ALAN MACLEOD Based upon a bombshell New York Times report (6/26/20), virtually the entire media landscape has been engulfed in the allegations that Russia is paying Taliban fighters bounties to kill US soldiers. The Washington Post (6/27/20) and the Wall Street Journal (6/27/20) soon published similar stories, based on the same intelligence officials who refused to give their names,…
From Rollingstone Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper interview Aaron Maté of Nation magazine, who has investigated the so-called “Russiagate” scandal more thoroughly than anyone else. EXCERPT (quoting Maté): “All of the available evidence showed just how baseless [Russiagate] was, and it was pretty clear that once it collapsed, it would hand Trump two gifts….
Editor’s Note: Here’s how the author, William Astore, introduces himself: “I joined the military in 1981, signing up in college for the Reserve Officer Training Corps, or ROTC. I went on active duty in 1985 and served for 20 years, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. I come from a family of firefighters and cops….
Professor Richard Wolfe explains why it doesn’t trickle down:
EXCERPT from … “GOP ‘Plot to Gut Social Security Behind Closed Doors’ Gains Steam in Senate Covid-19 Talks” ‘Alex Lawson, executive director of Social Security Works, said in an emailed statement to Common Dreams that “at a time when current Republican policy is to let seniors die of Covid-19 by the tens of thousands without…