US/North Korea Talks Undermined by Pompeo and Bolton

US/North Korea Talks Undermined by Pompeo and Bolton by Stephen Lendman Trump’s “fire and fury like the world has never seen” remark about North Korea shifted to the appearance of friendship with Kim Jong-un, DJT saying “(h)e wrote me beautiful letters and we fell in love.” Two summits and Trump’s meeting with Kim across the...

Monster Hurricane Dorian

Monster Hurricane Dorian by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Currently at Category 4 strength, defined as having sustained winds of from 130 - 156 mph, gusts up to 30% stronger, Dorian is expected hit Florida’s Atlantic coast on Tuesday, precisely where unclear so far. On August 31, the National Hurricane Center said...

Russian Foreign Ministry on Syria, Yemen and Venezuela

Russian Foreign Ministry on Syria, Yemen and Venezuela by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) The latest from Syria after Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s report (MZ below) is another one-sided ceasefire announced by Russia’s military in terrorist-infested Idlib province. Though failing every time initiated earlier, Russia’s Defense Ministry announced another one,...

GOP Hardliners Want China Sanctioned

GOP Hardliners Want China Sanctioned by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Time and again, the US, its key NATO allies and Israel blame their victims for wrongdoing committed against them. According to the Daily Beast, Republicans are pushing for sanctions on China over how Hong Kong authorities are handling months of protests...

High-Profile Hong Kong Protesters Arrested

High-Profile Hong Kong Protesters Arrested by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Hong Kong protests have been ongoing since late March, US dirty hands all over them. What began against an extradition bill to the mainland continued endlessly after the measure was indefinitely suspended — showing it was an orchestrated pretext to destabilize...

Former Senior Fed Official Urges Monetary Policy Used to Defeat Trump in 2020

Former Senior Fed Official Urges Monetary Policy Used to Defeat Trump in 2020 by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Both extremist right wings of the US war party threaten everyone everywhere. Trump and hardliners surrounding him exceed the worst of their predecessors — undemocratic Dems the lesser of two evils at this...

Oklahoma AG Calls Johnson & Johnson an Opioid Kingpin

Oklahoma AG Calls Johnson & Johnson an Opioid Kingpin by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) On Monday, Cleveland County, Oklahoma District Court Judge Thad Balkman ruled for the state against Johnson & Johnson, saying: J&J “caused an opioid crisis that is evidenced by increased rates of addiction, overdose deaths and neonatal abstinence...

Boris Johnson Suspends UK Parliament

Boris Johnson Suspends UK Parliament by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) It’s called prorogation, marking the end of a UK parliamentary session. It’s usually for a week or two at most. Approved by Queen Elizabeth, PM Johnson is suspending it for five weeks — from either September 9 or 12 until October...

Palestinian Harvard Freshman Denied Entry into US

Palestinian Harvard Freshman Denied Entry into US by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman)  Palestinian resident of Tyre, Lebanon, Ismail Ajjawi, aged-17, class of 2023, was denied entry into the US by immigration agents on arrival at Boston’s Logan airport on August 23. Subjected to about eight hours of abusive questioning, his cell...

US/Israel Upping the Stakes for More Middle East War

US/Israel Upping the Stakes for More Middle East War by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) No nation may legally attack another state preemptively — what US-dominated NATO and Israel do time and again unaccountably. It’s what aggression is all about — defined by UN General Assembly Res. 3314. Calling it the “most...