Category Archives: government

CAMPAIGN WITHOUT LIMITS

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Arlen Grossman

Who Will Protect Elections From U.S. Oligarchs? By Paul Street/ Truthdig/ April 18, 2018 I recently heard on cable news that special counsel Robert Mueller wanted to interview some “Russian oligarchs” about their supposed influence on the 2016 U.S. presidential … Continue reading →

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Syria Used Chemical Weapons–Are You Sure?

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Arlen Grossman

By Arlen Grossman  (Editor’s Note: What you see here is a revised and expanded version of s previous post. This version was headlined at OpEdNews.com., April 19, 2018, with over 2500 views.) Think about this:   Syrian President Assad had … Continue reading →

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What About This Time?

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Arlen Grossman

Note: This article refers to the 2017 missile strike against Syria — TBPR Editor NOW MATTIS ADMITS THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE ASSAD USED POISON GAS ON HIS PEOPLE By Ian Wilkie/ Newsweek/ February 8, 2018 Lost in the hyper-politicized hullabaloo … Continue reading →

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Illegal Wars: The New American Way

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Arlen Grossman

By Maj. Danny Sjursen/ Truthdig/ March 21, 2018 [T]he President is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, … Continue reading →

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Unraveling of a President

Posted on March 22, 2018 by Arlen Grossman

By Arlen Grossman The pressure is building up around Donald Trump. As I write this, today was full of disturbing news for the president (as well as most of us). The Dow plummeted over 700 points, his lead lawyer stepped … Continue reading →

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Fifteen Years Ago, America Destroyed My Country

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Arlen Grossman

By Sinan Antoon/ New York Times/ March 19, 2018 When I was 12, Saddam Hussein, vice president of Iraq at the time, carried out a huge purge and officially usurped total power. I was living in Baghdad then, and I … Continue reading →

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IGNORANCE ISN’T BLISS

Posted on March 18, 2018 by Arlen Grossman

The corporate media ignores the rise of oligarchy. The rest of us shouldn’t By Bernie Sanders/ The Guardian/ March 16, 2018 The rapid rise of oligarchy and wealth and income inequality is the great moral, economic, and political issue of … Continue reading →

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It’s Time to Give Socialism a Try

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Arlen Grossman

By Elizabeth Bruenig/ Washington Post/ March 6, 2017   In the United States, we’ve arrived at a pair of mutually exclusive convictions: that liberal, capitalist democracies are guaranteed by their nature to succeed and that in our Trumpist moment they … Continue reading →

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It’s Time to Give Socialism a Try

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Arlen Grossman

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Foreign Meddling: We Do It, Too

Posted on February 24, 2018 by Arlen Grossman
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