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    Yanis Varoufakis

  • VideoThe Marxist Case for the Technofeudal Hypothesis (*) – Jacobin
    In my 2023 book I explained Big Tech’s overweening power to shape society “technofeudalism.” In this article for Jacobin, I reply to my critics that this isn’t a moral critique but one based ona fully-fledged Marxist analysis of the dynamic of capital accumulation today. The full argument linking Marx’s political economics... Read more »
  • AI Is Reviving Chinese Marxist Economics – Project Syndicate
    As recently as two years ago, most Chinese economists paid only lip service to Marxism and assigned Western textbooks to their students. The advent of AI has changed that, because the technology—open source and available to the smallest manufacturer for a pittance—promises to avoid the “rent trap” common to capitalist... Read more »
  • The Odyssey as AI allegory | Agamemnon’s heirs are in Silicon Valley – Unherd
    Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has returned Homer’s epic to the centre of popular culture, a feat that must be welcomed. Many have asked me to review the film. I declined. Being Greek gives me no privileged vantage point from which to comment on a work that belongs to everyone, that... Read more »
  • Don’t fall for Project Smear, Mr Burnham – Unherd op-ed
    In the lead-up to the Brexit referendum, Remainers deployed Project Fear to scare the living daylights out of anyone considering voting to Leave. Their statistical projections of an economic Armageddon were so absurd that they proved a monumental own goal, deemed sensationalist scaremongering. Ten years on, still smarting from the... Read more »
  • Oh dear Andy, what an inauspicious start!
    The very definition of an inauspicious start. The New Chancellor will push public debt further into the red to buy US weaponry that does nothing either to bolster productivity or UK’s defences. The same ol’ Home Secretary will continue practising ritualistic brutality (or vicious signalling) on refugees. Cooper will continue... Read more »
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    Canary

  • Labour bureaucrats block motion to cancel killer-firm Palantir’s NHS contract
    Labour’s ‘conference arrangements committee’ (CAC) has barred a motion put forward by members to cancel US spy firm Palantir’s £330m contract to process NHS patients’ data. Palantir motion blocked Palantir’s founders have boasted of its activities terrifying and killing the US’s opponents. One refused to say he wants the human... Read more »
  • Pro-Israel thug peer ‘Lord’ Mann steals Owen Jones’s mic – again
    Israel fanatic peer and ‘thug‘ – and anti-Roma hate-spreader – John Mann has stolen journalist Owen Jones’s microphone at Labour’s conference. Again. John Mann: over-compensating? Jones posted footage of the ‘not big and not clever’ bully stealing the mic at the 2025 conference, along with a clip of Mann repeating... Read more »
  • VideoEXCLUSIVE: 94yo arrested Jewish protester, friend of Miliband’s mum, has words for him
    On Sunday 27 September 2026, 94-year-old Jewish retired barrister Margaret Owen was among around 200 people arrested for opposing genocide outside the Labour Party Conference. A day later, Andy Burnham’s new foreign secretary Ed Miliband gave his conference speech in Liverpool. Margaret Owen was an old friend of his late... Read more »
  • BREAKING: Police admit NO explosives in Fairford trucks
    The government’s and media’s warmongering narrative about the supposed ‘terrorist’ (and likely ‘false-flag’) incident at the Fairford military base already collapsed in farce yesterday after the five men arrested were quickly granted bail. Now it is wallowing in ridicule: police have admitted that there were no explosives in the vans involved... Read more »
  • Strike action called at Chiltern Railways against driver-only operation
    RAIL union RMT announced strike action on 29 September on Chiltern Railways after members voted overwhelmingly for industrial action against driver-only operation (DOO) planned for East West Rail services. RMT members will take 24-hour action on Saturday 10 October and Saturday 17 October. This is after the company refused to... Read more »

 

Norman Finkelstein

 

