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Trump Violates The Logan Act By Reposting Threat To Iran

Trump Violates The Logan Act By Reposting Threat To Iran

Trump illegally interfered in US Middle East policy in violation of the Logan Act by reposting a threat to Iran.

8 months ago

Biden’s Strong Israel Response Has Republicans Reeling

Republicans thought that they would politically benefit from the Hamas attack on Israel, but on Sunday, Nikki Haley showed that…

1 year ago

Trump, Iran’s Rouhani exchange threats, insults on U.N.’s world stage

U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani exchanged taunts at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday with…

6 years ago

Trump lawyer Giuliani says Iran’s government will be overthrown

President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Saturday said that U.S. sanctions on Iran are leading to economic pain…

6 years ago

Reckless Trump Just Called His Meeting With Military Leaders ‘The Calm Before The Storm’

When asked by reporters what he meant by “calm before the storm,” Trump said, “You’ll find out,” before being whisked…

7 years ago

Iran Responds to Trump’s Muslim Ban by Banning US Citizens

"The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran...will take reciprocal measures in order to safeguard the rights of its citizens"

8 years ago

Cabinet Appointees Seek Confirmation By Disavowing Trump’s Dangerous Rhetoric

It's so bad for Trump that even those he's chosen to serve in his administration are distancing himself from him…

8 years ago

John Bolton Says a ‘Real’ President Would Overthrow Iranian Government – Again

The CIA-backed 1953 coup is responsible for our current bad relations with Iran. John Bolton apparently thinks another coup will…

8 years ago

Trump Admits He Did Not See Video of Plane Loaded with $400 Million for Iran

"The plane I saw on television was the hostage plane in Geneva, Switzerland, not the plane carrying $400 million in…

8 years ago

Iran Claims Republicans Tried To Delay Return Of US Prisoners Until After The Election

Making a claim that sadly seems plausible on the surface, an Iranian official accused Republicans of asking Tehran to delay…

9 years ago

Paul Ryan Promises House Will Do Everything Possible to Sabotage Peace with Iran

Paul Ryan dwells on the capture of 10 American sailors while ignoring their release, seeming to dismiss the possibility of…

9 years ago

Hillary Clinton Says Iran Deserves No Thanks For Releasing American Detainees

Hillary Clinton responded to Iran's release of four Americans who were unjustly imprisoned by saying that Iran deserves no thanks,…

9 years ago

The White House Blasts Republicans For Being Unhappy That Iran Released 10 US Sailors

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest blasted Republicans for being unhappy that diplomacy worked and got 10 US sailors released…

9 years ago

Republicans Can Learn What Religious Freedom Means from Muslims

Islamic nations are adamant in protecting the rights of all religions within their borders as an important adherence to their…

9 years ago

Make No Mistake About It, George W Bush’s Iraq War Has Spread To France

It is incredibly ironic that the one American ally that vehemently protested and condemned Bush's invasion and occupation of Iraq…

9 years ago

Boehner Says Obama’s Unwillingness to Attack Iran Shows a Lack of Commitment to Democracy

There is no low Republicans will not sink to when they are deprived of the opportunity to launch another baseless…

9 years ago

Frontman Michael Stipe Tells Trump to F-Off After Using R.E.M. Song

A Tea Party rally was the perfect venue for Trump again mindlessly unleashing an angry response by being really, really…

9 years ago

GOP’s Epic Failure To Stop Iran Deal Started With Netanyahu Stunt In March

The Israeli Prime Ministers speech to Congress backfired and pushed Democrats who were on the fence into siding with President…

9 years ago

440 Rabbis Now Urge Congress to Support Iran Nuclear Deal

The pressure on Congress continues to mount as 340 Rabbis have become 440, and only the gang who gave us…

9 years ago

51 Christian Faith Leaders Smack Down Republicans By Supporting Obama on Iran

More and more groups have come forward to support the president. The latest is a group of 51 Christian leaders,…

9 years ago

More Than 70 Nuclear Nonproliferation Experts Announce Support for Iran Nuclear Deal

The Republicans find themselves increasingly alone in opposing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), commonly known as the Iran…

9 years ago

Bush National Security Adviser Backs Obama’s Iran Nuclear Deal

Former national security adviser Brent Snowcroft says rejecting the Iran deal "is an abdication of America's unique role and responsibility"

9 years ago

House Republicans Introduce a Resolution of Disapproval of Iran Nuclear Agreement

House Republicans will be voting on a resolution of disapproval of the Iran deal, and Senate Republicans are talking about…

9 years ago

Where Is The Shame That The World Sees Americans As Racist And Extremists?

