Why Did the FBI Leak the Comey Memo?
Putting the Comey leak in the context of US-Russia relations and the domestic factions that are keen to maintain hostilities.
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Gaius Publius: Trump – A Nation in Crisis, Again
Trump’s opponents are using the Comey scandal to up their efforts to force Trump out. Is this likely to succeed?
Read more...Facebook Hews To Democratic Party Line on 2016 Election Manipulation
Facebook amplifies Team Blue’s message in announcing measures to deal with “information operations” that seek to manipulate public opinion.
Read more...Why Anti-War Purity Tests Are Not Sound Political Strategy
Why head on opposition to war has failed and other approaches have better odds of long term success.
Read more...Mark Ames: Credit Suisse Decries Russian Inequality After Playing Leading Role in Creating It
Credit Suisse criticizes Russian inequality after having profited handsomely from playing a big role in creating it.
Read more...“I’m Back in the USSR / You Don’t Know How Lucky You Are”
Parallels at ground level between the USSR and the US of A.
Read more...The Canadian Establishment and Prime Minister Trudeau Aim at Ousting Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland
Is Canada’s Foreign Minister Freeland, in a scandal over lying about her Nazi propagandist grandfather, being hung out to dry by the PM?
Read more...John Helmer: Australian Government Trips Up Ukrainian Court Claim of MH17 as Terrorism
Australia officially deems MH17 terrorism charges as “not proven”.
Read more...Vanity Fair Acts as Democratic Party Enforcer Against Greenwald, NC, Others; Train Wreck Ensues
James Wolcott had a hissy fit in Vanity Fair last week against parties he deems not sufficiently fixated on toppling Trump, including NC.
Read more...How Russia Is Using Oil Deals To Secure Its Influence In The Middle East
A string of oil deals between Russian oil companies and Arab petrostates have shifted the center of political gravity in the Middle East and North Africa towards Moscow
Read more...John Helmer: The Western Press Incorrectly Depicts Putin as on the Wrong Side of a Feminist Issue
The Western media goes after Putin on shaky grounds. Evidently, getting him on identity politics sins is more important than real dirt.
Read more...How the Media Continues To Aid Trump
The media overinvests in covering Trump’s antics at the expense of his corporate-friendly policies.
Read more...John Helmer: Parsing the Dossier on Trump’s Alleged Russian Bedroom Antics
A close reading of the “golden showers” dossier, including sources, methods, and reported payments for information.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Who’s Blackmailing the President & Why Aren’t Democrats Upset About It?
The CIA tries a ham-handed stunt to blackmail Trump and Democrats applaud. This is too close for comfort to an attack on democratic rule.
Read more...Andrew Bacevich: How the US Blew the Post-Cold-War Era
Why the end of the Cold War and the era of the US as the world’s sole superpower has not worked out as well as predicted.
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