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    🏴 Anarchist Federation

  • ● Albert Henry Norrman – Open letter to all anarchists
    Author: Albert Henry Norrman Title: Open letter to all anarchists Date: 2026/09/18 Notes: This article was originally written in Swedish and published under the title “Anarkismens tid är nu” (The Time for Anarchism is Now) in the Swedish syndicalist newspaper... Read more... Read more »
  • ● Per Bylund – Private Property or Possession
    Author: Per Bylund Title: Private Property or Possession Subtitle: A Synthesis Date: September 7th, 2005 Source: https://www.perbylund.com/the_library_privatepropertyorpossessionasynthesis.htm Ownership, according to Immanuel Kant, is “the mode of having something external to myself as my own.” As such, it is problematic, since... Read more... Read more »
  • ● Saturday 10/17: Santa Cruz No Kings: Vote Early – Rally, Ballot Drop & Visibility Action
    From the Open-Publishing Calendar From the Open-Publishing Newswire Indybay Feature Date: Saturday, October 17, 2026 Time: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Event Type: Protest Organizer/Author: Indivisible Santa Cruz County Location Details: 701 Ocean St, Santa Cruz (County Court House) Bring... Read more... Read more »
  • ● “If Bolsonaro wins, they kill us; if Lula wins, they let us die.” : On the 2026 Elections in Brazil
    In Brazil, the third term of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers’ Party is drawing to a close. Lula could win a fourth term—making him the most-elected politician in the country’s history—if he defeats the son of former... Read more... Read more »
  • ● Independence and Sovereignty. And Food Self-sufficiency?
    The meanings of the first two concepts often overlap, and during this pre-campaign period—coinciding with the month of national celebration—they have featured prominently in every speech. Yet, in today’s climate, self-sufficiency is the decisive factor upon which the others hinge.... Read more... Read more »
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    The Anarchist Library

  • ● Per Bylund - Private Property or Possession
    Author: Per BylundTitle: Private Property or PossessionSubtitle: A SynthesisDate: September 7th, 2005Source: https://www.perbylund.com/the_library_privatepropertyorpossessionasynthesis.htm Ownership, according to Immanuel Kant, is “the mode of having something external to myself as my own.” As such, it is problematic, since ownership in effect means that someone has the exclusive right to control a part... Read more »
  • ● Albert Henry Norrman - Open letter to all anarchists
    Author: Albert Henry NorrmanTitle: Open letter to all anarchistsDate: 2026/09/18Notes: This article was originally written in Swedish and published under the title “Anarkismens tid är nu” (The Time for Anarchism is Now) in the Swedish syndicalist newspaper Arbetaren (The Worker) on September 19th 2026 (https://www.arbetaren.se/2026/09/18/anarkismens-tid-ar-nu/). Translated into English by the... Read more »
  • ziq - Beware of Open Source Absolutists
    Author: ziqTitle: Beware of Open Source AbsolutistsDate: September 7. 2026Source: Retrieved on 2026-09-28 from raddle.me/wiki/open_source_absolutists Open Source Is Not the Same Thing as Liberation There is a peculiar form of ideological dogmatism that has emerged within parts of the FOSS movement. Even in anarchist circles, some people seem to believe... Read more »
  • Jeff Riggenbach - Why I Am a Left Libertarian
    Author: Jeff RiggenbachTitle: Why I Am a Left LibertarianDate: August 8th, 2015Source: https://c4ss.org/content/39598 Many libertarians say the traditional Left/Right political spectrum has become meaningless and useless. But to the extent that this is true for them, this is only because they have allowed themselves to be befuddled by political fraud... Read more »
  • László Molnárfi - No Mini-Lenins; No Mini-Hitlers
    Author: László MolnárfiTitle: No Mini-Lenins; No Mini-HitlersDate: Summer 2026Notes: László Molnárfi is a 24-year-old anarcho-communist from Hungary, participant in the Free Trinity encampment at Trinity College Dublin, and freelance journalist.Source: Fifth Estate Magazine The spectre of capitalist culture haunts even revolutionary organizations. During the French May ’68 uprising, a famous... Read more »

John Kiriakou

 

