Patrick Lawrence: The Disinformation Complex: An Anatomy
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost Sometime in the mid–Russiagate years, when it became clear that America was on a swoon back into the collective neuroses of the 1950s,…
Lee Fang: MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan Gets Basic Facts Wrong on DHS Content Moderation Partnership
Exclusive Twitter Files emails and publicly available documents show Mehdi Hasan's accusation is false.
New York Times Is Now Telling Bigger Lies Than Iraq WMDs and More Effectively
By David Swanson / World BEYOND War The New York Times routinely tells bigger lies than the clumsy nonsense it published about weapons in Iraq. Here’s an example. This package…
US Media Denounce Twitter’s ‘State Media’ Label—When It Affects NPR
Though it’s right to impugn the whims of Elon Musk, the outrage against Twitter’s labeling policy is highly selective.
US Intel Leak Reveals 50 Elite British Troops in Ukraine
Britain has three times more special ops soldiers in Ukraine than any other NATO ally, leaked Pentagon papers indicate.
Politicians Around the World Demand US Drop Charges Against Assange
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter Elected politicians in Australia, Brazil, Mexico, and the United Kingdom signed on to letters to United States Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding that the…
Ellen Brown: The Cobalt Gold Rush and the East Palestine Disaster
By Ellen Brown / Original to ScheerPost Holidays in my childhood were spent at my grandparents’ farm in Plain Grove, Pennsylvania, 35 miles from East Palestine, Ohio. My grandfather’s grandfather…
The Effect of Sanctions on Russia: A Skeptical View
Sanctions on Russia are isomorphic to a strict policy of trade protection, industrial policy, and capital controls.
Saudis Aren’t Afraid of US Anymore
The surprise OPEC+ reduction consolidates the Saudi-Russian energy alliance, by aligning their production levels and placing them on equal footing. It is a slap in the face for the US.
Daniel Ellsberg Has Foiled Those Who Want Him Confined to the Past
By Norman Solomon / CounterPunch In just a few words — “those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control the future” — George…
Leaked Document Appears To Show NATO Special Operations Forces Are in Ukraine
The document says just under 100 troops from the US, Britain, France, and Latvia are in Ukraine.
Learning From MLK, the Inconvenient Hero
The vision of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 50 years later, and the relevance of his economic ideas today.
The Army Increasingly Allows Soldiers Charged With Violent Crimes to Leave the Military Rather Than Face Trial
A federal watchdog called for ending the practice nearly 50 years ago, but the military pushed back. Now, soldiers leave the Army with a negative discharge, avoiding possible federal conviction…
Anti-Protest Laws Are Not About Safety, They Are About Silencing Dissent
We must not allow our movements for justice to be silenced by laws that criminalize dissent.