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Tag Archives: Trump Administration
Russiagate as Organized Distraction
By Oliver Boyd-Barrett Source: Consortium News For over two years Russiagate has accounted for a substantial proportion of all mainstream U.S. media political journalism and, because U.S. media have significant agenda-setting propulsion, of global media coverage as well. The timing … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, censorship, CIA, conditioning, corporate news, culture, Deep State, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Neoliberalism, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, war, Whistleblowers
Tagged Cambridge Analytica, Cold War, corporate news, Deep State, Democratic Party, DNC, Electoral College, empire, Facebook, geopolitics, imperialism, John Podesta, Julian Assange, Mainstream Media, McCarthyism, mi6, MSM, NATO, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Pablo Miller, Plutocracy, propaganda, Robert Mueller, Russia, RussiaGate, Social Media, Steele Dossier, The Atlantic Council, Trump Administration, U.S. electoral system, U.S. media, WikiLeaks
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How GMO Seeds and Monsanto/Bayer’s “RoundUp” are Driving US Policy in Venezuela
With Juan Guaidó’s parallel government attempting to take power with the backing of the U.S., it is telling that the top political donors of those in the U.S. most fervently pushing regime change in Venezuela have close ties to Monsanto … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Economics, elites, Empire, Environment, Geopolitics, GMOs, History, imperialism, Neocons, news, Oligarchy, Social Engineering, society
Tagged AEI, Agrochemicals, American Enterprise Institute, Bayer, Betsy DeVos, Big Ag, Big Oil, Biotech, Chavista United Socialist Party of Venezuela, Corporate Crime, Dow Chemical, Elliott Abrams, Fred Kagan, geopolitics, Glyphosate, GMOs, Hugo Chavez, imperialism, John Bolton, José Cardenas, Juan Guaidó, Marco Rubio, Martin Rodil, Mike Pence, Mike Pompeo, Monsanto, Neocons, Nicolas Maduro, Paul Singer, Paul Wolfowitz, Roger Noriega, Roundtable of Democratic Unity, Roundup, Trump Administration, venezuela
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Send the Mad Dog to the Corporate Kennel
By Ray McGovern Source: Consortium News Outgoing Defense Secretary Gen. James “Mad Dog” Mattis was famous for quipping, “It’s fun to shoot some people.” It remains a supreme irony that Mattis was widely considered the only “adult in the room” in … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, culture, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, Neocons, State Crime, war, war on terror
Tagged Anthony Zinni, Dick Cheney, Donald Trump, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, iraq, James Mattis, Joseph Dunford, Mad Dog Mattis, Militarism, military-industrial complex, Neocons, Pat Roberts, Scott Ritter, Smedley Butler, Syria, Trump Administration, US Foreign Policy, war, War is a Racket
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Trump proposes huge hike in military and police spending
By Patrick Martin Source: WSWS.org The Trump administration sent instructions to federal agencies Monday proposing a $54 billion increase in spending for the Pentagon, the intelligence agencies and the Department of Homeland Security, to be offset by $54 billion in … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, Authoritarianism, CIA, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, Militarization, military spending, news, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war, war on terror, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged Agriculture, Border Wall, CIA, Corporate Welfare, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, Domestic Spending, Education, empire, EPA, food stamps, geopolitics, Health and Human Services, Housing, Infrastructure, John McCain, Labor, Medicaid, Medicare, Mick Mulvaney, Militarization, Military, Military Budget, military spending, Office of Management and Budget, OMB, Pentagon, police, police state, Ruling Elite, Social Security, taxpayer dollars, Transportation, Trump, Trump Administration, U.S. Foreign Policy, Urban Development
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