Everything bad about America that the rest of the world sees increasing, and Americans feel, is purely Republican and it…

9 years ago

Mike Huckabee Compares President Obama To Nazis Exterminating Jews

Huckabee, who believed in diplomacy for white presidents, claims that Obama "will take the Israelis and march them to the…

9 years ago

John Kerry Tells Republicans To Stop Believing In Unicorns And Join The Real World On Iran

John Kerry dismissed Senator Bob Corker's fantasies about a world where Iran's nuclear knowledge can be made to magically disappear.

9 years ago

On Iran Deal, Obama is the Adult Voice in the Room Once Again

As GOP stupidity mounts, claiming they can stop a deal they cannot legally stop, President Obama proves again he can…

9 years ago

IL Newspaper Crushes Sen. Kirk’s Moderate Reputation By Calling Him A Loud-Mouthed Radical

A local newspaper lashed out at Kirk's extreme rhetoric on the Iran deal, calling him the love child of Michele…

9 years ago

Upset with #IranDeal, Ted Cruz Vows for the Fourth Time to Block Obama Nominees

Ted Cruz has returned to his old game of refusing to approve Obama nominees in order to punish the president…

9 years ago

Israeli Netanyahu And GOP React To Iran Deal Like Petulant Little Brats

This idea that Israel, or Netanyahu, has unfettered purview of America's foreign policy is a legacy of the Bush administration

9 years ago

Human Rights Report That Ted Cruz Demanded Reveals Republican Hypocrisy

In fact, the State Department could easily have substituted the name Republican Party for Islamic Republic of Iran, condemned the…

9 years ago

Lindsey Graham Says Rand Paul Nomination Would Put Him Into a Coma

With an almost comedic and absolute lack of self-awareness, Lindsey Graham claims Rand Paul is the GOP's looming disaster

10 years ago

Jerusalem Post Deputy Managing Editor: Obama May Love Jews, But he is an Anti-Semite

We're back to President Obama being accused of anti-Semitism because he won't let Israel dictate America's foreign policy

10 years ago

Rand Paul Prefers to Let the Refugees We Created in Iraq Suffer and Die

The invasion of Iraq and its bungled aftermath created millions of refugees. Rand Paul doesn't think the United States owes…

10 years ago

Marco Rubio Introduces his New Foreign Policy: The Liam Neeson Doctrine

Marco Rubio wants to make like Liam Neeson in 2008's Taken, and "look, find, and kill" the Islamic State

10 years ago

Netanyahu Confidante Threatens to Nuke Iran and Slaughter Arab Civilians

If anything, based on Netanyahu's government and Israeli defense minister Moshe Yaalon's boasts this week, it appears Israel has no…

10 years ago

Religious Right Leader Rick Wiles is Fascinated by Obama’s Privates

You know the Religious Right, and maybe some of its male leaders, have got nothing when they start worrying about…

10 years ago

Republican Presidential Hopefuls Put Their Buffoonery on Display in South Carolina

Jeb Bush, Rick Santorum, Rick Perry, Lindsey Graham, and Ted Cruz, got together and agreed to collectively sound like Elisabeth…

10 years ago

Sarah Palin Says President Obama is Flirting With the Devil

Sarah Palin warns that in his dealings with Iran that Obama is flirting with the devil...but wait...isn't Obama the devil?

