Trump Set to Ease Restrictions on Terror-Bombing by Drones by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) US terror-bombing by drones, warplanes and attack helicopters largely massacres civilians – on the phony pretext of combating ISIS and other jihadists America supports. Obama’s drone war was lawless and despicable by any standard, picking up where […]

US and Russian Military Officials Hold Talks on Syria by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) A same day article explained Russia warned Washington, saying its “forces will strike immediately US-backed forces if they attack or shell Syrian or Russian task forces operating near the Deir Ezzor city…using all means of destruction.”  The […]

Status Quo Healthcare 50 – Graham-Cassidy Zero by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) That’s the verdict of Medicaid directors in all 50 states – joining other health, medical and patient advocacy groups, opposing the deplorable Graham-Cassidy Obamacare replacement bill, its provisions discussed in an earlier article. The National Association of Medicaid Directors […]

Police State Repression in Catalonia by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Catalonia is an autonomous community in Spain’s northeast, bordering France and the Mediterranean Sea, Barcelona its capital and largest city. In November 2015, Catalan lawmakers approved a secession plan from Spain by 2017. October 1 is the moment of truth, Catalans […]

Trump Alone Threatened War in His UN Address by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The UN is a venue for promoting world peace and stability. Trump used his General Assembly address for hostile chest-thumping, threatening North Korea, Iran, Venezuela and Syria’s Bashar al-Assad – a disgraceful jingoistic display. The only language he […]

America’s Military Footprint Lands in Israel by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) America’s military footprint extends worldwide, a global empire of bases, countless numbers, well over a thousand, many not publicly revealed. The late Chalmers Johnson earlier said “(o)nce upon a time, you could trace the spread of imperialism by counting up […]

More Russian US Election Interference Malarkey by Stephen Lendman stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) This long ago discredited dead horse won’t die. It keeps resurfacing in new forms – the latest from the Russophobic right-wing Daily Beast (DB). It claims “Russians appear(ed) to “use Facebook to push pro-Trump rallies (in 17 US cities) during” […]

Israeli Collaborator Abbas’ UN Address by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) He’s Palestine’s illegitimate president, selected by Israel, serving at its discretion, disposable if daring to represent his people responsibly – never throughout his deplorable tenure, why most Palestinians despise him. He highlighted the 1993 Oslo Accords, a Palestinian Versailles. He was […]

The NYT Supports Ousting Venezuelan President Maduro by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The Times and other media scoundrels have been hostile to Venezuela since Hugo Chavez’s December 1998 landslide presidential victory. They oppose social democracy, support wealth, power and privilege exclusively, disgracefully calling Chavez and Maduro tyrants.  The leading hemispheric ones […]

Trump Authorizes More Sanctions on North Korea by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Whoever said insanity is repeating the same thing, expecting a different result likely had US policymakers in mind, notably Trump. Madness defines his rogue agenda.  Multiple rounds of harsh sanctions on North Korea were counterproductive, encouraging its government to […]