Americans Say They Want Protections for the Open Internet’

Janine Jackson interviewed Tim Karr about the fight for net neutrality for the May 11, 2018, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. ...

The Moral Revolution America Needs

Thousands of civil rights advocates, low-wage workers, and religious leaders kicked off massive protests on May 14, launching a 40-day campaign across the nation...

Pompeo reminds State Dept staff of America’s ‘essential rightness’ in world affairs — RT...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has delivered a pep-talk to his State Department staff, urging...

Ann Coulter calls for Israel-style border killings in America — RT US News

Drawing inspiration from the conduct of the Israeli military at the Gaza border, conservative pundit Ann...

America Spends About Half of World’s Military Expenditures

Eric Zuesse, originally posted at The Saker The National Priorities Project headlines “U.S. Military Spending vs. the World” and reports: “World military spending totaled more...

Believing no deal can work without America — RT US News

Many US presidents believed their country to be uniquely poised to decide on how the world...
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Video: ‘Are we America’s vassals?’ European allies criticise US withdrawal from Iran deal

Should Europe be nothing more than a vassal to America? That's the question that's been raised by the senior French minister. It comes as...

Congress Weighs Indefinite Detention of Americans – Consortiumnews

A Senate bill under consideration could allow Donald Trump to indefinitely jail American citizens without charge if they oppose U.S....

America sick of Trump bashing

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Video: ‘US could be the biggest loser’: America uneasy over Iraqi election candidates’ support...

Polls are open in Iraq in the first parliamentary elections there since the defeat of Islamic State in the country. It's a landmark moment...
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Video: ‘Many problems with America’s credibility’: US offers aid to N. Korea if it...

The US is changing course on relations with North Korea as America's top diplomat has suddenly extended an offer of economic help to Pyongyang....
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Video: ‘Trump’s decision undermines America’s position’ – Ex-US official on Iran deal

America's European allies say Trump's latest decision risks undermining international accord & the West's moral authority. The former deputy co-ordinator for the ... Via Youtube

More Americans now believe Russia investigation is ‘politically motivated’ – poll — RT US...

A majority of Americans now say that the investigation into Russian involvement in the 2016 presidential...
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Video: America’s out: World reacts to Trump’s decision to withdraw from Iran deal

Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal has sparked a wave of protests in Tehran. Israeli PM has praised the U.S....
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Video: Trump welcomes Americans released from North Korean prison in DC (streamed live)

US President Donald Trump is receiving American citizens at the Andrews Air Force Base in Washington DC after their release from a North Korean...

How Criminals Steal $37 Billion a Year from America’s Elderly

Editor’s note: So many of the scammers that victimize America’s elderly, along with senior citizens throughout the West, are from India, Africa,...

the Deep State Wins Its War on America First

The Donald's action to ash-can the Iranian nuclear deal marks the War Party's complete and baleful triumph. There is now nothing much...

America Makes Torture Great Again, and Arrests Those Who Oppose It

This week saw both more achingly quotidian crimes against African-Americans - cops called for Shopping/Napping/Airbnbing While...

The Hubris of American Exceptionalism Devalues the Rest of the World

A Trump supporter carries an American flag as police monitor the scene during a "Make America Great Again" rally in Salem, Oregon, on March...

Americans released by North Korea land on US soil — RT US News

Donald Trump is receiving US citizens at the Andrews Air Force Base in Washington DC after...

Iran Will Never Trust America Again

TEHRAN — “We were naive to think the United States would keep its promises in a deal with us,” Hasan, a retired captain in...

Do Americans Want To Die?

By Paul Craig Roberts PaulCraigRoberts.org May 8, 2018 ...

A Brief History of American Torture

Photo by Medill DC | CC BY 2.0 American torture is back in the news again as Gina Haspel, President Donald Trump’s pick to head...

Boy Skirts of America:

The oldest youth group in the US has undergone a ‘sex-change’ operation of sorts by declaring itself a ‘gender neutral’ outfit. Such a move...

Iran calls $6bn US court verdict a ‘mockery’ of justice, Americans & 9/11 attacks...

Accusing Washington of attempts to “rewrite history,” Iran has firmly rejected as a “mockery” of the...

How the Elite Scam US Americans Out of Housing

The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Ben "I've Never Had to Worry about Affording Housing" Carson, wants to triple the rent that...

