Ilhan Omar: Challenging Establishment Politics in Washington by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Omar is polar opposite cookie-cutter establishment pols, going along to get along, supporting what demands condemnation. Though way too early to judge her after barely over two months in Congress, her forthright outspokenness is encouraging. Her voting record longer-term […]

The NYT: Press Agent for the Trump Regime’s Coup Plot in Venezuela by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The self-styled newspaper of record NYT has global reach, why it matters – an establishment publication supporting Wall Street, the military, industrial, security complex, Big Oil, and other predatory corporate giants. The Times never […]

Trump Regime Threatens Turkey Over Purchase of Russian S-400 Air Defense Missiles by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Russian S-400s are the gold standard in air defense systems, technologically superior to US long-range surface-to-air Patriot missiles. Nothing in the West matches Russia’s technological superiority. S-400s can destroy multiple hostile aircraft, ballistic missiles, […]

Unconstitutional US Grand Jury System by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Remanding Chelsea Manning into federal custody for contempt on Friday, jailing her for invoking her constitutional rights, refusing to answer prosecutorial and grand juror questions, is one of countless examples of grand jury abuses of power – symptomatic of police state […]

Chelsea Manning Arrested and Jailed by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) For resisting the Trump regime’s attempt to incriminate her through grand jury testimony, invoking her constitutional rights, refusing to respond to unjust questioning, Manning was remanded into federal custody. She knew the risk, taking it in defense of her fundamental rights […]

Fabricated OPCW Report on Alleged CW Attack in Syria by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) To its shame and disgrace, the OPCW long ago abandoned its mandate “to implement the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention…to achieve…a world…free of” CWs. Nor do its on the ground missions and reports provide “credible and […]

Ilhan Omar: Congressional Profile in Courage by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Omar is the rarest of political exceptions in Washington, a first-term congresswoman, early in her tenure, speaking truth to power on vital issues. Yet she’s unjustly smeared as anti-Semitic for genuinely supporting peace, equity and justice, including BDS activism, for […]

Cyberattack Caused Venezuela’s Power Outage by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) On Thursday at around 5:00PM during the rush hour for maximum effect, a cyberattack on Venezuela’s electrical grid plunged most of nation into darkness. There’s virtually no doubt about who’s responsible, Trump regime hardliners going all-out to destroy  Bolivarian social democracy, […]

Real Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza, Fake One in Venezuela by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) After visiting Venezuela for 10 days last November and December, UN Human Rights Council Independent Expert on the Promotion of a Democratic and Equitable International Order Alfred-Maurice de Zayas said the following: “There (is) no humanitarian crisis […]

Hillary Not Running in 2020? Biden Close to Announcing His Candidacy for President? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Days earlier on New York City’s News 12, Hillary Clinton said “I’m not running, but I’m going to keep on working and speaking and standing up for what I believe,” adding: “I want […]