10 years ago

George W. Bush Reminds Americans Why He Was a Failure and An Idiot

It is true, George W. Bush is hapless, but he is also an idiot for not recognizing his own failures…

10 years ago

Delusional Lindsey Graham Has No Chance Of Ever Being President

There is no person in America as self-aggrandizing as Senator Lindsey Graham whose self-imposed image as a brilliant foreign policy…

10 years ago

For Corporate Profits Republicans Want President Obama To Skirt Congress’ Authority

What is duplicitous and very telling about how Republicans operate, and where their only loyalties and priorities lie, is that…

10 years ago

Scott Walker Talks Up GOP Common Sense While Proving He Has None in NH Speech

Walker throws facts and history to the wind as he talks up a fantasy GOP with common sense that nowhere…

10 years ago

Obama Relents and Gives Congress Veto Power Over Iran Nuclear Deal

The current President, Barack Obama, will go down in history for providing tens-of-millions of Americans with access to affordable health…

10 years ago

Delusional Michele Bachmann Thinks President Obama Has Virtually Guaranteed World War III

In a radio interview, former GOP Congresswoman Michele Bachmann asserted that President Obama's policies will lead to World War III.

10 years ago

Sean Hannity Helps Rand Paul Find Excuses For the Things He Used to Believe

Ah, the comforting embrace of Sean Hannity, where "that was then" is answer enough to questions about issues that affect…

10 years ago

President Obama Says Scott Walker Needs To Bone Up On Foreign Policy

In an interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep, President Obama took a jab at Scott Walker's lack of foreign policy experience.

10 years ago

Republican And Netanyahu Bloodlust Drives Nuclear Deal Criticism

The neo-con's solution has been fulfilling Netanyahu's twenty-three year campaign for Americans to die in a war with the Islamic…

10 years ago

Michele Bachmann Is Still Bonkers, Compares Obama To Deranged Germanwings Co-Pilot

Former Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R) compared President Obama to Andreas Lubitz, the deranged German co-pilot who crashed Germanwings Flight 9525,…

10 years ago

Jeb Bush Uses Op-Ed To Belittle Obama’s Foreign Policy As “Schoolyard Antics”

Bush is right about one thing. This is no time for schoolyard antics. Bush and his fellow Republicans ought to…

10 years ago

Israel Spied On America And Passed Classified Secrets To Anti-American Republicans

f Americans failed to believe that America did not need to re-evaluate its unconditional support for Israel before, this deliberate…

10 years ago

Conservative Radio Host: If You Oppose Netanyahu, You Oppose God

What emerges is Netanyahu as some sort of American super patriot for wanting to drag us into the war Republicans…

10 years ago

Finally America Will Re-evaluate Unconditional Backing For Israel

Regardless any Americans' opinion about the Jewish state, giving Israel free taxpayer money is supporting it; like it or not.…

10 years ago

New York Times Editorial Board Slams Netanyahu For Using Racism To Win Israeli Election

Shortly after it became apparent that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud Party had survived a close election…

10 years ago

Netanyahu’s Iran Speech A Distraction From Israel’s GOP-Style Economic Failure

Although warmonger Netanyahu does want America to wage war against Iran on Israel's behalf, he had a different motivation to…

10 years ago

GOP Cries Appeasement. But Up Until Now, We’ve Been Appeasing the Wrong People

Republicans accuse President Obama of appeasement - and he has appeased Israel before Netanyahu's attempted coup - but those days…

10 years ago

General Accuses Tom Cotton and 46 Other Republican Senators Of Mutiny

Major Gen. Paul D. Eaton stopped short of calling Cotton and 46 Republicans traitors. As a career military man Eaton…

10 years ago

Lindsey Graham Proves Ayatollah Right – America Is Disintegrating in Madness

Republicans have actively worked for the collapse of the political system (government) entirely. Now, the machinations of the Republicans have…

10 years ago

No, Nancy Pelosi’s Trip to Syria Was Nothing Like “Tehran Tom’s” Iran Letter

Attempts to link Nancy Pelosi's trip to Syria with Cotton's Iran letter, fail, as Pelosi was even briefed by the…

10 years ago

Congressional Republicans Are Still Angry They Are Not The President

The latest outrage, the open letter signed by 47 Republican senators, is the greatest sign to date that the spoiled…

