What’s Wrong with the GOP Tax Cut Plan? Everything for Ordinary Americans by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The so-called House and Senate Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has everything to do with transferring more of the nation’s wealth from ordinary people to corporate predators and super-rich households. It has nothing to […]

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Trump Wants Welfare in America Ended by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) During the Great Depression, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) provided financial help to children of low or no-income families. The program later provided significant federal and state funding to needy families. Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty established the […]

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Syrian Opposition Demands Regime Change by Stephen Lendman With government and allied forces smashing US-supported terrorists, they’re in no position to demand anything.  Washington, NATO, Israel their rogue allies demand it anyway. So did Syrian opposition delegates meeting in Saudi Arabia days earlier. A Syrian National Dialogue Congress will be held in Sochi, Russia at […]

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Russia’s Foreign Agent Media Law by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) In May 2015, Vladimir Putin signed Russia’s Law on Undesirable Organizations. It targets foreign organizations posing a “threat to the constitutional order and defense capability or the security of the Russian state” – subversive groups no governments should tolerate. The law […]

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Will Washington Reimpose Sanctions on Iranian Oil and Gas? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Post-JCPOA sanctions imposed by the Obama and Trump administrations flagrantly violated Iranian nuclear deal terms. New ones targeting its oil and gas exports would deprive the country of billions of dollars in revenues. Bipartisan hostility toward Iran […]

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Transition of Power in the Lugansk People’s Republic by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) On Friday, President of the Lugansk People’s Republic Igor Plotnitsky resigned, citing health reasons. Head of LPR’s State Security Ministry Leonid Pasechnik replaced him as temporary leader, saying: “In accordance with his decision, I will assume the duties […]

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White House Support for Aggression and Blockade of Yemen by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Humanitarian conditions in the country are dire. International Rescue Committee in Yemen country director Paolo Cernuschi called world community “silence” on what’s going on “shocking.” If blockade of ports continues, “we really are looking at a catastrophic […]

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US to Stop Arming Syrian Kurds? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Washington has been supplying Kurdish fighters in northern Syria with heavy weapons and other material support for many months, ignoring Turkish criticism. On Friday, President Erdogan said “(w)e have clearly expressed our stance” on this issues. Russia shares Ankara’s concern, […]

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US CHIP Program Endangered by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is administered by the Health and Human Resources Department, providing matched funds to states. It covers healthcare for around nine million children and hundreds of thousands of pregnant women from low-income families – too high to […]

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Russian Foreign Ministry on Syria, the Hague Tribunal and Google Censorship by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Remaining elements of ISIS are being eliminated. The US-supported terrorist group in Syria is a shadow of its peak strength. “Eliminating terrorists, creating and ensuring proper operations in the de-escalation zones as part of the […]

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