US politics

By Michelle Bentley | (The Conversation) | – – Donald Trump has once again violated all mainstream thinking to advance a dangerous and deviant policy, this time on nuclear weapons. The wannabe Republican presidential nominee recently said the US needs a policy of “unpredictability”. This means the US would be able to use nuclear weapons […]

Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders at Vatican: Pope has played historical Role in trying to Create a new World Economy

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Rome Reports in English | (Video News Report) | – – Rome Reports: “Bernie Sanders speaks at the Vatican”

African-Americans

IS GOP aiming for 21st Century White Apartheid in America?

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Arun Gupta | ( TeleSur ) | – – To compete on a national level the Republican right is creating a system of intersectional apartheid. No matter what happens with Donald Trump’s bid for the presidency, the Republican Party has a bright future as a party of patriarchal white nationalism. Its grip on white support […]

Bernie Sanders

The Bernie Sanders Miracle: American Crowd in Brooklyn Cheers Palestinian Dignity

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Democratic debate in Brooklyn last night took an unusual turn when a grumpy old Jewish American upbraided a slightly younger Illinois Methodist for not respecting the dignity of the Palestinian people. BLITZER [Used to work for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee lobby] : . […]

Militarization

The Euphemisms of War and Covering up American Military Failure

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By William J. Astore | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Introduction | By Tom Engelhardt | – – At the moment, there are a maximum of 3,870 U.S. military personnel (or 7,740 actual boots on the ground) in Iraq supporting the war against the Islamic State. That’s the “official cap” imposed by the Obama administration, […]

Bernie Sanders

Sanders joins Striking Verizon Workers: says to CEOs, “I welcome their Contempt”

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TeleSur The senator from Vermont thanked the striking workers for “standing up for justice against corporate greed.” Nearly 40,000 Verizon Communications workers walked off the job Wednesday and were joined by U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders as they protested a lack of progress in contracts talks more than eight months after their agreements with […]

Democratic Party

Is Hillary Clinton vulnerable to Trump over her 2002 vote for the Iraq War?

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Tom F.A Watts | (The Conversation) | – – To the horror of almost everyone in mainstream US politics, it seems increasingly likely that by the close of the Republican National Convention in July, Donald Trump will have snatched the prize he has long coveted: the Republican presidential nomination. The party’s leadership is no longer […]

Bernie Sanders

Forget the Trump/Cruz Circus: Why Liberals are the Future of America

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By James A. Haught | (Informed Comment) | – – In the chaotic presidential campaign, the remarkable popularity of Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders spotlights a large, not-always-recognized vein of liberal political sympathy in America. Suddenly, the L-word is popular again — not an embarrassment to be avoided. That’s great, I think, because progressives have been […]

Republican Party

Billionaire buying Election & Given Free Airtime sulks that System is Rigged

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CBSN | (Video Report) | – – “Donald Trump is slamming the Republican party after losing more delegates to Ted Cruz in Colorado this weekend. And on Sunday, Trump’s convention manager likened Cruz’s campaign tactics to that of the Gestapo, the feared secret police under Nazi Germany. Editor-in-chief of The Hill, Bob Cusack joins CBSN […]