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Trump Signals Steve Bannon Could Be On His Way Out
White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has clashed with President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and Trump said Tuesday he’s his...
Jay Murdock
Apr 12, 20175 min read


Crime and Punishment
Editor’s Note/Bill Moyers If you have been following any Washington news other than the debacle over health care and the intrigues...
Jay Murdock
Apr 11, 20179 min read


How the GOP Gutted Voting Rights
In the wake of Barack Obama’s election to the presidency in 2008, a panicked GOP, citing illusory ‘voter fraud,’ did what it could...
Jay Murdock
Apr 11, 20174 min read


Can Baltimore curtail police killings by defying Trump?
Kevin Cooper was killed by city police at age 14 in 2006, but his death has vanished into obscurity. Now there’s hope for reform to...
Jay Murdock
Apr 10, 20178 min read


US missile strike in Syria: morally right but done for the wrong reasons?
Newspapers on both sides of the Atlantic urge caution over attack and express doubts Donald Trump had thought through its implications...
Jay Murdock
Apr 10, 20175 min read


Trump officials broadcast president’s plan for Syria: wait for global response
HR McMaster, Nikki Haley and Rex Tillerson defend president’s missile strikes, emphasizing Russia’s role in ‘the solution’ and new...
Jay Murdock
Apr 9, 20175 min read


Donald Trump has jumped into a quagmire with his eyes shut
The president has just swaggered his way into the single most complex civil war in living memory – and he does so with little credibility...
Jay Murdock
Apr 7, 20174 min read


Trump’s senseless Syria strikes accomplish nothing
The US bombing of a Syrian airfield is flip-floppery at its worst. And it signals to America’s foes that Trump can be easily dragged into...
Jay Murdock
Apr 7, 20173 min read


Steve Bannon seemed indestructible. But with a fickle president, anything’s possible
Steve Bannon’s removal from the National Security Council is hard to decipher, but true power still comes from being in Donald Trump’s...
Jay Murdock
Apr 6, 20173 min read


Freeing up the rich to exploit the poor – that’s what Trump and Brexit are about
A bonfire of public protections is being lit in Britain and in the United States – and the beneficiaries of it will be the very rich By...
Jay Murdock
Apr 4, 20175 min read


Blackwater founder held secret Seychelles meeting to establish Trump-Putin back channel
The United Arab Emirates arranged secret meeting between Blackwater founder Erik Prince and Russian close to Putin to establish...
Jay Murdock
Apr 3, 20178 min read


In Ohio County That Backed Trump, Word of Housing Cuts Stirs Fear
Glad he is president, but believes if he could see the impact of HUD from a personal point of view he would change his mind about cutting...
Jay Murdock
Apr 3, 20176 min read


Why Today’s GOP Crackup Is the Final Unraveling of Nixon’s ‘Southern Strategy’
Tea Party rebels are exposing the deep rifts between country-club elites and social-issue hard-liners. By William Greider / The Nation /...
Jay Murdock
Mar 31, 20178 min read


Michael Flynn: new evidence spy chiefs had concerns about Russian ties
US and UK officials were troubled by Moscow contacts and encounter with woman linked to Russian spy agency records By Luke Harding,...
Jay Murdock
Mar 31, 20175 min read


Russian deception influenced election due to Trump’s support, senators hear
Former FBI special agent discusses Russia’s longstanding ‘active measures’ – including the spread of fake news – before Senate...
Jay Murdock
Mar 30, 20173 min read


Remembering Roger Wilkins
NewsOne Now Celebrates The Life Of Attorney, Civil Rights Advocate & Columnist Roger Wilkins #CivilRightsMovement #RogerWilkins...
Jay Murdock
Mar 30, 20171 min read


“Scientific racism” is on the rise on the right. But it’s been lurking there for years.
These ideas about an outside cultural threat and an internal genetic threat to white America, moreover, were in circulation well before...
Jay Murdock
Mar 28, 201713 min read


The Trump-Russia Dossier Is Right. Trump DID Broker A MASSIVE Oil Deal
Trump Russia Dossier, compiled by former British spy, describes massive privatization deal to deliver a chunk of Russian state-owned oil...
Jay Murdock
Mar 28, 201712 min read


After 9/11 politicians put their country above their parties. We must do so again
Russia’s attack on our democracy is of the utmost seriousness. An independent commission is the only way to ensure there is no repeat in...
Jay Murdock
Mar 27, 20173 min read


A Polarized America
Increasingly, we Americans occupy alternate universes, with very little common ground — only battling perceptions of reality. By CBS News...
Jay Murdock
Mar 27, 20171 min read
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