Washington Threatens to Ignite the Korean Peninsula Tinderbox by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Permanent war is official US policy, peace and stability anathema notions. The danger of nuclear war perhaps is greater than any previous time. Interviewed by the BBC on Monday, US National Security Advisor HR McMaster said Washington has […]

Yemeni Houthis Fire Another Missile at Riyadh by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Retaliating against the US/Saudi war an blockade on Yemen, ongoing for nearly three years, massacring civilians, responsible for the world’s gravest humanitarian crisis, Houthi fighters twice launched missiles against Saudi Arabian targets around its capital, Riyadh. The regime is […]

Witch-Hunt Russiagate Investigation to Continue Throughout Next Year by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) On May 17, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed former FBI director Robert Mueller as special DOJ council in charge of investigating “any links and/or coordination between” Russia and Trump’s campaign team. In over seven months, the probe […]

Most GOP Senators Benefit Hugely from Their Tax Cut Swindle by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Senator Orrin Hatch took credit for inserting an 11th hour provision into the GOP tax cut bill, benefitting investors in limited liability real estate holdings (LLCs). He, Trump, Jared Kushner, Speaker Ryan, other GOP House members […]

Israel Abducts Palestinian Teen-Aged Activist and Her Mother by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) On Tuesday, Israeli forces abducted 17-year-old Ahed Tamimi over a video gone viral online, showing her slapping an Israeli soldier during a raid on her West Bank Nabi Saleh village. An Israeli statement said “(o)ur forces and border […]

GOP Tax Cut Swindle: A $236 Billion Bonanza for Corporate Predators by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) According to a report prepared for Senate Dems, 15 of America’s largest corporate predators reaped a nearly $4 trillion windfall over the last 30 years. It came from federal giveaway subsidies, tax credits and bailouts, […]

American Exceptionalism’s Dark Side by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) America’s endless wars on humanity at home and abroad expose its imperial rage for unchallenged global dominance, no matter the human toll, exploiting its own people like others abroad. Vast destruction and millions of casualties attest to its brutality, revealing its contempt […]

Trump’s Mein Kampf  by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Though not a dictator like Hitler, neocons running his geopolitical agenda are ruthless.  Co-opted by dark forces straightaway in office, he’s complicit with their diabolical agenda by going along, acting as their front man. On Monday, hw discussed his administration’s National Security Strategy […]

John McCain: A Human Rights Champion? by Stephen Lendman Sound absurd? According to the neocon/CIA-connected Washington Post, he’s “a tireless voice for democracy the world over,” saying: He “travel(s) to distant, lightly touristed corners of the world…help(ing) (to) head off a (nonexistent) Russian-inspired coup in…Montenegro…(cheered by) Libyans (for) overthrowing” Gaddafi – maybe US-installed puppet officials, […]

Trump Calls China a Rival Power by Stephen Lendman stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Beijing responded sharply to Trump’s National Security Strategy (NSS). It called China a “revisionist” country, a “rival” state, a strategic competitor, potentially jeopardizing bilateral relations the way they should be. A statement by China’s Washington embassy said “(t)he Americans on […]