Senate Passes Massive $858 Billion NDAA
The spending bill now heads to President Biden's desk.
You Know Gay Rights Are Mainstream When Biden Picks up the Rainbow Flag
Larry Gross, author of the LGBTQ civil rights treatise, “Up From Invisibility,” honors the achievement of the new same-sex marriage law with only feint appreciation for the president who signed…
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Patrick Lawrence: In Ukraine, the Autumn of Oligarchs
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost The nice thing about being an oligarch is that you are so wealthy it doesn’t matter that you are looked upon as a…
Sanders Withdraws Yemen War Powers Resolution Vote Over Biden Opposition
The White House was asking senators to vote against the resolution and threatened Biden would veto the bill.
Patrick Lawrence: Germany & The Lies of Empire
With Angela Merkel’s revelations of Berlin’s duplicity in its dealings with Moscow, Cold War II just got colder.
Biden Signs Off Same-Sex Marriage Bill, Fully Reversing His Earlier Opposition
The new legislation mandates federal recognition for same-sex marriage, as well as interracial marriage, around the country and protects it from potential invalidation in the future by the Supreme Court.
[rewind] Biden, Free Leonard Peltier
The Native American activist’s attorney tells Robert Scheer why Peltier’s imprisonment is one of the worst miscarriages of justice this country has ever seen.
A Mediator’s Guide to Ukraine
The Ukraine War is an extremely dangerous war between nuclear superpowers in a world desperately in need of peace and cooperation.
Xi’s Visit and the Future of the Middle East: What Does China Want From the Arabs
By Ramzy Baroud / CounterPunch The problem with most Western media’s political analyses is that they generally tend to be short-sighted and focused mostly on variables that are of direct…
The Unreluctant Vassal
Unlike Germany and France, for instance, which at times reluctantly follow Washington’s orders, Britain is an eager co-participant in U.S. adventurism, says Joe Lauria.
US Trial of Venezuela’s Alex Saab Exposes Diplomatic Espionage
Reporting from inside the federal courtroom where the US is prosecuting Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, The Grayzone learns of disturbing acts of diplomatic espionage. Saab’s advocates insist he is imprisoned…
Basketball, Viktor Bout and Troubling Exchanges
By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch Prison exchanges and swaps are never entirely satisfactory affairs. The appropriate measure in such cases is the degree of dissatisfaction that arises from them. In…
NATO Chief Says Full-Blown War With Russia Is a ‘Real Possibility’
Jens Stoltenberg warns things can go 'horribly wrong.'
Nothing Good Will Come From the New Cold War With Australia as a Frontline State
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research On 15 November 2022, during the G20 summit in Bali (Indonesia), Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told journalists that his country…