US College Admissions Scandal by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) In the 1961 Hollywood film Splendor in the Grass, the protagonist’s oil-wealthy father got his academically unqualified son admitted to Yale. Though unexplained in the film, he likely bought his admission, his influence not enough to prevent his son’s expulsion for failing […]

North Korea to Suspend Talks with Trump Regime? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Two Kim Jong-un/Trump summits and additional talks between officials of both countries achieved no change in hardline US policy toward the DPRK.  Nothing suggests the likelihood of improved bilateral relations ahead. Both right wings of US one-party rule […]

The Trump Regime Considers the West Bank, Gaza, and Syria’s Golan Israeli Territory by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The West Bank and Gaza are illegally occupied Palestinian territories. There’s nothing “disputed” about them.  Expanding Israeli settlements on stolen Palestinian land flagrantly violate Fourth Geneva’s Article 49, stating: “Individual or mass forcible […]

Saving Venezuela’s Social Democracy by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Trump regime hardliners are hellbent on eliminating it, wanting control over Venezuela’s oil, gas, gold, and other valued resources, along with gaining another imperial trophy. Since established under Hugo Chavez in February 1999, Venezuelan social democracy has been a thorn in the […]

Electrical Power Largely Restored in Venezuela by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) According to Communications Minister Jorge Rodriguez, electrical power in the country is mostly restored, potable water service 80% restored, adding: “Problems remain with transformers that have been sabotaged…in Baruta and El Hatillo. The service has been restored in 60% of […]

US Anti-Russia Legislation by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Largely by voice vote on Tuesday, House members passed four anti-Russia measures, continuing US war on the country by other means. One bill targeted Vladimir Putin over the February 2015 killing of opposition figure Boris Nemtsov – lethally shot multiple times in central […]

The Trump Regime Wants US LNG Replacing Russian Natural Gas by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Russia’s Nord Stream pipeline project is the most impressive of its kind – when completed to be the world’s longest underwater pipeline. It’ll be able to deliver 55 billion cubic meters of natural gas from beneath […]

US/Taliban Talks: Real or Illusory Progress? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) US Afghan aggression and occupation of parts of the country remain largely unchanged after over 17 years. Afghanistan reflects what CIA officials once called Vietnam – “the grand illusion of the American cause,” a conflict impossible to win. Yet it […]

Pompeo Declares Energy War on Russia and Other US Adversaries by Stephen Lendman Pompeo’s remarks at the Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) conference in Houston on Wednesday provided more clear evidence of the following: The US republic founded long ago no longer exists, replaced by the imperial state, military Keynesianism, and ruinous military spending while […]

Trump Regime Wants $500 Million for Intervention in Venezuela by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) At his Monday press conference, Mike Pompeo said “we’ve asked (Congress to appropriate) up to $500 million…to restore the economy of the Venezuelan nation (sic) (and) help Juan Guaido.” He failed to explain the ongoing Trump regime […]