Southwest border arrests of undocumented entrants are as low as they have been in 50 years
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US politics
Why does the MSM let Trump set the News Agenda, Every Minute of Every Day?
And why so little reporting on the 50 US bases in the Middle East?
A Protest Against ‘Climate of Fear’ at U of Michigan over standing for Palestinian Rights
A discussion is inhibited by the climate of fear that the administration has initiated on the campus by taking punitive action against instructors with no semblance of due process
Top 8 Ways John Kelly was an Embarrassment as WH Chief of Staff
Revised By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump announced Saturday that his chief of staff, John Kelly, will leave at the end of the month. It has been reported that the two men are not speaking. Kelly was often seen as a force for stability in the Trump administration, but as I […]
Top 5 Must-Know Revelations in Russia Probe
Washington, DC | (AFP) | – US President Donald Trump has repeatedly called Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election — and possible collusion with Trump campaign officials — a “witch hunt” New filings by federal prosecutors have brought major revelations about Russian efforts to forge links to US President […]
Russian Sought ‘Synergy’ with Trump Campaign in 2015: Mueller
Washington, United States | AFP | – Russians reached out to President Donald Trump’s then-personal lawyer Michael Cohen in November 2015 seeking to establish cooperation with the Trump’s election campaign, Special Counsel Robert Mueller said A high-placed Russian offered Donald Trump’s presidential campaign “synergy on a government level” in November 2015, well before previous reported […]
Are Trump & Khashoggi Case dragging down SecDef Mattis, Last Adult in Room?
The most vocal attack on the former Marine general came from a member of Trump’s own Republican party this week, Senator Lindsey Graham
Life at Trump Speed: Mental Whiplash and Forgotten Outrages
San Francisco (Tomdispatch.com) – I took my first hit of speed in 1970 during my freshman year in college. That little white pill — Dexedrine — was a revelation. It made whatever I was doing absolutely fascinating. Amphetamine sharpened my focus and banished all appetites except a hunger for knowledge. I spent that entire night […]
Dangerous CO2 Spurt: How the Rich Countries are Failing to Curb Climate Emergency
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Carbon Dioxide emissions were up again this year, after a hiatus during which people wondered if the world had gotten a handle on greenhouse gases. It turns out, not so much. A new UN report sounds the alarm. The spike in CO2 this year is a bad sign, but actually […]