Farcical Saudi Justice by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The State Department’s 2017 human rights report on Saudi Arabia said the following about its disturbing human rights abuses: The most significant ones include “unlawful killings…without requisite due process; torture; arbitrary arrest and detention, including of lawyers, human rights activists, and antigovernment reformists; […]

New Congress, Same Old Dirty System by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Changes from one US electoral cycle to the next leave what’s most important the same or worse – the 116th Congress to prove no different from earlier ones in recent decades, notably since the neoliberal 90s. The NYT saying “(t)he […]

America a Nation in Decline Revisited by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) America no longer is the world’s sole superpower, not even the leading one. Russian super-weapons outmatch the Pentagon’s best, developed at a small fraction of the cost. Republicans and undemocratic Dems maintain the myth of America’s military superiority, failing to […]

Veteran NBC News Reporter Quits by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Longtime major media reporter William M. Arkin quit over what he called endless Trump hysteria, opposition to his wanting improved relations with Russia, condoning US militarism and belligerence, cheerleading fear-mongering, and “ho-hum reporting,” among other issues. On January 4, he left […]

Pompeo Threatens Iran by Stephen Lendman For nearly 40 years, the US sought regime change in Iran, stopping short of waging war. Will Trump regime hardliners change strategy and tactics in the new year? Will they dare wage war on the Islamic Republic, what Israeli Ziofascists have been pushing for under Netanyahu? On January 3, […]

Undemocratic Dems to Push Russiagate Witch Hunt in 2019 by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) In October 2016, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) willfully and maliciously deceived Congress and the public – falsely claiming the US intelligence community has high confidence that […]

China, Russia, and Developing Hypersonic Weapons Top Pentagon Priorities by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Straightaway on the job as acting US war secretary, Patrick Shanahan said he intends to prioritize his predecessor’s national defense strategy – what James Mattis called “great power competition, not terrorism” – the scourge the US created […]

Congressional and Media Fury Over Trump’s Syria Pullout Announcement by Stephen Lendman Since announced on December 19, Trump backtracked enough to get some observers to believe he may have changed his mind. Delay often becomes denial. It’ll be many weeks into the new year to learn whether Trump sticks by his withdrawal from Syria and […]

George Soros Person of the Year? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The London-based Financial Times (FT) calls itself “the world’s leading global business publication.” Around the time of its 19th century founding, it described itself as the friend of “The Honest Financier, the Bona Fide Investor, the Respectable Broker, the Genuine […]

The Mitt Romney Pot Calls the Trump Kettle Black by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman A pox on them both and the vast majority of others in Washington like them! They’re polar opposite paragons of virtue, squarely against peace, equity and justice, their agenda what makes America a pariah state. As a […]