Matt Taibbi: Tracking Orwellian Change: New Meanings of ‘Deep State’ and ‘Working Class’
When left/liberal fixations fall out of establishment favor, they're re-christened as conservative menaces.
Another Regime in ‘French West Africa’ Is Toppled
Military officers in Gabon on Wednesday overthrew and arrested the country’s president, whose family ruled since 1967. It is the fourth coup in a former French African colony in the…
South Korea’s War on Unions Has Geopolitical Implications
Biden has embraced deeply unpopular President Yoon Seok Yeol for his pro-US policies, willfully ignoring South Korea’s brutal crackdown on labor and its human rights implications.
Sen. Blumenthal: US Getting Its ‘Money’s Worth’ in Ukraine Because Americans Aren’t Dying
Sen. Romney recently called the proxy war the 'the best national defense spending' the US has ever done.
Labor Economist: AI May Bring a Boom in Horrible Jobs
Losing jobs isn’t the only thing workers have to worry about. AI may make many jobs worse.
Patrick Lawrence: The Real Threat From China: They’re Better at Capitalism Than We Are
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost The Biden regime’s robotic procession to Beijing proceeds apace. Following Antony Blinken’s fruitless visit in mid–June, we have paid Janet Yellen’s airfare for…
60 Years After the March on Washington, Black Economic Inequality Persists
Sixty years without substantially narrowing the racial wealth divide is a policy failure.
US Victim of Own Propaganda in Ukraine War
The U.S. embassy in Prague furthered the suppression of the historical context of the Ukraine conflict, which has dangerously trapped Americans in ignorance about the war.
Shocked By Niger Coup, Victoria Nuland Appeared ‘Desperate’ During Africa Tour
A veteran South African official detailed meeting with an unprepared and “desperate” Acting Deputy Secretary of State, Victoria Nuland, begging for local help rolling back the popular coup in Niger.…
Putin’s Assassination of Prigozhin Decapitates Wagner’s Empire in Libya, Sudan, Syria and E. Europe, and Puts Oligarchs on Notice
By Dan Dinello / Informed Comment Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Russia confirmed Tuesday that Yevgeny Prigozhin, ex-convict oligarch and leader of Russia’s Wagner mercenaries, died in a…
Gofundme Freezes Grayzone Fundraiser ‘Due to Some External Concerns’
Gofundme has indefinitely frozen donations to The Grayzone “due to some external concerns.” The company’s actions follow a campaign of repression against our personnel by the British and Ukrainian governments.
Millions Sick and Untreated, Thanks to Medicaid ‘Unwinding’
By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch During the pandemic, poor people did not have to renew their Medicaid annually. Now that covid is supposedly over, that has changed. Unwinding, in normal…
John Kiriakou: Banks, Felons & Jeffrey Epstein
JPMorgan Chase is accused of transferring more than $1.1 million from convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to “girls or women.” If so, where were his “suspicious activity” reports?