Week in Review: The Outrageous Story About the Postal Service Too Many Know Nothing About

 

Help inform our work in 2022. We're conducting our annual reader survey. Whether you’re a new Common Dreams reader or a long-timer, we want to hear from you. START SURVEY The Week in Review Russian Official Denounces 'Peak Hysteria' Following Putin-Biden Call Over Ukraine "We don't understand why false information about our intentions is being passed to the media," said Yury Ukshakov, a top foreign policy advisor to the Russian president. by Jon Queally Afghan Central Bank Calls US Theft of $7 Billion 'Injustice to People of Afghanistan' "The real owners of these reserves are people of Afghanistan," the bank declared in response to the seizure of over $7 billion by the U.S. government. by Jon Queally 'Nothing More Grotesque Than a Media Pushing for War,' Says Edward Snowden The Intercept's Jeremy Scahill similarly notes that "the talking heads on cable news are almost drooling over the prospect of a ratings-boosting war." by Jessica Corbett Why Does Lauren Boebert Want to Annihilate the Sage-Grouse? Follow the Money The GOP lawmaker called the threatened species a "mediocre bird," but one watchdog group says her husband's ties to a major oil and gas firm better explain it. by Kenny Stancil MORE NEWS Opinion The Outrageous Story About the Postal Service Too Many Know Nothing About Following a 16-year bet Republicans laid down in 2006 to block Postal EVs, DeJoy just told Biden to go screw himself: he’s going to buy fossil-fuel vehicles for 90% of the fleet instead of electric. by Thom Hartmann The Republican Embrace of Trumpian Fascism Is Complete—and Now Must Be Defeated The question is no longer whether Trump and the MAGA movement are fascist, but where they are taking the country. by Bill Blum MORE OPINION Support our independent journalism. Without our readers, we simply wouldn't exist. PLEASE DONATE TODAY www.commondreams.org Common Dreams PO Box 443 Portland, ME 04112 United States