Patrick Lawrence: The Rape of Lady Justice
This is an open-and-shut case of the judiciary being misused to keep Trump out of the political process. Unlike during the Russiagate years, liberal authoritarians know they are operating in…
Chris Hedges: Requiem for Our Species
The effects of the climate crisis intrude with increasing regularity into our lives and yet we do not act. We are as paralyzed as past civilizations were when facing catastrophic…
15 Reasons Why Mass Media Employees Act Like Propagandists
By Caitlin Johnstone / CaitlinJohnstone.com If you watch western news media with a critical eye you eventually notice how their reporting consistently aligns with the interests of the US-centralized empire,…
Patrick Lawrence: First There Were Neo-Nazis, Then There Were No Nazis, Then There Were
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost I tell you, serving as a New York Times correspondent these days cannot be easy. You have to convey utter nonsense to your…
Patrick Lawrence: The War We’re Finally Allowed to See
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost Let us consider the following paragraphs, which appear in the May 29 edition of The New Yorker: While Tynda and his team were…
Chris Hedges: The Democratic Party’s Crucifixion of Matt Taibbi
Extensive government blacklists, revealed by the Twitter Files, are used to censor left-wing and right-wing critics. This censorship apparatus has been turned on the reporter who exposed them.
The War in Ukraine Was Provoked—and Why That Matters to Achieve Peace
By recognizing that the question of NATO enlargement is at the center of this war, we understand why U.S. weaponry will not end this war. Only diplomatic efforts can do…
Patrick Lawrence: John Durham and the Burying of American History
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost There are certain things I do not quite get since Special Counsel John Durham’s report on the epically corrupt conduct of Donald Trump’s…
Chris Hedges: Why the Conspiracy Theory About Trump and Russia Won’t Go Away
The latest investigation into the charges that Donald Trump’s campaign worked in concert with the Russian government exposes a cynical collaboration between Trump opponents and the FBI.
Patrick Lawrence: The Origin of the Specious
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost “Why is our collective mood so sour? We are awash with material wealth, and technology provides us with unprecedented powers. But this veneer…
Patrick Lawrence: Farewell to the Welfare State? Not Just Yet.
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost Maybe you recall all the post–Cold War talk of a “peace dividend” and maybe you don’t: It depends on when you took up…
Chris Hedges: Sammy Goes to School
By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost Newark, N.J. — We know the story. The absent father who leaves when his son is five-years-old and moves back to Puerto Rico.…
Big Tech Companies Are Becoming More Powerful Than Nation-States
They are already richer than many countries, and the rise of AI looks set to increase their influence.
Patrick Lawrence: Journalists-on-Journalists Crime
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost I’ve read a lot of smear since Fox News dismissed Tucker Carlson as its premier evening news presenter late last month. How could…
Dennis Kucinich: WWIII on the Installment Plan
The Invention of a Wartime Presidency to Save the Biden Administration.