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    Middle East Monitor

  • US issues new sanctions over Iran military procurement networks
    The US Treasury Department on Tuesday sanctioned 10 individuals and entities in multiple jurisdictions that it said procured weapons and weapons components for Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL), Anadolu reports. “Treasury will not tolerate any support to the regime and will continue to identify, expose, and... Read more »
  • Palestine urges companies to review ties with businesses linked to illegal Israeli settlements
    Palestine on Tuesday called on companies worldwide to review their relationships with businesses included in the updated UN human rights office’s database of businesses involved in activities linked to illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, Anadolu reports. Palestine’s permanent representative to the UN in Geneva welcomed the rights... Read more »
  • Iraq’s national carrier to resume Iran flights in October after sanctions exemption
    Iraq’s national carrier Iraqi Airways said Tuesday that it plans to resume flights to and from Iran in October after securing a “special exemption” from US sanctions that had restricted services involving Iranian airlines, Anadolu reports. In a statement carried by the state-run Iraqi News Agency (INA), the airline said... Read more »
  • Israeli opposition forms 3 working teams to unseat Netanyahu, form ‘Zionist government’
    The Israeli opposition announced Tuesday the formation of three joint working teams aimed at coordinating efforts to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and form what it called a “Zionist government” after the Oct. 27 election, Anadolu reports. The five-party opposition alliance notably excluded Arab parties from the joint initiative... Read more »
  • EU seeks deeper partnership, more investment in Syria, foreign policy chief says
    The European Union is seeking to deepen ties with Damascus and increase investment in Syria, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Tuesday, Anadolu reports. Her remarks came during a joint news conference with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani at Tishreen Palace in Damascus during her visit to Syria.... Read more »
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    Common Dreams

  • New FCC and FTC Complaint Demands Broadcasters Cease Airing Trump’s Illegal Taxpayer-Funded Ads
    Following the appearance of a second television ad boosting the image of President Donald Trump and paid for by government funds, Public Citizen filed a complaint with the FCC, FTC, individual broadcasters urging media companies to immediately stop airing the ad.Public Citizen also filed a second complaint with the U.S.... Read more »
  • Senate Expected to Vote on Israel Human Rights Abuse Report
    On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate is expected to vote on a resolution (S.Res.852) that would force the government to issue an official report on Israel's human rights abuses in the West Bank. The resolution—led by Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-MD, and co-sponsored by 24 senators—would require the State Department to... Read more »
  • Fuel-Economy Standards Axed by Trump Administration
    The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced today that it is gutting fuel-economy standards for cars, SUVs, and pickup trucks, an inconceivable decision given the purpose of the federal fuel economy program – to reduce gasoline consumption – and the skyrocketing prices at the pump Americans are already struggling to... Read more »
  • 'Consumers Will Pay the Price': Fury as Trump Pushes Through Rule Change to Make Vehicles Less Efficient, More Polluting
    Earlier today, the federal government under President Donald Trump finalized a rollback of fuel economy standards for passenger cars and trucks. By doing so, the administration effectively eliminated the nation’s Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, which have improved vehicle efficiency and saved families about $321 billion at the gas... Read more »
  • Trump Administration Guts Mile-Per-Gallon Auto Rule
    President Trump’s Department of Transportation today finalized a rule gutting Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE, standards, which conserve billions of gallons of gas and save consumers billions at the pump.Trump’s action is illegal because the law requires that the fuel economy standards be set at the “maximum feasible” level.... Read more »
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    Craig Murray

