House Passes Draconian Budget by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) America already is thirdworldized. Majority House members deepened it. On Wednesday, the Senate Budget Committee began marking up its version, likely similar to House legislation when completed. Budgets represent a step toward congressional work on cutting taxes. If achieved, it’ll look nothing […]

Trump Expected to Decertify Iran Nuclear Deal by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) A previous article suggested decertification is coming before the October 15 recertification deadline. If he acts as expected, it’ll automatically trigger a 60-day window for Congress to decide whether to reimpose harsh sanctions on Iran – an effort by […]

CIA-Connected Google Aims to Weaken RT by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Google transformed itself from a search engine to online censor. Last July, the World Socialist Web Site reported “changes to its search service to make it harder for users to access what it called ‘low-quality’ information such as ‘conspiracy theories’ […]

Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Wins Nobel Peace Prize by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) War criminals like Obama and Henry Kissinger usually get the award, last year narco-terrorist Juan Manuel Santos, Colombia’s president, this year an exception to standard practice – the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons the honoree (ICAN). […]

Spain’s Constitutional Court Defies International Law by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Spain’s highest judicial body ignored the right of Catalans to declare their independence from fascist Spain – self-determination affirmed under the UN Charter and other international law. Its constitutional court breached it by suspending the Catalan parliament’s Monday session – […]

Netanyahu Supports Annexing 19 Illegal Settlements by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Pending Knesset legislation calls for it. During a Tuesday visit to the illegal Maale Adumim settlement close to Jerusalem, Netanyahu blustered: “I support this law of Greater Jerusalem, which will enable Jerusalem and its communities to develop in many aspects. […]

The Official Las Vegas Story Lacks Credibility by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) An emailer described himself as a competitive high power rifle shooter for the past 20 years, reaching the classification of High Master, the highest level of proficiency. He explained that what evidence is known about last Sunday’s incident suggests […]

Senate Intelligence Committee Finds No Evidence of Russian US Election Interference by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Let’s set the record straight before commenting further. No Russian US election interference occurred. No evidence suggests it. Without it, accusations are groundless. Yet they persist. On October 7, 2016, the Office of the Director […]

Spanish Troops Deployed to Catalonia by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Catalan President Carles Puigdemont prefers a mediated solution with Madrid, nothing acceptable offered so far, nothing likely satisfying both sides. Catalan pro-independence MP Mireia expects separation from Spain to be announced following a Monday parliamentary session, tweeting: “We know that there […]

Putin Addresses Russia’s Energy Week Forum by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) It’s ongoing from October 3 – 7 in Moscow and St. Petersburg, attended by representatives of hundreds of international energy companies, officials from 70 foreign countries, leading experts in the field participating. Topics discussed include global energy needs, fuel and […]