Please tell me I’m not the only one uneasy that this crew gets classified briefings for our national security https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1215011792860135424

These programs are established as distinct from and at odds with the rest of the academy. Grievance studies scholars describe the rest of the academy as “a hotbed for racist, sexist theorizing, research, and practices since its inception.” Considering the accomplishments in other fields as due to white supremacy means that the standards in other […]

Last night Iran fired 22 Qiam missiles towards two U.S. bases in Iraq. Between 1:45 and 2:15 local time (~22:00 UTC) seventeen missiles hit the Ain al Assad airbase west of Ramadi. Five missiles were aimed at Erbil airport in the northern Kurdish region of Iraq. There were no casualties. The Swiss embassy in Tehran, […]

The Grayzone held a live discussion of the US escalation of war on Iran and Iraq, with Trump’s assassination of General Qasem Soleimani and PMF commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. Aaron Maté is joined by Rania Khalek, Max Blumenthal, and Ben Norton. https://youtu.be/UeQ_dx452WM

Chelsea Clinton’s charmed life (surely not based on nepotism & name recognition alone!) continues without impediment, in full view of an American public that just doesn’t seem bothered. As reported by Barron’s, Chelsea Clinton’s stock in the internet conglomerate IAC/ InterActiveCorp has recently been valued at $9 million. That’s on top of the $50,000 annual […]

Why are so many intelligence veterans throwing their weight behind a young Indiana mayor with such a thin foreign policy resume? By Samuel D. Finkelstein These questions continue to loom large over the 2020 Democratic primary field: Who is Pete Buttigieg? And what is he doing here? Seemingly overnight, the once obscure mayor of Indiana’s […]

Prior to his election by the papal conclave, the role of Jorge Maria Bergoglio in Argentina’s “Dirty War” was known and documented.  It was known to the US State Department. It must have been known to one or more of the 115 “Cardinal Electors” of the Papal Conclave which convened at the Sistine Chapel on […]

Vladimir Golstein – So what’s in store for us in the next year? – Well, we’ll make Trump win, but we’ll make him so helpless and weak, that he’ll be more than happy to do what he is told. There will be more sanctions around the world, more bullying, more exploitation, more hysterical behavior among […]

It’s not just its own technology that Silicon Valley has become afraid of — it’s human beings. In tech as in politics, there’s always been an unbreakable bond between negative views of human nature and authoritarian ideologies. If you believe human beings are fundamentally stupid, weak, and corruptible, you’ll be far less inclined to grant them […]