  • Losing My Religion
    I have lost faith both in Western social democracy, and in the institutions of international law. As both have been fundamental to the work of my life, this is rather a blow as I approach 70. A number of deeply shocking things have happened this past three years, not as... Read more »
  • Palestine Action Judicial Review
    On Friday we have our appeal against the suspension of the Palestine Action judicial review in Scotland. Our legal crowdfunder has been closed down by the card processors following Trump’s designation of Palestine Action as a global terrorist organisation. https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/scottish-challenge-to-proscription/dashboard/ If you can, please come to the Court of Session... Read more »
  • Four Days in Ekaterinburg
    I was surprised a few weeks ago to get an invitation from Yana Lantratova, Russian Federal Commissioner for Human Rights, to deliver a speech on human rights to the International Youth Festival in Ekaterinburg. It is approaching 20 years since I was last in Russia, and I tend to avoid... Read more »
  • Dishonesty and Deceit
    UPDATE We got an expedited date to “reclaim” (appeal) against the suspension of the case, on 25 September. We shall also be reclaiming against the decision not to send the case straight to the Inner House. All parties seemed to agree there may just be time, if our appeal is... Read more »
  • Nonsense Drones and Novichok
    Europe urgently needs to re-establish access to Russian oil and gas. Gas prices are high – as all UK energy consumers know – and German gas storage is at a record low for September. Gulf production is degraded, supplies are cut off and its long-term strategic stability undermined. German manufacturing... Read more »

 


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    Zinn Education Project

  • Voting Rights Teaching Toolkits Reaching Classrooms Across the Country
    Thanks to donations, we are sending Voting Rights Teaching Toolkits to teachers. These toolkits help young people see voting as part of a broader effort to improve their lives and communities — and to see themselves as agents of change rather than spectators to politics. The post Voting Rights Teaching... Read more »
  • What Educators Say About Censorship, Fear, and the Fight to Teach the Truth
    The Zinn Education Project’s Freedom to Teach and Learn Survey builds on and updates those findings by documenting, in educators’ own words, how the chilling effect is unfolding in schools today and how teachers are resisting. More than 610 educators from at least 43 states and Washington, D.C. responded to... Read more »
  • Five Ways to Teach Truth About the Constitution
    It is essential that students know their rights: not just to pass a test, but to protect themselves. We offer FIVE ways to Teach Truth on Constitution Day. The post Five Ways to Teach Truth About the Constitution appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »
  • One Hundred Years of High School Student Organizing
    Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian will be in conversation with historians Aaron G. Fountain Jr. and Jon N. Hale about student organizing and state repression. This class is part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series. The post One Hundred Years of High... Read more »
  • Send Free Voting Rights Toolkits to Classrooms
    To contribute to national efforts to get out the vote and defend the elections, we encourage middle and high school teachers to focus on voting rights and the Constitution in September and October. We ask for your help to send free voting rights toolkits to educators nationwide. The post Send Free Voting Rights Toolkits... Read more »
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    Village Magazine

  • Our greatest intellectual is gone
    For more than six decades, Jürgen Habermas defended the power of reasoned dialogue against authoritarianism, consumerism and political cynicism The post Our greatest intellectual is gone appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »
  • The Bench errs; and a Councillor chances his arm, but is resisted
    Councillor Seamie Moore got a judge’s parking vision seen to and avoided a fine he should have paid. The post The Bench errs; and a Councillor chances his arm, but is resisted appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »
  • From Bridge to Gulf
    How Mary McAleese’s post-presidential embrace of UAE institutions jars with the bridge-building that defined her presidency The post From Bridge to Gulf appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »
  • The Bed of Silk: A ‘Corrib Gas campaign’ in the Making
    State anchoring its flagship emergency energy asset, in County Clare, to an environmental crime scene and a non-existent root of title The post The Bed of Silk: A ‘Corrib Gas campaign’ in the Making appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »
  • RAF deal: rough deal for truth
    Coveney and Martin lied to the Dáil on a fundamental matter of state The post RAF deal: rough deal for truth appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »

 


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    Opinion – Middle East Monitor

