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- Santos may owe thousands in unpaid traffic violation fines and fees across 2 states: report
When he left for Washington, D.C., U.S. Rep. George Santos also appears to have left a string of unpaid traffic violation fines and fees in two states, including red light, double parking, and overtime parking citations totaling thousands of dollars.The embattled serial liar and freshman New York GOP lawmaker “may... Read more »
Source: Alternet.org | Published: February 3, 2023 - 11:25 pm - House oversight chairman mocked for pushing unfounded balloon conspiracy theories
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer is pushing baseless conspiracy theories about the Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon floating over the United States – currently, over Montana – that the Pentagon is tracking, and he’s being widely mocked for his unfounded fear-mongering.Fox News host Harris Faulkner set the stage perfectly for... Read more »
Source: Alternet.org | Published: February 3, 2023 - 7:50 pm - 'Blackmailers without a cause': Economist says House GOP just wants to 'watch things burn' in debt ceiling fight
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman is among the economists who has been sounding the alarm about the United States’ debt ceiling, warning that if the U.S. defaults on its debt obligations, it could trigger a major financial crisis. Krugman is vehemently critical of the way in which far-right House... Read more »
Source: Alternet.org | Published: February 3, 2023 - 7:40 pm - Trump spent 2020 attacking ballot drop boxes. Now he’s demanding they be deployed in churches
Donald Trump laid the groundwork early in the 2020 election for his possible defeat by attacking voting by mail and ballot drop boxes, insisting they should be illegal while making clear if he lost the White House those proven safe and effective means of voting would be to blame.But now,... Read more »
Source: Alternet.org | Published: February 3, 2023 - 7:01 pm - 'They’re not taking my gas stove': Manchin teams up with Republicans to promote false claims
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) is again promoting the false claim that the federal government is planning to remove gas stoves from private homes, after news last month revealed once more the open-flame appliances are responsible for hundreds of thousands of cases of children’s asthma.“They’re not taking my gas stove... Read more »
Source: Alternet.org | Published: February 3, 2023 - 6:47 pm - VideoMike Pompeo refers to 2020 election aftermath as 'peaceful transition of power': report
In an interview with Sky News, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asserted that January 6, 2021 displayed a "peaceful transition of power" between former President Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden, NBC reports. According to NBC, the Sky News reporter interviewing Pompeo asked the former CIA director if... Read more »
Source: Alternet.org | Published: February 3, 2023 - 6:12 pm - Why Kari Lake has become a major liability for the GOP: conservative
Despite losing to Democratic now-Gov. Katie Hobbs in Arizona’s 2022 gubernatorial race, far-right Republican conspiracy theorist Kari Lake remains a rock star in the MAGA movement. But Lake, once a television reporter, is incredibly polarizing. Although MAGA Republicans adore her, many of Lake’s detractors — from liberals and progressives to... Read more »
Source: Alternet.org | Published: February 3, 2023 - 5:43 pm - 'Shocking and filthy': Alleged harassment of South Dakota GOP senator’s aide sparks state party chaos
The South Dakota Republican Party is in peril after a state GOP senator's aide recently alleged that she was harassed by her boss for vaccinating her child, The Associated Press (AP) reports. This comes as some hard-right South Dakota Republicans, under the guidance of Governor Kristi Noem, actively stir up... Read more »
Source: Alternet.org | Published: February 3, 2023 - 4:42 pm - 'Religion is the default': Journalist details why the US 'isn’t really a secular nation'
In the United States, religion often becomes a litmus test for politicians, especially in the Republican Party. The Religious Right has had a stranglehold on the GOP ever since the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, Sr., the Moral Majority and other far-right white evangelicals forced their way onto Ronald Reagan’s presidential... Read more »
Source: Alternet.org | Published: February 3, 2023 - 4:27 pm - VideoHere’s why China’s spy balloon hasn’t been shot down
