Turkey, a member of NATO, has vetoed a plan for NATO's defense of the Baltic region as a shakedown, depending that NATO support Erdoğan's war against the Kurds of Syria.

Bullies like Erdoğan, Putin and the conman use threats and shakedowns to get what they want, but they are no one's friend or ally.

Corporate Media's Mantra Is 'Anyone But Sanders or Warren'.

Insurance Industry Is Clearly 'Terrified,' Says Sanders, As Lawmakers Admit Lobbyists Helped Them Write Attacks on Medicare for All.

They are trying to discourage us so we won't push on and win.

Alan Singer endorses the boycott of Israel, and most but not all the demands of the Palestinians' BDS movement.

"Safety" in school is now the excuse for total surveillance of students, teaching a whole generation of Americans to surrender to China-style surveillance.

School violence is shocking, but it is a small danger as dangers go. Suicide is a bigger danger, but I am skeptical that surveillance can prevent suicide when the conflicting pressures of our society and the menace of global heating can so easily create despair.

It is crucial for the US to stop its wars, but it is so attached to war that it won't let go.

The article describes Sanders as as expressing "strong support for Israel", but (unlike the other candidates) that does not include support for Israel's occupation policy.