Is Paying Hush Money to Trump’s Paramours a Criminal Offense? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Former US Federal Election Commission chairman Bradley Smith explained “almost anything a candidate does can be interpreted as intended to ‘influence an election,’ from buying a good watch to make sure he (or she) gets to […]

Trump an Illegitimate President? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) There’s plenty about Trump to criticize – serious issues unaddressed in the mainstream.  WaPo resident neocon extremist Max Boot calling him illegitimate has no credibility. He lied claiming his “election (was) tainted by fraud” – for defeating media darling Hillary. No evidence […]

US Sanctions War on Russia Escalates by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Illegal US sanctions on Russia and other nations are imposed to wage war by other means. In 1996, the Vienna-based International Progress Organization blasted sanctions as “an illegitimate form of collective punishment of the weakest and poorest members of society, […]

US/UK Axis of Evil Against Russia by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The US, UK, NATO, Israel, and their partners in high crimes threaten everyone everywhere – a force for evil with nukes, threatening humanity like never before in world history. Is weaponized hysteria over Russia beyond the point of no return? […]

Elizabeth Warren’s Phony Populist Crusade by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The senator from Massachusetts is a con man Bernie Sanders clone with a gender difference. Both figures have 2020 presidential aspirations – why Warren introduced The Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act, a measure going nowhere, similar to Trump’s hollow swamp draining […]

Venezuelan Earthquake: Natural or Engineered? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) On Tuesday at 5:31PM local time, a major earthquake struck northern Venezuela and the Caribbean – its epicenter in eastern Sucre state’s Cajigal de la Peninsula de Paria. The US Geological Survey called it a 7.3-magnitude quake. The Colombian Geological Service […]

Unjustifiably Slamming John Brennan’s Defrocking by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) A rogue’s gallery of former US intelligence community and other officials unjustifiably slammed Trump’s revocation of Brennan’s security clearance. DJT didn’t go far enough. He should have ordered the Justice Department to indict him for high crimes of war and against […]

The Atlantic Council’s Russophobic Rage by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The Atlantic Council (AC) is a neocon infested think tank involved in weaponizing Russophobic hysteria. Its board of directors and so-called “experts” include a rogue’s gallery of hawkish extremists, serving the interests of America’s military/industrial/security/media complex. In June, AC launched what […]

Pentagon Report Falsely Claims China Threatens America by Stephen Lendman America threatens everyone – not China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, or other sovereign independent countries. The Pentagon is Washington’s instrument for waging endless wars of aggression on nations threatening no one. China supports world peace and stability, along with cooperative relations with other nations – […]

Russia Cyberattacking America’s Political Process? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) In the run-up to US November midterms, Russophobes infesting Washington, scoundrel media editorial boards, and corporate America are revving up false claims about Kremlin US election meddling. They never quit, Russia targeted as US public enemy No. One – for its […]