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Trump Has a $259 Million Reason to Bomb Iran
By Eli Clifton
Yet, there’s another omnipresent influence on Trump: $259 million given by some of the GOP’s top supporters to boost his campaign in 2016 and support Republican congressional and senate campaigns in 2016 and 2018. Read more...

Provoking Iran Could Start a War and Crash the World Economy
By Federico Pieraccini
As if the political and military situation at this time were not tense and complex enough, the two most important power groups in the United States, the Fed and the military-industrial complex, both face problems that threaten to diminish Washington’s status as a world superpower. Read more...

US-China Economic Warfare: Chinese Enterprises Blacklisted by the US

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Washington Pushes to Brink of War against Iran
By Bill Van Auken
The abrupt trip staged by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Brussels to push Washington’s hard line against Iran, combined with the deployment of still more US military assets to the Persian Gulf, point to Washington’s calculated escalation of a war crisis in the region. Read more...

Warnings of ‘Gulf of Tonkin 2.0’ as Trump Officials Blame Iran for Oil Tanker Attacks
By Jake Johnson
The military plan was reportedly crafted by Bolton, who last week used the routine deployment of a U.S. aircraft carrier and bomber task force to threaten Iran with “relentless force” if it attacks U.S. forces. Bolton did not cite any evidence indicating Iran was planning such an attack. Read more...

White House Reviews US Military Plan for 120,000 Troops for Iran War