A new book, an anonymous Op-Ed and an Obama speech in the first seven days of September appeared to reveal dangerous insider moves against a dangerous, but constitutionally elected president, writes Joe Lauria. By Joe Lauria Special to Consortium News…Read more →
What the CIA used to do covertly is now being done overtly by the US government through its new corporate glove puppets in Palo Alto and San Francisco. They tell us we’re facing a ‘crisis of democracy’ and that it’s all to do with plague of fake news. There is a crisis, but it’s not ‘fake news’ – it’s a crisis of […]
There are battlefields in Syria, Ukraine, Yemen, and elsewhere, but given the state of corporate media, perhaps the most consequential battle now being fought is for our minds, says Patrick Lawrence. By Patrick Lawrence Special to Consortium News After reading…Read more →
U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who most notably overseas special counsel Robert Mueller’s ‘Trump-Russia’ investigation, could lose his job this week, according to multiple reports.
Over the last year and a half on the job, Rosenstein has allowed Mueller the leeway to conduct his far-flung and open-ended Russiagate investigation while appearing to show deference to President Donald Trump who nominated him for his current post at the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Seeking to maintain its credibility, The New York Times dispenses with the criminal justice system and basic principles of journalism to weigh in again on Russia-gate, reports Joe Lauria. By Joe Lauria Special to Consortium News We’ve seen it before:…Read more →
Taking on the Washington Post again, in the person of columnist Max Boot, formerly of the Wall Street Journal
The DHS deceptively pushed the story that Russia hacked U.S. voter databases; and both Democratic & Republican elites fear popular revolt against their failed polices but refuse to change, as Gareth Porter explains. The guest on Episode 3 of Consortium…Read more →
President Trump has ordered Russia-gate data to be declassified but will likely be stonewalled, raising questions about whether Trump is his own man, writes Ray McGovern. By Ray McGovern Special to Consortium News Don’t hold your breath. While the media…Read more →
U.S. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) appeared on “Sunday Morning Futures” with host Maria Bartiromo and stated his intentions to make all the depositions taken in the Russia investigation public before the midterm elections.
Panic drives the smear attack against Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn whose background as a radical socialist, not his criticism of Israel and support for the Palestine, threatens the British establishment’s hold on power, argues Alexander Mercouris. By Alexander Mercouris…Read more →
