He said he questioned the purpose of the agreement, and suggested the number of refugees could increase to 2,000, after the Trump administration agreed to honour an Obama-era plan to resettle 1,250 asylum seekers in the US. “For whatever reason President Obama said that they were going to take probably well over a thousand illegal […]
Army Corps to Clear Obstacle to Dakota Pipeline…
The Trump administration is preparing to remove a major obstacle to construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, North Dakota lawmakers said Tuesday — news that will reopen a fight with an American Indian tribe that has protested against the contentious energy project…
Why Did Obama Free This Terrorist?…
On January 17, 2017, as one of the final acts of his presidency, Barack Obama commuted the sentence of 74-year-old Oscar Lopez Rivera, the Puerto Rican nationalist who had served 35 years of a 55-year conviction for the crime of “seditious conspiracy,” as well as attempted robbery, explosives and vehicle-theft charges. Thanks to Obama’s intercession, […]
Game Over for Democrats? by Mike Whitney…
In 2008, the American people overwhelmingly voted for “change” in Washington. They never got it. Hence, Trump. To pretend that there’s not a straight line connecting the failed policies of Barack Obama and the subsequent rise of Donald John Trump, is to ignore the obvious and to shrug off responsibility for the situation the country […]
Russian Hack Media Coverage Has Been More Fiction Than Fact…
In December 2016, former President Barack Obama ordered a full review of alleged Russian hacking, which Democrats continue to sensationalize to provide a scapegoat for Hillary Clinton’s election loss. Obama stated that the review would be completed before he left office and as much information as possible would be released to the public. While Clinton […]
Death of the Syrian ‘Moderate’ Fantasy by Jonathan Marshall…
The neoconservative and liberal interventionist case for arming Syria’s rebels lost its last vestige of credibility this week with the routing of Free Syrian Army (FSA) forces by Al-Qaeda-linked Islamists in northwestern Syria. Washington think-tank warriors and editorial writers have long looked to the FSA as America’s natural allies in the Syrian conflict…
Reinstate Lt. Col. Terry Lakin…Sign the Petition…
A White House petition was launched the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration to “reinstate Lt. Col. Terry Lakin into the U.S. Army with full rank, pay, benefits and pension immediately.” “Court-martialed, imprisoned, expelled from the Army and denied pay, pension and benefits,” declares the petition accurately, “Terry was merely following his officer’s oath and constitutional […]
Here’s How and Why the U.S. has Been Helping ISIS Take Deir El-Zour in Syria…
The single fact which make the latest offensive by ISIS eastern Syria so frightening and serious is that the way for it was paved by the US-led “anti-ISIS” coalition. Before discussing this, let me repeat a point I made for The Duran previously, the truth of which as a Syrian in Syria who is an […]
The Cost Of Regulatory Compliance: $20,000 For Every American Worker…
GTMO at the End of the Obama Administration: 31 Uncharged Detainees Remain…
With last week’s transfer of four more detainees to the UAE and Saudi Arabia, President Obama will leave office tomorrow with 31 uncharged individuals remaining detained at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, potentially for the duration of U.S. hostilities with al Qaeda. (Ten others have been charged in the military commissions system, of whom seven […]
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