Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan could on Thursday receive permission from his country’s parliament to send military personnel and equipment to Libya to support the North African country’s United Nations-recognized leader Fayez al-Serraj, who is facing an uprising. If approved, the deployment could further inflame tensions in the region. The Erdoğan government submitted the request to parliament Read more about Turkey Could Deploy Troops to War-Torn Libya in January, Latest Acceleration of Multi-Country Proxy War[…]

After former National Security Adviser John Bolton announced Monday that he would be willing to testify in a Senate impeachment trial against President Donald Trump, Sen. Bernie Sanders demanded the president answer one question: Click Here: COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES 2019 “What are you afraid of?” As Common Dreams reported Monday, Bolton said that if he was Read more about With Bolton Willing to Testify Before Senate, Sanders Asks Trump: 'What Are You Afraid Of?'[…]

Underscoring the need for urgent climate action, a new report on the climate of the United States in 2019 sheds light on numerous weather and temperature extremes that were observed throughout the year and the record amounts of money spent on weather disasters. Alaska was among the states which recorded unusually high temperatures in 2019, Read more about With 14 'Billion-Dollar Disasters' and Record-Breaking Heat in Alaska and Across South, 2019 Was a Year of Climate Extremes for US[…]

As some online supporters of Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders appeared intent on escalating a disagreement between the two 2020 Democratic presidential candidates over a private conversation they had in 2018 into a full blown internecine war, Rep. Ilhan Omar urged progressives to resist squabbling as the first primary votes draw near. Fighting between progressive Read more about Ilhan Omar Warns Progressives Escalating Warren-Sanders Disagreement Only Fuels Trump's Attacks on Both Candidates[…]

The U.S. military dropped a record-breaking number of bombs on Afghanistan in 2019, the Air Force announced Tuesday, drawing criticism from observers who wondered what purpose the continued barrage of the war-torn country after over 18 years of war could serve.  “Isn’t this an admission of colossal failure?” tweeted CounterPunch editor Jeffrey St. Clair. “Who are we Read more about 'An Admission of Colossal Failure': US Dropped Record Number of Bombs on Afghanistan in 2019[…]

An immigrant rights advocacy group on Monday installed chain-link cages at a dozen locations throughout Des Moines, Iowa with the goal of ensuring that Democratic voters are greeted with a reminder of President Donald Trump’s mass detention of migrant children—and the enormous stakes of the 2020 elections. “Today caucus-goers in Iowa woke up to more Read more about "Don't Look Away": Cages Across Des Moines Remind Iowa Caucus-Goers of Trump's Mass Detention of Migrant Kids[…]

“Economic inequality is out of control.” That’s the opening line of Time to Care: Unpaid and Underpaid Care Work and the Global Inequality Crisis (pdf), a report that Oxfam International published Monday, ahead of the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) summit in Davos, Switzerland. “The gap between rich and poor can’t be resolved without deliberate Read more about Blaming 'Flawed and Sexist' Capitalist System, Oxfam Report Finds 2,153 Billionaires Wealthier Than 4.6 Billion of World's Poorest[…]

“We are their worst nightmare,” Sen. Bernie Sanders said Sunday of the corporate and establishment forces allied against his presidential campaign—and the diverse grassroots movement fueling it—as a new Iowa poll showed the Vermont senator leading the 2020 Democratic field by nine points just a week ahead of the state’s Feb. 3 caucuses. The Emerson/7 Read more about Leading by 9 in New Iowa Poll, Sanders Says His Campaign Is 'Worst Nightmare' of Trump and Billionaire Class[…]

South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete ButtigiegPete ButtigiegScaled-back Pride Month poses challenges for fundraising, outreach Biden hopes to pick VP by Aug. 1 It’s as if a Trump operative infiltrated the Democratic primary process MORE on Wednesday responded to a message from a deaf supporter in sign language, thanking him for the American Sign Language (ASL) sign he Read more about Buttigieg signs message to deaf supporter who created ASL sign for 'Buttigieg'[…]

President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE will hold a rally in Green Bay, Wisc. Saturday night. In 2016, the president became the first Republican Read more about Watch: President Trump holds a rally in Wisconsin[…]