Tag: Vladimir Putin
Mass protests meet Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki over human rights, free...
As the two leaders drove from the airport to their summit, they were met by 300 billboards in English and Russian that were posted by the country’s leading newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat.
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Americans explode after Trump's summit with Putin, Justice Department arrests Russia national with ties to Trump and the NRA, all the people convicted of treason in the US, and more.
Peace is a good thing, whoever manages to achieve it
When two leaders, each with the ability to destroy the world, agree to get along, that's a good thing. Period.
Democracy in crisis: Cold War(s) in the cyber age
The Cyber Age has raised the potential for destabilizing democracies through dissemination of fake news and disinformation to new levels.
Stop saying, “Putin invaded Ukraine and annexed Crimea”
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.”
Russians suspected of burning evidence before vacating consulate
Given Trump’s sycophantic relationship with Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Trump’s critics adamantly suggest that the president was forced into expelling the Russians.
TrumPutin moving forward, democracy declines
Without an impeachment, without a serious overhaul of enforced voting rights and a return to safeguarded paper ballots, we will continue to watch the erosion and destruction of this 241-year experiment in freedom.
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Trump’s backpedaling shows he’s not invincible
Protests will not directly convince Trump to change his views. But they can create an activated base of opposition.
Millions face delays as Trump administration ends Social Security phone verification
A new policy eliminating phone verification for Social Security benefits threatens to overwhelm field offices, cut off vulnerable recipients, and accelerate efforts to privatize the system.
The new age militarists
What's their threat to our common future?
Why ‘pro-Israel, pro-peace’ advocates cling to genocide denial
But very few members of Congress dare to acknowledge that reality, while their silence and denials scream out complicity.
You’re wrong Elon. Social Security’s not the ‘Ponzi Scheme’–The ‘unrealized gains’– taxloophole is…
“At current interest and tax rates, it is far cheaper to borrow against the value of one's shares than to sell them and pay taxes on the gains.”