Faced with criticism on whether the United States should trumpet its "unbreakable bond" with an incoming Israeli government headed by fascist parties, lawbreakers and homophobes, the Biden administration has squirmed. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken observed...
‘Omnibus Shows Congress’s Priorities: Authoritarianism and War
Those hoping for a Christmastime government shutdown were once again disappointed when Congress passed a 4,000-page, $1.7 trillion omnibus appropriations bill that few, if any, Representatives and Senators read before voting on. The Republican leadership celebrated...
Zelensky Goes to Washington: Some Key Questions
On December 21, President Volodymyr Zelensky went to Washington to meet with President Biden and to address the Congress. The meeting comes at a time when pressure for negotiations and for a diplomatic settlement are intensifying. Both France and Germany have...
Iraq Daily Roundup: Five Killed
Five Statements That Could Change the War
Five statements made over a period of a few days by high level government officials received very little media attention. When combined, though, they produce a pattern that could make headlines. On December 1, French President Emmanuel Macron held talks with President...
After the Zelensky Spectacle Let the Partition Begin!
The spectacle in the US Capitol Building last night was downright retch-worthy. And we are not actually referring to the detestable little warmongering clown who preened at the podium in a sweatshirt and cargo pants, offering endless lies and hideously false promises...
Warren, Jacobs Accuse Pentagon of Vastly Undercounting Civilians Killed by US Military
As U.S. military forces continue to kill and wound civilians in multiple countries during the ongoing 21-year War on Terror while chronically undercounting such casualties, a pair of Democratic lawmakers on Monday asked the Pentagon to explain discrepancies in...
Iraq Daily Roundup: Six Dead, Including U.S. Marine
At least six people were killed and four were wounded : One U.S. Marine died of a non-combat-related cause in Iraq. The incident is under investigation. An attack at the Kobani checkpoint in Kirkuk province left three policemen dead and at least another wounded. In...
Iraq Daily Roundup: 19 Killed
The Mainstream Media and the US Military
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author's permission. (I prepared these notes for a talk I gave on “Truth-killers: The Corporate Media and the Military-Industrial Complex,” sponsored by Massachusetts Peace Action. David Swanson also spoke.) I served in the U.S....