10 years ago

“Tehran Tom” Cotton’s Iran Blunder Has Made Him the New Hanoi Jane

As the saying goes, stupidity is its own reward, and Republican Senator Tom Cotton has certainly proven the truth of…

10 years ago

GOP Iran Letter Was A Push For A Regime Change War And Defense Industry Profits

The truth, and true purpose of the letter, has really never been in question; specifically because the filthy little neo-con…

10 years ago

Iran’s Foreign Minister Schools GOP Traitors on Constitution and International Law

The Iranian may know the Constitution and international law better than the treasonous 47, but it seems he does not…

10 years ago

Netanyahu and the GOP See Peace as an Existential Threat

What Netanyahu and Republicans fear is peace, which would interrupt their cycle of fear, leaving Iran more reasonable than the…

10 years ago

Nancy Pelosi Slams Netanyahu For Insulting America’s Intelligence

What makes Netanyahu and Republicans 'condescending insult' even more infuriating and egregious is that he is demanding half-a-billion dollars more…

10 years ago

Conservatives Go Gaga For Bibi As They Trip Over Themselves Praising Netanyahu’s Speech

Immediately after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a speech before Congress, Republicans and conservatives made sure to deliver overwhelming…

10 years ago

Republicans, Not President Obama, Are Anti-Semitic and Un-American

Conservatives claim Obama is an anti-Semite. This is a stunning claim, particularly because Republicans, tea partiers, and so-called Christians are…

10 years ago

Conservative Radio Host Wants Democrats Skipping Netanyahu Speech Hanged

Apparently, having integrity is a hanging offense according to Andrea Shea King, who fails to explain how bombing Iran will…

10 years ago

John McCain Tag Teams With Morning Joe To Label Obama’s Foreign Policy As “Delusional”

On Monday morning, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) did what he does best, which is preen for the cameras and make…

10 years ago

Right Wing Media Explodes at Rumor Obama Would Shoot Down Israeli Jets Attacking Iran

A third-hand rumor justifies every lie the Right Wing media tells itself about President Obama

10 years ago

GOP Lunacy In Criticizing Obama’s ISIS Strategy At CPAC

Now they are lining up at the annual Aryan-sponsored conservative conclave to accuse the President of all manner of malfeasance…

10 years ago

The Truth, “No president in history has done more for Israel’s security than Obama”

Republicans hope to paint Democrats as "anti-American" "Nazis" if they don't attend Netanyahu's speech, but President Obama has done more…

10 years ago

Israeli Ambassador Throws John Boehner Under The Bus After Disrespect Of Obama Backfires

In an attempt to justify and mitigate Prime Minister Netanyahu's acceptance of an invitation to speak to Congress, Ron Dermer,…

10 years ago

Obama to cut short India trip to pay call on Saudi Arabia

President Barack Obama will shorten his trip to India and divert to Saudi Arabia, paying respects after the death of…

10 years ago

Republicans’ Allegiance Is to Israel; Not America

It is obvious now that America is not in an 'official war,' Republicans need a fear-mongering diatribe from Netanyahu on…

10 years ago

Is Complex Systems Collapse in Our Future?

The internationalized world of the Bronze Age came to a catastrophic end. We are not immune to a similar systems…

10 years ago

The Possibility of Obama Successfully Negotiating with Iran has GOP Freaking Out

Only Republicans would see a war slipping through their fingers as a loss, and losing this chance is almost too…

10 years ago

Fox News Still Falsely Claiming Muslim Leaders Have Been Silent On Charlie Hebdo Attack

While French law enforcement was engaged in standoffs with the terrorists responsible for the Charlie Hebdo attack, ultimately killing three…

10 years ago

Wesley Clark Calls for a New National Strategy to Unite and Move us Forward

Clark outlines the challenges facing us, which together, he argues, "are exactly the grounds over which a national strategy must…

10 years ago

America Must Stay Out of Islam’s Sectarian War

No American should delude themselves that the current violence raging in Iraq and Syria is anything other than an extreme…

