By Glen Ford | Black Agenda Report | July 12, 2017 For more than a year now, the collective U.S. ruling class, with Democratic Party and corporate media operatives in the vanguard, has frozen the national political discourse in a McCarthyite time warp. A random visit to a July 26, 2016, issue of the New […]
More chickenhawks on parade for war with Russia By Philip Giraldi • Unz Review • April 4, 2017 The latest Democratic Party shill to demonize Russia is, I am ashamed to say, my state of Virginia’s Senator Mark Warner, who, on Thursday said “Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a deliberate campaign carefully constructed to undermine […]
Press TV – March 27, 2017 Democratic lawmakers are stepping up the United States’ anti-Russia rhetoric over Moscow’s alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election, which yielded President Donald Trump. In a declassified report released in January, the US intelligence community concluded that Russian President Vladimir Putin helped the New York billionaire win the White […]
Press TV – March 23, 2017 A bipartisan group of US senators in Congress have introduced a bill that would impose tighter sanctions against Iran over its ballistic missile tests and other non-nuclear activities. The bill was introduced on Thursday by 14 Democratic and Republican senators, including senior members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. […]
According to a CNN report, if passed, the new bill titled “The Russia Review Act” would require the White House to submit a report detailing why it was seeking to lift sanctions, setting into motion a 120-day review period where Congress could vote to disapprove of easing the penalties.
US Republican Senator Bob Corker (left) and Democratic Senator Ben Cardin in the US Senate (file photo) Press TV – February 3, 2017 A number of US senators have backed additional sanctions against Iran over the country’s missile program, arguing that Tehran “must feel sufficient pressure.” Twenty-two senators, including Bob Corker (Republican from Tennessee) and […]
"Yes We Can pass a corporate-written 'trade' agreement. My congressional brothers and sisters, with your help ... yes we can."by Gaius PubliusBy a narrow vote (but not as narrow as it looked), the Senate passed a standalone Fast Track bill 60–37.
A True Blue liberal except for Iran and Palestine By Philip Giraldi • Unz Review • May 6, 2015 Democratic Senator Ben Cardin of Maryland is not very well known to the public, overshadowed as he is by his own party’s more newsworthy and photogenic congressional leadership and the gaggle of Republicans that is currently lining […]
By Chris Carlson | International Middle East Media Center | July 18, 2014 Following a similar resolution passed last week by the U.S. House, the U.S. Senate voted Thursday night to support Israel’s ongoing invasion of the Gaza Strip. No dissenting vote was cast, and no mention was made of the hundreds of Palestinian civilians, […]
