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Robert Parry broke many of the Iran-Contra stories in the 1980s for the Associated Press and Newsweek. His latest book, Secrecy & Privilege: Rise of the Bush Dynasty from Watergate to Iraq, can be ordered at secrecyandprivilege.com. It's also available at
Amazon.com, as is his 1999 book, Lost History: Contras, Cocaine, the Press & 'Project Truth.'
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Thursday, June 24, 2010
The CIA/Likud Sinking of Jimmy Carter History must finally confront the troubling impression that remains: that disgruntled elements of the CIA and Israel's Likud hardliners teamed up to remove a U.S. president from office. CIA officer Miles Copeland said, "Carter was not a stupid man," adding that Carter had an even worse flaw: "He was a principled man."
Thursday, June 24, 2010The CIA/Likud Sinking of Jimmy Carter History must finally confront the troubling impression that remains: that disgruntled elements of the CIA and Israel's Likud hardliners teamed up to remove a U.S. president from office. CIA officer Miles Copeland said, "Carter was not a stupid man," adding that Carter had an even worse flaw: "He was a principled man."
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Sunday, July 20, 2014
What Did US Spy Satellites See in Ukraine? The U.S. media's Ukraine bias has been obvious, siding with the Kiev regime and bashing ethnic Russian rebels and Russia's President Putin. But now -- with the scramble to blame Putin for the Malaysia Airlines shoot-down -- the shoddy journalism has grown truly dangerous, says Robert Parry.
Sunday, July 20, 2014What Did US Spy Satellites See in Ukraine? The U.S. media's Ukraine bias has been obvious, siding with the Kiev regime and bashing ethnic Russian rebels and Russia's President Putin. But now -- with the scramble to blame Putin for the Malaysia Airlines shoot-down -- the shoddy journalism has grown truly dangerous, says Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Ron Paul's Appalling World View There was buzz on the Internet after libertarian Ron Paul delivered what was billed as his final address in Congress. But his near-hour-long speech sounded more like the ramblings of a right-wing crank than the coherent thoughts of the principled idealist that his fans rave about.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012Ron Paul's Appalling World View There was buzz on the Internet after libertarian Ron Paul delivered what was billed as his final address in Congress. But his near-hour-long speech sounded more like the ramblings of a right-wing crank than the coherent thoughts of the principled idealist that his fans rave about.
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Friday, June 5, 2009
Ronald Reagan: Worst President Ever? There's been talk that George W. Bush was so inept that he should trademark the phrase "Worst President Ever,"- though some historians would bestow that title on pre-Civil War President James Buchanan. Still, a case could be made for putting Ronald Reagan in the competition. [U]nprecedented greed was unleashed on Wall Street, fraying old-fashioned bonds between company owners and employees.
Friday, June 5, 2009Ronald Reagan: Worst President Ever? There's been talk that George W. Bush was so inept that he should trademark the phrase "Worst President Ever,"- though some historians would bestow that title on pre-Civil War President James Buchanan. Still, a case could be made for putting Ronald Reagan in the competition. [U]nprecedented greed was unleashed on Wall Street, fraying old-fashioned bonds between company owners and employees.
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Saturday, January 22, 2011
The Disappearance of Keith Olbermann The ongoing significance of media imbalance is that it gives the Right enormous capabilities to control the national debate, not only during election campaigns but year-round. Republicans can deploy what intelligence operatives call "agit-propaganda," stirring controversies that rile up the public and redound to the GOP's advantage. The sudden disappearance of Keith Olbermann is an ominous omen.
Saturday, January 22, 2011The Disappearance of Keith Olbermann The ongoing significance of media imbalance is that it gives the Right enormous capabilities to control the national debate, not only during election campaigns but year-round. Republicans can deploy what intelligence operatives call "agit-propaganda," stirring controversies that rile up the public and redound to the GOP's advantage. The sudden disappearance of Keith Olbermann is an ominous omen.
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Saturday, October 23, 2010
A Perjurer on the US Supreme Court It is now obvious that Thomas committed perjury as a necessary element of gaining his seat as one of nine justices on the Supreme Court and only its second African-American. Though perjury before Congress is a felony, the Right appears to have suddenly lost its enthusiasm for demanding impeachment as the proper remedy for high officials caught lying under oath.
Saturday, October 23, 2010A Perjurer on the US Supreme Court It is now obvious that Thomas committed perjury as a necessary element of gaining his seat as one of nine justices on the Supreme Court and only its second African-American. Though perjury before Congress is a felony, the Right appears to have suddenly lost its enthusiasm for demanding impeachment as the proper remedy for high officials caught lying under oath.
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Saturday, October 18, 2014
WPost's Slimy Assault on Gary Webb The movie, "Kill the Messenger," portrays the mainstream U.S. news media as craven for destroying Gary Webb rather than expanding on his investigation of the Contra-cocaine scandal. So, now one of those "journalists" is renewing the character assassination of Webb, notes Robert Parry.
Saturday, October 18, 2014WPost's Slimy Assault on Gary Webb The movie, "Kill the Messenger," portrays the mainstream U.S. news media as craven for destroying Gary Webb rather than expanding on his investigation of the Contra-cocaine scandal. So, now one of those "journalists" is renewing the character assassination of Webb, notes Robert Parry.
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Saturday, January 15, 2011
The 9/11 'Truth' Parlor Game At times, "9/11 truth" has taken on the feel of a political movement, if not a cult. One elderly historian told me that he had felt "pressured" by "truthers" to give them something that they could cite as an endorsement of their position. Other notable people on the Left have described meetings with "truthers" as akin to "recruitment" sessions.
Saturday, January 15, 2011The 9/11 'Truth' Parlor Game At times, "9/11 truth" has taken on the feel of a political movement, if not a cult. One elderly historian told me that he had felt "pressured" by "truthers" to give them something that they could cite as an endorsement of their position. Other notable people on the Left have described meetings with "truthers" as akin to "recruitment" sessions.
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Sunday, March 2, 2014
What Neocons Want from Ukraine Crisis Special Report: The Ukrainian crisis – partly fomented by U.S. neocons including holdovers at the State Department – has soured U.S-Russian relations and disrupted President Obama’s secretive cooperation with Russian President Putin to resolve crises in the Mideast, reports Robert Parry.
Sunday, March 2, 2014What Neocons Want from Ukraine Crisis Special Report: The Ukrainian crisis – partly fomented by U.S. neocons including holdovers at the State Department – has soured U.S-Russian relations and disrupted President Obama’s secretive cooperation with Russian President Putin to resolve crises in the Mideast, reports Robert Parry.
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Friday, December 21, 2012
The Right's Second Amendment Lies A big obstacle to commonsense gun control is the Right's false historical narrative that the Founders wanted an armed American public that could fight its own government. The truth is that George Washington looked to citizens militias to put down revolts and maintain order.
Friday, December 21, 2012The Right's Second Amendment Lies A big obstacle to commonsense gun control is the Right's false historical narrative that the Founders wanted an armed American public that could fight its own government. The truth is that George Washington looked to citizens militias to put down revolts and maintain order.
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Saturday, September 5, 2009
Colin Powell and Lessons of My Lai "We burned down the thatched huts, starting the blaze with Ronson and Zippo lighters," Powell recalled. "Why were we torching houses and destroying crops? Ho Chi Minh had said the people were like the sea in which his guerrillas swam. ... We tried to solve the problem by making the whole sea uninhabitable. In the hard logic of war, what difference did it make if you shot your enemy or starved him to death?"
Saturday, September 5, 2009Colin Powell and Lessons of My Lai "We burned down the thatched huts, starting the blaze with Ronson and Zippo lighters," Powell recalled. "Why were we torching houses and destroying crops? Ho Chi Minh had said the people were like the sea in which his guerrillas swam. ... We tried to solve the problem by making the whole sea uninhabitable. In the hard logic of war, what difference did it make if you shot your enemy or starved him to death?"
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Saturday, July 14, 2012
The Romney "Fact-Checking" Scandal Mitt Romney cites "independent fact-checkers" to spare him from having to explain exactly what he did with Bain Capital after February 1999. But those "fact-checkers" are acting less like impartial journalists and more like argumentative lawyers covering Romney's political flanks.
Saturday, July 14, 2012The Romney "Fact-Checking" Scandal Mitt Romney cites "independent fact-checkers" to spare him from having to explain exactly what he did with Bain Capital after February 1999. But those "fact-checkers" are acting less like impartial journalists and more like argumentative lawyers covering Romney's political flanks.
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Friday, October 15, 2010
The 'Teach-the-Dems-a-Lesson' Myth The Left's sideline-sitting contributed to the unnecessary deaths of millions in wars from Vietnam and Central America to Iraq and Afghanistan. Even worse, US inaction on global warming a neglect surely to be continued if Republicans and Tea Partiers are victorious in Election 2010 may doom the future of a livable planet. In other words, the "teach-the-Dems-a-lesson" strategy not only doesn't work, it's extremely dangerous.
Friday, October 15, 2010The 'Teach-the-Dems-a-Lesson' Myth The Left's sideline-sitting contributed to the unnecessary deaths of millions in wars from Vietnam and Central America to Iraq and Afghanistan. Even worse, US inaction on global warming a neglect surely to be continued if Republicans and Tea Partiers are victorious in Election 2010 may doom the future of a livable planet. In other words, the "teach-the-Dems-a-lesson" strategy not only doesn't work, it's extremely dangerous.
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Saturday, August 25, 2012
Is Mitt Romney a Racist? Mitt Romney "jokingly" observed that "no one's ever asked to see my birth certificate" as he once again pandered to "birthers" and their racist conspiracy theory. But TV commentators rushed to put down any suggestion that Romney is a racist. But -- is he?
Saturday, August 25, 2012Is Mitt Romney a Racist? Mitt Romney "jokingly" observed that "no one's ever asked to see my birth certificate" as he once again pandered to "birthers" and their racist conspiracy theory. But TV commentators rushed to put down any suggestion that Romney is a racist. But -- is he?
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Saturday, December 19, 2009
Why Obama Is Failing After all the compromising and concessions, Obama and the Democrats are now looking at disaster in the congressional races for 2010. The millions of voters who were inspired by Obama's call for change in 2008 are disillusioned if not embittered. Many are likely to stay home next fall.
Saturday, December 19, 2009Why Obama Is Failing After all the compromising and concessions, Obama and the Democrats are now looking at disaster in the congressional races for 2010. The millions of voters who were inspired by Obama's call for change in 2008 are disillusioned if not embittered. Many are likely to stay home next fall.
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Monday, March 8, 2010
How Reagan's Propaganda Succeeded In the late 1970s and through the 1980s, conservative foundations poured millions of dollars into right-wing think tanks, media outlets and anti-journalism attack groups that targeted American reporters who challenged the Reagan administration's propaganda.
Monday, March 8, 2010How Reagan's Propaganda Succeeded In the late 1970s and through the 1980s, conservative foundations poured millions of dollars into right-wing think tanks, media outlets and anti-journalism attack groups that targeted American reporters who challenged the Reagan administration's propaganda.
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Monday, September 3, 2012
Romney's New Global-Warming "Joke" At the Republican National Convention and on the campaign trail, Mitt Romney has come up with a new laugh line, mocking President Obama's policies to slow global warming. In doing so, Romney distorts a quote from an Obama speech in 2008 about ocean levels.
Monday, September 3, 2012Romney's New Global-Warming "Joke" At the Republican National Convention and on the campaign trail, Mitt Romney has come up with a new laugh line, mocking President Obama's policies to slow global warming. In doing so, Romney distorts a quote from an Obama speech in 2008 about ocean levels.
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Is Joe Lieberman Protecting Israel? Lieberman has been careful not to connect his disruptive behavior on health-care reform to his support for Israel, but there can be little doubt that a chastened Obama, either defeated on health care or forced to sign a bill that liberals will view as a betrayal, will have much less political capital to expend in applying pressure on Israel.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009Is Joe Lieberman Protecting Israel? Lieberman has been careful not to connect his disruptive behavior on health-care reform to his support for Israel, but there can be little doubt that a chastened Obama, either defeated on health care or forced to sign a bill that liberals will view as a betrayal, will have much less political capital to expend in applying pressure on Israel.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015
A Day When Journalism Died Dec. 9 has a grim meaning for the Republic, the date in 2004 when investigative reporter Gary Webb, driven to ruin by vindictive press colleagues for reviving the Contra-cocaine scandal, took his own life, a demarcation as the U.S. press went from protecting the people to shielding the corrupt, writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015A Day When Journalism Died Dec. 9 has a grim meaning for the Republic, the date in 2004 when investigative reporter Gary Webb, driven to ruin by vindictive press colleagues for reviving the Contra-cocaine scandal, took his own life, a demarcation as the U.S. press went from protecting the people to shielding the corrupt, writes Robert Parry.
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Friday, August 8, 2014
Was Putin Targeted for Mid-Air Assassination? Official Washington's conventional wisdom on the Malaysia Airlines shoot-down blames Russian President Putin, but some U.S. intelligence analysts think Putin, whose plane was flying nearby, may have been the target of Ukrainian hardliners who hit the wrong plane, writes Robert Parry.
Friday, August 8, 2014Was Putin Targeted for Mid-Air Assassination? Official Washington's conventional wisdom on the Malaysia Airlines shoot-down blames Russian President Putin, but some U.S. intelligence analysts think Putin, whose plane was flying nearby, may have been the target of Ukrainian hardliners who hit the wrong plane, writes Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, May 20, 2015
You Be the Judge An Australian news show bristled at being caught broadcasting misleading images designed to prove Russian President Putin was responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 last July. The program says it simply opted for "a wide shot" to give its audience the fuller "layout," reports Robert Parry.
Wednesday, May 20, 2015You Be the Judge An Australian news show bristled at being caught broadcasting misleading images designed to prove Russian President Putin was responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 last July. The program says it simply opted for "a wide shot" to give its audience the fuller "layout," reports Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Cruz Threatens to Nuke ISIS Targets Republican presidential campaign rhetoric is red-hot regarding Islamic terrorism, with Sen. Cruz suggesting the use of nuclear weapons to see "if sand can glow in the dark," a threat even more troubling than Donald Trump's call to temporarily bar Muslims from entering the U.S., writes Robert Parry.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015Cruz Threatens to Nuke ISIS Targets Republican presidential campaign rhetoric is red-hot regarding Islamic terrorism, with Sen. Cruz suggesting the use of nuclear weapons to see "if sand can glow in the dark," a threat even more troubling than Donald Trump's call to temporarily bar Muslims from entering the U.S., writes Robert Parry.
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Thursday, July 17, 2014
The Human Price of Neocon Havoc Neocons are the "masters of chaos" as they destabilize disfavored governments around the world. But real people pay the price as we've seen with Israel's slaughter of four boys on a Gaza beach and an apparent shoot-down of a Malaysian airliner over war-torn Ukraine, writes Robert Parry.
Thursday, July 17, 2014The Human Price of Neocon Havoc Neocons are the "masters of chaos" as they destabilize disfavored governments around the world. But real people pay the price as we've seen with Israel's slaughter of four boys on a Gaza beach and an apparent shoot-down of a Malaysian airliner over war-torn Ukraine, writes Robert Parry.
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Monday, October 20, 2014
Germans Clear Russia in MH-17 Case For months, Western governments and media have accused Russia of supplying the anti-aircraft missile that brought down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 killing 298 people. But now German intelligence has reportedly determined the missile came from a Ukrainian military base, writes Robert Parry.
Monday, October 20, 2014Germans Clear Russia in MH-17 Case For months, Western governments and media have accused Russia of supplying the anti-aircraft missile that brought down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 killing 298 people. But now German intelligence has reportedly determined the missile came from a Ukrainian military base, writes Robert Parry.
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Thursday, October 17, 2013
The Abject Failure of Reaganomics House Republicans got next to nothing from their extortion strategy of taking the government and the economy hostage, but they are sure to continue obstructing programs that could create jobs and start rebuilding the middle class. What they won't recognize is the abject failure of Reaganomics.
Thursday, October 17, 2013The Abject Failure of Reaganomics House Republicans got next to nothing from their extortion strategy of taking the government and the economy hostage, but they are sure to continue obstructing programs that could create jobs and start rebuilding the middle class. What they won't recognize is the abject failure of Reaganomics.
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Monday, November 1, 2010
Iranian Students Ask About 1980 another part of the secret Reagan/Bush operation in the 1980s was to balance the U.S. weapons going to Iran, via Israel, with other clandestine military support to Iraq's Saddam Hussein. Reagan's CIA Director William Casey, a key figure in the Iran-Contra scandal, would sometimes joke that the real goal was to get Iranians and Iraqis to kill each other off.
Monday, November 1, 2010Iranian Students Ask About 1980 another part of the secret Reagan/Bush operation in the 1980s was to balance the U.S. weapons going to Iran, via Israel, with other clandestine military support to Iraq's Saddam Hussein. Reagan's CIA Director William Casey, a key figure in the Iran-Contra scandal, would sometimes joke that the real goal was to get Iranians and Iraqis to kill each other off.
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Sunday, October 28, 2012
Iran War on the Ballot War or peace with Iran will be on the U.S. presidential ballot, with Barack Obama's reelection likely to clear the way for direct talks on resolving the dispute over Iran's nuclear program but with a victory by Mitt Romney putting neocons in a position to seek "regime change,"
Sunday, October 28, 2012Iran War on the Ballot War or peace with Iran will be on the U.S. presidential ballot, with Barack Obama's reelection likely to clear the way for direct talks on resolving the dispute over Iran's nuclear program but with a victory by Mitt Romney putting neocons in a position to seek "regime change,"
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
The Source of Romney's Lying An enduring mystery about Mitt Romney is why he lies so persistently and with so little shame. Some people blame his business experience or cite the basic dishonesty of politics, but there is also the curious foundation of his Mormon religion which was started by a proven conman.
Thursday, November 1, 2012The Source of Romney's Lying An enduring mystery about Mitt Romney is why he lies so persistently and with so little shame. Some people blame his business experience or cite the basic dishonesty of politics, but there is also the curious foundation of his Mormon religion which was started by a proven conman.
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Thursday, February 27, 2014
A Shadow US Foreign Policy The National Endowment for Democracy, a central part of Ronald Reagan's propaganda war against the Soviet Union three decades ago, has evolved into a $100 million U.S. government-financed slush fund that generally supports a neocon agenda often at cross-purposes with the Obama administration's foreign policy. U.S.-financed outfits like NED are doing all they can to create crises for Putin on his own border.
Thursday, February 27, 2014A Shadow US Foreign Policy The National Endowment for Democracy, a central part of Ronald Reagan's propaganda war against the Soviet Union three decades ago, has evolved into a $100 million U.S. government-financed slush fund that generally supports a neocon agenda often at cross-purposes with the Obama administration's foreign policy. U.S.-financed outfits like NED are doing all they can to create crises for Putin on his own border.
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Friday, December 9, 2011
The Warning in Gary Webb's Death Webb's suicide on the evening of Dec. 9, 2004, was also a tragic end for one man whose livelihood and reputation were destroyed by a phalanx of major newspapers -- the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times -- serving as protectors of a corrupt power structure rather than as sources of honest information.
Friday, December 9, 2011The Warning in Gary Webb's Death Webb's suicide on the evening of Dec. 9, 2004, was also a tragic end for one man whose livelihood and reputation were destroyed by a phalanx of major newspapers -- the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times -- serving as protectors of a corrupt power structure rather than as sources of honest information.
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Saturday, May 1, 2010
How Rev. Moon's 'Snakes' Infested US Even the passing of Moon's Washington Times will not mean that the snakes and other vermin that Moon let loose in the American political system will soon disappear. In fact, they may be more prevalent than ever.
Saturday, May 1, 2010How Rev. Moon's 'Snakes' Infested US Even the passing of Moon's Washington Times will not mean that the snakes and other vermin that Moon let loose in the American political system will soon disappear. In fact, they may be more prevalent than ever.
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Friday, January 13, 2012
Ron Paul's False Founding Narrative Rep. Ron Paul and other right-wingers have lured many average Americans into their camp by creating a false narrative about America's Founding, claiming that the drafters of the Constitution wanted a weak central government. But that's not the real history
Friday, January 13, 2012Ron Paul's False Founding Narrative Rep. Ron Paul and other right-wingers have lured many average Americans into their camp by creating a false narrative about America's Founding, claiming that the drafters of the Constitution wanted a weak central government. But that's not the real history
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Sunday, February 6, 2011
Ronald Reagan, Enabler of Atrocities Democrats mostly approached this deification of Reagan as harmless, an easy concession to the Republicans in the name of bipartisanship. Some Democrats would even try to cite Reagan as supportive of some of their positions as a way to protect themselves from attacks launched by the increasingly powerful right-wing news media.
Sunday, February 6, 2011Ronald Reagan, Enabler of Atrocities Democrats mostly approached this deification of Reagan as harmless, an easy concession to the Republicans in the name of bipartisanship. Some Democrats would even try to cite Reagan as supportive of some of their positions as a way to protect themselves from attacks launched by the increasingly powerful right-wing news media.
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Saturday, August 18, 2012
An Israeli October Surprise for Obama? A pressing foreign policy question of the U.S. presidential race is whether Israel might exploit this politically delicate time to bomb Iran's nuclear sites and force President Obama to join the attack or face defeat at the polls, a predicament with similarities to one President Carter faced in 1980.
Saturday, August 18, 2012An Israeli October Surprise for Obama? A pressing foreign policy question of the U.S. presidential race is whether Israel might exploit this politically delicate time to bomb Iran's nuclear sites and force President Obama to join the attack or face defeat at the polls, a predicament with similarities to one President Carter faced in 1980.
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Friday, December 9, 2016
Big Media's Contra-Cocaine Cover-up Twelve years ago, a campaign of character assassination by the major U.S. newspapers drove an honest journalist to suicide. Now those papers claim to be paragons of truth-telling, says Robert Parry.
Friday, December 9, 2016Big Media's Contra-Cocaine Cover-up Twelve years ago, a campaign of character assassination by the major U.S. newspapers drove an honest journalist to suicide. Now those papers claim to be paragons of truth-telling, says Robert Parry.
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Thursday, December 9, 2010
Big Media's Guilt in Gary Webb's Death The ostracism of Gary Webb was part of a larger back story. It was a prelude to the massive journalism failures of the past decade when many of the same newspapers joined the stampede for George W. Bush's wars, instead of showing professionalism and skepticism.
Thursday, December 9, 2010Big Media's Guilt in Gary Webb's Death The ostracism of Gary Webb was part of a larger back story. It was a prelude to the massive journalism failures of the past decade when many of the same newspapers joined the stampede for George W. Bush's wars, instead of showing professionalism and skepticism.
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Monday, July 13, 2015
The Mess that Nuland Made Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland engineered Ukraine's "regime change" in early 2014 without weighing the likely chaos and consequences. Now, as neo-Nazis turn their guns on the government, it's hard to see how anyone can clean up the mess that Nuland made, writes Robert Parry.
Monday, July 13, 2015The Mess that Nuland Made Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland engineered Ukraine's "regime change" in early 2014 without weighing the likely chaos and consequences. Now, as neo-Nazis turn their guns on the government, it's hard to see how anyone can clean up the mess that Nuland made, writes Robert Parry.
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Saturday, May 14, 2016
Democrats, Too Clever by Half on Clinton Democratic Party honchos who wanted Hillary Clinton's coronation are having some regrets as her weaknesses become obvious, her poll numbers sink, and Donald Trump surges toward the lead, reports Robert Parry.
Saturday, May 14, 2016Democrats, Too Clever by Half on Clinton Democratic Party honchos who wanted Hillary Clinton's coronation are having some regrets as her weaknesses become obvious, her poll numbers sink, and Donald Trump surges toward the lead, reports Robert Parry.
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Saturday, January 14, 2012
Turning America into Pottersville The Republican presidential race has taken a detour into the "class warfare" that the party supposedly despises, with Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry tagging Mitt Romney as an elitist who got rich by laying off workers. But this spat misses the larger point of what the Right is doing to America.
Saturday, January 14, 2012Turning America into Pottersville The Republican presidential race has taken a detour into the "class warfare" that the party supposedly despises, with Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry tagging Mitt Romney as an elitist who got rich by laying off workers. But this spat misses the larger point of what the Right is doing to America.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Why Journalist Gary Webb Died Webb's death on the night of Dec. 9, 2004, came as the U.S. press corps was at a nadir, having recently aided and abetted President George W. Bush in taking the country to war in Iraq under false pretenses. The press corps also had performed abysmally in Bush's two presidential campaigns in 2000 and 2004, hesitant to take on the powerful Bush Family.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009Why Journalist Gary Webb Died Webb's death on the night of Dec. 9, 2004, came as the U.S. press corps was at a nadir, having recently aided and abetted President George W. Bush in taking the country to war in Iraq under false pretenses. The press corps also had performed abysmally in Bush's two presidential campaigns in 2000 and 2004, hesitant to take on the powerful Bush Family.
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Thursday, May 12, 2011
Jimmy Carter's October Surprise Doubts If Carter had freed the hostages and won a second term, the United States might have continued on a path toward alternative energy, the federal deficit would not have soared as it did under Reagan, and deregulation of corporations would not have opened the environment and the financial sector to such dangers.
Thursday, May 12, 2011Jimmy Carter's October Surprise Doubts If Carter had freed the hostages and won a second term, the United States might have continued on a path toward alternative energy, the federal deficit would not have soared as it did under Reagan, and deregulation of corporations would not have opened the environment and the financial sector to such dangers.
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Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Why Hillary Clinton Really Lost An insider book on Campaign 2016 reveals a paranoid Hillary Clinton who spied on staff emails after losing in 2008 and carried her political dysfunction into her loss to Donald Trump, writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, April 19, 2017Why Hillary Clinton Really Lost An insider book on Campaign 2016 reveals a paranoid Hillary Clinton who spied on staff emails after losing in 2008 and carried her political dysfunction into her loss to Donald Trump, writes Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Haiti and America's Historic Debt Recent Republican administrations have been particularly hostile to the popular will of the impoverished Haitian masses. When leftist priest Jean-Bertrand Aristide was twice elected by overwhelming margins, he was ousted both times -" first during the presidency of George H.W. Bush and again under President George W. Bush.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010Haiti and America's Historic Debt Recent Republican administrations have been particularly hostile to the popular will of the impoverished Haitian masses. When leftist priest Jean-Bertrand Aristide was twice elected by overwhelming margins, he was ousted both times -" first during the presidency of George H.W. Bush and again under President George W. Bush.
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Sunday, November 16, 2008
Predictable Economic Disaster by George W. Bush In his trademark goofy way, George W. Bush explained why he supported a bailout of the U.S. financial markets, saying he was "a free-market person, until you're told that if you don't take decisive measures then it's conceivable that our country could go into a depression greater than the Great Depression."
Sunday, November 16, 2008Predictable Economic Disaster by George W. Bush In his trademark goofy way, George W. Bush explained why he supported a bailout of the U.S. financial markets, saying he was "a free-market person, until you're told that if you don't take decisive measures then it's conceivable that our country could go into a depression greater than the Great Depression."
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Taking a Bush Secret to the Grave The National Archives has approved an appeal by journalist Robert Parry seeking release of a 30-year-old secret, the address where George H.W. Bush supposedly went on an October weekend in 1980 -- when several witnesses put Bush in Paris meeting with Iranians. But it turns out the "alibi witness" is now dead.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011Taking a Bush Secret to the Grave The National Archives has approved an appeal by journalist Robert Parry seeking release of a 30-year-old secret, the address where George H.W. Bush supposedly went on an October weekend in 1980 -- when several witnesses put Bush in Paris meeting with Iranians. But it turns out the "alibi witness" is now dead.
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Friday, August 12, 2011
Keeping a Curious Bush Secret One of the strange mysteries from the Reagan-Bush era is where did George H.W. Bush go on one Sunday in October 1980 when some witnesses placed him meeting with Iranians in Paris. More than three decades later, Bush's supposed alibi remains a state secret.
Friday, August 12, 2011Keeping a Curious Bush Secret One of the strange mysteries from the Reagan-Bush era is where did George H.W. Bush go on one Sunday in October 1980 when some witnesses placed him meeting with Iranians in Paris. More than three decades later, Bush's supposed alibi remains a state secret.
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Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Why Trump Won; Why Clinton Lost Hillary Clinton's stunning defeat reflected a gross misjudgment by the Democratic Party about the depth of populist anger against self-serving elites who have treated much of the country with disdain, writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, November 9, 2016Why Trump Won; Why Clinton Lost Hillary Clinton's stunning defeat reflected a gross misjudgment by the Democratic Party about the depth of populist anger against self-serving elites who have treated much of the country with disdain, writes Robert Parry.
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Thursday, March 21, 2013
Newtown's Hidden Crime-Scene Photos Each time, these "gun rights" enthusiasts shout out their truncated version of the Second Amendment -- leaving out the parts about "a well-regulated militia" and the "security of a free state" -- they could have these images of mangled children flash through their minds.
Thursday, March 21, 2013Newtown's Hidden Crime-Scene Photos Each time, these "gun rights" enthusiasts shout out their truncated version of the Second Amendment -- leaving out the parts about "a well-regulated militia" and the "security of a free state" -- they could have these images of mangled children flash through their minds.
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Saturday, June 4, 2011
Making the US Economy "Scream" Over the past several decades, Republican methods for winning national power have come to resemble CIA techniques for destabilizing an enemy country -- through the use of black propaganda, political skullduggery and economic disruptions. Now, heading toward Election 2012, the Republicans appear poised to make the U.S. economy "scream."
Saturday, June 4, 2011Making the US Economy "Scream" Over the past several decades, Republican methods for winning national power have come to resemble CIA techniques for destabilizing an enemy country -- through the use of black propaganda, political skullduggery and economic disruptions. Now, heading toward Election 2012, the Republicans appear poised to make the U.S. economy "scream."
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Saturday, January 29, 2011
Reagan's 'Tear Down This Wall' Myth None of the ugly reality of the Cold War is likely to find its way into the U.S. news media's adulation over the late Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday. Instead, the American people will get a steady dose of Reagan shouting, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" -- and the Wall magically coming down.
Saturday, January 29, 2011Reagan's 'Tear Down This Wall' Myth None of the ugly reality of the Cold War is likely to find its way into the U.S. news media's adulation over the late Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday. Instead, the American people will get a steady dose of Reagan shouting, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" -- and the Wall magically coming down.
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Thursday, August 11, 2016
Donald Trump's Incendiary Language Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is taking a P.R. pounding for a sloppy Second Amendment reference interpreted as calling for Hillary Clinton's assassination, but what was his intent, asks Robert Parry.
Thursday, August 11, 2016Donald Trump's Incendiary Language Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is taking a P.R. pounding for a sloppy Second Amendment reference interpreted as calling for Hillary Clinton's assassination, but what was his intent, asks Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Troubling Gaps in the New MH-17 Report The new accusation of Russian complicity in 2014 Malaysia Airlines shootdown was based on Ukrainian intelligence intercepts that were selectively interpreted while contrary information was ignored, writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, September 28, 2016Troubling Gaps in the New MH-17 Report The new accusation of Russian complicity in 2014 Malaysia Airlines shootdown was based on Ukrainian intelligence intercepts that were selectively interpreted while contrary information was ignored, writes Robert Parry.
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Monday, February 23, 2015
Ready for Nuclear War over Ukraine? A year after a U.S.-backed coup ousted Ukraine's elected president, the new powers in Kiev are itching for a "full-scale war" with Russia -- and want the West's backing even if it could provoke a nuclear conflict, a Strangelovian madness that the U.S. media ignores, writes Robert Parry.
Monday, February 23, 2015Ready for Nuclear War over Ukraine? A year after a U.S.-backed coup ousted Ukraine's elected president, the new powers in Kiev are itching for a "full-scale war" with Russia -- and want the West's backing even if it could provoke a nuclear conflict, a Strangelovian madness that the U.S. media ignores, writes Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Reagan's "Greed Is Good" Folly For three decades, the United States has undertaken an extraordinary social experiment, incentivizing greed among the richest Americans by cutting their top tax rates in half or more. The results are now in from Ronald Reagan's bold gamble and they aren't good.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011Reagan's "Greed Is Good" Folly For three decades, the United States has undertaken an extraordinary social experiment, incentivizing greed among the richest Americans by cutting their top tax rates in half or more. The results are now in from Ronald Reagan's bold gamble and they aren't good.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014
The Mystery of a Ukrainian Army "Defector" U.S. intelligence officials suggest that the person who fired the missile that downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 may have been "a defector" from the Ukrainian army, an apparent attempt to explain why some CIA analysts thought satellite images revealed men in Ukrainian army uniforms manning the missile battery, writes Robert Parry.
Tuesday, July 22, 2014The Mystery of a Ukrainian Army "Defector" U.S. intelligence officials suggest that the person who fired the missile that downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 may have been "a defector" from the Ukrainian army, an apparent attempt to explain why some CIA analysts thought satellite images revealed men in Ukrainian army uniforms manning the missile battery, writes Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013
The Koch Brothers' "Samson Option" The fiscal crisis in Washington is not simply a threat to economic and government stability, as serious as that is. It is a premeditated scheme to carve out a new constitutional structure that gives the Koch Brothers and other right-wing billionaires the power to void the democratic process.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013The Koch Brothers' "Samson Option" The fiscal crisis in Washington is not simply a threat to economic and government stability, as serious as that is. It is a premeditated scheme to carve out a new constitutional structure that gives the Koch Brothers and other right-wing billionaires the power to void the democratic process.
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Friday, November 28, 2014
Der Spiegel Tones Down Anti-Putin Hysteria The mainstream U.S. news media continues to spew out a steady flow of anti-Russian propaganda over the Ukraine crisis, but the prominent German newsmagazine Der Spiegel has begun to temper its belligerent tone, finally reflecting the more nuanced reality, reports Robert Parry.
Friday, November 28, 2014Der Spiegel Tones Down Anti-Putin Hysteria The mainstream U.S. news media continues to spew out a steady flow of anti-Russian propaganda over the Ukraine crisis, but the prominent German newsmagazine Der Spiegel has begun to temper its belligerent tone, finally reflecting the more nuanced reality, reports Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Democrats in "Group Think" Land When Sunday's Democratic presidential debate turned to world affairs, the NBC correspondents and both Sen. Sanders and ex-Secretary Clinton fell in line behind "group thinks" about Syria, Iran and Russia that lack evidentiary support, writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, January 20, 2016Democrats in "Group Think" Land When Sunday's Democratic presidential debate turned to world affairs, the NBC correspondents and both Sen. Sanders and ex-Secretary Clinton fell in line behind "group thinks" about Syria, Iran and Russia that lack evidentiary support, writes Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Why Trust Robert Gates on Iraq? While in charge of the CIA's analytical division in the mid-1980s, Robert M. Gates made wildly erroneous predictions about the dangers posed by leftist-ruled Nicaragua and espoused policy prescriptions considered too extreme even by the Reagan administration, in one case advocating the U.S. bombing of Nicaragua.
Tuesday, November 28, 2006Why Trust Robert Gates on Iraq? While in charge of the CIA's analytical division in the mid-1980s, Robert M. Gates made wildly erroneous predictions about the dangers posed by leftist-ruled Nicaragua and espoused policy prescriptions considered too extreme even by the Reagan administration, in one case advocating the U.S. bombing of Nicaragua.
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Sunday, February 23, 2014
Neocons and the Ukraine Coup Exclusive: American neocons helped destabilize Ukraine and engineer the overthrow of its elected government, a “regime change” on Russia’s western border. But the coup – and the neo-Nazi militias at the forefront – also reveal divisions within the Obama administration, reports Robert Parry.
Sunday, February 23, 2014Neocons and the Ukraine Coup Exclusive: American neocons helped destabilize Ukraine and engineer the overthrow of its elected government, a “regime change” on Russia’s western border. But the coup – and the neo-Nazi militias at the forefront – also reveal divisions within the Obama administration, reports Robert Parry.
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Sunday, November 20, 2016
NYT Advocates Internet Censorship The New York Times wants a system of censorship for the Internet to block what it calls "fake news," but the Times ignores its own record of publishing "fake news," reports Robert Parry.
Sunday, November 20, 2016NYT Advocates Internet Censorship The New York Times wants a system of censorship for the Internet to block what it calls "fake news," but the Times ignores its own record of publishing "fake news," reports Robert Parry.
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Sunday, August 3, 2014
Flight 17 Shoot-Down Scenario Shifts From magazine covers to pronouncements by top politicians, Official Washington jumped to the conclusion that Ukrainian rebels and Russia were guilty in the shoot-down of a Malaysian passenger plane. But some U.S. intelligence analysts may see the evidence differently, writes Robert Parry.
Sunday, August 3, 2014Flight 17 Shoot-Down Scenario Shifts From magazine covers to pronouncements by top politicians, Official Washington jumped to the conclusion that Ukrainian rebels and Russia were guilty in the shoot-down of a Malaysian passenger plane. But some U.S. intelligence analysts may see the evidence differently, writes Robert Parry.
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Thursday, February 17, 2011
Ray McGovern Bloodied at Clinton Talk In comments after being jailed on Tuesday, McGovern explained the reason for his protest: "Hillary is the driving force, together with a few others, behind the war in Afghanistan. "When people die because we have hypocrites at the top of our government, that compels me to make a statement in whatever way I can.
Thursday, February 17, 2011Ray McGovern Bloodied at Clinton Talk In comments after being jailed on Tuesday, McGovern explained the reason for his protest: "Hillary is the driving force, together with a few others, behind the war in Afghanistan. "When people die because we have hypocrites at the top of our government, that compels me to make a statement in whatever way I can.
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Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Neocons' Ukraine-Syria-Iran Gambit The Ukraine crisis – in part stirred up by U.S. neocons – has damaged prospects for peace not only on Russia’s borders but in two Middle East hotspots, Syria and Iran, which may have been exactly the point, reports Robert Parry.
Wednesday, March 19, 2014Neocons' Ukraine-Syria-Iran Gambit The Ukraine crisis – in part stirred up by U.S. neocons – has damaged prospects for peace not only on Russia’s borders but in two Middle East hotspots, Syria and Iran, which may have been exactly the point, reports Robert Parry.
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Friday, January 28, 2011
Ronald Reagan's 30-Year Time Bombs Many other trends set during the Reagan era continued to corrode the U.S. political process in the years after Reagan left office. After 9/11, for instance, the neocons reemerged as a dominant force, reprising their "perception management" tactics, depicting the "war on terror" -- like the last days of the Cold War -- as a terrifying conflict between good and evil.
Friday, January 28, 2011Ronald Reagan's 30-Year Time Bombs Many other trends set during the Reagan era continued to corrode the U.S. political process in the years after Reagan left office. After 9/11, for instance, the neocons reemerged as a dominant force, reprising their "perception management" tactics, depicting the "war on terror" -- like the last days of the Cold War -- as a terrifying conflict between good and evil.
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Saturday, October 22, 2016
Washington's New Lock-Step March of Folly Confident in a Hillary Clinton victory, Washington's foreign policy elite is readying plans for more warfare in Syria and more confrontations with nuclear-armed Russia, an across-the-spectrum "group think" that risks life on the planet, says Robert Parry.
Saturday, October 22, 2016Washington's New Lock-Step March of Folly Confident in a Hillary Clinton victory, Washington's foreign policy elite is readying plans for more warfare in Syria and more confrontations with nuclear-armed Russia, an across-the-spectrum "group think" that risks life on the planet, says Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
The Neocons' Waterloo The last week has witnessed what might be called the Neocons' Waterloo as their bid to reclaim power was beaten back by President Obama's reelection and their last major government ally, CIA Director David Petraeus, resigned amid a sex scandal.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012The Neocons' Waterloo The last week has witnessed what might be called the Neocons' Waterloo as their bid to reclaim power was beaten back by President Obama's reelection and their last major government ally, CIA Director David Petraeus, resigned amid a sex scandal.
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Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Colin Powell Being Colin Powell What we found in our investigation of Powells legend was not the heroic figure of his press clippings, but the story of an ambitious man with a weak moral compass. He either hid in the reeds when others were standing up for what they knew to be right or he contributed to the wrongdoing.
Tuesday, September 13, 2005Colin Powell Being Colin Powell What we found in our investigation of Powells legend was not the heroic figure of his press clippings, but the story of an ambitious man with a weak moral compass. He either hid in the reeds when others were standing up for what they knew to be right or he contributed to the wrongdoing.
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Friday, March 14, 2014
Neocons Have Weathered the Storm Official Washington’s bipartisan hysteria over Ukraine and Crimea is evidence that the neocons not only weathered the public fury over the Iraq War but are now back shaping U.S. geopolitical strategies, reports Robert Parry.
Friday, March 14, 2014Neocons Have Weathered the Storm Official Washington’s bipartisan hysteria over Ukraine and Crimea is evidence that the neocons not only weathered the public fury over the Iraq War but are now back shaping U.S. geopolitical strategies, reports Robert Parry.
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Friday, August 20, 2010
Spinning the US Failure in Iraq There seems to be more relief that the war is finally coming to an end than a willingness to comment on the American failure. There is also some suspicion on the Left that the U.S. military occupation will simply continue under some new subterfuge. Yet, without hard-hitting assessments of the failure, Official Washington gets yet another reprieve on any accountability.
Friday, August 20, 2010Spinning the US Failure in Iraq There seems to be more relief that the war is finally coming to an end than a willingness to comment on the American failure. There is also some suspicion on the Left that the U.S. military occupation will simply continue under some new subterfuge. Yet, without hard-hitting assessments of the failure, Official Washington gets yet another reprieve on any accountability.
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Saturday, January 23, 2010
US Democracy's End of the Road after the Supreme Court ruling allowing corporations to spend whatever they want to punish some politicans and reward others, it is hard to see a road back for American democracy. President Obama may begin striking a more populist tone, but it may be too little, too late. Even if he's sincere, he's sure to be bombarded with corporate-funded 30-second ads mocking him and his policies.
Saturday, January 23, 2010US Democracy's End of the Road after the Supreme Court ruling allowing corporations to spend whatever they want to punish some politicans and reward others, it is hard to see a road back for American democracy. President Obama may begin striking a more populist tone, but it may be too little, too late. Even if he's sincere, he's sure to be bombarded with corporate-funded 30-second ads mocking him and his policies.
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Saturday, May 21, 2011
Netanyahu Sets Limits for Obama With another angry Likud prime minister taking aim at the second term of another Democratic president, who is perceived as pushing too hard for a Palestinian state, it might finally be time for this important history to be examined honestly and presented clearly to the American people.
Saturday, May 21, 2011Netanyahu Sets Limits for Obama With another angry Likud prime minister taking aim at the second term of another Democratic president, who is perceived as pushing too hard for a Palestinian state, it might finally be time for this important history to be examined honestly and presented clearly to the American people.
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Monday, October 22, 2012
The October Surprise Mysteries With hopes brightening that President Obama is close to a negotiated settlement of the Iran nuclear dispute, Mitt Romney's campaign is eager to counter any positive news. The moment is reminiscent of past October Surprise moments, says Robert Parry in this article adapted from America's Stolen Narrative.
Monday, October 22, 2012The October Surprise Mysteries With hopes brightening that President Obama is close to a negotiated settlement of the Iran nuclear dispute, Mitt Romney's campaign is eager to counter any positive news. The moment is reminiscent of past October Surprise moments, says Robert Parry in this article adapted from America's Stolen Narrative.
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Tuesday, September 26, 2017
The Rise of the New McCarthyism As the New McCarthyism takes hold in America, the neocon Washington Post makes Russia the villain in virtually every bad thing that happens, with U.S. dissidents treated as "fellow-travelers," writes Robert Parry.
Tuesday, September 26, 2017The Rise of the New McCarthyism As the New McCarthyism takes hold in America, the neocon Washington Post makes Russia the villain in virtually every bad thing that happens, with U.S. dissidents treated as "fellow-travelers," writes Robert Parry.
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Saturday, September 24, 2016
Another Kerry Rush to Judgment on Syria The U.N. withdrew its claim that an airstrike hit its Syrian relief convoy but Secretary of State Kerry relied on the outdated claim in lashing out at Russia in a repeat of his earlier rushes to judgment, writes Robert Parry.
Saturday, September 24, 2016Another Kerry Rush to Judgment on Syria The U.N. withdrew its claim that an airstrike hit its Syrian relief convoy but Secretary of State Kerry relied on the outdated claim in lashing out at Russia in a repeat of his earlier rushes to judgment, writes Robert Parry.
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Saturday, April 5, 2014
The Age of the Oligarchs The concentration of power in the hands of billionaire “oligarchs” may be most alarming in places like Ukraine but the United States is moving in the same direction as wealth is consolidated at the top — and both elections and media are up for sale, says Robert Parry.
Saturday, April 5, 2014The Age of the Oligarchs The concentration of power in the hands of billionaire “oligarchs” may be most alarming in places like Ukraine but the United States is moving in the same direction as wealth is consolidated at the top — and both elections and media are up for sale, says Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010
America's Decoupling from Reality As Election Day 2010 approaches -" as the United States wallows in the swamps of war, recession and environmental degradation -" the consequences of the nation's three-decade-old decoupling from reality are becoming painfully obvious.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010America's Decoupling from Reality As Election Day 2010 approaches -" as the United States wallows in the swamps of war, recession and environmental degradation -" the consequences of the nation's three-decade-old decoupling from reality are becoming painfully obvious.
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Sunday, May 10, 2015
Enforcing the Ukraine "Group Think" U.S.-taxpayer-funded Radio Liberty has a checkered history that includes hiring Nazi sympathizers as Cold War commentators. Now, one of its current writers has used the platform to bash an American scholar who won't join Official Washington's "group think" on Ukraine, Robert Parry reports.
Sunday, May 10, 2015Enforcing the Ukraine "Group Think" U.S.-taxpayer-funded Radio Liberty has a checkered history that includes hiring Nazi sympathizers as Cold War commentators. Now, one of its current writers has used the platform to bash an American scholar who won't join Official Washington's "group think" on Ukraine, Robert Parry reports.
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Monday, April 27, 2015
Syria's Nightmarish Narrative With military and political help from Saudi Arabia and Israel, the nightmare scenario of an Al-Qaeda and/or Islamic State victory in Syria may be coming true, as the army of the more secular Syrian government retreats and as President Obama seems frozen by indecision, reports Robert Parry.
Monday, April 27, 2015Syria's Nightmarish Narrative With military and political help from Saudi Arabia and Israel, the nightmare scenario of an Al-Qaeda and/or Islamic State victory in Syria may be coming true, as the army of the more secular Syrian government retreats and as President Obama seems frozen by indecision, reports Robert Parry.
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Friday, March 20, 2015
A Family Business of Perpetual War Victoria Nuland and Robert Kagan have a great mom-and-pop business going. From the State Department, she generates wars and -- from op-ed pages -- he demands Congress buy more weapons. There's a pay-off, too, as grateful military contractors kick in money to think tanks where other Kagans work, writes Robert Parry.
Friday, March 20, 2015A Family Business of Perpetual War Victoria Nuland and Robert Kagan have a great mom-and-pop business going. From the State Department, she generates wars and -- from op-ed pages -- he demands Congress buy more weapons. There's a pay-off, too, as grateful military contractors kick in money to think tanks where other Kagans work, writes Robert Parry.
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Sunday, May 28, 2017
'Getting Trump' with the New McCarthyism National Democrats and many progressives are embracing a troubling New McCarthyism to justify what amounts to a "soft coup" against Trump.
Sunday, May 28, 2017'Getting Trump' with the New McCarthyism National Democrats and many progressives are embracing a troubling New McCarthyism to justify what amounts to a "soft coup" against Trump.
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Sunday, September 18, 2011
Tea Party Gets the Constitution Wrong The Tea Partiers love to cite the U.S. Constitution as supporting their contempt for the federal government. But they don't realize that the Constitution represented the most important assertion of central authority in American history.