A Show That Reveals Killing Is as American as Apple Pie

Wow! Westworld is back with a vengeance. Literally. If you thought those pesky robots were gonna stop with just killing their creator who killed their...

Russia’s v. America’s Records on Democracy, and on Whistleblowers’ Safety

Eric Zuesse There are multiple quantitative measures for a given nation’s degree of democracy, in comparison with that of other nations, but perhaps the best...

How Elites Scam Americans Out of Housing

The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Ben “I’ve Never Had to Worry about Affording Housing” Carson, wants to triple the rent that...
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Video: Chinese military used lasers against American pilots – Pentagon

American military forces in the African nation of Djibouti are coming under attack from blinding Chinese lasers, according to the Pentagon. The danger is...

NSA triples spying rate on Americans’ phone calls, collects 530mn records in 2017 —...

The NSA has tripled its surveillance of Americans’ phone chatter, collecting over 534mn phone call records...
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Video: Mincing words: Americans struggle to give definition of ‘right-wing’

'U.S. Conservative Leaders' claims the suppression of right-wing news on social media has reached crisis point. They say outlets from both sides of the...
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Video: GOP Tax Bill: The Great American Heist

The 'Insane and opaque' Tax bill had no hearings, no independent experts, only lobbyists informed this bill. It will blow up the deficit and...

How Elites Scam Americans Out of Housing

The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Ben “I’ve Never Had to Worry about Affording Housing” Carson, wants to triple the rent that...

Dial T for Tyranny: While America Feuds, the Police State Shifts Into High Gear

by John W. Whitehead / May 2nd, 2018 Big Brother does not watch us, by his choice. We watch him, by ours. There is no...
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Video: “Talking About History Is Way to Liberate America”: New Memorial Honors Victims of...

https://democracynow.org - The National Memorial for Peace and Justice opened last week in Montgomery, Alabama—a monument to victims of white supremacy in the United...

A Future for Whites in America?

A Future for Whites in America?Red Ice NewsThe Future is the Past “Video of the Day: A Future for Whites in America?” Counter-Currents,...

Americans Bear Direct Responsibility for the Horrific Reality in Gaza

Once again, the Israeli military has turned its guns on Gaza—this time on unarmed protestors, in a series of shootings over the last few...

Liberian Cannibal Warlord ‘Jungle Jabbah’ Given Asylum in America 20 Years Ago

A Liberian cannibal war lord nicknamed “Jungle Jabbah” who was granted “asylum” in America 20 years ago was last week jailed after...

New Social Justice Museum Aims to Punish White America for Its ‘Past’

The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, which opens to the public in Montgomery, Ala., on Thursday, is the nation’s first memorial...

The Political Complexion of America

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Video: ‘Decision of person, not govt’: Americans choose freedom of info over regulation –...

A recent poll shows the majority of Americans don't want online information to be restricted by the government. Check out http://rt.com RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air...
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Video: Qatar should finance American military presence in Syria or lose US support –...

Riyadh appears to be trying to bully regional rival and fellow US ally Qatar into going to war in Syria, with the Saudi foreign...
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Video: Macron welcomed in US Congress, shows historically French-American ‘special bond’

The French President has concluded a three-day trip to Washington by addressing the US Congress, where he got a warm welcome from lawmakers. Emmanuel...

America’s Empire – LewRockwell

The Central American Migrant Invasion Caravan Is Nearing the US Border

A migrant caravan that began its journey through Mexico a month ago is nearing the US border, where its arrival will set up a...

Might Trump Ask Israel to Fund America’s Invasion-Occupation of Syria?

Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org On 16 April 2018, the internationally respected analyst of Middle-Eastern affairs, Abdel Bari Atwan, headlined about Trump’s increasingly overt...

Police taze ‘combative’ American Airlines passenger (VIDEO) — RT US News

A ‘disruptive’ air passenger was tazed multiple times on board an American Airlines flight Sunday after...

Meet America’s ghosts towns (PHOTOS) — RT US News

Swallowed by lakes, abandoned beside tapped out mines and collapsed due to subterranean fires, the US...
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Video: Web Bonus: Linda Villarosa on Black Maternal Health Crisis & America’s Hidden HIV...

https://democracynow.org - Extended conversation with journalist Linda Villarosa about her two recent major pieces in The New York Times Magazine: “Why America's Black Mothers...