  • Abbas’s UNGA speech omits important historical realities
    When Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas warned of a greater danger than threats to the two-state politics during his UNGA prerecorded speech, he rendered the warning invalid by making the threats sound recent and new. Not only was Abbas warning the wrong audience, he also used the same audience’s language... Read more »
  • Iraq’s energy paradox: Oil power, electricity vulnerability
    Holding roughly 145 billion barrels of proved crude reserves, Iraq ranks among the world’s major petroleum powers, yet its electricity system still comes under severe strain each summer. In 2024, available peak supply stood at about 25 GW, against roughly 48 GW needed to meet summer peak demand, according to... Read more »
  • Turkish-Israeli rift grows irreversibly amid Israeli expansionism and aggression
    The 81st United Nations General Assembly session once again exposed a diplomatic rupture that has been taking place for several years. In his address to the world body, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan deliberately refused to name Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a calculated diplomatic strategy that Turkish analysts describe... Read more »
  • Gaza and the future of Middle Eastern geopolitics: Diplomacy, reconstruction and Palestinian statehood
    The future of Gaza is no longer simply a question of ending a war. It has become a defining question for the political architecture of the Middle East. Diplomacy, reconstruction and Palestinian statehood are inseparable dimensions of the same geopolitical challenge. How Gaza is governed, rebuilt and politically integrated will... Read more »
  • Yemen’s latest escalation shows why the country needs a political settlement, not another military cycle
    Yemen is once again confronting a dangerous escalation in a war that has repeatedly demonstrated the limits of military solutions. The latest fighting, particularly along the country’s western coast and in the vicinity of the Bab Al-Mandab Strait, is a reminder that Yemen’s conflict has never been simply a contest... Read more »
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    Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork

  • Imperial Nostalgia and Its Perils
    Although great empires rank among the most powerful engines of world history, they are also among the most dangerous, especially as they brood over their decline. The Russian empire provides a striking illustration of this phenomenon.  Traditionally referred to as the “prison of nations,” Russia, in its Czarist and Soviet... Read more »
  • Imperial Nostalgia and Its Perils
    Although great empires rank among the most powerful engines of world history, they are also among the most dangerous, especially as they brood over their decline. The Russian empire provides a striking illustration of this phenomenon.  Traditionally referred to as the “prison of nations,” Russia, in its Czarist and Soviet... Read more »
  • Military and Economic Power Once Again Fail to Produce Happiness
    Although the rulers of the world’s major military and economic powers have repeatedly claimed that they are making their nations great again, their policies have not resulted in widespread happiness among their citizens. That conclusion emerges from the recent World Happiness Report-2022, published by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. ... Read more »
  • Who Speaks for the World?
    Russia’s brutal war upon the nation of Ukraine should remind us that, for thousands of years, great powers have used their military might to launch military assaults upon smaller, weaker societies. Since World War II alone, these acts of aggression have included France’s colonial wars in Indochina and Algeria, Britain’s... Read more »
  • Peace in Ukraine through neutrality and peaceful EU membership, end the USA’s proxy war against Russia
    Ethnic division was used to consolidate control by the USA and Nationalists of Ukraine. They have signed Minsk Peace Accords to end the civil wars in Donbas region through referendums, signed since 2015, but they did not implement them, because maintaining an active civil war front psyche of ‘them and... Read more »

 


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    Democracy Now!

  • Afghans "Have Been the Victims" of U.S. Military, Taliban, Cartels & More for Decades: Nagieb Khaja
    Award-winning Danish Afghan journalist and filmmaker Nagieb Khaja’s most recent documentary, Winning Heart and Minds, is an investigation into what went wrong in the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan. In the film, Khaja travels to Musa Qala, the capital of the southern Helmand province. Danish and British troops had been deployed... Read more »
  • "Buying More Time for the Genocide": Muhammad Shehada on Trump's Gaza Plan 1 Year Later
    The Palestinian death toll from Israel’s war on Gaza has surpassed 74,000, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza. While this figure represents the official death toll as confirmed by local authorities, the true number could be much higher when missing people and indirect deaths are taken into account,... Read more »
  • Greenland Deal: Trump Drops Threat to Annex Denmark Territory in Favor of Greater U.S. Military Role
    After months of threatening to take over Greenland by force, President Trump last week signed a 10-page agreement with Greenland and Denmark that bolsters the U.S. military presence on the mineral-rich and strategically located island but falls short of his earlier demands to make it American territory. Under the 1951... Read more »
  • Headlines for September 29, 2026
    U.S. and Iran Hold Indirect Talks on Deal to End Fighting, Lift Sanctions and Reopen Hormuz, Iran Denies Involvement in Alleged Plot to Bomb British Air Base Used by U.S. Bombers, Ukraine’s Academy of Sciences Struck as Russian Drones Kill 9, Wound Dozens, Trump Administration Slashes Biden-Era Fuel Economy Standards,... Read more »
  • "Valley of Death": Sharon Weinberger on Big Tech, AI Warfare & the CIA's Secret Backing of Steve Jobs
    Longtime national security reporter Sharon Weinberger’s new book, Valley of Death: How Big Tech Is Fueling the Future of War, follows the rise of the military-industrial complex in Silicon Valley, where defense technology companies, like Palantir, Anduril and SpaceX, and their billionaire founders, are increasingly shaping U.S. foreign policy. Weinberger... Read more »