10 years ago

ISIL and the Limits of the Republican Alternate Reality Bubble

The U.S. must tread carefully in Iraq. The GOP's reality bubble will not protect them - or the rest of…

10 years ago

President Obama Shows True Leadership By Pushing For Peace Between Israel And Palestine

On Tuesday, an op-ed written by President Obama appeared in Haaretz, Israel's oldest newspaper. This op-ed comes as tensions between…

10 years ago

Republicans Blame Obama For Iraq When It Was Bush Who Signed The Agreement to Leave

What any of the Republicans blaming Obama for pulling American troops out of Iraq in 2011 should remember, is that…

10 years ago

George W. Bush’s Head Cheerleader For The Iraq War Forgets What Year The War Started

Ari Fleischer, the White House Press Secretary under President George W. Bush during the early years of the Iraq War.…

10 years ago

Conservative Media’s Lack Of Empathy For Bowe Bergdahl And His Family Is Sickening

Republicans in Washington and the right-wing media decided to push all-in by claiming the President had negotiated with terrorists and…

11 years ago

Ross Douthat Ignores Context and Facts to Make Obama a Foreign Policy Failure

Douthat also carefully avoids mention of Egypt, another Obama foreign policy success story, where the Obama administration's moderating influence ensured…

11 years ago

John McCain Bangs the War Drums While Calling Obama ‘Most Naive President In History’

During an interview with Arizona radio station KFYI on Thursday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) called President Obama 'the most naive…

11 years ago

Bill Maher’s ‘Flip A District’ Should Focus On Getting Rid Of GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter

Back in late January, Bill Maher announced that he was going to use his show to affect this year's mid-term…

11 years ago

Obama’s Diplomacy Wins As Iran Keeps Up Their Part of Nuclear Deal

President Obama has sought a diplomatic solution to Iran's nuclear threat, and yesterday, diplomacy won a small victory as Iran…

11 years ago

Jon Stewart Slams Congress By Calling Them the Justin Bieber of Government

On Wednesday's edition of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart brilliantly intertwined two stories that, on the surface, have absolutely nothing…

11 years ago

Why Cory Booker (Thinks He) Knows Better Than Obama Regarding Iran Deal

Certainly there are those who have admired Sen. Cory Booker from afar who are now somewhat flummoxed at his decision…

11 years ago

Senate Hypocrites Ignore Our Needs at Home But Help Israel Push For War With Iran

Republicans can hardly be bothered to do much in the way of meaningful legislation, and yet they find time to…

11 years ago

Eric Cantor Takes Steps to Give Netanyahu Power Over American Middle East Policy

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor has taken steps to reassert Netanyahu's power over American Middle East policy to thwart the…

11 years ago

Michele Bachmann Says Obama has Rewritten Constitution For Himself

"You're not a king, you're not a dictator, you can't do whatever you want. Our Constitution limits the president's power,…

11 years ago

The Republicans Are Still Blaming Obama for Iraq and Afghanistan

it was not Obama who invaded Iraq on a fabricated pretext and with an army designed to fight not an…

11 years ago

Jim Garrow and Erik Rush Obama Should Be Stood Against Wall and Shot

Republicans have become obsessed not with simply impeaching or imprisoning President Obama, but with killing him. And they are quite…

11 years ago

The Religious Right With Their Weaponized Jesus Are Not Christians

For Boykin it was bromance at first sight and perhaps a wee bit of latent homosexuality as he waxed over…

11 years ago

The White House Storms Fox News To Refute Idiotic Republican Talking Point on Iran Deal

The White House sent Deputy National Security Advisor Tony Blinken on Fox News this morning to destroy the moronic GOP…

11 years ago

Republican Condemns President Obama For Not Using the Old Testament to Guide Policy

It is astonishing, but one of their champions used the floor of the House to condemn President Obama for not…

11 years ago

What the Feck Is Wrong with an Obama Pivot?

President Obama's critics routinely dismiss him as "feckless," but most have long records as feck-ups. And what's wrong with pivoting?

11 years ago