US Saber-Rattling Drills During Trump’s Asia-Pacific Visit by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Three US carrier strike groups are involved, the Nimitz, Theodore Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan, a rare show of combined force in one part of the world at the same time outside of a war theater. North Korea calls provocative […]

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Tuesday’s US Gubernatorial Elections by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The Virginia and New Jersey elections attracted national interest, why they got mine, along with how anti-Trump sentiment might affect them.  State and local races are largely off my radar, except in my own state and city, especially Chicago politics, among the […]

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NATO Ministerial Meeting: Preparing for War on Russia? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) America controls NATO policymaking. The alliance serves as its global imperial arm – warmaking its mission, not fostering world peace and stability.  Nor does it have anything to do with defense at a time the only threats alliance […]

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Trump Addresses South Korean National Assembly by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) He reinterpreted the 1950s war on the Korean peninsula – Truman’s naked aggression, falsely blamed on the DPRK. Honoring US combat troops involved, he ignored millions of North Koreans massacred, along with turning most parts of the north to rubble […]

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Are Saudis and Israel Colluding for War on Iran and Lebanon? by Stephen Lendman Is Washington involved, comprising a hugely dangerous axis of evil? Endless Middle East wars rage. Attacking Iran and Lebanon would be high-risk for nations involved, potentially catastrophic for the region. Last Saturday’s resignation of Lebanese PM Saad Hariri, along with Saudi […]

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ISIS Chemical Weapons Found in Deir Ezzor by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Does it surprise? It shouldn’t. No evidence links Syria’s military or allied forces to CW use any time during years of conflict. Plenty of evidence proves US-supported terrorists used them many times, incidents falsely blamed on Damascus. According to […]

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Europe Threw Catalonia Under the Bus by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Millions of pro-independence Catalans are on their own. Europe turned its back on them, violating fundamental international law, affirming the right of self-determination for all people. Separatist officials blasted EU policy, ignoring the rights of Catalans, silent in the face […]

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America’s Debauched Political System by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Former acting DNC chair Donna Brazile offered an insider’s view into the dark side of America’s political system. It’s too corrupted to fix, rigged to serve powerful interests exclusively, elections farcical when held.  America is a plutocracy, not a democracy, a cesspool […]

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The Myth of a North Korean Threat by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) America’s only enemies are invented ones – justifying unjustifiable global militarism, belligerence, and out-of-control defense spending, intended for offense against sovereign independent countries threatening no one. On Trump’s Asia-Pacific trip to five countries, North Korea is his prime focus, […]

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Fat Leonard Scandal by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) It’s one of numerous examples of deep-seated US public and private corruption. Exposing some wrongdoing leaves most of it ignored and unchecked. Most often, ordinary people alone are held accountable for misconduct, much of it too minor to matter like illicit drug use […]

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