Class Conflict in Red State America

Photo by US Department of Education | CC BY 2.0 Teachers in red-state America are hard at work teaching us all a lesson. The American...

American Anti-Soviet Union morphs into American Anti-Russia

Unpersons One reason it’s so easy to get an American administration, the mainstream media, and the American people to jump on an anti-Russian bandwagon is,...

America’s Dystopian Future | Dissident Voice

A review of Scott Erickson’s History of the Decline and Fall of America’s Dystopian Future Imagine a privatized America where rugged individualism reigns supreme within...

Christian Nationalism: Good for Politicians, Bad for America and the World

White evangelical Christians voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump, despite his well-documented character flaws and moral failings. It turns out that their support wasn’t just...

Poll Shows Americans Support the Invasion of Syria

And What Americans Misunderstand About that War Eric Zuesse The first even marginally trustworthy poll of American “registered voters" regarding the April 14th U.S.-and-allied missiles-invasion of...
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Video: America’s #1 Weapons Salesman: Trump Promotes U.S. Arms Manufacturers & Weakens Export Rules

https://democracynow.org - A new exposé by Reuters reveals how the Trump administration plans to make the U.S. an even larger weapons exporter by loosening...

Class Conflict in Red-State America

Kentucky public school teachers protest outside the Kentucky House Chamber as they rally for a day of action to pressure legislators to override Gov....

Near Deadly Political Gas Attack On Americans

“Historically, reactionary forces on the verge of extinction invariably conduct a last desperate struggle against the revolutionary forces, and some revolutionaries are deluded for...
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Video: Syrian-American Activist: Limited U.S. Airstrikes Send Signal to Assad He Can Continue Mass...

https://democracynow.org - The United States is expected to introduce new sanctions against Russian companies with links to Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, following the coordinated...
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Video: Athenians burn US flag outside American embassy as hundreds decry Syria strikes

Hundreds of protesters burned the USA flag in front of the US embassy in Athens on Saturday, to condemn the US-led airstrikes on Syria....
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Video: ‘We’re exceptional, Russia is not’: Meet Trump’s pick for the head of American...

Facing widespread opposition from Democrats over his political beliefs, Mike Pompeo, President Donald Trump's nominee to take over the State Department, took a hard...

How the Syrian American Medical Society Is Selling Regime Change and Driving the U.S....

Reports on unproven allegations of a chemical attack in Douma, the Syria city formerly occupied by the Army of Islam insurgent group,...

‘Trump denied the American people oversight in endless war’ — RT US News

Not all US lawmakers have welcomed the "illegal" strike on Syria ordered by President Donald Trump...

‘Not only Pompeo thinks US is exceptional, this is the air Americans breathe’ –...

We’ve already heard about US exceptionalism from Albright, Obama, and Clinton, but we are no longer...

America’s Long History of Trying to Determine Who Rules Syria – Consortiumnews

The CIA organized its very first coup in Syria in 1949 to overthrow a democratically elected president and install a...

The Slippery Slope to a Constitution-Free America

by John W. Whitehead / April 12th, 2018 Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor...
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Video: Sudanese-American Musician Sinkane in Conversation & Performance

https://democracynow.org - Musician Ahmed Gallab, aka Sinkane, recently stopped by the Democracy Now! studios to perform and talk about making music as a Sudanese-American...

America’s ‘Unlimited Imperialists’ – Consortiumnews

As the U.S. stands poised to strike Syria in yet another display of its unbridled militarism, it is the Unlimited...

Majority of Americans think Facebook should face more regulation – poll — RT US...

The majority of Americans believe their personal data is currently unsafe with Facebook and that the...

Will Bolton and Trump Start the First Sino-American War?

Photo by Christopher Michel | CC BY 2.0 When America launches a preemptive attack on North Korea, will the US find itself at war with...

American Journalist Who Was Hostage by Islamists in Syria Says American Should Stay Out

From tonight’s Tucker Carlson Show on Fox News: The post American Journalist Who Was Hostage by Islamists in Syria Says American Should Stay Out appeared...

Three More Reasons for Wealth-Deprived Americans to Take to the Streets

It's starting to happen, as teachers around the country are fighting back against income and wealth inequality. At least 3 of every 4 Americans...

Vet battles HOA over American flag

From Stephon Clark to Voter Suppression, the Attack on Black America Intensifies

Black Lives Matter protesters march through the streets in response to the police shooting of Stephon Clark in Sacramento, California on March 28, 2018....

