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that Putin and Trump collaborated on Thursday night’s bombing gambit, thus making Trump look independent from Russia, among other false narratives redounding to Trump’s advantage. And, of course, the “mainstream” media ate it all up. Lawrence O’Donnell didn’t, and neither … Continue reading →

And the TV networks played on.

I abhor Trump’s attempt to undermine American civil institutions, but there’s no getting around the fact that he and the lawless GOP led by McConnell have now succeeded in laying waste to the Supreme Court. We now see a Supreme … Continue reading →

Brian Williams calls air strikes “beautiful.” A depraved corporate media behaves true to form.

As Mark Sumner writes at Daily Kos: “Donald Trump talking about ‘beautiful babies’ in Syria is so sickeningly hypocritical that it demands a new word. These are the same people that Trump condemned over, and over, and over. Some of … Continue reading →

who wouldn’t accept Syrian refugees. Obscene.

Representative Lieu: “March to war in #Syria without a strategy is both dangerous and ILLEGAL. #Trump cannot go to war against #Assad w/o congressional approval” Glenn Greenwald: “Leaders all over the world, of every type of government, know that the … Continue reading →

Phyllis Bennis at Common Dreams reminds us that: “this is a president, a cabinet, a White House with no military or diplomatic experience, with no understanding of the complications of the roiling Middle East conflicts or the consequences of war, … Continue reading →

Didn’t waste a moment before going to Twitter and insisting on military escalation after defending her support for a No-fly Zone, which is always a prelude to full-scale war.

and that ain’t Trump. Charles Glass, former ABC News chief Middle East correspondent and author of Syria Burning: A Short History of a Catastrophe: “The death and suffering caused by poison gas in Syria emphasizes the urgency — not to … Continue reading →