Sunday, September 18, 2011Tea Party Gets the Constitution Wrong The Tea Partiers love to cite the U.S. Constitution as supporting their contempt for the federal government. But they don't realize that the Constitution represented the most important assertion of central authority in American history.
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Sunday, May 14, 2017
The 'Soft Coup' of Russia-gate The Russia-gate hysteria has grown stronger after President Trump's firing of FBI Director Comey, but the bigger question is whether an American "soft coup" is in the works, reports Robert Parry.
Sunday, May 14, 2017The 'Soft Coup' of Russia-gate The Russia-gate hysteria has grown stronger after President Trump's firing of FBI Director Comey, but the bigger question is whether an American "soft coup" is in the works, reports Robert Parry.
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Monday, September 10, 2012
Romney's Audacious Corporate Raid Wall Street's audacity in pushing one of its own, Mitt Romney, to be President has the look of a classic corporate takeover, targeting a struggling U.S. and plotting to install new management for restructuring. But that usually means the big boys get the profits and everyone else the sacrifice.
Monday, September 10, 2012Romney's Audacious Corporate Raid Wall Street's audacity in pushing one of its own, Mitt Romney, to be President has the look of a classic corporate takeover, targeting a struggling U.S. and plotting to install new management for restructuring. But that usually means the big boys get the profits and everyone else the sacrifice.
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Sunday, August 10, 2014
NYT Discovers Ukraine's Neo-Nazis at War Throughout the Ukraine crisis, the U.S. State Department and mainstream media have downplayed the role of neo-Nazis in the U.S.-backed Kiev regime, an inconvenient truth that is surfacing again as right-wing storm troopers fly neo-Nazi banners as they attack in the east, Robert Parry reports.
Sunday, August 10, 2014NYT Discovers Ukraine's Neo-Nazis at War Throughout the Ukraine crisis, the U.S. State Department and mainstream media have downplayed the role of neo-Nazis in the U.S.-backed Kiev regime, an inconvenient truth that is surfacing again as right-wing storm troopers fly neo-Nazi banners as they attack in the east, Robert Parry reports.
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Friday, June 12, 2015
U.S. House Admits Nazi Role in Ukraine The U.S. House of Representatives has admitted an ugly truth that the U.S. mainstream media has tried to hide from the American people -- that the post-coup regime in Ukraine has relied heavily on Nazi storm troopers to carry out its bloody war against ethnic Russians, reports Robert Parry.
Friday, June 12, 2015U.S. House Admits Nazi Role in Ukraine The U.S. House of Representatives has admitted an ugly truth that the U.S. mainstream media has tried to hide from the American people -- that the post-coup regime in Ukraine has relied heavily on Nazi storm troopers to carry out its bloody war against ethnic Russians, reports Robert Parry.
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Monday, February 9, 2015
Wretched US Journalism on Ukraine The U.S. news media has failed the American people often in recent years by not challenging U.S. government falsehoods, as with Iraq's WMD. But the most dangerous violation of journalistic principles has occurred in the Ukraine crisis, which has the potential of a nuclear war, writes Robert Parry.
Monday, February 9, 2015Wretched US Journalism on Ukraine The U.S. news media has failed the American people often in recent years by not challenging U.S. government falsehoods, as with Iraq's WMD. But the most dangerous violation of journalistic principles has occurred in the Ukraine crisis, which has the potential of a nuclear war, writes Robert Parry.
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Saturday, August 5, 2017
Neocons Leverage Trump-Hate for More Wars The enactment of new sanctions against Russia and Iran -- with the support of nearly all Democrats and Republicans in Congress -- shows how the warmongering neocons again have come out on top, reports Robert Parry.
Saturday, August 5, 2017Neocons Leverage Trump-Hate for More Wars The enactment of new sanctions against Russia and Iran -- with the support of nearly all Democrats and Republicans in Congress -- shows how the warmongering neocons again have come out on top, reports Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Mitt Romney Lies to the World While it's true that all politicians play games with the facts, it is actually rare for a politician to be an inveterate liar. But Mitt Romney is one of that rare breed on matters both big and small. And with some polls showing his surge toward victory on Nov. 6, his dishonesty may soon become an issue for the entire world.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012Mitt Romney Lies to the World While it's true that all politicians play games with the facts, it is actually rare for a politician to be an inveterate liar. But Mitt Romney is one of that rare breed on matters both big and small. And with some polls showing his surge toward victory on Nov. 6, his dishonesty may soon become an issue for the entire world.
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Saturday, March 28, 2015
NYT Publishes Call to Bomb Iran The New York Times continues its slide into becoming little more than a neocon propaganda sheet as it followed the Washington Post in publishing an op-ed advocating the unprovoked bombing of Iran, reports Robert Parry.
Saturday, March 28, 2015NYT Publishes Call to Bomb Iran The New York Times continues its slide into becoming little more than a neocon propaganda sheet as it followed the Washington Post in publishing an op-ed advocating the unprovoked bombing of Iran, reports Robert Parry.
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Thursday, February 26, 2009
The GOP's Anti-Obama Propaganda Today's Republicans are thumbing through Newt Gingrich's worn playbook of 1993 looking for tips on how to blunt President Barack Obama's political momentum and flip it to their advantage. In doing so, they also appear to have dug in to what might be called the secret appendix.
Thursday, February 26, 2009The GOP's Anti-Obama Propaganda Today's Republicans are thumbing through Newt Gingrich's worn playbook of 1993 looking for tips on how to blunt President Barack Obama's political momentum and flip it to their advantage. In doing so, they also appear to have dug in to what might be called the secret appendix.
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Saturday, January 21, 2012
Getting Rid of "Anti-Israel" Presidents Some staunch supporters of Israel believe that its interests are so compelling that they trump American self-governance, with one extremist suggesting the murder of President Obama. Others, however, appear to have joined in an earlier subversion of U.S. democracy.
Saturday, January 21, 2012Getting Rid of "Anti-Israel" Presidents Some staunch supporters of Israel believe that its interests are so compelling that they trump American self-governance, with one extremist suggesting the murder of President Obama. Others, however, appear to have joined in an earlier subversion of U.S. democracy.
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Friday, November 11, 2011
Richard Nixon's Darkest Secret In just-released Watergate grand jury testimony from 1975, ex-President Richard Nixon complained that his 1968 campaign was bugged by the Johnson administration. But there was little curiosity then -- or now -- as to why that surveillance was justified.
Friday, November 11, 2011Richard Nixon's Darkest Secret In just-released Watergate grand jury testimony from 1975, ex-President Richard Nixon complained that his 1968 campaign was bugged by the Johnson administration. But there was little curiosity then -- or now -- as to why that surveillance was justified.
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007
The Truth about Colin Powell Few modern Americans have enjoyed better press clippings than Colin Powell, which made him the perfect choice to sell the Iraq War. But there was a troubling side of Powell's history that Americans should have known,
Wednesday, November 28, 2007The Truth about Colin Powell Few modern Americans have enjoyed better press clippings than Colin Powell, which made him the perfect choice to sell the Iraq War. But there was a troubling side of Powell's history that Americans should have known,
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Thursday, May 6, 2010
Key October Surprise Evidence Hidden The congressional investigation was shoddy and incomplete, thus reopening the question of whether Reagan's landslide victory in 1980 was, in part, set in motion by a dirty trick that extended the 444-day captivity of the hostages who were freed immediately after Reagan was sworn into office on Jan. 20, 1981.
Thursday, May 6, 2010Key October Surprise Evidence Hidden The congressional investigation was shoddy and incomplete, thus reopening the question of whether Reagan's landslide victory in 1980 was, in part, set in motion by a dirty trick that extended the 444-day captivity of the hostages who were freed immediately after Reagan was sworn into office on Jan. 20, 1981.
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Friday, March 4, 2011
From The Archives: Bush's Interrogators Stressed Nudity The CIA said the prisoner is kept nude (or occasionally dressed in a diaper) while being subjected to other "conditioning techniques," sleep deprivation and a bland diet of Ensure. Nudity continues while interrogators apply other more aggressive techniques designed to emphasize a prisoner's helplessness.
Friday, March 4, 2011From The Archives: Bush's Interrogators Stressed Nudity The CIA said the prisoner is kept nude (or occasionally dressed in a diaper) while being subjected to other "conditioning techniques," sleep deprivation and a bland diet of Ensure. Nudity continues while interrogators apply other more aggressive techniques designed to emphasize a prisoner's helplessness.
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Friday, December 17, 2010
Special Report: Hitler's Shadow Reaches toward Today The Washington Times remains a reliably right-wing voice in the U.S. capital, although Moon, now 90, has ceded much of the day-to-day control of his organization to his wife and children.
Friday, December 17, 2010Special Report: Hitler's Shadow Reaches toward Today The Washington Times remains a reliably right-wing voice in the U.S. capital, although Moon, now 90, has ceded much of the day-to-day control of his organization to his wife and children.
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Wednesday, March 29, 2017
The Sleazy Origins of Russia-gate Official Washington's groupthink is that Russian "disinformation" helped elect Donald Trump, but the evidence is actually much stronger that Russian "dirt" was helping Hillary Clinton, reports Robert Parry.
Wednesday, March 29, 2017The Sleazy Origins of Russia-gate Official Washington's groupthink is that Russian "disinformation" helped elect Donald Trump, but the evidence is actually much stronger that Russian "dirt" was helping Hillary Clinton, reports Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, April 29, 2015
The Day After Damascus Falls The Saudi-Israeli alliance has gone on the offensive, ramping up a "regime change" war in Syria and, in effect, promoting a military victory for Al-Qaeda or its spinoff, the Islamic State. But the consequences of that victory could toll the final bell for the American Republic, writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015The Day After Damascus Falls The Saudi-Israeli alliance has gone on the offensive, ramping up a "regime change" war in Syria and, in effect, promoting a military victory for Al-Qaeda or its spinoff, the Islamic State. But the consequences of that victory could toll the final bell for the American Republic, writes Robert Parry.
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Friday, March 11, 2011
How the US Press Corps Lost Its Way Often called "the Dean of the Washington press corps," Broder was more the efficient police officer who tells the public, "move along, nothing to see here." He forever made excuses for the crimes of Washington's powerful and discouraged investigations that might expose serious wrongdoing.
Friday, March 11, 2011How the US Press Corps Lost Its Way Often called "the Dean of the Washington press corps," Broder was more the efficient police officer who tells the public, "move along, nothing to see here." He forever made excuses for the crimes of Washington's powerful and discouraged investigations that might expose serious wrongdoing.
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Saturday, November 20, 2010
George W. Bush: Dupe or Deceiver? after finishing Decision Points, I still wasn't sure where the line was between Bush being the one getting manipulated and the one manipulating the rest of us. Had he drunk his own Kool-Aid or had he cynically instructed his ghost writer to fashion some old talking points into a memoir designed to rehabilitate himself and his powerful family?
Saturday, November 20, 2010George W. Bush: Dupe or Deceiver? after finishing Decision Points, I still wasn't sure where the line was between Bush being the one getting manipulated and the one manipulating the rest of us. Had he drunk his own Kool-Aid or had he cynically instructed his ghost writer to fashion some old talking points into a memoir designed to rehabilitate himself and his powerful family?
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Sunday, June 28, 2009
Who to Trust on a Truth Commission? While woeful in terms of penetrating official lies in pursuit of truth, Hamilton parlayed his performance as a congressional investigator into the esteemed status of a Washington's Wise Man. He was a natural choice for the 9/11 Commission and the Iraq Study Group, someone who would do all he could to avoid ruffling the feathers of prickly Republicans.
Sunday, June 28, 2009Who to Trust on a Truth Commission? While woeful in terms of penetrating official lies in pursuit of truth, Hamilton parlayed his performance as a congressional investigator into the esteemed status of a Washington's Wise Man. He was a natural choice for the 9/11 Commission and the Iraq Study Group, someone who would do all he could to avoid ruffling the feathers of prickly Republicans.
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Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Getting Fooled on Iraq, Libya, Now Russia After the British report exposing falsehoods to justify invading Iraq in 2003, a new U.K. inquiry found similar misconduct in the 2011 attack on Libya, but no lessons are learned for the West's new propaganda about Russia, writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, September 14, 2016Getting Fooled on Iraq, Libya, Now Russia After the British report exposing falsehoods to justify invading Iraq in 2003, a new U.K. inquiry found similar misconduct in the 2011 attack on Libya, but no lessons are learned for the West's new propaganda about Russia, writes Robert Parry.
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Thursday, October 4, 2012
Did Romney "Win" the Debate? The instant analysis after the first presidential debate -- even on liberal-leaning MSNBC -- was that Mitt Romney was the decisive "winner." But Romney not only ducked the specifics of his plans but looked sneaky and nervous in doing so.
Thursday, October 4, 2012Did Romney "Win" the Debate? The instant analysis after the first presidential debate -- even on liberal-leaning MSNBC -- was that Mitt Romney was the decisive "winner." But Romney not only ducked the specifics of his plans but looked sneaky and nervous in doing so.
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Thursday, March 27, 2014
The Danger of False Narrative Like a decade ago with Iraq, Official Washington’s pundits and pols are locked shoulder-to-shoulder in a phalanx of misguided consensus on Ukraine, presenting a false narrative that is taking U.S. policy into dangerous directions, writes Robert Parry.
Thursday, March 27, 2014The Danger of False Narrative Like a decade ago with Iraq, Official Washington’s pundits and pols are locked shoulder-to-shoulder in a phalanx of misguided consensus on Ukraine, presenting a false narrative that is taking U.S. policy into dangerous directions, writes Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Obama's Stupid Propaganda Stuff Just last month, President Obama dispatched Secretary of State Kerry to secure Russian President Putin's help in addressing the Syrian crisis and other world hotspots -- but despite Putin's agreement, Obama has reversed himself and is back hurling insults at the Russians, a troubling development, writes Robert Parry.
Tuesday, June 9, 2015Obama's Stupid Propaganda Stuff Just last month, President Obama dispatched Secretary of State Kerry to secure Russian President Putin's help in addressing the Syrian crisis and other world hotspots -- but despite Putin's agreement, Obama has reversed himself and is back hurling insults at the Russians, a troubling development, writes Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, August 2, 2017
A Blacklisted Film and the New Cold War As Congress still swoons over the anti-Kremlin Magnitsky narrative, Western political and media leaders refuse to let their people view a documentary that debunks the fable, reports Robert Parry.
Wednesday, August 2, 2017A Blacklisted Film and the New Cold War As Congress still swoons over the anti-Kremlin Magnitsky narrative, Western political and media leaders refuse to let their people view a documentary that debunks the fable, reports Robert Parry.
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Thursday, June 7, 2012
The Almost Scoop on Nixon's "Treason" The Nixon campaign's brazen attempt to ensure his victory in 1968 by sabotaging peace talks was so shocking then that Democrats shied away from discussing it publicly even after they found evidence.
Thursday, June 7, 2012The Almost Scoop on Nixon's "Treason" The Nixon campaign's brazen attempt to ensure his victory in 1968 by sabotaging peace talks was so shocking then that Democrats shied away from discussing it publicly even after they found evidence.
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Saturday, May 10, 2014
Burning Ukraine's Protesters Alive For the second time in a week, Ukrainian anti-regime protesters holed up in a building were killed by fires set by pro-regime attackers with ties to newly formed neo-Nazi security forces, reports Robert Parry.
Saturday, May 10, 2014Burning Ukraine's Protesters Alive For the second time in a week, Ukrainian anti-regime protesters holed up in a building were killed by fires set by pro-regime attackers with ties to newly formed neo-Nazi security forces, reports Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Pity the Poor Tea Partier! Ryan's 2012 proposal doesn't envision balancing the budget for almost 30 years. So, as the Tea Partier hobbles through his late 60s, suffering through insurance-induced poverty and anticipating an early death, the prospect of the government having its fiscal house in order will still be a hazy future promise, maybe a decade or more still to go.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011Pity the Poor Tea Partier! Ryan's 2012 proposal doesn't envision balancing the budget for almost 30 years. So, as the Tea Partier hobbles through his late 60s, suffering through insurance-induced poverty and anticipating an early death, the prospect of the government having its fiscal house in order will still be a hazy future promise, maybe a decade or more still to go.
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Saturday, October 8, 2016
Key Neocon Calls on US to Oust Putin A prominent neocon paymaster, whose outfit dispenses $100 million in U.S. taxpayers' money each year, has called on America to "summon the will" to remove Russian President Putin from office, reports Robert Parry.
Saturday, October 8, 2016Key Neocon Calls on US to Oust Putin A prominent neocon paymaster, whose outfit dispenses $100 million in U.S. taxpayers' money each year, has called on America to "summon the will" to remove Russian President Putin from office, reports Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Hard Lessons from Election 2010 Because of the magnitude and intensity of the Right's media, Republicans can confidently sell a wide variety of propaganda themes to the American people. The themes might not make much sense, but they develop a ring of truth because they get repeated so often.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010Hard Lessons from Election 2010 Because of the magnitude and intensity of the Right's media, Republicans can confidently sell a wide variety of propaganda themes to the American people. The themes might not make much sense, but they develop a ring of truth because they get repeated so often.
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Friday, October 17, 2014
The Neocons -- Masters of Chaos America's neoconservatives, by stirring up trouble in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, are creating risks for the world's economy that are surfacing now in the turbulent stock markets, threatening another global recession, writes Robert Parry.
Friday, October 17, 2014The Neocons -- Masters of Chaos America's neoconservatives, by stirring up trouble in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, are creating risks for the world's economy that are surfacing now in the turbulent stock markets, threatening another global recession, writes Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Ukraine Merges Nazis and Islamists Ukraine's post-coup regime is now melding neo-Nazi storm troopers with Islamic militants -- called "brothers" of the hyper-violent Islamic State -- stirring up a hellish "death squad" brew to kill ethnic Russians in eastern Ukraine, on Russia's border, reports Robert Parry.
Tuesday, July 7, 2015Ukraine Merges Nazis and Islamists Ukraine's post-coup regime is now melding neo-Nazi storm troopers with Islamic militants -- called "brothers" of the hyper-violent Islamic State -- stirring up a hellish "death squad" brew to kill ethnic Russians in eastern Ukraine, on Russia's border, reports Robert Parry.
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Friday, June 1, 2012
Showing that Hostage-Taking Works The U.S. news media has been quick to cite the lousy May jobs report as proof that President Obama's economic stimulus has failed and that Mitt Romney's odds of winning have improved. But the real winner is the Republican strategy to make the U.S. economy "scream."
Friday, June 1, 2012Showing that Hostage-Taking Works The U.S. news media has been quick to cite the lousy May jobs report as proof that President Obama's economic stimulus has failed and that Mitt Romney's odds of winning have improved. But the real winner is the Republican strategy to make the U.S. economy "scream."
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Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Sorting Out the Russia Mess The U.S. mainstream media finally has its "smoking gun" on Russia-gate -- incriminating information from a junior Trump campaign adviser -- but a closer look reveals serious problems with the "evidence," writes Robert Parry.
Tuesday, October 31, 2017Sorting Out the Russia Mess The U.S. mainstream media finally has its "smoking gun" on Russia-gate -- incriminating information from a junior Trump campaign adviser -- but a closer look reveals serious problems with the "evidence," writes Robert Parry.
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Saturday, August 12, 2017
Russia-gate's Fatally Flawed Logic By pushing the Russia-gate "scandal" and neutering President Trump's ability to conduct diplomacy, Democrats and Congress have encouraged his war-making side on North Korea, writes Robert Parry.
Saturday, August 12, 2017Russia-gate's Fatally Flawed Logic By pushing the Russia-gate "scandal" and neutering President Trump's ability to conduct diplomacy, Democrats and Congress have encouraged his war-making side on North Korea, writes Robert Parry.
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Monday, May 5, 2014
Ukraine's "Dr. Strangelove" Reality The horrendous fire in Odessa, killing dozens of ethnic Russians protesting against the U.S.-backed coup regime in Kiev, has lurched the country closer to full-scale civil war and disrupted the American media's efforts to deny the existence of pro-regime neo-Nazis, Robert Parry reports.
Monday, May 5, 2014Ukraine's "Dr. Strangelove" Reality The horrendous fire in Odessa, killing dozens of ethnic Russians protesting against the U.S.-backed coup regime in Kiev, has lurched the country closer to full-scale civil war and disrupted the American media's efforts to deny the existence of pro-regime neo-Nazis, Robert Parry reports.
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Nuland's Mastery of Ukraine Propaganda In House testimony, Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland blamed Russia and ethnic-Russian rebels for last summer's shoot-down of MH-17 over Ukraine, but the U.S. government has not substantiated that charge. So, did Nuland mislead Congress or just play a propaganda game, asks Robert Parry.
Wednesday, March 11, 2015Nuland's Mastery of Ukraine Propaganda In House testimony, Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland blamed Russia and ethnic-Russian rebels for last summer's shoot-down of MH-17 over Ukraine, but the U.S. government has not substantiated that charge. So, did Nuland mislead Congress or just play a propaganda game, asks Robert Parry.
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Friday, November 18, 2016
What to Do About "Fake News" A pushback is coming to the Internet's success in giving the world access to diverse opinions and dissenting information. Politicians, mainstream media and technology giants are taking aim at what they call "fake news," reports Robert Parry.
Friday, November 18, 2016What to Do About "Fake News" A pushback is coming to the Internet's success in giving the world access to diverse opinions and dissenting information. Politicians, mainstream media and technology giants are taking aim at what they call "fake news," reports Robert Parry.
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Sunday, August 21, 2016
A Cheap Shot at Bernie Sanders' Summer Home Charles Lane and other Washington Post editorialists defend neocon and neoliberal orthodoxies by demonizing foreign leaders who step out of line and now by making fun of Bernie Sanders for buying a summer home, writes Robert Parry.
Sunday, August 21, 2016A Cheap Shot at Bernie Sanders' Summer Home Charles Lane and other Washington Post editorialists defend neocon and neoliberal orthodoxies by demonizing foreign leaders who step out of line and now by making fun of Bernie Sanders for buying a summer home, writes Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015
NYT's Orwellian View of Ukraine In the up-is-down Orwellian world that is now The New York Times' editorial page, there was no coup in Ukraine in 2014, no U.S.-driven "regime change," no provocation on Russia's border, just Moscow's aggression -- a sign of how propaganda has taken over mainstream U.S. media, writes Robert Parry.
Tuesday, June 23, 2015NYT's Orwellian View of Ukraine In the up-is-down Orwellian world that is now The New York Times' editorial page, there was no coup in Ukraine in 2014, no U.S.-driven "regime change," no provocation on Russia's border, just Moscow's aggression -- a sign of how propaganda has taken over mainstream U.S. media, writes Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013
New Evidence of Contra-Cocaine Scandal Special Report: Since journalist Gary Webb died in 2004, the story that destroyed his life has slowly come into clearer focus, revealing how President Reagan's beloved Contras really were enmeshed in cocaine trafficking. On this ninth anniversary of Webb's suicide, new corroboration has emerged.
Tuesday, December 10, 2013New Evidence of Contra-Cocaine Scandal Special Report: Since journalist Gary Webb died in 2004, the story that destroyed his life has slowly come into clearer focus, revealing how President Reagan's beloved Contras really were enmeshed in cocaine trafficking. On this ninth anniversary of Webb's suicide, new corroboration has emerged.
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Sunday, March 15, 2009
Betraying 'President's Men' Legacy, WaPo Becomes Neocon Propaganda Sheet For Americans who hear the name Washington Post and still think of "All the President's Men" brave journalists and editors facing down a corrupt President today's version of the newspaper would be a sad disappointment, a betrayal of a noble past.
Sunday, March 15, 2009Betraying 'President's Men' Legacy, WaPo Becomes Neocon Propaganda Sheet For Americans who hear the name Washington Post and still think of "All the President's Men" brave journalists and editors facing down a corrupt President today's version of the newspaper would be a sad disappointment, a betrayal of a noble past.
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
Rick Perry's Revolutionary War "History" The stupidity of the Republican presidential field seems to know no bounds, with Gov. Rick Perry's putting the American Revolution in the 1500s and joining Rep. Michele Bachmann and the Tea Party in messing up the history of the nation's founding
Thursday, October 13, 2011Rick Perry's Revolutionary War "History" The stupidity of the Republican presidential field seems to know no bounds, with Gov. Rick Perry's putting the American Revolution in the 1500s and joining Rep. Michele Bachmann and the Tea Party in messing up the history of the nation's founding
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Monday, April 27, 2009
Democrats' 'Battered Wife Syndrome' In recent years, the Washington political dynamic has often resembled an abusive marriage, in which the bullying husband (the Republicans) slaps the wife and kids around, and the battered wife (the Democrats) makes excuses and hides the ugly bruises from outsiders to keep the family together. So, when the Republicans are in a position of power, they throw their weight around, break the rules, and taunt: "Whaddya gonna do "bou
Monday, April 27, 2009Democrats' 'Battered Wife Syndrome' In recent years, the Washington political dynamic has often resembled an abusive marriage, in which the bullying husband (the Republicans) slaps the wife and kids around, and the battered wife (the Democrats) makes excuses and hides the ugly bruises from outsiders to keep the family together. So, when the Republicans are in a position of power, they throw their weight around, break the rules, and taunt: "Whaddya gonna do "bou
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
The Supreme Court's Partisanship The Right's influence is so wide and so deep that it can front for wealthy special interests under the guise of "populism" and persuade many Americans that their real enemy is not Big Corporations, but Big Government.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010The Supreme Court's Partisanship The Right's influence is so wide and so deep that it can front for wealthy special interests under the guise of "populism" and persuade many Americans that their real enemy is not Big Corporations, but Big Government.
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Saturday, August 17, 2013
How False History Props Up the Right The Right's policy nostrums are failing across the board -- from free-market extremism to austerity as a cure for recession to continuing the old health-care dysfunction -- leaving only an ideological faith that this is what the Framers wanted. But that right-wing "history" is just one more illusion.
Saturday, August 17, 2013How False History Props Up the Right The Right's policy nostrums are failing across the board -- from free-market extremism to austerity as a cure for recession to continuing the old health-care dysfunction -- leaving only an ideological faith that this is what the Framers wanted. But that right-wing "history" is just one more illusion.
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Saturday, March 14, 2015
US Intel Stands Pat on MH-17 Shoot-down Almost eight months after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine -- creating a flashpoint in the standoff between nuclear-armed Russia and America -- the U.S. intelligence community claims it has not updated its assessment since five days after the crash, reports Robert Parry.
Saturday, March 14, 2015US Intel Stands Pat on MH-17 Shoot-down Almost eight months after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine -- creating a flashpoint in the standoff between nuclear-armed Russia and America -- the U.S. intelligence community claims it has not updated its assessment since five days after the crash, reports Robert Parry.
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Friday, September 9, 2016
UN Team Heard Claims of "Staged" Chemical Attacks A widely touted U.N. report accusing the Syrian government of two chlorine-gas attacks relied on shaky evidence and brushed aside witness testimony that claimed some incidents were staged, reports Robert Parry.
Friday, September 9, 2016UN Team Heard Claims of "Staged" Chemical Attacks A widely touted U.N. report accusing the Syrian government of two chlorine-gas attacks relied on shaky evidence and brushed aside witness testimony that claimed some incidents were staged, reports Robert Parry.
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Saturday, March 3, 2012
LBJ's "X" File on Nixon's "Treason" In the dusty files of Lyndon Johnson's presidential library in Austin, Texas, once secret documents and audiotapes tell a dark and tragic story of how Richard Nixon's team secured the White House in 1968 by sabotaging peace talks that might have ended the Vietnam War four years earlier.
Saturday, March 3, 2012LBJ's "X" File on Nixon's "Treason" In the dusty files of Lyndon Johnson's presidential library in Austin, Texas, once secret documents and audiotapes tell a dark and tragic story of how Richard Nixon's team secured the White House in 1968 by sabotaging peace talks that might have ended the Vietnam War four years earlier.
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Friday, September 9, 2011
Bush's "October Surprise' File in Dispute The enduring October Surprise mystery -- whether Ronald Reagan's 1980 campaign sabotaged President Jimmy Carter's efforts to free 52 American hostages in Iran -- has reached a possible turning point, whether details of George H.W. Bush's activities on a key day will be released.
Friday, September 9, 2011Bush's "October Surprise' File in Dispute The enduring October Surprise mystery -- whether Ronald Reagan's 1980 campaign sabotaged President Jimmy Carter's efforts to free 52 American hostages in Iran -- has reached a possible turning point, whether details of George H.W. Bush's activities on a key day will be released.
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Saturday, November 10, 2012
Behind Petraeus's Resignation The resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus over an extramarital affair marks a stunning reversal for the longtime media darling. But some in President Obama's inner circle are not displeased the neocon-friendly ex-general is gone.
Saturday, November 10, 2012Behind Petraeus's Resignation The resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus over an extramarital affair marks a stunning reversal for the longtime media darling. But some in President Obama's inner circle are not displeased the neocon-friendly ex-general is gone.
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Thursday, November 3, 2016
Phony "Corruption" Excuse for Ukraine Coup The U.S.-backed "regime change" in Ukraine -- launching the New Cold War with Russia in 2014 -- was rationalized by the need to rid Ukraine of corruption, but post-coup officials are busy lining their pockets, reports Robert Parry.
Thursday, November 3, 2016Phony "Corruption" Excuse for Ukraine Coup The U.S.-backed "regime change" in Ukraine -- launching the New Cold War with Russia in 2014 -- was rationalized by the need to rid Ukraine of corruption, but post-coup officials are busy lining their pockets, reports Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Palin Depicts Herself as Tucson Victim Palin still did not seem willing to reflect on the harm that violent rhetoric can inflict on a democratic society, especially one like the United States where prominent leaders have been struck down by assassins. Instead, she defended her verbal assaults as something of a civic duty, even as she condemned any criticism of herself.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011Palin Depicts Herself as Tucson Victim Palin still did not seem willing to reflect on the harm that violent rhetoric can inflict on a democratic society, especially one like the United States where prominent leaders have been struck down by assassins. Instead, she defended her verbal assaults as something of a civic duty, even as she condemned any criticism of herself.
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Friday, February 4, 2011
Reagan's Epoch Shatters in Egypt The political crisis sweeping the Middle East is another part of Ronald Reagan's dark legacy that is shattering into chaos even as the United States prepares to lavishly celebrate his 100th birthday.
Friday, February 4, 2011Reagan's Epoch Shatters in Egypt The political crisis sweeping the Middle East is another part of Ronald Reagan's dark legacy that is shattering into chaos even as the United States prepares to lavishly celebrate his 100th birthday.
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Wednesday, September 3, 2014
The Whys Behind the Ukraine Crisis Given the very high stakes of a nuclear confrontation with Russia, some analysts wonder what's the real motive for taking this extraordinary risk over Ukraine. Is it about natural gas, protection of the U.S. dollar's dominance, or an outgrowth of neocon extremism, asks Robert Parry.
Wednesday, September 3, 2014The Whys Behind the Ukraine Crisis Given the very high stakes of a nuclear confrontation with Russia, some analysts wonder what's the real motive for taking this extraordinary risk over Ukraine. Is it about natural gas, protection of the U.S. dollar's dominance, or an outgrowth of neocon extremism, asks Robert Parry.
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Monday, December 22, 2014
The Liberal Idiocy on Russia/Ukraine American pundits are often more interested in scoring points against their partisan rivals than in the pain that U.S. policies inflict on people in faraway lands, as columnists Paul Krugman and Thomas L. Friedman are showing regarding Russia and Ukraine, writes Robert Parry.
Monday, December 22, 2014The Liberal Idiocy on Russia/Ukraine American pundits are often more interested in scoring points against their partisan rivals than in the pain that U.S. policies inflict on people in faraway lands, as columnists Paul Krugman and Thomas L. Friedman are showing regarding Russia and Ukraine, writes Robert Parry.
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Friday, May 29, 2015
More Video Fakery on MH-17 Australia's "60 Minutes" program refuses to admit the obvious: that it messed up in determining the location where the "getaway" video was taken after last July's Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 shoot-down. Instead, the show presented an update with more deceptive video, reports Robert Parry.
Friday, May 29, 2015More Video Fakery on MH-17 Australia's "60 Minutes" program refuses to admit the obvious: that it messed up in determining the location where the "getaway" video was taken after last July's Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 shoot-down. Instead, the show presented an update with more deceptive video, reports Robert Parry.
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Thursday, October 7, 2010
A Long History of America's Dark Side Reagan operatives were not shy about their defense of political terror as a necessity of the Cold War. Neil Livingstone, a counter-terrorism consultant to the National Security Council, called death squads "an extremely effective tool, however odious, in combatting terrorism and revolutionary challenges."
Thursday, October 7, 2010A Long History of America's Dark Side Reagan operatives were not shy about their defense of political terror as a necessity of the Cold War. Neil Livingstone, a counter-terrorism consultant to the National Security Council, called death squads "an extremely effective tool, however odious, in combatting terrorism and revolutionary challenges."
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Sunday, May 2, 2010
Does Obama Know the War He's In? When out of power in recent years, the Republicans haven't even pretended to cooperate with Democrats; instead, the GOP and its media allies have set out to make Washington ungovernable. The incivility is not just some naturally occurring phenomenon; it is a conscious strategy for regaining power.
Sunday, May 2, 2010Does Obama Know the War He's In? When out of power in recent years, the Republicans haven't even pretended to cooperate with Democrats; instead, the GOP and its media allies have set out to make Washington ungovernable. The incivility is not just some naturally occurring phenomenon; it is a conscious strategy for regaining power.
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Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Hillary Clinton as Damaged Goods FBI Director Comey's judgment that Hillary Clinton was "extremely careless" but not criminal in her sloppy email practices leaves her limping to the Democratic nomination and stumbling toward the fall campaign, writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, July 6, 2016Hillary Clinton as Damaged Goods FBI Director Comey's judgment that Hillary Clinton was "extremely careless" but not criminal in her sloppy email practices leaves her limping to the Democratic nomination and stumbling toward the fall campaign, writes Robert Parry.
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Friday, December 18, 2009
Elliott Abrams and 'Neocon-ing' Obama For the eight years of the Bush-II administration, a key behind-the-scenes architect of U.S. strategy in the Middle East was Elliott Abrams, a neoconservative whose devotion to Israel is hard to overstate -" and who is now engaged in what looks like a PR campaign to bend Barack Obama's Mideast policies in the direction favored by Israel's hard-line Likud government.
Friday, December 18, 2009Elliott Abrams and 'Neocon-ing' Obama For the eight years of the Bush-II administration, a key behind-the-scenes architect of U.S. strategy in the Middle East was Elliott Abrams, a neoconservative whose devotion to Israel is hard to overstate -" and who is now engaged in what looks like a PR campaign to bend Barack Obama's Mideast policies in the direction favored by Israel's hard-line Likud government.
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Monday, May 18, 2015
Fake Evidence Blaming Russia for MH-17? Pointing the finger of blame at Russian President Putin for the Malaysia Airlines shoot-down last July, an Australian news show claims to have found the spot where the Russian BUK missile battery made its getaway, but the images don't match, raising questions of journalistic fakery, writes Robert Parry.
Monday, May 18, 2015Fake Evidence Blaming Russia for MH-17? Pointing the finger of blame at Russian President Putin for the Malaysia Airlines shoot-down last July, an Australian news show claims to have found the spot where the Russian BUK missile battery made its getaway, but the images don't match, raising questions of journalistic fakery, writes Robert Parry.
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Saturday, October 29, 2016
The De Facto US/Al Qaeda Alliance Buried deep inside Saturday's New York Times was a grudging acknowledgement that the U.S.-armed "moderate" rebels in Syria are using their U.S. firepower to back an Al Qaeda offensive, reports Robert Parry.
Saturday, October 29, 2016The De Facto US/Al Qaeda Alliance Buried deep inside Saturday's New York Times was a grudging acknowledgement that the U.S.-armed "moderate" rebels in Syria are using their U.S. firepower to back an Al Qaeda offensive, reports Robert Parry.
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Thursday, November 16, 2017
Russia-gate Spreads to Europe The Russia-gate hysteria has jumped the Atlantic with Europeans blaming Russia for Brexit and Catalonian discontent. But what about Israeli influence operations or, for that matter, American ones, asks Robert Parry.
Thursday, November 16, 2017Russia-gate Spreads to Europe The Russia-gate hysteria has jumped the Atlantic with Europeans blaming Russia for Brexit and Catalonian discontent. But what about Israeli influence operations or, for that matter, American ones, asks Robert Parry.
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Thursday, June 4, 2015
Sleepwalking to Another Mideast Disaster Denied crucial information about Syria, the American people are being led toward the precipice of another Middle East war, guided by neocons and liberal hawks who are set on "regime change" even if that means a likely victory for Sunni terrorists, writes Robert Parry.
Thursday, June 4, 2015Sleepwalking to Another Mideast Disaster Denied crucial information about Syria, the American people are being led toward the precipice of another Middle East war, guided by neocons and liberal hawks who are set on "regime change" even if that means a likely victory for Sunni terrorists, writes Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Ukraine's Oligarchs Turn on Each Other Ukraine's post-coup regime is facing what looks like a falling-out among thieves as oligarch-warlord Igor Kolomoisky, who was given his own province to rule, brought his armed men to Kiev to fight for control of the state-owned energy company, further complicating the State Department's propaganda efforts, reports Robert Parry.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015Ukraine's Oligarchs Turn on Each Other Ukraine's post-coup regime is facing what looks like a falling-out among thieves as oligarch-warlord Igor Kolomoisky, who was given his own province to rule, brought his armed men to Kiev to fight for control of the state-owned energy company, further complicating the State Department's propaganda efforts, reports Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Who's Telling the "Big Lie" on Ukraine? Official Washington draws the Ukraine crisis in black-and-white colors with Russian President Putin the bad guy and the U.S.-backed leaders in Kiev the good guys. But the reality is much more nuanced, with the American people consistently misled on key facts, writes Robert Parry.
Tuesday, September 2, 2014Who's Telling the "Big Lie" on Ukraine? Official Washington draws the Ukraine crisis in black-and-white colors with Russian President Putin the bad guy and the U.S.-backed leaders in Kiev the good guys. But the reality is much more nuanced, with the American people consistently misled on key facts, writes Robert Parry.
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Saturday, July 2, 2016
How Hillary Clinton Ignores Peace Despite neocon-instigated chaos and bloodshed across the Mideast (and now into Europe), Hillary Clinton continues to advocate more "regime change" wars with almost no fear from a marginalized anti-war movement, writes Robert Parry.
Saturday, July 2, 2016How Hillary Clinton Ignores Peace Despite neocon-instigated chaos and bloodshed across the Mideast (and now into Europe), Hillary Clinton continues to advocate more "regime change" wars with almost no fear from a marginalized anti-war movement, writes Robert Parry.
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Sunday, July 27, 2014
Blaming Russia as "Flat Fact" The American rush to judgment blaming ethnic Russian rebels and Russian President Putin for the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 continues unabated despite other possible explanations, writes Robert Parry.
Sunday, July 27, 2014Blaming Russia as "Flat Fact" The American rush to judgment blaming ethnic Russian rebels and Russian President Putin for the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 continues unabated despite other possible explanations, writes Robert Parry.
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
Ancient Israeli Myths Deter Peace "This is what archaeologists have learned from their excavations in the Land of Israel: the Isrealites were never in Egypt, did not wander in the desert, did not conquer the land in a military campaign and did not pass it on to the 12 tribes of Israel," summed up Professor Ze'ev Herzog, director of the Institute of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University.
Thursday, July 9, 2009Ancient Israeli Myths Deter Peace "This is what archaeologists have learned from their excavations in the Land of Israel: the Isrealites were never in Egypt, did not wander in the desert, did not conquer the land in a military campaign and did not pass it on to the 12 tribes of Israel," summed up Professor Ze'ev Herzog, director of the Institute of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University.
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
"Dirty War" Questions for Pope Francis The U.S. "news" networks are bubbling with excitement over the selection of Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio to be Pope Francis I. But there was silence on the obvious question that should be asked about any senior cleric from Argentina: What was Bergoglio doing during the "dirty war."
Wednesday, March 13, 2013"Dirty War" Questions for Pope Francis The U.S. "news" networks are bubbling with excitement over the selection of Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio to be Pope Francis I. But there was silence on the obvious question that should be asked about any senior cleric from Argentina: What was Bergoglio doing during the "dirty war."
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Thursday, June 11, 2015
WPost Plays Ukraine's Lapdog Ukraine's Prime Minister Yatsenyuk and Finance Minister Jaresko are on a U.S. trip to drum up weapons and money to crush the ethnic Russian resistance in the east -- and they are finding a lapdog U.S. press that won't ask them tough questions, reports Robert Parry.
Thursday, June 11, 2015WPost Plays Ukraine's Lapdog Ukraine's Prime Minister Yatsenyuk and Finance Minister Jaresko are on a U.S. trip to drum up weapons and money to crush the ethnic Russian resistance in the east -- and they are finding a lapdog U.S. press that won't ask them tough questions, reports Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Gifting Russia "Free-Market" Extremism Official Washington's Putin-bashing knows no bounds as the Russian president's understandable complaints about U.S. triumphalism and NATO expansion, after the Soviet collapse in the 1990s, are dismissed as signs of his "paranoia" and "revisionism," writes Robert Parry.
Tuesday, May 5, 2015Gifting Russia "Free-Market" Extremism Official Washington's Putin-bashing knows no bounds as the Russian president's understandable complaints about U.S. triumphalism and NATO expansion, after the Soviet collapse in the 1990s, are dismissed as signs of his "paranoia" and "revisionism," writes Robert Parry.
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Saturday, January 24, 2015
NYT Is Lost in Its Ukraine Propaganda One danger of lying is that you must then incorporate the falsehood into the longer narrative, somehow making the lies fit. The same is true of propaganda as the New York Times is learning as it continues to falsify the narrative of the Ukraine crisis, writes Robert Parry.
Saturday, January 24, 2015NYT Is Lost in Its Ukraine Propaganda One danger of lying is that you must then incorporate the falsehood into the longer narrative, somehow making the lies fit. The same is true of propaganda as the New York Times is learning as it continues to falsify the narrative of the Ukraine crisis, writes Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
The Russian-Saudi Showdown at Sochi Last summer, Saudi intelligence chief Prince Bandar reportedly offered Russian President Putin a deal: if Russia abandons Syria, Saudi Arabia would protect the Sochi Olympics from Islamic terrorists. Putin is said to have angrily rebuffed the offer. Now, with two terrorist attacks, it's Putin's move, writes Robert Parry.
Tuesday, December 31, 2013The Russian-Saudi Showdown at Sochi Last summer, Saudi intelligence chief Prince Bandar reportedly offered Russian President Putin a deal: if Russia abandons Syria, Saudi Arabia would protect the Sochi Olympics from Islamic terrorists. Putin is said to have angrily rebuffed the offer. Now, with two terrorist attacks, it's Putin's move, writes Robert Parry.
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Thursday, April 7, 2011
Rep. Ryan's Free-Market 'Death Panels' Ryan has been widely hailed by the mainstream media as a "courageous" visionary, a thoughtful guy brave enough to make tough choices. Watching CNN and CNBC--not to mention Fox--it's as if the revenue side of the budget crisis is non-existent. "Political courage" only comes from destroying the remnants of FDR's New Deal and Lyndon Johnson's Great Society, if not Theodore Roosevelt's progressive era.
Thursday, April 7, 2011Rep. Ryan's Free-Market 'Death Panels' Ryan has been widely hailed by the mainstream media as a "courageous" visionary, a thoughtful guy brave enough to make tough choices. Watching CNN and CNBC--not to mention Fox--it's as if the revenue side of the budget crisis is non-existent. "Political courage" only comes from destroying the remnants of FDR's New Deal and Lyndon Johnson's Great Society, if not Theodore Roosevelt's progressive era.
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Sunday, March 5, 2017
The Politics Behind "Russia-gate" The hysteria over "Russia-gate" continues to grow -- as President Trump's enemies circle -- but at its core there may be no there there while it risks pushing the world toward nuclear annihilation, writes Robert Parry.
Sunday, March 5, 2017The Politics Behind "Russia-gate" The hysteria over "Russia-gate" continues to grow -- as President Trump's enemies circle -- but at its core there may be no there there while it risks pushing the world toward nuclear annihilation, writes Robert Parry.
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Monday, March 2, 2015
Playing Chicken with Nuclear War U.S.-Russian tensions keep escalating -- now surrounding the murder of Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov -- yet almost no one on the American side seems to worry about the possibility that the tough-guy rhetoric and proxy war in Ukraine might risk a nuclear conflagration, writes Robert Parry.
Monday, March 2, 2015Playing Chicken with Nuclear War U.S.-Russian tensions keep escalating -- now surrounding the murder of Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov -- yet almost no one on the American side seems to worry about the possibility that the tough-guy rhetoric and proxy war in Ukraine might risk a nuclear conflagration, writes Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Good Deaths in Mosul, Bad Deaths in Aleppo As the U.S.-backed offensive in Mosul, Iraq, begins, the mainstream U.S. media readies the American people to blame the terrorists for civilian casualties but the opposite rules apply to Syria's Aleppo, reports Robert Parry.
Tuesday, October 18, 2016Good Deaths in Mosul, Bad Deaths in Aleppo As the U.S.-backed offensive in Mosul, Iraq, begins, the mainstream U.S. media readies the American people to blame the terrorists for civilian casualties but the opposite rules apply to Syria's Aleppo, reports Robert Parry.
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Saturday, November 7, 2009
A Special Report -- The Crazy October Surprise Debunking An irony of the falsified October Surprise history was that Hamilton's wished-for bipartisanship never materialized. The Republicans pocketed the Democratic readiness to cover up for Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush–and then launched a partisan war against Bill Clinton. Now 30 years after Iranian radicals seized the American hostages, the real story of how the Republicans manipulated the process remains mostly unknown.
Saturday, November 7, 2009A Special Report -- The Crazy October Surprise Debunking An irony of the falsified October Surprise history was that Hamilton's wished-for bipartisanship never materialized. The Republicans pocketed the Democratic readiness to cover up for Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush–and then launched a partisan war against Bill Clinton. Now 30 years after Iranian radicals seized the American hostages, the real story of how the Republicans manipulated the process remains mostly unknown.
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Thursday, July 9, 2015
MH-17 Case Slips into Propaganda Fog Almost a year ago, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine killing 298 people. Yet, instead of a transparent investigation seeking justice, the case became a propaganda game of finger-pointing, with the CIA withholding key evidence all the better to blame Russia, reports Robert Parry.
Thursday, July 9, 2015MH-17 Case Slips into Propaganda Fog Almost a year ago, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine killing 298 people. Yet, instead of a transparent investigation seeking justice, the case became a propaganda game of finger-pointing, with the CIA withholding key evidence all the better to blame Russia, reports Robert Parry.
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Saturday, June 3, 2017
Hillary Clinton's Deceptive Blame-Shifting While complaining about "fake news" that undercut her campaign, Hillary Clinton continued her own "fake news" falsehood about the U.S. intelligence assessment on Russian election "meddling."
Saturday, June 3, 2017Hillary Clinton's Deceptive Blame-Shifting While complaining about "fake news" that undercut her campaign, Hillary Clinton continued her own "fake news" falsehood about the U.S. intelligence assessment on Russian election "meddling."
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Sunday, July 5, 2015
Whining White Southerners Some brave white Southerners, including the son of segregationist Strom Thurmond, have spoken out against Confederate symbols like the battle flag, but many whites still react with fury at calls for retiring those symbols and other honors bestowed on Confederate leaders, writes Robert Parry.
