US politics

TeleSur | – – Trump initially told reporters he would “love to debate Bernie.” The Republican nominee flip flopped from his initial openess to debating the democratic socialist senator from Vermont. Donald Trump announced Friday he will not debate Senator Bernie Sanders because he thinks the Democratic Party will not allow Sanders to win the […]

Books

Trump too Horrifying for Stephen King

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TeleSur | – – The writers condemn Trump’s appeals to the most violent elements of society, while encouraging aggression, intimidating his opponents and promoting racism. Stephen King, the master of horror, is among at least 600 renowned U.S. writers that have signed an open letter condemning presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s abusive language. Cheryl […]

Climate Change

Trump accepts Climate Change threat . . . to his Golf Course

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By Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian | ( The Young Turks Video Report) | – – “Donald Trump has said that he believes climate change is a hoax. That contradicts his company’s filing in Ireland, to build a sea wall to protect his golf resort, from rising sea levels caused by climate change. Cenk Uygur […]

National Security State

The Pentagon’s War on Accountability: At $600 Bn a Year, Why aren’t any Wars being Won?

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By William D. Hartung | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Now you see it, now you don’t. Think of it as the Department of Defense’s version of the street con game, three-card monte, or maybe simply as the Pentagon shuffle. In any case, the Pentagon’s budget is as close to a work of art as you’re […]

Bernie Sanders

Fruits of Perseverence: Dem Platform Committee to Feel the Bern

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TeleSur | – – The Democratic Party will allow Sanders to have a prominent say in writing its platform this year. The Democratic Party said on Monday it will give U.S. presidential contender Bernie Sanders a prominent say in writing its platform this year, a gesture that could ease tensions between Sanders’ camp and party […]

History

Top 3 sources of Immigration to US every Decade since 1820 (Animated Map)

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Metrocosm | (Animated video) | – – “From 1920 to 2013, 79 million people obtained lawful permanent resident status in the United States. This map visualizes all of them based on their prior country of residence. The brightness of a country corresponds to its total migration to the U.S. at the given time. 1 dot […]

Bill of Rights

Snowden on Torture Report: “When the CIA destroys s.th., it’s never a Mistake”

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TeleSur | — After the CIA inspector general admitted it destroyed a 6,700 page report on torture, the famed whistleblower said the CIA does not destroy by “accident.” Edward Snowden commented this week on the CIA inspector general office’s “mistaken” destruction of its only copy of a top secret torture report: ““When the CIA destroys […]

Bill of Rights

The late great Fourth Amendment: Feds, Police and Intrusive Technologies

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By Matthew Harwood and Jay Stanley | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Can’t you see the writing on the touchscreen? A techno-utopia is upon us. We’ve gone from smartphones at the turn of the twenty-first century to smart fridges and smart cars. The revolutionary changes to our everyday life will no doubt keep barreling […]

Featured

British PM Cameron’s tiff with Trump over Muslims: The Hypocrisy Factor

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By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – When Donald Trump announced his monstrous and yet daffy plan to exlude Muslims from the United States (what with being, himself, both monstrous and yet daffy), British Prime Minister David Cameron called him out. The plan, he said, is “divisive, stupid and wrong.” Trump gave an […]