 


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    CounterSpin

  • mp3Raina Lipsitz on DSA Politics
      https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260925.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   Verso Books (2022) This week on CounterSpin: Corporate media sell a lot of messages, but perhaps the overarching one is: This is how it is. You can be mad about it; we’ll give you a personal profile, maybe.... Read more »
  • mp3Russell Mokhiber on Covering Corporate Crime
      https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260918.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).     Corporate Crime Reporter (8/3/26) This week on CounterSpin: FAIR, the nonprofit collective that produces CounterSpin, had a T-shirt early on that called for the “separation of press and state.” That’s still meaningful, of course, but it feels... Read more »
  • mp3Wayne Barrett (2007) on Giuliani and 9/11, Maha Hilal (2023) on Innocent Until Proven Muslim
      https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260911.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   HarperCollins (2006) This week on CounterSpin: Some 3,000 people died when planes hit the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. One hundred twenty-five people died at the Pentagon in Virginia, and at least 265 people were killed—passengers and... Read more »
  • mp3Samer Araabi on Dissent as ‘Terrorism’
      https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260904.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   CCR (7/30/26) This week on CounterSpin: No humor intended: Listening to this show might make you a domestic terrorist. Yes, the Trump White House is trying to make anyone a “terrorist” who speaks out publicly, or co-signs silently,... Read more »
  • mp3Abdullah Shihipar on Medicare for All
      https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260828.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”).   New Republic (8/24/26) This week on CounterSpin: Corporate news media obscure it, almost like it’s their job, but we still understand that laws and policies land on differently situated people differently. I can believe that there are millionaire... Read more »
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    Michael Hudson

  • A Patreon member comments on US refinery problems
    I”m overjoyed to see that the number of Patreon subscribers is increasing. One of the virtues is getting feedback from you. This is the best way to extend the scope of the approach that we’re interested in spreading. One subscriber just sent me the following note: When worked in refineries... Read more »
  • China’s Unfinished Break with Property Speculation
    To view this content, you must be a member of Michael Hudsons Patreon at $1 or more - Click "Read more" to unlock this content at the source The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%... Read more »
  • China’s Property Crisis: Who Takes the Loss?
    SuperImperialism, Dollar System, Financialization and China’s Economic Transition South South Dialogue on Sustainability 18 September 2026  Host: Professor Lau Kin Chi (Lingnan University and Global University for Sustainability, Hong Kong, China) Interview Transcript Lau Kin Chi: The first question is, the United States has $40 trillion in federal debt. Is... Read more »
  • Your Sunday Read
    To view this content, you must be a member of Michael Hudsons Patreon at $1 or more - Click "Read more" to unlock this content at the source The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%... Read more »
  • The UN is blocked from effective leadership
    My friend Amarynth at Sovereignista.com has posted the folloing information. Blocking Bachelet leaves only Grossi — who turned over Iranian scientists names and labs as targets for Israeli assassins to kill afer his “inspections” — as a candidate not recommended by tiny island nations at the behest/threat of financial support... Read more »
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    Mother Jones

