Seizing the War Industry, by Christian Sorenson
"The War Industry infests the American economy like a cancer, sapping its strength and distorting its creativity while devouring its treasure."
The new COVID “relief” bill includes:
"tax breaks if you own a race horse" (and how corrupt is the US government?)
Margaret Flowers: The Solutions are Obvious, but it will take a Revolution to win them
"This is our moment. This is the time to make demands that the government take action to address the people’s needs.,,,It is up to us to bring the crisis to members of Congress and demand immediate action."
Who’s Really Looting America? with Robert Reich
As hundreds of thousands take to the streets to protest ruthless police killings of Black Americans and centuries of systemic racism, and Donald Trump and his enablers cast the protesters as violent “looters," former Labor Secretary Robert Reich exposes the real looters in America: Wall Street bankers in designer suits and corporate executives in lofty More
IT’S A SCANDAL THAT WE DON’T KNOW WHO SUPPORTED THE CORONAVIRUS BAILOUT. HELP US FIND OUT.
“We’re not just talking about half a trillion dollars that went to Wall Street, as I mentioned in my remarks,” [Ocasio-Cortez] continued. “That is being leveraged to $4 trillion for Wall Street and corporations. And what we’re seeing in payroll protection for small businesses is just a drop in the bucket compared to that.”
Matt Taibbi: Bailing Out the Bailout
"The Trump administration just bought this undead economy at retail prices and committed the Fed and the Treasury to sustaining it."
United States Still Largest Weapons Exporter in the World
"US as gun runners; that's what we have come to. So sad. The military-industrial-congressional-complex."
Ilhan Omar Has a Plan to Revolutionize U.S. Foreign Policy
"They would also have to reckon with the humanitarian impact of sanctions, which Congress largely ignores at this point, and it has led to some of the world’s worst humanitarian crises as we’re seeing in Venezuela, and North Korea, and Iran."
Chris Hedges: The New Rules of the Game
"Should Bernie Sanders manage to evade the snares, traps and minefields laid for him by the Democratic Party elites, should he miraculously become the party’s nominee, the game of least worst will radically change."
DN!: “Our Very Existence Is the Resistance”: An Hour w/ AOC, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib & Ilhan Omar
REP. ILHAN OMAR: I think, to the point that Rashida was talking about, about us not being divided, but disconnected, is truly how I think about the thing that is wrong with the formation of our foreign policy, is that when we engage in the creation of our foreign policy, we are truly disconnected from the foreign nations that it will impact and the humans who are going to be impacted by our foreign policy.
Chris Hedges: Democrats Have No Moral Authority on Impeachment
"Democrats are...living in an alternative reality."