Mike Pence Unwelcome in Occupied Palestine by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) He was a controversial choice by Trump for vice president – an evangelical Christian fascist, a neocon Tea Party hardliner, an imperial war cheerleader, an Islamophobe, Russophobe and homophobe, hostile to immigrant rights, a longtime Koch brothers ally, serving their […]

Trump’s Misinformation About the Great GOP Tax Cut Heist by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) He has no moral sense about truth or fabrications. He’s done George Washington one better. Perhaps he can’t lie or tell the truth because he can’t tell the difference between the two, the Clintons, Bush/Cheney and Obama […]

Russia Accuses US of Training Fighters as Anti-Syrian Terrorists by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Obama’s war on Syria, now Trump’s, is far from resolved because Washington rejects peace and stability – continues pursuing regime change, wanting the nation conquered, occupied and partitioned, its sovereignty destroyed, Western puppet governance replacing legitimate rule. […]

Russian Foreign Ministry on Syria, Iran, Palestine, North Korea and Russophobia by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (MZ below) was premature, saying “(t)he military-political hotbed of international terrorism has been completely eliminated in Syria. The Russian army group has made a decisive contribution to achieving this […]

Israel Assassinates Double-Amputee Palestinian in Gaza by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Ibrahim Abu Thurayeh lost both his legs nine years ago in Gaza, victimized by Israeli terror-bombing. It’s been intermittent for over a decade, notably three wars of aggression since December 2008. Israel’s third 2014 Operation Protective Edge premeditated war on […]

America’s Permanent War Agenda Threatens World Peace by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Today is the most perilous time in world history. What’s going on should terrify everyone.  Endless US wars of aggression against sovereign independent states threaten world peace, stability and security. Its megalomaniacal quest for world dominance risks eventual nuclear […]

GOP Tax Cut Heist Heads Toward Enactment by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Following deficit hawk Bob Corker’s about face, Americans for Tax Fairness issued the following statement: “Hypocrisy rules in Washington. With Bob Corker’s reversal, the myth of the deficit hawk is now dead.”  “Next year when Republicans propose deep cuts […]

The FBI Interfered in America’s Political Process – Not Russia by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Months of congressional and media huffing and puffing since last year about alleged Russian meddling in America’s 2016 presidential election was smoke and mirrors deception.  A Wall Street Journal editorial titled “The FBI’s Trump Insurance” provided […]

US Draft SC Resolution Calls for North Korean Naval Blockade and Oil Embargo by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) It was drafted in September, Russian and Chinese veto power assuring no chance of adoption. It authorized naval vessels of any UN member state to interdict and inspect North Korean ships in international […]

Putin and Trump Speak Overnight Friday by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) It’s routine for world leaders to speak to one another, not when it involves Putin and Trump. Western media bash them both, instead of urging improved bilateral relations. A brief White House statement said both leaders discussed “working together to […]