Private Investigations Find America’s Magnitsky Act to Be Based on Frauds

Eric Zuesse We are now getting closer and closer to what, quite possibly, could turn out to be a war between U.S. and Russia —...

America’s Descent Into Despotism: Finding Our Source of Power Within

The United States is in a major upheaval. Trump’s cabinet shake-up moves the country into an alarming direction. From the nomination of torturer Gina...

Caravan of Central American Migrants Holds a Mirror to Cruel US Immigration Policy and...

Despite efforts by Mexican immigration authorities to disband a caravan of Central American migrants, hundreds are still bound for the US-Mexico border. This comes...
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Video: Keiser Report: American Gulag (E1209)

Max and Stacy discuss the peasant uprising the billionaires fear... will it keep the middle classes from buying luxury consumer goods? They also discuss...
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Video: Caravan of Central American Migrants Holds a Mirror to Cruel U.S. Immigration Policy...

https://democracynow.org - Despite efforts by Mexican immigration authorities to disband a caravan of Central American migrants, hundreds are still bound for the U.S.-Mexico border....

Busses carrying expelled American diplomats leave US Embassy in Moscow (VIDEO) — RT US...

Three busses believed to be carrying the first group of expelled American diplomats have left the...

U.S. and its press lie Americans into invasions routinely.

Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org The 2003 invasion of Iraq is the best-known example of America’s Government and press lying to fool its public...

America Hasn’t Learned a Thing

by John W. Whitehead / April 3rd, 2018 In this difficult day, in this difficult time for the United States, it is perhaps well to...

Trump defends Sinclair Broadcasting as ‘news script’ media scandal shakes America — RT US...

President Donald Trump has again defended Sinclair Broadcasting after a video showing over 100 American news...

One Year Later, America’s Airstrike on Syria Is Still Illegal

On April 6, 2017, the United States bombed a Syrian airbase. The bombing was in response to a chemical attack immediately thought to be...

Caravan of 1,500 Central American Migrant Families Crossing Mexico to Reach U.S. Border

A caravan of more than 1,500 familes including men, women, and children are making their way from Central America through Mexico and...

Americans Trust ‘Our’ Intelligence Agencies. Should We?

Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org The record is clear that ‘our’ (that is, the ruling Establishment’s) intelligence agencies, such as the CIA, have lied...

Disembodied Americans and the Crucifixion of the World

The existent, the body, disappears.  We live within a spectacle of empty clothes and unworn masks….Nobodies and no Necessity – for Necessity is the...

The Leaning Ivory Towers of America’s Corpocracy

With due respect to the citizens of Pisa and their landmark bell tower, I am using it loosely as a metaphor for the permanent...
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Video: American Illusion? Homelessness continues to plague neighborhoods in Los Angeles

The city of Los Angeles is associated with celebrities, luxury and fame. However, it has another side. Official figures suggest homelessness has increased 43%...

Chronic homelessness vs. the American Dream — RT US News

Thousands of people in one of America’s richest cities live on sidewalks infested with flesh-eating bacteria...

William J. Astore on American Torture

U.S. troops use the “water cure” in the Philippines, 1902Back in 2009, I wrote a few articles on torture during the Bush/Cheney administration. With...

America’s Complicated Relationship with International Human Rights Norms – Consortiumnews

The U.S. has long had a love-hate relationship with international norms, having taken the lead in forging landmark human rights...

‘Assange is a war hero, he exposed American war crimes’ – Vivienne Westwood —...

Fashion icon Vivienne Westwood sent a message of support on RT to her friend Julian...

Enough is Enough: Police Violence Plagues America

Photo by Benjamin Thomas | CC BY 2.0 “It is often the case that police shootings, incidents where law enforcement officers pull the trigger on...
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Video: ‘Assange is a war hero, he exposed American war crimes’ – Vivienne Westwood...

Fashion icon Vivienne Westwood sent a message of support on RT to her friend Julian Assange, whose Internet access was cut off by the...

Non-Interventionism: America’s Original Foreign Policy

We are facing a presidential “war cabinet” more aggressive than any in history. John Bolton, “Mad Dog” Mattis, Mike Pompeo,...

Paganism in America – LewRockwell

John Bolton: ‘The Most Dangerous American’

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The Madness of the American Ruling Class vs. the Sanity of the People of...