Sunday, July 5, 2015Whining White Southerners Some brave white Southerners, including the son of segregationist Strom Thurmond, have spoken out against Confederate symbols like the battle flag, but many whites still react with fury at calls for retiring those symbols and other honors bestowed on Confederate leaders, writes Robert Parry.
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Friday, April 24, 2015
Obama's "Openness" and Deceit President Obama claims to value "openness" as a core principle of democracy, but the truth is that his administration has been among the most secretive and manipulative in modern times, tailoring what the public hears about foreign crises to what serves his agenda, writes Robert Parry.
Friday, April 24, 2015Obama's "Openness" and Deceit President Obama claims to value "openness" as a core principle of democracy, but the truth is that his administration has been among the most secretive and manipulative in modern times, tailoring what the public hears about foreign crises to what serves his agenda, writes Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Colin Powell's Tolerance of Murder Powell's peripheral role in the My Lai cover-up did not slow his climb up the Army's ladder, indeed it may have helped by establishing him as the kind of guy who would play along with whatever his superiors wanted.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010Colin Powell's Tolerance of Murder Powell's peripheral role in the My Lai cover-up did not slow his climb up the Army's ladder, indeed it may have helped by establishing him as the kind of guy who would play along with whatever his superiors wanted.
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Thursday, September 13, 2012
Romney's Jaw-Dropping Incoherence Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's latest distortion about an attempt by the U.S. Embassy in Egypt to calm Mideast tensions is not only renewing concerns about his honesty but raising new questions about his mental stability.
Thursday, September 13, 2012Romney's Jaw-Dropping Incoherence Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's latest distortion about an attempt by the U.S. Embassy in Egypt to calm Mideast tensions is not only renewing concerns about his honesty but raising new questions about his mental stability.
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Sunday, October 30, 2011
Unmasking October Surprise "debunker" The fake "debunking" of the 1980 October Surprise case in the early 1990s was driven by a few "journalists," including Steven Emerson, who has been identified in a recent report as a "misinformation expert" spreading anti-Muslim propaganda.
Sunday, October 30, 2011Unmasking October Surprise "debunker" The fake "debunking" of the 1980 October Surprise case in the early 1990s was driven by a few "journalists," including Steven Emerson, who has been identified in a recent report as a "misinformation expert" spreading anti-Muslim propaganda.
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Friday, August 25, 2017
The Possible Education of Donald Trump Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is ratcheting up war tensions in Syria again, but President Trump reportedly is not happy with the threats as he shifts again toward resisting the neocons, writes Robert Parry.
Friday, August 25, 2017The Possible Education of Donald Trump Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is ratcheting up war tensions in Syria again, but President Trump reportedly is not happy with the threats as he shifts again toward resisting the neocons, writes Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Cheering Netanyahu's Intransigence Republicans and Democrats in Congress leapt to their feet again and again to applaud Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu even as he was challenging the policies of President Barack Obama. Yet, this pro-Israeli solidarity could have harmful consequences for Israel, the Palestinians and the United States.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011Cheering Netanyahu's Intransigence Republicans and Democrats in Congress leapt to their feet again and again to applaud Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu even as he was challenging the policies of President Barack Obama. Yet, this pro-Israeli solidarity could have harmful consequences for Israel, the Palestinians and the United States.
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Monday, September 22, 2014
High Cost of Bad Journalism on Ukraine By driving a wedge between President Obama and President Putin over Ukraine, America's neocons and the mainstream media can hope for more "shock and awe" in the Mideast, but the U.S. taxpayers are footing the bill, including $1 trillion more on nuclear weapons, writes Robert Parry.
Monday, September 22, 2014High Cost of Bad Journalism on Ukraine By driving a wedge between President Obama and President Putin over Ukraine, America's neocons and the mainstream media can hope for more "shock and awe" in the Mideast, but the U.S. taxpayers are footing the bill, including $1 trillion more on nuclear weapons, writes Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Neocon Judge's History of Cover-ups On Sept. 11, the eighth anniversary of the terror attacks on New York and Washington, Silberman issued a 2-to-1 opinion dismissing a lawsuit against the private security firm, CACI International, brought by Iraqi victims of torture and other abuse at Abu Ghraib prison.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009Neocon Judge's History of Cover-ups On Sept. 11, the eighth anniversary of the terror attacks on New York and Washington, Silberman issued a 2-to-1 opinion dismissing a lawsuit against the private security firm, CACI International, brought by Iraqi victims of torture and other abuse at Abu Ghraib prison.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Obama's Secrecy Obsession Though President Obama likes to present himself as a regular guy, he acts like an elitist when he unnecessarily withholds information from the American people. At this critical juncture of his presidency, he might finally take a chance on trusting the public with facts, writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, April 1, 2015Obama's Secrecy Obsession Though President Obama likes to present himself as a regular guy, he acts like an elitist when he unnecessarily withholds information from the American people. At this critical juncture of his presidency, he might finally take a chance on trusting the public with facts, writes Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014
The Best and Worst US Presidents From the start of the Republic, some U.S. presidents favored government activism to address the nation’s problems, while others let the states do what they wanted and business tycoons have their way, a distinction that Robert Parry says can define the best and worst.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014The Best and Worst US Presidents From the start of the Republic, some U.S. presidents favored government activism to address the nation’s problems, while others let the states do what they wanted and business tycoons have their way, a distinction that Robert Parry says can define the best and worst.
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Tuesday, January 6, 2015
NYT Still Pretends No Coup in Ukraine The New York Times keeps insisting that last year's Ukrainian coup wasn't a coup and anyone who thinks so lives inside "the Russian propaganda bubble." But a slanted Times "investigation" shows that the newspaper remains lost inside the U.S. government's "propaganda bubble," writes Robert Parry.
Tuesday, January 6, 2015NYT Still Pretends No Coup in Ukraine The New York Times keeps insisting that last year's Ukrainian coup wasn't a coup and anyone who thinks so lives inside "the Russian propaganda bubble." But a slanted Times "investigation" shows that the newspaper remains lost inside the U.S. government's "propaganda bubble," writes Robert Parry.
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Monday, January 19, 2015
The Danger of an MH-17 "Cold Case" The Obama administration continues to drag its feet on releasing U.S. intelligence evidence on who shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 six months ago, a failure that has given the guilty parties time to scatter and has created a new breeding ground for conspiracy theories, writes Robert Parry.
Monday, January 19, 2015The Danger of an MH-17 "Cold Case" The Obama administration continues to drag its feet on releasing U.S. intelligence evidence on who shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 six months ago, a failure that has given the guilty parties time to scatter and has created a new breeding ground for conspiracy theories, writes Robert Parry.
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Thursday, July 15, 2010
Some Hard Truths about America Since Reagan's presidency, the Republicans have been determined to "starve" the government of resources so it can't address problems like climate change, renewable energy, education, transportation, health care, housing, etc. The only big expenditure that the GOP won't cut is military spending, especially for overseas wars.
Thursday, July 15, 2010Some Hard Truths about America Since Reagan's presidency, the Republicans have been determined to "starve" the government of resources so it can't address problems like climate change, renewable energy, education, transportation, health care, housing, etc. The only big expenditure that the GOP won't cut is military spending, especially for overseas wars.
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Tuesday, November 8, 2016
New York Times: Apologist for Power Over the past couple of decades, America's preeminent newspaper, The New York Times, has lost its journalistic way, becoming a propaganda platform and an apologist for the powerful, writes Robert Parry.
Tuesday, November 8, 2016New York Times: Apologist for Power Over the past couple of decades, America's preeminent newspaper, The New York Times, has lost its journalistic way, becoming a propaganda platform and an apologist for the powerful, writes Robert Parry.
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Monday, April 3, 2006
Condi, War Crimes & the Press During the three years of carnage in Iraq, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has shifted away from her now-discredited warning about a mushroom cloud to assert a strategic rationale for the invasion that puts her squarely in violation of the Nuremberg principle against aggressive war.
Monday, April 3, 2006Condi, War Crimes & the Press During the three years of carnage in Iraq, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has shifted away from her now-discredited warning about a mushroom cloud to assert a strategic rationale for the invasion that puts her squarely in violation of the Nuremberg principle against aggressive war.
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Friday, December 19, 2014
Krugman Joins the Anti-Putin Pack Official Washington's "group think" on the Ukraine crisis now has a totalitarian feel to it as "everyone who matters" joins in the ritualistic stoning of Russian President Putin and takes joy in Russia's economic pain, with liberal economist Paul Krugman the latest to hoist a rock, reports Robert Parry.
Friday, December 19, 2014Krugman Joins the Anti-Putin Pack Official Washington's "group think" on the Ukraine crisis now has a totalitarian feel to it as "everyone who matters" joins in the ritualistic stoning of Russian President Putin and takes joy in Russia's economic pain, with liberal economist Paul Krugman the latest to hoist a rock, reports Robert Parry.
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Monday, December 21, 2009
How Myths Can Kill Grand theories about American "exceptionalism" have rationalized U.S. imperial interventions around the world, wars and covert actions that would have been condemned as aggression or even terrorism if carried out by some other nation.
Monday, December 21, 2009How Myths Can Kill Grand theories about American "exceptionalism" have rationalized U.S. imperial interventions around the world, wars and covert actions that would have been condemned as aggression or even terrorism if carried out by some other nation.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Iran Divided & the 'October Surprise' Extensive evidence now exists that Begin's preference for a Reagan victory led Israelis to join in a covert operation with Republicans to contact Iranian leaders behind Carter's back and delay release of the 52 American hostages until after Reagan defeated Carter in November 1980. Khomeini's blessing allowed Rafsanjani, Karoubi and later Mousavi to proceed with secret contacts that involved emissaries from the Reagan camp
Wednesday, June 24, 2009Iran Divided & the 'October Surprise' Extensive evidence now exists that Begin's preference for a Reagan victory led Israelis to join in a covert operation with Republicans to contact Iranian leaders behind Carter's back and delay release of the 52 American hostages until after Reagan defeated Carter in November 1980. Khomeini's blessing allowed Rafsanjani, Karoubi and later Mousavi to proceed with secret contacts that involved emissaries from the Reagan camp
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Sunday, February 27, 2011
Gates Agrees, Bush's Wars Were Nuts You might think that "opinion leaders" who were so completely gulled by the sophistry of the neoconservatives -- or who perhaps simply went opportunistically along with a war that was an international crime -- might suffer some negative consequences, like a demotion or a firing. But that's not the world we live in.
Sunday, February 27, 2011Gates Agrees, Bush's Wars Were Nuts You might think that "opinion leaders" who were so completely gulled by the sophistry of the neoconservatives -- or who perhaps simply went opportunistically along with a war that was an international crime -- might suffer some negative consequences, like a demotion or a firing. But that's not the world we live in.
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Wednesday, July 20, 2016
"Fraud" Alleged in NYT's MH-17 Report An amateur report alleging Russian doctoring of satellite photos on the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 case -- a finding embraced by The New York Times -- is denounced by a forensic expert as an "outright fraud," reports Robert Parry.
Wednesday, July 20, 2016"Fraud" Alleged in NYT's MH-17 Report An amateur report alleging Russian doctoring of satellite photos on the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 case -- a finding embraced by The New York Times -- is denounced by a forensic expert as an "outright fraud," reports Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Ignoring Ukraine's Neo-Nazi Storm Troopers You might think a story about modern-day Nazi storm troopers attacking a European city without mercy would merit front-page coverage in the U.S. press, but not when the Nazi paramilitaries are fighting for the U.S.-backed Ukrainian government and are killing ethnic Russians, writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, August 13, 2014Ignoring Ukraine's Neo-Nazi Storm Troopers You might think a story about modern-day Nazi storm troopers attacking a European city without mercy would merit front-page coverage in the U.S. press, but not when the Nazi paramilitaries are fighting for the U.S.-backed Ukrainian government and are killing ethnic Russians, writes Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, March 4, 2014
America's Staggering Hypocrisy Official Washington is in deep umbrage over Russia’s intervention in Ukraine after a U.S.-backed coup overthrew the democratically elected president. Some top neocons want a new Cold War, but they don’t want anyone to note their staggering hypocrisy, writes Robert Parry.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014America's Staggering Hypocrisy Official Washington is in deep umbrage over Russia’s intervention in Ukraine after a U.S.-backed coup overthrew the democratically elected president. Some top neocons want a new Cold War, but they don’t want anyone to note their staggering hypocrisy, writes Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, October 5, 2016
New "Group Think" for War with Syria/Russia Official Washington has a new "group think" that is even more dangerous than the one that led to the Iraq War. This one calls for U.S. escalation of conflicts against Syria and nuclear-armed Russia, writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, October 5, 2016New "Group Think" for War with Syria/Russia Official Washington has a new "group think" that is even more dangerous than the one that led to the Iraq War. This one calls for U.S. escalation of conflicts against Syria and nuclear-armed Russia, writes Robert Parry.
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Thursday, May 7, 2015
Holes in NFL's "Deflategate" Report A high-profile NFL probe into the champion New England Patriots concluded that "it is more probable than not" that quarterback Tom Brady's footballs were intentionally deflated prior to a January playoff game, but the report sloughs off scientific evidence that undercuts the finding, writes Robert Parry.
Thursday, May 7, 2015Holes in NFL's "Deflategate" Report A high-profile NFL probe into the champion New England Patriots concluded that "it is more probable than not" that quarterback Tom Brady's footballs were intentionally deflated prior to a January playoff game, but the report sloughs off scientific evidence that undercuts the finding, writes Robert Parry.
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Sunday, April 17, 2011
How I View the American Crisis The Right feels it is strong enough to impose its Ayn Rand vision of a winner-take-all society and deploy its vast resources to prevail on Election Day. It is possible that the Republicans have overreached this time, with their ambitious agenda of slashing domestic spending, replacing Medicare with a voucher system, and lavishing more tax reductions on the rich.
Sunday, April 17, 2011How I View the American Crisis The Right feels it is strong enough to impose its Ayn Rand vision of a winner-take-all society and deploy its vast resources to prevail on Election Day. It is possible that the Republicans have overreached this time, with their ambitious agenda of slashing domestic spending, replacing Medicare with a voucher system, and lavishing more tax reductions on the rich.
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Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Ukraine's Neo-Nazis Demand Respect Thousands of Ukraine's neo-Nazis surrounded the parliament in Kiev demanding that the government honor Ukrainian paramilitary forces who fought for Adolf Hitler in World War II, another embarrassing reminder of the extremism unleashed by last February's U.S.-backed coup, says Robert Parry.
Wednesday, October 15, 2014Ukraine's Neo-Nazis Demand Respect Thousands of Ukraine's neo-Nazis surrounded the parliament in Kiev demanding that the government honor Ukrainian paramilitary forces who fought for Adolf Hitler in World War II, another embarrassing reminder of the extremism unleashed by last February's U.S.-backed coup, says Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, October 5, 2016
The NYT's Neocon "Downward Spiral" Every day, The New York Times -- America's "paper of record" -- sinks deeper into the swamp of propaganda, now reliably touting predictable neocon notions about the Middle East and Russia, reports Robert Parry.
Wednesday, October 5, 2016The NYT's Neocon "Downward Spiral" Every day, The New York Times -- America's "paper of record" -- sinks deeper into the swamp of propaganda, now reliably touting predictable neocon notions about the Middle East and Russia, reports Robert Parry.
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Sunday, October 4, 2009
Democrats Ponder Health-Care Suicide If Democrats enact something like the health-care bill emerging from the Senate Finance Committee, they may call it a legislative victory and it may keep the campaign donations flowing from the insurance industry, but the Democrats would surely infuriate millions of American voters.
Sunday, October 4, 2009Democrats Ponder Health-Care Suicide If Democrats enact something like the health-care bill emerging from the Senate Finance Committee, they may call it a legislative victory and it may keep the campaign donations flowing from the insurance industry, but the Democrats would surely infuriate millions of American voters.
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Thursday, April 11, 2013
The Right's Second Amendment Fraud The Senate has beaten back a filibuster from Tea Party Republicans to block debate on possible gun-reform laws in the wake of last December's massacre of 20 first-graders and six educators in Connecticut. But the setback won't stop the extremists from continuing to twist the Second Amendment.
Thursday, April 11, 2013The Right's Second Amendment Fraud The Senate has beaten back a filibuster from Tea Party Republicans to block debate on possible gun-reform laws in the wake of last December's massacre of 20 first-graders and six educators in Connecticut. But the setback won't stop the extremists from continuing to twist the Second Amendment.
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Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Netanyahu Pushes Trump Toward Wider Wars Russia-gate is empowering Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to strong-arm President Trump into escalating the Syrian war by abandoning a recent cease-fire and challenging Iran and Russia, reports Robert Parry.
Tuesday, July 18, 2017Netanyahu Pushes Trump Toward Wider Wars Russia-gate is empowering Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to strong-arm President Trump into escalating the Syrian war by abandoning a recent cease-fire and challenging Iran and Russia, reports Robert Parry.
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Saturday, December 24, 2011
America's Debt to Bradley Manning The cables and videos allegedly leaked by Pvt. Bradley Manning offer the American people gritty "ground truth" about what the U.S. government has done in their names, such as the slaughter in Iraq, but the information also sheds light on a possible future war with Iran
Saturday, December 24, 2011America's Debt to Bradley Manning The cables and videos allegedly leaked by Pvt. Bradley Manning offer the American people gritty "ground truth" about what the U.S. government has done in their names, such as the slaughter in Iraq, but the information also sheds light on a possible future war with Iran
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Sunday, May 3, 2015
WPost Blames Obama for Syrian Mess As Al-Qaeda forces advance in Syria -- with the help of the Saudi-Israeli alliance -- American neocons are shielding themselves from the blame if Damascus falls to the jihadists by preemptively faulting President Obama for not intervening for "regime change" earlier, Robert Parry reports.
Sunday, May 3, 2015WPost Blames Obama for Syrian Mess As Al-Qaeda forces advance in Syria -- with the help of the Saudi-Israeli alliance -- American neocons are shielding themselves from the blame if Damascus falls to the jihadists by preemptively faulting President Obama for not intervening for "regime change" earlier, Robert Parry reports.
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Monday, March 14, 2011
Inside America's 'Adjustment Bureau' In effect, the October Surprise/Iran-Contra storyline has been split into two contradictory narratives that coexist in the same confused space that is now American history, like the shifting diagrams maintained by the felt-hatted operatives in "The Adjustment Bureau."
Monday, March 14, 2011Inside America's 'Adjustment Bureau' In effect, the October Surprise/Iran-Contra storyline has been split into two contradictory narratives that coexist in the same confused space that is now American history, like the shifting diagrams maintained by the felt-hatted operatives in "The Adjustment Bureau."
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Friday, February 6, 2015
Nuclear War and Clashing Ukraine Narratives America and Russia have two nearly opposite narratives on Ukraine, which is more an indictment of the U.S. news media which feigns objectivity but disseminates what amounts to propaganda. These divergent narratives are driving the world toward a possible nuclear crisis, writes Robert Parry.
Friday, February 6, 2015Nuclear War and Clashing Ukraine Narratives America and Russia have two nearly opposite narratives on Ukraine, which is more an indictment of the U.S. news media which feigns objectivity but disseminates what amounts to propaganda. These divergent narratives are driving the world toward a possible nuclear crisis, writes Robert Parry.
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Thursday, September 10, 2015
Madness of Blockading Syria's Regime The U.S. State Department is trying to block Russian supplies going to Syria's embattled government despite the risk that collapsing the regime would create a vacuum filled by the Islamic State or Al Qaeda, another nightmare dreamt up by the neocons and liberal hawks, writes Robert Parry.
Thursday, September 10, 2015Madness of Blockading Syria's Regime The U.S. State Department is trying to block Russian supplies going to Syria's embattled government despite the risk that collapsing the regime would create a vacuum filled by the Islamic State or Al Qaeda, another nightmare dreamt up by the neocons and liberal hawks, writes Robert Parry.
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Thursday, February 25, 2016
Neocon Kagan Endorses Hillary Clinton Hillary Clinton's cozy ties to Washington's powerful neocons have paid off with the endorsement of Robert Kagan, one of the most influential neocons. But it also should raise questions among Democrats about what kind of foreign policy a President Hillary Clinton would pursue, writes Robert Parry.
Thursday, February 25, 2016Neocon Kagan Endorses Hillary Clinton Hillary Clinton's cozy ties to Washington's powerful neocons have paid off with the endorsement of Robert Kagan, one of the most influential neocons. But it also should raise questions among Democrats about what kind of foreign policy a President Hillary Clinton would pursue, writes Robert Parry.
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Monday, August 25, 2014
Selective Outrage over Ukraine POWs The U.S. news media regularly engages in selective outrage, piously denouncing some adversary for violating international law yet hypocritically silent when worse abuses are committed by the U.S. or allied governments, as the New York Times has shown again, writes Robert Parry.
Monday, August 25, 2014Selective Outrage over Ukraine POWs The U.S. news media regularly engages in selective outrage, piously denouncing some adversary for violating international law yet hypocritically silent when worse abuses are committed by the U.S. or allied governments, as the New York Times has shown again, writes Robert Parry.
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Thursday, December 8, 2016
The Need to Hold Saudi Arabia Accountable One of Official Washington's favorite "group thinks" is to insist that Iran is the "chief sponsor of terrorism," but the reality is that Saudi Arabia is much guiltier and U.S. officials know it, says Robert Parry.
Thursday, December 8, 2016The Need to Hold Saudi Arabia Accountable One of Official Washington's favorite "group thinks" is to insist that Iran is the "chief sponsor of terrorism," but the reality is that Saudi Arabia is much guiltier and U.S. officials know it, says Robert Parry.
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Thursday, November 19, 2015
Tangled Threads of US False Narratives Official Washington's many false narratives about Russia and Syria have gotten so tangled that they have become a danger to the struggle against Sunni terrorism and conceivably a threat to the future of the planet, a risk that Robert Parry explores.
Thursday, November 19, 2015Tangled Threads of US False Narratives Official Washington's many false narratives about Russia and Syria have gotten so tangled that they have become a danger to the struggle against Sunni terrorism and conceivably a threat to the future of the planet, a risk that Robert Parry explores.
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Sunday, January 4, 2009
Israel's Looming Catastrophe For the past three decades, Israel has charted a course that invites its own destruction by relying on two risky propositions: first, that it could extend its security perimeter beyond the reach of a devastating missile attack, and second, that it could permanently control the political debate inside its crucial ally, the United States.
Sunday, January 4, 2009Israel's Looming Catastrophe For the past three decades, Israel has charted a course that invites its own destruction by relying on two risky propositions: first, that it could extend its security perimeter beyond the reach of a devastating missile attack, and second, that it could permanently control the political debate inside its crucial ally, the United States.
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Monday, May 16, 2016
The Coming Democratic Crackup Though the mainstream media is focused on Republican divisions, a more important story could be the coming Democratic crackup, as anti-war Democrats resist Hillary Clinton's pro-war agenda, writes Robert Parry.
Monday, May 16, 2016The Coming Democratic Crackup Though the mainstream media is focused on Republican divisions, a more important story could be the coming Democratic crackup, as anti-war Democrats resist Hillary Clinton's pro-war agenda, writes Robert Parry.
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Friday, December 23, 2016
The Good That Trump Could Do Despite fears about the many negatives from a Donald Trump presidency, one positive could be his shattering of the monopoly that neocons and liberal hawks now hold over U.S. foreign policy, says Robert Parry.
Friday, December 23, 2016The Good That Trump Could Do Despite fears about the many negatives from a Donald Trump presidency, one positive could be his shattering of the monopoly that neocons and liberal hawks now hold over U.S. foreign policy, says Robert Parry.
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Sunday, September 13, 2015
Who's to Blame for Syria Mess? Putin! Official Washington's new "group think" is to blame Russia's President Putin for the Syrian crisis, although it was the neocons and President George W. Bush who started the current Mideast mess by invading Iraq, the Saudis who funded Al Qaeda, and the Israelis who plotted "regime change," says Robert Parry.
Sunday, September 13, 2015Who's to Blame for Syria Mess? Putin! Official Washington's new "group think" is to blame Russia's President Putin for the Syrian crisis, although it was the neocons and President George W. Bush who started the current Mideast mess by invading Iraq, the Saudis who funded Al Qaeda, and the Israelis who plotted "regime change," says Robert Parry.
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
Will Iraq Debacle Prevent Iran War? Neoconservatives are livid over President Obama's declaration that the Iraq War is over, fearing that its disastrous outcome will undercut plans for a new war with Iran. But Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich says, if elected, he stands ready to join Israel in invading Iran
Thursday, December 15, 2011Will Iraq Debacle Prevent Iran War? Neoconservatives are livid over President Obama's declaration that the Iraq War is over, fearing that its disastrous outcome will undercut plans for a new war with Iran. But Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich says, if elected, he stands ready to join Israel in invading Iran
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
NYT "Clarified" Santorum's "Black" Quote Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum is denying his slur about "black people" and "somebody else's money" with absurd claims that the recordings of his quote aren't accurate, now getting a sympathetic hearing from a New York Times reporter.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012NYT "Clarified" Santorum's "Black" Quote Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum is denying his slur about "black people" and "somebody else's money" with absurd claims that the recordings of his quote aren't accurate, now getting a sympathetic hearing from a New York Times reporter.
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011
The Dangerous Reagan Cult Ronald Reagan's anti-government philosophy inspires Tea Party extremists to oppose any revenue increase, even from closing loopholes for corporate jets. For their part, Democrats try the spin that "even Reagan" showed flexibility on debt and taxes.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011The Dangerous Reagan Cult Ronald Reagan's anti-government philosophy inspires Tea Party extremists to oppose any revenue increase, even from closing loopholes for corporate jets. For their part, Democrats try the spin that "even Reagan" showed flexibility on debt and taxes.
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Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Escalating the Risky Fight with Russia To box in President-elect Trump, the neocons and liberal hawks are pushing for "crippling sanctions" against Russia that they see as crucial to their dangerous "regime change" agenda in Moscow, reports Robert Parry.
Wednesday, December 28, 2016Escalating the Risky Fight with Russia To box in President-elect Trump, the neocons and liberal hawks are pushing for "crippling sanctions" against Russia that they see as crucial to their dangerous "regime change" agenda in Moscow, reports Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Trading Places: Neocons and Cockroaches Neocons want a new Cold War -- all the better to pick the U.S. taxpayers' pockets -- but this reckless talk and war profiteering could spark a nuclear war and leave the world to the cockroaches, writes Robert Parry.
Tuesday, June 28, 2016Trading Places: Neocons and Cockroaches Neocons want a new Cold War -- all the better to pick the U.S. taxpayers' pockets -- but this reckless talk and war profiteering could spark a nuclear war and leave the world to the cockroaches, writes Robert Parry.
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Saturday, April 25, 2015
Embracing the Saudi War on Yemen Fearful of further offending the powerful Saudi-Israeli alliance, President Obama is deploying the U.S. Navy to seal off poverty-stricken Yemen so the Saudi air force has free rein to pummel its regional rivals from the air while the population faces a humanitarian crisis on the ground, reports Robert Parry.
Saturday, April 25, 2015Embracing the Saudi War on Yemen Fearful of further offending the powerful Saudi-Israeli alliance, President Obama is deploying the U.S. Navy to seal off poverty-stricken Yemen so the Saudi air force has free rein to pummel its regional rivals from the air while the population faces a humanitarian crisis on the ground, reports Robert Parry.
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Saturday, July 11, 2015
Obama's Deadly Cold War Legacy President Obama is endangering his legacy by letting neoconservatives still set his foreign policy, including the creation of a new and costly Cold War with Russia that could have been easily avoided and that now risks spinning off into a nuclear showdown, writes Robert Parry.
Saturday, July 11, 2015Obama's Deadly Cold War Legacy President Obama is endangering his legacy by letting neoconservatives still set his foreign policy, including the creation of a new and costly Cold War with Russia that could have been easily avoided and that now risks spinning off into a nuclear showdown, writes Robert Parry.
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Sunday, December 28, 2014
The Victory of "Perception Management" In the 1980s, the Reagan administration pioneered "perception management" to get the American people to "kick the Vietnam Syndrome" and accept more U.S. interventionism, but that propaganda structure continues to this day getting the public to buy in to endless war, writes Robert Parry.
Sunday, December 28, 2014The Victory of "Perception Management" In the 1980s, the Reagan administration pioneered "perception management" to get the American people to "kick the Vietnam Syndrome" and accept more U.S. interventionism, but that propaganda structure continues to this day getting the public to buy in to endless war, writes Robert Parry.
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Friday, March 20, 2015
Ukraine's Poison Pill for Peace Talks The Ukraine government's latest maneuver -- undermining the Minsk-2 agreement with a requirement for a rebel surrender -- is likely to drive the country back into a full-scale civil war and push the U.S. and Russia closer to a nuclear showdown, reports Robert Parry.
Friday, March 20, 2015Ukraine's Poison Pill for Peace Talks The Ukraine government's latest maneuver -- undermining the Minsk-2 agreement with a requirement for a rebel surrender -- is likely to drive the country back into a full-scale civil war and push the U.S. and Russia closer to a nuclear showdown, reports Robert Parry.
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Saturday, October 15, 2011
Is Mitt Romney a Neocon Purist? Anyone still doubting that the Washington Post is the media flagship for neoconservatism should reflect on Saturday's editorial in which the Post criticizes Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney for saying U.S. troops should be pulled out of Afghanistan "as soon as we possibly can."
Saturday, October 15, 2011Is Mitt Romney a Neocon Purist? Anyone still doubting that the Washington Post is the media flagship for neoconservatism should reflect on Saturday's editorial in which the Post criticizes Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney for saying U.S. troops should be pulled out of Afghanistan "as soon as we possibly can."
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Saturday, July 2, 2011
Neocons Want War and More War The neoconservatives remain powerful in Washington in large part because of their continued influence inside leading opinion-setting journals like the New York Times and the Washington Post, two prestige newspapers that have pressed ahead with the neocon agenda despite serious blows to their credibility in recent years, a dilemma.
Saturday, July 2, 2011Neocons Want War and More War The neoconservatives remain powerful in Washington in large part because of their continued influence inside leading opinion-setting journals like the New York Times and the Washington Post, two prestige newspapers that have pressed ahead with the neocon agenda despite serious blows to their credibility in recent years, a dilemma.
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Saturday, June 18, 2016
The State Department's Collective Madness More than 50 U.S. State Department "diplomats" sent a "dissent" memo urging President Obama to launch military strikes against the Syrian army, another sign that Foggy Bottom has collectively gone nuts, writes Robert Parry.
Saturday, June 18, 2016The State Department's Collective Madness More than 50 U.S. State Department "diplomats" sent a "dissent" memo urging President Obama to launch military strikes against the Syrian army, another sign that Foggy Bottom has collectively gone nuts, writes Robert Parry.
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Monday, March 23, 2015
Crimeans Keep Saying No to Ukraine In a rare moment of honesty, a Western news outlet, Forbes, admits that the people of Crimea expressed their legitimate will in last year's referendum when they voted to abandon Ukraine and rejoin Russia, an inconvenient truth for the U.S. State Department and press corps, writes Robert Parry.
Monday, March 23, 2015Crimeans Keep Saying No to Ukraine In a rare moment of honesty, a Western news outlet, Forbes, admits that the people of Crimea expressed their legitimate will in last year's referendum when they voted to abandon Ukraine and rejoin Russia, an inconvenient truth for the U.S. State Department and press corps, writes Robert Parry.
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Saturday, May 7, 2011
The Curious Bush/Bin Laden Symbiosis When Bush failed to take action as president to prevent 9/11, the blame had to be shifted to his predecessor, and now when his successor succeeds at getting bin Laden, the credit must accrue to Bush. Perhaps Bush's apologists will next claim that Bush deserves credit for getting bin Laden because he gave the terrorist leader what turned out to be a false sense of security.
Saturday, May 7, 2011The Curious Bush/Bin Laden Symbiosis When Bush failed to take action as president to prevent 9/11, the blame had to be shifted to his predecessor, and now when his successor succeeds at getting bin Laden, the credit must accrue to Bush. Perhaps Bush's apologists will next claim that Bush deserves credit for getting bin Laden because he gave the terrorist leader what turned out to be a false sense of security.
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Wednesday, November 4, 2015
America's Chalabi Legacy of Lies The passing of Iraqi fabricator Ahmed Chalabi, one of the "heroes in error" who duped the American people into the Iraq invasion, is a good time to remember how the corrupted intelligence/media process worked back then -- and how it continues to operate today, writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, November 4, 2015America's Chalabi Legacy of Lies The passing of Iraqi fabricator Ahmed Chalabi, one of the "heroes in error" who duped the American people into the Iraq invasion, is a good time to remember how the corrupted intelligence/media process worked back then -- and how it continues to operate today, writes Robert Parry.
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Thursday, June 29, 2017
NYT Finally Retracts Russia-gate Canard A founding Russia-gate myth is that all 17 U.S. intelligence agencies agreed that Russia hacked into and distributed Democratic emails, a falsehood that The New York Times has belatedly retracted, reports Robert Parry.
Thursday, June 29, 2017NYT Finally Retracts Russia-gate Canard A founding Russia-gate myth is that all 17 U.S. intelligence agencies agreed that Russia hacked into and distributed Democratic emails, a falsehood that The New York Times has belatedly retracted, reports Robert Parry.
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Friday, September 16, 2011
Cheney's Unintended Admissions Former Vice President Dick Cheney's memoir is filled with accounts about the great and wonderful people who agree with him -- and the evil buffoons who don't. But the book offers some unintentional insights into how the American Republic got into today's mess.
Friday, September 16, 2011Cheney's Unintended Admissions Former Vice President Dick Cheney's memoir is filled with accounts about the great and wonderful people who agree with him -- and the evil buffoons who don't. But the book offers some unintentional insights into how the American Republic got into today's mess.
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Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Did Money Seal Israeli-Saudi Alliance? The odd-couple relationship between Saudi Arabia and Israel may have been sealed with more than a mutual desire to kiss-off Iran. According to an intelligence source, there was a dowry involved, too, with the Saudis reportedly giving Israel some $16 billion, writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, April 15, 2015Did Money Seal Israeli-Saudi Alliance? The odd-couple relationship between Saudi Arabia and Israel may have been sealed with more than a mutual desire to kiss-off Iran. According to an intelligence source, there was a dowry involved, too, with the Saudis reportedly giving Israel some $16 billion, writes Robert Parry.
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Sunday, November 6, 2016
NYT Admits Key Al Qaeda Role in Aleppo In a backhand way, The New York Times admits that the U.S.-backed "moderate" rebels in east Aleppo are fighting alongside Al Qaeda jihadists, an almost casual admission of this long-obscured reality, writes Robert Parry.
Sunday, November 6, 2016NYT Admits Key Al Qaeda Role in Aleppo In a backhand way, The New York Times admits that the U.S.-backed "moderate" rebels in east Aleppo are fighting alongside Al Qaeda jihadists, an almost casual admission of this long-obscured reality, writes Robert Parry.
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Thursday, December 16, 2010
Journalists Are All Julian Assange The Obama administration appears to be singling out Assange as an outlier in the journalistic community who is already regarded as something of a pariah. In that way, mainstream media personalities can be invited to join in his persecution without thinking that they might be next.
Thursday, December 16, 2010Journalists Are All Julian Assange The Obama administration appears to be singling out Assange as an outlier in the journalistic community who is already regarded as something of a pariah. In that way, mainstream media personalities can be invited to join in his persecution without thinking that they might be next.
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Friday, December 5, 2014
Ukraine's Made-in-USA Finance Minister A top problem of Ukraine has been corruption and cronyism, so it may raise eyebrows that new Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko, an ex-U.S. diplomat and newly minted Ukrainian citizen, was involved in insider dealings while managing a $150 million U.S. AID-backed investment fund, writes Robert Parry.
Friday, December 5, 2014Ukraine's Made-in-USA Finance Minister A top problem of Ukraine has been corruption and cronyism, so it may raise eyebrows that new Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko, an ex-U.S. diplomat and newly minted Ukrainian citizen, was involved in insider dealings while managing a $150 million U.S. AID-backed investment fund, writes Robert Parry.
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Monday, September 12, 2016
The Existential Madness of Putin-Bashing Official Washington loves its Putin-bashing but demonizing the Russian leader stops a rational debate about U.S.-Russia relations and pushes the two nuclear powers toward an existential brink, writes Robert Parry.
Monday, September 12, 2016The Existential Madness of Putin-Bashing Official Washington loves its Putin-bashing but demonizing the Russian leader stops a rational debate about U.S.-Russia relations and pushes the two nuclear powers toward an existential brink, writes Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Tom Brady and Theoretical Crime The NFL meted out a four-game suspension to New England Patriot quarterback Tom Brady while also fining the team $1 million and taking away two draft picks -- though the NFL didn't conclusively prove that footballs were deflated, establishing only a theoretical crime, a dangerous precedent, writes Robert Parry.
Tuesday, May 12, 2015Tom Brady and Theoretical Crime The NFL meted out a four-game suspension to New England Patriot quarterback Tom Brady while also fining the team $1 million and taking away two draft picks -- though the NFL didn't conclusively prove that footballs were deflated, establishing only a theoretical crime, a dangerous precedent, writes Robert Parry.
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Thursday, August 4, 2016
The Danger of Excessive Trump Bashing The prospect of Donald Trump in the White House alarms many people but bashing him over his contrarian views on NATO and U.S.-Russian relations could set the stage for disasters under President Hillary Clinton, writes Robert Parry.
Thursday, August 4, 2016The Danger of Excessive Trump Bashing The prospect of Donald Trump in the White House alarms many people but bashing him over his contrarian views on NATO and U.S.-Russian relations could set the stage for disasters under President Hillary Clinton, writes Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Free Market v. Government Intervention Today's rapacious capitalism is unsustainable at least without devastation to the livability of the planet and to the living standards of the vast majority of its inhabitants. But most people will opt to cling to the little comfort and security they have rather than throw it away for some ill-defined, post-modern future that is more frightening than it is promising.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011Free Market v. Government Intervention Today's rapacious capitalism is unsustainable at least without devastation to the livability of the planet and to the living standards of the vast majority of its inhabitants. But most people will opt to cling to the little comfort and security they have rather than throw it away for some ill-defined, post-modern future that is more frightening than it is promising.
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Thursday, March 7, 2013
"October Surprise" and "Argo" Iran's ex-President Bani-Sadr, in criticizing inaccurate history in "Argo," says most Iranian officials wanted a quick end to the 1980 U.S.-Iranian hostage crisis, but Ronald Reagan's presidential campaign struck a deal with Ayatollah Khomeini to delay the hostages' release.
Thursday, March 7, 2013"October Surprise" and "Argo" Iran's ex-President Bani-Sadr, in criticizing inaccurate history in "Argo," says most Iranian officials wanted a quick end to the 1980 U.S.-Iranian hostage crisis, but Ronald Reagan's presidential campaign struck a deal with Ayatollah Khomeini to delay the hostages' release.
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Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Has the NYT Gone Collectively Mad? Crossing a line from recklessness into madness, The New York Times published a front-page opus suggesting that Russia was behind social media criticism of Hillary Clinton, reports Robert Parry.
Tuesday, September 12, 2017Has the NYT Gone Collectively Mad? Crossing a line from recklessness into madness, The New York Times published a front-page opus suggesting that Russia was behind social media criticism of Hillary Clinton, reports Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015
The Misinformation Mess As Americans approach Election Year 2016, the crisis of misinformation is growing more and more dangerous. On issues from foreign policy to the economy, almost none of the candidates in the race appears to be addressing the real world, writes Robert Parry.
Tuesday, December 29, 2015The Misinformation Mess As Americans approach Election Year 2016, the crisis of misinformation is growing more and more dangerous. On issues from foreign policy to the economy, almost none of the candidates in the race appears to be addressing the real world, writes Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
How Two Elections Changed America Two clandestine operations during hard-fought presidential elections. One unfolded in the weeks before Election 1968 and the other over a year before Election 1980. These operations altered the nation's course and went a long way toward defining the current personalities of America's national parties, the anything-goes Republicans versus the ever-accommodating Democrats.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009How Two Elections Changed America Two clandestine operations during hard-fought presidential elections. One unfolded in the weeks before Election 1968 and the other over a year before Election 1980. These operations altered the nation's course and went a long way toward defining the current personalities of America's national parties, the anything-goes Republicans versus the ever-accommodating Democrats.
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Friday, February 7, 2014
Israeli Rabbis Warn Kerry of God's Wrath Secretary of State John Kerry’s negotiations to resolve the generations-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict may look like a quixotic pilgrimage into endless frustrations to many. But it is causing worries among nationalists on Israel’s Right, Robert Parry reports.
Friday, February 7, 2014Israeli Rabbis Warn Kerry of God's Wrath Secretary of State John Kerry’s negotiations to resolve the generations-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict may look like a quixotic pilgrimage into endless frustrations to many. But it is causing worries among nationalists on Israel’s Right, Robert Parry reports.
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Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Trump's Slim Chance for Greatness Special Report: Donald Trump's unlikely victory created the opportunity to finally break with the orthodoxy of Washington's neocon/liberal-hawk foreign policy, but can Trump find enough fresh thinkers to do the job, asks Robert Parry.
Tuesday, November 15, 2016Trump's Slim Chance for Greatness Special Report: Donald Trump's unlikely victory created the opportunity to finally break with the orthodoxy of Washington's neocon/liberal-hawk foreign policy, but can Trump find enough fresh thinkers to do the job, asks Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Obama, the People and the Facts The political crisis facing President Obama and the Democratic Party results from a profound loss of faith in the U.S. government, made worse by Obama's obsessive secrecy. But he could address both problems by opening the books on some key hidden chapters relevant to today, writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, December 3, 2014Obama, the People and the Facts The political crisis facing President Obama and the Democratic Party results from a profound loss of faith in the U.S. government, made worse by Obama's obsessive secrecy. But he could address both problems by opening the books on some key hidden chapters relevant to today, writes Robert Parry.
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Saturday, May 14, 2011
Mitch Daniels, Architect of US Debt Crisis In his hard sell for Bush's policies, Daniels also was not above hitting his opponents below the political belt. In December 2001, he denounced Democratic "tax and spend extremists" as "people for whom taxes can't be high enough and we can never spend too much government money."
Saturday, May 14, 2011Mitch Daniels, Architect of US Debt Crisis In his hard sell for Bush's policies, Daniels also was not above hitting his opponents below the political belt. In December 2001, he denounced Democratic "tax and spend extremists" as "people for whom taxes can't be high enough and we can never spend too much government money."
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Saturday, January 17, 2015
Neocons: The "Anti-Realists" America's neocons, who wield great power inside the U.S. government and media, endanger the planet by concocting strategies inside their heads that ignore real-world consequences. Thus, their "regime changes" have unleashed ancient hatreds and spread chaos across the globe, as Robert Parry explains.
Saturday, January 17, 2015Neocons: The "Anti-Realists" America's neocons, who wield great power inside the U.S. government and media, endanger the planet by concocting strategies inside their heads that ignore real-world consequences. Thus, their "regime changes" have unleashed ancient hatreds and spread chaos across the globe, as Robert Parry explains.
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Monday, March 13, 2017
When "Disinformation" Is Truth Democrats and liberals have climbed into bed with the neocons to push the "Russia-did-it" conspiracy theory as a way to "get Trump," but this New McCarthyism has grave dangers, writes Robert Parry.
Monday, March 13, 2017When "Disinformation" Is Truth Democrats and liberals have climbed into bed with the neocons to push the "Russia-did-it" conspiracy theory as a way to "get Trump," but this New McCarthyism has grave dangers, writes Robert Parry.
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Friday, April 10, 2015
Neocons, R2Pers and Hypocrisy R2Pers say America has a "responsibility to protect" endangered people around the world, but this R2P moral imperative is selective, often indistinguishable from neocons tolerating some slaughters and choosing to wage war against certain enemies -- just dressed up in liberal rhetoric, reports Robert Parry.
Friday, April 10, 2015Neocons, R2Pers and Hypocrisy R2Pers say America has a "responsibility to protect" endangered people around the world, but this R2P moral imperative is selective, often indistinguishable from neocons tolerating some slaughters and choosing to wage war against certain enemies -- just dressed up in liberal rhetoric, reports Robert Parry.
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Monday, January 1, 2018
An Apology and Explanation Perversion of principles -- twisting information to fit a desired conclusion -- became the modus vivendi of American politics and journalism. And those of us who insisted on defending the journalistic principles of skepticism and evenhandedness were increasingly shunned by our colleagues, a hostility that first emerged on the Right and among neoconservatives but eventually sucked in the progressive world as well.
Monday, January 1, 2018An Apology and Explanation Perversion of principles -- twisting information to fit a desired conclusion -- became the modus vivendi of American politics and journalism. And those of us who insisted on defending the journalistic principles of skepticism and evenhandedness were increasingly shunned by our colleagues, a hostility that first emerged on the Right and among neoconservatives but eventually sucked in the progressive world as well.
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Friday, October 7, 2016
The Forgotten Libyan Lessons and the Syrian War Western leaders are plotting to bomb another Mideast nation, this time Syria, citing "humanitarianism." But similar claims in Iraq and Libya were deceptive and ended up killing far more people than were "saved," says Robert Parry.
Friday, October 7, 2016The Forgotten Libyan Lessons and the Syrian War Western leaders are plotting to bomb another Mideast nation, this time Syria, citing "humanitarianism." But similar claims in Iraq and Libya were deceptive and ended up killing far more people than were "saved," says Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
The Right's "Limited Government" Scam Libertarians and Tea Partiers pretend they are the only Americans who believe in "limited government" as envisioned by the Framers, but that is a false conceit. The real history is that Madison and Washington devised a Constitution with broad powers to promote the "general Welfare."
Tuesday, December 18, 2012The Right's "Limited Government" Scam Libertarians and Tea Partiers pretend they are the only Americans who believe in "limited government" as envisioned by the Framers, but that is a false conceit. The real history is that Madison and Washington devised a Constitution with broad powers to promote the "general Welfare."
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Monday, November 6, 2017
Learning to Love McCarthyism Many American liberals who once denounced McCarthyism as evil are now learning to love the ugly tactic when it can be used to advance the Russia-gate "scandal" and silence dissent, reports Robert Parry.
Monday, November 6, 2017Learning to Love McCarthyism Many American liberals who once denounced McCarthyism as evil are now learning to love the ugly tactic when it can be used to advance the Russia-gate "scandal" and silence dissent, reports Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Reasons to Risk Nuclear Annihilation The latest neocon/liberal-hawk scheme is for the U.S. population to risk nuclear war to protect corrupt politicians in Ukraine and Al Qaeda terrorists in east Aleppo, two rather dubious reasons to end life on the planet, says Robert Parry.
Tuesday, November 8, 2016Reasons to Risk Nuclear Annihilation The latest neocon/liberal-hawk scheme is for the U.S. population to risk nuclear war to protect corrupt politicians in Ukraine and Al Qaeda terrorists in east Aleppo, two rather dubious reasons to end life on the planet, says Robert Parry.
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Saturday, December 15, 2012
The 2nd Amendment and Killing Kids As Americans reel in shock over the slaughter of 20 schoolchildren in Newtown, Connecticut, defenders of "gun rights" insist, in effect, that such deaths are part of the price of "liberty" enshrined by the Framers in the Second Amendment. But this was not what James Madison had in mind.
Saturday, December 15, 2012The 2nd Amendment and Killing Kids As Americans reel in shock over the slaughter of 20 schoolchildren in Newtown, Connecticut, defenders of "gun rights" insist, in effect, that such deaths are part of the price of "liberty" enshrined by the Framers in the Second Amendment. But this was not what James Madison had in mind.
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Friday, December 1, 2017
The Scalp-Taking of Gen. Flynn The Russia-gate prosecutors have taken the scalp of ex- National Security Adviser (and retired Lt. Gen.) Flynn for lying to the FBI. But this case shows how dangerously far afield this "scandal" has gone, reports Robert Parry.
