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New James O’Keefe Hoax Video Purports to Detail Fraudulent Cases of “Voter Fraud” in New Hampshire
Long ago discredited, federally convicted criminal, Rightwing con-artist, pretend journalist, and accomplished liar James O'Keefe is pimping another secretly-taped and selectively-edited video sure to be a sensation on Fox …
Coming to Grips With Feminicide
Violence against women who defend human rights is growing at an alarming rate.
On Iran IAEA Reporting Complaints, New York Times Public Editor Rules for the Plaintiffs
Responding to complaints over a New York Times report that purported to cite "a recent assessment by the International Atomic Energy Agency that Iran's nuclear program has a military …
Clinton Revives Dubious Charge of “Covert” Iranian Nuclear Site
Washington - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's charge Tuesday that Iran had intended to keep the Fordow site secret until it was revealed by Western intelligence revived …
Obama’s Mission Accomplished Moment? And a Military-First Policy on a Destabilizing Planet
Here’s the ad for this moment in Washington (as I imagine it): Militarized superpower adrift and anxious in alien world. Needs advice. Will pay. Pls respond …
How a Little Bit of Good Economic News Can Be Bad for the President
Two years ago the unemployment rate was 9.9 percent. Now it’s 8.5 percent. At first blush that’s good news for the President. Actually it may not be. …
Four Creepy Ways Big Pharma Peddles its Drugs
It's no secret that advertising works. Big Pharma wouldn't spend over $4 billion a year on direct-to-consumer advertising if it didn't mean massive profits. What is more …
The Washington Post: Sneaky Persians Menace Pentagon’s Noble Aim to Keep US Troops in Afghanistan Forever
In a front page exposé on January 4, The Washington Post revealed that sneaky Persian agitators are conspiring to thwart the Pentagon's noble aim of keeping 10,000-30,000 US troops …
Self-Dealing: Even Ex-Federal Watchdogs Are Doing It
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Several years ago, I pushed for a revival of the old "Truman Committee" in the US Congress to look at war fraud …
Lesson From New Hampshire: The Powerlessness of the American Citizen
Hanging out in New Hampshire for the run-up to the primary is a powerful education in how undemocratic the American political system is. Corporate-funded journalists run around, …