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Something For Everyone: Mueller Indictment a Boon for Partisan Status Quo

The bipartisan support Mueller’s appointment received is even more telling given that he is the definition of a Washington insider. The power elites across the political spectrum seemed to trust him to, above all, protect their position at the head of the table.

Whitney Webb
بواسطة Whitney Webb
A Facebook posting for a group called "Being Patriotic." A federal grand jury indictment alleges 13 Russians ran an elaborate plot to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election beginning in June 2016, defendants allegedly organized and coordinated political rallies in the U.S. "Being Patriotic" promoted and organized two political rallies in New York according to the indictment. (AP/Jon Elswick)

WASHINGTON – Last Friday, depending on which side of the partisan divide one was watching from, President Trump was either vindicated or his treachery was confirmed. The impetus for these seemingly disparate reactions was Robert Mueller’s indictment against 13 Russian nationals, the latest and largest indictment to result from his investigation

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A Latter-Day Al Capone? Corruption Charges Against Netanyahu Continue to Stack

Corruption charges against Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continue to stack, and as the noose tightens, the distractions grow.

Darius Shahtahmasebi
بواسطة Darius Shahtahmasebi
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, Feb. 11, 2018. (Ronen Zvulun,AP)

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (Analysis) -- On February 13, Israeli police recommended that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be indicted in two corruption cases on suspicion of accepting bribes, fraud, and breach of trust. Under Israeli law, prime ministers do not need to resign unless they have been convicted of a serious crime. However, as noted by the New

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Operation Pacific Eagle: The US and Duterte Take Aim at China and the Armed Poor

Pacific Eagle appears to be a major escalation of U.S. intervention in the Philippines at a time when tensions in the Korean Peninsula are becoming explosive and when China is transitioning from a regional to a global power. And just as in Plan Colombia, there is both the regional and the internal dimension.

Elliott Gabriel
بواسطة Elliott Gabriel
Protesters march towards the Presidential Palace with the effigies of President Rodrigo Duterte and U.S. President Donald Trump to mark the 154th birth anniversary of the country's revolutionary hero Andres Bonifacio Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017 in Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

As we conclude this exclusive MPN series, we compare Operation Pacific Eagle to the notorious counterinsurgency initiative “Plan Colombia” and look at how the new Pentagon mission enables the U.S. to continue encircling China with its military bases. We speak to exiled Filipino revolutionary Jose Maria Sison and Professors William I. Robinson and

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After Arresting Kashmiri Photojournalist, India Defines ‘Duties’ of a Journalist

India’s counter-terrorism law enforcement agency has outlined what Kashmiri journalists should report on in order to qualify as a journalist following the arrest of 23-year-old Kashmiri photojournalist Kamran Yousuf.

Vishal Manve
بواسطة Vishal Manve
Kamran Yousuf. Credit: Vikar Syed/Kamran Yousuf’s Facebook

India's National Investigation Agency (NIA) — a counter-terrorism law enforcement agency — has outlined what Kashmiri journalists should report on in a court response that was issued after the arrest of 23-year-old Kashmiri photojournalist Kamran Yousuf. Yousuf worked as a freelance photojournalist for many local dailies including Greater

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What Does Nikolas Cruz Have in Common With Other Mass Shooters? Ties to the Military

A mounting number of mass shooters have ties to the military, including Nikolas Cruz, who was a member of his school’s military prep organization, the Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps.

Carey Wedler
بواسطة Carey Wedler
A video monitor shows school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz, left, making an appearance before Judge Kim Theresa Mollica in Broward County Court, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Cruz is accused of opening fire Wednesday at the school killing more than a dozen people and injuring several. (Susan Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

In the aftermath of yet another mass shooting in the United States, the internet and broadcast news alike are inundated with commentary about why this keeps happening in America. Some blame guns, others blame mental health, and still others confidently blame false flag events and crisis actors. But one commonality among numerous mass killings in

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Oxfam’s Sex Scandal: Haiti’s Latest Indignity at the Hands of Dogooders

Structurally speaking, NGOs are not accountable to the people they serve or the host governments. They are only accountable (and this story shows the limits of this) to their donors and countries of origin.

Mark Schuller
بواسطة Mark Schuller
A girl takes out the trash to an open air dump, behind, in the Cite Soleil slum of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Nov. 21, 2017. (AP/Dieu Nalio Chery)

I was in Cuba when the Oxfam “Caligula” sex scandal in Haiti broke. Knowing my work in the field, a colleague with years of experience working in disaster response agencies asked me what I thought. When I had the chance to catch up on the story, my response included, “I wasn’t surprised.” She was horrified. “Underage girls wearing nothing but

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