President Trump Wants to Give This Country A New Pledge of Allegiance
Austin Sarat ScheerPost When I grew up, the school day always started the same way, with children standing hands over their hearts, reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. We said in…
Trump Terrified Of Impact On Midterms Of $6 / Gal. Diesel As His War Spirals Out Of Control
Juan Cole Informed Comment President Trump on Sunday warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to stop striking at Russian diesel refineries. While these Ukrainian strikes have had an impact on global…
Oil Prices Soar to New Heights as Houthis Seize Yemen’s Red Sea Coastline
By Sharon Zhang This article was originally published by Truthout A top economist estimated that Trump’s Iran war has already cost the average American household an extra $1,650. Houthi forces…
Osama Bin Trump
Chris Hedges ScheerPost Donald Trump, whose war on Iran is the greatest strategic blunder in United States history, is not responsible for triggering the decline of the American empire, but…
Have the US, Israel and Saudis lost the Battle of the Narrows?
Juan Cole Informed Comment The 19th century American naval theorist Alfred Thayer Mahan stressed that a great maritime empire needn’t control the seas but rather must establish dominance over what…
Exploiting Tragedy to Promote War, Hegseth Falsely Claims That Iran ‘Cheered on 9/11’
Stephen Prager Common Dreams “What haunts me,” said one anti-war activist, “is how little accountability there has been for those who lied us into war—and how those same lies are…
Trump’s Favorite Midterm Candidate
Robert Reich Substack Friends, With the midterm races officially beginning this week, a big question hanging over the Republican Party is how Trump will allocate his giant stash of super…
The New Red Scare Is A Dangerous Distraction From The GOP’s Failures
A.J. Schumann Inequality.org The attempt to revive the McCarthyist witch hunts of yesteryear is, at its core, a reaction to the working-class rightfully demanding its fair share of the economic…
Hegseth Must Go
Robert Reich Substack Pete Hegseth is the most incompetent person in the Trump regime, with the exception of Trump, and a clear and present danger to the security of the…
Trump Lifts Sanctions On Top Al Qaeda Recruiters, Financiers Days Before 9/11 Anniversary
Max Blumenthal· The Grayzone As the US prepares to mark 25 years since Sept. 11, 2001, Donald Trump has removed top Al Qaeda figures from the US list of designated…
Fetterman Backs Trump’s Insulting Comments Berating Opponents of Data Centers
By Chris Walker This article was originally published by Truthout Fetterman’s comments come as Trump describes those opposed to expanding data centers as “backwards.” Right-leaning Democratic Party Sen. John Fetterman…
The Next Election May Be Our Last
Chris Hedges ScheerPost Donald Trump is determined to subvert the midterms. All that can save us, if he succeeds, is a national strike. The Trump White House has put into…
Poll: Americans Oppose Iran War, Blame it for Inflation, and Diss Trump’s Performance
Juan Cole Informed Comment A new University of Massachusetts-Amherst opinion poll, conducted August 21 – 26, finds profound American disillusionment with President Trump, with his Iran War, and with its…
You Could Be Next: Trump’s Gestapo Tactics Are Getting Worse
Wake up, America. You’re living in a nightmare. Robert Reich Common Dreams Imagine living in a country that can arrest and imprison you whenever it wants, without any judge or…
Trump Accused of Using Iran War Energy Crisis as ‘Cover for a Resource Grab’ in Venezuela
“Oil reserves in Venezuela will do nothing to lower families’ bills today,” said one campaigner. Joaje Johnson Common Dreams President Donald Trump was accused over the weekend of exploiting an…