Veronica Tash

The CIA Spied On French Parties In 2012 Election

On Thursday, Wikileaks released documents showing that the CIA was spying on French Parties during their 2012 presidential election based upon the premise that Nicolas Sarkozy’s Union for a Popular Movement (Union pour un mouvement populair) was not guaranteed victory in the election. The leak presumably would have come from someone in the CIA who […]

7y ago

Michael Flynn|russia

Michael Flynn’s Resignation Is Not A Sign of Russian Involvement In The Election

Michael Flynn resigned from his post as National Security Adviser on February 13, according to the New York Times, after it was leaked by U.S. intelligence agents that he had made a call after Donald Trump had won and then-President Barack Obama placed sanctions on Russia. Flynn had spoken with members of the Russian government […]

7y ago

america

American Democracy Was Pretty Much Dead Even Before Trump Became President

As the 18th century entered its 70s, Americans began to not only collectively awaken to the innate problems of a monarchic society but began to dream of a better form of government. In the 1770s and 1780s, they fought a treasonous revolution against their King who had failed them – a struggle that seemed hopeless […]

7y ago

Donald Trump

Donald Trump And Republicans Might Inadvertently Legitimize Political Violence

Donald Trump and the Republican Party may inadvertently legitimize political violence it seems. No, I’m not saying that they’re going to use violence against their political opponents, though that is a serious threat that may very well become true in the future. Rather, they are pushing dangerously close to a point where it will become […]

7y ago

hillary clinton

Hillary Clinton Email Scandal: Misunderstood Even Today But Still Damning

It is now February 2017 and it is clear that people still don’t begin to understand the email scandal that rocked Hillary Clinton’s campaign last year. Republicans don’t understand it, as evident by their excusing of Trump’s use of his office for personal gain; and Democrats still don’t understand it, crying sarcastically “but her emails!” […]

7y ago

Donald Trump

Lies About Donald Trump Obscure The Threat Of Donald Trump

The self-proclaimed Democratic “resistance” to Donald Trump has been full of outright lies and misleading information. The result of this is that people – the people who have to actually be convinced of this fact – are blinded to the actual threat posed by Donald Trump’s presidency and the promises he has made. Lies are […]

7y ago

Donald Trump

Trump Infrastructure Executive Order Foreshadows Acts of War

An executive order signed by Donald Trump entitled “Executive Order Expediting Environmental Reviews and Approvals for High Priority Infrastructure Projects” on January 24 is sending up red flags, and rightfully so. The order, which does not speak specifically of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), makes it so that environmental impact studies will be expedited, possibly […]

7y ago

Donald Trump

Donald Trump’s Wall Will Be Paid For By International Corporations, Not Average Americans [Opinion]

Donald Trump’s border wall with Mexico will not be paid for by American consumers, nor by Mexico itself. It isn’t so simple as to say that it will be paid for by group A or group B, but if you had to put down one group as paying for it, it would be international corporations. […]

7y ago

Trump Inauguration Crowd Tells Us Nothing

Many outlets, serious and satirical, are focusing on on the size of Donald Trump’s inaugural crowd. There are some pretty good pictures out there showing that, indeed, the crowd for Donald Trump were much smaller than Barack Obama’s eight years ago. For example, CNN had covered this using comparatively flattering pictures for Donald Trump’s turnout. […]

7y ago

democratic party

The Democratic Party’s Death Is Imminent

The Democratic Party’s death is imminent at this point. Rather than react to the fact that Hillary Clinton and the neoliberal agenda she embodies were an utter failure this election and the quest to win the moderate voter is in vain, the Democratic Party instead is just as determined as ever to keep the course […]

7y ago

Barack Obama|chelsea manning

Barack Obama Commutes Chelsea Manning’s Sentence, But Why?

Barack Obama commuted Chelsea Manning’s 35-year sentence this Tuesday, setting her release for May 17, exactly four months later. According to the White House, President Obama’s decision to commute the sentence was due to her sentence being excessive relative to other whistleblowers – which the president referred to as “leakers.” The president also denied that […]

7y ago

Barack Obama|martin luther king jr

Martin Luther King Jr Would Not Have Approved of Obama’s Legacy

Martin Luther King Jr, if he were alive to see it, would not have been a fan of Barack Obama’s presidential legacy. He probably wouldn’t have supported his candidacy in 2008 either, but he would be appalled at the actual policies which Barack Obama has carried out. While it is true that King had registered […]

7y ago

human rights

Backpage Adult Section Forced Closure Is A Human Rights Violation

On January 9, Backpage, an equivalent to Craigslist, was forced to shut down their adult section, according to a statement by the company, due to continued pressure placed on the company after credit card companies were pressured to not do business with Backpage by the United States government. The credit card companies abandoned business with […]

7y ago

Milo Yiannopoulos

Milo Yiannopoulos Speech at UC Davis Cancelled: Free Speech Vs Hate Speech

CNN reported yesterday that the UC Davis College Republicans cancelled their event featuring a Milo Yiannopoulos speech as well as a speech by pharmaceutical gouger Martin Shkreli. The article title misleadingly says the event was shut down by protesters despite the decision to cancel Yiannopoulos’ speech was decided by those hosting the event, likely taking […]

7y ago

McConnell Decries Intended Stonewalling Of Trump Nominees

Mitch McConnell has cried foul on stated plans that Democrats intend to block many of President-elect Trump’s nominees on Meet the Press. While Trump has moved to a more rational ground since unexpectedly winning a majority of electors this November, it also became clear what he meant by wanting to drain the swamp. Rather than […]

7y ago

Fort Lauderdale Shooting Prompts Extreme Reaction

A group called FlyersRights.org, a consumer rights organization for airline passengers, has made a press release in reaction to the airport shooting which happened in Fort Lauderdale on Friday. The events that unfolded in Fort Lauderdale are fairly simple to lay out. According to the Washington Post, Esteban Santiago, an Iraq War veteran who has […]

7y ago

FBI

DNC Refused FBI Access To ‘Hacked’ Servers Originally

According to CNN, the FBI had approached the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in July after their servers were allegedly hacked leading to the leak of numerous damaging emails and ultimately to the resignation of several key figures, including chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz. While the DNC had originally claimed the FBI had never asked to access […]

7y ago

Donald Trump

Stop Accusing Donald Trump Of Treason

The clamor of faux liberals, sour over a Clinton defeat, for months has been “Donald Trump is a Traitor! Donald Trump is guilty of treason!” https://twitter.com/dylan_tindall/status/811841255261040640 https://twitter.com/vinterflamma/status/815008709357305856 It is not only on social media that these allegations come rolling in, but from news sources and from people flashing credentials to make shaky claims. The Boston […]

7y ago

russia

Interference In The Election – But Not By Russia

The news cycle has been dominated in recent days by the accusations by the Obama Administration that Russia has interfered in the 2016 presidential election by hacking emails from the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairperson, John Podesta. According to CNN, President Obama took the first steps in sanctioning Russia for their alleged […]

7y ago

israel

Criticism Of Israeli Settlements Means War?

In a bold move, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has seemingly declared that criticism of Israel is an act of war. Haaretz reports that Netanyahu had notified New Zealand’s ambassador to Israel, Jonathan Curr, that if a planned motion sponsored by New Zealand, along with Senegal, Malaysia, and Venezuela, came to a vote, Israel would […]

7y ago