Congress leaves unemployed Americans in the cold

Congress leaves unemployed Americans in the cold

Hundreds of thousands of Americans will see their federal unemployment benefits expire this week, and millions more by the end of the year, just in time for the holiday season. Economist Max Fraad Wolff says there is a lot of room to cut the deficit instead of these benefits, starting with military which spends more than half the world's defense budget

US spies on UN

US spies on UN


The US assumes presidency of the Security Council this month, under an arguable dark cloud of distrust. According to documents released by the whistle-blower website Wikileaks, American diplomats have been running a sweeping spy campaign against UN officials since 2009. As the end of 2010 draws near, the US' position on the world stage has come into question

US Congress refuses to extend unemployment benefits

US Congress refuses to extend unemployment benefits


Extended unemployment benefits for nearly 2 million Americans begin to run out Wednesday, cutting off a steady stream of income and guaranteeing a dismal holiday season for people already struggling with bills they cannot pay. Daniel Vision from the National Inflation Association says the United States economy will never recover as long as the government continues to distort the economy with economic programs like cash for clunkers.

CIA Manchurian candidates

CIA Manchurian candidates


A group of military veterans in California are suing the CIA over allegedly implanting remote control devices in their brains. They allege the spy agency was on a quest to turn humans into robot-like assassins via electrodes planted in their brains

US faking war on terror

US faking war on terror

The FBI successfully thwarted a terrorist bombing in Portland, OR, after following the suspect for over a year. However, as more of these plots are diffused many people are saying this is entrapment and the government is lying to the American people. In the case of the Muslim teen in Oregon, was this homegrown terror a part of the war on terror?

A Fracking joke

A Fracking joke

Members of Large Corporations involved in Natural Gas drilling say they should not have to disclose the chemicals used in fracking fluid because the public will not understand. RT's Kristine Frazao reports about the perils everyday Americans face as a result of Fracking.

FDA in bed with corporate America

FDA in bed with corporate America


The Senate passed "farmaggedon", a bill today that is designed to empower the FDA in order to overhaul the country's food safety regulations. Many believe this will give the FDA and Monsanto, the largest producer of genetically altered seeds, a monopoly on the food industry. Shelly Roche from bytestyle.tv says the current food safety czar Michael Taylor who is a former Monsanto employee, amplifying the connection between corporations and the government.

FBI fabricates terror plot?

FBI fabricates terror plot?

The FBI has arrested a nineteen year old man who they claim wanted to denote a Christmas tree bomb in Portland. But did officials trick and entrap the guy just to win national security points? RT's Anastasia Churkina reports.

FBI creating police state

FBI creating police state


Entrapment has become a favorite tool for the FBI; just recently the FBI successfully thwarted a terrorist bombing in Portland, OR, after following the suspect for over a year. However, as these entrapments continue to take place it seems that the US government is simply making up these threats. Former Reagan Administration aide Paul Craig Roberts points out this is all a part of the US government attempting to create a police state to control its citizens.

FDA controls your food

FDA controls your food


The Senate had an unusual moment of aisle-crossing today when it passed a hotly debated measure designed to beef up the FDA's power to issue recalls and monitor safety conditions for food producers. George Hemminger from Survive and Thrive TV believes the bill passed because of big corporation funding and Congress who is only looking out for themselves.

Russia warns of new arms race

Russia warns of new arms race


In his third state of the nation address, the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned of a new nuclear arms race. This coming as US President Barack Obama continues to convince Republican lawmakers to ratify the START treaty, a treaty that would reduce each country's nuclear stockpile by 30%. If the START treaty is not ratified, could the stalemate spark a new nuclear arms race?

Gerald Celente: Wikileaks exposes doublespeak

Gerald Celente: Wikileaks exposes doublespeak


Thousands of US sensitive documents has been released by whistleblowing website WikiLeaks this weekend. Gerald Celente of the Trend Research Institute says those documents is another example of the US incompetence.