Friday, December 1, 2017The Scalp-Taking of Gen. Flynn The Russia-gate prosecutors have taken the scalp of ex- National Security Adviser (and retired Lt. Gen.) Flynn for lying to the FBI. But this case shows how dangerously far afield this "scandal" has gone, reports Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
A "Treason" Trial for Barack Obama? Right-wing propagandists have gulled many of their followers into accepting a false narrative of America's Founding, a made-up history that now has become the basis for some extremists to call for President Obama's trial for "treason," an idea that Mitt Romney only belatedly rejected.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012A "Treason" Trial for Barack Obama? Right-wing propagandists have gulled many of their followers into accepting a false narrative of America's Founding, a made-up history that now has become the basis for some extremists to call for President Obama's trial for "treason," an idea that Mitt Romney only belatedly rejected.
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Is Barack Obama the Problem? One truism that I've learned about political and media survival in Washington is that it's always smart to shift toward where the power lies. In effect, that is what "practical" politicians and journalists do. They venture only as far as they feel they can without creating undue political or career risks for themselves.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010Is Barack Obama the Problem? One truism that I've learned about political and media survival in Washington is that it's always smart to shift toward where the power lies. In effect, that is what "practical" politicians and journalists do. They venture only as far as they feel they can without creating undue political or career risks for themselves.
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012
The "Blame Obama" Syndrome Obama did make mistakes. He can be fairly faulted for not recognizing early that his bipartisan outreach was a fool's errand, that the likes of Olympia Snowe lacked the courage to buck party discipline, that he would get no credit from the Republicans for giving a pass to George W. Bush regarding his misguided and criminal policies.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012The "Blame Obama" Syndrome Obama did make mistakes. He can be fairly faulted for not recognizing early that his bipartisan outreach was a fool's errand, that the likes of Olympia Snowe lacked the courage to buck party discipline, that he would get no credit from the Republicans for giving a pass to George W. Bush regarding his misguided and criminal policies.
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Saturday, May 22, 2010
Rand Paul Exposes the Real Tea Party What Paul was really doing was explaining what the Tea Party movement is truly about. Though it draws from a variety of political animosities -" like white resentment of the nation's demographic changes and a desire to "take our country back" from the likes of President Barack Obama -" the Tea Party's core mission is to stop the federal government from limiting the power of corporations.
Saturday, May 22, 2010Rand Paul Exposes the Real Tea Party What Paul was really doing was explaining what the Tea Party movement is truly about. Though it draws from a variety of political animosities -" like white resentment of the nation's demographic changes and a desire to "take our country back" from the likes of President Barack Obama -" the Tea Party's core mission is to stop the federal government from limiting the power of corporations.
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Monday, February 20, 2017
Was Thomas Jefferson a Rapist? As Thomas Jefferson's apologists retreat in their denials about Sally Hemings, the new defensive line is to assert that Jefferson's sex with his slave girl was "a relationship," not another r-word, writes Robert Parry.
Monday, February 20, 2017Was Thomas Jefferson a Rapist? As Thomas Jefferson's apologists retreat in their denials about Sally Hemings, the new defensive line is to assert that Jefferson's sex with his slave girl was "a relationship," not another r-word, writes Robert Parry.
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Saturday, September 28, 2013
The Four Eras of the American Right In the coming weeks, the Republican Party and its Tea Party extremists vow to create budgetary and fiscal crises if the Democrats don't gut health-care reform and submit to a host of other right-wing demands. But a driving force in this craziness is an anti-historical view of the Constitution.
Saturday, September 28, 2013The Four Eras of the American Right In the coming weeks, the Republican Party and its Tea Party extremists vow to create budgetary and fiscal crises if the Democrats don't gut health-care reform and submit to a host of other right-wing demands. But a driving force in this craziness is an anti-historical view of the Constitution.
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Saturday, March 16, 2013
Pope Francis, CIA and "Death Squads" In the 1970s, Father Jorge Bergoglio faced a moment of truth: Would he stand up to Argentina's military neo-Nazis "disappearing" thousands including priests, or keep his mouth shut and his career on track? Like many other Church leaders, Pope Francis took the safe route.
Saturday, March 16, 2013Pope Francis, CIA and "Death Squads" In the 1970s, Father Jorge Bergoglio faced a moment of truth: Would he stand up to Argentina's military neo-Nazis "disappearing" thousands including priests, or keep his mouth shut and his career on track? Like many other Church leaders, Pope Francis took the safe route.
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Thursday, December 18, 2014
The Crazy US "Group Think" on Russia Congress has voted to up the ante in the showdown with Russia over Ukraine, embracing a new Cold War and the neocon scheme for "regime change" in Moscow. But -- amid the tough-guy-ism -- there was little consideration of the risks from destabilizing nuclear-armed Russia, writes Robert Parry.
Thursday, December 18, 2014The Crazy US "Group Think" on Russia Congress has voted to up the ante in the showdown with Russia over Ukraine, embracing a new Cold War and the neocon scheme for "regime change" in Moscow. But -- amid the tough-guy-ism -- there was little consideration of the risks from destabilizing nuclear-armed Russia, writes Robert Parry.
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Thursday, March 16, 2017
The Kagans Are Back; Wars to Follow The neocon royalty Kagans are counting on Democrats and liberals to be the foot soldiers in the new neocon campaign to push Republicans and President Trump into more "regime change" wars, reports Robert Parry.
Thursday, March 16, 2017The Kagans Are Back; Wars to Follow The neocon royalty Kagans are counting on Democrats and liberals to be the foot soldiers in the new neocon campaign to push Republicans and President Trump into more "regime change" wars, reports Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, September 7, 2016
New York Times and the New McCarthyism The New Cold War and its fellow-traveler, the New McCarthyism, are arriving on the hawkish wings of The New York Times and other mainstream U.S. media outlets, writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, September 7, 2016New York Times and the New McCarthyism The New Cold War and its fellow-traveler, the New McCarthyism, are arriving on the hawkish wings of The New York Times and other mainstream U.S. media outlets, writes Robert Parry.
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Sunday, October 16, 2016
NYT's Absurd New Anti-Russian Propaganda The New York Times is so determined to generate hate against Russia that it has lost all journalistic perspective, even portraying Russia's military decoys -- like those used in World War II -- as uniquely evil, writes Robert Parry.
Sunday, October 16, 2016NYT's Absurd New Anti-Russian Propaganda The New York Times is so determined to generate hate against Russia that it has lost all journalistic perspective, even portraying Russia's military decoys -- like those used in World War II -- as uniquely evil, writes Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, October 25, 2017
What Did Hillary Clinton Know? With the disclosure that Hillary Clinton's campaign helped pay for the original Russia-gate allegations against Donald Trump, a new question arises: what did Clinton know and when did she know it, reports Robert Parry.
Wednesday, October 25, 2017What Did Hillary Clinton Know? With the disclosure that Hillary Clinton's campaign helped pay for the original Russia-gate allegations against Donald Trump, a new question arises: what did Clinton know and when did she know it, reports Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, September 20, 2016
America's Worldwide Impunity The mainstream U.S. media is treating the U.S.-led airstrike that killed scores of Syrian troops as an unfortunate boo-boo, ignoring that the U.S. and its allies have no legal right to operate in Syria at all, writes Robert Parry.
Tuesday, September 20, 2016America's Worldwide Impunity The mainstream U.S. media is treating the U.S.-led airstrike that killed scores of Syrian troops as an unfortunate boo-boo, ignoring that the U.S. and its allies have no legal right to operate in Syria at all, writes Robert Parry.
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Saturday, May 3, 2014
Will Ukraine Be NYT's Waterloo? As Ukrainian soldiers from the coup regime in Kiev tighten the noose around anti-coup rebels in eastern Ukraine, the New York Times continues its cheerleading for the coup regime and its contempt for the rebels, raising grave questions about the Times' credibility, writes Robert Parry.
Saturday, May 3, 2014Will Ukraine Be NYT's Waterloo? As Ukrainian soldiers from the coup regime in Kiev tighten the noose around anti-coup rebels in eastern Ukraine, the New York Times continues its cheerleading for the coup regime and its contempt for the rebels, raising grave questions about the Times' credibility, writes Robert Parry.
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Monday, April 23, 2012
Mitt Romney: Professional Liar Last week, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney claimed his dad had been attacked by President Obama, who "likes to attack fellow Americans." Yet, Romney's verbal assault on Obama was itself a multi-layered fabrication that revealed Romney consummate skill as a professional liar.
Monday, April 23, 2012Mitt Romney: Professional Liar Last week, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney claimed his dad had been attacked by President Obama, who "likes to attack fellow Americans." Yet, Romney's verbal assault on Obama was itself a multi-layered fabrication that revealed Romney consummate skill as a professional liar.
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014
When Henry Kissinger Makes Sense Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger disputes the mainstream U.S. media's view of the Ukraine crisis, noting that Russia's response was reactive to the West's actions, not the other way around. But the MSM keeps up the drumbeat about Russian "aggression," writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, November 12, 2014When Henry Kissinger Makes Sense Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger disputes the mainstream U.S. media's view of the Ukraine crisis, noting that Russia's response was reactive to the West's actions, not the other way around. But the MSM keeps up the drumbeat about Russian "aggression," writes Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, April 21, 2015
The US Hand in Libya's Tragedy Some 900 Libyans may have died when their boats capsized in the Mediterranean Sea as they fled the barbaric chaos that the Obama administration helped unleash in Libya in 2011. Yet, the mainstream U.S. media has amnesia about the bloody American hand in this tragedy, writes Robert Parry.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015The US Hand in Libya's Tragedy Some 900 Libyans may have died when their boats capsized in the Mediterranean Sea as they fled the barbaric chaos that the Obama administration helped unleash in Libya in 2011. Yet, the mainstream U.S. media has amnesia about the bloody American hand in this tragedy, writes Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Justice Scalia's 'Originalist' Hypocrisy A decade after the fateful court ruling -- with the results of Bush's presidency now painfully apparent and his appointed justices helping to open the floodgates of special-interest money to further distort the democratic process -- Bush v. Gore must be viewed as a moment when the United States started down a very dark road.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011Justice Scalia's 'Originalist' Hypocrisy A decade after the fateful court ruling -- with the results of Bush's presidency now painfully apparent and his appointed justices helping to open the floodgates of special-interest money to further distort the democratic process -- Bush v. Gore must be viewed as a moment when the United States started down a very dark road.
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Saturday, December 31, 2011
Cables Hold Clues to U.S.-Iran Mysteries As the West's confrontation with Iran grows more dangerous -- and major U.S. news outlets blame Iran -- it may be worth recalling the documents that revealed how the U.S. and its allies showed bad faith in talks with Iran about its nuclear program.
Saturday, December 31, 2011Cables Hold Clues to U.S.-Iran Mysteries As the West's confrontation with Iran grows more dangerous -- and major U.S. news outlets blame Iran -- it may be worth recalling the documents that revealed how the U.S. and its allies showed bad faith in talks with Iran about its nuclear program.
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Monday, November 21, 2016
Trump's Tulsi Gabbard Factor By inviting in Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a Democrat hostile to "regime change" wars, President-elect Trump may be signaling a major break with Republican neocon orthodoxy and a big shake-up of the U.S. foreign policy establishment, writes Robert Parry.
Monday, November 21, 2016Trump's Tulsi Gabbard Factor By inviting in Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a Democrat hostile to "regime change" wars, President-elect Trump may be signaling a major break with Republican neocon orthodoxy and a big shake-up of the U.S. foreign policy establishment, writes Robert Parry.
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Sunday, December 12, 2010
Bush v. Gore's Dark American Decade A decade after the fateful court ruling with the results of Bush's presidency now painfully apparent and his own appointed justices helping to open the floodgates of special-interest money to further distort the democratic process Bush v. Gore must be viewed as a moment when the United States started down a very dark road.
Sunday, December 12, 2010Bush v. Gore's Dark American Decade A decade after the fateful court ruling with the results of Bush's presidency now painfully apparent and his own appointed justices helping to open the floodgates of special-interest money to further distort the democratic process Bush v. Gore must be viewed as a moment when the United States started down a very dark road.
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Supreme Court's War on Democracy The U.S. Supreme Court's right-wing majority is a serial killer of American democracy -- first Bush v. Gore, then Citizens United, now gutting the Voting Rights Act -- but another part of this crime story is the Right's grotesque last stand for white supremacy.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013Supreme Court's War on Democracy The U.S. Supreme Court's right-wing majority is a serial killer of American democracy -- first Bush v. Gore, then Citizens United, now gutting the Voting Rights Act -- but another part of this crime story is the Right's grotesque last stand for white supremacy.
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Trump Caves on Flynn's Resignation President Trump's acceptance of National Security Advisor Flynn's resignation marks Official Washington's first big success in neutering Trump and killing hopes for a detente with Russia, reports Robert Parry.
Tuesday, February 14, 2017Trump Caves on Flynn's Resignation President Trump's acceptance of National Security Advisor Flynn's resignation marks Official Washington's first big success in neutering Trump and killing hopes for a detente with Russia, reports Robert Parry.
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Saturday, June 8, 2013
Second Thoughts on October Surprise New evidence has shaken the confidence of former Rep. Lee Hamilton in his two-decade-old judgment clearing Ronald Reagan's 1980 campaign of going behind President Carter's back to frustrate his efforts to free 52 U.S. hostages in Iran, the so-called October Surprise case
Saturday, June 8, 2013Second Thoughts on October Surprise New evidence has shaken the confidence of former Rep. Lee Hamilton in his two-decade-old judgment clearing Ronald Reagan's 1980 campaign of going behind President Carter's back to frustrate his efforts to free 52 U.S. hostages in Iran, the so-called October Surprise case
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Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Blaming Russia for the Internet "Sewer" As the Russia-gate hysteria spirals down from the implausible to the absurd, almost every bad thing is blamed on the Russians, even how they turned the previously pristine Internet into a "sewer," reports Robert Parry.
Wednesday, October 18, 2017Blaming Russia for the Internet "Sewer" As the Russia-gate hysteria spirals down from the implausible to the absurd, almost every bad thing is blamed on the Russians, even how they turned the previously pristine Internet into a "sewer," reports Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Standing Up for Helen Thomas The key problem with the Washington press corps wasn't that it had one Helen Thomas, it was that it only had one Helen Thomas, someone willing to ask the impertinent but important questions. #When Thomas departed the scene, the thankful Washington press corps was finally freed from those periodic embarrassments of having to watch presidents squirm in reaction to Thomas's out-of-the-box questions.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010Standing Up for Helen Thomas The key problem with the Washington press corps wasn't that it had one Helen Thomas, it was that it only had one Helen Thomas, someone willing to ask the impertinent but important questions. #When Thomas departed the scene, the thankful Washington press corps was finally freed from those periodic embarrassments of having to watch presidents squirm in reaction to Thomas's out-of-the-box questions.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Saudis Said to Aid Israeli Plan to Bomb Iran As the Obama administration is rushing to complete a nuclear agreement with Iran and reduce regional tensions, the Israeli media is reporting on a deal with Saudi Arabia to let Israeli warplanes transit Saudi airspace en route to bombing Iran, reports Robert Parry.
Wednesday, February 25, 2015Saudis Said to Aid Israeli Plan to Bomb Iran As the Obama administration is rushing to complete a nuclear agreement with Iran and reduce regional tensions, the Israeli media is reporting on a deal with Saudi Arabia to let Israeli warplanes transit Saudi airspace en route to bombing Iran, reports Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Hillary Clinton's Turn to McCarthyism Hillary Clinton's campaign is engaging in over-the-top Russia-bashing and guilt-by-association tying Donald Trump to the Kremlin, a McCarthyism that previously has been used on Democrats, including Bill Clinton, writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, August 10, 2016Hillary Clinton's Turn to McCarthyism Hillary Clinton's campaign is engaging in over-the-top Russia-bashing and guilt-by-association tying Donald Trump to the Kremlin, a McCarthyism that previously has been used on Democrats, including Bill Clinton, writes Robert Parry.
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Sunday, October 23, 2011
Neocons Blame Obama For Iraq Disaster The solution favored by the Post's editors and the Republicans is to continue the U.S. military occupation of Iraq indefinitely, just as they want a similar open-ended war in Afghanistan and sought a more aggressive U.S. military role in Libya. Simply put: Spare no expense in the blood of U.S. soldiers and the dollars of U.S. taxpayers.
Sunday, October 23, 2011Neocons Blame Obama For Iraq Disaster The solution favored by the Post's editors and the Republicans is to continue the U.S. military occupation of Iraq indefinitely, just as they want a similar open-ended war in Afghanistan and sought a more aggressive U.S. military role in Libya. Simply put: Spare no expense in the blood of U.S. soldiers and the dollars of U.S. taxpayers.
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Friday, April 25, 2014
John Kerry's Sad Circle to Deceit Secretary of State John Kerry is framing the Ukraine narrative to make the U.S. side -- despite neo-Nazis overthrowing an elected president -- the good guys and Russians the bad guys. But Kerry's strident propaganda is a sad ending to a career that began as a truth-teller, writes Robert Parry.
Friday, April 25, 2014John Kerry's Sad Circle to Deceit Secretary of State John Kerry is framing the Ukraine narrative to make the U.S. side -- despite neo-Nazis overthrowing an elected president -- the good guys and Russians the bad guys. But Kerry's strident propaganda is a sad ending to a career that began as a truth-teller, writes Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
The Dark Legacy of Reaganomics For half a century -- from the depths of the Great Depression until the rise of Ronald Reagan -- the U.S. government invested in building the nation and funding key research. And the country flourished. But Reagan then reversed those priorities. The results are in.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011The Dark Legacy of Reaganomics For half a century -- from the depths of the Great Depression until the rise of Ronald Reagan -- the U.S. government invested in building the nation and funding key research. And the country flourished. But Reagan then reversed those priorities. The results are in.
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Thursday, November 20, 2014
Delusional US "Group Think" on Syria, Ukraine Official Washington's "group think" on Syria and Ukraine is so delusional that it is putting the whole world in danger, but -- as with the Iraq War -- the major U.S. news media is part of the problem, not part of any solution, writes Robert Parry.
Thursday, November 20, 2014Delusional US "Group Think" on Syria, Ukraine Official Washington's "group think" on Syria and Ukraine is so delusional that it is putting the whole world in danger, but -- as with the Iraq War -- the major U.S. news media is part of the problem, not part of any solution, writes Robert Parry.
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Monday, September 27, 2010
How Bush Holdovers Trapped Obama President Barack Obama trapped himself in the morass of Afghanistan by his post-election decision to show bipartisan continuity and to keep in place George W. Bush's military command structure, particularly Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Gen. David Petraeus.
Monday, September 27, 2010How Bush Holdovers Trapped Obama President Barack Obama trapped himself in the morass of Afghanistan by his post-election decision to show bipartisan continuity and to keep in place George W. Bush's military command structure, particularly Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Gen. David Petraeus.
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Friday, July 13, 2012
Bohemian Grove & Reagan's "Treason" This weekend, Occupy protesters are targeting the Bohemian Grove in California, where well-connected rich men go on retreats several weekends each summer. The secrecy of the 1980 encampment became a factor in the cover-up of possible "treason" by Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
Friday, July 13, 2012Bohemian Grove & Reagan's "Treason" This weekend, Occupy protesters are targeting the Bohemian Grove in California, where well-connected rich men go on retreats several weekends each summer. The secrecy of the 1980 encampment became a factor in the cover-up of possible "treason" by Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
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Sunday, April 6, 2014
Was Turkey Behind Syrian Sarin Attack? Journalist Seymour Hersh has unearthed information implicating Turkish intelligence in last summer’s Sarin attack near Damascus that almost pushed President Obama into a war to topple Syria’s government and open a path for an al-Qaeda victory, writes Robert Parry.
Sunday, April 6, 2014Was Turkey Behind Syrian Sarin Attack? Journalist Seymour Hersh has unearthed information implicating Turkish intelligence in last summer’s Sarin attack near Damascus that almost pushed President Obama into a war to topple Syria’s government and open a path for an al-Qaeda victory, writes Robert Parry.
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Thursday, March 12, 2015
How "Free Markets" Defame "Democracy" Venezuela seems to be following Ukraine on the neocon hit list for "regime change" as Washington punishes Caracas for acting against a perceived coup threat. But a broader problem is how the U.S. conflates "free markets" with "democracy," giving "democracy" a bad name, writes Robert Parry.
Thursday, March 12, 2015How "Free Markets" Defame "Democracy" Venezuela seems to be following Ukraine on the neocon hit list for "regime change" as Washington punishes Caracas for acting against a perceived coup threat. But a broader problem is how the U.S. conflates "free markets" with "democracy," giving "democracy" a bad name, writes Robert Parry.
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Saturday, September 3, 2011
Is Obama to Blame for America's Mess? With the 2009 stimulus money running dry and with businesses unnerved by Washington's political gridlock and brinksmanship, America's weak "recovery" has stalled, prompting more criticism of President Barack Obama.
Saturday, September 3, 2011Is Obama to Blame for America's Mess? With the 2009 stimulus money running dry and with businesses unnerved by Washington's political gridlock and brinksmanship, America's weak "recovery" has stalled, prompting more criticism of President Barack Obama.
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Palin, Psy-Ops & 'Condescending' Libs The American Right again has taken on the "populist" mantle of the plucky underdog facing down the "elitist" Obama and his arrogant entourage of House Speaker Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, defenders of Big Government, not to mention the "liberal" news media.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010Palin, Psy-Ops & 'Condescending' Libs The American Right again has taken on the "populist" mantle of the plucky underdog facing down the "elitist" Obama and his arrogant entourage of House Speaker Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, defenders of Big Government, not to mention the "liberal" news media.
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Saturday, August 27, 2016
The Dumbed-Down New York Times A New York Times columnist writes Americans are so "dumbed-down" that they don't know that Russia "invaded" Ukraine two years ago, but that "invasion" was mostly in the minds of Times editors and other propagandists, says Robert Parry.
Saturday, August 27, 2016The Dumbed-Down New York Times A New York Times columnist writes Americans are so "dumbed-down" that they don't know that Russia "invaded" Ukraine two years ago, but that "invasion" was mostly in the minds of Times editors and other propagandists, says Robert Parry.
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Saturday, April 16, 2016
Yes, Hillary Clinton Is a Neocon The argument over whether Hillary Clinton is a neocon may have been settled by her hawkish debate performance on Thursday, which followed her Israel-pandering speech before AIPAC, reports Robert Parry.
Saturday, April 16, 2016Yes, Hillary Clinton Is a Neocon The argument over whether Hillary Clinton is a neocon may have been settled by her hawkish debate performance on Thursday, which followed her Israel-pandering speech before AIPAC, reports Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Neocon Fugitive Given Ukraine Province Ukraine's President Poroshenko has tapped another international "carpetbagger" to rule his people, ex-Georgian President Saakashvili, a neocon hero wanted in his homeland for embezzlement and human rights abuses who now governs Odessa, reports Robert Parry.
Tuesday, June 2, 2015Neocon Fugitive Given Ukraine Province Ukraine's President Poroshenko has tapped another international "carpetbagger" to rule his people, ex-Georgian President Saakashvili, a neocon hero wanted in his homeland for embezzlement and human rights abuses who now governs Odessa, reports Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
"Moderate Mitt": Neocon Trojan Horse Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney did all he could in Monday's debate to calm voters' fears that he would revert to George W. Bush's neocon foreign policy. But there was one telling slip-up when Romney signaled that his heart remains with the neocon plan to remake the Middle East.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012"Moderate Mitt": Neocon Trojan Horse Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney did all he could in Monday's debate to calm voters' fears that he would revert to George W. Bush's neocon foreign policy. But there was one telling slip-up when Romney signaled that his heart remains with the neocon plan to remake the Middle East.
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Saturday, February 21, 2015
Failing Tonkin Gulf Test on Ukraine As the Ukraine crisis worsens, Official Washington fumes only about "Russian aggression" -- much as a half century ago, the Tonkin Gulf talk was all about "North Vietnamese aggression." But then and now there were other sides to the story -- and questions that Congress needed to ask, writes Robert Parry.
Saturday, February 21, 2015Failing Tonkin Gulf Test on Ukraine As the Ukraine crisis worsens, Official Washington fumes only about "Russian aggression" -- much as a half century ago, the Tonkin Gulf talk was all about "North Vietnamese aggression." But then and now there were other sides to the story -- and questions that Congress needed to ask, writes Robert Parry.
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Monday, August 26, 2013
A CIA Hand in an American "Coup"? The U.S. government decries leaks, but the other side of the story is that key chapters of American history are hidden from the public for decades and maybe forever. The CIA has just admitted its 1953 Iran coup and may never acknowledge a role in ousting Jimmy Carter in 1980.
Monday, August 26, 2013A CIA Hand in an American "Coup"? The U.S. government decries leaks, but the other side of the story is that key chapters of American history are hidden from the public for decades and maybe forever. The CIA has just admitted its 1953 Iran coup and may never acknowledge a role in ousting Jimmy Carter in 1980.
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Monday, September 26, 2011
The One Answer: Tax the Rich When President Barack Obama suggested a minor adjustment in tax rates for the rich -- to make sure they pay at least the same percentage as their employees -- Republicans cried "class warfare." But higher taxes on the rich may be the only way to rebuild the middle class.
Monday, September 26, 2011The One Answer: Tax the Rich When President Barack Obama suggested a minor adjustment in tax rates for the rich -- to make sure they pay at least the same percentage as their employees -- Republicans cried "class warfare." But higher taxes on the rich may be the only way to rebuild the middle class.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Deciphering the Mideast Chaos The tangle of conflicts in the Middle East is confusing to many Americans who lack some key facts, such as the transformational Israeli-Saudi alliance that is dragging the American people into a sectarian religious war dating back 1,300 years, as Robert Parry explains.
Tuesday, March 31, 2015Deciphering the Mideast Chaos The tangle of conflicts in the Middle East is confusing to many Americans who lack some key facts, such as the transformational Israeli-Saudi alliance that is dragging the American people into a sectarian religious war dating back 1,300 years, as Robert Parry explains.
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Monday, September 4, 2017
How "Regime Change" Wars Led to Korea Crisis The U.S.-led aggressions against Iraq and Libya are two war crimes that keep on costing, with their grim examples of what happens to leaders who get rid of WMDs driving the scary showdown with North Korea, writes Robert Parry.
Monday, September 4, 2017How "Regime Change" Wars Led to Korea Crisis The U.S.-led aggressions against Iraq and Libya are two war crimes that keep on costing, with their grim examples of what happens to leaders who get rid of WMDs driving the scary showdown with North Korea, writes Robert Parry.
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Monday, April 6, 2015
Obama's Fateful Indecision With Israel and Saudi Arabia siding with the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda versus Iran and its allies, President Obama faces a critical decision -- whether to repudiate those old allies and cooperate with Iran or watch as Sunni terrorist groups possibly take control of a major country in the Mideast, writes Robert Parry.
Monday, April 6, 2015Obama's Fateful Indecision With Israel and Saudi Arabia siding with the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda versus Iran and its allies, President Obama faces a critical decision -- whether to repudiate those old allies and cooperate with Iran or watch as Sunni terrorist groups possibly take control of a major country in the Mideast, writes Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Congress Cheers Netanyahu's Hatred of Iran Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu showed off his extraordinary control of the U.S. Congress as he bathed in waves of applause while denouncing President Obama's proposed deal with Iran and urging America to sign up for the Israeli-Saudi regional war on Iran and its Shiite allies, reports Robert Parry.
Tuesday, March 3, 2015Congress Cheers Netanyahu's Hatred of Iran Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu showed off his extraordinary control of the U.S. Congress as he bathed in waves of applause while denouncing President Obama's proposed deal with Iran and urging America to sign up for the Israeli-Saudi regional war on Iran and its Shiite allies, reports Robert Parry.
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Monday, September 11, 2017
Echoes of Iraq -- WMD Fraud in Syria Just as the West ignored signs in 2002-03 that anti-government Iraqis were fabricating WMD claims, evidence is being brushed aside that Syrian jihadists have ginned up chemical attacks, reports Robert Parry.
Monday, September 11, 2017Echoes of Iraq -- WMD Fraud in Syria Just as the West ignored signs in 2002-03 that anti-government Iraqis were fabricating WMD claims, evidence is being brushed aside that Syrian jihadists have ginned up chemical attacks, reports Robert Parry.
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Friday, July 12, 2013
Ignoring the GOP's White Racism Conservative columnist David Brooks can't understand why right-wing Republicans are so determined to kill immigration reform, especially since the Senate-approved bill would boost the economy and cut the deficit. But Brooks ignores what might be called the white elephant in the room.
Friday, July 12, 2013Ignoring the GOP's White Racism Conservative columnist David Brooks can't understand why right-wing Republicans are so determined to kill immigration reform, especially since the Senate-approved bill would boost the economy and cut the deficit. But Brooks ignores what might be called the white elephant in the room.
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Thursday, September 25, 2014
Obama's Propagandistic UN Address The longer President Obama has been in office the less honest he has become, a problem growing more apparent in his second term as he reads speeches containing information that he knows to be false or at least highly misleading, Robert Parry recounts.
Thursday, September 25, 2014Obama's Propagandistic UN Address The longer President Obama has been in office the less honest he has become, a problem growing more apparent in his second term as he reads speeches containing information that he knows to be false or at least highly misleading, Robert Parry recounts.
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Saturday, September 2, 2017
Russia-gate's Totalitarian Style The New York Times is at it again, reporting unproven allegations about Russia as flat fact, while anyone who questions the Russia-gate groupthink faces ugly attacks, reports Robert Parry.
Saturday, September 2, 2017Russia-gate's Totalitarian Style The New York Times is at it again, reporting unproven allegations about Russia as flat fact, while anyone who questions the Russia-gate groupthink faces ugly attacks, reports Robert Parry.
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Saturday, September 9, 2017
U.N. Enablers of "Aggressive War" U.N. investigative reports, like a new one condemning Syria for alleged sarin use, are received as impartial and credible, but are often just more war propaganda from compromised bureaucrats, reports Robert Parry.
Saturday, September 9, 2017U.N. Enablers of "Aggressive War" U.N. investigative reports, like a new one condemning Syria for alleged sarin use, are received as impartial and credible, but are often just more war propaganda from compromised bureaucrats, reports Robert Parry.
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Friday, September 18, 2015
Obama's Fateful Syrian Choice President Obama faces a choice that could define his legacy and the future of the American Republic: He can either work with Russia's President Putin to stabilize Syria or he can opt for a confrontation that could lead to an open-ended war with grave risks of escalation, writes Robert Parry.
Friday, September 18, 2015Obama's Fateful Syrian Choice President Obama faces a choice that could define his legacy and the future of the American Republic: He can either work with Russia's President Putin to stabilize Syria or he can opt for a confrontation that could lead to an open-ended war with grave risks of escalation, writes Robert Parry.
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Sunday, April 20, 2014
Ukraine's Neo-Nazi Imperative The mainstream U.S. news media is flooding the American people with one-sided propaganda on Ukraine, rewriting the narrative to leave out the key role of neo-Nazis and insisting on a “group think” that exceeds even the misguided consensus on Iraq’s WMD, reports Robert Parry.
Sunday, April 20, 2014Ukraine's Neo-Nazi Imperative The mainstream U.S. news media is flooding the American people with one-sided propaganda on Ukraine, rewriting the narrative to leave out the key role of neo-Nazis and insisting on a “group think” that exceeds even the misguided consensus on Iraq’s WMD, reports Robert Parry.
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Monday, October 3, 2016
Do We Really Want Nuclear War with Russia? The U.S. propaganda war against Russia is spinning out of control, rolling ever faster downhill with a dangerous momentum that threatens to drive the world into a nuclear showdown, reports Robert Parry.
Monday, October 3, 2016Do We Really Want Nuclear War with Russia? The U.S. propaganda war against Russia is spinning out of control, rolling ever faster downhill with a dangerous momentum that threatens to drive the world into a nuclear showdown, reports Robert Parry.
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Monday, July 31, 2017
Can Trump Find the "Great" Path? After a half year in office, President Trump is stumbling toward a "reality TV" irrelevance or worse, but a narrow path remains to make a historically important contribution to the nation, writes Robert Parry.
Monday, July 31, 2017Can Trump Find the "Great" Path? After a half year in office, President Trump is stumbling toward a "reality TV" irrelevance or worse, but a narrow path remains to make a historically important contribution to the nation, writes Robert Parry.
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Saturday, October 25, 2014
Treating Putin Like a Lunatic Official Washington treats whatever comes out of Russian President Putin's mouth as the ravings of a lunatic, even when what he says is obviously true or otherwise makes sense, as the New York Times has demonstrated again, writes Robert Parry.
Saturday, October 25, 2014Treating Putin Like a Lunatic Official Washington treats whatever comes out of Russian President Putin's mouth as the ravings of a lunatic, even when what he says is obviously true or otherwise makes sense, as the New York Times has demonstrated again, writes Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011
The Mysterious Robert Gates Defense Secretary Robert Gates is leaving the Pentagon as a Washington "wise man," admired by both Republicans and Democrats for his supposed judgment and integrity. But does he deserve that reputation -- or is he just an especially clever manipulator of the political process?
Wednesday, June 1, 2011The Mysterious Robert Gates Defense Secretary Robert Gates is leaving the Pentagon as a Washington "wise man," admired by both Republicans and Democrats for his supposed judgment and integrity. But does he deserve that reputation -- or is he just an especially clever manipulator of the political process?
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Tuesday, August 16, 2016
America's Journalistic Hypocrites The U.S. news media flip-flops on whether international law is inviolate or can be brushed aside at America's whim -- and similarly whether killing civilians is justified or not depending on who's doing the killing, says Robert Parry.
Tuesday, August 16, 2016America's Journalistic Hypocrites The U.S. news media flip-flops on whether international law is inviolate or can be brushed aside at America's whim -- and similarly whether killing civilians is justified or not depending on who's doing the killing, says Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
America 'Trapped' by False Narratives As long as this political-media dynamic continues, Americans can expect to be herded like confused sheep toward the slaughterhouse, with the powers-that-be picking which wars to fight and selecting an economic strategy that concentrates wealth at the top.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011America 'Trapped' by False Narratives As long as this political-media dynamic continues, Americans can expect to be herded like confused sheep toward the slaughterhouse, with the powers-that-be picking which wars to fight and selecting an economic strategy that concentrates wealth at the top.
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Friday, February 10, 2017
The Neocons' Back-Door to Trump By enforcing a "group think" calling Iran the chief sponsor of terrorism, Official Washington's neocons are maneuvering the Trump administration into conforming with Israeli (and Saudi) desires, reports Robert Parry.
Friday, February 10, 2017The Neocons' Back-Door to Trump By enforcing a "group think" calling Iran the chief sponsor of terrorism, Official Washington's neocons are maneuvering the Trump administration into conforming with Israeli (and Saudi) desires, reports Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010
US Voters Drink Reaganism's Kool-Aid History may shake its head over why so many progressives abandoned the nation's first African-American president less than two years after his election. Obama's core political mistake may have been trying to stabilize a very sick patient, the U.S. economy, rather than applying more radical remedies.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010US Voters Drink Reaganism's Kool-Aid History may shake its head over why so many progressives abandoned the nation's first African-American president less than two years after his election. Obama's core political mistake may have been trying to stabilize a very sick patient, the U.S. economy, rather than applying more radical remedies.
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Saturday, October 12, 2013
Israeli-Saudi Alliance Slips into View The Israeli-Saudi détente is slowly emerging from the shadows, with a media report on a secret Jerusalem meeting and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's oblique reference in his UN speech. But this powerhouse collaboration could mean trouble for U.S. diplomacy in the Mideast.
Saturday, October 12, 2013Israeli-Saudi Alliance Slips into View The Israeli-Saudi détente is slowly emerging from the shadows, with a media report on a secret Jerusalem meeting and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's oblique reference in his UN speech. But this powerhouse collaboration could mean trouble for U.S. diplomacy in the Mideast.
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Sunday, July 17, 2016
MH-17: Two Years of Anti-Russian Propaganda Two years ago, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot out of the sky over eastern Ukraine killing 298 people and opening an inviting path for a propaganda campaign toward a new Cold War with Russia, writes Robert Parry.
Sunday, July 17, 2016MH-17: Two Years of Anti-Russian Propaganda Two years ago, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot out of the sky over eastern Ukraine killing 298 people and opening an inviting path for a propaganda campaign toward a new Cold War with Russia, writes Robert Parry.
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Monday, January 2, 2012
Iran/Iraq "Defectors" and Disinformation Official Washington has a soft spot for "defectors" from hostile nations, especially if their tales of perfidy about their ex-homelands fit with favored policy. That was the case with Iraq before the 2003 invasion and now with Iran, but these "defectors" often tell lies.
Monday, January 2, 2012Iran/Iraq "Defectors" and Disinformation Official Washington has a soft spot for "defectors" from hostile nations, especially if their tales of perfidy about their ex-homelands fit with favored policy. That was the case with Iraq before the 2003 invasion and now with Iran, but these "defectors" often tell lies.
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Thursday, June 26, 2014
NYT Revamps Its False Ukraine Narrative Official Washington's Ukraine narrative has been that it was all Vladimir Putin's fault, that the Russian president staged the crisis to restore the Russian empire, a storyline that never made sense and is now being rearranged to explain why Putin is seeking peace, writes Robert Parry.
Thursday, June 26, 2014NYT Revamps Its False Ukraine Narrative Official Washington's Ukraine narrative has been that it was all Vladimir Putin's fault, that the Russian president staged the crisis to restore the Russian empire, a storyline that never made sense and is now being rearranged to explain why Putin is seeking peace, writes Robert Parry.
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Friday, February 13, 2015
The Putin-Did-It Conspiracy Theory A new truce agreement in Ukraine rekindles hope that the bloodshed can be reduced if not stopped, but Official Washington's gross misunderstanding of the crisis, blaming everything on Russia's President Putin, raises doubts and portends a potentially grave catastrophe, writes Robert Parry.
Friday, February 13, 2015The Putin-Did-It Conspiracy Theory A new truce agreement in Ukraine rekindles hope that the bloodshed can be reduced if not stopped, but Official Washington's gross misunderstanding of the crisis, blaming everything on Russia's President Putin, raises doubts and portends a potentially grave catastrophe, writes Robert Parry.
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Monday, December 11, 2017
Russia-gate's Litany of Corrections As much as the U.S. mainstream media insists that the Russia-gate scandal is growing, what is undeniably growing is the list of major corrections that news outlets have been forced to issue, reports Robert Parry.
Monday, December 11, 2017Russia-gate's Litany of Corrections As much as the U.S. mainstream media insists that the Russia-gate scandal is growing, what is undeniably growing is the list of major corrections that news outlets have been forced to issue, reports Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, July 14, 2015
The World Rebukes Netanyahu Led by President Obama, six world powers ignored Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's harangues against Iran and agreed to a plan for limiting -- not bombing -- Iran's nuclear program. But Netanyahu wields more sway with Congress and the mainstream media, which parrot his complaints, writes Robert Parry.
Tuesday, July 14, 2015The World Rebukes Netanyahu Led by President Obama, six world powers ignored Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's harangues against Iran and agreed to a plan for limiting -- not bombing -- Iran's nuclear program. But Netanyahu wields more sway with Congress and the mainstream media, which parrot his complaints, writes Robert Parry.
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Friday, July 17, 2015
MH-17 Mystery: A New Tonkin Gulf Case? In 1964, the Tonkin Gulf incident was used to justify the Vietnam War although U.S. intelligence quickly knew the facts were not what the U.S. government claimed. Now, the MH-17 case is being exploited to justify a new Cold War as U.S. intelligence again is silent about what it knows, writes Robert Parry.
Friday, July 17, 2015MH-17 Mystery: A New Tonkin Gulf Case? In 1964, the Tonkin Gulf incident was used to justify the Vietnam War although U.S. intelligence quickly knew the facts were not what the U.S. government claimed. Now, the MH-17 case is being exploited to justify a new Cold War as U.S. intelligence again is silent about what it knows, writes Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Neocons Guided Petraeus on Afghan War Gen. David Petraeus was so cozy with neocon think-tankers that he ensconced two of them in his Afghan War command and granted them top-secret access to U.S. military policy. One later leveraged Petraeus's friendship to impress military contractors for funding support.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012Neocons Guided Petraeus on Afghan War Gen. David Petraeus was so cozy with neocon think-tankers that he ensconced two of them in his Afghan War command and granted them top-secret access to U.S. military policy. One later leveraged Petraeus's friendship to impress military contractors for funding support.
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Friday, October 4, 2013
The White Man's Last Tantrum? With the U.S. government shutdown and a threatened credit default, Tea Party Republicans are testing out a new system of national governance in which they get their way -- or else. But is this the beginning of a new Jim Crow era of imposed white supremacy or just the white man's last tantrum?
Friday, October 4, 2013The White Man's Last Tantrum? With the U.S. government shutdown and a threatened credit default, Tea Party Republicans are testing out a new system of national governance in which they get their way -- or else. But is this the beginning of a new Jim Crow era of imposed white supremacy or just the white man's last tantrum?
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Saturday, January 21, 2017
Selectivity in Trashing Trump Around the United States, massive demonstrations have protested the inauguration of Donald Trump, but there is a danger that the anti-Trump forces could block the positive elements of his message, writes Robert Parry
Saturday, January 21, 2017Selectivity in Trashing Trump Around the United States, massive demonstrations have protested the inauguration of Donald Trump, but there is a danger that the anti-Trump forces could block the positive elements of his message, writes Robert Parry
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Racist Roots of GOP War on Obama Right-wing Republicans in Congress are plotting to cripple the U.S. government if Barack Obama, the first African-American president, doesn't submit to their demands. The battle pretends to be over the size of government but it echoes the whips, chains and epithets of America's racist past.
Wednesday, July 24, 2013Racist Roots of GOP War on Obama Right-wing Republicans in Congress are plotting to cripple the U.S. government if Barack Obama, the first African-American president, doesn't submit to their demands. The battle pretends to be over the size of government but it echoes the whips, chains and epithets of America's racist past.
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Selling the "Supply-Side' Myth Any rational assessment of America's economic troubles would identify Ronald Reagan's reckless "supply-side" economics as a chief culprit, but that hasn't stopped Republican presidential hopefuls, led by Newt Gingrich, from selling this discredited theory to a gullible GOP base.
Friday, January 27, 2012Selling the "Supply-Side' Myth Any rational assessment of America's economic troubles would identify Ronald Reagan's reckless "supply-side" economics as a chief culprit, but that hasn't stopped Republican presidential hopefuls, led by Newt Gingrich, from selling this discredited theory to a gullible GOP base.
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Mitt Romney's "Perry Mason" Moment Mitt Romney thought he had President Obama set up for the fall, like TV lawyer Perry Mason boring in on a suspect. He called out Obama on his claim to have termed the Benghazi attack "an act of terror." But the Republican presidential nominee again showed a reckless disregard of the facts.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012Mitt Romney's "Perry Mason" Moment Mitt Romney thought he had President Obama set up for the fall, like TV lawyer Perry Mason boring in on a suspect. He called out Obama on his claim to have termed the Benghazi attack "an act of terror." But the Republican presidential nominee again showed a reckless disregard of the facts.
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Monday, June 29, 2009
Obama, They Want You to Fail For almost as long as I've been in Washington (I arrived for the Associated Press in 1977) it has worked the other way. Even when the Republicans appear to be on the defensive and outnumbered, they band together and vote as a bloc, while Democrats bend over backwards to be "bipartisan."
Monday, June 29, 2009Obama, They Want You to Fail For almost as long as I've been in Washington (I arrived for the Associated Press in 1977) it has worked the other way. Even when the Republicans appear to be on the defensive and outnumbered, they band together and vote as a bloc, while Democrats bend over backwards to be "bipartisan."
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Friday, October 5, 2012
Mitt Romney as Eddie Haskell The conventional wisdom has spoken: Mitt Romney trounced Barack Obama in the first debate. But there was a squirrely sneakiness to Romney's behavior as if Eddie Haskell from "Leave It to Beaver" had grown up and somehow won the Republican presidential nomination.
Friday, October 5, 2012Mitt Romney as Eddie Haskell The conventional wisdom has spoken: Mitt Romney trounced Barack Obama in the first debate. But there was a squirrely sneakiness to Romney's behavior as if Eddie Haskell from "Leave It to Beaver" had grown up and somehow won the Republican presidential nomination.
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
A Method to Republican 'Madness' There is another way to view the GOP political strategy, as neither principled nor reactive to the rantings of Tea Partiers, Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh. It is that the Republicans are following a playbook that has evolved over more than four decades, to regain power by sabotaging Democratic presidents.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010A Method to Republican 'Madness' There is another way to view the GOP political strategy, as neither principled nor reactive to the rantings of Tea Partiers, Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh. It is that the Republicans are following a playbook that has evolved over more than four decades, to regain power by sabotaging Democratic presidents.
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Friday, September 17, 2010
Lee Hamilton, the Un-Wise Man The sad truth is that Lee Hamilton has done great damage to the U.S. political process by elevating bipartisanship above a commitment to the truth. One reason why many Americans buy into baseless conspiracy theories today is that Hamilton failed to expose real ones when he was in Congress.
Friday, September 17, 2010Lee Hamilton, the Un-Wise Man The sad truth is that Lee Hamilton has done great damage to the U.S. political process by elevating bipartisanship above a commitment to the truth. One reason why many Americans buy into baseless conspiracy theories today is that Hamilton failed to expose real ones when he was in Congress.
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Saturday, November 8, 2014
Is Arlington County, VA, Racist? Many Southerners get outraged at the suggestion that racism persists these days, but residues of segregation continue in laws discouraging black voting and in the casual neglect of minority communities, even in places like Arlington, Virginia, writes Robert Parry.
Saturday, November 8, 2014Is Arlington County, VA, Racist? Many Southerners get outraged at the suggestion that racism persists these days, but residues of segregation continue in laws discouraging black voting and in the casual neglect of minority communities, even in places like Arlington, Virginia, writes Robert Parry.
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Monday, April 22, 2013
Second-Guessing George W. Bush At the heart of the new George W. Bush Presidential Library -- and the Bush Family's frantic efforts to rehabilitate its image -- is a novel approach toward putting visitors on the spot by putting them in Bush's shoes as he faced tough choices, a challenge that Robert Parry agrees to take on.
Monday, April 22, 2013Second-Guessing George W. Bush At the heart of the new George W. Bush Presidential Library -- and the Bush Family's frantic efforts to rehabilitate its image -- is a novel approach toward putting visitors on the spot by putting them in Bush's shoes as he faced tough choices, a challenge that Robert Parry agrees to take on.
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Who Controls US Foreign Policy? The new Saudi-Israeli alliance wants to drag the U.S. government -- and military -- into the region's Sunni-Shiite sectarian conflict by sabotaging negotiations over Iran's nuclear program and the Syrian civil war.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013Who Controls US Foreign Policy? The new Saudi-Israeli alliance wants to drag the U.S. government -- and military -- into the region's Sunni-Shiite sectarian conflict by sabotaging negotiations over Iran's nuclear program and the Syrian civil war.
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Monday, November 11, 2013
Why France Sank an Iran Nuke Deal Saudis and Israelis wanted to sink the negotiated deal on Iran's nuclear program, so the French launched the diplomatic torpedo to take it down. But behind France's action were Saudi financial muscle and Israel's political skill.
Monday, November 11, 2013Why France Sank an Iran Nuke Deal Saudis and Israelis wanted to sink the negotiated deal on Iran's nuclear program, so the French launched the diplomatic torpedo to take it down. But behind France's action were Saudi financial muscle and Israel's political skill.
