Editorial – The Observer Despite the fears about his electability, Bernie Sanders is the man to beat on Super Tuesday and could yet pose a real threat to Trump The battle for the US Democratic party’s presidential nomination will reach… Continue Reading
By AMY GOODMAN – Democracy Now! As Bernie Sanders’s runaway win in Nevada cements his position as the front-runner for the Democratic nomination, the Democratic Party establishment and much of the mainstream media are openly expressing concern about a self-described… Continue Reading
By Corey Robin* – New York Review of Books It has been more than two weeks since the Iowa caucuses, and we still don’t know who won. That should give us pause. We don’t know in part because of a… Continue Reading
By Frank Bruni* – The New York Times Will the muddle of moderates sort itself out? The Democratic race was messy going into New Hampshire. It’s even messier as it moves on. Yes, Bernie Sanders won the state’s primary on… Continue Reading
By William Hartung* – TomDispatch.com When it came to war, this year’s State of the Union Address, given by a president who had, at least in part, been voted into office for criticizing America’s “endless wars” and the military high… Continue Reading
Aziz Huq, Tom Ginsburg, David Landau (*) – Boston Review How other countries’ constitutions protect against political free-for-alls. As dramas go, this one was devoid of suspense. The Senate trial of President Donald Trump always had a foregone conclusion. This… Continue Reading
By Mark Joseph*- Newsweek “America will never be a socialist country,” President Donald Trump declared at last year’s State of the Union address. But at least 51 percent of Americans aged 18 to 29 have a favorable view of socialism.… Continue Reading
By Joan Walsh* – The Nation And if they do that, Bolton must release his bombshell book immediately On Saturday morning, during what Donald Trump disdained as the “Death Valley” of television viewership, the president’s lawyers made an excellent case—on… Continue Reading
By Robert Reich* – Newsweek Don’t get bogged down in the minutiae of President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial. Here are the 10 big things you need to know. 1. Did Trump commit an impeachable offense? Yes. His attempt to… Continue Reading
by Tyler Durden – Zero Hedge* After the editor of Christianity Today infuriated the president and stunned the American evangelical community by declaring that President Trump should be booted from office, the president has apparently found a way to show… Continue Reading
By AMY GOODMAN – Democracy Now! (*) As the federal government plans to divert an additional $7.2 billion from the military budget for the construction of President Trump’s promised border wall, and tens of thousands of asylum seekers from Central… Continue Reading
Josep Catà – EFE, El País in english The third-largest force in Congress says the Socialist leader is betraying the nation over his deal with Catalan separatists, who endorsed his government in exchange for talks Spain’s far-right party, Vox, on… Continue Reading
Zero Hedge Authored by Patrick Buchanan via Buchanan.org “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future,” Yogi Berra reminded us. But on “The McLaughlin Group,” the TV talk show on which this writer has appeared for four decades, predictions… Continue Reading
John Washington* – The Intercept FORMER NEW YORK CITY mayor and multibillionaire Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg used prison labor to make campaign calls. Through a third-party vendor, the Mike Bloomberg 2020 campaign contracted New Jersey-based call center company ProCom, which… Continue Reading
By Aaron Maté – The Nation It’s hard to take the charge that Trump is a threat to national security seriously when Democrats in Congress are happy to help him shovel more money at the military. House Democrats’ vote to… Continue Reading
By MERIDITH MCGRAW and DANIEL LIPPMAN – POLITICO Years from now, impeachment will be one of the first things students are taught about the 45th president Real estate mogul, billionaire, reality show host, late-night show punch line, populist rabble rouser,… Continue Reading
By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures I arrived in London on Saturday afternoon. Traffic was heavy and it took nearly two hours to reach my hotel, giving ample time to speak to my driver. It was time well spent. He… Continue Reading
By Tyler Durden* –Zero Hedge Authored by Daniel Lacalle via DLacalle.com The results of the UK elections have shown something that I have commented on several occasions: The widely spread narrative that British citizens had regretted having voted for Brexit… Continue Reading
The Economist The Conservatives triumph. Yet Boris Johnson faces tough challenges over Brexit—and much else GRIMSBY SUMMED UP a fantastic night for the Conservatives and a terrible one for Labour and the Liberal Democrats. Although Great Grimsby had been a… Continue Reading
By Naveed Jamali* – Newsweek 12/6/19 – With the announcement by Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday that she instructed key House chairmen to draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, the expected outcome of the inquiry has been formalized.… Continue Reading
