House GOP Tax Cut Swindle: A Huge Tax Hike on Grad Students by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) It’s shocking but true. You can’t make this stuff up. College and grad school students already are drowning in debt. During my higher education years in the 1950s, the student loan racket didn’t exist. […]

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Nikki Haley Rage by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Long ago, Washington had respectable UN ambassadors, including Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Adlai Stevenson, Arthur Goldberg, and Andrew Young. Few Americans likely remember GHW Bush’s tenure in the post – from March 1, 1971 – January 18, 1973. Earlier days are long gone, […]

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Russia Vetoes Flawed Japan Resolution on Syria by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) For the second day, Russia vetoed an unacceptable SC resolution on extending the OPCW/UN Joint Investigation Mechanism (JIM) for another 30 days – the Japan-drafted resolution little different from the flawed first one, the country acting as a US […]

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Turkey Accuses US of Supporting ISIS, Ignores Its Own Support by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Turkish/US relations are strained. Its rapprochement with Russia and normalized ties with Iran, including trade relations with both countries, infuriates Washington. It has NATO’s second largest military, Ankara increasingly leaning East over West, a sore spot […]

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House Authorizes Funding to Deter Russia in Europe by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) No Russian threat exists – not against America, European countries or any others. Yet Congress authorizes billions of dollars annually to counter a nonexistent threat. On Tuesday, the House passed FY 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes […]

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Russia Blasts Fake US Diplomacy by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Washington doesn’t negotiate. It bullies other nations to support its imperial agenda – threats its favorite tactic to get its way. Thursday’s Security Council debate on dueling Russia/US resolutions on extending the OPCW/UN Joint Investigation Mechanism (JIM) is the latest example. […]

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Bombshell Report: Russia Funded Russian Elections by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Notorious fake news site Buzzfeed News lacks credibility, embarrassing itself with its rubbish. On November 14, it headlined: “Secret Finding: 60 Russian Payments ‘To Finance Election Campaign Of 2016,’ “ saying: “The FBI is scrutinizing more than 60 money transfers […]

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The Great American Tax Cut Swindle by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) House Republicans voted to continue transferring the nation’s wealth from ordinary people to corporate predators and the super-rich. Every House undemocratic Dem voted against the bill along with 13 Republicans. Under the Senate version of the measure, households earning under […]

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Israel and Saudis: Best of Friends? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) They’re strange bedfellows, allies of convenience against a common adversary – Iran for its sovereign independence and opposition to their hegemonic ambitions. In an unprecedented interview with London-based, Saudi-owned Elaph.com, IDF chief of staff Gadi Eizenkot said Israel is willing […]

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Russia Unfairly Blasted for Vetoing US Resolution on CW Use in Syria by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Russophobia is out-of-control, a relentless Western vilification campaign raging. The Kremlin faces constant criticism for whatever it does or doesn’t do, notably the following phony accusations:  US election meddling; widespread doping of its Olympic […]

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