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There Will Be No Repercussions for the Media’s RussiaGate Conspiracy Theorists

The Mueller report’s conclusions are bound to fuel conservative critics of the media and make any exposures of actual wrongdoing less impactful, as the president will be able to brush it off as another example of fake news.

Alan Macleod
بواسطة Alan Macleod
Donald Trump | Russia Collusion

WASHINGTON – Friday marked the end of months of speculation, as Special Counsel and former FBI Director Robert Mueller delivered his report into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election to the attorney general. The headline conclusion of Mueller’s report was reported far and wide: there would be no new indictments for collusion. As the New

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Trump Admin Proposes New $8 Billion Loan Fund to Subsidize Foreign Weapon Sales

The revival of the FMF grant program is part of a wider effort by the Trump administration to push US weapon sales and persuade foreign nations to “buy American.”

Whitney Webb
بواسطة Whitney Webb
Donald Trump f-35 Lockheed Martin

WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration is pushing for the creation of an $8 billion loan fund in order to boost weapons sales to foreign allies, according to a summary of the administration’s draft budget for next year, which was made public on March 11. The loan program was first pitched in the early days of the administration but failed to gain

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After Trump’s Golan Heights Announcement, Israeli Politicians Now Pushing for US Recognition of West Bank as “Israeli”

In 2016, longtime Trump advisor, and current ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, said Trump would recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the entire West Bank if Israel “deemed it necessary.”

Whitney Webb
بواسطة Whitney Webb
Benjamin Netanyahu,Lindsey Graham,David Friedman

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL -- After U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he planned to unilaterally recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights -- which is internationally recognized as Syrian territory -- some powerful Israeli politicians are now petitioning Trump to also recognize Israeli sovereignty over Palestine’s occupied West

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America Gets yet Another Israel Lobby Group

While the Israel lobby, which consists of hundreds of organizations, is known for billionaire donors such as Sheldon Adelson, Haim Saban, Norman Braman, Paul Singer and others, Pro-Israel America (PIA) will be specifically targeting smaller donors.

Alison Weir
بواسطة Alison Weir
AIPAC | Israel Lobby

AIPAC-connected officials are about to launch yet another pro-Israel political action committee: “Pro-Israel America.” (AIPAC is the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, rated by Fortune Magazine as one of the most powerful lobbying organizations in the U.S.) While the Israel lobby, which consists of hundreds of organizations, is known

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New Bill Would See US Taxpayers Subsidize Experimental Israeli Laser Weapons

The U.S.-Israel Directed Energy Cooperation Act would deepen Israel’s access to grotesque weapons of war that have been developed by the U.S. military but have also been banned for use by American troops.

Whitney Webb
بواسطة Whitney Webb
Israel | weapons

WASHINGTON -- Last Thursday, Reps. Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Elise Stefanik (R-NY) introduced the “U.S.-Israel Directed Energy Cooperation Act,” which would authorize “the Department of Defense to carry out bilateral cooperation with Israel to develop directed energy capabilities,” according to a press release.

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Boeing 737 Max Case is Latest Example of Why Industry Can’t Regulate Itself

Bound by laws and the competition of the market, corporations cannot be trusted to put human life before profit. Freeing companies from the “red tape” of regulation will inevitably lead to a Wild West in air travel, where accidents like the Ethiopian and Lion crashes occur more frequently.

Alan Macleod
بواسطة Alan Macleod
boeing safety

CHICAGO -- The fatal crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, just months after the Lion Air Flight 610 crash in Indonesia, has led to governments and airlines around the world grounding their Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft amid concerns that, after two crashes killing 346 people, the model is unsafe to fly. Airlines are attempting to cancel their orders

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