Power Obsessions: The Shadowy Path of UK Labour’s Keir Starmer, with Matt Kennard

The MintPress podcast, “The Watchdog,” hosted by British-Iraqi hip hop artist Lowkey, closely examines organizations about which it is in the public interest to know – including intelligence, lobby and special interest groups influencing policies that infringe on free speech and target dissent. “The Watchdog” goes against the grain by casting a light on stories […]

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By Lowkey
Watchdog Matt Kennard Feature photo

The MintPress podcast, “The Watchdog,” hosted by British-Iraqi hip hop artist Lowkey, closely examines organizations about which it is in the public interest to know – including intelligence, lobby and special interest groups influencing policies that infringe on free speech and target dissent. “The Watchdog” goes against the grain by casting a

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Lee Camp: You Won’t Believe Who Got The Richest From The Afghanistan War

The US has withdrawn from the war in Afghanistan, but the war profiteers are still raking in big bucks through the revolving door that is the military industrial complex.

Lee Camp
By Lee Camp
Lee Camp: You Won't Believe Who Got The Richest From The Afghanistan War

The war in Afghanistan, one of the longest conflicts in U.S. history, was marked by extensive waste, fraud, and corruption, resulting in trillions of dollars being spent by American taxpayers. The war was ostensibly launched to eliminate the threat posed by the Taliban and to find and capture Osama bin Laden, the purported mastermind behind the

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Two Decades and $90 Billion US Dollars Later: Dissecting The Afghan Military’s Total Collapse

Kit Klarnberg reveals the industrial-scale corruption which allowed billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars to flow into Afghanistan without supervision and for weaponry and aid to be misused, stolen or illegally sold off by Afghans, U.S. personnel and Pentagon contractors alike.

Kit Klarenberg
By Kit Klarenberg
Afghanistan SIGAR Report Feature photo

In February, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) published an extensive investigation into the spectacular collapse of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces’ (ANDSF), which the U.S. spent two decades and $90 billion building. In common with previous SIGAR reports, it offers a remarkably uncompromising,

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EXPOSED: The Dirty Boning Between Big Oil and Think Tanks

As these massive global corporations reap record profits, Lee Camp exposes the corruption and massive amounts of corporate welfare given to oil companies through public funds and tax breaks.

Lee Camp
By Lee Camp
Lee Camp Oil Companies

While the majority of Americans are fueling their cars with expired fermented Capri Suns and spray-on tanner because they can’t afford gasoline, the richest people in the world are jacking up prices in order to get richer. New data has just come out showing BP extracted $29 billion in profits out of consumers in the U.S. last year, while

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Janet Yellen’s Conflict of Interest Augurs Retail Investment Regulation

As the GameStop market swings continue to squeeze the brains of Redditors who don’t know whether to sell or hold, Wall Street’s big fish are counting on Janet Yellen to set their rules for the new retail investment game

Raul Diego
By Raul Diego
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Robinhood Markets, Inc. was reportedly forced to re-impose trading restrictions on GameStop shares after the stock price began to soar again on news it had lifted the initial restraints on GME as a result of the now-infamous short squeeze play by the WallStreetBets community of Redditors. The minute-by-minute saga continues to play out on social

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In Israel, Corruption and Political Turmoil Mark Netanyahu’s Desperate Bid to Stay in Power

In Israel, corruption and political turmoil mark Netanyahu’s bid to keep power as he weaponizes everything from settlements to the media to stay in power.

Ramzy Baroud
By Ramzy Baroud
Israel Netanyahu Feature photo

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, must be channeling the spirit of Houdini as he continues to plot his escape from one of the most convoluted political dilemmas in Israel’s history. It is no secret that Netanyahu’s political behavior is almost entirely shaped by his desire to survive in office for as long as possible in order to avoid

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