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Friday, July 24, 2015
Israel Clears the Bench in Iran Fight Israel -- in its desperation to kill the Iran nuclear deal -- is exposing its often-denied influence over the U.S. political/media process. Israeli officials are even using football analogies to rally U.S. lawmakers while emptying the bench of friendly "experts" to mount a goal-line stand, writes Robert Parry.
Friday, July 24, 2015Israel Clears the Bench in Iran Fight Israel -- in its desperation to kill the Iran nuclear deal -- is exposing its often-denied influence over the U.S. political/media process. Israeli officials are even using football analogies to rally U.S. lawmakers while emptying the bench of friendly "experts" to mount a goal-line stand, writes Robert Parry.
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Friday, June 24, 2016
A "Brexit" Blow to the Establishment British voters turned a deaf ear to scary warnings about leaving the E.U. and struck a blow against an out-of-touch, self-interested and incompetent Western Establishment, a message to the U.S., too, writes Robert Parry.
Friday, June 24, 2016A "Brexit" Blow to the Establishment British voters turned a deaf ear to scary warnings about leaving the E.U. and struck a blow against an out-of-touch, self-interested and incompetent Western Establishment, a message to the U.S., too, writes Robert Parry.
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Sunday, May 31, 2015
Holes in the Neocons' Syrian Story The Islamic State and Al-Qaeda's Nusra Front continue to make gains in Syria while Official Washington plays the blame game, pushing a dubious narrative that the crisis wouldn't have happened if President Obama had just backed "regime change" earlier, Robert Parry reports.
Sunday, May 31, 2015Holes in the Neocons' Syrian Story The Islamic State and Al-Qaeda's Nusra Front continue to make gains in Syria while Official Washington plays the blame game, pushing a dubious narrative that the crisis wouldn't have happened if President Obama had just backed "regime change" earlier, Robert Parry reports.
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Saturday, February 18, 2017
The Did-You-Talk-to-Russians Witch Hunt Democrats, liberals and media pundits -- in their rush to take down President Trump -- are pushing a New McCarthyism aimed at Americans who have talked to Russians, risking a new witch hunt, reports Robert Parry.
Saturday, February 18, 2017The Did-You-Talk-to-Russians Witch Hunt Democrats, liberals and media pundits -- in their rush to take down President Trump -- are pushing a New McCarthyism aimed at Americans who have talked to Russians, risking a new witch hunt, reports Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, November 4, 2014
The Right's Tenth Amendment Myth Millions of Americans have been deceived into a false understanding of what the Constitution's Framers intended because of a right-wing lie about the significance of the insignificant Tenth Amendment, reports Robert Parry.
Tuesday, November 4, 2014The Right's Tenth Amendment Myth Millions of Americans have been deceived into a false understanding of what the Constitution's Framers intended because of a right-wing lie about the significance of the insignificant Tenth Amendment, reports Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Israel, the US and Propaganda's Power Beyond his evenhanded comment about the need "to break out of old patterns of antagonism," Obama further irritated the Likud government by holding the security summit amid demands that all countries rein in nuclear ambitions and increase transparency for their programs.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010Israel, the US and Propaganda's Power Beyond his evenhanded comment about the need "to break out of old patterns of antagonism," Obama further irritated the Likud government by holding the security summit amid demands that all countries rein in nuclear ambitions and increase transparency for their programs.
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Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Russia-gate Jumps the Shark Russia-gate has jumped the shark with laughable new claims about a tiny number of "Russia-linked" social media ads, but the U.S. mainstream media is determined to keep a straight face, reports Robert Parry.
Tuesday, October 10, 2017Russia-gate Jumps the Shark Russia-gate has jumped the shark with laughable new claims about a tiny number of "Russia-linked" social media ads, but the U.S. mainstream media is determined to keep a straight face, reports Robert Parry.
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Thursday, December 1, 2011
The Lost Opportunity of Iran-Contra A quarter century ago with the breaking of the Iran-Contra scandal, the United States had a chance to step back from its march toward Empire and to demand accountability for White House crimes. But instead a powerful cover-up prevailed
Thursday, December 1, 2011The Lost Opportunity of Iran-Contra A quarter century ago with the breaking of the Iran-Contra scandal, the United States had a chance to step back from its march toward Empire and to demand accountability for White House crimes. But instead a powerful cover-up prevailed
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Sunday, June 25, 2017
Policing "Truth" to Restore "Trust" The U.S. mainstream media insists it just wants "truth" algorithms to purge "fake news" from the Internet, but the real goal seems to be restoring public "trust" by limiting what the people get to see, reports Robert Parry.
Sunday, June 25, 2017Policing "Truth" to Restore "Trust" The U.S. mainstream media insists it just wants "truth" algorithms to purge "fake news" from the Internet, but the real goal seems to be restoring public "trust" by limiting what the people get to see, reports Robert Parry.
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Friday, September 15, 2017
The NYT's Yellow Journalism on Russia The New York Times' descent into yellow journalism over Russia recalls the sensationalism of Hearst and Pulitzer leading to the Spanish-American War, but the risks to humanity are much greater now, writes Robert Parry.
Friday, September 15, 2017The NYT's Yellow Journalism on Russia The New York Times' descent into yellow journalism over Russia recalls the sensationalism of Hearst and Pulitzer leading to the Spanish-American War, but the risks to humanity are much greater now, writes Robert Parry.
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Monday, November 24, 2014
Possible Motives for Ousting Hagel At the start of Barack Obama's second term, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel was seen as the best hope for standing up to the neocons, inside and outside the administration. Though Hagel proved to be a weak champion, his sudden removal could portend more trouble ahead, writes Robert Parry.
Monday, November 24, 2014Possible Motives for Ousting Hagel At the start of Barack Obama's second term, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel was seen as the best hope for standing up to the neocons, inside and outside the administration. Though Hagel proved to be a weak champion, his sudden removal could portend more trouble ahead, writes Robert Parry.
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Monday, April 14, 2014
What's the Matter with John Kerry? As a young warrior and senator, John Kerry stood up to politicians who spread propaganda that misled the public and got people killed. Now, as a 70-year-old Secretary of State, he has become what he once challenged, reports Robert Parry.
Monday, April 14, 2014What's the Matter with John Kerry? As a young warrior and senator, John Kerry stood up to politicians who spread propaganda that misled the public and got people killed. Now, as a 70-year-old Secretary of State, he has become what he once challenged, reports Robert Parry.
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Saturday, September 4, 2010
CIA's 'Red Cell' Hypocrisy on Terror Reagan was well aware of the contras' cruelty (he privately called them "vandals" in a conversation with CIA officer Duane Clarridge), while he hailed them publicly as "freedom fighters" and equated them with America's "Founding Fathers."
Saturday, September 4, 2010CIA's 'Red Cell' Hypocrisy on Terror Reagan was well aware of the contras' cruelty (he privately called them "vandals" in a conversation with CIA officer Duane Clarridge), while he hailed them publicly as "freedom fighters" and equated them with America's "Founding Fathers."
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Thursday, February 23, 2017
How Trump Could Be a Truth-teller Viewed as uncaring about facts, President Trump could change his image by releasing important information about recent turning-point moments that President Obama chose to hide from the people, writes Robert Parry.
Thursday, February 23, 2017How Trump Could Be a Truth-teller Viewed as uncaring about facts, President Trump could change his image by releasing important information about recent turning-point moments that President Obama chose to hide from the people, writes Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014
The Powerful "Group Think" on Ukraine Official Washington's "group think" on Ukraine -- blaming everything on Russian President Putin -- is so dominant that even independent thinkers like Paul Krugman get sucked into the collective misinformation, reports Robert Parry.
Tuesday, August 19, 2014The Powerful "Group Think" on Ukraine Official Washington's "group think" on Ukraine -- blaming everything on Russian President Putin -- is so dominant that even independent thinkers like Paul Krugman get sucked into the collective misinformation, reports Robert Parry.
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Thursday, May 8, 2014
Putin's Subtle Message to Obama Russian President Putin sought to cool the rhetoric over Ukraine with an appeal for a postponed referendum in the east and an order to pull back Russian troops, but another message was to President Obama -- over the State Department's head -- that it's time to talk, reports Robert Parry.
Thursday, May 8, 2014Putin's Subtle Message to Obama Russian President Putin sought to cool the rhetoric over Ukraine with an appeal for a postponed referendum in the east and an order to pull back Russian troops, but another message was to President Obama -- over the State Department's head -- that it's time to talk, reports Robert Parry.
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Thursday, December 1, 2016
The Orwellian War on Skepticism Official Washington's rush into an Orwellian future is well underway as political and media bigwigs move to silence Internet voices of independence and dissent, reports Robert Parry.
Thursday, December 1, 2016The Orwellian War on Skepticism Official Washington's rush into an Orwellian future is well underway as political and media bigwigs move to silence Internet voices of independence and dissent, reports Robert Parry.
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Thursday, October 9, 2014
The Sordid Contra-Cocaine Saga If you ever wondered how the mainstream U.S. media changed from the hard-nosed Watergate press of the 1970s into the brown-nose MSM that swallowed the Iraq War lies, a key middle point was the Contra-cocaine scandal of the 1980s/1990s, the subject of a new movie, reports Robert Parry.
Thursday, October 9, 2014The Sordid Contra-Cocaine Saga If you ever wondered how the mainstream U.S. media changed from the hard-nosed Watergate press of the 1970s into the brown-nose MSM that swallowed the Iraq War lies, a key middle point was the Contra-cocaine scandal of the 1980s/1990s, the subject of a new movie, reports Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010
George Shultz's Counterfeit 'Coin' The fact that PBS is continuing to move in that same direction -" helping to establish a bogus, neocon version of the history of the Cold War -" is demonstrated by its readiness to air a fawning and flawed three-part series on George Shultz, paid for by his admirers.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010George Shultz's Counterfeit 'Coin' The fact that PBS is continuing to move in that same direction -" helping to establish a bogus, neocon version of the history of the Cold War -" is demonstrated by its readiness to air a fawning and flawed three-part series on George Shultz, paid for by his admirers.
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Friday, October 14, 2016
Donald Trump's False Martyrdom Donald Trump is presenting himself as a martyr absorbing the "slings and arrows" of false charges that he groped and abused women, even though he boasted about doing exactly that, writes Robert Parry.
Friday, October 14, 2016Donald Trump's False Martyrdom Donald Trump is presenting himself as a martyr absorbing the "slings and arrows" of false charges that he groped and abused women, even though he boasted about doing exactly that, writes Robert Parry.
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Thursday, July 8, 2010
Neocons, Likud Conquer DC, Again The clout of Washington's neoconservatives and the political fear induced by Israel's Likud hardliners were on display again with recently released e-mails in which Gen. David Petraeus grovels before a key neocon and in White House meetings at which President Obama pandered to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Thursday, July 8, 2010Neocons, Likud Conquer DC, Again The clout of Washington's neoconservatives and the political fear induced by Israel's Likud hardliners were on display again with recently released e-mails in which Gen. David Petraeus grovels before a key neocon and in White House meetings at which President Obama pandered to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Friday, January 30, 2015
"Group-Thinking" the World into a New War The armchair warriors of Official Washington are eager for a new war, this time with Russia over Ukraine, and they are operating from the same sort of mindless "group think" and hostility to dissent that proved so disastrous in Iraq, reports Robert Parry.
Friday, January 30, 2015"Group-Thinking" the World into a New War The armchair warriors of Official Washington are eager for a new war, this time with Russia over Ukraine, and they are operating from the same sort of mindless "group think" and hostility to dissent that proved so disastrous in Iraq, reports Robert Parry.
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Thursday, September 19, 2013
How Fake 2nd Amendment History Kills Another mass shooting has stunned America, although the sentiment is now more numbness and hopelessness than outrage and resolve. The gun carnage will probably never end unless the Right's bogus history of the Second Amendment is exploded and the real intent of the Framers is explained.
Thursday, September 19, 2013How Fake 2nd Amendment History Kills Another mass shooting has stunned America, although the sentiment is now more numbness and hopelessness than outrage and resolve. The gun carnage will probably never end unless the Right's bogus history of the Second Amendment is exploded and the real intent of the Framers is explained.
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Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Dangers of Democratic Putin-Bashing As national Democratic leaders continue to blame Russian President Putin for their 2016 defeat, they're leading their party into a realignment with the neocons and other war hawks, reports Robert Parry.
Wednesday, February 1, 2017Dangers of Democratic Putin-Bashing As national Democratic leaders continue to blame Russian President Putin for their 2016 defeat, they're leading their party into a realignment with the neocons and other war hawks, reports Robert Parry.
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Friday, April 17, 2015
How Ukraine Commemorates the Holocaust Pundit Thomas Friedman says the new Ukraine regime "shares our values" but -- as much of the world marked the 70th anniversary of the Nazi Holocaust finally being ended by Russian and U.S. armies -- politicians in Kiev were busy honoring Ukraine's Nazi collaborators, writes Robert Parry.
Friday, April 17, 2015How Ukraine Commemorates the Holocaust Pundit Thomas Friedman says the new Ukraine regime "shares our values" but -- as much of the world marked the 70th anniversary of the Nazi Holocaust finally being ended by Russian and U.S. armies -- politicians in Kiev were busy honoring Ukraine's Nazi collaborators, writes Robert Parry.
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Friday, August 6, 2010
October Surprise Cover-up Unravels It should come as no surprise that "respectability" and "honors" don't necessarily go to people who stand up for the truth or for rationality. Indeed, it's almost always the opposite; they are bestowed on people who go with the flow and get along.
Friday, August 6, 2010October Surprise Cover-up Unravels It should come as no surprise that "respectability" and "honors" don't necessarily go to people who stand up for the truth or for rationality. Indeed, it's almost always the opposite; they are bestowed on people who go with the flow and get along.
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Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Al-Qaeda, Saudi Arabia and Israel Saudi Arabia is under a new cloud after a jailed al-Qaeda operative implicated senior Saudi officials as collaborators with the terror group -- and the shadow could even darken the political future of Israeli Prime Netanyahu because of his odd-couple alliance with Riyadh, reports Robert Parry.
Wednesday, February 4, 2015Al-Qaeda, Saudi Arabia and Israel Saudi Arabia is under a new cloud after a jailed al-Qaeda operative implicated senior Saudi officials as collaborators with the terror group -- and the shadow could even darken the political future of Israeli Prime Netanyahu because of his odd-couple alliance with Riyadh, reports Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, October 20, 2015
MH-17 Case: "Old" Journalism vs. "New" For skilled intelligence operatives, the Internet can be a devil's playground, a place to circulate doctored photos, audio and documents, making investigations based on "social media" and such sources particularly risky, a point worth recalling in the mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, says Robert Parry.
Tuesday, October 20, 2015MH-17 Case: "Old" Journalism vs. "New" For skilled intelligence operatives, the Internet can be a devil's playground, a place to circulate doctored photos, audio and documents, making investigations based on "social media" and such sources particularly risky, a point worth recalling in the mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, says Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, December 7, 2016
How War Propaganda Keeps on Killing The "fake news" hysteria has become the cover for the U.S. government and mainstream media to crack down on fact-based journalism that challenges Official Washington's "group thinks," writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, December 7, 2016How War Propaganda Keeps on Killing The "fake news" hysteria has become the cover for the U.S. government and mainstream media to crack down on fact-based journalism that challenges Official Washington's "group thinks," writes Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Waiting for California and the FBI Some Democratic leaders are privately scouting around for someone to replace Hillary Clinton if she stumbles again in California and/or the FBI detects a crime in her email scandal, reports Robert Parry.
Wednesday, June 1, 2016Waiting for California and the FBI Some Democratic leaders are privately scouting around for someone to replace Hillary Clinton if she stumbles again in California and/or the FBI detects a crime in her email scandal, reports Robert Parry.
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Sunday, October 15, 2017
How Netanyahu Pulls Trump's Strings It turns out that Hillary Clinton was partly correct: President Trump is a "puppet," but his puppet master isn't Russian President Putin but Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, reports Robert Parry.
Sunday, October 15, 2017How Netanyahu Pulls Trump's Strings It turns out that Hillary Clinton was partly correct: President Trump is a "puppet," but his puppet master isn't Russian President Putin but Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, reports Robert Parry.
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Sunday, May 19, 2013
Racism and the American Right From the start of the Republic to today's Republican ranting against Barack Obama, racism has been a central element of the American Right. But this ugly feature of U.S. history has often come concealed behind words praising traditions, liberty and states' rights.
Sunday, May 19, 2013Racism and the American Right From the start of the Republic to today's Republican ranting against Barack Obama, racism has been a central element of the American Right. But this ugly feature of U.S. history has often come concealed behind words praising traditions, liberty and states' rights.
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Netanyahu Unmasks Israel For years, U.S. politicians have rejected allegations of Israeli racism and excused mistreatment of the Palestinians as a temporary necessity that would be fixed by a two-state solution. But Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has destroyed those arguments in his panic to keep his job, reports Robert Parry.
Wednesday, March 18, 2015Netanyahu Unmasks Israel For years, U.S. politicians have rejected allegations of Israeli racism and excused mistreatment of the Palestinians as a temporary necessity that would be fixed by a two-state solution. But Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has destroyed those arguments in his panic to keep his job, reports Robert Parry.
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Friday, June 10, 2016
Deflategate Twist: 31 NFL Teams Are Cheating In pressing ahead with the absurd "Deflategate" case against Tom Brady, the NFL's 31 rival owners appear to be using a made-up scandal to get an edge on the New England Patriots and -- to put it bluntly -- cheat, writes Robert Parry.
Friday, June 10, 2016Deflategate Twist: 31 NFL Teams Are Cheating In pressing ahead with the absurd "Deflategate" case against Tom Brady, the NFL's 31 rival owners appear to be using a made-up scandal to get an edge on the New England Patriots and -- to put it bluntly -- cheat, writes Robert Parry.
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Friday, August 19, 2016
Trump and the Long History of Media Bias The mainstream U.S. news media insists that its bias against Donald Trump is an aberration justified by his extraordinary recklessness, but the truth is U.S. media bias has a long history, says longtime journalist Robert Parry.
Friday, August 19, 2016Trump and the Long History of Media Bias The mainstream U.S. news media insists that its bias against Donald Trump is an aberration justified by his extraordinary recklessness, but the truth is U.S. media bias has a long history, says longtime journalist Robert Parry.
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Monday, November 7, 2011
The Gop's History Of "Hostage-Taking" For more than four decades, Democrats have tolerated Republican abuses, claiming accountability wouldn't be "good for the country." But this softness has only encouraged the kind of hardball behavior that has now taken the U.S. economy "hostage."
Monday, November 7, 2011The Gop's History Of "Hostage-Taking" For more than four decades, Democrats have tolerated Republican abuses, claiming accountability wouldn't be "good for the country." But this softness has only encouraged the kind of hardball behavior that has now taken the U.S. economy "hostage."
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Sunday, March 16, 2014
Mainstream US Media Is Lost in Ukraine The U.S. mainstream news media is reaching a new professional low point as it covers the Ukraine crisis by brazenly touting Official Washington’s propaganda themes, blatantly ignoring contrary facts and leading the American public into another geopolitical blind alley, writes Robert Parry.
Sunday, March 16, 2014Mainstream US Media Is Lost in Ukraine The U.S. mainstream news media is reaching a new professional low point as it covers the Ukraine crisis by brazenly touting Official Washington’s propaganda themes, blatantly ignoring contrary facts and leading the American public into another geopolitical blind alley, writes Robert Parry.
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Monday, March 6, 2017
Official Washington Tips into Madness President Trump responded to evidence-lite accusations from Democrats about his ties to Russia with his own air-filled allegations about President Obama wiretapping Trump Tower, as Robert Parry shakes his head.
Monday, March 6, 2017Official Washington Tips into Madness President Trump responded to evidence-lite accusations from Democrats about his ties to Russia with his own air-filled allegations about President Obama wiretapping Trump Tower, as Robert Parry shakes his head.
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Friday, August 18, 2017
Russia-gate's Evidentiary Void 5A cyber-warfare expert sees no technical evidence linking Russia to the Democratic email releases, but The New York Times presses ahead with a new hope that Ukraine can fill the void, reports Robert Parry.
Friday, August 18, 2017Russia-gate's Evidentiary Void 5A cyber-warfare expert sees no technical evidence linking Russia to the Democratic email releases, but The New York Times presses ahead with a new hope that Ukraine can fill the void, reports Robert Parry.
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Monday, November 5, 2012
Risking a Repeat of Election 2000 President Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney are locked in a tight race with Tuesday's election likely to be decided in a few hard-fought battleground states, much like 2000. And, Robert Parry sees other troubling parallels to that disastrous election.
Monday, November 5, 2012Risking a Repeat of Election 2000 President Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney are locked in a tight race with Tuesday's election likely to be decided in a few hard-fought battleground states, much like 2000. And, Robert Parry sees other troubling parallels to that disastrous election.
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Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Climate-Denying Libertarianism Some "libertarians" accept the global-warming science but still can't bring themselves to recognize that a coordinated government response is needed. Anti-government ideology trumps even the possible destruction of life on the planet, a very real possibility given the likelihood of mass dislocations of populations and the availability of nuclear weapons.
Tuesday, July 2, 2013Climate-Denying Libertarianism Some "libertarians" accept the global-warming science but still can't bring themselves to recognize that a coordinated government response is needed. Anti-government ideology trumps even the possible destruction of life on the planet, a very real possibility given the likelihood of mass dislocations of populations and the availability of nuclear weapons.
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Friday, December 23, 2011
The GOP History of Hostage-Taking Since the days of Richard Nixon, Republicans have pursued an anything-goes brand of politics that often has the look of hostage-taking, with Democrats usually caving in. But, has President Obama finally learned that the only way to stop bullying is to stand up to it?
Friday, December 23, 2011The GOP History of Hostage-Taking Since the days of Richard Nixon, Republicans have pursued an anything-goes brand of politics that often has the look of hostage-taking, with Democrats usually caving in. But, has President Obama finally learned that the only way to stop bullying is to stand up to it?
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Friday, June 28, 2013
The Marriage of Libertarians and Racists The modern Republican Party and its chic libertarians have dallied with white supremacists as a political necessity, because blacks and other minorities have rallied to the Democrats due to their better civil rights record. But the Right's dancing with the racist devil is not new. It's as old as the Founding.
Friday, June 28, 2013The Marriage of Libertarians and Racists The modern Republican Party and its chic libertarians have dallied with white supremacists as a political necessity, because blacks and other minorities have rallied to the Democrats due to their better civil rights record. But the Right's dancing with the racist devil is not new. It's as old as the Founding.
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Tuesday, July 12, 2016
NATO Reaffirms Its Bogus Russia Narrative President Obama and NATO leaders signed on to the false narrative of a minding-its-own-business West getting sucker-punched by a bunch of Russian meanies, a storyline that suggests insanity or lies, reports Robert Parry.
Tuesday, July 12, 2016NATO Reaffirms Its Bogus Russia Narrative President Obama and NATO leaders signed on to the false narrative of a minding-its-own-business West getting sucker-punched by a bunch of Russian meanies, a storyline that suggests insanity or lies, reports Robert Parry.
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Thursday, April 2, 2015
The US-Israel-Iran Triangle's Tangled History Iran and world powers have gone into double-overtime in negotiations to ensure that Iran doesn't build a nuclear bomb, but the shadow over the talks is darkened by decades of distrust and double-dealing, a dimly understood history of the U.S.-Israeli-Iranian triangle, reports Robert Parry.
Thursday, April 2, 2015The US-Israel-Iran Triangle's Tangled History Iran and world powers have gone into double-overtime in negotiations to ensure that Iran doesn't build a nuclear bomb, but the shadow over the talks is darkened by decades of distrust and double-dealing, a dimly understood history of the U.S.-Israeli-Iranian triangle, reports Robert Parry.
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Monday, April 20, 2015
A Fact-Resistant "Group Think" on Syria CBS News' anchor Scott Pelley is known for his clueless journalism which never goes beyond Official Washington's "group think" -- and he was at it again in a dangerously provocative "60 Minutes" segment on the sarin gas attack near Damascus, Syria, in 2013, reports Robert Parry.
Monday, April 20, 2015A Fact-Resistant "Group Think" on Syria CBS News' anchor Scott Pelley is known for his clueless journalism which never goes beyond Official Washington's "group think" -- and he was at it again in a dangerously provocative "60 Minutes" segment on the sarin gas attack near Damascus, Syria, in 2013, reports Robert Parry.
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Saturday, December 3, 2016
Clinton's "Russia Did It" Cop-out In a last-ditch effort to salvage Hillary Clinton's campaign, establishment Democrats are slinging McCarthyistic mud, joining in smearing independent journalists and blaming everything on Russia, writes Robert Parry.
Saturday, December 3, 2016Clinton's "Russia Did It" Cop-out In a last-ditch effort to salvage Hillary Clinton's campaign, establishment Democrats are slinging McCarthyistic mud, joining in smearing independent journalists and blaming everything on Russia, writes Robert Parry.
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
Two Key Health-Care Numbers President Barack Obama says he strongly supports inclusion of a public option in any reform legislation as necessary to keep the private industry "honest." His reference to the public option during a speech on Thursday in Green Bay, Wisconsin, was greeted with some of the strongest applause as was his reference to prohibiting insurers from denying someone coverage because of a "preexisting condition."
Thursday, June 11, 2009Two Key Health-Care Numbers President Barack Obama says he strongly supports inclusion of a public option in any reform legislation as necessary to keep the private industry "honest." His reference to the public option during a speech on Thursday in Green Bay, Wisconsin, was greeted with some of the strongest applause as was his reference to prohibiting insurers from denying someone coverage because of a "preexisting condition."
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Monday, September 1, 2008
Palin's Trouble with the Police You have to admire the Republican chutzpah. Still confronting a national scandal about packing the Justice Department with "loyal Bushies," they pick a vice presidential candidate who in her two executive jobs in Alaska ousted top law-enforcement officials because they were insufficiently loyal or not malleable enough.
Monday, September 1, 2008Palin's Trouble with the Police You have to admire the Republican chutzpah. Still confronting a national scandal about packing the Justice Department with "loyal Bushies," they pick a vice presidential candidate who in her two executive jobs in Alaska ousted top law-enforcement officials because they were insufficiently loyal or not malleable enough.
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Official Washington's Delusions on Delusions Official Washington operates in its own bubble of self-delusion in which the stars of U.S. politics, policy and media don't realize how the rest of the world sees their sociopathic behavior. This craziness is now reaching a crisis point on Iran and Russia, reports Robert Parry.
Wednesday, March 11, 2015Official Washington's Delusions on Delusions Official Washington operates in its own bubble of self-delusion in which the stars of U.S. politics, policy and media don't realize how the rest of the world sees their sociopathic behavior. This craziness is now reaching a crisis point on Iran and Russia, reports Robert Parry.
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Saturday, July 23, 2016
Will NYT Retract Latest Anti-Russian "Fraud"? In covering the new Cold War, The New York Times has lost its journalistic bearings, serving as a crude propaganda outlet publishing outlandish anti-Russian claims that may cross the line into fraud, reports Robert Parry.
Saturday, July 23, 2016Will NYT Retract Latest Anti-Russian "Fraud"? In covering the new Cold War, The New York Times has lost its journalistic bearings, serving as a crude propaganda outlet publishing outlandish anti-Russian claims that may cross the line into fraud, reports Robert Parry.
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Saturday, June 1, 2013
Regret over Gary Webb's Demise For several decades, mainstream U.S. journalists have fled from the career-threatening label "liberal," even to the point of destroying honest colleagues who got in the crosshairs of the Right. The story of the late Gary Webb and his Contra-cocaine revelations was a troubling case in point.
Saturday, June 1, 2013Regret over Gary Webb's Demise For several decades, mainstream U.S. journalists have fled from the career-threatening label "liberal," even to the point of destroying honest colleagues who got in the crosshairs of the Right. The story of the late Gary Webb and his Contra-cocaine revelations was a troubling case in point.
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Friday, December 16, 2016
Making Russia "The Enemy" Despite conflicting accounts about who leaked the Democratic emails, the frenzy over an alleged Russian role is driving the U.S. deeper into a costly and dangerous New Cold War, writes Robert Parry.
Friday, December 16, 2016Making Russia "The Enemy" Despite conflicting accounts about who leaked the Democratic emails, the frenzy over an alleged Russian role is driving the U.S. deeper into a costly and dangerous New Cold War, writes Robert Parry.
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Thursday, April 16, 2015
Syrian Rebels Caught in "False-Flag" Kidnapping In August 2013, when the U.S. government almost went to war in Syria over a Sarin attack, suspicions that it was a rebel "false-flag" were ridiculed. But new disclosures about a rebel role in kidnapping NBC's Richard Engel several months earlier show the rebels knew such propaganda tricks, says Robert Parry.
Thursday, April 16, 2015Syrian Rebels Caught in "False-Flag" Kidnapping In August 2013, when the U.S. government almost went to war in Syria over a Sarin attack, suspicions that it was a rebel "false-flag" were ridiculed. But new disclosures about a rebel role in kidnapping NBC's Richard Engel several months earlier show the rebels knew such propaganda tricks, says Robert Parry.
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Thursday, February 17, 2011
The Back Story on Iran's Clashes (A Special Report) Mousavi, who came in second in the election, seemed to acknowledge this point when he released his supposed proof of the rigged election, accusing Ahmadinejad of buying votes by providing food and higher wages for the poor. At some Mousavi rallies, his supporters reportedly would chant "death to the potatoes!" in a joking reference to Ahmadinejad's food distributions.
Thursday, February 17, 2011The Back Story on Iran's Clashes (A Special Report) Mousavi, who came in second in the election, seemed to acknowledge this point when he released his supposed proof of the rigged election, accusing Ahmadinejad of buying votes by providing food and higher wages for the poor. At some Mousavi rallies, his supporters reportedly would chant "death to the potatoes!" in a joking reference to Ahmadinejad's food distributions.
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
How Greed Destroys America New studies show that America's corporate chieftains are living like kings while the middle class stagnates and shrivels. Yet, the Tea Party and other anti-tax forces remain determined to protect the historically low tax rates of the rich and push the burden of reducing the federal debt onto the rest of society.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011How Greed Destroys America New studies show that America's corporate chieftains are living like kings while the middle class stagnates and shrivels. Yet, the Tea Party and other anti-tax forces remain determined to protect the historically low tax rates of the rich and push the burden of reducing the federal debt onto the rest of society.
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
NY Times Promotes UN-Syria Conspiracy Theory That stubbornly one-sided approach has now extended to the fifth anniversary of the Hariri slaying. Instead of acknowledging the flaws in Mehlis's initial findings -" or recognizing how recklessly premature those accusations were -" the Times is now promoting a conspiracy theory that U.N. officials willfully tanked the investigation.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010NY Times Promotes UN-Syria Conspiracy Theory That stubbornly one-sided approach has now extended to the fifth anniversary of the Hariri slaying. Instead of acknowledging the flaws in Mehlis's initial findings -" or recognizing how recklessly premature those accusations were -" the Times is now promoting a conspiracy theory that U.N. officials willfully tanked the investigation.
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Demonizing Gunter Grass One of the angriest Israeli accusations against Grass -- echoed in the news columns of the New York Times and among German officials -- was the poet's alleged offense of treating Israel and Iran as moral equivalents, or as the Times put it "placing Israel and Iran on the same moral plane."
Tuesday, April 10, 2012Demonizing Gunter Grass One of the angriest Israeli accusations against Grass -- echoed in the news columns of the New York Times and among German officials -- was the poet's alleged offense of treating Israel and Iran as moral equivalents, or as the Times put it "placing Israel and Iran on the same moral plane."
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Thursday, July 12, 2012
Mitt Romney: The New Teflon Man Mitt Romney is fast becoming the new Teflon man. Whenever he faces criticism for his past business practices, "independent fact-checkers" rush to his rescue and insist that he's been wronged, regardless of what the evidence actually is.
Thursday, July 12, 2012Mitt Romney: The New Teflon Man Mitt Romney is fast becoming the new Teflon man. Whenever he faces criticism for his past business practices, "independent fact-checkers" rush to his rescue and insist that he's been wronged, regardless of what the evidence actually is.
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Monday, September 29, 2014
Neocons' Noses Into the Syrian Tent The neocons say the next step in President Obama's bombing raids inside Syria must be to move from attacking the terrorist Islamic State to destroying Syria's air force and air defenses, all the better to achieve the neocons' long-sought "regime change," reports Robert Parry.
Monday, September 29, 2014Neocons' Noses Into the Syrian Tent The neocons say the next step in President Obama's bombing raids inside Syria must be to move from attacking the terrorist Islamic State to destroying Syria's air force and air defenses, all the better to achieve the neocons' long-sought "regime change," reports Robert Parry.
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Saturday, October 14, 2017
The Legacy of Reagan's Civilian "Psyops" When the Reagan administration launched peacetime "psyops" in the mid-1980s, it pulled in civilian agencies to help spread these still-ongoing techniques of deception and manipulation, reports Robert Parry.
Saturday, October 14, 2017The Legacy of Reagan's Civilian "Psyops" When the Reagan administration launched peacetime "psyops" in the mid-1980s, it pulled in civilian agencies to help spread these still-ongoing techniques of deception and manipulation, reports Robert Parry.
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Monday, June 8, 2015
Cold War II to McCarthyism II With Cold War II in full swing, the New York Times is dusting off what might be called McCarthyism II, the suggestion that anyone who doesn't get in line with U.S. propaganda must be working for Moscow, reports Robert Parry.
Monday, June 8, 2015Cold War II to McCarthyism II With Cold War II in full swing, the New York Times is dusting off what might be called McCarthyism II, the suggestion that anyone who doesn't get in line with U.S. propaganda must be working for Moscow, reports Robert Parry.
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Sunday, January 8, 2012
Fleecing the Angry Whites Subtly and not so subtly, Republican presidential contenders are playing the race card again, hoping to win over the votes of angry whites by implicitly blaming the shrinking of the middle-class on preferential treatment of blacks and other minorities.
Sunday, January 8, 2012Fleecing the Angry Whites Subtly and not so subtly, Republican presidential contenders are playing the race card again, hoping to win over the votes of angry whites by implicitly blaming the shrinking of the middle-class on preferential treatment of blacks and other minorities.
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Sunday, April 27, 2014
Why Neocons Seek to Destabilize Russia Any propaganda war starts by planting stories that your target is getting rich, whether he is or isn't, the latest move in demonizing Vladimir Putin. But the larger question is what might happen if the neocons succeed in destabilizing nuclear-armed Russia, asks Robert Parry.
Sunday, April 27, 2014Why Neocons Seek to Destabilize Russia Any propaganda war starts by planting stories that your target is getting rich, whether he is or isn't, the latest move in demonizing Vladimir Putin. But the larger question is what might happen if the neocons succeed in destabilizing nuclear-armed Russia, asks Robert Parry.
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Friday, September 8, 2017
A New Hole in Syria-Sarin Certainty A new contradiction has emerged in the West's groupthink blaming Syria for an April 4 chemical attack, with one group of U.N. investigators raising doubt about the flight of a Syrian warplane, reports Robert Parry.
Friday, September 8, 2017A New Hole in Syria-Sarin Certainty A new contradiction has emerged in the West's groupthink blaming Syria for an April 4 chemical attack, with one group of U.N. investigators raising doubt about the flight of a Syrian warplane, reports Robert Parry.
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Monday, July 9, 2012
The Silence on Global Warming What has become most striking about the growing evidence that climate change is a clear and present danger -- indeed an emerging existential threat -- is the simultaneous failure of the U.S. news media to deal seriously with the issue, another sign of how the Right can intimidate the mainstream into going silent.
Monday, July 9, 2012The Silence on Global Warming What has become most striking about the growing evidence that climate change is a clear and present danger -- indeed an emerging existential threat -- is the simultaneous failure of the U.S. news media to deal seriously with the issue, another sign of how the Right can intimidate the mainstream into going silent.
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
Tying Obama to Bush's Budget Mess So, it is useful to read Wednesday's New York Times analysis of the CBO budget projections, which revealed that Obama's stimulus plan and other domestic programs account for "only a sliver" of the deficits, about 10 percent of the projected $1.2 trillion deficit for 2009.
Thursday, June 11, 2009Tying Obama to Bush's Budget Mess So, it is useful to read Wednesday's New York Times analysis of the CBO budget projections, which revealed that Obama's stimulus plan and other domestic programs account for "only a sliver" of the deficits, about 10 percent of the projected $1.2 trillion deficit for 2009.
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Tuesday, November 14, 2017
America's Righteous Russia-gate Censorship Arriving behind the anti-Trump "resistance" and the Russia-gate "scandal" is a troubling readiness to silence dissent in the U.S., shutting down information that challenges Official Narratives, writes Robert Parry.
Tuesday, November 14, 2017America's Righteous Russia-gate Censorship Arriving behind the anti-Trump "resistance" and the Russia-gate "scandal" is a troubling readiness to silence dissent in the U.S., shutting down information that challenges Official Narratives, writes Robert Parry.
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Monday, November 20, 2017
The Lost Journalistic Standards of Russia-gate The Russia-gate hysteria has witnessed a widespread collapse of journalistic standards as major U.S. news outlets ignore rules about how to treat evidence in dispute, writes Robert Parry.
Monday, November 20, 2017The Lost Journalistic Standards of Russia-gate The Russia-gate hysteria has witnessed a widespread collapse of journalistic standards as major U.S. news outlets ignore rules about how to treat evidence in dispute, writes Robert Parry.
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Thursday, December 30, 2010
The Coming War over the Constitution While supposedly revering the Constitution and its original intent, the Tea Partiers and their Republican allies simultaneously are proposing a radical revision of the founding document, an amendment that would allow a super-majority of states to overturn laws passed by Congress and signed into law by the president.
Thursday, December 30, 2010The Coming War over the Constitution While supposedly revering the Constitution and its original intent, the Tea Partiers and their Republican allies simultaneously are proposing a radical revision of the founding document, an amendment that would allow a super-majority of states to overturn laws passed by Congress and signed into law by the president.
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Friday, November 10, 2017
Did Al Qaeda Dupe Trump on Syrian Attack? Buried deep inside a new U.N. report is evidence that could exonerate the Syrian government in the April 4 sarin atrocity and make President Trump look like an Al Qaeda dupe, reports Robert Parry.
Friday, November 10, 2017Did Al Qaeda Dupe Trump on Syrian Attack? Buried deep inside a new U.N. report is evidence that could exonerate the Syrian government in the April 4 sarin atrocity and make President Trump look like an Al Qaeda dupe, reports Robert Parry.
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Saturday, June 25, 2011
The Lie Behind the Afghan War A recurring refrain about the Afghan War is that the United States must stay for the long haul now to avoid repeating the "mistake" made in 1989 when Soviet forces left and Americans supposedly disappeared, too. But this conventional wisdom, spread by Defense Secretary Robert Gates and others, is a lie.
Saturday, June 25, 2011The Lie Behind the Afghan War A recurring refrain about the Afghan War is that the United States must stay for the long haul now to avoid repeating the "mistake" made in 1989 when Soviet forces left and Americans supposedly disappeared, too. But this conventional wisdom, spread by Defense Secretary Robert Gates and others, is a lie.
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
The Delusional Mr. Romney Mitt Romney told supporters behind closed doors that he's disadvantaged because he was born to a rich white family, that he'd have a better chance to win if his dad were a Mexican. It's getting hard to decide if Romney is simply a country-club racist or delusional.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012The Delusional Mr. Romney Mitt Romney told supporters behind closed doors that he's disadvantaged because he was born to a rich white family, that he'd have a better chance to win if his dad were a Mexican. It's getting hard to decide if Romney is simply a country-club racist or delusional.
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Monday, March 7, 2011
CNBC Advocates Unbridled Capitalism Reagan's anti-government mantra became the dominant message of the era amplified by a growing right-wing media that propagandized the public. Over the next three decades, propelled by Reagan's strategy of massive tax cuts for the rich and hostility to unions, the rich got richer, while the poor and middle class stagnated, struggled and sank.
Monday, March 7, 2011CNBC Advocates Unbridled Capitalism Reagan's anti-government mantra became the dominant message of the era amplified by a growing right-wing media that propagandized the public. Over the next three decades, propelled by Reagan's strategy of massive tax cuts for the rich and hostility to unions, the rich got richer, while the poor and middle class stagnated, struggled and sank.
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Sunday, March 30, 2014
Ukraine's Inconvenient Neo-Nazis When Ukrainian neo-Nazis – infuriated over the killing of an ultranationalist leader – surrounded the Parliament in Kiev, the incident presented a problem for the U.S. news media which has been trying to airbrush the neo-Nazis out of the Ukraine narrative, Robert Parry reports.
Sunday, March 30, 2014Ukraine's Inconvenient Neo-Nazis When Ukrainian neo-Nazis – infuriated over the killing of an ultranationalist leader – surrounded the Parliament in Kiev, the incident presented a problem for the U.S. news media which has been trying to airbrush the neo-Nazis out of the Ukraine narrative, Robert Parry reports.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015
NYT Whites Out Ukraine's Brown Shirts The New York Times has been more biased on the Ukraine crisis -- endlessly promoting State Department propaganda -- than when it published false Iraqi WMD stories last decade. Case in point: a story from Mariupol hailing the Azov battalion without noting its neo-Nazi fighters, writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015NYT Whites Out Ukraine's Brown Shirts The New York Times has been more biased on the Ukraine crisis -- endlessly promoting State Department propaganda -- than when it published false Iraqi WMD stories last decade. Case in point: a story from Mariupol hailing the Azov battalion without noting its neo-Nazi fighters, writes Robert Parry.
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Sunday, January 29, 2017
Trump Lets Saudis Off His "Muslim Ban" By leaving Saudi Arabia and other key terrorism sponsors off his "Muslim ban," President Trump shows the same cowardice and dishonesty that infected the Bush and Obama administrations, writes Robert Parry.
Sunday, January 29, 2017Trump Lets Saudis Off His "Muslim Ban" By leaving Saudi Arabia and other key terrorism sponsors off his "Muslim ban," President Trump shows the same cowardice and dishonesty that infected the Bush and Obama administrations, writes Robert Parry.
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Sunday, September 17, 2017
Harvard's Cowardice on Chelsea Manning In an abject display of intellectual cowardice, Harvard's Kennedy School withdrew a fellowship from Chelsea Manning after hearing protests from accomplices in the war crimes she exposed, reports Robert Parry.
Sunday, September 17, 2017Harvard's Cowardice on Chelsea Manning In an abject display of intellectual cowardice, Harvard's Kennedy School withdrew a fellowship from Chelsea Manning after hearing protests from accomplices in the war crimes she exposed, reports Robert Parry.
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Monday, November 29, 2010
Cables Hold Clues to US-Iran Mysteries Newly released U.S. diplomatic cables from WikiLeaks show that the Obama administration, like its predecessors, has played a double game with Iran's Shiite government, mixing public offers of reconciliation with secret collaboration on hard-line strategies favored by its Sunni Arab rivals and Israel.
Monday, November 29, 2010Cables Hold Clues to US-Iran Mysteries Newly released U.S. diplomatic cables from WikiLeaks show that the Obama administration, like its predecessors, has played a double game with Iran's Shiite government, mixing public offers of reconciliation with secret collaboration on hard-line strategies favored by its Sunni Arab rivals and Israel.
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Thursday, June 9, 2011
Three Deadly War Myths The U.S. wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya have involved myths pleasing to Official Washington -- about its own wisdom and the evil of the enemy -- but these false narratives have caused President Barack Obama and other U.S. policymakers to base decisions on illusion rather than reality.
Thursday, June 9, 2011Three Deadly War Myths The U.S. wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya have involved myths pleasing to Official Washington -- about its own wisdom and the evil of the enemy -- but these false narratives have caused President Barack Obama and other U.S. policymakers to base decisions on illusion rather than reality.
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Monday, January 23, 2012
Reagan's Hand in Guatemala's Genocide Guatemala has begun a politically difficult process to make human rights violators of the 1980s accountable for their crimes, including genocide inflicted on Indian villages, but the United States still heaps praise on the killers' chief American accomplice, Ronald Reagan.
Monday, January 23, 2012Reagan's Hand in Guatemala's Genocide Guatemala has begun a politically difficult process to make human rights violators of the 1980s accountable for their crimes, including genocide inflicted on Indian villages, but the United States still heaps praise on the killers' chief American accomplice, Ronald Reagan.
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Monday, January 14, 2013
More Second Amendment Madness The Right's powerful propaganda apparatus has sold millions of Americans on the dangerous -- and false -- notion that the Framers of the U.S. Constitution incorporated the Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights so an armed population could fight the government that the Framers had just created.
Monday, January 14, 2013More Second Amendment Madness The Right's powerful propaganda apparatus has sold millions of Americans on the dangerous -- and false -- notion that the Framers of the U.S. Constitution incorporated the Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights so an armed population could fight the government that the Framers had just created.
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Who Is Judge Richard Leon? The appointment of federal judges is a key power of the U.S. president. It can reward partisan allies for past services and ensure favorable rulings in the future. Both factors were in play for District Judge Richard Leon who just struck down new cigarette warnings.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011Who Is Judge Richard Leon? The appointment of federal judges is a key power of the U.S. president. It can reward partisan allies for past services and ensure favorable rulings in the future. Both factors were in play for District Judge Richard Leon who just struck down new cigarette warnings.
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Saturday, March 25, 2017
How US Flooded the World with Psyops The mainstream U.S. media obsesses over Russian "propaganda" yet the U.S. government created a "psyops" bureaucracy three decades ago to flood the world with dubious information, reports Robert Parry.
Saturday, March 25, 2017How US Flooded the World with Psyops The mainstream U.S. media obsesses over Russian "propaganda" yet the U.S. government created a "psyops" bureaucracy three decades ago to flood the world with dubious information, reports Robert Parry.
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Friday, May 8, 2015
Why Write about NFL's "Deflategate" After release of a tendentious NFL report on "Deflategate," there is now a rush to the penalty phase with the media and public demanding severe punishment for quarterback Tom Brady -- despite any clear evidence that he did anything wrong, writes Robert Parry.
Friday, May 8, 2015Why Write about NFL's "Deflategate" After release of a tendentious NFL report on "Deflategate," there is now a rush to the penalty phase with the media and public demanding severe punishment for quarterback Tom Brady -- despite any clear evidence that he did anything wrong, writes Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
The Ugly Truth about Jobs Many Americans have been sold on the right-wing and neoconservative message that any government effort to address the nation's domestic needs is dreaded “socialism” and that the government's primary -- if not only -- role must be to lavish money on the military to “keep us safe.”
Tuesday, November 17, 2009The Ugly Truth about Jobs Many Americans have been sold on the right-wing and neoconservative message that any government effort to address the nation's domestic needs is dreaded “socialism” and that the government's primary -- if not only -- role must be to lavish money on the military to “keep us safe.”
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Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Reagan Documents Shed Light on U.S. "Meddling" "Secret" documents from the Reagan administration show how the U.S. embedded "political action," i.e., the manipulation of foreign governments, in ostensibly well-meaning organizations, reports Robert Parry.
Wednesday, September 13, 2017Reagan Documents Shed Light on U.S. "Meddling" "Secret" documents from the Reagan administration show how the U.S. embedded "political action," i.e., the manipulation of foreign governments, in ostensibly well-meaning organizations, reports Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, December 27, 2016
A Sour Holiday Season for Neocons For the past couple of decades, the neocons have ruled the roost of American foreign policy, but they have now suffered some stunning reversals that have left them fuming, reports Robert Parry.
Tuesday, December 27, 2016A Sour Holiday Season for Neocons For the past couple of decades, the neocons have ruled the roost of American foreign policy, but they have now suffered some stunning reversals that have left them fuming, reports Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Fresh Doubts about Russian "Hacking" The gauzy allegations of Russia "hacking" the Democrats to elect Donald Trump just got hazier with WikiLeaks' new revelations about CIA cyber-spying and the capability to pin the blame on others, reports Robert Parry.
