'With surgical precision, North Carolina tried to eliminate voting practices disproportionately used by African-Americans.' A federal appeals court on Friday struck down North Carolina's controversial voter ID law, ruling that the 2013 law was created "with discriminatory intent." Civil rights groups hailed the decision as a major victory. [...]

The failure of the US authorities to present any proof to back its claims of Russia’s involvement in hacking the Democratic National Committee (DNC) has caused an uproar in the US media, while America’s top spy calls on the nation to stop blaming Russia. Americans need to calm down and stop blaming Russia for hacking the Democratic National Committee, Director of the US National Intelli [...]

President Obama threw his full support behind Hillary Clinton at the 2016 Democratic National Convention and reflected on his eight-year presidency. Here are the highlights in four minutes. Barack Obama’s mission on behalf of Hillary Clinton on Wednesday night was personal and political. He testified to her virtues as a would-be president in a way only a current president could. [...]

With many concerned about the upcoming US presidential election, a significant number of Americans are renouncing their citizenship. A public opinion poll released in March showed that more than 1 in 4 Americans would consider leaving their country if Donald Trump won the presidency in November. [...]

The “Empire of Chaos” has Russia backed into a corner and Putin says we are on the brink of WWIII. Darrin McBreen talks to Paul Craig Roberts about NATO’s deployment of anti-missile systems surrounding Russia. [Elite_video_player id="1"]   To Email, or Share This Video Page on Social Networks...   Use this Short Link: https://mtic.us/?p=13601   [...]

Though some anti-war Americans see hope that Donald Trump would pull back from foreign wars, they also must face his undeniable record of racial and sexist bigotry, writes Marjorie Cohn. In his acceptance speech for the Republican presidential nomination, Donald Trump declared, “My Dad, Fred Trump, was the smartest and hardest working man I ever knew. . . . It’s because of him that I learne [...]

Focusing on domestic issues, Hillary Clinton’s acceptance speech sidestepped the deep concerns anti-war Democrats have about her hawkish foreign policy, which is already taking shape in the shadows, reports Gareth Porter. As Hillary Clinton begins her final charge for the White House, her advisers are already recommending air strikes and other new military measures against the Assad regime in [...]

German former CDU politician and Vice-President of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Willy Wimmer told Sputnik Deutschland that he fears NATO involvement in the downing of Russia's Su-24 bomber over Syria last November. [...]

The launch of a joint humanitarian relief operation in Aleppo by Russia and the Syrian government has “switched all the trump cards out of US hand”, according to Reuters, and here is why. Moscow has forestalled the US operations in Syria by launching, together with the Syrian government, a joint large-scale humanitarian relief operation in Aleppo, establishing three corridors for civilians [...]

+ First things first. I want to apologize to the Sandernistas, to those of you who rose up after your leader abandoned you, after Bernie wiped out your votes and muted your voices, after he turned you over to the DNC’s thuggish floor managers and security guards, after he sat passively as your brave chants of “No More Drones” were drowned out by the fascist war-cry of “USA! USA!!” [...]

For those to whom this hasn’t yet occurred, if Hillary Clinton is elected President she will be President. The Democratic Party platform, Bernie Sanders’ program proposals and Mrs. Clinton’s theorized move Left will be but distant memories. If Mrs. Clinton brings with her a Democratic Congress (or not) she will use it to pass the TPP and TTIP ‘trade’ agreements, to launch ‘liberal’ w [...]

After releasing nearly 20,000 emails from the US Democratic National Committee, WikiLeaks has dumped audio recordings from the organization. The new release includes 29 voice messages pulled from the emails of high-ranking DNC officials, totaling 14 minutes. What's in the WikiLeaks DNC Recording hey have a history of corruption’: Clinton Cash documentary author Peter Schwei [...]

There is a strong relationship between energy resources and the strategic interests of empires – states Daniele Ganser. He argues that most wars seem to be resource wars, whether in the past or the present. And to justify these wars, power players use media and carefully crafted narratives to conquer and control people’s minds and hearts. We should be careful, however, not to fall for everythi [...]

Wealthy potential donors to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) were courted with promises of access to the president, a Washington Post analysis of internal DNC emails released by WikiLeaks has found. The party insiders' pitches appear to be in violation of White House policy, the newspaper notes.On Monday, the Post reported: [...]

Bernie Sanders is expected to address close to 1,900 supporters in Philadelphia on Monday, amid controversy over the Democratic National Committee's newly revealed support for Hillary Clinton and more. The presidential candidate, whose campaign galvanized a swell of support from new and young Democratic voters, will address the full convention on Monday night.Watch a live stream below, and check b [...]

On this Friday, July 15 broadcast of the Alex Jones Show, we break down the aftermath of the Bastille Day terror attack in Nice, France, which left 84 dead and hundreds injured. Meanwhile leftist media outlets reacted to the devastating attack not by blaming Islam or even terrorists, but by suggesting a truck was responsible for the carnage. Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura joins the show t [...]

The Ukrainian crisis may have seen a flickering light at the end of the tunnel, as politicians from the great powers collided over the former Soviet state are now bringing up the idea of having four-sided talks between the US, EU, Russia and Ukraine itself. But with the east of the Ukraine boiling with new wave of protests, and Kiev's government being fed with unreasonable promises from Washing [...]

Die einen finden Putin grundsätzlich mal schlecht, und wiederum andere würden ihn am liebsten sofort gegen Frau Merkel eintauschen. Und eine Spiel Liste von ähnlichen Videos! [Elite_video_player id="3"]   Um eine E-Mail zu schicken, oder dieses Video Seite auf sozialen Netzwerken teilen...   Verwenden Sie diesen Kurz-Link: https://mtic.us/?p=13664   [...]

The crisis of confidence in EU institutions and calls across the continent for referendums on membership in the bloc are the demonstration of a boomerang effect – a result of Western politicians' push to destabilize sovereign states from North Africa and the Middle East to Eastern Europe. That's according to Russian philosopher Vladimir Lepekhin. [...]

The Obama administration has been reluctant to work with Russia on resolving the Syrian crisis for months, but in recent days it appears to have warmed up to the idea. Yet the White House does not have enough time to achieve a breakthrough and unfinished business between the US and Russia will likely be left for the next US president to deal with. [...]

Die NATO rüstet an den Grenzen zu Russland auf. Ein Manöver im Osten Europas jagt das andere. Ein gigantisches Wettrüsten droht, da auch Russland auf militärische Stärke setzt. Einmal mehr wird die NATO mit ihrem Säbelgerassel zur Friedensbedrohung statt zum Sicherheitsfaktor. Es ist, als wäre die Evolution an den NATO-Strategen vorbeigegangen. DIE LINKE im Bundestag will Frieden statt N [...]

FBI Director James Comey got Hillary off the hook but wants to put you on it. He is pushing hard for warrantless access to all of your Internet activity, Comey, who would have fit in perfectly with Hitler’s Gestapo, tells Congress that the United States is not safe unless the FBI knows when every American goes online, to whom they are sending emails and from whom they are receiving emails, an [...]