Photo by Valeriana Solaris | CC BY 2.0 Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People...

Clinton should respect all Americans, not just ones who voted for her – senator...

Hillary Clinton should be more careful in how she describes Americans who voted for President Donald...
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Video: “One Life Is Worth All the Guns in America”: Students Demand End to...

https://democracynow.org - In a historic day of action, more than 800 protests were held Saturday urging lawmakers to pass gun control. In Washington, organizers...

Majority of Americans don’t trust Facebook to protect their data – poll — RT...

More than 50 percent of Americans don’t trust Facebook to adhere to the country’s privacy laws,...

Trump suggests American military may pay for US-Mexico border wall since it’s now ‘rich’...

Donald Trump has long pushed for a wall to be built along the US-Mexico border, but...

Trump practices his golf swing as Americans march for gun control — RT US...

Donald Trump spent his Saturday on the putting green as hundreds of thousands of Americans marched...

Two-Thirds of Americans Live in the ‘Constitution-Free Zone’

In Hartford, Vermont, last year, U.S. Border Patrol agents boarded  a Greyhound bus as it arrived from Boston, asking passengers about their citizenship and...

How the Military Controls America

Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org Unlike corporations that sell to consumers, Lockheed Martin and the other top contractors to the U.S. Government are highly...

Demand for American Sperm Is Skyrocketing in Brazil

With “jewel-tone eyes,” blond hair and a “smattering of light freckles,” Othello looks nothing like most Brazilians, the majority of whom are...
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Video: Meet the American Professor Suing Cambridge Analytica for His Psychographic Profile

https://democracynow.org - We turn now to the burgeoning scandal around voter-profiling company Cambridge Analytica. Startling revelations show the company harvested the data of more...

How Many Millions of People Have Been Killed in America’s Post-9/11 Wars? – Part...

The numbers of casualties of U.S. wars since Sept. 11, 2001 have largely gone uncounted, but coming to terms with...

From ‘Sea to Shining Sea,’ Industrial Ag Fouls America’s Waterways

A citizen-led group in Nebraska is fighting Costco’s plan to build a huge chicken factory farm operation that residents in nearby cities say would pollute...

American Public Troubled by ‘Deep State’ – Consortiumnews

Although most Americans are unfamiliar with the term ‘Deep State,’ according to recent polling they are nevertheless skeptical of unelected...

Why America’s major news-media must change their thinking

Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org America’s ‘news’-media possess the mentality that characterizes a dictatorship, not a democracy. This will be documented in the linked-to...

Who Will Protect Our Wrecked Democracy from the American Oligarchy?

Photo by Joe Schueller | CC BY 2.0 There’s been an interesting debate over the years about the relation between capitalism and democracy, for example,...

Possessed! Europe’s American Demon Must Be Exorcised

Europe is suffering the tortures of the damned as it struggles with split-personality psychosis. Here in the center of Western Europe one can tune in...

American Public Troubled by “Deep State”

by John V. Walsh / March 20th, 2018 “Public Troubled by Deep State” is the headline that the Monmouth University Polling Institute tags to its...

American Public Troubled by ‘Deep State’

"Public Troubled by Deep State" is the headline that the Monmouth University Polling Institute tags to its recent poll. Polling about the term "Deep...

Majority of Americans fear surveillance & ‘deep state’ power – poll — RT US...

Over 70 percent of US citizens in the Republican and Democratic parties believe America is controlled...
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Video: Brazil’s Former President Lula on U.S. Intervention in Latin America & 15th Anniv....

https://democracynow.org - We continue our conversation with former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The former union leader co-founded Brazil's Workers' Party and...

Russian interview with Putin (and others) discusses geopolitics, nationhood, and America

Eric Zuesse https://off-guardian.org/2018/03/15/no-russia-no-world-full-movie-world-order-2018/ discusses and presents a new feature-length, interview-laced, documentary, about the way that Russians, and also Putin, view America, and view the future...

William Astore on Ending America’s Cult of the Warrior-Hero

Every now and again I look over my dad’s letters from World War II. He was attached to an armored headquarters company that didn’t...

37mn Americans are ‘binge drinkers,’ CDC study says — RT US News

Americans are no strangers to boozing it up, according to a new study that found that...

‘Trump may kill Iran deal, and that would be bad…for America’ — RT US...

