Chris Hedges: Our Invisible Government

[Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists]( Monday, September 16, 2019 Featured story surveillance [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Our Invisible Government]( By Chris Hedges — American intelligence agencies are the nation’s enemy from within and the Praetorian Guard of sinister forces. [Read more]( Opinion Military [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [The Endless 'War on Terror' Just Suffered a Huge Blow]( By Marjorie Cohn — The Terrorist Screening Database, a post-9/11 watchlist that violates civil liberties, is deemed unconstitutional by a U.S. District Court judge. [Read more]( Economy & Business [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [America's Biggest Investment Is Nothing but a Waste]( By William Astore — The Egyptians had pyramids. The Romans had roads, aqueducts, and coliseums. Americans have an absurdly expensive arsenal to fuel our forever wars. [Read more]( News National (U.S.A.) [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [3 Democratic Candidates Call for Kavanaugh's Impeachment]( The Associated Press — Their comments follow in the wake of a new, uninvestigated allegation of sexual impropriety when the Supreme Court justice was in college. [Read more]( Activism [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Auto Workers Vote to Strike at General Motors Plants]( By Tom Krisher — It's still possible that bargainers could hammer out an agreement, but a union spokesman says it's unlikely because many issues are unresolved. [Read more]( Cartoon [Pesky Obama Water Rules]( Monte Wolverton — [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Donate Today!]( [Follow Truthdig on Twitter]( [Follow Truthdig on Facebook]( Truthdig 1158 26th Street #443 Santa Monica, CA 90403-4698 [Support Truthdig]( | [Contact Us]( | [Unsubscribe]( | [Update Profile]( | [Forward To A Friend](