Florida Recount Redux by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Shades of 2000 and arguably the most infamous ever US Supreme Court decision, and they’ve been plenty of others in the court’s disturbing history. In 2000, majority justices halted the Florida recount on spurious grounds, falsely claiming it violated the 14th Amendment’s Equal […]

Raging California Wildfires by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Extreme weather related events are becoming more common in America and elsewhere, including severe hurricanes, droughts, and blazes like what’s ravaging California. They’re likely related to global warming, a reality Trump and regime hardliners ignore. According to bioclimatologist Park Williams: “In pretty much […]

Tensions, Misery Easing in Gaza? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) In their latest editions, the NYT and WSJ presented the same false scenario about Gaza – ignoring the reality of one of world’s severest humanitarian crises. Since mid-2007, Gaza has been an undeclared Israeli war zone, its two million people held […]

Saudi Regime Bans Millions of Palestinians from Mecca by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The Saudi regime is contemptuous of Shia Muslims domestically and abroad.  It’s also hostile to Palestinians – even though they’re mostly Sunnis, including most Israeli Arab citizens. Muslims everywhere are encouraged to perform the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca […]

Russian Foreign Ministry on Syria, ISIS and Libya by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (MZ below) explained endless war in Syria continues raging in terrorist infested areas – mainly in Idlib province and southwestern parts of the country. Russian/Turkish agreed on an Idlib demilitarized zone nearly […]

Saudis Reject Independent Probe of Khashoggi’s Murder by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Coverup has been Saudi strategy all along, at first weeks of denial before admitting Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, calling it “premeditated” after concocting hollow explanations of what happened. The kingdom has gone all out to shift blame from what crown […]

Trump Bans Asylum for Unwanted Aliens by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Israel is the only developed nation prohibiting non-Jewish refugees and asylum seekers from entering the country – treating unwanted arrivals oppressively like criminals. Post-9/11, America is heading in the same direction. Obama was notoriously called the nation’s “deporter-in-chief.” Trump way […]

Trump v. the Media by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) US and other Western major media are the shame of the nations where they operate. They willfully ill-inform, misinform and disinform, managing news, information and opinion – polar opposite what legitimate journalism is supposed to be all about. They stick to the […]

US Warships Challenge China Near Its Territory by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) US freedom of navigation provocations close to Chinese territory happen with disturbing regularity. Along with surrounding China with US military bases and waging trade war on the country, unthinkable US-provoked confrontation could follow – the madness of possible military […]