Pennsylvania Political Consultant Lied to FBI
Russiagate’s Media Problems ; Will Politics Ruin the #MeToo Movement? …and More Picks 12/11
Russiagate’s Media Problems ; Will Politics Ruin the #MeToo Movement? …and More Picks 12/11
Health Care Even a Problem for the Insured, Florida’s Unprocessed Rape Kits, ISIS Executes First Female Citizen and More Picks
10,000 March on Philadelphia to Demand Climate Justice, The Third Party Election?, ISIS Attack on Kurds Deadliest in Years, and More Picks
Be it murder or suicide, the suspicious death of the prosecutor investigating Argentina’s deadliest terrorist attack has unearthed a web of deep politics stretching from Buenos Aires to Tehran. Curt Hopkins investigates.
Fighting for Net Neutrality ; Pompeo: We’ve Killed Russians …and More Picks 4/17
In a lightning advance, Iraqi forces captured the oil-rich city of Kirkuk from Kurdish forces on Monday, sending thousands of civilians fleeing. The fighting between two US-trained and -equipped forces that have been central to the war against the Islamic State was a slap in the face to US foreign policy. US-supplied Iraqi […]
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A campaign to make sure Susan Rice does not become the next Secretary of State tells us a lot about how things really work—in foreign policy, in the establishment, and in the media. ### NEWS FLASH ###, December 13: Susan Rice withdraws name from consideration—this article provides relevant background.
Big-power rivalries and home-grown dysfunction raise fears along eastern periphery of the European Union.
The Council of Europe watchdog voted to put Turkey on a human rights monitoring list on Tuesday amid widespread claims of fraud in a controversial referendum that gave President Recep Tayyip Erdogan authoritarian powers. The amendments to the Turkish constitution that passed by a narrow margin of just under 3 percent “do not comply […]
Watchdog: World’s Financial Structure ‘Unstable’ ; Chuck Schumer Refuses to Endorse Medicare for All …and More Picks 12/19
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