Tag: Mike Pompeo
Hundred of thousands of protesters take to Iran’s city streets to...
The streets of Tehran and other cities across the country were flooded with protesters early Friday morning.
If war breaks out with Iran, it won’t be an accident
A range of U.S. policies have been deliberately designed to provoke an Iranian response.
US foreign policy exposed
All the information points to a foreign policy that violates international law and standards, perpetrates wars and conflict and seeks to undermine press freedom in order to commit its crimes in secret.
Whatever Pompeo says, there is no certainty Iran mined the Tankers
Pompeo alleged that only the Iranians had the expertise to deploy these mines.
US dismisses climate change at Arctic Council Summit: Pompeo says melting...
The U.S. objections come as the Arctic just experienced its five warmest years on record, and is warming at twice the rate of the rest of the world.
How to make yourself an exception to the rule of law
The attacks of John Bolton and Mike Pompeo on the ICC, however, simply represent a new spate of lawless actions from a lawless administration in an increasingly lawless era in Washington.
In Yemen and beyond, US arms manufacturers are abetting crimes against...
Our leading weapons dealers have developed a business model that feeds on war, terrorism, chaos, political instability, and human rights violations.
US officially withdraws from UN Human Rights Council
The announcement comes on the heels of the U.N. human rights chief calling the Trump administration's policy of separating migrant families "unconscionable."
The Trump White House is a chaotic clown car filled with...
Trump the "master of the deal" has nothing to show.
Democrats who vote for Pompeo will disgrace themselves and their party
If the party can’t even take a stand against hate, does it stand for anything?
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Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails
The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.
State Department purge left US exposed as Iran war sent energy prices soaring
Internal layoffs removed the very officials who would have modeled oil supply disruptions, coordinated with Gulf energy partners, and prepared for retaliatory strikes as war with Iran drove gas and crude prices sharply higher.