Chris Hedges: el teatro estadounidense del absurdo

La guerra interna en la Cámara no es entre quienes respetan las instituciones democráticas y quienes no. McCarthy, respaldado por Trump y la teórica de la conspiración de extrema derecha Marjorie Taylor Greene, está tan en bancarrota moral como aquellos que intentan derribarlo.

Chris Hedges
Por Chris Hedges
Chris Hedges: Kevin McCarthy Feature photo

PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY (Scheerpost) — Our political class does not govern. It entertains. It plays its assigned role in our fictitious democracy, howling with outrage to constituents and selling them out. The Squad and the Progressive Caucus have no more intention of fighting for universal health care, workers’ rights or defying the war machine than

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A medida que el proyecto de ley de defensa divide al Senado, el Pentágono muestra una grieta en la armadura

El estado de seguridad nacional está al borde de una transformación radical. Desde el DHS hasta el ejército, la presión está aumentando en todos los lados para renovar las jerarquías federales de aplicación de la ley, cambiar los conductos de información y volver a imaginar la naturaleza de la guerra.

Raul Diego
Por Raul Diego
Congress Homeland Security

A decision by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that Chad Wolf, the acting head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and his deputy, Ken Cuccinelli are ineligible to serve in their respective roles, throwing the most powerful U.S. law enforcement entity into chaos at a time when it is reaping the whirlwind for its

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A medida que el Congreso se va de vacaciones, los llamados a una huelga general en todo Estados Unidos se hacen más fuertes

La inacción del gobierno, sumada a la perspectiva de verse obligado a regresar al trabajo en condiciones inseguras, está provocando un aumento de los llamamientos para que comience una huelga general el 1 de septiembre.

Alan Macleod
Por Alan Macleod
Coronavirus General Strike Feature Photo

To the dismay of many Americans, Congress and the Senate adjourned until September, meaning that any coronavirus relief package is still, at least, many weeks away. As a result, a growing number of Americans are calling for a general strike, the topic trending on social media this weekend. The Senate will not return until September 8, although

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Why does Rashida Tlaib Support US Military Aid to Israel?

The time to look at Rashida Tlaib’s troubling relationship with a leading pro-Israel organization is now.

Ali Abunimah
Por Ali Abunimah
Rashida Tlaib, a Democrat, is photographed outside the Michigan Capitol in Lansing, Mich, Nov. 6, 2008. In the primary election Aug. 7, 2018, Democrats picked former Michigan state Rep. Rashida Tlaib to run unopposed for the congressional seat that former Rep. John Conyers held for more than 50 years. Tlaib will be the first Muslim woman in Congress. Al Goldis | AP

There has been much euphoria over the Michigan primary win on Tuesday that sets up Palestinian American Rashida Tlaib to become the first Muslim woman to enter Congress if, as widely expected, she wins the general election in November. “As the child of immigrants and an Arab, Tlaib is acutely aware of the issues that impact our community,” the

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Congress Officially Blocks F-35 Shipments To Turkey After Mattis Pleads Not To

It finally happened, even after Defense Secretary Jim Mattis urged Congress not to.

ZeroHedge.com
Por ZeroHedge.com
f35 shipments to turkey

It finally happened, even after Defense Secretary Jim Mattis urged Congress not to bar Turkey from purchasing the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter, arguing in a letter sent to lawmakers as they deliberated the move that such a drastic action would trigger an international "supply chain disruption" that would push costs for the

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Why We Need a Congress that Cares About Foreign Policy

It took time, but Congress acted on Vietnam. Today, only a small minority of legislators dare to speak about our much longer involvement in Afghanistan, even though Congress receives voluminous — and often shocking — quarterly reports on the war’s progress.

Harry Blain
Por Harry Blain
President Ford addresses a joint session of Congress April 11, 1975, where he asked the lawmakers for nearly $1 billion in emergency military and economic aid for South Vietnam. Empty seats are visible in the House Chamber as the Chief Executive delivers his State of the World Speech. (AP Photo)

The U.S. Congress has power over two very important things: money and information. It can, in theory, and practice, end a war by refusing to fund it. It can — and has — compelled the leading architects of American foreign policy — CIA directors, national security advisors, secretaries of defense — to answer for their uses and abuses of executive

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