Authored by Pepe Escobar via InformationClearingHouse.info,
The Empire of Whiners simply can't get enough when it comes to huff, puff and pout as the Empire of Sanctions.
With an Orwellian 99% majority that would delight the Kim dynasty in North Korea, the "representative democracy" Capitol Hill has bulldozed its latest House/Senate sanctions package, aimed mostly at Russia, but also targeting Iran and North Korea.
In a scathing Facebook post entitled "Mid Summer Anger," movie director (and infamous Putin interviewer), Oliver Stone lashes out at Washington's passage of the Russia sanctions bill, suggesting that US intelligence agencies aren't doing their job and are misleading the public in the "false-flag war" against Moscow.
Congress passed its beloved Russia sanctions last week by a vote of 419-3! The Senate followed with a vote of 98-2!!
Authored by Wolf Richter via WolfStreet.com,
"The real economy has little to gain, and much to lose.”
Update: shortly after he took credit for the record stock market and business enthusiasm, Trump - accurately - blamed Congress for the current "very dangerous" relationship with Russia, when he tweeted that"Our relationship with Russia is at an all-time & very dangerous low. You can thank Congress, the same people that can't even give us HCare!"
Our relationship with Russia is at an all-time & very dangerous low. You can thank Congress, the same people that can't even give us HCare!
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Best Buy CEO Brad Anderson penned an op-ed in the USA Today warning Republicans that they have about 4 months left to pass tax cuts or suffer the inevitable consequences of massive losses in the 2018 mid-terms that will return control of Congress to Nancy Pelosi.
The specter of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is looming.