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China Declares Trade War Victory: Gloats At US “Suffering” After “Crushing Counterattack”
China Declares Trade War Victory: Gloats At US “Suffering” After “Crushing Counterattack” Barely a day after China dropped the hammer on US stock markets by unveiling retaliatory tariffs on $50 billion in US imports that – unlike US measures that mostly targeted obscure industrial products – actually struck at key industries like soybean farmers, automobiles […]
The Coming Crisis with Iran
The Coming Crisis with Iran Photo by DAVID HOLT | CC BY 2.0 With the appointments of Mike Pompeo as secretary of state and John Bolton as national security adviser, Donald Trump has signaled his preparedness by the May 12deadline to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal and ramp up pressure on North Korea if it […]
All-Out Trade War: China Strikes Back With 25% Tariffs On $50BN Of US Imports
All-Out Trade War: China Strikes Back With 25% Tariffs On $50BN Of US Imports Beijing wasted no time in striking back at Washington’s latest round of tariffs on Chinese imports by announcing a new list of US products that would be subject to punitive action, as the world’s two largest economies edge ever closer towards […]
Russian Ambassador Speaks Out: “Relations With The US Are The Worst I Can Remember”
Russian Ambassador Speaks Out: “Relations With The US Are The Worst I Can Remember” The Russian ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, told NBC’s Today that he can’t remember a period when relations between Washington and Moscow were worse, after both countries expelled dozens of each other’s diplomats following the poisoning of a former Russian […]
Enough Is Enough: If You Really Want to Save Lives, Take Aim at Government Violence [SHORT]
Enough Is Enough: If You Really Want to Save Lives, Take Aim at Government Violence [SHORT] Enough is enough. That was the refrain chanted over and over by the thousands of demonstrators who gathered to protest gun violence in America. On March 24, 2018, more than 200,000 young people took the time to march on […]
A Blank Check for Repression? A Saudi Leader Visits Washington
A Blank Check for Repression? A Saudi Leader Visits Washington It’s a classic narrative: the foreign dignitary of a US ally visits Washington, the Pentagon and State Department are intent on selling him a large weapons package, a munitions maker seeks to capitalize on the visit, some senators resist and point to how US weapons […]
China Unveils How It Will Retaliate To US Tariffs, USDJPY Snaps
China Unveils How It Will Retaliate To US Tariffs, USDJPY Snaps While it will hardly come as a surprise considering that trade wars always evolve in an escalating tit-for-tat manner, the WSJ reports that just hours ahead of Trump’s announcement of as much as $60 billion in tariffs targeting Beijing, China is preparing to hit […]
What Do They Know That We Don’t? DC Officials Flock To Doomsday Camps
What Do They Know That We Don’t? DC Officials Flock To Doomsday Camps Washington D.C. government officials are flocking to doomsday camps around the country. Which of course begs the question: what do they know that we do not? According to the Washington Examiner, a building network of backwoods doomsday camps around the country are […]
How Many Terms Till You’re a Tyrant Ripe for Regime Change?
How Many Terms Till You’re a Tyrant Ripe for Regime Change? In some cases, the hint that a country might be removing presidential term limits provides Washington sufficient cause to support a coup, but in other cases Washington celebrates presidents-for-life, observes Ted Snider. Donald Trump caused some concern last week when he appeared to praise […]
US Said To Consider New Military Action Against Syria
US Said To Consider New Military Action Against Syria The last two weeks have seen the mainstream media soaked with headlines containing the word “Syria” and “Attack” as Washington desperately spins narratives left and right to cling to their reason for existence in Syria (legal or illegal, we will let you decide). All of which […]
Is Washington Sufficiently Intelligent to Be Trusted with an Independent Foreign Policy?
Is Washington Sufficiently Intelligent to Be Trusted with an Independent Foreign Policy? As I figured would be the case, Putin’s message to the West that Russia cannot be intimidated and that the nations must work together to deal with world problems was far over the heads of the dumbshit “exceptional” Americans. CNN rushed out an […]
Washington has Engaged in Information Warfare, Including Fake News and Trolling, for Years
Washington has Engaged in Information Warfare, Including Fake News and Trolling, for Years The howling in government and the corporate media and among many liberals about an alleged Russian information war, with bots, trolls and fake news being placed in social media to mislead and incite Americans against each other, might lead one think, like […]
Endgame Russia: NATO Sprawl Invades Eastern Europe, No More Illusions
Endgame Russia: NATO Sprawl Invades Eastern Europe, No More Illusions In the past, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) justified its militarization of large swaths of Eastern Europe by pointing to the omnipresent threat of terrorism, or some ‘rogue’ foreign state, inherently understood to be Iran. Today the mask has slipped and it is no […]
The U.S. Returns to ‘Great Power Competition,’ With a Dangerous New Edge
The U.S. Returns to ‘Great Power Competition,’ With a Dangerous New Edge The U.S. has taken aim at China and Russia for at least the last four administrations. Now, higher ups on all sides are warning of heightened tensions and war. A U.S. aircraft carrier pulls into port at Guam. (Photo: U.S. Navy / Flickr) […]
