Haves Hope Wealth Shields Them from Reaping What They Sowed
The rats, I mean the rich, are prepping for doomsday, fleeing to higher ground or to multimillion-dollar underground bunkers. One reason why: the petrodollar’s decline.
March 2023
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Forget GOP Fear Campaigns, Says Group Advocating Social Security Expansion
The benefits program remains strong and fully affordable, according to Social Security Works.
Dissecting The Afghan Military’s Total Collapse
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Negotiators Influenced Final Text Of IPCC ‘Summary For Policymakers’
Delegates from 195 nations spent a week reviewing the summary line-by-line, but ultimately polluters and fossil fuel producers including the U.S., China, and Saudi Arabia weakened its message.
Tennessee GOP lawmaker says Congress shouldn’t address gun violence
Volunteer State Congressman Tim Burchett says that in the fight for gun control, he supports more guns.
DeSantis spent six years in Congress and produced practically nothing
Despite having a GOP House majority during his entire time as a member of Congress, very few of the bills and resolutions Florida’s anti-woke “Gov. DeathSentence” sponsored became law.
Monroe Doctrine Plays Out In Perú
The 200-year-old Monroe Doctrine is a discredited relic, but Washington still considers the region its “back yard” where it can control the people, their politics, and their resources. Clau O’Brien Moscoso reports from Perú.
The Government Bailed Out The Banks; How About A People’s Bailout?
The US is divesting from working people — and investing in banks and venture capitalists, to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars.
Minimizing Electric Vehicles’ Impact on the Grid
MIT researchers have found that by encouraging strategic placement of charging stations, electric vehicles could have less impact on the power grid.
Neuberger: SV Bank and the Only Choice We Have
Thomas Neuberger sees reality: The super-rich will not walk away from power. And he wonders: How do we make them leave?
The Drums Of War With China Are Beating Much Louder Now
Comments from both Washington and Beijing have suddenly become much more pointed and aggressive in recent days, with talk about…
French Workers Launch Indefinite Strike Against Pension Reforms
After weeks of targeted strikes, French President Emmanuel Macron refuses to change course on his plans to reform the…
Watchdog Group Blasts Biden’s OK of Controversial Willow Oil and Gas Project
Accoutable.US calls the Biden administration’s approval of the largest oil extraction project ever proposed on federal land a “handout” for Big Oil.
Explaining the Missing Context of Tucker Carlson’s Jan. 6 Presentation
Factcheck.org has receipts: Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson used video from the Jan.6 terrorist insurrection misleadingly to downplay the violence at the riot and to distort the actions of the police.
John Pilger: The Betrayers of Julian Assange
I have known Julian Assange since I first interviewed him in London in 2010. I immediately liked his dry, dark sense of humour, often dispensed with an infectious giggle. He is a proud outsider: sharp and thoughtful. We have become friends, and I have sat in many courtrooms listening to the tribunes of the state […]
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Federal complaints allege Fox News made illegal ‘contribution’ to Trump campaign
Court documents show Fox News executives pushing for the network to help Republican Party candidates win elections in multiple cycles. The parent company of Fox News has been accused of making an illegal campaign contribution to former President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign in two complaints filed with the Federal Election Commission on March 3. One […]
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GOP House members launch new anti-LGBTQ Congressional Family Caucus
Reps. Brian Babin, Mary Miller, and Diana Harshbarger announced their new caucus on a website published by the anti-LGBTQ hate group Family Research Council. A trio of Republican members of the House of Representatives announced on Tuesday the launch of an anti-LGBTQ caucus to “defend the natural family from attempts by the radical Left to […]
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