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Russia Admits Colluding with Trump Campaign

One of Russia’s top diplomats admits they were colluding with the Trump team throughout the campaign: The Russian government was in…

donald trump, russia, treason, trump

The Upended Neoliberal World Order

Fareed Zakaria sees the forest for the trees in the Donald Trump reality TV show presidency: Put his campaign rhetoric,…

cyberwar, cyberwarfare, neoliberal, new world order, oil, russia, trump, war, world order

Dick Cheney Joins Team Trump

In spite of Trump’s bashing of the Bush administration during the campaign, former Vice President Dick Cheney is back in the…

Climate Change, dick cheney, donald trump, establishment, exxonmobil, halliburton, oil, rex tillerson, russia

The GOP’s Ruthless Assault on Democracy

In North Carolina, the GOP legislature has called a last minute surprise session following the election of a Democratic governor.…

corruption, Democracy, Democrats, election, Factions, Resistance, scam

The Wimpy Democrats Must Now Fight Dirty

Brian Beutler from The New Republic is arguing that the Electoral College should vote however they want to vote and…

Democrats, electoral college, obstruction, republicans, trump

The Resource War Driving the Trump-Putin Alliance

Unless you understand that there is a resource war happening, the events of Trump’s rise and his alignment with Putin cannot…

exxon, exxonmobil, mobil, oil, putin, rex tillerson, russia, trump

Comey Should Resign and Be Tried For Treason

In the wake of revelations that the FBI knew about the CIA’s assessment that Russia was actively interfering in the US…

cia, conspiracy, fbi, harry reid, james comey, rigged election, russia, traitor, treason, trump

The White Nerd Resentment Driving the Fascist ‘Alt-Right’

Willliam Osterwell at Real Life Mag, explores one of the major components of the Trump faction: As liberals sneer at…

Alt-Right, GamerGate, Neo-Nazi, Social Media, Technology

DHS Prepares Private Prisons for Climate Refugees

Mass incarceration has allowed the proliferation of for-profit private prisons. These private penitentiaries employ prisoners to labor for free or little pay.…

barak obama, Climate Change, DHS, DOJ, donald trump, mass incarceration, obama, private prisons, refugees, syria, xenophobia

Military Acknowledges the Climate Wars

Military experts are now warning that global climate change will prompt a “humanitarian crisis of epic proportions,” unless humanity can prevent a 2 degree Celsius…

Climate Change, climate wars, humanitarian crisis, middle east, oil, war, water wars

Pentagon Caught Covering Up $125 Billion in Wasteful Spending

Good ole Bob Woodward – famed investigative journalist who exposed the Watergate scandal that led to President Nixon’s resignation – is at it…

corruption, cover up, department of defense, military, Military Industrial Complex, pentagon

Why Hillary Lost

Matt Karp from Jacobin Magazine has a post-mortem of the election that captures the essence of Hillary’s fatal error in the election.…

Democrats, election, hillary clinton, Intersectionalism, Jacobin, working class

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