Ukraine: Putin’s Lebensraum

by Brian Czech People tend to think of Russia as a wide-open country with plenty of space for economic growth. While it may take days to ride the trans-Siberian railway, any notion of an empty Russia is as antiquated as Dr. Zhivago. European Russia, especially, has been cultivated, […]

Texas Rep. Van Taylor drops reelection bid day after primary over affair with ‘ISIS bride’

Sounds like fairly standard Republican “family values.” “Marriage is between one man, one woman, his secretary, his daughter, the pool boy, transvestite street whores, mail order hookers, trafficked Third World children, and ISIS brides.” By Gabrielle Fonrouge and MaryAnn Martinez New York Post A married-with-kids Texas congressman abruptly […]

Ukraine: How Can the War End?

By Craig Murray I could not believe Putin really would invade Ukraine, because I could see no sensible outcome for him. I still cannot. Initiating a war on this scale has no legal justification, and no moral justification either. Russian troops are in areas which have no wish […]

Every US Enemy Is Hitler

By Caitlin Johnstone It’s just incredible how even after all this time, after all those wars, after all those lies, it’s not even occurring to most mainstream westerners to investigate whether the US could possibly have had anything to do with starting the war in Ukraine. There’s one […]

David Icke, Fascism and Conspirituality

By David Livingstone Facebook has been targeting QAnon ads towards those interested in alternative health, resulting in what academics have identified as “Conspirituality,” a strange blend of the New Age movement and right-wing conspiracy theories.[1] The merger of these seemingly paradoxical influences can be traced back to David […]

Joe Manchin and the Resurgence of the Culture-of-Poverty Debate

LA Progressive As if killing the Child Tax Credit, blocking voting rights, gutting key climate legislation, and refusing living wages wasn’t enough, West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin is now promoting legislation that further punishes the poor and marginalized. Along with Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio, he’s introduced the PIPES Act, which undercuts key […]

None of this needed to happen

By Indian Bronson Let us pray this ends soon, that peace talks proceed, and there is no escalation. Out of a genuine appreciation for my readers, who humor me by reading my self-important perspectives (What’s the Venn diagram of people who can read the title and get the […]

DEBUNKED: Corporate Media’s Top Trending Ukraine Stories Turn Out To Be Complete Fakes.

By Natalie Winters, The National Pulse The stories have also been peddled by so-called conservative representatives and news networks, none of which have issued corrections yet. A number of popular stories chronicling Ukraine’s resistance against Russia’s ongoing invasion – including those promoted by U.S. Congressmen, media outlets, and […]

Ukraine: The Propaganda Wars

By Daniel McAdams, Ron Paul Institute he media and the war machine (or do I repeat myself?) want us to take sides in the Russo/Ukraine war. To those of us with long histories in military conflicts in which the US foreign policy establishment, media, and military have an […]