John Kiriakou: Pardoning Turkeys Instead of Humans
Almost no pardon applications ever actually make it to the president’s desk if you don’t go gobble gobble.
Biden’s Response To the Rightwing Whirlwind in Israel—Weakness
By Mitchell Plitnick / Mondoweiss At the beginning of November, when Israel and the United States held elections within days of each other, it seemed clear that the pull in…
Ultra-Far-Right Ben-Gvir Given National Security Ministry
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that the Likud Party of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu signed a deal on…
Patrick Lawrence: Biden Sides With Trump in Killing Obama’s Iran Nuclear Deal
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost Among our mentally impaired president’s more prominent campaign pledges during the 2020 political campaigns was that his national security people would negotiate America’s…
Their Children Struggled With Addiction. Now They’re Fighting Against the War on Drugs
A growing number of parents see the war on drugs as an abject failure that harmed their kids.
The Corporate Media Deference That Endangers Us All
A comment from an editor at the Associated Press epitomizes the danger mainstream media creates with its routine deference to intelligence sources, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Silicon Valley Fake: Elizabeth Holmes and the Fraudster’s Motivation
By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch It has been one noisy time for the paladins of big tech. Jobs have been shed by the thousands at Meta, Amazon and Twitter; FTX,…
Death in Qatar, but No Just Compensation for Families Back Home
Qatar’s migrant workers died, but their families struggle on.
Did the Ukraine War Kill ‘Natural Gas?’
Although the Ukraine War has been good for petroleum and fossil gas prices and sales in the short term, future historians may see it as the nail in the coffin…
On Black Friday, Amazon Workers in 40+ Countries Strike and Protest ‘Despicable’ Treatment
"Instead of paying its workers fairly, its taxes in full, and for its damage to our environment, Amazon is squeezing every last drop it can from workers, communities, and the…
Symbolic but Significant: Why the Decision to Investigate Abu Akleh’s Murder is Unprecedented
By Ramzy Baroud / CounterPunch The recent decision by the United States Department of Justice to open an investigation into the killing, last May, of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh…
Hungary to Approve Sweden, Finland NATO Memberships Early Next Year
Hungary and Turkey are the only two NATO members that have not ratified.
This Year’s Biggest Strike Is by 48,000 Academic Workers at the University of California
By Kenzo Esquivel / Labor Notes Across the prestigious University of California system, tens of thousands of workers walked off the job last week for the nation’s largest strike of…
Dollar Dominance is Financial Dominance
The dollar system has proven resilient in the face of recent extreme and unexpected shocks, but it has also failed to foster sustainable growth and prosperity. Can it survive its…