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[ad_1] Washington’s regional partners are aligned on removing the Iranian threat and building a viable security architecture. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Today is a day I’ve dreaded for over a decade. At around 6:20 a.m., we’ll get my oldest son Judson up, give him a bath, put his safety harness on (don’t worry, we’ll dress him first), and then watch him amble down our driveway to the school bus, as we have almost every school day since fourth grade. He’ll go through whatever class activities he has, come to the end of the day, and get ready to ride the bus home, as he has almost every school day since fourth grade. His teachers and aides will wipe their eyes,…

[ad_1] In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we’re doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. How Media Glorification of Vigilantes and Militarism Can Backfire Mischa Geracoulis for Project Censored On December 22, 1984, Bernie Goetz—“the subway vigilante”—shot four unarmed Black teenagers on a New York City subway after one had asked Goetz for five dollars. Pulling an unregistered Smith & Wesson revolver from his waistband, Goetz fired five shots with expert precision at…

[ad_1] The idea that Donald Trump would knock over the justice and treasury departments for $1.776 billion, and then, back at his Mar-a-Lago hideout, split the loot with the January 6th Hole in the Capitol Wall Gang is wishful thinking; Trump has only ever thought of himself as the sole victim of the Biden administration’s injustices. All those patriotic defecators on Nancy Pelosi’s desk were never anything more than MAGA poster children, to make the point that Trump is more Robin Hood than Willy Sutton—that he robbed his own government as if operating on behalf of the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Note…

[ad_1] The problem for the proxy advisory firms is that the corporate march to the Lone Star State won’t end with Exxon. [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we’re doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. Chris Hedges Report “We tell the stories that perpetuate the narrative or the myth we want, and we erase the others,” Chris Hedges states in this interview with Ray Nayler about his new book, “Palaces of the Crow,” which centers around four teenagers from varying backgrounds who struggle to survive during World War II. The war, Nayler says,…

[ad_1] Amid a lot of patriotic rah-rah, predictable writing, and subpar acting, the Netflix movie War Machine manages to convey at least one interesting point about America’s bloated military budget. Director Patrick Hughes’ film stars Alan Ritchson as an Army staff sergeant who watches his brother get killed in action in Afghanistan. The death inspires Ritchson’s character to honor a pact he made with his brother and become an Army Ranger himself. To graduate from Ranger School, Ritchson and the other final candidates must complete a mission together in the wilderness—a mission that goes awry when a strange, robotlike machine appears from…

[ad_1] In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we’re doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. Gregory Shupak for FAIR Since October 2023, Israel has occupied vast stretches of territory in Gaza, Syria and, most recently, Lebanon. Corporate media have been reluctant to use clear, direct language to characterize US-backed Israeli land grabs in each of these places, preferring to describe Israel’s policies with euphemistic terminology. “Buffer” is chief among these. For instance, a Wall…

[ad_1] Photo: Marlboro/ While pundits argue about who had the upper hand during the recent summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, with the inevitable talk of rising and declining powers (the Thucydides Trap), there are much deeper political undercurrents. Marlboro cigarettes, long a symbol of rugged American masculinity, are under attack. The New York Times recently ran an op-ed entitled “How American Cool Dies.” For decades, American influence rested not only on economic and military strength, but on cultural domination — soft power. Today’s contest may no longer be over who rules the world, but who defines it. America…