The Squad & Co: Unite as a Block to Downsize Biden’s Military Budget

Now is the time for progressive congressional luminaries such as the Squad’s AOC, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Ayanna Presley to unite with Congressional Progressive Caucus to put their feet down and stand as a block against a bloated military budget.

Medea Benjamin
Marcy Winograd
By Medea Benjamin
And Marcy Winograd
Congress US miltiary Feature photo

Imagine this scenario: A month before the vote on the federal budget, progressives in Congress declared, “We’ve studied President Biden’s proposed $753 billion military budget, an increase of $13 billion from Trump’s already inflated budget, and we can’t, in good conscience, support this.” Now that would be a show stopper, particularly if they

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Biden Picks Kamala Harris to Carry the Carrot and Stick in Central America

With Kamala Harris now riding herd, the stage is set for a massive tech overhaul of the migrant crisis.

Raul Diego
By Raul Diego
Harris Ice Queen Feature photo

WASHINGTON -- The White House announced recently that Vice President Kamala Harris would take charge of the Biden administration's "efforts to deter migration to the southwestern border by working to improve conditions in Central America." The effort would oversee an infusion of billions of dollars into the "ravaged economies" of the so-called

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Video: US Escalates New Cold War as Diplomatic Gloves Come Off, with Carl Zha

US aggression against China and Russia sets the tone of the Biden administration’s Cold War doctrine.

Dan Cohen
By Dan Cohen
Biden V China Feature photo

The new Cold War has escalated over the past week as U.S. attempts to dominate both China and Russia backfired in embarrassing fashion for the Biden administration. Behind The Headlines’ Dan Cohen is joined by “Silk and Steel” podcast host Carl Zha to discuss the diplomatic fiasco, how U.S. intelligence and media cornered Biden into denouncing

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Biden Backs Revival of His Brainchild: Plan Colombia 2.0 Set to Begin Next Month

Colombia is set to return to a massive aerial campaign of spraying Monsanto’s glyphosate across the country, a plan Biden once fought hard with his Republican colleagues to enact.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Joe Biden Plan Colombia Feature photo

BOGATA, COLOMBIA -- In an effort supposedly aimed at reducing cocaine production, Colombia is set to return to a massive aerial campaign of spraying Monsanto’s glyphosate across the country. Defense Minister Diego Molano confirmed that the highly contentious practice of fumigation — shelved since 2015 — will resume in April. "The constitutional

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How China Won the Middle East Without Firing a Single Bullet

“If oil and influence were the prizes, then it seems China, not America, has ultimately won the Iraq war and its aftermath – without ever firing a shot.” — Jamil Anderlini

Ramzy Baroud
By Ramzy Baroud
China Middle East Feature photo

A much anticipated American foreign policy move under the Biden Administration on how to counter China’s unhindered economic growth and political ambitions came in the form of a virtual summit on March 12, linking, aside from the United States, India, Australia and Japan. Although the so-called ‘Quad’ revealed nothing new in their joint

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Vanessa Beeley on Biden’s Escalation of War on Syria Amid the Pandemic

Having just taken office amid a pandemic, the Biden administration quickly ordered an airstrike that dropped 1.75 tons of explosives on a town in Syria near the Iraq border, re-inflaming tensions between Washington and Damascus.

Mnar Adley
By Mnar Adley
Podcast | Vanessa Beeley

Welcome to MintCast -- an interview series featuring dissenting voices the establishment would rather silence. I’m your host Mnar Muhawesh Adley. Within just three months in office amid a global pandemic, the Joe Biden administration recently ordered an airstrike that dropped 1.75 tons of explosives on a town in Syria near the Iraq border. The

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