Rep. Gaetz Says He Will Co-Sponsor Amendment to Block Cluster Bombs to Ukraine
Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-CA) introduced an amendment to the NDAA to block the provision of cluster munitions.
Should There Be a Supreme Court? Its Role Has Always Been Anti-Democratic
By Michael Hudson / CounterPunch Vested interests create “checks and balances” primarily to make political systems non-responsive to demands for social reform. Historically, therefore, the checks are politically unbalanced in…
Iraq’s Climate Crisis
America's War for Oil and the Great Mesopotamian Dustbowl.
Scott Ritter: On Horseradish & Nuclear War
When Vladimir Putin was recently asked about the potential use of nuclear weapons in the context of Ukraine, an understanding of back-alley Russian slang was needed to understand his response.
Patrick Lawrence: Why Can’t Blinken and Sullivan Get China Right?
The Biden admin's continuation of Trump-era policies with China have not boded well thus far.
Is Juneteenth, Our New National Holiday, a Delusion?
By Mark Lloyd / Original to ScheerPost On June 16, 2023, the White House announced that President Biden was proud to have signed the 2021 bi-partisan law establishing Juneteenth as…
Ralph Nader: The Frankenstein Chatbots Are Erupting
Will the People Counter with Ethical and Enforceable Legal Frameworks?
The Trials of Donald Trump and Aaron Burr: Three Similarities and Two Differences
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Only three holders of the top executive offices in the country, the presidency and the vice presidency, have ever…
US Tells Another Bedtime Story To Scare Away Normal Relations With China and Cuba
Addressing allegations of “Chinese spy base” in Cuba.
Ralph Nader: Technology Needs Assessments by Congress Municipalities and Local Civic Groups
By Ralph Nader / Nader.org The pace of for-profit technological innovations is accelerating, but to what end beyond corporate sales? The gap between marketing new high-tech products and assessing their…
Twitter Files Extra: How the World’s ‘No-Kidding Decision Makers’ Got Organized
The Atlantic Council is hosting its 360/0S Summit at RightsCon this week, and Twitter Files documents tell us more about how this VIP-room-within-a-VIP-room was formed.
For Media, Giving in to Debt Limit Blackmail Was a Triumph of Bipartisanship
Media legitimizing the GOP’s economic hostage-taking allowed the party to stick with it without fear of massive political blowback.
Kissinger vs. ‘The Most Dangerous Man in America’
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter “Daniel Ellsberg is the most dangerous man in America. He must be stopped at all costs.” —Henry Kissinger In 1970, before whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg…
Patrick Lawrence: John Durham and the Burying of American History
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost There are certain things I do not quite get since Special Counsel John Durham’s report on the epically corrupt conduct of Donald Trump’s…
Ralph Nader: Unstable Trump Double Down as the Odds Against Him Increase
By Ralph Nader / Nader.org I have co-authored, with Mark Green, two books on Donald J. Trump, and I’ve thought a lot about the toll his presidency has taken on…