In a 308-114 vote Tuesday the House of Representatives ignored a massive influx of new evidence underscoring the futility of the conflict in Afghanistan, approving a massive new appropriation of emergency war funding. The vote came just two days after the world was...
Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich introduced a resolution to amend the war funding bill aimed at enforcing the War Powers Act to get US troops out of Pakistan. The amendment failed, receiving only 38 votes (32 Dems and 6 GOP). Shortly thereafter, the House overwhelmingly...
On his Twitter feed Monday, Dave Weigel, journalist, posted the following (emphasis mine): The WikiLeaks Afghan dump is depressing. Very tired of our effort there being subjected to this kind of crap. When Glenn Greenwald pressed Weigel to clarify what "kind of crap"...
WikiLeaks now has the Afghan "war logs" up in html, which you can browse a number of different ways: be sure to read the introduction for navigation instructions (it's easy). And, again, thanks to Wikileaks, Julian Assange, and – especially – Bradley Manning, who...
Antiwar columnist Eric Margolis was fired in a shake-up at Sun Newspapers. In what is unlikely a coincidence, it was recently revealed that Sun Newspapers is now receiving Canadian government money. Margolis has written for the Toronto Sun newspaper chain for 27 years...
Nearly one third of the Republican Caucus in the House of Representatives has introduced a resolution giving Israel a green light to attack Iran. H.Res.1553 declares unwavering support for Israel to “use all means necessary,†to “eliminate nuclear threatsâ€...
Antiwar Radio’s Scott Horton will be interviewing investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill. Mr. Scahill, the author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Army, will take a critical look at the Washington Post's Top Secret America. KPFK 90.7 FM Los...
This week in totally f*cking insane Somalia news, Ugandan officials declare their utter shock at the random, unprovoked attacks on Kampala last week which killed over 70 people. As the very first sentence in a long and entertaining piece in AllAfrica.com says,...
This Wednesday a debate between Bruce Fein (former associate deputy attorney general in the Reagan administration and author of American Empire: Before the Fall) and radio host/Washington Times columnist Jeffrey Kuhner. It will be moderated by American Conservative...
Obsession With Pakistan’s Tax System
