‘Colossal Backdoor Bailout’: Outrage as Pentagon Funnels Hundreds of Millions Meant for Covid Supplies to Private Defense ContractorsBy Guest Post on Sep 22, 2020 11:00 am
“If you can’t get a Covid test or find an N95, it’s because these contractors stole from the American people to make faster jets and fancy uniforms.” (By: Jake Johnson, Common Dreams) Instead of adhering to congressional intent by building up the nation’s inadequate supply of N95 masks and other equipment to combat the Covid-19 crisis, ...Read in browser »
Will Michele Flournoy Be the Angel of Death for the American Empire?By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies on Sep 22, 2020 09:00 am
Purported to be among Joe Biden’s top picks for Defense Secretary, the longtime supporter of endless war and limitless Pentagon budgets is exactly the wrong choice. If the Democrats manage to push Joe Biden over the finish line in November’s election, he will find himself presiding over a decadent, declining empire. He will either continue ...Read in browser »
Exposing War Crimes Should Always Be Legal. Committing And Hiding Them Should Not.By Caitlin Johnstone on Sep 21, 2020 12:00 pm
(Caitlin Johnstone) The Kafkaesque extradition trial of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange continues, with each frustrating day making it clearer than the day before that what we are watching is nothing other than a staged performance by the US and UK governments to explain why it’s okay for powerful governments to jail journalists who expose inconvenient truths about them. ...Read in browser »
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