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I have been following Catherine Austin Fitts off and on for many years once I became fully convinced she was “the real deal.” Her extensive “insider” background status at the top echelon of one of Wall Street’s most prominent and politically connected investment banks, and her sub cabinet stint at HUD during the G W B Bush regime, demonstrated she was being groomed for a seat within elite power brokers. (She served as managing director and member of the board of dir...

British Empire’s sun hasn’t set on Indian officers’ clubs — centre of civil-military tussle Sanjaya Baru © Provided by The Print Writing in the 1950s, Wright Mills included the military brass in America’s power elite, along with the political and business elite, referring to them as ‘warlords’. He saw the US victory in the Second World War as being responsible for the elevated social status of military leaders and their influence on politics and government. After...

Part 3 of a 3-Part Series by Cynthia Chung / April 8th, 2021 The Eisenhower presidency would see Washington taken over by business executives, Wall Street lawyers, and investment bankers—and by a closely aligned warrior caste that had emerged into public prominence during World War II. ***** As discussed in Part Two of this series, the war in Vietnam did not start on its official date, November 1st, 1955, but rather 1945 when American clandestine operations were launched in Vietnam to “prep...

When the Political Gets Personal Veteran Austin journalist Bill Minutaglio’s latest book is a crowd-pleasing account of heated political battles in Texas over the past 150 years. But does it get the big picture right? Illustration by Katherine Lam Texans take a singular pride in their state’s politics. Where else can one find such entertaining grandiosity, unpredictability, and sprawling variety in one place? Pretty much nowhere, as the veteran Austin journalist Bill Minutaglio knows. His t...

With the end of the war approaching, Project Safehaven, an American intelligence operation thought up by Roosevelt, was created to track down and confiscate Nazi assets that were stashed in neutral countries. It was rightfully a concern that if members of the Nazi German elite were successful in hiding large troves of their wealth, they could bide their time and attempt to regain power in the not so distant future. It was Allen Dulles who successfully stalled and sabotaged the Roosevelt operati...

As COVID-19 Spreads Alongside Medical Apartheid, Is It Time To Rethink "The Greatest Good For The Greatest Number?" Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling As the number of COVID-19 victims in America reaches a staggering death toll, 325,000, critics are starting to question the privileged treatment of government officials. The cost of treating Housing and Urban Director Ben Carson totaled $650,000 dollars. (1) For President Donald Trump, taxpayers were billed over $1 million dollars. Bo...