If Joe Biden fully meant what he said after meeting with George Floyd’s family in the Oval Office on Tuesday, he won’t nominate Rahm Emanuel to be the U.S. ambassador to Japan. But recent news reports tell us that’s exactly what the president intends to do.After the...
Pentagon Papers Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams Go Public With Strong Opposition to Michèle Flournoy as Secretary of Defense
By RootsAction.orgPentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jody Williams made public statements Friday in opposition to the potential nomination of Michèle Flournoy to be Secretary of Defense. Their statements were released by...
War With Iran Is at Stake – and Democrats Aren’t Helping
The huge crisis with Iran is more dangerous because so many Democrats have been talking out of both sides of their congressional mouths.An example is the recent rhetoric from Sen. Chris Murphy. “The attack on our embassy in Baghdad is horrifying but predictable,” he...
Kerry’s Endorsement of Biden Fits: Two Deceptive Supporters of the Iraq War
On Thursday afternoon, the Washington Post sent out a news alert headlined "John Kerry Endorses Biden in 2020 Race, Saying He Has the Character and Experience to Beat Trump, Confront the Nation’s Challenges." Meanwhile, in Iowa, Joe Biden was also touting...
Climb Down From the Summit of Hostile Propaganda
Throughout the day before the summit in Helsinki, the lead story on the New York Times home page stayed the same: “Just by Meeting With Trump, Putin Comes Out Ahead.” The Sunday headline was in harmony with the tone of U.S. news coverage overall. As for...
It’s the End of the World, and I Feel Terrible
This originally appeared on TruthDig.I’ve written many hundreds of columns. The one below has caused me the most uncertainty about going public with it.I’m accustomed to writing about facts, quotes, documented history, while offering assessments. But this...
Missile Attack on Syria Is a Salute to ‘Russiagate’ Enthusiasts – Whether They Like It or Not
Politicians, pundits and activists who’ve routinely denounced President Trump as a tool of Vladimir Putin can now mull over a major indicator of their cumulative impacts. The U.S.-led missile attack on Syria before dawn Saturday is the latest benchmark for gauging the...
Chelsea Manning Challenges Anti-Russia Fanatic Ben Cardin
In a typical foray into reckless hyperbole, Cardin told a public forum in November: “When you use cyber in an affirmative way to compromise our democratic, free election system, that’s an attack against America. It’s an act of war. It is an act of war.”Cardin is far...
News Conference at National Press Club Calls for End of US Warplanes over Syria
Yesterday (8/8/17) Roots Action held a news conference in DC. Speakers spoke about the reasons behind a petition to Congress and Defense Secretary James Mattis calling for removal of all U.S. military aircraft from Syrian skies. Speakers included: CIA whistleblower...
‘Think Through the Implications of Our Actions’: An Open Letter to Rep. Barbara Lee From Norman Solomon
More than a decade and a half ago, your eloquent words and courageous vote set a high bar as you stood up against a war frenzy on the House floor. Three days after 9/11, you implemented the kind of brave wisdom that we desperately need in a world beset by the massive...
