US diplomat paused for ’20 long seconds’ when asked about democracy in Saudi Arabia. ‘How do you characterise Saudi Arabia’s commitment to democracy, and does the administration believe that democracy is a buffer or a barrier against extremism?’ (AFP) (MEE) US officials came out on Tuesday to praise and defend President Donald Trump’s first Middle Read More…
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Jeff Sessions Escalates the War on Drugs, Orders Harsher Sentencing
Everyone – except Jeff Sessions, it seems – knows that the War on Drugs has been a failure of massive proportions, but the Attorney General is escalating it anyway. This week, Sessions ordered federal prosecutors to seek the maximum punishment for drug offenses, reversing policy made under former president Barack Obama that was designed to reduce Read More…
4 Signs We Do Not Live in a Free Country
“A man without a government is like a fish without a bicycle.” ~Alvaro Koplovich Just as a fish does not need a bike, a man does not need a government. Especially not an oppressive one. As it stands, our government is cruel and arbitrary; certainly not free. Ironically, in a form of double speak amidst Read More…
State Denies the People’s Will, Butchers Cannabis Law That Won Popular Vote for Big Pharma
In a stunning rebuke to the will of the people, Florida lawmakers are attempting to butcher the voter-approved medical cannabis initiative that passed in November 2016 with 71 percent approval. The Florida House Health Quality Subcommittee, being compelled to produce a bill, voted 14 to 1 to advance House Bill 1397, which now moves to House Read More…
The Conflict Within The Deep State Just Broke Into Open Warfare
The battle raging in the Deep State isn’t just a bureaucratic battle – it’s a war for the soul, identity and direction of the nation. When do the unlimited powers of the Intelligence/Security agencies threaten America’s domestic and global national interests? The CIA and its political enablers claim the agency’s essentially unlimited powers, partially revealed Read More…
The Deep State Destruction Of Democracy
The ‘Deep State’ has one simple rule – “do it my way… or else!” And on the heels of Dennis Kucinich’s warnings, The Intercept’s Glenn Greenwald, who opposes Trump for a variety of reasons, warns that siding with the evidently powerful Deep State in the hopes of undermining Trump is dangerous. As TheAntiMedia’s Carey Wedler notes, Read More…






