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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Dueling SC Resolutions on CW Use in Syria by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) On Thursday, Russia and Washington faced off in a Security Council debate with dueling resolutions on extending the OPCW/UN Joint Investigation Mechanism (JIM).  Its mandate expires on November 17. A previous article explained what’s going on as follows: […]

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Report Urges Congress Require Chinese State Media to Resister as Foreign Agents by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Speech, media and academic freedom in America are threatened.  Forcing RT America to register as a foreign agent was a shot across the bow, an attempt to undermine its operations, wanting its reporting silenced. […]

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NYT-Style Putin Bashing by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The Times notoriously supports rogue states and their leaders, notably Israel, Middle East despots, Ukrainian putschists, and fascist regimes worldwide masquerading as democracies. Washington is Exhibit A. It deplores governments America opposes for their sovereign independence and opposition to imperial lawlessness – notably […]

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Remembering Edward Herman by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) On November 11, distinguished scholar, political economist, media analyst/critic, peace champion Ed Herman passed away at age 92. It was fittingly on the 99th anniversary of WW I’s end. Endless wars followed “the war to end all wars” – a legacy of mass […]

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Russia Responds to US Anti-Media Freedom Action Against RT by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Forcing RT America to register as a foreign agent aimed to undermine its viability, a possible first step toward shutting it down altogether – part of longstanding US Russia bashing, perhaps heading for something much more serious. […]

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Conspiring Against Iran by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) US, Israeli, Saudi hostility toward Iran risks war on the country – madness if launched, yet possible given extreme rage by these countries to eliminate a key regional rival state. On Tuesday, ultranationalist Israeli defense minister Avigdor Lieberman said Israel won’t permit Iran […]

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Examples of Israeli Ruthlessness by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Israeli viciousness occurs daily throughout the Occupied Territories – ignored by US media scoundrels, supporting a gangster state instead of condemning its high crimes. In late October,  B’Tselem reported on lawless Israeli detentions of Palestinian teens – part of its diabolical intimidation […]

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