Wednesday, March 8, 2017Fresh Doubts about Russian "Hacking" The gauzy allegations of Russia "hacking" the Democrats to elect Donald Trump just got hazier with WikiLeaks' new revelations about CIA cyber-spying and the capability to pin the blame on others, reports Robert Parry.
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Thursday, August 29, 2013
The Saudi-Israeli Superpower Egypt's counterrevolution and Syria's civil war could herald the arrival of a new superpower coalition, an unlikely alliance between Israel and Saudi Arabia, one with great political clout and the other with vast financial wealth, together flexing their muscles across the Middle East.
Thursday, August 29, 2013The Saudi-Israeli Superpower Egypt's counterrevolution and Syria's civil war could herald the arrival of a new superpower coalition, an unlikely alliance between Israel and Saudi Arabia, one with great political clout and the other with vast financial wealth, together flexing their muscles across the Middle East.
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Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Neocons Spin Two "Lost" Wars The looming U.S. defeats in Iraq and Afghanistan represent a threat to the political fortunes of America's neocons -- if they get blamed for the disasters. However, if they can hang the failures around President Obama's neck, the two lost wars might help bring the neocons back to power as early as 2013.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011Neocons Spin Two "Lost" Wars The looming U.S. defeats in Iraq and Afghanistan represent a threat to the political fortunes of America's neocons -- if they get blamed for the disasters. However, if they can hang the failures around President Obama's neck, the two lost wars might help bring the neocons back to power as early as 2013.
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Wednesday, July 15, 2015
US/Israeli/Saudi "Behavior" Problems In Official Washington's latest detour from the real world, top pundits are depicting Iran as the chief troublemaker in the Mideast and saying the nuclear deal should hinge on Iranian "behavior." But the real "behavior" problems come from Israel, Saudi Arabia and the U.S., writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, July 15, 2015US/Israeli/Saudi "Behavior" Problems In Official Washington's latest detour from the real world, top pundits are depicting Iran as the chief troublemaker in the Mideast and saying the nuclear deal should hinge on Iranian "behavior." But the real "behavior" problems come from Israel, Saudi Arabia and the U.S., writes Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Castigating Trump for Truth-Telling President Trump says much that is untrue, but he draws some of Official Washington's greatest opprobrium when he speaks the truth, such as noting that senior U.S. officials have done a lot of killing, writes Robert Parry.
Tuesday, February 7, 2017Castigating Trump for Truth-Telling President Trump says much that is untrue, but he draws some of Official Washington's greatest opprobrium when he speaks the truth, such as noting that senior U.S. officials have done a lot of killing, writes Robert Parry.
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Thursday, January 22, 2015
Congress Seeks Netanyahu's Direction Conservative Pat Buchanan once got in trouble by calling Capitol Hill "Israeli occupied territory," but even he might not imagine what's happening now -- with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu invited to address a joint session of Congress to decry President Obama's foreign policy, Robert Parry notes.
Thursday, January 22, 2015Congress Seeks Netanyahu's Direction Conservative Pat Buchanan once got in trouble by calling Capitol Hill "Israeli occupied territory," but even he might not imagine what's happening now -- with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu invited to address a joint session of Congress to decry President Obama's foreign policy, Robert Parry notes.
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Monday, August 2, 2010
Washington's Ethical Double Standard As two longtime members of the Congressional Black Caucus -" Charles Rangel and Maxine Waters -" are dragged into the public square to be punished for alleged ethical indiscretions, it may be worth remembering how Official Washington responded to evidence that President George W. Bush aided and abetted his corrupt benefactors at Enron.
Monday, August 2, 2010Washington's Ethical Double Standard As two longtime members of the Congressional Black Caucus -" Charles Rangel and Maxine Waters -" are dragged into the public square to be punished for alleged ethical indiscretions, it may be worth remembering how Official Washington responded to evidence that President George W. Bush aided and abetted his corrupt benefactors at Enron.
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Saturday, March 26, 2016
Kerry Balks at Supplying MH-17 Data The father of a young American killed aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014 says Secretary of State Kerry balks at turning over U.S. data that Kerry cited three days after the tragedy in eastern Ukraine, writes Robert Parry.
Saturday, March 26, 2016Kerry Balks at Supplying MH-17 Data The father of a young American killed aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014 says Secretary of State Kerry balks at turning over U.S. data that Kerry cited three days after the tragedy in eastern Ukraine, writes Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Trump Falls in Line with Interventionism President Trump's U.N. speech showed that despite his America First rhetoric, his policies are virtually the same as the neocon strategies of George W. Bush and liberal interventionism of Barack Obama, says Robert Parry.
Tuesday, September 19, 2017Trump Falls in Line with Interventionism President Trump's U.N. speech showed that despite his America First rhetoric, his policies are virtually the same as the neocon strategies of George W. Bush and liberal interventionism of Barack Obama, says Robert Parry.
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Friday, January 27, 2017
Donald Trump and His "Magic Mirror" President Trump's vain tirades about crowd size and voter fraud make him look like Snow White's evil queen gazing into her mirror, but he could turn that around by telling some important truths, says Robert Parry.
Friday, January 27, 2017Donald Trump and His "Magic Mirror" President Trump's vain tirades about crowd size and voter fraud make him look like Snow White's evil queen gazing into her mirror, but he could turn that around by telling some important truths, says Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Inside the October Surprise Cover-up The George H.W. Bush Library in Texas has just released thousands of pages of documents on the October Surprise mystery, revealing how Bush's inner circle handled allegations that the Reagan-Bush campaign in 1980 struck a treacherous deal with Iran. It was a textbook case of controlling the narrative.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011Inside the October Surprise Cover-up The George H.W. Bush Library in Texas has just released thousands of pages of documents on the October Surprise mystery, revealing how Bush's inner circle handled allegations that the Reagan-Bush campaign in 1980 struck a treacherous deal with Iran. It was a textbook case of controlling the narrative.
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Thursday, February 24, 2011
Budget Crisis? Duh, Tax the Rich! The solution to these many problems -- from the budget deficit to crumbling infrastructure, from mass joblessness to income inequality, from environmental degradation to educational shortfalls -- is to raise taxes on the rich and to use that money to get the United States back on track and advancing toward the future.
Thursday, February 24, 2011Budget Crisis? Duh, Tax the Rich! The solution to these many problems -- from the budget deficit to crumbling infrastructure, from mass joblessness to income inequality, from environmental degradation to educational shortfalls -- is to raise taxes on the rich and to use that money to get the United States back on track and advancing toward the future.
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Thursday, October 27, 2016
The Modern History of "Rigged" US Elections Donald Trump claims the U.S. presidential election is "rigged," drawing condemnation from the political/media establishment which accuses him of undermining faith in American democracy. But neither side understands the real problem, says Robert Parry.
Thursday, October 27, 2016The Modern History of "Rigged" US Elections Donald Trump claims the U.S. presidential election is "rigged," drawing condemnation from the political/media establishment which accuses him of undermining faith in American democracy. But neither side understands the real problem, says Robert Parry.
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Thursday, March 23, 2017
Democrats Trade Places on War and McCarthyism The anti-Russia hysteria gripping the Democratic Party marks a "trading places" moment as the Democrats embrace the New Cold War and the New McCarthyism, flipping the script on Republicans, writes Robert Parry.
Thursday, March 23, 2017Democrats Trade Places on War and McCarthyism The anti-Russia hysteria gripping the Democratic Party marks a "trading places" moment as the Democrats embrace the New Cold War and the New McCarthyism, flipping the script on Republicans, writes Robert Parry.
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Sunday, November 27, 2016
Washington Post's "Fake News" Guilt The "fake news" theme has captivated The Washington Post and the mainstream U.S. media so much that it is stooping to McCarthyistic smears against news outlets that don't toe the State Department's propaganda line, says Robert Parry.
Sunday, November 27, 2016Washington Post's "Fake News" Guilt The "fake news" theme has captivated The Washington Post and the mainstream U.S. media so much that it is stooping to McCarthyistic smears against news outlets that don't toe the State Department's propaganda line, says Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, May 17, 2016
The Danger of Demonization As the West is sucked deeper into the Syrian conflict and starts a new Cold War with Russia, the mainstream U.S. news media has collapsed as a vehicle for reliable information, creating a danger for the world, writes Robert Parry.
Tuesday, May 17, 2016The Danger of Demonization As the West is sucked deeper into the Syrian conflict and starts a new Cold War with Russia, the mainstream U.S. news media has collapsed as a vehicle for reliable information, creating a danger for the world, writes Robert Parry.
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Monday, December 8, 2014
The New Republic's Ugly Reality Mainstream pundits are outraged over a Silicon Valley barbarian riding in and defacing The New Republic, a temple to all that is wonderful about deep-thinking policymaking and long-form journalism. But the truth about the Washington-based magazine is much less honorable, writes Robert Parry.
Monday, December 8, 2014The New Republic's Ugly Reality Mainstream pundits are outraged over a Silicon Valley barbarian riding in and defacing The New Republic, a temple to all that is wonderful about deep-thinking policymaking and long-form journalism. But the truth about the Washington-based magazine is much less honorable, writes Robert Parry.
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Saturday, December 11, 2010
Big Media's Curious Nixon Judgment We get to learn from the new Nixon tapes that he made bigoted assertions about "abrasive and obnoxious" Jews, Irish who get "mean" drunk, Italians without "heads screwed on tight," and blacks who would need "500 years" and have to "be, frankly, inbred" to become useful contributors to the nation.
Saturday, December 11, 2010Big Media's Curious Nixon Judgment We get to learn from the new Nixon tapes that he made bigoted assertions about "abrasive and obnoxious" Jews, Irish who get "mean" drunk, Italians without "heads screwed on tight," and blacks who would need "500 years" and have to "be, frankly, inbred" to become useful contributors to the nation.
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Friday, October 6, 2017
President Zigzag President Trump boasts about his "zigzag" foreign policy as if inconsistency is an attribute in dealing with a fragile world, but his zigzagging endangers backchannel intermediaries handling outreach to North Korea, reports Robert Parry.
Friday, October 6, 2017President Zigzag President Trump boasts about his "zigzag" foreign policy as if inconsistency is an attribute in dealing with a fragile world, but his zigzagging endangers backchannel intermediaries handling outreach to North Korea, reports Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016
What Hillary Knew about Libya In Official Washington's propaganda world, the U.S. government and its "allies" are always standing for what's right and good and the "enemies" are the epitome of evil doing the vilest things. But some emails to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton depicted a far different reality, writes Robert Parry.
Tuesday, January 12, 2016What Hillary Knew about Libya In Official Washington's propaganda world, the U.S. government and its "allies" are always standing for what's right and good and the "enemies" are the epitome of evil doing the vilest things. But some emails to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton depicted a far different reality, writes Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, June 3, 2015
NYT's New Propaganda on Syria The New York Times' new conspiracy theory about Syria is that the Assad regime is in cahoots with the Islamic State, calling those two bitter foes only "nominal enemies" and using this new story to implicitly push for another U.S.-imposed "regime change," writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015NYT's New Propaganda on Syria The New York Times' new conspiracy theory about Syria is that the Assad regime is in cahoots with the Islamic State, calling those two bitter foes only "nominal enemies" and using this new story to implicitly push for another U.S.-imposed "regime change," writes Robert Parry.
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Friday, September 26, 2014
The CIA/MSM Contra-Cocaine Cover-up With Hollywood set to release a movie about the Contra-cocaine scandal and the destruction of journalist Gary Webb, an internal CIA report has surfaced showing how the spy agency manipulated the mainstream media's coverage to disparage Webb and contain the scandal, reports Robert Parry.
Friday, September 26, 2014The CIA/MSM Contra-Cocaine Cover-up With Hollywood set to release a movie about the Contra-cocaine scandal and the destruction of journalist Gary Webb, an internal CIA report has surfaced showing how the spy agency manipulated the mainstream media's coverage to disparage Webb and contain the scandal, reports Robert Parry.
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Monday, July 26, 2010
How Bush Botched the Afghan War Though the reports don't directly address Bush's strategic blunder, they tell the story of badly stretched U.S. forces trying to manage a complex task in Afghanistan while the Taliban, al-Qaeda and their allies in Pakistan regrouped along the border and became a dangerous adversary.
Monday, July 26, 2010How Bush Botched the Afghan War Though the reports don't directly address Bush's strategic blunder, they tell the story of badly stretched U.S. forces trying to manage a complex task in Afghanistan while the Taliban, al-Qaeda and their allies in Pakistan regrouped along the border and became a dangerous adversary.
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Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Russia-gate Is No Watergate or Iran-Contra Many comparisons have been made between Russia-gate and the earlier scandals of Watergate and Iran-Contra, but the similarities are at best superficial, explains Robert Parry.
Wednesday, June 28, 2017Russia-gate Is No Watergate or Iran-Contra Many comparisons have been made between Russia-gate and the earlier scandals of Watergate and Iran-Contra, but the similarities are at best superficial, explains Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Obama Bequeaths a More Dangerous World President Obama may have entered the White House with a desire to rein in America's global war-making but he succumbed to neocon pressure and left behind an even more dangerous world, reports Robert Parry.
Tuesday, January 24, 2017Obama Bequeaths a More Dangerous World President Obama may have entered the White House with a desire to rein in America's global war-making but he succumbed to neocon pressure and left behind an even more dangerous world, reports Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Reagan-Bush Ties to Iran-Hostage Crisis The Senate wants to block Iran’s new UN ambassador because he was linked to the Iran hostage crisis 35 years ago, but that standard would strip honors from Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, implicated in extending the hostage crisis to win the 1980 election, reports Robert Parry.
Wednesday, April 9, 2014Reagan-Bush Ties to Iran-Hostage Crisis The Senate wants to block Iran’s new UN ambassador because he was linked to the Iran hostage crisis 35 years ago, but that standard would strip honors from Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, implicated in extending the hostage crisis to win the 1980 election, reports Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Ukrainians Get IMF's Bitter Medicine Though lacking legitimacy from national elections, Ukraine’s coup regime has approved a harsh IMF austerity plan that hits Ukraine’s “99 percent” the hardest and asks little from the country’s “1 percent,” including the corrupt “oligarchs,” reports Robert Parry.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014Ukrainians Get IMF's Bitter Medicine Though lacking legitimacy from national elections, Ukraine’s coup regime has approved a harsh IMF austerity plan that hits Ukraine’s “99 percent” the hardest and asks little from the country’s “1 percent,” including the corrupt “oligarchs,” reports Robert Parry.
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Sunday, January 5, 2014
Forgetting Why Al-Qaeda Spread Al-Qaeda extremism is resurgent across the Middle East with its affiliates seizing territory in western Iraq and in neighboring Syria. But the neocons are whitewashing their role in spreading this extremism via George W. Bush’s 2003 invasion of Iraq, reports Robert Parry.
Sunday, January 5, 2014Forgetting Why Al-Qaeda Spread Al-Qaeda extremism is resurgent across the Middle East with its affiliates seizing territory in western Iraq and in neighboring Syria. But the neocons are whitewashing their role in spreading this extremism via George W. Bush’s 2003 invasion of Iraq, reports Robert Parry.
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Monday, December 2, 2013
Contra-Cocaine Was a Real Conspiracy he 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination saw a mainstream media blackout of nearly all evidence of conspiracy in that case. But New York Magazine went even further, mocking the proven Contra-cocaine scandal as a "conspiracy theory."
Monday, December 2, 2013Contra-Cocaine Was a Real Conspiracy he 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination saw a mainstream media blackout of nearly all evidence of conspiracy in that case. But New York Magazine went even further, mocking the proven Contra-cocaine scandal as a "conspiracy theory."
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Friday, September 22, 2017
The Crazy Imbalance of Russia-gate If the U.S. government and mainstream media are really concerned about foreign influence in American politics, they might look at Israel and other nations with much more clout than Russia, notes Robert Parry.
Friday, September 22, 2017The Crazy Imbalance of Russia-gate If the U.S. government and mainstream media are really concerned about foreign influence in American politics, they might look at Israel and other nations with much more clout than Russia, notes Robert Parry.
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Thursday, October 26, 2017
Russia-gate Breeds "Establishment McCarthyism" As Russia-gate gives cover for an Establishment attack on Internet freedom and independent news, traditional defenders of a free press and civil liberties are joining the assault or staying on the sidelines, reports Robert Parry.
Thursday, October 26, 2017Russia-gate Breeds "Establishment McCarthyism" As Russia-gate gives cover for an Establishment attack on Internet freedom and independent news, traditional defenders of a free press and civil liberties are joining the assault or staying on the sidelines, reports Robert Parry.
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Friday, April 3, 2015
Iran Deal: A Possible Crossroads to Peace The Israeli-Saudi alliance and the American neocons are furious over the framework agreement for a peaceful settlement to the Iran nuclear dispute, but the deal gives hope to people who see the need to end the perpetual wars that have roiled the Middle East and deformed the U.S. Republic, writes Robert Parry.
Friday, April 3, 2015Iran Deal: A Possible Crossroads to Peace The Israeli-Saudi alliance and the American neocons are furious over the framework agreement for a peaceful settlement to the Iran nuclear dispute, but the deal gives hope to people who see the need to end the perpetual wars that have roiled the Middle East and deformed the U.S. Republic, writes Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Obama's Mideast Peace Dilemma While it is unclear how President Obama feels about the Iranian initiative, he did mute his criticism of the Iranian post-election crackdown, at least initially.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009Obama's Mideast Peace Dilemma While it is unclear how President Obama feels about the Iranian initiative, he did mute his criticism of the Iranian post-election crackdown, at least initially.
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Thursday, May 21, 2015
Obama's Strategic Shift President Obama has belatedly detected the looming catastrophe in Syria and Iraq as Sunni terrorists gain ground. He also grasps the need for Russian and Iranian help. But his administration remains infested with neocons and liberal war hawks who could sabotage the needed deals, reports Robert Parry.
Thursday, May 21, 2015Obama's Strategic Shift President Obama has belatedly detected the looming catastrophe in Syria and Iraq as Sunni terrorists gain ground. He also grasps the need for Russian and Iranian help. But his administration remains infested with neocons and liberal war hawks who could sabotage the needed deals, reports Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Trump's Need to Trust Americans President Obama promised transparency but delivered a deceptive administration hostile to truth-tellers. President-elect Trump's narrow path to greatness would require the opposite choice, writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, December 21, 2016Trump's Need to Trust Americans President Obama promised transparency but delivered a deceptive administration hostile to truth-tellers. President-elect Trump's narrow path to greatness would require the opposite choice, writes Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
To Save the Republic, Tax the Rich? We thought technological progress was going to mean more free time for the human race "" to play with the kids, to read a book, to travel or to just take it easy. Instead, technology has contributed to making our lives more slavish and more brutish, especially when job loss is combined with lost health benefits and endless pressure from bill collectors.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009To Save the Republic, Tax the Rich? We thought technological progress was going to mean more free time for the human race "" to play with the kids, to read a book, to travel or to just take it easy. Instead, technology has contributed to making our lives more slavish and more brutish, especially when job loss is combined with lost health benefits and endless pressure from bill collectors.
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Friday, December 15, 2017
Protecting the Shaky Russia-gate Narrative The New York Times continues its sorry pattern of falsifying the record on Russia-gate, giving its readers information that the newspaper knows not to be true, reports Robert Parry.
Friday, December 15, 2017Protecting the Shaky Russia-gate Narrative The New York Times continues its sorry pattern of falsifying the record on Russia-gate, giving its readers information that the newspaper knows not to be true, reports Robert Parry.
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Saturday, January 26, 2013
Return of "Three-Fifths' of a Person Stung by back-to-back defeats to Barack Obama, the Republican Party is undertaking a national strategy to devalue the votes of blacks and other minorities, a partial revival of the infamous clause in the U.S. Constitution rating African-American slaves as "Three-Fifths" of a person.
Saturday, January 26, 2013Return of "Three-Fifths' of a Person Stung by back-to-back defeats to Barack Obama, the Republican Party is undertaking a national strategy to devalue the votes of blacks and other minorities, a partial revival of the infamous clause in the U.S. Constitution rating African-American slaves as "Three-Fifths" of a person.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015
We Lucky Molecules As American neocons and other war hawks push for endless war in the Mideast and now eastern Europe, the resulting chaos is straining the capacity of civilization to meet basic human needs and raising the risk of nuclear war, what would be a tragic ending to the Universe's luckiest molecules, writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, April 22, 2015We Lucky Molecules As American neocons and other war hawks push for endless war in the Mideast and now eastern Europe, the resulting chaos is straining the capacity of civilization to meet basic human needs and raising the risk of nuclear war, what would be a tragic ending to the Universe's luckiest molecules, writes Robert Parry.
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Monday, April 6, 2009
Another Bush Intelligence Failure Despite these two intelligence disasters, the bipartisan 9/11 Commission operated within its own narrow concept of what was politically acceptable, meaning that it couldn't very easily decry the politicization that Ronald Reagan molded and Bill Clinton hardened. Instead, the commission recommended putting a new bureaucratic box on top of the old flow chart.
Monday, April 6, 2009Another Bush Intelligence Failure Despite these two intelligence disasters, the bipartisan 9/11 Commission operated within its own narrow concept of what was politically acceptable, meaning that it couldn't very easily decry the politicization that Ronald Reagan molded and Bill Clinton hardened. Instead, the commission recommended putting a new bureaucratic box on top of the old flow chart.
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Sunday, July 19, 2015
Seeking War to the End of the World Despite the disastrous Iraq War, neocons still dominate Official Washington's inside-outside game, government policymakers coordinating with think-tank opinion leaders to keep world tensions high and money flowing to military projects, a process personified by Robert Kagan and Victoria Nuland, says Robert Parry.
Sunday, July 19, 2015Seeking War to the End of the World Despite the disastrous Iraq War, neocons still dominate Official Washington's inside-outside game, government policymakers coordinating with think-tank opinion leaders to keep world tensions high and money flowing to military projects, a process personified by Robert Kagan and Victoria Nuland, says Robert Parry.
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Monday, May 21, 2012
NYT Admits Lockerbie Case Flaws Even in death, Libyan Ali al-Megrahi is dubbed "the Lockerbie bomber," a depiction that proved useful last year in rallying public support for "regime change" in Libya. But the New York Times now concedes, belatedly, that the case against him was riddled with errors and false testimony.
Monday, May 21, 2012NYT Admits Lockerbie Case Flaws Even in death, Libyan Ali al-Megrahi is dubbed "the Lockerbie bomber," a depiction that proved useful last year in rallying public support for "regime change" in Libya. But the New York Times now concedes, belatedly, that the case against him was riddled with errors and false testimony.
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Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Blaming Obama for Iraq's Chaos As Islamic militants gain ground in Iraq, Official Washington's neocons and the mainstream media are blaming President Obama for ending the U.S. military occupation, but they ignore their own role in destabilizing Iraq with the 2003 invasion, Robert Parry reports.
Wednesday, June 11, 2014Blaming Obama for Iraq's Chaos As Islamic militants gain ground in Iraq, Official Washington's neocons and the mainstream media are blaming President Obama for ending the U.S. military occupation, but they ignore their own role in destabilizing Iraq with the 2003 invasion, Robert Parry reports.
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Mitt Romney's New Lie Mitt Romney is echoing a lie that has been rumbling through the right-wing echo chamber, a selectively edited comment by President Obama about how roads, bridges and other public spending help business. This is a classic case where "independent fact-checkers" could help out.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012Mitt Romney's New Lie Mitt Romney is echoing a lie that has been rumbling through the right-wing echo chamber, a selectively edited comment by President Obama about how roads, bridges and other public spending help business. This is a classic case where "independent fact-checkers" could help out.
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Friday, August 3, 2012
More on "Vanity of Perfectionism" Americans are faced with a tough choice this fall: to stick with Barack Obama despite his faults, switch to Mitt Romney who is surrounded by neocons and trickle-down economists, or essentially boycott the process by voting for a third party or staying home. Some are angry because Robert Parry criticized Option Three.
Friday, August 3, 2012More on "Vanity of Perfectionism" Americans are faced with a tough choice this fall: to stick with Barack Obama despite his faults, switch to Mitt Romney who is surrounded by neocons and trickle-down economists, or essentially boycott the process by voting for a third party or staying home. Some are angry because Robert Parry criticized Option Three.
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Sunday, July 19, 2009
Cronkite's Unintended Legacy After the broadcast, President Lyndon Johnson is reported to have said, "If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost the country." Johnson began serious negotiations aimed at ending the war before he left office, an endeavor that the Nixon campaign surreptitiously sabotaged.
Sunday, July 19, 2009Cronkite's Unintended Legacy After the broadcast, President Lyndon Johnson is reported to have said, "If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost the country." Johnson began serious negotiations aimed at ending the war before he left office, an endeavor that the Nixon campaign surreptitiously sabotaged.
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Friday, May 17, 2013
Reagan and Argentina's Dirty War The 87-year-old ex-Argentine dictator Jorge Videla died Friday in prison where he was serving sentences for grotesque human rights crimes in the 1970s and 1980s. But one of Videla's key backers, the late President Ronald Reagan, continues to be honored by Americans.
Friday, May 17, 2013Reagan and Argentina's Dirty War The 87-year-old ex-Argentine dictator Jorge Videla died Friday in prison where he was serving sentences for grotesque human rights crimes in the 1970s and 1980s. But one of Videla's key backers, the late President Ronald Reagan, continues to be honored by Americans.
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Thursday, July 14, 2016
NFL's Crazy Conspiracy Theory Prevails The lesson of the absurd "Deflategate" case is that a powerful institution like the NFL can ride roughshod over almost anyone, including quarterback Tom Brady, regardless of what the facts and logic are, reports Robert Parry.
Thursday, July 14, 2016NFL's Crazy Conspiracy Theory Prevails The lesson of the absurd "Deflategate" case is that a powerful institution like the NFL can ride roughshod over almost anyone, including quarterback Tom Brady, regardless of what the facts and logic are, reports Robert Parry.
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Sunday, May 12, 2013
Ronald Reagan: Accessory to Genocide More than any recent U.S. president, Ronald Reagan has been lavished with honors, including his name attached to Washington's National Airport. But the conviction of Reagan's old ally, ex-Guatemalan dictator Rios Montt, for genocide means "Ronnie" must face history's judgment as an accessory to the crime.
Sunday, May 12, 2013Ronald Reagan: Accessory to Genocide More than any recent U.S. president, Ronald Reagan has been lavished with honors, including his name attached to Washington's National Airport. But the conviction of Reagan's old ally, ex-Guatemalan dictator Rios Montt, for genocide means "Ronnie" must face history's judgment as an accessory to the crime.
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Monday, September 7, 2015
How Neocons Destabilized Europe The neocon prescription of endless "regime change" is spreading chaos across the Middle East and now into Europe, yet the neocons still control the mainstream U.S. narrative and thus have diagnosed the problem as not enough "regime change," as Robert Parry reports.
Monday, September 7, 2015How Neocons Destabilized Europe The neocon prescription of endless "regime change" is spreading chaos across the Middle East and now into Europe, yet the neocons still control the mainstream U.S. narrative and thus have diagnosed the problem as not enough "regime change," as Robert Parry reports.
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Thursday, September 28, 2017
The Slimy Business of Russia-gate As the U.S. government doles out tens of millions of dollars to "combat Russian propaganda," one result is a slew of new "studies" by "scholars" and "researchers" auditioning for the loot, reports Robert Parry.
Thursday, September 28, 2017The Slimy Business of Russia-gate As the U.S. government doles out tens of millions of dollars to "combat Russian propaganda," one result is a slew of new "studies" by "scholars" and "researchers" auditioning for the loot, reports Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, October 4, 2017
How 2nd Amendment Distortions Kill The Las Vegas massacre underscores the intellectual dishonesty of the "gun rights" lobby, which falsifies Second Amendment history and pretends armed citizens could shoot back to stop slaughters, writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, October 4, 2017How 2nd Amendment Distortions Kill The Las Vegas massacre underscores the intellectual dishonesty of the "gun rights" lobby, which falsifies Second Amendment history and pretends armed citizens could shoot back to stop slaughters, writes Robert Parry.
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Friday, August 21, 2015
The Riddle of Obama's Foreign Policy For nearly seven years of his presidency, Barack Obama has zigzagged from military interventionist to pragmatic negotiator, leaving little sense of what he truly believes. Yet, there may be some consistent threads to his inconsistencies, writes Robert Parry.
Friday, August 21, 2015The Riddle of Obama's Foreign Policy For nearly seven years of his presidency, Barack Obama has zigzagged from military interventionist to pragmatic negotiator, leaving little sense of what he truly believes. Yet, there may be some consistent threads to his inconsistencies, writes Robert Parry.
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Thursday, December 12, 2013
Obama's Syria Strategy at a Crossroads The Islamic Front's capture of a U.S.-stocked supply depot in northern Syria prompted a suspension of those shipments to "moderate" Syrian rebels. The incident also drove home how Islamists are gaining ground -- and why President Obama may shift U.S. strategy.
Thursday, December 12, 2013Obama's Syria Strategy at a Crossroads The Islamic Front's capture of a U.S.-stocked supply depot in northern Syria prompted a suspension of those shipments to "moderate" Syrian rebels. The incident also drove home how Islamists are gaining ground -- and why President Obama may shift U.S. strategy.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015
The Nitwits Are in Charge Pundit Thomas Friedman laments that the new Cold War isn't funny enough for him, but there really isn't anything funny about the U.S. plunging into an unnecessary nuclear showdown with Russia over Ukraine while Friedman and his fellow VIPs misreport what's happening, writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, June 24, 2015The Nitwits Are in Charge Pundit Thomas Friedman laments that the new Cold War isn't funny enough for him, but there really isn't anything funny about the U.S. plunging into an unnecessary nuclear showdown with Russia over Ukraine while Friedman and his fellow VIPs misreport what's happening, writes Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Ukraine Finance Minister's American "Values" Special Report: Among the arguments for why Americans should risk nuclear war with Russia over Ukraine is that the regime that took power in a coup last year "shares our values." But one of those "values" -- personified by Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko -- may be the skill of using insider connections, reports Robert Parry.
Wednesday, February 18, 2015Ukraine Finance Minister's American "Values" Special Report: Among the arguments for why Americans should risk nuclear war with Russia over Ukraine is that the regime that took power in a coup last year "shares our values." But one of those "values" -- personified by Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko -- may be the skill of using insider connections, reports Robert Parry.
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Sunday, April 10, 2016
Would a Clinton Win Mean More Wars? Savvy neocons see Hillary Clinton as their Trojan Horse to be pulled into the White House by Democratic voters, raising the question: would a Clinton-45 presidency mean more wars? asks Robert Parry.
Sunday, April 10, 2016Would a Clinton Win Mean More Wars? Savvy neocons see Hillary Clinton as their Trojan Horse to be pulled into the White House by Democratic voters, raising the question: would a Clinton-45 presidency mean more wars? asks Robert Parry.
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Thursday, August 21, 2014
Behind Obama's "Chaotic" Foreign Policy The chaos enveloping U.S. foreign policy stems from President Obama's unwillingness to challenge Official Washington's power centers which favor neoconservatism and "liberal interventionism" -- strategies that have often undercut real U.S. national security interests, writes Robert Parry.
Thursday, August 21, 2014Behind Obama's "Chaotic" Foreign Policy The chaos enveloping U.S. foreign policy stems from President Obama's unwillingness to challenge Official Washington's power centers which favor neoconservatism and "liberal interventionism" -- strategies that have often undercut real U.S. national security interests, writes Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Bush's Hypocrisy: Cuban Terrorists Like an aging rock star singing a beloved oldie, George W. Bush can count on cheers whenever he delivers a favorite line from the Bush Doctrine enunciated after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks: Any country that harbors a terrorist is equally guilty as the terrorist.
Wednesday, April 26, 2006Bush's Hypocrisy: Cuban Terrorists Like an aging rock star singing a beloved oldie, George W. Bush can count on cheers whenever he delivers a favorite line from the Bush Doctrine enunciated after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks: Any country that harbors a terrorist is equally guilty as the terrorist.
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Friday, October 20, 2017
Man Bites Dog: NYT Does Journalism When the Trump administration blamed Cuba for a "sonic attack" on U.S. diplomats, a New York Times reporter did something unusual for his newspaper: he tried objectively to assess the evidence, as Robert Parry reports.
Friday, October 20, 2017Man Bites Dog: NYT Does Journalism When the Trump administration blamed Cuba for a "sonic attack" on U.S. diplomats, a New York Times reporter did something unusual for his newspaper: he tried objectively to assess the evidence, as Robert Parry reports.
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Ukraine Rightists Kill Police; Putin Blamed As rightists riot in Ukraine -- killing three policemen in a protest against making any concessions to ethnic Russians in the east -- The New York Times had to move nimbly to again foist all the blame on Russia's President Putin, but the Times was up to the propaganda task, writes Robert Parry.
Tuesday, September 1, 2015Ukraine Rightists Kill Police; Putin Blamed As rightists riot in Ukraine -- killing three policemen in a protest against making any concessions to ethnic Russians in the east -- The New York Times had to move nimbly to again foist all the blame on Russia's President Putin, but the Times was up to the propaganda task, writes Robert Parry.
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Saturday, March 9, 2013
Rethinking Watergate/Iran-Contra New evidence continues to accumulate showing how Official Washington got key elements of the Watergate and Iran-Contra scandals wrong, especially how these two crimes of state originated in treacherous actions to secure the powers of the presidency.
Saturday, March 9, 2013Rethinking Watergate/Iran-Contra New evidence continues to accumulate showing how Official Washington got key elements of the Watergate and Iran-Contra scandals wrong, especially how these two crimes of state originated in treacherous actions to secure the powers of the presidency.
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
Is Gingrich Fit to Be President? Soaring in the polls, Newt Gingrich is confidently predicting his capture of the Republican presidential nomination and now sees the White House within his grasp. But, is this divisive megalomaniac fit to run the most powerful nation on earth?
Thursday, December 8, 2011Is Gingrich Fit to Be President? Soaring in the polls, Newt Gingrich is confidently predicting his capture of the Republican presidential nomination and now sees the White House within his grasp. But, is this divisive megalomaniac fit to run the most powerful nation on earth?
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Monday, February 28, 2011
Kicking the Vietnam Syndrome What Americans didn't know at the time -- and still don't understand today -- is that this first U.S. war with Iraq had become less about liberating Kuwait and more about consolidating domestic public support behind a new phase of the American Empire, one that continues to this day.
Monday, February 28, 2011Kicking the Vietnam Syndrome What Americans didn't know at the time -- and still don't understand today -- is that this first U.S. war with Iraq had become less about liberating Kuwait and more about consolidating domestic public support behind a new phase of the American Empire, one that continues to this day.
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Saturday, June 16, 2012
How Tea Partiers Diss the Framers The Framers of the U.S. Constitution never looked smarter than when the American system of a strong central government is compared to the European Union model, a loose federation staggered by disunity. But the Tea Partiers want a states' rights structure more like Europe's.
Saturday, June 16, 2012How Tea Partiers Diss the Framers The Framers of the U.S. Constitution never looked smarter than when the American system of a strong central government is compared to the European Union model, a loose federation staggered by disunity. But the Tea Partiers want a states' rights structure more like Europe's.
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Monday, September 15, 2014
Ukraine's "Romantic" Nazi Storm Troopers While most civilized people view the Swastika and other Nazi symbols as abhorrent reminders of unspeakable evil, the Washington Post trotted out a new way of seeing them -- as "romantic" -- a sign that apologists for Ukraine's coup regime know no limits, reports Robert Parry.
Monday, September 15, 2014Ukraine's "Romantic" Nazi Storm Troopers While most civilized people view the Swastika and other Nazi symbols as abhorrent reminders of unspeakable evil, the Washington Post trotted out a new way of seeing them -- as "romantic" -- a sign that apologists for Ukraine's coup regime know no limits, reports Robert Parry.
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Sunday, February 14, 2010
Cheney Exposes Torture Conspiracy Cheney acknowledged that the White House had told the Justice Department lawyers what legal opinions to render. In other words, the opinions amounted to ordered-up lawyering to permit the administration to do whatever it wanted.
Sunday, February 14, 2010Cheney Exposes Torture Conspiracy Cheney acknowledged that the White House had told the Justice Department lawyers what legal opinions to render. In other words, the opinions amounted to ordered-up lawyering to permit the administration to do whatever it wanted.
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Sunday, July 10, 2011
Bachmann's Aide Hides $10M Secret When Rep. Michelle Bachmann landed Ed Rollins as her campaign manager, the move gave a shot of credibility to her presidential bid. Washington pundits adore Rollins and his blunt style, so much so that they have ignored the fact that he is still covering up an illegal $10 million suitcase full of cash from Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
Sunday, July 10, 2011Bachmann's Aide Hides $10M Secret When Rep. Michelle Bachmann landed Ed Rollins as her campaign manager, the move gave a shot of credibility to her presidential bid. Washington pundits adore Rollins and his blunt style, so much so that they have ignored the fact that he is still covering up an illegal $10 million suitcase full of cash from Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
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Thursday, December 14, 2017
The Foundering Russia-gate "Scandal" Taking on water from revealed FBI conflicts of interest, the foundering Russia-gate probe -- and its mainstream media promoters -- are resorting to insults against people who note the listing ship, writes Robert Parry.
Thursday, December 14, 2017The Foundering Russia-gate "Scandal" Taking on water from revealed FBI conflicts of interest, the foundering Russia-gate probe -- and its mainstream media promoters -- are resorting to insults against people who note the listing ship, writes Robert Parry.
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Thursday, January 12, 2017
Pulling a J. Edgar Hoover on Trump President-elect Trump is fending off a U.S. intelligence leak of unproven allegations that he cavorted with Russian prostitutes, but the darker story might be the CIA's intervention in U.S. politics, reports Robert Parry.
Thursday, January 12, 2017Pulling a J. Edgar Hoover on Trump President-elect Trump is fending off a U.S. intelligence leak of unproven allegations that he cavorted with Russian prostitutes, but the darker story might be the CIA's intervention in U.S. politics, reports Robert Parry.
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Saturday, September 6, 2014
Sidestepping Ukraine's "N-Word" for Nazi The mainstream U.S. media is hazing German Chancellor Merkel and President Obama for sidestepping the "I-word" -- invasion -- in reference to Russia and Ukraine. But the MSM goes mute on Ukraine's "N-word" for "Nazi" so as not to disrupt the pro-Kiev "group think," says Robert Parry.
Saturday, September 6, 2014Sidestepping Ukraine's "N-Word" for Nazi The mainstream U.S. media is hazing German Chancellor Merkel and President Obama for sidestepping the "I-word" -- invasion -- in reference to Russia and Ukraine. But the MSM goes mute on Ukraine's "N-word" for "Nazi" so as not to disrupt the pro-Kiev "group think," says Robert Parry.
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Saturday, May 24, 2014
The State Department's Ukraine Fiasco The State Department's handling of the Ukraine crisis may go down as a textbook diplomatic fiasco, doing nothing to advance genuine U.S. interests while disrupting cooperation with Moscow and pushing Russia and China back together, reports Robert Parry.
Saturday, May 24, 2014The State Department's Ukraine Fiasco The State Department's handling of the Ukraine crisis may go down as a textbook diplomatic fiasco, doing nothing to advance genuine U.S. interests while disrupting cooperation with Moscow and pushing Russia and China back together, reports Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2009
The Need to Hold the GOP Accountable Congressional Republicans voted almost unanimously against every major piece of legislation that Obama proposed to address short- and long-term national problems. It was, as some observed, like watching the arsonist who set the fire throwing rocks at the firefighters who tried to put out the blaze. Which brings us to the central role of George W. Bush's younger brother Jeb at a Saturday event in Arlington, Virginia....
Tuesday, May 5, 2009The Need to Hold the GOP Accountable Congressional Republicans voted almost unanimously against every major piece of legislation that Obama proposed to address short- and long-term national problems. It was, as some observed, like watching the arsonist who set the fire throwing rocks at the firefighters who tried to put out the blaze. Which brings us to the central role of George W. Bush's younger brother Jeb at a Saturday event in Arlington, Virginia....
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Monday, April 5, 2010
Is Vatican Guilty in Child-Sex Scandal? As the outside world has looked on with horror at the endless accounts of child molestation, the main Church response has been to tighten the protective circle around the Vatican and especially Pope Benedict. Despite some words of regret about the rape victims, the Vatican's angrier reactions have been directed against those who would dare question the pope.
Monday, April 5, 2010Is Vatican Guilty in Child-Sex Scandal? As the outside world has looked on with horror at the endless accounts of child molestation, the main Church response has been to tighten the protective circle around the Vatican and especially Pope Benedict. Despite some words of regret about the rape victims, the Vatican's angrier reactions have been directed against those who would dare question the pope.
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Bush Gloats Over Dan Rather's Ouster George W. Bush, in his memoir Decision Points, says he was shown a copy of a purported memo about his shirking of his National Guard duty before a story citing the document appeared on CBS' "60 Minutes-2," and the former president gloats over the resulting controversy that cost the jobs of Dan Rather and his star producer Mary Mapes. Bush's account suggests the White House may have had a larger role in discrediting the memo.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010Bush Gloats Over Dan Rather's Ouster George W. Bush, in his memoir Decision Points, says he was shown a copy of a purported memo about his shirking of his National Guard duty before a story citing the document appeared on CBS' "60 Minutes-2," and the former president gloats over the resulting controversy that cost the jobs of Dan Rather and his star producer Mary Mapes. Bush's account suggests the White House may have had a larger role in discrediting the memo.
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Saturday, November 1, 2014
Will the Right's Fake History Prevail? Tea Partiers have convinced millions of Americans that they are standing with the Constitution's Framers in a common disdain for a strong, activist federal government. That is false history but it is undergirding the expected Republican congressional victories on Tuesday, writes Robert Parry.
Saturday, November 1, 2014Will the Right's Fake History Prevail? Tea Partiers have convinced millions of Americans that they are standing with the Constitution's Framers in a common disdain for a strong, activist federal government. That is false history but it is undergirding the expected Republican congressional victories on Tuesday, writes Robert Parry.
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Thursday, June 2, 2016
The Bigger Nuclear Risk: Trump or Clinton? If the U.S. election comes down to Hillary Clinton v. Donald Trump, the American people will have to decide between two candidates who could risk the future of the planet, albeit for very different reasons, writes Robert Parry.
Thursday, June 2, 2016The Bigger Nuclear Risk: Trump or Clinton? If the U.S. election comes down to Hillary Clinton v. Donald Trump, the American people will have to decide between two candidates who could risk the future of the planet, albeit for very different reasons, writes Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Why the Right's Propaganda Works As much as the Left criticizes Obama and the Democrats for bungling health-care reform and showing a lack of courage on a range of other issues "" all valid points "" the larger problem can be traced back to the Left's historic miscalculation on media.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009Why the Right's Propaganda Works As much as the Left criticizes Obama and the Democrats for bungling health-care reform and showing a lack of courage on a range of other issues "" all valid points "" the larger problem can be traced back to the Left's historic miscalculation on media.
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Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Judge Roberts's Slap at Women John G. Roberts Jr.s disdain for womens rights
Wednesday, August 17, 2005Judge Roberts's Slap at Women John G. Roberts Jr.s disdain for womens rights
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
What to Make of Barack Obama? In his Second Inaugural Address, President Obama offered a powerful rejoinder to the Right by arguing that progressive reform fits firmly within the Founders' vision of a strong country advancing the "general Welfare" and securing "Blessings of Liberty." But does his rhetoric reflect the real Obama?
Tuesday, January 22, 2013What to Make of Barack Obama? In his Second Inaugural Address, President Obama offered a powerful rejoinder to the Right by arguing that progressive reform fits firmly within the Founders' vision of a strong country advancing the "general Welfare" and securing "Blessings of Liberty." But does his rhetoric reflect the real Obama?
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Wednesday, October 19, 2016
The Democrats' Joe McCarthy Moment To shield Hillary Clinton from criticism of her Wall Street speeches, the Democrats are engaging in a new McCarthyism for the New Cold War, suggesting that Donald Trump is in league with the Russians, writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, October 19, 2016The Democrats' Joe McCarthy Moment To shield Hillary Clinton from criticism of her Wall Street speeches, the Democrats are engaging in a new McCarthyism for the New Cold War, suggesting that Donald Trump is in league with the Russians, writes Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Covert US Military Strategy on Iran "The Obama administration insists that for the moment, it is committed to penalizing Iran for its nuclear activities only with diplomatic and economic sanctions. Nevertheless, the Pentagon has to draw up detailed war plans to be prepared in advance, in the event that President Obama ever authorizes a strike."
Tuesday, May 25, 2010Covert US Military Strategy on Iran "The Obama administration insists that for the moment, it is committed to penalizing Iran for its nuclear activities only with diplomatic and economic sanctions. Nevertheless, the Pentagon has to draw up detailed war plans to be prepared in advance, in the event that President Obama ever authorizes a strike."
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Tea Party and "12 Years a Slave" Some on the Right like to compare the Affordable Care Act to slavery, apparently to get under the skin of Barack Obama, the first African-American president. But the glib talking point also reveals a callous disregard for slavery's evils, which popular culture is finally addressing.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013Tea Party and "12 Years a Slave" Some on the Right like to compare the Affordable Care Act to slavery, apparently to get under the skin of Barack Obama, the first African-American president. But the glib talking point also reveals a callous disregard for slavery's evils, which popular culture is finally addressing.
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Thursday, November 6, 2014
Obama's Last Chance For six years, President Obama has bent to the will of Official Washington by reneging on promises to the American people for "transparency" and operating instead as an out-of-touch "insider." Now, the Democratic election debacle offers him a last chance to remember why he was elected, writes Robert Parry.
Thursday, November 6, 2014Obama's Last Chance For six years, President Obama has bent to the will of Official Washington by reneging on promises to the American people for "transparency" and operating instead as an out-of-touch "insider." Now, the Democratic election debacle offers him a last chance to remember why he was elected, writes Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Gen. Petraeus and the 'Surge' Myth It appears that people in both Iraq and Afghanistan don't much like having foreigners from around the world occupying their countries. But that is not a reality that David Petraeus -- or the Washington press corps -- is likely to take to heart.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010Gen. Petraeus and the 'Surge' Myth It appears that people in both Iraq and Afghanistan don't much like having foreigners from around the world occupying their countries. But that is not a reality that David Petraeus -- or the Washington press corps -- is likely to take to heart.
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Monday, April 4, 2016
"Corruption" as a Propaganda Weapon Mainstream U.S. journalism and propaganda are getting hard to tell apart, as with the flurry of "corruption" stories aimed at Russia's Putin and other demonized foreign leaders, writes Robert Parry.
Monday, April 4, 2016"Corruption" as a Propaganda Weapon Mainstream U.S. journalism and propaganda are getting hard to tell apart, as with the flurry of "corruption" stories aimed at Russia's Putin and other demonized foreign leaders, writes Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Obama Threatens Iran with Nukes In readjusting U.S. policy on when to launch a nuclear strike, President Barack Obama has repudiated the use of nukes against non-nuclear states with the exception of Iran, which he termed an "outlier" along with North Korea.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010Obama Threatens Iran with Nukes In readjusting U.S. policy on when to launch a nuclear strike, President Barack Obama has repudiated the use of nukes against non-nuclear states with the exception of Iran, which he termed an "outlier" along with North Korea.
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Saturday, March 19, 2016
Will We Miss President Obama? President Obama doesn't take on Official Washington's powerful neocons head-on, but he does drag his heels on some of their crazy schemes, which is better than America can expect from Hillary Clinton, writes Robert Parry.