The Chinese balloon that floated into United States airspace this week isn't being shot down because of fears it would trigger a massive explosion.The balloon, spotted over Montana Wednesday, was determined by the U.S. to be a rudimentary surveillance device. It was such a concern that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin... Read more »
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- Palestinians Are Not Liars: Confronting the Violence of Media DelegitimizationOn January 19, during one of its raids in the Occupied West Bank, the Israeli military arrested a Palestinian journalist, Abdul Muhsen Shalaldeh, near the town of Al-Khalil (Hebron). This is just the latest of a staggering number of violations against Palestinian journalists, and against freedom of expression. A few... Read more »Source: Antiwar.com Original | Published: February 3, 2023 - 5:00 am
- Fact Checking Zelensky on Non-AlignmentIn his annual message to the parliament of Ukraine at the end of 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine has changed the world by uniting the West and making non-alignment unpalatable. He said that Ukraine has "helped the West find itself again," that it has "united the European... Read more »Source: Antiwar.com Original | Published: February 3, 2023 - 5:00 am
- Iraq Daily Roundup: Three KilledTen people were wounded. The post <I>Iraq Daily Roundup</I>: Three Killed appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.... Read more »Source: Antiwar.com Original | Published: February 3, 2023 - 3:28 am
- The Legacy of George W. Bush and His TorturersIn the days and months following the attacks of 9/11, the government laid the blame for orchestrating the attacks on Osama bin Ladin. Then, after bin Ladin was murdered in his home in Pakistan in 2011, the government decided that the true mastermind of 9/11 was Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. By... Read more »Source: Antiwar.com Original | Published: February 2, 2023 - 5:00 am
- The US Is Making Billions Being Warlords in YemenOne of Biden’s promises during his presidential campaign was to immediately move to end all support for the Saudi-led coalition’s war in Yemen. In February 2021, Biden stood at a podium at the State Department and proclaimed that the war in Yemen must end. Biden underlined the humanitarian crisis as... Read more »Source: Antiwar.com Original | Published: February 2, 2023 - 5:00 am
- The GOP’s Impending Great BetrayalDon’t expect much from the thin new GOP majority in the U.S. House – at least anything that will materially turn the ship of state from its headlong dash toward fiscal disaster. That because on the big issues that really count, the beltway lifers who dominate the GOP’s senior ranks... Read more »Source: Antiwar.com Original | Published: February 1, 2023 - 5:00 am
- Has the War in Ukraine Reached Its Climax?On January 25, the US announced that it would send 31 M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine. The M1 Abrams is the US’ primary battle tank and is among the most advanced and powerful tanks in the world. The Biden administration’s decision will be perceived as a serious escalation and as... Read more »Source: Antiwar.com Original | Published: February 1, 2023 - 5:00 am
- Iraq Monthly Roundup: 49 KilledAnother 39 were wounded. The post <I>Iraq Monthly Roundup</I>: 49 Killed appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.... Read more »Source: Antiwar.com Original | Published: February 1, 2023 - 3:12 am
- The Real Disinformation Was the ‘Russia Disinformation’ HoaxThanks to the latest release of the “Twitter Files,” we now know without a doubt that the entire “Russia disinformation” racket was a massive disinformation campaign to undermine US elections and perhaps even push “regime change” inside the United States after Donald Trump was elected president in 2016. Here is... Read more »Source: Antiwar.com Original | Published: January 31, 2023 - 5:00 am
- Iraq Daily Roundup: Five KilledThree others were wounded. The post <I>Iraq Daily Roundup</I>: Five Killed appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.... Read more »Source: Antiwar.com Original | Published: January 31, 2023 - 2:50 am
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- Imperial Nostalgia and Its PerilsAlthough great empires rank among the most powerful engines of world history, they are also among the most dangerous, especially as they brood over their decline. The Russian empire provides a striking illustration of this phenomenon. Traditionally referred to as the “prison of nations,” Russia, in its Czarist and Soviet... Read more »Source: Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork | Published: May 8, 2022 - 7:56 pm
