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Empires Are Always Failed Experiments, and the US Is No Exception
It’s hard to look back on the last decades and not think that democracy has been sinking under the imperial waves.
Kochs Seek to Expand Influence Over Law Enforcement and Courts in 2018
The billionaire brothers have a history of funding Republican attorneys general and judges.
Can Mueller Get Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort to Flip on Trump?
Greg Gordon, Washington correspondent for McClatchy, discusses more.
Implementing the Sino-Russian Blueprint for a Tripolar World Order
In this order, war will be a perpetual part of life.
Sanders Says “Big Money Interests” and Corporate Democrats “Should Be Scared”
Democratic insiders present at an invite-only event in Ohio laid out an agenda that didn't focus on equality.
Like Richard Nixon, Donald Trump Has Created an Enemies List
With Rand Paul serving as his henchman, Trump now threatens John Brennan, Jim Clapper, James Comey and others.
Trump Continues to Use the Presidency to Benefit His Properties
Perhaps US taxpayers are actually the ones keeping Trump's hotels afloat.
Trump Put Corporate Profits Over Babies’ Health. Are We Surprised?
This administration has repeatedly demonstrated a desire for profit at the cost of society's most vulnerable.
Carter Page Warrant Has Trump Claiming Russian Interference Is All a “Hoax”
Release of the FISA documents undercuts the “deep state” theory -- but not for Trump or his Twitter followers.
Corporate Democrats Plan “Counterrevolution” in the Midst of Progressive Success
Corporate Democrats and strategists are beginning to openly state their plans to undercut surging progressive momentum.