Saturday, March 19, 2016Will We Miss President Obama? President Obama doesn't take on Official Washington's powerful neocons head-on, but he does drag his heels on some of their crazy schemes, which is better than America can expect from Hillary Clinton, writes Robert Parry.
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Friday, December 30, 2016
Details Still Lacking on Russian "Hack" The mainstream U.S. media is all atwitter about Russia having to pay a price for hacking into Democratic emails and supposedly tilting the U.S. election to Donald Trump, but the evidence still is lacking, reports Robert Parry.
Friday, December 30, 2016Details Still Lacking on Russian "Hack" The mainstream U.S. media is all atwitter about Russia having to pay a price for hacking into Democratic emails and supposedly tilting the U.S. election to Donald Trump, but the evidence still is lacking, reports Robert Parry.
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Saturday, January 7, 2017
US Report Still Lacks Proof on Russia "Hack" Despite mainstream media acceptance, the U.S. intelligence community's assessment on alleged Russian "hacking" still lacks hard public evidence, a case of "trust-us" by politicized spy agencies, writes Robert Parry.
Saturday, January 7, 2017US Report Still Lacks Proof on Russia "Hack" Despite mainstream media acceptance, the U.S. intelligence community's assessment on alleged Russian "hacking" still lacks hard public evidence, a case of "trust-us" by politicized spy agencies, writes Robert Parry.
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Monday, September 12, 2011
Who Are These People? When President George W. Bush took aim at Iraq in 2002-03, it was the smart career play in the U.S. news media to jump on the pro-war bandwagon and cheer on propaganda about WMD and other excuses for war. Belatedly, the New York Times' Bill Keller admits that mistakes were made
Monday, September 12, 2011Who Are These People? When President George W. Bush took aim at Iraq in 2002-03, it was the smart career play in the U.S. news media to jump on the pro-war bandwagon and cheer on propaganda about WMD and other excuses for war. Belatedly, the New York Times' Bill Keller admits that mistakes were made
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Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Trump and Democrats Misread Mandates Neither the Democrats nor President Trump learned the right lessons from the 2016 election, leaving the nation divided at home and bogged down in wars abroad, writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, November 8, 2017Trump and Democrats Misread Mandates Neither the Democrats nor President Trump learned the right lessons from the 2016 election, leaving the nation divided at home and bogged down in wars abroad, writes Robert Parry.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013
Obama's Not-So-Terrible Year Official Washington is giving a big thumb down to President Obama's performance in 2013. But his diplomatic breakthroughs in the Middle East and even some of his troubles with Obamacare and the NSA could ultimately make the year a historic turning point, says Robert Parry.
Thursday, December 26, 2013Obama's Not-So-Terrible Year Official Washington is giving a big thumb down to President Obama's performance in 2013. But his diplomatic breakthroughs in the Middle East and even some of his troubles with Obamacare and the NSA could ultimately make the year a historic turning point, says Robert Parry.
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Thursday, July 3, 2014
Itching for a Genocide A meeting of French, German, Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers sought a new ceasefire in Ukraine, but the U.S. State Department and the mainstream U.S. media seem eager for more bloodshed, an unseemly rush into a war that could become genocide, writes Robert Parry.
Thursday, July 3, 2014Itching for a Genocide A meeting of French, German, Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers sought a new ceasefire in Ukraine, but the U.S. State Department and the mainstream U.S. media seem eager for more bloodshed, an unseemly rush into a war that could become genocide, writes Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012
The Neocons and 9/11 The emerging history of 9/11 reveals that President George W. Bush's failure to protect the nation resulted from neocon insistence that Iraq was the real threat, not al-Qaeda. The political relevance today is that the neocons want back into power under a Mitt Romney presidency.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012The Neocons and 9/11 The emerging history of 9/11 reveals that President George W. Bush's failure to protect the nation resulted from neocon insistence that Iraq was the real threat, not al-Qaeda. The political relevance today is that the neocons want back into power under a Mitt Romney presidency.
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Saturday, January 9, 2010
Hard Lessons from Decades Past By the early 1990s, the historic role of the American press as watchdogs for the public had been transformed. Instead of growling at the corrupt and powerful, the press corps had become guard dogs, protecting the new Republican establishment and snarling at citizens, whistleblowers and even fellow journalists who sought to expose wrongdoing.
Saturday, January 9, 2010Hard Lessons from Decades Past By the early 1990s, the historic role of the American press as watchdogs for the public had been transformed. Instead of growling at the corrupt and powerful, the press corps had become guard dogs, protecting the new Republican establishment and snarling at citizens, whistleblowers and even fellow journalists who sought to expose wrongdoing.
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
How to Save the GOP The only practical way to get the U.S. back on track economically is to raise taxes on the rich and use the money to rebuild the country. But anti-government extremists have taken over the Republican Party and won't let go. So, what can be done to save the GOP from itself?
Thursday, September 20, 2012How to Save the GOP The only practical way to get the U.S. back on track economically is to raise taxes on the rich and use the money to rebuild the country. But anti-government extremists have taken over the Republican Party and won't let go. So, what can be done to save the GOP from itself?
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Sunday, July 3, 2016
MH-17 Probe's Torture-Implicated Ally The Ukrainian intelligence service at the center of the inquiry into who shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 is accused by a top U.N. official of blocking a probe into Ukrainian government torture, reports Robert Parry.
Sunday, July 3, 2016MH-17 Probe's Torture-Implicated Ally The Ukrainian intelligence service at the center of the inquiry into who shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 is accused by a top U.N. official of blocking a probe into Ukrainian government torture, reports Robert Parry.
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Saturday, September 22, 2012
"Lucky" Voters Can Pick Romney Mitt Romney's political struggles are testing the patience of the Republican presidential nominee and his wife Ann, who tells Americans that they should know how "lucky" they are that her husband is offering himself as the nation's savior. Romney's message to voters is "you're welcome."
Saturday, September 22, 2012"Lucky" Voters Can Pick Romney Mitt Romney's political struggles are testing the patience of the Republican presidential nominee and his wife Ann, who tells Americans that they should know how "lucky" they are that her husband is offering himself as the nation's savior. Romney's message to voters is "you're welcome."
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
Our Unheeded Warnings to Obama In the days after Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008, we published a three-part series warning him of dangers ahead. However, the new President chose to ignore all our warnings. So nearly two years later, it might be a good time to assess whether our concerns were valid or not.
Thursday, September 30, 2010Our Unheeded Warnings to Obama In the days after Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008, we published a three-part series warning him of dangers ahead. However, the new President chose to ignore all our warnings. So nearly two years later, it might be a good time to assess whether our concerns were valid or not.
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Friday, February 1, 2013
The Lesson in Hagel's Inquisition Several U.S. senators rudely questioned Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel for alleged heresies against Official Washington's orthodoxies, like his strange detection of an Israel Lobby operating on Capitol Hill and his refusal to accept that the 2007 troop "surge" in Iraq won that war.
Friday, February 1, 2013The Lesson in Hagel's Inquisition Several U.S. senators rudely questioned Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel for alleged heresies against Official Washington's orthodoxies, like his strange detection of an Israel Lobby operating on Capitol Hill and his refusal to accept that the 2007 troop "surge" in Iraq won that war.
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Monday, October 31, 2016
Who Will Weed Out the Warmongers? Progressive Democrats are gearing up to fight Wall Street appointees to a Hillary Clinton administration, but there is no similar campaign to weed out neocon/liberal-hawk warmongers, writes Robert Parry.
Monday, October 31, 2016Who Will Weed Out the Warmongers? Progressive Democrats are gearing up to fight Wall Street appointees to a Hillary Clinton administration, but there is no similar campaign to weed out neocon/liberal-hawk warmongers, writes Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Clinton Toned Down Her Hawkishness Hillary Clinton's strongest point in Monday's debate may have been what she didn't say, as she avoided a return to her hawkish rhetoric that has alienated many anti-war Democrats, writes Robert Parry.
Tuesday, September 27, 2016Clinton Toned Down Her Hawkishness Hillary Clinton's strongest point in Monday's debate may have been what she didn't say, as she avoided a return to her hawkish rhetoric that has alienated many anti-war Democrats, writes Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2015
How Ukraine's Finance Chief Got Rich Ukraine's Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko collected at least $1.77 million in bonuses from a U.S.-taxpayer-funded investment project that she ran even as it was losing money, a sign that her image as a paragon of public-interest "reform" may not be all that it's cracked up to be, reports Robert Parry.
Tuesday, November 10, 2015How Ukraine's Finance Chief Got Rich Ukraine's Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko collected at least $1.77 million in bonuses from a U.S.-taxpayer-funded investment project that she ran even as it was losing money, a sign that her image as a paragon of public-interest "reform" may not be all that it's cracked up to be, reports Robert Parry.
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Saturday, June 4, 2016
Libya's "Chaos Theory" Undercuts Hillary Hillary Clinton's Libyan "regime change" project remains in chaos with one U.S. official likening rival factions to rogue water "droplets" resisting a U.S.-carved rewards-and-punishment "channel" to reconciliation, reports Robert Parry.
Saturday, June 4, 2016Libya's "Chaos Theory" Undercuts Hillary Hillary Clinton's Libyan "regime change" project remains in chaos with one U.S. official likening rival factions to rogue water "droplets" resisting a U.S.-carved rewards-and-punishment "channel" to reconciliation, reports Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014
The Only Standards Are Double Standards President Obama is still embracing Official Washington's false narrative on Ukraine as he hypocritically blames the crisis entirely on Moscow and ignores the West's role in toppling an elected president and provoking a nasty civil war, writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, June 4, 2014The Only Standards Are Double Standards President Obama is still embracing Official Washington's false narrative on Ukraine as he hypocritically blames the crisis entirely on Moscow and ignores the West's role in toppling an elected president and provoking a nasty civil war, writes Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Turkey Provokes Russia with Shoot-down Turkey appears to have deliberately shot down a Russian warplane as a provocation designed to escalate tensions between NATO and Russia, a ploy that seems to have sucked in President Obama as he tries to look tough against Russia to appease his neocon critics, writes Robert Parry.
Tuesday, November 24, 2015Turkey Provokes Russia with Shoot-down Turkey appears to have deliberately shot down a Russian warplane as a provocation designed to escalate tensions between NATO and Russia, a ploy that seems to have sucked in President Obama as he tries to look tough against Russia to appease his neocon critics, writes Robert Parry.
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Sunday, May 4, 2014
Another NYT "Sort of" Retraction on Ukraine The mainstream U.S. media likes to talk about Ukraine as an "information war," meaning that the Russians are making stuff up. But the false narratives are actually being hatched more on the U.S. side, as a new New York Times story acknowledges, writes Robert Parry.
Sunday, May 4, 2014Another NYT "Sort of" Retraction on Ukraine The mainstream U.S. media likes to talk about Ukraine as an "information war," meaning that the Russians are making stuff up. But the false narratives are actually being hatched more on the U.S. side, as a new New York Times story acknowledges, writes Robert Parry.
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Thursday, March 20, 2014
WPost's Anti-Putin "Group Think" In a stunning display of “group think,” virtually the entire Washington Post editorial section was devoted to denunciations of Russian President Putin, especially his “crazy” belief that the U.S. government often ignores international law and applies “the rule of the gun,” reports Robert Parry.
Thursday, March 20, 2014WPost's Anti-Putin "Group Think" In a stunning display of “group think,” virtually the entire Washington Post editorial section was devoted to denunciations of Russian President Putin, especially his “crazy” belief that the U.S. government often ignores international law and applies “the rule of the gun,” reports Robert Parry.
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Thursday, June 9, 2016
Democrats Are Now the Aggressive War Party For nearly a half century -- since late in the Vietnam War -- the Democrats have been the less warlike of the two parties, but that has flipped with the choice of war hawk Hillary Clinton, writes Robert Parry.
Thursday, June 9, 2016Democrats Are Now the Aggressive War Party For nearly a half century -- since late in the Vietnam War -- the Democrats have been the less warlike of the two parties, but that has flipped with the choice of war hawk Hillary Clinton, writes Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Did Kent State Have to Happen? Today, looking at the consequences from the resulting Republican political dominance over much of the past four decades -" weakened labor unions, rampant deregulation, a shrinking American middle class, a swelling national debt, endless foreign wars, crimped civil liberties, and a deeply polarized electorate -" the question must be: did it all have to happen?
Tuesday, May 4, 2010Did Kent State Have to Happen? Today, looking at the consequences from the resulting Republican political dominance over much of the past four decades -" weakened labor unions, rampant deregulation, a shrinking American middle class, a swelling national debt, endless foreign wars, crimped civil liberties, and a deeply polarized electorate -" the question must be: did it all have to happen?
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Friday, June 15, 2012
Admissions on Nixon's "Treason" Definitive proof of a historical mystery is often elusive, even with archival documents and memoirs. Skeptics can always say some witness or some evidence isn't perfect. But the case that Richard Nixon sabotaged the Vietnam peace talks in 1968 to win that pivotal election is clear.
Friday, June 15, 2012Admissions on Nixon's "Treason" Definitive proof of a historical mystery is often elusive, even with archival documents and memoirs. Skeptics can always say some witness or some evidence isn't perfect. But the case that Richard Nixon sabotaged the Vietnam peace talks in 1968 to win that pivotal election is clear.
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Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Debate Moderator Distorted Syrian Reality The American people are receiving a highly distorted view of the Syrian war -- much propaganda, little truth -- including from one of the moderators at the second presidential debate, writes Robert Parry.
Tuesday, October 11, 2016Debate Moderator Distorted Syrian Reality The American people are receiving a highly distorted view of the Syrian war -- much propaganda, little truth -- including from one of the moderators at the second presidential debate, writes Robert Parry.
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Monday, June 15, 2015
Samantha Power: Liberal War Hawk Liberal interventionist Samantha Power -- along with neocon allies -- appears to have prevailed in the struggle over how President Obama will conduct his foreign policy in his last months in office, promoting aggressive strategies that will lead to more death and destruction, writes Robert Parry.
Monday, June 15, 2015Samantha Power: Liberal War Hawk Liberal interventionist Samantha Power -- along with neocon allies -- appears to have prevailed in the struggle over how President Obama will conduct his foreign policy in his last months in office, promoting aggressive strategies that will lead to more death and destruction, writes Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
In Libya, a Bloodbath Looms The Orwellian hypocrisy of NATO's mission "to protect civilians" in Libya has now been encapsulated in a vow from a NATO-backed Libyan rebel who announced plans to crush the few towns still loyal to Muammar Gaddafi with the words, "sometimes to avoid bloodshed you must shed blood."
Wednesday, August 31, 2011In Libya, a Bloodbath Looms The Orwellian hypocrisy of NATO's mission "to protect civilians" in Libya has now been encapsulated in a vow from a NATO-backed Libyan rebel who announced plans to crush the few towns still loyal to Muammar Gaddafi with the words, "sometimes to avoid bloodshed you must shed blood."
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Monday, August 19, 2013
Did Manning Help Avert War in Iran? Government prosecutors are seeking 60 years in prison for Pvt. Bradley Manning as punishment for his release of classified documents. But little attention is being paid to the benefits from those disclosures, including how he may have helped prevent a war with Iran.
Monday, August 19, 2013Did Manning Help Avert War in Iran? Government prosecutors are seeking 60 years in prison for Pvt. Bradley Manning as punishment for his release of classified documents. But little attention is being paid to the benefits from those disclosures, including how he may have helped prevent a war with Iran.
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
The Significance of Nixon's 'Treason' You might have thought that when audiotapes were released of President Lyndon Johnson accusing Richard Nixon's 1968 campaign of "treason" for sabotaging Vietnam peace talks - as 500,000 U.S. troops sat in a war zone - the major U.S. news media would be all over it, providing insight and context. If you thought that, of course, you would be wrong.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008The Significance of Nixon's 'Treason' You might have thought that when audiotapes were released of President Lyndon Johnson accusing Richard Nixon's 1968 campaign of "treason" for sabotaging Vietnam peace talks - as 500,000 U.S. troops sat in a war zone - the major U.S. news media would be all over it, providing insight and context. If you thought that, of course, you would be wrong.
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Monday, October 30, 2017
Guardians of the Magnitsky Myth In pursuit of Russia-gate, the U.S. mainstream media embraces any attack on Russia and works to ensure that Americans don't hear the other side of the story, as with the Magnitsky myth, reports Robert Parry.
Monday, October 30, 2017Guardians of the Magnitsky Myth In pursuit of Russia-gate, the U.S. mainstream media embraces any attack on Russia and works to ensure that Americans don't hear the other side of the story, as with the Magnitsky myth, reports Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013
The Right's Re-Branding, 1860 to 1776 A new poll says 44 percent of Republicans believe "an armed revolution" may be needed in the next few years "to protect liberties," proof of the Right's success in re-branding itself with Revolutionary War symbols and fueling paranoia about the elected national government.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013The Right's Re-Branding, 1860 to 1776 A new poll says 44 percent of Republicans believe "an armed revolution" may be needed in the next few years "to protect liberties," proof of the Right's success in re-branding itself with Revolutionary War symbols and fueling paranoia about the elected national government.
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Saturday, September 17, 2011
Dick Cheney: Son of the New Deal "When I was born [on Jan. 30, 1941] my granddad wanted to send a telegram to the president," Cheney writes in his memoir. "Both sides of my family were staunch New Deal Democrats, and Granddad was sure that FDR would want to know about the 'little stranger' with whom he now had a birthday in common."
Saturday, September 17, 2011Dick Cheney: Son of the New Deal "When I was born [on Jan. 30, 1941] my granddad wanted to send a telegram to the president," Cheney writes in his memoir. "Both sides of my family were staunch New Deal Democrats, and Granddad was sure that FDR would want to know about the 'little stranger' with whom he now had a birthday in common."
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Friday, December 6, 2013
Honoring Mandela, Not Reagan The U.S. government's relationship with Nelson Mandela was often strained, from the CIA's hand in his imprisonment to Ronald Reagan's veto of a sanctions bill aimed at getting him freed, lost history that must now be reconciled.
Friday, December 6, 2013Honoring Mandela, Not Reagan The U.S. government's relationship with Nelson Mandela was often strained, from the CIA's hand in his imprisonment to Ronald Reagan's veto of a sanctions bill aimed at getting him freed, lost history that must now be reconciled.
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Monday, February 13, 2012
The Right's Inside-Out Constitution The revisionist view is now at the heart of the Tea Party movement and is reflected in comments by Republican presidential hopefuls, such as the insistence of Rep. Ron Paul of Texas that much of what the federal government has done domestically in recent decades has been unconstitutional. It also apparently was what Gingrich was driving at with his recent comment about his belief in the Constitution and the Federalist Papers.
Monday, February 13, 2012The Right's Inside-Out Constitution The revisionist view is now at the heart of the Tea Party movement and is reflected in comments by Republican presidential hopefuls, such as the insistence of Rep. Ron Paul of Texas that much of what the federal government has done domestically in recent decades has been unconstitutional. It also apparently was what Gingrich was driving at with his recent comment about his belief in the Constitution and the Federalist Papers.
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Sunday, December 18, 2016
A Spy Coup in America? As the Electoral College assembles, U.S. intelligence agencies are stepping up a campaign to delegitimize Donald Trump as a Russian stooge, raising concerns about a spy coup in America, reports Robert Parry.
Sunday, December 18, 2016A Spy Coup in America? As the Electoral College assembles, U.S. intelligence agencies are stepping up a campaign to delegitimize Donald Trump as a Russian stooge, raising concerns about a spy coup in America, reports Robert Parry.
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Monday, March 20, 2017
NYT's "Tinfoil Hat" Conspiracy Theory There is a "tinfoil-hat" quality to The New York Times' pushing its "Donald Trump Is Russia's Manchurian Candidate" conspiracy theory as the newspaper sinks deeper into a New McCarthyism, reports Robert Parry.
Monday, March 20, 2017NYT's "Tinfoil Hat" Conspiracy Theory There is a "tinfoil-hat" quality to The New York Times' pushing its "Donald Trump Is Russia's Manchurian Candidate" conspiracy theory as the newspaper sinks deeper into a New McCarthyism, reports Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Slanting the Case on Iran's Nukes The U.S. news media shows no skepticism as it accepts the toughly worded report by the International Atomic Energy Agency on Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program. Ignored is the fact that the IAEA's new chief appears to have joined the U.S./Israel camp.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011Slanting the Case on Iran's Nukes The U.S. news media shows no skepticism as it accepts the toughly worded report by the International Atomic Energy Agency on Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program. Ignored is the fact that the IAEA's new chief appears to have joined the U.S./Israel camp.
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Sunday, December 29, 2013
NYT Backs Off Its Syria-Sarin Analysis For months, the "slam-dunk" evidence "proving" Syrian government guilt in the Aug. 21 Sarin attack near Damascus was a "vector analysis" pushed by the New York Times showing where the rockets supposedly were launched. But the Times now grudgingly admits its analysis was flawed, reports Robert Parry.
Sunday, December 29, 2013NYT Backs Off Its Syria-Sarin Analysis For months, the "slam-dunk" evidence "proving" Syrian government guilt in the Aug. 21 Sarin attack near Damascus was a "vector analysis" pushed by the New York Times showing where the rockets supposedly were launched. But the Times now grudgingly admits its analysis was flawed, reports Robert Parry.
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Thursday, May 19, 2016
US Media as Conduits of Propaganda The "group think" about the Syrian government crossing President Obama's "red line" in a 2013 sarin attack has collapsed, but The New York Times still reports it as flat fact, an industry-wide problem, writes Robert Parry.
Thursday, May 19, 2016US Media as Conduits of Propaganda The "group think" about the Syrian government crossing President Obama's "red line" in a 2013 sarin attack has collapsed, but The New York Times still reports it as flat fact, an industry-wide problem, writes Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Explaining Myself U.S. government propagandists know that the best way to get Americans to support a war is to get them despising and laughing at some "designated villain," though the technique applies to more mundane cases, too. That's when journalists should step in but often they just pile on, says Robert Parry.
Tuesday, June 16, 2015Explaining Myself U.S. government propagandists know that the best way to get Americans to support a war is to get them despising and laughing at some "designated villain," though the technique applies to more mundane cases, too. That's when journalists should step in but often they just pile on, says Robert Parry.
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Sunday, December 14, 2008
Obama and US-Russia Tensions Author's Note: The following article was written by two analysts from an international organization. However, given the political sensitivity of NATO expansion and anti-missile deployments, we are publishing the article anonymously at their request
Sunday, December 14, 2008Obama and US-Russia Tensions Author's Note: The following article was written by two analysts from an international organization. However, given the political sensitivity of NATO expansion and anti-missile deployments, we are publishing the article anonymously at their request
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Monday, July 21, 2014
Kerry's Latest Reckless Rush to Judgment Though the investigation of the shoot-down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 has barely begun, the Obama administration and the U.S. media have sold the world on the narrative blaming Russia's President Putin, with Secretary of State Kerry sealing the deal, writes Robert Parry.
Monday, July 21, 2014Kerry's Latest Reckless Rush to Judgment Though the investigation of the shoot-down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 has barely begun, the Obama administration and the U.S. media have sold the world on the narrative blaming Russia's President Putin, with Secretary of State Kerry sealing the deal, writes Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, August 26, 2015
The Trump/Sanders Phenomenon The prospect of another competition between the Clinton and Bush dynasties has sent activists from across the political spectrum searching for someone new -- and leading to the unlikely emergence of unorthodox candidates, billionaire Donald Trump and socialist Bernie Sanders, writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, August 26, 2015The Trump/Sanders Phenomenon The prospect of another competition between the Clinton and Bush dynasties has sent activists from across the political spectrum searching for someone new -- and leading to the unlikely emergence of unorthodox candidates, billionaire Donald Trump and socialist Bernie Sanders, writes Robert Parry.
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Thursday, February 9, 2017
Trump's Foreign Policy at a Crossroads Recent U.S. foreign policy -- driven by neocons and liberal hawks -- has spread chaos and death around the globe. But can "crazy" Donald Trump bring sanity to how the U.S. approaches the world, asks Robert Parry.
Thursday, February 9, 2017Trump's Foreign Policy at a Crossroads Recent U.S. foreign policy -- driven by neocons and liberal hawks -- has spread chaos and death around the globe. But can "crazy" Donald Trump bring sanity to how the U.S. approaches the world, asks Robert Parry.
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Friday, March 25, 2011
The Neocons Regroup on Libyan War Over the past several decades as the neocons have grown in influence inside the U.S. political/media circles, one of their consistent characteristics has been to advocate wars against perceived "enemies" in the Muslim world. The neocons have one great strength: they are clever enough -- and well-connected enough -- to block any accountability.
Friday, March 25, 2011The Neocons Regroup on Libyan War Over the past several decades as the neocons have grown in influence inside the U.S. political/media circles, one of their consistent characteristics has been to advocate wars against perceived "enemies" in the Muslim world. The neocons have one great strength: they are clever enough -- and well-connected enough -- to block any accountability.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2016
WPost's "Agit-Prop" for the New Cold War The Washington Post, the neocons' media flagship, has fired a broadside at a new documentary after it blasted a hole in the side of the anti-Russian Magnitsky narrative, which helped launch the new Cold War, writes Robert Parry.
Tuesday, June 21, 2016WPost's "Agit-Prop" for the New Cold War The Washington Post, the neocons' media flagship, has fired a broadside at a new documentary after it blasted a hole in the side of the anti-Russian Magnitsky narrative, which helped launch the new Cold War, writes Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Cheney's Shocking Admissions on How Close He Came to Nearly Destroying the Country Though Cheney cited constitutional precedents from the Civil War&WWII to justify his position,what has made the "war on terror" such an insidious basis for asserting the broadest presidential powers is that it is amorphous both in time &space.Unlike conventional wars that have beginnings and ends-as well as battlefronts-this "war" is theoretically everywhere and never-ending,with constitutional limits eliminated forever.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008Cheney's Shocking Admissions on How Close He Came to Nearly Destroying the Country Though Cheney cited constitutional precedents from the Civil War&WWII to justify his position,what has made the "war on terror" such an insidious basis for asserting the broadest presidential powers is that it is amorphous both in time &space.Unlike conventional wars that have beginnings and ends-as well as battlefronts-this "war" is theoretically everywhere and never-ending,with constitutional limits eliminated forever.
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Sunday, April 8, 2012
GOP Five's Code: "Power Is Power" In December 2000, what was at stake was not only the enormous powers of the presidency but one specific power in particular, the ability to appoint federal judges and justices. If Gore had been allowed to become president, that would have meant at least 12 consecutive years of Democratic control of the judicial appointment power, thus threatening Republican domination of the Supreme Court and the lower courts.
Sunday, April 8, 2012GOP Five's Code: "Power Is Power" In December 2000, what was at stake was not only the enormous powers of the presidency but one specific power in particular, the ability to appoint federal judges and justices. If Gore had been allowed to become president, that would have meant at least 12 consecutive years of Democratic control of the judicial appointment power, thus threatening Republican domination of the Supreme Court and the lower courts.
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Monday, January 10, 2011
Dangerous Right-Wing 'Victimhood' Though it was clear from initial reports that Loughner was a troubled young man, it was less clear what exactly set him off. FBI Director Mueller noted how threats and hate speech especially over the Internet, can lead to "lone wolves or lone offenders undertaking attacks." Another common thread in the recent history of political violence is how often attackers are motivated by what they view as their "victimhood."
Monday, January 10, 2011Dangerous Right-Wing 'Victimhood' Though it was clear from initial reports that Loughner was a troubled young man, it was less clear what exactly set him off. FBI Director Mueller noted how threats and hate speech especially over the Internet, can lead to "lone wolves or lone offenders undertaking attacks." Another common thread in the recent history of political violence is how often attackers are motivated by what they view as their "victimhood."
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Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Are Neocons an Existential Threat? Despite a record of unprecedented error, American neocons remain the dominant foreign policy force in Official Washington, demanding more "regime change" in the Middle East and a new Cold War that could heat up and end all life on the planet, writes Robert Parry.
Tuesday, September 15, 2015Are Neocons an Existential Threat? Despite a record of unprecedented error, American neocons remain the dominant foreign policy force in Official Washington, demanding more "regime change" in the Middle East and a new Cold War that could heat up and end all life on the planet, writes Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Neocons and Neolibs: How Dead Ideas Kill Hillary Clinton wants the American voters to be very afraid of Donald Trump, but there is reason to fear as well what a neoconservative/neoliberal Clinton presidency would mean for the world, writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, May 11, 2016Neocons and Neolibs: How Dead Ideas Kill Hillary Clinton wants the American voters to be very afraid of Donald Trump, but there is reason to fear as well what a neoconservative/neoliberal Clinton presidency would mean for the world, writes Robert Parry.
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Friday, December 12, 2014
How "Awesome" Is America? America has an extraordinary capacity to submerge unpleasant truths about its past and present, from African-American slavery and Native-American genocide to bloodbaths in Vietnam and Iraq. Now faced with clear evidence of torture, one cheerleader simply says the U.S. is "awesome," as Robert Parry reports.
Friday, December 12, 2014How "Awesome" Is America? America has an extraordinary capacity to submerge unpleasant truths about its past and present, from African-American slavery and Native-American genocide to bloodbaths in Vietnam and Iraq. Now faced with clear evidence of torture, one cheerleader simply says the U.S. is "awesome," as Robert Parry reports.
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Thursday, December 3, 2009
Obama Pleases the Neocons The neocon detachment from reality continues to pervade their wishful thinking about a successful counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan, the nation they persuaded Bush to put on the back burner so they could advance their grandiose vision of Middle East victories.
Thursday, December 3, 2009Obama Pleases the Neocons The neocon detachment from reality continues to pervade their wishful thinking about a successful counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan, the nation they persuaded Bush to put on the back burner so they could advance their grandiose vision of Middle East victories.
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Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Shamir's October Surprise Admission Two decades ago, ex-Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir offered the stunning confirmation that "of course" an October Surprise plot had blocked President Jimmy Carter from gaining the release of 52 U.S. hostages in Iran, thus helping Ronald Reagan win the presidency in 1980.
Tuesday, July 3, 2012Shamir's October Surprise Admission Two decades ago, ex-Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir offered the stunning confirmation that "of course" an October Surprise plot had blocked President Jimmy Carter from gaining the release of 52 U.S. hostages in Iran, thus helping Ronald Reagan win the presidency in 1980.
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Friday, February 15, 2013
How Neocons Messed Up the Mideast Newly available documents reveal how Ronald Reagan's neocon aides cleared the way for Israeli arm sales to Iran in 1981, shortly after Iran freed 52 U.S. hostages whose captivity doomed Jimmy Carter's reelection. The move also planted the seeds of the Iran-Contra scandal.
Friday, February 15, 2013How Neocons Messed Up the Mideast Newly available documents reveal how Ronald Reagan's neocon aides cleared the way for Israeli arm sales to Iran in 1981, shortly after Iran freed 52 U.S. hostages whose captivity doomed Jimmy Carter's reelection. The move also planted the seeds of the Iran-Contra scandal.
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Monday, February 27, 2012
Santorum "Throws Up" on JFK/Obama Rick Santorum says he almost threw up reading John Kennedy's 1960 speech on religious tolerance, and the GOP presidential hopeful sees sinister intent in President Obama's plea that young Americans seek higher education. So, what would a Santorum America be like?
Monday, February 27, 2012Santorum "Throws Up" on JFK/Obama Rick Santorum says he almost threw up reading John Kennedy's 1960 speech on religious tolerance, and the GOP presidential hopeful sees sinister intent in President Obama's plea that young Americans seek higher education. So, what would a Santorum America be like?
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Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Hypocrisy Behind the Russian-Election Frenzy The madness sweeping Official Washington and the mainstream media about alleged Russian interference in the U.S. election is pervaded by breathtaking hypocrisy, writes Robert Parry.
Tuesday, December 13, 2016Hypocrisy Behind the Russian-Election Frenzy The madness sweeping Official Washington and the mainstream media about alleged Russian interference in the U.S. election is pervaded by breathtaking hypocrisy, writes Robert Parry.
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Saturday, April 30, 2011
Questioning Obama's Americanism While some on the American Left seem to have forgotten how extraordinary it was for the United States to elect a talented black politician as president, it does not appear that the Right has been so colorblind.
Saturday, April 30, 2011Questioning Obama's Americanism While some on the American Left seem to have forgotten how extraordinary it was for the United States to elect a talented black politician as president, it does not appear that the Right has been so colorblind.
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Friday, October 30, 2015
A Glimmer of Hope for Syria With new negotiations starting in Geneva -- and with Iran now allowed to participate -- there is finally a glimmer of hope that the Syrian slaughter might end. But that will require concessions from all sides and President Obama standing up to the neocons who put "regime change" ahead of peace, writes Robert Parry.
Friday, October 30, 2015A Glimmer of Hope for Syria With new negotiations starting in Geneva -- and with Iran now allowed to participate -- there is finally a glimmer of hope that the Syrian slaughter might end. But that will require concessions from all sides and President Obama standing up to the neocons who put "regime change" ahead of peace, writes Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Murdoch, Scaife and CIA Propaganda The rapid expansion of America's right-wing media began in the 1980s as the Reagan administration coordinated foreign policy initiatives with conservative media executives, including Rupert Murdoch, and then cleared away regulatory hurdles, reports Robert Parry.
Wednesday, December 31, 2014Murdoch, Scaife and CIA Propaganda The rapid expansion of America's right-wing media began in the 1980s as the Reagan administration coordinated foreign policy initiatives with conservative media executives, including Rupert Murdoch, and then cleared away regulatory hurdles, reports Robert Parry.
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Monday, December 23, 2013
UN Investigator Undercuts NYT on Syria Amid last summer's rush to judgment on the Aug. 21 Sarin attack in Syria, the New York Times joined the stampede blaming the Assad regime by pushing a "vector analysis" showing where the rockets supposedly were launched, but now that certainty has collapsed.
Monday, December 23, 2013UN Investigator Undercuts NYT on Syria Amid last summer's rush to judgment on the Aug. 21 Sarin attack in Syria, the New York Times joined the stampede blaming the Assad regime by pushing a "vector analysis" showing where the rockets supposedly were launched, but now that certainty has collapsed.
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
The Right Gets Itself 'Wired' "The ability of a single e-mail to shape a message illustrates the power of the conservative network -- loosely affiliated blogs, radio hosts, "tea-party' organizers and D.C. institutions that are binding together to fuel opposition to President Obama," said the Washington Post's Jerry Markon.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010The Right Gets Itself 'Wired' "The ability of a single e-mail to shape a message illustrates the power of the conservative network -- loosely affiliated blogs, radio hosts, "tea-party' organizers and D.C. institutions that are binding together to fuel opposition to President Obama," said the Washington Post's Jerry Markon.
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Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Two Corrupt Establishments The insurgent campaigns of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have staggered Official Washington's twin corrupt establishments on the Republican and Democratic sides, but what happens next, asks Robert Parry.
Wednesday, March 9, 2016Two Corrupt Establishments The insurgent campaigns of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have staggered Official Washington's twin corrupt establishments on the Republican and Democratic sides, but what happens next, asks Robert Parry.
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Friday, February 3, 2017
"Deflategate" Cloud over the Super Bowl There's a larger point to the NFL's bizarre Deflategate story -- how checks and balances have broken down in America letting powerful institutions do almost whatever they want to anyone even Tom Brady, reports Robert Parry.
Friday, February 3, 2017"Deflategate" Cloud over the Super Bowl There's a larger point to the NFL's bizarre Deflategate story -- how checks and balances have broken down in America letting powerful institutions do almost whatever they want to anyone even Tom Brady, reports Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014
NYT Retracts Russian-Photo Scoop After starting a propaganda stampede --- with a lead story about photos of Russian troops purportedly in Ukraine --- the New York Times admits the pictures really don't prove much, and one photo was labeled as snapped in Russia when it was really taken in Ukraine, writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014NYT Retracts Russian-Photo Scoop After starting a propaganda stampede --- with a lead story about photos of Russian troops purportedly in Ukraine --- the New York Times admits the pictures really don't prove much, and one photo was labeled as snapped in Russia when it was really taken in Ukraine, writes Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014
How "Looking Forward" Tripped Up Obama President Obama has stumbled into a constitutional firefight between the CIA and Senate Intelligence Committee over the spy agency’s attempted cover-up of its Bush-era torture practices, a clash he could have averted by wielding a declassification stamp, reports Robert Parry.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014How "Looking Forward" Tripped Up Obama President Obama has stumbled into a constitutional firefight between the CIA and Senate Intelligence Committee over the spy agency’s attempted cover-up of its Bush-era torture practices, a clash he could have averted by wielding a declassification stamp, reports Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Official Washington's Syrian "Fantasy" It is perhaps not news that the U.S. government bases wars on illusions, such as the nonexistent WMD in Iraq, but it is rare when there is a broad consensus before the conflict begins that a war's success rests on a "fantasy" like the chimera of "moderate" Syrian rebels, reports Robert Parry.
Wednesday, October 1, 2014Official Washington's Syrian "Fantasy" It is perhaps not news that the U.S. government bases wars on illusions, such as the nonexistent WMD in Iraq, but it is rare when there is a broad consensus before the conflict begins that a war's success rests on a "fantasy" like the chimera of "moderate" Syrian rebels, reports Robert Parry.
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Thursday, July 4, 2013
Rethinking Thomas Jefferson Americans are proud that their Declaration of Independence was also a declaration of universal rights. But the hard truth is that, in 1776, the words were mere propaganda cloaking the fact that a third of the signers were slaveholders, including the famous author, Thomas Jefferson.
Thursday, July 4, 2013Rethinking Thomas Jefferson Americans are proud that their Declaration of Independence was also a declaration of universal rights. But the hard truth is that, in 1776, the words were mere propaganda cloaking the fact that a third of the signers were slaveholders, including the famous author, Thomas Jefferson.
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Thursday, February 18, 2016
Risking Nuclear War for Al Qaeda? The risk that the multi-sided Syrian war could spark World War III continues as Turkey, Saudi Arabia and U.S. neocons seek an invasion that could kill Russian troops -- and possibly escalate the Syrian crisis into a nuclear showdown, amazingly to protect Al Qaeda terrorists, reports Robert Parry.
Thursday, February 18, 2016Risking Nuclear War for Al Qaeda? The risk that the multi-sided Syrian war could spark World War III continues as Turkey, Saudi Arabia and U.S. neocons seek an invasion that could kill Russian troops -- and possibly escalate the Syrian crisis into a nuclear showdown, amazingly to protect Al Qaeda terrorists, reports Robert Parry.
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Monday, September 28, 2015
The Power of False Narrative "Strategic communications" or Stratcom, a propaganda/psy-op technique that treats information as a "soft power" weapon to wield against adversaries, is a new catch phrase in an Official Washington obsessed with the clout that comes from spinning false narratives, reports Robert Parry.
Monday, September 28, 2015The Power of False Narrative "Strategic communications" or Stratcom, a propaganda/psy-op technique that treats information as a "soft power" weapon to wield against adversaries, is a new catch phrase in an Official Washington obsessed with the clout that comes from spinning false narratives, reports Robert Parry.
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Saturday, July 5, 2014
An Insider's View of Nixon's "Treason" A recently released oral history by one of President Nixon's secretive operatives sheds new light on perhaps Nixon's darkest crime, the sabotaging of Vietnam peace talks so he could win the 1968 election, writes Robert Parry.
Saturday, July 5, 2014An Insider's View of Nixon's "Treason" A recently released oral history by one of President Nixon's secretive operatives sheds new light on perhaps Nixon's darkest crime, the sabotaging of Vietnam peace talks so he could win the 1968 election, writes Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014
NYT Shows How Propaganda Works The U.S. mainstream media pretends it operates with professional standards of objectivity and fairness, but -- especially in its international reporting -- the only real standards are double standards, as the New York Times has shown on Ukraine and Syria, writes Robert Parry.
Tuesday, December 2, 2014NYT Shows How Propaganda Works The U.S. mainstream media pretends it operates with professional standards of objectivity and fairness, but -- especially in its international reporting -- the only real standards are double standards, as the New York Times has shown on Ukraine and Syria, writes Robert Parry.
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Obama's Era of Openness Is Closed Obama's cover-up of the Bush administration's crimes also enables the Republicans to gloss over the abuses of the past eight years and makes a GOP comeback more likely in the not-too-distant future. It's also a sure bet that the Republicans will do Obama no reciprocal favors, anymore than they did for Bill Clinton, who similarly concealed Reagan-Bush-I abuses.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009Obama's Era of Openness Is Closed Obama's cover-up of the Bush administration's crimes also enables the Republicans to gloss over the abuses of the past eight years and makes a GOP comeback more likely in the not-too-distant future. It's also a sure bet that the Republicans will do Obama no reciprocal favors, anymore than they did for Bill Clinton, who similarly concealed Reagan-Bush-I abuses.
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
Slip-Sliding to War with Iran Having apparently learned nothing from the Iraq disaster, many of the same political/media players are reprising their tough-guy roles in a new drama regarding Iran. These retread performances may make another war, with Iran, hard to avoid, writes Robert Parry
Thursday, December 29, 2011Slip-Sliding to War with Iran Having apparently learned nothing from the Iraq disaster, many of the same political/media players are reprising their tough-guy roles in a new drama regarding Iran. These retread performances may make another war, with Iran, hard to avoid, writes Robert Parry
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Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Will US Grasp Putin's Syria Lifeline? The neocons' obsession with "regime change" in Syria is driving another one of Official Washington's "group thinks" toward rejecting Russia's offer to help stabilize the war-torn country and stem the destabilizing flood of refugees into Europe, writes Robert Parry.
Tuesday, September 22, 2015Will US Grasp Putin's Syria Lifeline? The neocons' obsession with "regime change" in Syria is driving another one of Official Washington's "group thinks" toward rejecting Russia's offer to help stabilize the war-torn country and stem the destabilizing flood of refugees into Europe, writes Robert Parry.
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Friday, December 27, 2013
The Year of the "Leaker" Critics of "leakers" Manning and Snowden claim that unauthorized disclosures risk lives, but a stronger case can be made that many more lives have been lost due to government deceptions on issues of war or peace, lies that secrecy made possible, writes Robert Parry.
Friday, December 27, 2013The Year of the "Leaker" Critics of "leakers" Manning and Snowden claim that unauthorized disclosures risk lives, but a stronger case can be made that many more lives have been lost due to government deceptions on issues of war or peace, lies that secrecy made possible, writes Robert Parry.
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Thursday, January 7, 2016
Reality Peeks Through in Ukraine With corruption rampant and living standards falling, Ukraine may become the next failed state that "benefited" from a neoconservative-driven "regime change," though the blame will always be placed elsewhere -- in this case, on the demonized Russian President Putin, writes Robert Parry.
Thursday, January 7, 2016Reality Peeks Through in Ukraine With corruption rampant and living standards falling, Ukraine may become the next failed state that "benefited" from a neoconservative-driven "regime change," though the blame will always be placed elsewhere -- in this case, on the demonized Russian President Putin, writes Robert Parry.
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Sunday, March 3, 2013
Perverting the Constitution for Power The U.S. Supreme Court's right-wingers are making bizarre arguments for gutting the Voting Rights Act, suggesting their real goal is to allow more suppression of minority voters and thus elect a Republican president who will keep the right-wingers as the Court's majority.
Sunday, March 3, 2013Perverting the Constitution for Power The U.S. Supreme Court's right-wingers are making bizarre arguments for gutting the Voting Rights Act, suggesting their real goal is to allow more suppression of minority voters and thus elect a Republican president who will keep the right-wingers as the Court's majority.
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Friday, April 18, 2014
The Dangerous Neocon-R2P Alliance After U.S. neocons helped stir up a crisis in Ukraine—with a big assist from the biased American press corps – the Obama administration looked for a diplomatic off-ramp, but this pattern of hyped outrage and belated reconciliation is a risky way to make foreign policy, says Robert Parry.
Friday, April 18, 2014The Dangerous Neocon-R2P Alliance After U.S. neocons helped stir up a crisis in Ukraine—with a big assist from the biased American press corps – the Obama administration looked for a diplomatic off-ramp, but this pattern of hyped outrage and belated reconciliation is a risky way to make foreign policy, says Robert Parry.
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Sunday, October 29, 2006
Original October Surprise (Part 3) Editor's Note: Part 3 of our series about the "Original October Surprise" of 1980 addresses the troubling question of whether disgruntled CIA officers collaborated with their former boss, George H.W. Bush, to sabotage President Jimmy Carter's Iran-hostage negotiations -- and thus changed the course of U.S. political history. Links to part 1 & 2 are featured also.
Sunday, October 29, 2006Original October Surprise (Part 3) Editor's Note: Part 3 of our series about the "Original October Surprise" of 1980 addresses the troubling question of whether disgruntled CIA officers collaborated with their former boss, George H.W. Bush, to sabotage President Jimmy Carter's Iran-hostage negotiations -- and thus changed the course of U.S. political history. Links to part 1 & 2 are featured also.
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Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Mainstream Media's "Victimhood" Just weeks ago, mainstream U.S. media decried "fake news" and backed a blacklist of independent news sites over "Russian propaganda." Now, under fire from President Trump, the MSM loves a free press, writes Robert Parry.
Tuesday, February 28, 2017Mainstream Media's "Victimhood" Just weeks ago, mainstream U.S. media decried "fake news" and backed a blacklist of independent news sites over "Russian propaganda." Now, under fire from President Trump, the MSM loves a free press, writes Robert Parry.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014
The Heinous Crime Behind Watergate The mainstream media's big takeaway from Richard Nixon's Watergate resignation is that "the cover-up is always worse than the crime." But that's because few understand the crime behind Watergate, Nixon's frantic search for a file on his 1968 subversion of Vietnam peace talks, reports Robert Parry.
Saturday, August 9, 2014The Heinous Crime Behind Watergate The mainstream media's big takeaway from Richard Nixon's Watergate resignation is that "the cover-up is always worse than the crime." But that's because few understand the crime behind Watergate, Nixon's frantic search for a file on his 1968 subversion of Vietnam peace talks, reports Robert Parry.
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
Al-Qaeda Outwitted Bush, Neocons One of the most remarkable aspects of life in Washington today is how the neocons remain exceptionally influential. They keep their well-paid jobs at prestigious think tanks, write books for major publishing houses, and control key opinion columns in the Washington Post and, to a lesser degree, the New York Times.
Thursday, October 29, 2009Al-Qaeda Outwitted Bush, Neocons One of the most remarkable aspects of life in Washington today is how the neocons remain exceptionally influential. They keep their well-paid jobs at prestigious think tanks, write books for major publishing houses, and control key opinion columns in the Washington Post and, to a lesser degree, the New York Times.
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Sunday, August 16, 2015
Neocons to Americans: Trust Us Again Marching in lockstep with Israeli hardliners, American neocons are aiming their heavy media artillery at the Iran nuclear deal as a necessary first step toward another "regime change" war in the Mideast -- and they are furious when anyone mentions the Iraq War disaster and the deceptions that surrounded it, writes Robert Parry.
Sunday, August 16, 2015Neocons to Americans: Trust Us Again Marching in lockstep with Israeli hardliners, American neocons are aiming their heavy media artillery at the Iran nuclear deal as a necessary first step toward another "regime change" war in the Mideast -- and they are furious when anyone mentions the Iraq War disaster and the deceptions that surrounded it, writes Robert Parry.
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Thursday, September 3, 2015
Dangerous Redefinition of "Terrorism" "Terrorism" is a word of condemnation, referring to the coldblooded killing of civilians to advance a political cause. But U.S. pundits and officials have blurred its meaning to cover attacks on American soldiers in foreign lands, a word game that can contribute to more wars, writes Robert Parry.
Thursday, September 3, 2015Dangerous Redefinition of "Terrorism" "Terrorism" is a word of condemnation, referring to the coldblooded killing of civilians to advance a political cause. But U.S. pundits and officials have blurred its meaning to cover attacks on American soldiers in foreign lands, a word game that can contribute to more wars, writes Robert Parry.
