Patrick Lawrence: No, The Truth About Biden Is Not Democratic
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost Let us cast our minds back just briefly to the very fine afternoon of July 22, 2016. It was an especially bright Friday,…
Indigenous Children’s ‘Miracle’ Survival Has Backdrop of Colombian Violence
It is not surprising that the children whose plane crashed in the Amazon hid from the uniformed men rescuing them
Scott Ritter: Agent Zelensky
By Scott Ritter / Substack As a former intelligence officer, I’ve been wondering why has no one done an investigation about Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of Ukraine? His rise to…
How Harlan Crow Slashed His Tax Bill by Taking Clarence Thomas on Superyacht Cruises
In lavishing gifts on the Supreme Court justice, the billionaire GOP donor may have violated tax laws, according to tax experts.
Biden’s Corruption Led to Ukraine’s Destruction: Former Kiev Diplomat
By Aaron Maté / The Grayzone Former Ukrainian government official and diplomat Andrii Telizhenko joins Aaron Maté to discuss how, in his view, powerful US figures including Joe Biden have…
Calls Grow for a New Investigation Into the Mysterious Death of NYC Anti-Corruption Crusader
By Theodore Hamm / The Indypendent A 911 caller reports that a man had been walking with a pedometer in his hand when he collapsed. A veteran NYPD precinct detective…
Clarence Thomas Encourages Constitutional Challenge To Whistleblower Law
United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas effectively invited corporations accused of fraud to bring a constitutional challenge against the False Claims Act, which could dismantle a law that whistleblowers…
IRS Whistleblowers Allege Misconduct of Biden Investigation in Congressional Testimony
As the Hunter Biden tax investigation progresses, its scope and complexity continue to deepen in regard to President Biden’s potential involvement.
Exporting Occupation: Israeli Business is Booming in Morocco-Occupied Western Sahara
By Jessica Buxbaum / MintPressNews On December 22, 2020, Israel and Morocco officially normalized relations after former President Donald Trump’s administration declared occupied Western Sahara as Moroccan. In the years…
What’s the Use of William Blake?
By Stephen F. Eisenman / CounterPunch Fire In the Museum What’s the use of William Blake? Or for that matter, what’s the use of any art and literature in an…
Just Because You Think You Are Tipping a Service Worker Doesn’t Mean You Are
Two California cases probe who is pocketing those extra fees tacked onto your restaurant tab.
The Teapot Dome Scandal: When Democracy Worked to Hold the Fat Cats Accountable
In what is now considered run of the mill business in Washington, the Teapot Dome corruption scandal in the 1920s signified a time where politicians and the corporations that bribed…
US Corporations Cash In on Ukraine’s Oil and Gas
As Ukraine sells off public assets in a privatization spree, US fossil fuel corporations like ExxonMobil, Chevron, and Halliburton are in talks to run its oil and gas industry, and…
Billionaire Harlan Crow Bought Property From Clarence Thomas. The Justice Didn’t Disclose the Deal.
The transaction is the first known instance of money flowing from Crow to the Supreme Court justice. The sale netted the GOP megadonor two vacant lots and the house where…
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…