US Medical Staff Unprotected From COVID-19 by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) If large numbers of doctors, nurses, and other medical staff become ill from COVID-19, who’ll be there to treat patients infected with the virus and all other medical conditions. A shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) exists in US hospitals... Continue Reading →

Warnings of Economic Depression by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Over three million US workers filed claims for unemployment benefits last week, millions more likely coming in the weeks ahead. Never before in US history did this happen so swiftly in such large numbers as now. A new Reuters/Ipsos poll found that... Continue Reading →

White House: No More Help for Ordinary Americans in Need by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) During the 2008-09 financial crisis, banks got trillions of dollars of free bailout money. Ordinary Americans got sold out. A protracted main street Depression remains ongoing since that time, greatly deepening for millions of US households... Continue Reading →

100,000 US COVID-19 Deaths OK with Trump by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Over the weekend, CDC director Anthony Fauci said he expects “millions of (US COVID-19) cases…between 100 and 200,000” deaths. Comments like the above when most people already are scared to death by a daily drumbeat of COVID-19 fear-mongering facilitate... Continue Reading →

The Power of Fear by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Fear is an instrument of social control and repression. Time and again, terrified people bow to the will of their ruling authorities even when harming their own rights and well-being. The philosopher Seneca once said that “(t)here are more things…likely to frighten... Continue Reading →

COVID-19: Distracting Attention From Other Issues by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Important issues affect the lives and welfare of everyone — especially ordinary people affected for good or ill by the actions of their ruling authorities. With mass attention focused on COVID-19, most everything else gets short shrift or is ignored... Continue Reading →

Kremlin COVID-19 Disinformation Campaign? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) An internal EU propaganda report leaked to Reuters reportedly said “(a) significant disinformation campaign by Russian state media and pro-Kremlin outlets regarding COVID-19 is ongoing.” Dated March 16, it was produced by the European External Action Service (EEAS) — likely in cahoots... Continue Reading →

Netanyahu Regime Shuts Down COVID-19 Medical Clinic in Occupied Palestine by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Growing numbers of Palestinians are contracting COVID-19. About a dozen Gazans were diagnosed with the illness. The PA imposed free movement restrictions, especially for Palestinians working in Israel. Around 100 Palestinians are infected so far, the... Continue Reading →

Trump Regime Plotting More War in Iraq? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) Former Obama regime chief of staff/Chicago mayor/earlier and current investment banker Rahm Emanuel once notoriously said: “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. I mean, it’s an opportunity to do things that you think you could... Continue Reading →

Trump Rejects Congressional Oversight Over Corporate Bailout Bill by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org - Home - Stephen Lendman) The measure agreed to near-unanimously by both right wings of the one-party state is all about transferring countless trillions of dollars from ordinary Americans to the nation’s privileged class. Deception defines it by including crumbs for about 150... Continue Reading →