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Sunday, August 16, 2009
WTimes' Hypocritical Obama-Nazi Slur Anti-Obama protestors were showing up at rallies with Obama pictured with a Hitler mustache. Talk show host Rush Limbaugh likened Obama's logo for health care reform to a Nazi symbol. A swastika was painted on the office sign of a Democratic member of Congress.
Sunday, August 16, 2009WTimes' Hypocritical Obama-Nazi Slur Anti-Obama protestors were showing up at rallies with Obama pictured with a Hitler mustache. Talk show host Rush Limbaugh likened Obama's logo for health care reform to a Nazi symbol. A swastika was painted on the office sign of a Democratic member of Congress.
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Big Media's Double Standards on Iran The mainstream U.S. press corps is again pounding the propaganda war drums, this time over dubious accusations of Iran's secret work on a nuclear bomb. It is a pattern of bias that is the U.S. media's worst -- and most dangerous -- ethical violation.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011Big Media's Double Standards on Iran The mainstream U.S. press corps is again pounding the propaganda war drums, this time over dubious accusations of Iran's secret work on a nuclear bomb. It is a pattern of bias that is the U.S. media's worst -- and most dangerous -- ethical violation.
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
WPost Is a Neocon Propaganda Sheet For Americans who hear the name Washington Post and still think of "All the President's Men" brave journalists and editors facing down a corrupt President today's version of the newspaper would be a sad disappointment, a betrayal of a noble past.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009WPost Is a Neocon Propaganda Sheet For Americans who hear the name Washington Post and still think of "All the President's Men" brave journalists and editors facing down a corrupt President today's version of the newspaper would be a sad disappointment, a betrayal of a noble past.
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Thursday, January 19, 2017
How the NYT Plays with History By failing to tell the hard truth about Establishment wrongdoing, The New York Times -- along with other mainstream U.S. media outlets -- has destabilized American democracy, reports Robert Parry.
Thursday, January 19, 2017How the NYT Plays with History By failing to tell the hard truth about Establishment wrongdoing, The New York Times -- along with other mainstream U.S. media outlets -- has destabilized American democracy, reports Robert Parry.
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Sunday, February 21, 2010
Al Haig and a 'Green Light' to Chaos A "top secret" document authored by Haig in 1981 contained a stunning claim: that Carter, frustrated over his failure to resolve the hostage crisis, gave a "green light" to Iraq's Saddam Hussein to invade Iran in September 1980, starting a war that altered the region's power balance and reverberates to today.
Sunday, February 21, 2010Al Haig and a 'Green Light' to Chaos A "top secret" document authored by Haig in 1981 contained a stunning claim: that Carter, frustrated over his failure to resolve the hostage crisis, gave a "green light" to Iraq's Saddam Hussein to invade Iran in September 1980, starting a war that altered the region's power balance and reverberates to today.
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Monday, June 29, 2015
Confronting Southern "Victimhood" Many white Southerners are getting their backs up again over demands that the Confederate flag and other symbols of slavery be removed. But the core problem is that the South never admitted that slavery and then segregation were wrong, instead offering endless excuses, writes Robert Parry.
Monday, June 29, 2015Confronting Southern "Victimhood" Many white Southerners are getting their backs up again over demands that the Confederate flag and other symbols of slavery be removed. But the core problem is that the South never admitted that slavery and then segregation were wrong, instead offering endless excuses, writes Robert Parry.
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Monday, March 28, 2016
Bernie Sanders as Commander-in-Chief Tulsi Gabbard, a Hawaii congresswoman and Iraq War veteran, stars in a stunning ad endorsing Bernie Sanders as "Commander-in-Chief," a potential turning point in the Democratic race, writes Robert Parry.
Monday, March 28, 2016Bernie Sanders as Commander-in-Chief Tulsi Gabbard, a Hawaii congresswoman and Iraq War veteran, stars in a stunning ad endorsing Bernie Sanders as "Commander-in-Chief," a potential turning point in the Democratic race, writes Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Who's Right? Obama or the 'Base'? Obama compared the current liberal furor over his tax-cut deal with Republicans to the fury on the Left over his abandonment of the "public option" in health-care reform. But the latest anger among progressives reflects more than that; it is a cumulative disgust.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010Who's Right? Obama or the 'Base'? Obama compared the current liberal furor over his tax-cut deal with Republicans to the fury on the Left over his abandonment of the "public option" in health-care reform. But the latest anger among progressives reflects more than that; it is a cumulative disgust.
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Friday, June 17, 2011
Bob Gates' "Business" of Lying As Defense Secretary Robert Gates prepares to retire in late June, he is routinely lauded as a "wise man" committed to telling it like it is, even making a frank comment this week about how "most governments lie to each other." But Gates's own record for honesty is a deeply checkered one.
Friday, June 17, 2011Bob Gates' "Business" of Lying As Defense Secretary Robert Gates prepares to retire in late June, he is routinely lauded as a "wise man" committed to telling it like it is, even making a frank comment this week about how "most governments lie to each other." But Gates's own record for honesty is a deeply checkered one.
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014
How Neocons Constrain Obama's Message President Obama said that just because the U.S. military is "the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail" -- a wise observation -- but he then confused his foreign policy speech by pandering to neocon narratives on crises in Ukraine and elsewhere, reports Robert Parry.
Wednesday, May 28, 2014How Neocons Constrain Obama's Message President Obama said that just because the U.S. military is "the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail" -- a wise observation -- but he then confused his foreign policy speech by pandering to neocon narratives on crises in Ukraine and elsewhere, reports Robert Parry.
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Monday, April 30, 2012
Some Israelis Resist Netanyahu In the past week, several senior Israelis have criticized the extremism of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu toward Iran and the Palestinians, but his American supporters continue to escalate their denunciations of anyone who won't march in lockstep.
Monday, April 30, 2012Some Israelis Resist Netanyahu In the past week, several senior Israelis have criticized the extremism of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu toward Iran and the Palestinians, but his American supporters continue to escalate their denunciations of anyone who won't march in lockstep.
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Saturday, November 14, 2015
Can Obama Level with the People? Another terrorist outrage -- this one in Paris -- is spreading fear and fury across Europe. Which makes this a key moment for President Obama to finally level with the American people about how U.S. "allies" -- such as Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar -- have been aiding and abetting extremists, reports Robert Parry.
Saturday, November 14, 2015Can Obama Level with the People? Another terrorist outrage -- this one in Paris -- is spreading fear and fury across Europe. Which makes this a key moment for President Obama to finally level with the American people about how U.S. "allies" -- such as Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar -- have been aiding and abetting extremists, reports Robert Parry.
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Thursday, July 23, 2015
NYT Enforces Ukraine "Group Think" Determined to enforce the "group think" on Ukraine, the editors of The New York Times lashed out at Russia for urging an expanded inquiry into last year's MH-17 shoot-down. But the Times won't join calls for the U.S. government to release its intelligence on the tragedy, writes Robert Parry.
Thursday, July 23, 2015NYT Enforces Ukraine "Group Think" Determined to enforce the "group think" on Ukraine, the editors of The New York Times lashed out at Russia for urging an expanded inquiry into last year's MH-17 shoot-down. But the Times won't join calls for the U.S. government to release its intelligence on the tragedy, writes Robert Parry.
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Monday, August 13, 2012
Romney-Ryan Bet on "Greedy Geezers" Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan were quick to assure U.S. seniors that they will be grandfathered in to today's Medicare -- even if younger Americans get stuck with an inferior system -- a bet that the selfishness of "greedy geezers" will grease the way to a Republican victory.
Monday, August 13, 2012Romney-Ryan Bet on "Greedy Geezers" Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan were quick to assure U.S. seniors that they will be grandfathered in to today's Medicare -- even if younger Americans get stuck with an inferior system -- a bet that the selfishness of "greedy geezers" will grease the way to a Republican victory.
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Friday, January 18, 2013
The Right's Dangerously Bad History Reacting to President Obama's modest executive orders on gun safety and his proposed legislation to Congress, the Right is engaging in hysterical rhetoric about "tyranny" and riling up angry whites to arm themselves. But key Republicans can't even get their historical facts straight.
Friday, January 18, 2013The Right's Dangerously Bad History Reacting to President Obama's modest executive orders on gun safety and his proposed legislation to Congress, the Right is engaging in hysterical rhetoric about "tyranny" and riling up angry whites to arm themselves. But key Republicans can't even get their historical facts straight.
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Saturday, November 17, 2012
The Death Toll of Watergate Major gaps in the history of Watergate and Iran-Contra have let Republicans minimize those scandals by comparing them to the fabricated "scandal" over the Benghazi attacks. A fuller understanding of Watergate would reveal its links to Richard Nixon's prolonging the Vietnam War.
Saturday, November 17, 2012The Death Toll of Watergate Major gaps in the history of Watergate and Iran-Contra have let Republicans minimize those scandals by comparing them to the fabricated "scandal" over the Benghazi attacks. A fuller understanding of Watergate would reveal its links to Richard Nixon's prolonging the Vietnam War.
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Saturday, October 4, 2014
Eyes Finally Open to Syrian Realities For the past three years, Official Washington has viewed the Syrian civil war as "white-hatted" rebels against "black-hatted" President Assad, but finally some of the "gray-hatted" reality is breaking through, though perhaps too late, Robert Parry reports.
Saturday, October 4, 2014Eyes Finally Open to Syrian Realities For the past three years, Official Washington has viewed the Syrian civil war as "white-hatted" rebels against "black-hatted" President Assad, but finally some of the "gray-hatted" reality is breaking through, though perhaps too late, Robert Parry reports.
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Monday, November 17, 2014
Letting the Neocons Lead At the G-20 meeting, Putin-bashing was all the rage, as President Obama and other Western leaders berated Russian President Putin for his supposed "aggression" in Ukraine. The mainstream media also piled on. But the reality is much more complex, writes Robert Parry.
Monday, November 17, 2014Letting the Neocons Lead At the G-20 meeting, Putin-bashing was all the rage, as President Obama and other Western leaders berated Russian President Putin for his supposed "aggression" in Ukraine. The mainstream media also piled on. But the reality is much more complex, writes Robert Parry.
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Friday, January 15, 2010
Lessons from America's Lost Decade Not only did the Great American Job Engine grind to a halt in the past decade, but the dire economic numbers were accompanied by massive increases in federal debt, part of a risky right-wing strategy to hamstring the government's ability to ever address domestic problems in the future.
Friday, January 15, 2010Lessons from America's Lost Decade Not only did the Great American Job Engine grind to a halt in the past decade, but the dire economic numbers were accompanied by massive increases in federal debt, part of a risky right-wing strategy to hamstring the government's ability to ever address domestic problems in the future.
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Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Hillary Clinton's Failed Libya "Doctrine" Libya remains a nation shattered by political chaos and bloody terrorism, a result of the U.S.-backed "regime change" in 2011 that Secretary of State Clinton championed and once saw as her crowning foreign policy achievement, even the basis for a "Clinton Doctrine," reports Robert Parry.
Wednesday, July 1, 2015Hillary Clinton's Failed Libya "Doctrine" Libya remains a nation shattered by political chaos and bloody terrorism, a result of the U.S.-backed "regime change" in 2011 that Secretary of State Clinton championed and once saw as her crowning foreign policy achievement, even the basis for a "Clinton Doctrine," reports Robert Parry.
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Sunday, July 6, 2014
NYT Dishes More Ukraine Propaganda The mainstream U.S. media continues to sell the American people a one-sided storyline on the Ukraine crisis as the Kiev regime celebrates a key military victory at Slovyansk, an eastern city at the center of ethnic Russian resistance to last February's violent coup that ousted elected President Yanukovych, writes Robert Parry.
Sunday, July 6, 2014NYT Dishes More Ukraine Propaganda The mainstream U.S. media continues to sell the American people a one-sided storyline on the Ukraine crisis as the Kiev regime celebrates a key military victory at Slovyansk, an eastern city at the center of ethnic Russian resistance to last February's violent coup that ousted elected President Yanukovych, writes Robert Parry.
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Friday, May 1, 2009
Who Betrayed 'Objective' Journalism? Though the world has now seen the extraordinary cost in blood and treasure because of the failure of the U.S. news media to act professionally in the run-up to the Iraq War, there is little indication that the national press corps has learned lasting lessons from that catastrophe.
Friday, May 1, 2009Who Betrayed 'Objective' Journalism? Though the world has now seen the extraordinary cost in blood and treasure because of the failure of the U.S. news media to act professionally in the run-up to the Iraq War, there is little indication that the national press corps has learned lasting lessons from that catastrophe.
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
Petraeus's Cia Steers Obama On Policy President Barack Obama may have thought appointing David Petraeus as CIA director was a political masterstroke, keeping the ambitious ex-general inside the tent. But Petraeus's close ties to the neocons may now be undercutting Obama's policy goals.
Thursday, October 20, 2011Petraeus's Cia Steers Obama On Policy President Barack Obama may have thought appointing David Petraeus as CIA director was a political masterstroke, keeping the ambitious ex-general inside the tent. But Petraeus's close ties to the neocons may now be undercutting Obama's policy goals.
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
The Neo-Confederate Supreme Court The Right's desperation over U.S. demographic changes has spread to the U.S. Supreme Court where its five Republican partisans appear ready to tear up the most important part of the Voting Rights Act and thus clear the way for suppressing the votes of minorities. The Supreme Court's arguments tend to sound more like a pundit debate on Fox News.
Thursday, February 28, 2013The Neo-Confederate Supreme Court The Right's desperation over U.S. demographic changes has spread to the U.S. Supreme Court where its five Republican partisans appear ready to tear up the most important part of the Voting Rights Act and thus clear the way for suppressing the votes of minorities. The Supreme Court's arguments tend to sound more like a pundit debate on Fox News.
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Monday, September 8, 2014
Seeing No Neo-Nazi Militias in Ukraine With a new Amnesty International report on possible war crimes by a Ukrainian militia against ethnic Russians in the east, the evidence is mounting that the U.S.-backed Kiev regime willfully deployed extremists, including neo-Nazis, as part of a conscious strategy, reports Robert Parry.
Monday, September 8, 2014Seeing No Neo-Nazi Militias in Ukraine With a new Amnesty International report on possible war crimes by a Ukrainian militia against ethnic Russians in the east, the evidence is mounting that the U.S.-backed Kiev regime willfully deployed extremists, including neo-Nazis, as part of a conscious strategy, reports Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Dangerous "State Sovereignty" Myth In the U.S. system, the "supreme law" of the land is set by the Constitution and the federal government, though states, counties and cities have wide discretion over local matters. But problems arise when right-wingers start espousing the notion of "state sovereignty."
Wednesday, March 6, 2013Dangerous "State Sovereignty" Myth In the U.S. system, the "supreme law" of the land is set by the Constitution and the federal government, though states, counties and cities have wide discretion over local matters. But problems arise when right-wingers start espousing the notion of "state sovereignty."
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Friday, March 18, 2011
Through the US Media Lens Darkly As Americans turn to their news media to make sense of the upheavals in the Middle East, it's worth remembering that the bias of the mainstream U.S. press corps is most powerful when covering a Washington-designated villain, especially if he happens to be Muslim.
Friday, March 18, 2011Through the US Media Lens Darkly As Americans turn to their news media to make sense of the upheavals in the Middle East, it's worth remembering that the bias of the mainstream U.S. press corps is most powerful when covering a Washington-designated villain, especially if he happens to be Muslim.
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Thursday, September 21, 2006
Bush Shields Dad on Chile Terrorism Chilean investigators say the Bush administration is undercutting their case against former dictator Augusto Pinochet for his alleged role in the terrorist assassination of a political rival on the streets of Washington three decades ago, a crime that then-CIA Director George H.W. Bush appears to have tolerated and then helped cover-up.
Thursday, September 21, 2006Bush Shields Dad on Chile Terrorism Chilean investigators say the Bush administration is undercutting their case against former dictator Augusto Pinochet for his alleged role in the terrorist assassination of a political rival on the streets of Washington three decades ago, a crime that then-CIA Director George H.W. Bush appears to have tolerated and then helped cover-up.
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Saturday, February 27, 2010
Ahmadinejad Won, Get Over It! The New York Times and its senior editors have matched the Post's hysterical coverage of Iran, much as they also contributed to the rush to war in Iraq. Since last June, the Times has run many editorials and news stories that reflect a deep-seated bias against Ahmadinejad and his government.
Saturday, February 27, 2010Ahmadinejad Won, Get Over It! The New York Times and its senior editors have matched the Post's hysterical coverage of Iran, much as they also contributed to the rush to war in Iraq. Since last June, the Times has run many editorials and news stories that reflect a deep-seated bias against Ahmadinejad and his government.
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Monday, May 25, 2009
Colin Powell Skates Free on Torture There is no one, it seems, that the U.S. mainstream news media loves more than Colin Powell, a "moderate" Republican who gives a careerist journalist the chance to do some smart positioning in the "center." But the truth about this retired four-star general is that he is the ultimate careerist.
Monday, May 25, 2009Colin Powell Skates Free on Torture There is no one, it seems, that the U.S. mainstream news media loves more than Colin Powell, a "moderate" Republican who gives a careerist journalist the chance to do some smart positioning in the "center." But the truth about this retired four-star general is that he is the ultimate careerist.
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Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Robert Gates Double-Crosses Obama Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates is slamming President Obama in a new memoir, accusing him of lacking enthusiasm for the Afghan War. But perhaps Obama’s bigger mistake was trusting Gates, a Bush Family operative with a history of dirty dealing, writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, January 8, 2014Robert Gates Double-Crosses Obama Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates is slamming President Obama in a new memoir, accusing him of lacking enthusiasm for the Afghan War. But perhaps Obama’s bigger mistake was trusting Gates, a Bush Family operative with a history of dirty dealing, writes Robert Parry.
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Saturday, July 19, 2014
Airline Horror Spurs New Rush to Judgment President Obama and the State Department's "anti-diplomats" are fanning flames of anger against Russia after the shoot-down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine. But some U.S. intelligence analysts doubt the popular "blame-the-Russians" scenario, reports Robert Parry.
Saturday, July 19, 2014Airline Horror Spurs New Rush to Judgment President Obama and the State Department's "anti-diplomats" are fanning flames of anger against Russia after the shoot-down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine. But some U.S. intelligence analysts doubt the popular "blame-the-Russians" scenario, reports Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Zeroing in on Cheney-Bush The four-count conviction of White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby for perjury and obstruction of justice has left many Americans, including the jury, wondering why Libby's bosses weren't in the dock with him. The evidence, viewed chronologically, leaves little doubt that George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and other senior officials had a hand in both the exposure of a covert CIA officer's identity and the cover-up.
Wednesday, March 7, 2007Zeroing in on Cheney-Bush The four-count conviction of White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby for perjury and obstruction of justice has left many Americans, including the jury, wondering why Libby's bosses weren't in the dock with him. The evidence, viewed chronologically, leaves little doubt that George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and other senior officials had a hand in both the exposure of a covert CIA officer's identity and the cover-up.
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Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Malaysia Airlines Whodunnit Still a Mystery More than seven weeks after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashed in eastern Ukraine killing 298 people, a preliminary report failed to address the mystery of who shot the plane down. The Dutch investigators didn't even try to sort through conflicting allegations and evidence, writes Robert Parry.
Tuesday, September 9, 2014Malaysia Airlines Whodunnit Still a Mystery More than seven weeks after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashed in eastern Ukraine killing 298 people, a preliminary report failed to address the mystery of who shot the plane down. The Dutch investigators didn't even try to sort through conflicting allegations and evidence, writes Robert Parry.
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Thursday, December 11, 2014
Obama and the Truth Agenda The euphemism, "enhanced interrogations," is finally fading amid truth-telling that President George W. Bush authorized -- and the CIA engaged in -- torture of "war on terror" detainees. The lack of a backlash to the stomach-turning new details also suggests that Americans are ready for a truth agenda, writes Robert Parry.
Thursday, December 11, 2014Obama and the Truth Agenda The euphemism, "enhanced interrogations," is finally fading amid truth-telling that President George W. Bush authorized -- and the CIA engaged in -- torture of "war on terror" detainees. The lack of a backlash to the stomach-turning new details also suggests that Americans are ready for a truth agenda, writes Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Treating Anti-Syria Charges as Flat Fact More than two months after the chemical weapons attack near Damascus, President Obama has still not released any proof to support his allegations blaming the Syrian government. But the New York Times has embraced the accusations as flat fact, a replay of the run-up to invading Iraq.
Wednesday, October 23, 2013Treating Anti-Syria Charges as Flat Fact More than two months after the chemical weapons attack near Damascus, President Obama has still not released any proof to support his allegations blaming the Syrian government. But the New York Times has embraced the accusations as flat fact, a replay of the run-up to invading Iraq.
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Tales of Reagan's Guatemala Genocide Guatemala is finally putting ex-dictator Efrain Rios Montt on trial for genocide in the extermination of hundreds of Mayan villages in the 1980s, but Ronald Reagan remains an American icon despite new evidence of his complicity in this historic crime.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013Tales of Reagan's Guatemala Genocide Guatemala is finally putting ex-dictator Efrain Rios Montt on trial for genocide in the extermination of hundreds of Mayan villages in the 1980s, but Ronald Reagan remains an American icon despite new evidence of his complicity in this historic crime.
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Thursday, February 13, 2014
Tea Party and Thomas Jefferson Black History Month celebrates talented African-Americans, but it also should be a time to reflect on distorted white history that has ignored damage inflicted by racist ideologues, like how Thomas Jefferson’s hypocrisies helped give us the Civil War and the Tea Party, writes Robert Parry.
Thursday, February 13, 2014Tea Party and Thomas Jefferson Black History Month celebrates talented African-Americans, but it also should be a time to reflect on distorted white history that has ignored damage inflicted by racist ideologues, like how Thomas Jefferson’s hypocrisies helped give us the Civil War and the Tea Party, writes Robert Parry.
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Sunday, March 9, 2014
Crimea’s Case for Leaving Ukraine Virtually everyone in Official Washington is condemning Russian “aggression” in Ukraine and demanding a belligerent U.S. response to Crimea’s desire to secede and join Russia, as a new Cold War hysteria grips U.S. pols and pundits, reports Robert Parry.
Sunday, March 9, 2014Crimea’s Case for Leaving Ukraine Virtually everyone in Official Washington is condemning Russian “aggression” in Ukraine and demanding a belligerent U.S. response to Crimea’s desire to secede and join Russia, as a new Cold War hysteria grips U.S. pols and pundits, reports Robert Parry.
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Friday, November 1, 2013
NYTimes Mentions Israeli Nukes The U.S. press is very tolerant of Israeli cross-border attacks inside Syria, like the latest one against a military target in Latakia. Israel's nuclear arsenal usually goes unmentioned, too. But the New York Times surprisingly deviated from that pattern.
Friday, November 1, 2013NYTimes Mentions Israeli Nukes The U.S. press is very tolerant of Israeli cross-border attacks inside Syria, like the latest one against a military target in Latakia. Israel's nuclear arsenal usually goes unmentioned, too. But the New York Times surprisingly deviated from that pattern.
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Wednesday, April 20, 2016
No Reward for Sanders's Israel Stance Sen. Sanders showed guts when he broke from the political lock-step of unrestrained praise for Israel, but his loss in the New York primary shows there's little reward for such courage, writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, April 20, 2016No Reward for Sanders's Israel Stance Sen. Sanders showed guts when he broke from the political lock-step of unrestrained praise for Israel, but his loss in the New York primary shows there's little reward for such courage, writes Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
On Korea, Here We Go Again! Before the war rhetoric gets completely out of control again and creates another political dynamic that leads toward a bloody escalation perhaps the U.S. news media should reflect for a moment on all the other times the American press corps has let itself and the country be stampeded into a dangerous misunderstanding of an international incident.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010On Korea, Here We Go Again! Before the war rhetoric gets completely out of control again and creates another political dynamic that leads toward a bloody escalation perhaps the U.S. news media should reflect for a moment on all the other times the American press corps has let itself and the country be stampeded into a dangerous misunderstanding of an international incident.
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Thursday, February 21, 2013
How Reagan Promoted Genocide A newly discovered document reveals that President Reagan and his national security team in 1981 approved Guatemala's extermination of both leftist guerrillas and their "civilian support mechanisms," a green light that opened a path to genocide against hundreds of Mayan villages.
Thursday, February 21, 2013How Reagan Promoted Genocide A newly discovered document reveals that President Reagan and his national security team in 1981 approved Guatemala's extermination of both leftist guerrillas and their "civilian support mechanisms," a green light that opened a path to genocide against hundreds of Mayan villages.
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Wednesday, July 4, 2012
How Scalia Distorts the Framers In rejecting the Commerce Clause as the constitutional foundation for the Affordable Care Act, the Supreme Court's right-wing justices distorted America's founding narrative, including one made-up view attributed to Alexander Hamilton.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012How Scalia Distorts the Framers In rejecting the Commerce Clause as the constitutional foundation for the Affordable Care Act, the Supreme Court's right-wing justices distorted America's founding narrative, including one made-up view attributed to Alexander Hamilton.
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Thursday, July 1, 2010
Rethinking Iran-Contra with Washington's failure to get at the larger truth about the Iran-Contra Affair, crucial patterns were set: Republicans acted aggressively, Democrats behaved timidly, and the U.S. national news media was transformed from Watergate-era watchdogs, to lapdogs and finally to guard dogs protecting national security wrongdoing.
Thursday, July 1, 2010Rethinking Iran-Contra with Washington's failure to get at the larger truth about the Iran-Contra Affair, crucial patterns were set: Republicans acted aggressively, Democrats behaved timidly, and the U.S. national news media was transformed from Watergate-era watchdogs, to lapdogs and finally to guard dogs protecting national security wrongdoing.
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Monday, February 16, 2015
President Gollum's "Precious" Secrets Despite promises of "openness," President Obama has treated information that could inform American democracy like Tolkien's character Gollum coveted his "precious" ring. Obama is keeping for himself analyses that could change how the public sees the crises in Syria and Ukraine, writes Robert Parry.
Monday, February 16, 2015President Gollum's "Precious" Secrets Despite promises of "openness," President Obama has treated information that could inform American democracy like Tolkien's character Gollum coveted his "precious" ring. Obama is keeping for himself analyses that could change how the public sees the crises in Syria and Ukraine, writes Robert Parry.
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Monday, September 25, 2017
WPost Pushes More Dubious Russia-bashing The Washington Post has published another front-page story about Russia maybe placing some ads on Facebook, but the article violates a host of journalistic principles in hyping its case, reports Robert Parry.
Monday, September 25, 2017WPost Pushes More Dubious Russia-bashing The Washington Post has published another front-page story about Russia maybe placing some ads on Facebook, but the article violates a host of journalistic principles in hyping its case, reports Robert Parry.
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Saturday, September 26, 2015
Obama's Flak Demeans Putin's Posture Afraid of neocon criticism, President Obama is going out of his way to insult Russian President Putin prior to a summit meeting. Obama's press secretary mocked Putin as "desperate" and accused him of displaying poor posture in a meeting with Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu, reports Robert Parry.
Saturday, September 26, 2015Obama's Flak Demeans Putin's Posture Afraid of neocon criticism, President Obama is going out of his way to insult Russian President Putin prior to a summit meeting. Obama's press secretary mocked Putin as "desperate" and accused him of displaying poor posture in a meeting with Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu, reports Robert Parry.
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Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Obama's Ludicrous "Barrel Bomb" Theme In addressing the United Nations, President Obama singled out for condemnation Syria's President Assad and his alleged use of "barrel bombs," but Obama was silent on his own use of far more powerful ordnance or the civilian tolls from Saudi/Israeli attacks with highly lethal U.S. bombs, writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, September 30, 2015Obama's Ludicrous "Barrel Bomb" Theme In addressing the United Nations, President Obama singled out for condemnation Syria's President Assad and his alleged use of "barrel bombs," but Obama was silent on his own use of far more powerful ordnance or the civilian tolls from Saudi/Israeli attacks with highly lethal U.S. bombs, writes Robert Parry.
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Sunday, March 20, 2011
Protecting Libyan Civilians, Not Others Absent the enforced jingoism that usually accompanies a U.S. war buildup, the American press corps also seemed a bit less gung-ho. One should offer thanks for small favors. At least in this third ongoing U.S. war in the Muslim world, there hasn't been quite the propaganda bullying that surrounded the other two.
Sunday, March 20, 2011Protecting Libyan Civilians, Not Others Absent the enforced jingoism that usually accompanies a U.S. war buildup, the American press corps also seemed a bit less gung-ho. One should offer thanks for small favors. At least in this third ongoing U.S. war in the Muslim world, there hasn't been quite the propaganda bullying that surrounded the other two.
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Thursday, May 1, 2014
Who's the Propagandist: US or RT? After Secretary of State Kerry lashed out at Russia's RT network over its reporting on Ukraine, a senior aide assembled a list of particulars, which have backfired by showing how weak Kerry's case is and how hypocritical Kerry's State Department has been, reports Robert Parry.
Thursday, May 1, 2014Who's the Propagandist: US or RT? After Secretary of State Kerry lashed out at Russia's RT network over its reporting on Ukraine, a senior aide assembled a list of particulars, which have backfired by showing how weak Kerry's case is and how hypocritical Kerry's State Department has been, reports Robert Parry.
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Friday, July 27, 2012
The Vanity of Perfectionism As President Obama faces a tough reelection fight, some on the Left vow to sit it out or vote for a third party, saying support for Obama would dirty them. But there is another moral imperative, to mitigate the harm a U.S. president can inflict on the world's people and the planet itself.
Friday, July 27, 2012The Vanity of Perfectionism As President Obama faces a tough reelection fight, some on the Left vow to sit it out or vote for a third party, saying support for Obama would dirty them. But there is another moral imperative, to mitigate the harm a U.S. president can inflict on the world's people and the planet itself.
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Why The Left Won't Accept Success With the complete withdrawal of U.S. troops, the neocon dream of U.S.-controlled bases in Iraq has been dashed and the diplomatic outposts are already being downsized. The gargantuan embassy complex in Baghdad may well be viewed in the future as more a monument to American hubris than a hub of U.S. intervention.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011Why The Left Won't Accept Success With the complete withdrawal of U.S. troops, the neocon dream of U.S.-controlled bases in Iraq has been dashed and the diplomatic outposts are already being downsized. The gargantuan embassy complex in Baghdad may well be viewed in the future as more a monument to American hubris than a hub of U.S. intervention.
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Prepping for a Ukrainian Massacre As the rhetoric rages out of control, worsening violence in Ukraine grows more likely. Official Washington is readying the American people to view the slaughter of eastern Ukrainians as justified because they are “terrorists” and linked to the hated Russians, Robert Parry reports.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014Prepping for a Ukrainian Massacre As the rhetoric rages out of control, worsening violence in Ukraine grows more likely. Official Washington is readying the American people to view the slaughter of eastern Ukrainians as justified because they are “terrorists” and linked to the hated Russians, Robert Parry reports.
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Friday, October 31, 2014
Petraeus Spared Ray McGovern's Question New York City police arrested ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern to prevent him from attending a public event where he planned to pose a pointed question to retired Gen. David Petraeus, another sign of how much U.S. neocons love democracy, writes Robert Parry.
Friday, October 31, 2014Petraeus Spared Ray McGovern's Question New York City police arrested ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern to prevent him from attending a public event where he planned to pose a pointed question to retired Gen. David Petraeus, another sign of how much U.S. neocons love democracy, writes Robert Parry.
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Saturday, October 1, 2011
Enduring Terror Double Standards President Barack Obama ordered the targeted killing of al-Qaeda figure and American citizen Anwar al-Awlaki despite the lack of any legal due process. But the same week, the U.S. government continued to turn a blind eye to a Cuban-American terrorist harbored in Miami.
Saturday, October 1, 2011Enduring Terror Double Standards President Barack Obama ordered the targeted killing of al-Qaeda figure and American citizen Anwar al-Awlaki despite the lack of any legal due process. But the same week, the U.S. government continued to turn a blind eye to a Cuban-American terrorist harbored in Miami.
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
Herding Americans to War With Iran The murder of a fifth Iranian scientist on the streets of Tehran had all the earmarks of an Israeli-sponsored assassination. The killing also worsened tensions at a moment when the momentum toward war with Iran seems unstoppable.
Thursday, January 12, 2012Herding Americans to War With Iran The murder of a fifth Iranian scientist on the streets of Tehran had all the earmarks of an Israeli-sponsored assassination. The killing also worsened tensions at a moment when the momentum toward war with Iran seems unstoppable.
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Friday, February 11, 2011
Hard Lessons from the HuffPost Sale A lesson for progressives from AOL's purchase of Huffington Post may be that they should be a bit more leery of converts from the Right, especially those who don't explain adequately what led to their ideological switch.
Friday, February 11, 2011Hard Lessons from the HuffPost Sale A lesson for progressives from AOL's purchase of Huffington Post may be that they should be a bit more leery of converts from the Right, especially those who don't explain adequately what led to their ideological switch.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009
The GOP's Jihad on Obama Only a few weeks into Barack Obama's presidency, a threatening political and media dynamic has rushed to the fore cutting short a very brief honeymoon.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009The GOP's Jihad on Obama Only a few weeks into Barack Obama's presidency, a threatening political and media dynamic has rushed to the fore cutting short a very brief honeymoon.
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015
When Israel/Neocons Favored Iran The modern history of U.S.-Israeli-Iranian relations dates back 35 years to a time of political intrigue when Israel's Likud leaders and the Reagan administration's neocons secretly worked to arm Iran's radical regime, an inconvenient truth given today's anti-Iran hysteria, writes Robert Parry.
Tuesday, July 28, 2015When Israel/Neocons Favored Iran The modern history of U.S.-Israeli-Iranian relations dates back 35 years to a time of political intrigue when Israel's Likud leaders and the Reagan administration's neocons secretly worked to arm Iran's radical regime, an inconvenient truth given today's anti-Iran hysteria, writes Robert Parry.
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Sunday, November 24, 2013
A Saudi-Israeli Defeat on Iran Deal The Saudi-Israeli alliance hoped to sink a deal between Iran and world powers that limits but doesn't end Iran's nuclear program, so the deal's signing in Geneva is both a defeat for that new alliance and a victory for President Obama and diplomacy.
Sunday, November 24, 2013A Saudi-Israeli Defeat on Iran Deal The Saudi-Israeli alliance hoped to sink a deal between Iran and world powers that limits but doesn't end Iran's nuclear program, so the deal's signing in Geneva is both a defeat for that new alliance and a victory for President Obama and diplomacy.
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Obama's Fear of the Reagan Narrative Obama generally has fit into the mold of a risk-avoidance pol. Despite his protestations that he is eager for a debate on Reaganism and its trickle-down economics, he has shown little stomach for such a fight. Indeed, when he's had the chance, Obama has followed the timid pattern of most national Democrats in finding excuses to praise Ronald Reagan.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010Obama's Fear of the Reagan Narrative Obama generally has fit into the mold of a risk-avoidance pol. Despite his protestations that he is eager for a debate on Reaganism and its trickle-down economics, he has shown little stomach for such a fight. Indeed, when he's had the chance, Obama has followed the timid pattern of most national Democrats in finding excuses to praise Ronald Reagan.
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Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Putin or Kerry: Who's Delusional? Official Washington and its compliant mainstream news media operate with a convenient situational ethics when it comes to the principles of international law and non-intervention in sovereign states. The rules apply only when they’re convenient, explains Robert Parry.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014Putin or Kerry: Who's Delusional? Official Washington and its compliant mainstream news media operate with a convenient situational ethics when it comes to the principles of international law and non-intervention in sovereign states. The rules apply only when they’re convenient, explains Robert Parry.
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Saturday, June 20, 2015
Facing America's Great Evils A 21-year-old white supremacist is charged with entering a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, and murdering nine black parishioners, merging two of America's great evils -- gun violence and racial injustice. But what can be done, asks Robert Parry.
Saturday, June 20, 2015Facing America's Great Evils A 21-year-old white supremacist is charged with entering a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, and murdering nine black parishioners, merging two of America's great evils -- gun violence and racial injustice. But what can be done, asks Robert Parry.
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Friday, June 21, 2013
The Tea Party's Legacy of Racism The American Right demeans racial minorities for playing the victim's role, but today's Tea Party is draped in "victimhood," claiming to be the target of an African-American president and feeling threatened by the nation's demographic shift. But racist fears have always had a home on the Right.
Friday, June 21, 2013The Tea Party's Legacy of Racism The American Right demeans racial minorities for playing the victim's role, but today's Tea Party is draped in "victimhood," claiming to be the target of an African-American president and feeling threatened by the nation's demographic shift. But racist fears have always had a home on the Right.
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Saturday, January 5, 2013
Is the Constitution Still Relevant? The U.S. Constitution has become part of today's political battlefield, with the Right claiming to be its true defender and the Left questioning why the old parchment should undercut democratic choices in the modern age. But neither side seems very interested in what the document actually did.
Saturday, January 5, 2013Is the Constitution Still Relevant? The U.S. Constitution has become part of today's political battlefield, with the Right claiming to be its true defender and the Left questioning why the old parchment should undercut democratic choices in the modern age. But neither side seems very interested in what the document actually did.
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Friday, October 14, 2011
The Tale of Two Assassination Plots The top aim of today's neocon agenda is to support Israel's eagerness to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities -- with the United States either taking part directly or at least providing support. As CIA director, Petraeus finds himself in a perfect position to generate the necessary "intelligence" to bolster that neocon goal.
Friday, October 14, 2011The Tale of Two Assassination Plots The top aim of today's neocon agenda is to support Israel's eagerness to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities -- with the United States either taking part directly or at least providing support. As CIA director, Petraeus finds himself in a perfect position to generate the necessary "intelligence" to bolster that neocon goal.
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Saturday, July 31, 2010
A Neocon Re-write of American History What Boot and other neocons envision for American citizens is endlessly footing the bill for a global police force, one that would wage war anytime and anywhere to defend some vaguely defined U.S. interest, essentially what President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney set off to do after the 9/11 attacks with catastrophic results.
Saturday, July 31, 2010A Neocon Re-write of American History What Boot and other neocons envision for American citizens is endlessly footing the bill for a global police force, one that would wage war anytime and anywhere to defend some vaguely defined U.S. interest, essentially what President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney set off to do after the 9/11 attacks with catastrophic results.
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The Enduring Secrets of Watergate Forty years ago, burglars working for President Nixon planted bugs in the Democrats' Watergate headquarters. Then, a month later, a follow-up break-in went awry, touching off America's most notorious political scandal. But few understand what really happened.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012The Enduring Secrets of Watergate Forty years ago, burglars working for President Nixon planted bugs in the Democrats' Watergate headquarters. Then, a month later, a follow-up break-in went awry, touching off America's most notorious political scandal. But few understand what really happened.
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015
A Blind Eye Toward Turkey's Crimes The alleged ties between Turkish President Erdogan and Islamist terrorists in Syria is an embarrassment for the Obama administration and the U.S. news media, which would prefer to look the other way rather than face up to the danger created by an out-of-control NATO "ally," writes Robert Parry.
Wednesday, December 16, 2015A Blind Eye Toward Turkey's Crimes The alleged ties between Turkish President Erdogan and Islamist terrorists in Syria is an embarrassment for the Obama administration and the U.S. news media, which would prefer to look the other way rather than face up to the danger created by an out-of-control NATO "ally," writes Robert Parry.
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Monday, January 12, 2015
The Sorry Record of a Muslim-Basher Jumping on the Muslim-bashing bandwagon, Fox News' commentator Steven Emerson claimed Muslims have seized control of parts of London and all of Birmingham, terrorizing non-Muslims to flee, claims so absurd that even he was forced to back-track, reports Robert Parry.
Monday, January 12, 2015The Sorry Record of a Muslim-Basher Jumping on the Muslim-bashing bandwagon, Fox News' commentator Steven Emerson claimed Muslims have seized control of parts of London and all of Birmingham, terrorizing non-Muslims to flee, claims so absurd that even he was forced to back-track, reports Robert Parry.
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Monday, May 18, 2009
Knowing 'What's Good for the Country' In my three decades-plus in Washington journalism, I have witnessed the creeping opportunism behind this claim of doing "what's good for the country," which usually translates into keeping unpleasant truths from the American people and spares politicians and journalists from the difficult task of having to speak ill of some U.S. government actions.
Monday, May 18, 2009Knowing 'What's Good for the Country' In my three decades-plus in Washington journalism, I have witnessed the creeping opportunism behind this claim of doing "what's good for the country," which usually translates into keeping unpleasant truths from the American people and spares politicians and journalists from the difficult task of having to speak ill of some U.S. government actions.
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Friday, April 1, 2016
Cleaning Up Hillary's Libyan Mess U.S. officials are pushing a dubious new scheme to "unify" a shattered Libya, but the political risk at home is that voters will finally realize Hillary Clinton's responsibility for the mess, writes Robert Parry.
Friday, April 1, 2016Cleaning Up Hillary's Libyan Mess U.S. officials are pushing a dubious new scheme to "unify" a shattered Libya, but the political risk at home is that voters will finally realize Hillary Clinton's responsibility for the mess, writes Robert Parry.
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Saturday, February 18, 2012
Lieberman Edges US to War with Iran American neocons have moved the United States closer to war with Iran via a subtle change in the "red line" phrasing, inserting the word "capability" after the usual threats to take out an Iranian "nuclear weapon." Now, Sen. Joe Lieberman is making the shift official.
Saturday, February 18, 2012Lieberman Edges US to War with Iran American neocons have moved the United States closer to war with Iran via a subtle change in the "red line" phrasing, inserting the word "capability" after the usual threats to take out an Iranian "nuclear weapon." Now, Sen. Joe Lieberman is making the shift official.
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Monday, November 30, 2009
How the War Hawks Caged Obama Obama went with war-time “continuity” and bipartisanship in keeping Gates and U.S. Central Command Gen. David Petraeus. By doing so, Obama ensured that the “surge” escalation strategy that Gates and Petraeus sold in Iraq would be repackaged for Afghanistan.
Monday, November 30, 2009How the War Hawks Caged Obama Obama went with war-time “continuity” and bipartisanship in keeping Gates and U.S. Central Command Gen. David Petraeus. By doing so, Obama ensured that the “surge” escalation strategy that Gates and Petraeus sold in Iraq would be repackaged for Afghanistan.
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Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Taking a Page from Joe McCarthy Hillary Clinton and her supporters have turned to ugly McCarthyism in attacking Donald Trump to divert attention from their email scandals, a dangerous use of Russia-bashing, says Robert Parry.
Wednesday, November 2, 2016Taking a Page from Joe McCarthy Hillary Clinton and her supporters have turned to ugly McCarthyism in attacking Donald Trump to divert attention from their email scandals, a dangerous use of Russia-bashing, says Robert Parry.
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Friday, May 14, 2010
The Return of Madcap Capitalism Amid relentless anti-government propaganda and endless pressures for more deregulation, madcap capitalism has returned. The consequences can now be seen from the desolate factory towns in Michigan to the oil spill poisoning the Gulf of Mexico, from teacher layoffs in California to crazy market swings on Wall Street.
Friday, May 14, 2010The Return of Madcap Capitalism Amid relentless anti-government propaganda and endless pressures for more deregulation, madcap capitalism has returned. The consequences can now be seen from the desolate factory towns in Michigan to the oil spill poisoning the Gulf of Mexico, from teacher layoffs in California to crazy market swings on Wall Street.
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Sunday, March 4, 2012
Profiting Off Nixon's Vietnam "Treason" The Rostow memos are in a file with scores of secret and top secret documents tracing Nixon's peace-talk gambit as Johnson tried frantically to stop Nixon's blocking operation and still reach a peace agreement in the waning days of his presidency. The Vietnam War dragged on another four years, leading to the deaths of an additional 20,763 U.S. soldiers, with 111,230 wounded.
Sunday, March 4, 2012Profiting Off Nixon's Vietnam "Treason" The Rostow memos are in a file with scores of secret and top secret documents tracing Nixon's peace-talk gambit as Johnson tried frantically to stop Nixon's blocking operation and still reach a peace agreement in the waning days of his presidency. The Vietnam War dragged on another four years, leading to the deaths of an additional 20,763 U.S. soldiers, with 111,230 wounded.
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Saturday, April 9, 2016
Is Hillary Clinton "Qualified"? The question of "qualifications" is suddenly at the center of the Democratic race with Hillary Clinton's backers touting her resume but ignoring her many failures in job after job, writes Robert Parry.
Saturday, April 9, 2016Is Hillary Clinton "Qualified"? The question of "qualifications" is suddenly at the center of the Democratic race with Hillary Clinton's backers touting her resume but ignoring her many failures in job after job, writes Robert Parry.
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Thursday, October 1, 2015
Should US Ally with Al Qaeda in Syria? The new U.S. "group think" is that Russian President Putin broke his promise to attack only the Islamic State when his warplanes hit other rebel targets in Syria. But Putin never limited which terrorists he'd hit and the targeted rebel coalition includes Al Qaeda's affiliate, as Robert Parry reports.
Thursday, October 1, 2015Should US Ally with Al Qaeda in Syria? The new U.S. "group think" is that Russian President Putin broke his promise to attack only the Islamic State when his warplanes hit other rebel targets in Syria. But Putin never limited which terrorists he'd hit and the targeted rebel coalition includes Al Qaeda's affiliate, as Robert Parry reports.
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Monday, October 12, 2015
Needling Obama for More Wars Rather than encourage a healthy, wide-ranging debate on world affairs, the mainstream U.S. news media prevents any serious deviation from Official Washington's war-loving "group thinks," a task undertaken by CBS' Steve Kroft in a hostile interview with President Obama, reports Robert Parry.
Monday, October 12, 2015Needling Obama for More Wars Rather than encourage a healthy, wide-ranging debate on world affairs, the mainstream U.S. news media prevents any serious deviation from Official Washington's war-loving "group thinks," a task undertaken by CBS' Steve Kroft in a hostile interview with President Obama, reports Robert Parry.
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Friday, May 27, 2011
Taking the Side of the Billionaires America's Right pitches itself as populist, taking the side of the common man against "big guv-mint" and "lib-rhul elites," but its actual policies -- from the NFL lockout to Rep. Paul Ryan's budget -- side with the billionaires in what amounts to an escalating class war against the middle class and the poor.
Friday, May 27, 2011Taking the Side of the Billionaires America's Right pitches itself as populist, taking the side of the common man against "big guv-mint" and "lib-rhul elites," but its actual policies -- from the NFL lockout to Rep. Paul Ryan's budget -- side with the billionaires in what amounts to an escalating class war against the middle class and the poor.
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Monday, June 13, 2016
MH-17 Probe Trusts Torture-Implicated Ukraine The floundering inquiry into who shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014 has relied heavily on a Ukrainian intelligence agency that recently stopped U.N. investigators from probing its alleged role in torture, reports Robert Parry.
Monday, June 13, 2016MH-17 Probe Trusts Torture-Implicated Ukraine The floundering inquiry into who shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014 has relied heavily on a Ukrainian intelligence agency that recently stopped U.N. investigators from probing its alleged role in torture, reports Robert Parry.
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Monday, April 11, 2016
"Yats" Is No Longer the Guy Several weeks before Ukraine's 2014 coup, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Nuland had already picked Arseniy Yatsenyuk to be the future leader, but now "Yats" is no longer the guy, writes Robert Parry.
Monday, April 11, 2016"Yats" Is No Longer the Guy Several weeks before Ukraine's 2014 coup, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Nuland had already picked Arseniy Yatsenyuk to be the future leader, but now "Yats" is no longer the guy, writes Robert Parry.