"The U.S. is officially fighting wars in seven countries, including Libya and Niger, according to an unclassified White House report sent to Congress this week and obtained by the New York Times."
"Not only has the veteran British journalist found no evidence of a mass chemical attack, but he's encountered multiple local eyewitnesses who experienced the chaos of that night, but who say the gas attack never happened."
"As Woodrow Wilson and LBJ knew well, the rush of power felt when America engages in a foreign crusade is effortlessly converted to a domestic crusade."
"The origins of the present-day surveillance state can be traced back to the U.S. government’s military occupation of the Philippines in the late 1890s."
"A significant percentage of the world’s violence could be prevented with a flick of a pen by ending the War on Drugs."
"There are six factors involved: Iran, sales of arms, Israel, the CIA, indifferent cruelty, and the system of empire."
“Why did 55 cheerful, well-fed, safe people in suits just vote for mass-murder?”
"The statement from the Chinese embassy said Trump's trade action was 'self-defeating' and would hurt American companies, consumers and financial markets. The administration said it would announce in the next 15 days which products would be subject to tariffs."
"The breadth of the tariffs remains a contentious topic in the business sector and the White House, with some industries fretting about retaliation and increased costs to American companies and consumers."
"In a statement after Trump’s signing of the bill, the Chinese embassy said clauses of the legislation 'severely violate the one-China principle, the political foundation of the China-U.S. relationship'."