Sam Husseini

Bernie Sanders Suspends His Campaign: What Happened and What Now?

Kyle Kulinski of Secular Talk commented just as Bernie Sanders suspended his campaign: “Bernie made a number of mistakes that I highlighted and broke down in detail. No excuses. Having said that, you’re out of your fucking mind if you think I’ll forget or look past ‘bloody monday’, aka the day Obama got Pete & Amy to drop & endorse Biden. Saving his campaign.”

How A Would-be Thanksgiving Argument Can Spawn a Revolution

-by Sam HusseiniFounder, Vote PactIt's become something of a cliché: Many people dread Thanksgiving in part because they have to break bread with friend-- and especially relatives-- who they adamantly disagree with politically.One is pro-immigration, the other wants to build a bigger wall, etc.But what if this apparently annoying encounter was actually a blessing?I don't

Biden Taking Iraq Lies to the Max

-by Sam HusseiniSenior analyst with the Institute for Public AccuracyPresidential candidate Joe Biden is adding lies on top of lies to cover up his backing of the Iraq invasion.At Thursday night's ABC/DNC debate Biden lied about his Iraq record, just like he did at the first two debates.In the July debate, Biden claimed: “From the moment ‘shock and awe’ started, from that moment, I was opposed to the effort, and I was outspoken as much as anyone at all in the Congress.”When he first said that, it received virtually no scrutiny except for Mideast scholar Stephen Zunes, who wrote the piece

Film "Official Secrets" Points to a Mammoth Iceberg

by Sam HusseiniTwo-time Oscar nominee Keira Knightley is known for being in "period pieces" such as Pride and Prejudice, so her playing the lead in the new film Official Secrets, scheduled to be release in the U.S. this Friday, may seem odd at first. That is until one considers that the time span being depicted-- the early 2003 run-up to the invasion of Iraq-- is one of the most dramatic and consequential periods of modern human history.It is also one of the most poorly understood, in part because the story of Katharine Gun, played by Knightley, is so little known.