How Neocons Seized On 9/11 To Create New World Order

In this episode of MintPress News’ ‘Behind the Headline,’ host and MintPress News Editor-in-Chief Mnar Muhawesh talks to filmmaker Robbie Martin about ‘A Very Heavy Agenda,’ a documentary series tracing the history of how neocons took power, and kept it, in America.

Mnar Adley
By Mnar Adley
King Salman, the current ruler of Saudi Arabia, poses with former U.S. president George W. Bush. (AP Photo)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybmh7rbC--Q MINNEAPOLIS --- How does a nation build support for war? Immediately following the 9/11 attacks, Americans were riddled with panic and anxiety. Talking heads and even our elected leaders stoked our fears, warning there would be more attacks to come unless we stop the terrorists in their

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Jeb Bush’s Son Hiring Friends And Family As Head Of Texas Land Commission

Less than a year after being elected to lead the oldest state agency in Texas, Land Commissioner George P. Bush has dramatically remade the General Land Office by ousting a majority of its longtime leaders and replacing many of them with people with ties to his campaign and family.

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By Star-Telegram
File - In this Oct. 4, 2014 file photo, George P. Bush, right, reaches to his father former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush after the senior Bush became emotional when expressing his pride for his son while speaking to supporters at Hardin-Simmons University, in Abilene, Texas. George P. Bush has been helping members of his famous family get elected since age 3 but has never played a larger role as a political surrogate than this cycle, as he tries to help his dad follow his grandfather, George H.W. Bush, and his uncle, George W. Bush, to the White House. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Less than a year after being elected to lead the oldest state agency in Texas, Land Commissioner George P. Bush has dramatically remade the General Land Office by ousting most of its longtime leaders and replacing many with people with ties to his campaign and family. Eleven of the top 18 officials on the agency’s organizational chart a year ago

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Legacy Bush Donors Account For Half Of Jeb Bush’s Donations

WASHINGTON  — Jeb Bush’s fundraising network is two generations in the making, and it shows. About half of the roughly $120 million raised to help him win the Republican presidential nomination comes from donors who previously gave to his brother or father, both former presidents, according to a new analysis of Federal Election Commission records […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Jeb Bush

WASHINGTON  — Jeb Bush's fundraising network is two generations in the making, and it shows. About half of the roughly $120 million raised to help him win the Republican presidential nomination comes from donors who previously gave to his brother or father, both former presidents, according to a new analysis of Federal Election Commission

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Bush Vs. Clinton 2016: The Oligarchical Dynasties No One Asked For

As democracy crumbles in America in favor of corporate power, will voters be left with two near-identical choices in every presidential election?

Kit O'Connell
By Kit O'Connell

WASHINGTON --- It’s harder than ever to argue that voting matters when according to leading polls, the 2016 election is shaping up to look a lot like every other election in recent years, and this time even the candidate’s names are a repeat of past elections. It’s that “silly season” again when journalists scramble to find ways to cover a

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The Push To Charge Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld For CIA Torture And War Crimes

The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights has been making the case for heavyweight members of the European Union to bring war crimes charges against members of the former administration.

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By M.A. Hussein | Counter Current News

President Bush declares the end of major combat in Iraq as he speaks aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln off the California coast, in this May 1, 2003. There has been a lot of talk about bringing charges against former President George W. Bush, former Vice President Dick Cheney and others in their administration like former

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What Ever Happened To Bush’s Greater Middle East Initiative?

A Bush-era strategy to eliminate terrorism at its root by spreading democracy, education and economic opportunities throughout the Middle East may have backfired horribly and created a space for radical groups like ISIS to flourish.

Catherine Shakdam
By Catherine Shakdam
George W. Bush

When the threat of terrorism landed on its doorstep in 2001, America grew anxious to devise a way not only to guarantee the safety of its nationals but also to ensure that its founding ideology, the axis which had kept its institutions alive, would be protected against all threats, whether at home or abroad. While former President George W. Bush

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