Published on http://www.counterpunch.org The greater divisiveness of the various warring factions in Game of Thrones places our own national divisiveness on to small, less frightening screen... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “[B]reaking up all the ordered surfaces and all the planes with which we are accustomed to tame the wild profusion of existing things, and continuing... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “The good news is that at the end of 6 years, after America has been made GREAT again and I leave the beautiful White House (do you think the people... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org All their life was spent not in laws, statutes, or rules, but according to their own free will and pleasure. They rose out of their beds when they th... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “A White House free of congressional oversight will likely behave far differently than one that knows it can be the subject of congressional investig... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “The conventional wisdom nowadays is that Trump will be hard to defeat in 2020. Needless to say, in a sane society, he would lose in a landslide run... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org President Trump’s chances of planting the seed of rebellion against Nancy Pelosi within the Democratic Party has a better chance of success than the... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “[Y]ou shouldn’t take irreversible steps as the result of a reversible Presidency.” – Rob Malley, quoting the French view of President Trump,... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “What is it . . . about the American character that allows the long con of our politics to go on and on. . .?” – Ben Fountain, Beautiful Country Burn... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “In justice as fairness society is interpreted as a cooperative venture for mutual advantage.” – John Rawls, A Theory of Justice, 1971 One wonders i... Read more
The longest-serving Senate leader is relinquishing his post in the next Congress and planning to use his influence in ways that could put him at odds with President-elect Donald J. Trump. [...]
Natalie Harp, a 33-year-old former anchor on a right-wing cable show, is poised to become the gatekeeper for information to and from the president. [...]
Steve Witkoff’s involvement with two sovereign wealth funds as he bought and then sold Manhattan’s Park Lane Hotel demonstrates the potential conflicts his new role will present. [...]
The president-elect has named wealthy financiers for key economic positions, raising questions about how much they will follow through on promises to help the working class. [...]
Donald J. Trump is set to regain office without clarity on the scope of presidential immunity and with a lingering cloud over whether outside special counsels can investigate high-level wrongdoing. [...]
The administration is pressing the World Anti-Doping Agency to allow an outside audit after it failed to suspend Chinese swimmers for positive tests. [...]
