Tag: Obama administration
Who Counts?
Tom Engelhardt explores body counts, drones and “collateral damage” in the twenty-first-century world of drone warfare. But one question reigns supreme: Who counts?
Eight Americans Killed by CIA Drone Strikes
A U.S. drone strike recently executed eight U.S. citizens without due process. With more than 3,852 casualties in Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen, why does the Obama administration continue to allow the CIA to operate signature strikes with impunity?
VIDEO: A Double Standard on Leaks? As Whistleblowers Jailed, Petraeus Escapes...
When it comes to punishing whistleblowers, the Obama administration is the most aggressive in history. Join Democracy Now in their discussion surrounding the double standard when it comes to who is punished and who walks free.
An End to 'Mindless Austerity:' Obama Pushes for Taxing the Rich...
President Obama is calling for Congress to raise taxes on the wealthy and corporations as a way to fund education and fix America's infrastructure. Could Obama's budget proposal help poor and middle-class families?
Sterling Trial Opens in Security-State Matrix
A lot of smoke will be blowing through the U.S. District Court in Alexandria during the next few weeks as the Obama administration and the CIA hierarchy are clearly eager to see Jeffrey Sterling punished in a big way.
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
The environmental and social impacts of fish farming and industrial aquaculture
Often promoted as sustainable, fish farming can increase pressure on wild fisheries, deepen global food inequities, and damage marine ecosystems.