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
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org Bret: There’s a side of me that thinks that Trump is a natural culmination for a country that has spent the past 60 years besotted with television, t... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “What? Art thou mad? Is not the truth the truth?” – Falstaff to Prince Hal, Henry IV, Part 1. Falstaff, inveterate liar, throws this question at Prin... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org People at the British Ministry of Information “do not know much about the public mind . .. What is wanted in that ministry is a little less Lincoln’s... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org All right, QAnon community believes that observable reality is false and the QAnon narrative is real. There is a question as to whether that sort of... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “The reptilian brain always wins in the marketplace.” — Clotaire Rapaille What do we now see as the expressions of this reptilian brain? Bullet point... 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. [...]