- Imperial Nostalgia and Its PerilsAlthough great empires rank among the most powerful engines of world history, they are also among the most dangerous, especially as they brood over their decline. The Russian empire provides a striking illustration of this phenomenon. Traditionally referred to as the “prison of nations,” Russia, in its Czarist and Soviet... Read more »Source: Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork | Published: May 8, 2022 - 2:34 pm
- Military and Economic Power Once Again Fail to Produce HappinessAlthough the rulers of the world’s major military and economic powers have repeatedly claimed that they are making their nations great again, their policies have not resulted in widespread happiness among their citizens. That conclusion emerges from the recent World Happiness Report-2022, published by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. ... Read more »Source: Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork | Published: April 16, 2022 - 4:50 pm
- Who Speaks for the World?Russia’s brutal war upon the nation of Ukraine should remind us that, for thousands of years, great powers have used their military might to launch military assaults upon smaller, weaker societies. Since World War II alone, these acts of aggression have included France’s colonial wars in Indochina and Algeria, Britain’s... Read more »Source: Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork | Published: April 3, 2022 - 7:44 pm
- Peace in Ukraine through neutrality and peaceful EU membership, end the USA’s proxy war against RussiaEthnic division was used to consolidate control by the USA and Nationalists of Ukraine. They have signed Minsk Peace Accords to end the civil wars in Donbas region through referendums, signed since 2015, but they did not implement them, because maintaining an active civil war front psyche of ‘them and... Read more »Source: Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork | Published: March 31, 2022 - 2:37 pm
- Rebirth of Our United Nations Is The Eventual Way, Not the False Profit of WarYou obviously can not be against this terrible war, but support it continuing. We must support the peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, and encourage them to find mutual peace in an agreed neutrality/sovereignty to end this tragic and unnecessary confrontation between such close peoples. Neutrality and internationally monitored referendums... Read more »Source: Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork | Published: March 15, 2022 - 3:14 pm
- The Imperialist Roots of Putin’s PolicyA key factor that explains Vladimir Putin’s military invasion of Ukraine is traditional Russian imperialism. Throughout the world’s long and bloody history, other powerful territories (and, later, nations) expanded their lands through imperial conquest, including Rome, China, Spain, France, Britain, Germany, Japan, and the United States. Russia was no exception. ... Read more »Source: Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork | Published: March 9, 2022 - 8:43 pm
- We must all pursue obvious conditions of a mutual peace, not arm further and cheer on a hopeless war.The declared intention of USA NATO and Ukraine’s government to join in a hostile military alliance against their neighbour Russia has now proven to be a terrible mistake and negligent disaster for the people and sovereign state of Ukraine. For USA/NATO to now continue making Ukraine a weapon, while we... Read more »Source: Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork | Published: March 6, 2022 - 3:01 pm
- Psychiatrists, Local Police, Wifes, Regional Elections and Judges in Santiago de Compostela (VI)(i) This is the Wikipedia article on the Galician Regional Elections held by the Galician Autonomous President, Alberto Nuñez Feyjoo, on March 1, 2009; the first Regional Elections in which he was victorious. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elecciones_al_Parlamento_de_Galicia_de_2009?wprov=sfti1 in total number and percentage of votes, the opposition won, made up of Emilio Pérez Touriño... Read more »Source: Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork | Published: February 26, 2022 - 6:44 pm
- Psychiatrists, Local Police and Judges at Santiago de Compostela (v)On 06/27/2004, the Red Hot Chilli Peppers performed in Santiago de Compostela, a few kilometers out o the city, at the facilities of Monte del Gozo, Monte do Gozo, whose name refers to the joy that the pilgrims lived in when the cathedral of Santiago could be seen in the... Read more »Source: Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork | Published: February 24, 2022 - 11:14 pm