What if Washington Can’t Attract the Men (and Women) Necessary To Police the Globe?
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The Centre of International Insecurity
The Biden administration is no longer in charge of the White House. Relying on a select network of think-tanks and their corporate proxies, the Big Defense is. What it wants, it seems to get.
The Centre of International Insecurity
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Scott [Horton] is joined by Dan Steinbock to discuss an article he wrote about the network of Democratic organizations running American foreign policy. Steinbock has dug deep into the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) and WestExec Advisors, two organizations that have allowed top foreign policy officials to make money cycling between government, think tank and advisory roles. Steinbock also takes a step back and examines how these organizations are connected to weapons companies, Wall Street and technology firms.
6/27/22 Dan Steinbock: How Hawkish Democrats Make Money Pushing War
In the Middle East, Biden walks in Trump’s footsteps and will repeat his failure
Committing American lives to defend dictatorships is far more scandalous than engaging with MBS.
In the Middle East, Biden walks in Trump’s footsteps and will repeat his failure
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Biden Taps Anti-Social Security Ideologue To Oversee Program
Biden nominated Andrew Biggs, a think tank denizen with a history of slamming Social Security, to oversee government retirement benefits for 66 million Americans.
Biden Taps Anti-Social Security Ideologue To Oversee Program
Larry Summers warns unemployment must rise to cool inflation
Ex-Treasury Secretary Larry Summers warned that millions of currently employed Americans must lose their jobs in order for the Federal Reserve to succeed in its bid to cool inflation.
Larry Summers warns unemployment must rise to cool inflation
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Larry Summers Says US Needs 5% Jobless Rate for Five Years to Ease Inflation
Maybe he can ship some more jobs overseas [/sarcasm]?! I’d suggest shipping him, overseas, but I wouldn’t even wish that on my enemy!
Facts Don’t Care About Your Party Identification
Jun 16, 2022 | Briahna Joy Gray responds to allegations that she is a ‘fake Leftist.’
Facts Don’t Care About Your Party Identification via The Hill
Corporate-sponsored ‘progressive’ Chunk Yogurt recently called certain leftist YouTubers fake leftists. This is Briahna Joy Gray’s great response.
[2009] EU report states Georgia started 2008 war with Russia
When is military aggression not military aggression? For the powers that be in Washington and their media lackeys, the foreign policy interests of US imperialism dictate the answer. Hence, in the August 2008 war between US-ally Georgia and Russia, the former was portrayed as the helpless victim and the latter the aggressive bully.
EU report states Georgia started 2008 war with Russia
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The Dangers of Praising Mike Pence and Liz Cheney
Republican enemies of Donald Trump are not your friend. In fact, they may represent an even more dangerous form of far-right politics, because they put a respectable veneer on theocracy, climate denial, and warmongering. Democrats need to stop praising horrible neoconservatives.
The Dangers of Praising Mike Pence and Liz Cheney

I’d much prefer Rand Paul, if we were to have a right-winger as President! I don’t care for all of his economic policies but, at least, we might have less wars and legalized marijuana!
Ukraine: Weapons Expert Urges Negotiation vs. “Military-First Approach”
Society of Spectacle
The televised spectacle of the January 6th hearings will not restore democracy or halt the rise of the far right. The hearings are a desperate ploy by a doomed political class.
Society of Spectacle
H/T: THE NEW DARK AGE

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