Donald Trump, a fierce critic of Iranian nuclear deal, has so far made no moves to...

An American: “Why I Don’t Trust My Government, At All”

Eric Zuesse Would you trust your government if it were headed by a President who just now appointed to become the head of the CIA,...

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Ron Paul asks: Will Torture Make America Great Again?

President Trump’s surprise move to make major changes in his Administration brings forth nominees for CIA director and Secretary of...
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Video: Web Bonus: Stephen Kinzer on America’s History of Regime Change and Mark Twain’s...

https://democracynow.org - Web-only conversation with Stephen Kinzer, author of many books including “Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq” and “The...
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Video: The Great American Pilgrimage: Pilgrimage theater

With the pilgrimage complete, Stephen revisits his experiences on the journey, and does his best to remember all the ports of call while answering...

‘Keep America Great!’ Trump unveils re-election slogan, says was joking about ‘lifelong presidency’ —...

President Donald Trump has trialled his 2020 re-election slogan at a rally in Pennsylvania, vowing to...

Ode to America | Dissident Voice

My own little worldIs what I deserve‘Cause I am the only child there is.A king of it allThe belle of the ballI promise I’ve...

America’s Martin Shkreli Problem Is Not Just Martin Shkreli

On Friday, Martin Shkreli was sentenced to seven years in prison. What, if anything, does Shkreli’s downfall tell us about modern America?  Shkreli’s early life...

America’s Troll Farm Media

Photo by Porsche Brosseau | CC BY 2.0 Despite all the smoke and mirrors, most Americans seem to see where the stenographers of corporate capitalism...
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Video: American Role in Creating Russian Kleptocracy Missing in Financier’s Senate Testimony

Investigative economist James S. Henry and TRNN's Paul Jay discuss Bill Browder's accusations of corruption and murder against Vladimir Putin; Henry says Trump's dubious...

When ‘God Wills It!’: An American Reckoning

America may be sinking ever deeper into the moral morass of the Trump era, but if you think the malevolence of this period began...

Prison Planet.com » Tucker Carlson Warns of ‘Something Ominous’ Happening to Men in America...

Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” host Tucker Carlson launched his series about men in America and how statistics show men are...

A Stalinist Purge in America?

Just How Unequal Are America’s Major Corporations?

That America’s income distribution has grown dramatically more unequal in the past 40 years is beyond debate. The share of the top 1 percent...

Fair media ‘is dead’ in America – House intel chair Nunes — RT US...

Chairman of the House Intel Committee Devin Nunes (R-California) believes fair media in the US “no...

7,000yo Native American burial site found off Florida coast (PHOTOS, VIDEO) — RT US...

A 7,000-year-old burial site belonging to the ancestors of Native Americans has been found off the...
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Video: Great American Pilgrimage: ‘Pahk the Cah’ – Boston harbor

Stephen insists he plans to finish the pilgrimage by putting the RV on a barge, sailing it out into the Boston Harbor and having...

DACA, Good Americans, and Obama’s Grim Legacy

Photo by Pete Prodoehl | CC BY 2.0 Barack Obama, the President who deported more immigrants than all Presidents of the 20th century combined, briefly...

America’s News Media Foment Hate

Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org Like was shown in the movie 1984, in its two-minute section “Two Minutes of Hate”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WupvCZhKMnM, the U.S.-installed Ukrainian regime on...

Punish China by Taxing Americans – Antiwar.com Blog

Every special interest has a pitch on how to get government benefits at the expense of everyone else. This week...

How the “Black Panther” Film Is “A Defining Moment for Black America”

As Black History Month wraps up, we look at the record-breaking movie Black Panther. Since the release of Black Panther earlier this month, fans...
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Video: How the “Black Panther” Film Is “A Defining Moment for Black America”

https://democracynow.org - As Black History Month wraps up, we look at the record-breaking movie “Black Panther.” Since the release of “Black Panther” earlier this...

Funding Infrastructure: Why China Is Running Circles Around America

“One Belt, One Road,” China’s $1 trillion infrastructure initiative, is a massive undertaking of highways, pipelines, transmission lines, ports, power stations, fiber optics, and...

85% of Americans unhappy with Congress, most think it serves lobbyists, not the people...

The overwhelming majority of Americans, irrespective of party allegiance, holds a dismal opinion of Congress, a...