Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger has demanded that Israel “pick a side” amid Russia’s ongoing attack on Ukraine, insisting it cannot remain neutral despite Tel Aviv’s efforts to mediate negotiations and bring an end to the conflict.
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | Mar 23, 2022 | News Roundup
Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger has demanded that Israel “pick a side” amid Russia’s ongoing attack on Ukraine, insisting it cannot remain neutral despite Tel Aviv’s efforts to mediate negotiations and bring an end to the conflict.
by Will Porter | Mar 23, 2022 | News Roundup
Beijing has “fully militarized” several islands in the South China Sea and is engaged in a massive military buildup in the region, the head of the US Indo-Pacific Command claimed, prompting a swift denial and counter-allegations from Chinese officials.
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | Mar 23, 2022 | News Roundup
The Pentagon is considering whether to use the Defense Production Act to help replace thousands of missiles shipped to Ukraine in recent months, as US stocks begin to run low following a long line of arms transfers.
by Ahmad Salah | Mar 22, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Onrush of the Russian military operation in Ukraine has placed President Volodymyr Zelensky into a troublesome situation. Due to the lack of weaponry and ammunition, copious human losses, and destruction of vital military infrastructure the Ukrainian leader started...
by Thomas Eddlem | Mar 22, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles
The socialist left says the evidence capitalism oppresses the poor is that free markets relocate factories to the poorest nations in order to pay the lowest wages. And when wage rates rise in poor nations like South Korea and Japan, they move their factories over to...
by Tommy Salmons | Mar 22, 2022 | Year Zero
I’ve been contemplating recording an episode where I give my thoughts on what we see going on around us. We live in a world at war, inflation is running rampant, and the future is uncertain, so I wanted to put something out there to help make sense of what we’re...
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | Mar 22, 2022 | News Roundup
The Pentagon’s latest budget proposal will reportedly request at least $1 billion to equip the Navy’s Zumwalt-class destroyer with new hypersonic missiles, as the military continues to dump countless tax dollars into a warship which still lacks a primary weapon.
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | Mar 22, 2022 | News Roundup
Washington has imposed new sanctions on Chinese officials, saying they are in response to “repressive acts” against ethnic and religious minorities. The move comes just days after the Joe Biden administration threatened penalties over China’s continued relations with Russia.
CNN: An Iraqi national who had lived in the US since he was an infant died shortly after being deported to Iraq as part of the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration. Jimmy Aldaoud, 41, died from complications of diabetes, his attorney Edward Bajoka...
The government plan to turn us all into snitches. Whistleblowers help government collect billions in unpaid taxes WASHINGTON — Whistleblowers who helped the federal government collect $1.4 billion in unpaid taxes last year reaped a record $312 million in reward money...
Wolf Richter at Wolf Street. Consumer credit – auto loans, student loans, and revolving credit such as credit card balances and personal loans, but not housing-related debt such as mortgages and HELOCs – grew 5.4%, or by $208 billion, in the second quarter compared to...
The Trump administration recently enacted sanctions against Venezuela, citing human rights abuses among its justifications. But if violations of human rights are a legitimate concern for the administration, then pursuing economic sanctions is bad policy. Research...
Despite facing another year in prison, and compounding fines Chelsea Manning refuses to comply with the demands of the justice department. Good for her!! Her refusal to blink in the face of persecution is nothing short of heroic!!
Patrick Eddington at Just Security writes that Senators are trying to get the border security zone reduced from 100 miles to 25 miles. The Border Zone Reasonableness Restoration Act of 2019 (S. 2180, offered by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and H.R. 3853, offered by...
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