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Trump’s Insane Boasting About How to Deal With Mexico   By David Starr   It’s like something out of the 1950s…or the 1890s. Donald Trump is imitating past U.S. war mongers and imperialists, at least verbally.    Trump has claimed that he wants to take over Canada, Greenland, the Panama Canal, and to strike at Mexican drug cartels. Truly, the insanity is so damn obvious. Assisting Trump in his deranged imperial fantasy, the  New York Times  published what amounts to a propaganda piece. Its report, “This Is What Makes Us Rich: a Sinaloa Cartel Fentanyl Lab,” has inaccuracies and disinformation.    In the report, the authors actually claim that they visited a fentanyl lab in Sinaloa, Mexico. They state, the  People’s Dispatch   quotes them , that “We wore gas masks and hazmat suits, but the cook had on only a surgical mask. He and his partner had rushed here to fulfill an order for 10 kilograms of fentanyl. While one sniff of the toxic chem...

  International Organizations Condemn Israel for Committing Genocide, Ethnic Cleansing and War Crimes By David Starr   The United States empire has been blatantly shameful in supporting Israel, and thus, its’ obvious violations of international law. Under Joe Biden, the USA has been a contributor to Israel’s barbaric crusade to try and impose a “Greater Israel” in the Middle East. The repeated Hamas and antisemitic excuses in the attempt to “defend” Israel  have gotten really old. It’s gone way beyond self-defense.   A  report was recently published  by the United Nations Human Rights organization detailing Israel’s violations. In the report, it states that “Israel must face the consequences of its campaign to undermine the legal framework for the protections of civilians in armed conflicts…”   The report quotes human rights experts relating to Israel’s military assaults and the forced relocation of Gaza’s population:   “As we have repeatedly...

  Trump’s Cabinet: Unqualified, Incompetent, and Dangerous By David Starr   To say that the new Trump regime is potential threat is putting it mildly. Trump has assembled various unsavory characters to make up his cabinet. Those among them are the following:    Kash Patel -  A hardline Trump loyalist, Patel has been picked by Trump to be FBI director.  PBS   describes Patel as “a fierce ally to upend America’s premier law enforcement agency and rid the government of perceived ‘conspirators.’” Patel, then, sounds hell-bent on “cleaning up” a “bloated” bureaucracy full of “evil-doers.”    Patel’s worshipping of Trump is practically maniacal. He will serve as a loyal henchman for the regime. He has said that he’s coming for Trump’s enemies, to impose payback for those who defied Trump.         In an attempt at indoctrination, Patel has published two children’s books that lionize Trump. One of them is calle...

  Once Again, the Democratic Party’s Old Guard Sabotages the Chance for Change By David Starr   They are fond of calling themselves “New” Democrats or “Third Way” Democrats, but what they actually represent is nothing new and not an alternative. This was proven recently when they chose old guard Gerry Connolly over the younger Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in a vote in the House Democratic Caucus for the top slot on the House Oversight Committee.    The secret-ballot vote had Connelly winning convincedly over Ocasio-Cortez, 131 to 84. As  quoted in Common Dreams , Ocasio-Cortez concluded, “Tried my best. Sorry I couldn’t pull it through everyone–we live to fight another day.” One problem in choosing Connolly is that he’s 74 years-old and has cancer. Ocasio-Cortez is 35 and is to the left of the old guard.    One can grow tired of the “New/Third Way” Democrats’ hellbent efforts to maintain dominance over the party, which makes them a part of the capitalist e...

  Are the Syrian Rebels Mostly Religious Fanatics Who Want to Impose a Theocracy?   By David Starr   In August of 2021 the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan. It has been a nightmare for the Afghani people, especially for women and girls. A report by the Centre For The Responsibility To Protect (CFTRTP)  details the brutal crackdown by the Taliban . In its Risk Assessment,  the CFTRTP noted the following abuses:    “Decades of serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law; institutionalized large-scale and systemic gender-based discrimination by Taliban de facto authorities against women and girls; widespread and systemic targeted attacks perpetrated by ISIL-K and the Taliban against ethnic and religious authorities; lack of independent media and crackdown on civil society and human rights defenders; weakness of state structures to protect vulnerable populations and an unwillingness of the de facto authorities to uphold ob...

  The Failings of the U.S. Prison System By David Starr   It’s well-known that the United States has the world’s largest prison population. According to an NAACP  Criminal Fact Sheet , the USA represents 5% of the world’s population yet has 25% of the world’s prison population. The NAACP puts the number of people in jail and prison at 3 million.   Thus, U.S. officials are in no position to judge other countries.   Racial hostility has of course been a factor for who goes into prison. More from the NAACP Fact Sheet:   • 32% of the US population is represented by African Americans and Hispanics, compared to 56% of the US incarcerated population being represented by African Americans and Hispanics.   • In 2014, African Americans constituted 2.3 million, or 34%, of the total correctional population.   • African Americans are incarcerated at more than 5 times the rate of whites.   The Fact Sheet also contains how much was spent on corrections, $81...

  Straight From the Zionists’ Mouths By David Starr   While hardline Israelis (and certain non-Israelis) like to be called Zionists, other words could be used with more accuracy: ultranationalists, religious supremacists, racists, fascists, etc.    Considering the harsh rhetoric coming out of Zionists’ mouths and thus fueling the Israel-Palestine-Lebanon war, it should be noted that sometimes those who call themselves the most civilized are the most savage. Proof is below with some quotes from various Israelis,  from a Law For Palestine database  –   Yoav Gallant, Minister of Defense: “We will end things inside Gaza…I have removed all restraints, attack everything, kill those who fight us, whether there is one terrorist or there are hundreds of terrorists, [attack] through the air, land, with tanks, with bulldozers, by all means, there are no compromises. Gaza will not return to what it was.”   Benyamin Netanyahu, Prime Minster: “We’re facing mons...