Published on http://www.counterpunch.org My interest in staying home is not you but me You are a possible contagion source and an end to me But I can also easily see you back at work for the... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org As different as night from day yet there’s one way that Bernie Sanders and President Trump are alike, and Joe Biden is different from both. President... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “No light, but rather darkness visible.” – Milton, Paradise Lost It was always easier to pitch politics low and to the gut, but the cyberspace platfo... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org One reading of the present shows us a hyped economic reality but also political and cultural realities hyped so far that simulacra is quite easily di... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “Rep. Adam Schiff lied to Congress and the American people with a totally made up statement about the president’s phone call. Will there be no retrib... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “Shifty Adam Schiff is a CORRUPT POLITICIAN, and probably a very sick man. He has not paid the price, yet, for what he has done to our Country!” – Tw... 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. [...]
