Is Iran Truly Done Avenging The Death Of General Soleimani?

Although the risk of full-scale war with Iran has significantly diminished, there are several other tools Iran could use against the U.S. If Iran has come to play second fiddle to U.S. President Donald Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’ we may do well to remember that in the face of increased pressure at home and [...]

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Warren Criticized For Plan to Criminalize Election Disinformation

Warren’s plan was criticized for giving the state the power to censor and criminalize internet content and for failing to define ‘disinformation.’ On Wednesday, Senator Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign released a statement detailing her plan to combat election disinformation online. Primarily, the statement refers to the alleged foreign interference in the 2016 election and the [..]

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US Announces Three New Bases In Iraq After Iraqis Demand Full Withdrawal

The three sites chosen for the news bases, Erbin, Sulimania and Halabja are all extremely close to Iran, with Halabja just eight miles from its border. (By: Alan MacLeod, Mintpress News) Less than a week after millions of Iraqis took to the streets demanding the U.S. military leave for good, the United States announced that is [...]

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Iraqi Protesters Demand Independence From Political Clientelism

“We want what all sovereign nations want — to be free from corruption, free from nepotism, free from foreign interventionism and free to decide what our country’s future will look like.” “We want what all sovereign nations want — to be free from corruption, free from nepotism, free from foreign interventionism and free to decide [...]

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Chevron Trying To “Totally Destroy” Environmental Lawyer Who Defeated Them In Court: Report

“Chevron is using its limitless resources to crush defendants and win this case through might rather than merit.” Chevron is waging a scorched earth legal campaign against the environmental lawyer who won a multi-billion suit against the company on behalf of some 30,000 Ecuadorans who claim that the fossil fuel giant knowingly dumped 18 billion [...]

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‘He’s Desperate’: Trump Rants About Impeachment ‘Con Job’ as McConnell Admits He Doesn’t Have Votes to Block Witnesses

“The pressure is working,” said Indivisible. “We need to hear from Bolton and the other witnesses who know exactly how egregious Trump’s abuse of power was.” (By: Jake Johnson, Common Dreams) President Donald Trump fired off a pair of tweets Tuesday night ranting about what he called the “impeachment hoax” and “political con job” shortly [...]

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Largely Driven by Climate Crisis, 9 Out of 10 Least-Reported Humanitarian Crises of 2019 Were in Africa

“Does a crisis really happen if it is not in the headlines? YES.” (By: Julia Conley, Common Dreams) Out of the top 10 most under-reported humanitarian crises in the world last year—many of them climate-related—nine were on the African continent, according to a new report. Madagascar had the least-reported crisis in the study—entitled “Suffering in Silence” [...]

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‘An Admission of Colossal Failure’: US Dropped Record Number of Bombs on Afghanistan in 2019

“Who are we bombing? Why? What will it yield but more war?” (By: Eoin Higgins, Common Dreams) The U.S. military dropped a record-breaking number of bombs on Afghanistan in 2019, the Air Force announced Tuesday, drawing criticism from observers who wondered what purpose the continued barrage of the war-torn country after over 18 years of [...]

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Is Defense Spending the New Third Rail?

The Department of Defense is likely to spend over $725 billion in fiscal 2020. This represents roughly 53% of total discretionary spending. And yet, the topic has received virtually no debate during this campaign season. Is defense spending now untouchable? Several observations suggest that there is an underlying reluctance on the part of the candidates to [...]

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