  • VideoCalifornia Bans ICE’s Favorite Shock Gloves
    On Tuesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill banning law enforcement officers in the state from using electrical shock gloves, a “pain compliance” tool and recent hit with ICE officers that function similarly to tasers at a lower voltage. ICE recently purchased about 6,000 pairs of the... Read more »
  • Trump Says the Polls Are “Fake.” Iowa Farmers Say They’re “Bleeding Money.”
    “First of all, the polls are fake.” When asked about competitive congressional races in Iowa, Donald Trump predictably dismissed Iowa Republicans’ lackluster polling numbers as “fake” and blamed Democrats for the high prices squeezing farmers and other businessmen across the state—even as the war in Iran has sparked soaring energy... Read more »
  • Judges Keep Striking Down Climate Laws. Some States Are Fighting Back.
    On Wednesday—the fourth day New York’s annual Climate Week—a federal judge handed the Trump administration a major victory by striking down New York’s landmark Climate Change Superfund Act. Judge P. Kevin Castel ruled that the law, which sought to hold fossil fuel companies financially responsible for climate change-related damages, overstepped the... Read more »
  • OpenAI Cancels Its Advanced Model Launch, Then Heads to Lunch With Trump
    OpenAI called off plans to launch its latest GPT-6.1 Astra model on Tuesday, after the system failed to meet the company’s safety standards.  The model was scheduled to release sometime in October, but OpenAI’s head of safety systems, Saachi Jain, told The Wall Street Journal that GPT-6.1 Astra, as compared... Read more »
  • VideoRob Sand Says He Isn’t Trying to Turn Iowa Blue. It Just Might Happen Anyway.
    The most unusual ritual in American politics in the scorched and cynical runup to the 2026 midterm elections takes place as often as five times a day—in restaurants and breweries, in rec centers and old churches, in train depots and art spaces, and in at least one possibly haunted pioneer... Read more »

 


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    News Releases Archive - accuracy.org

  • Realities Below the TrumpRx Surface
    TrumpRx, the Trump administration’s prescription-drug purchasing website, creates the appearance of lowering drug prices. But are there meaningful savings? The post Realities Below the TrumpRx Surface appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »
  • Iran at the UN General Assembly
    Sina Toossi offered us an analysis of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s speech at the United Nations, the indirect talks involving Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, and the latest statements from senior Iranian officials. The post Iran at the UN General Assembly appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »
  • Challenging Zionism in Schools
    Marcy Winograd writes that schools need to critically examine Zionism as a political ideology and that allowing students to question Zionism supports intellectual freedom and critical thinking. The post Challenging Zionism in Schools appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »
  • NSA Restructuring
    The National Security Agency announced it would undergo its most extensive restructuring in at least a decade. The post NSA Restructuring appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »
  • RootsAction and Progressive Democrats of America Urge AOC and Ro Khanna to Run in 2028
    Two national activist groups, Progressive Democrats of America and RootsAction, announced that they are launching a campaign this November after the midterms to call for Reps. Ro Khanna and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to run for president in 2028. The post RootsAction and Progressive Democrats of America Urge AOC and Ro Khanna... Read more »
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    Posts – ZNetwork

  • You Don’t Own Your Narrative Anymore — Naomi Klein and Yanis Varoufakis
    From recent deepfakes using Yanis’ image for viral gain, to his latest police harassment over events from decades ago, the discussion opens onto larger questions Naomi explores in Doppelgänger (identity, imitation, credibility, and what “truth” means when noise travels faster than institutions — and institutions still hold power) before moving... Read more »
  • How Israel Has Made Trauma a Weapon of War
    A slick, high-priced television production. Speeches from top officials. A live audience of thousands. A unified show of collective sorrow and military resolve. That is how the Israeli government hoped to mark the passing of one year since Hamas’s surprise and bloody attacks last 7 October. But little has gone... Read more »
  • The Case for BDS
    The Case for BDS by Mehdi Hasan Mehdi and Naomi debunk the myths used to attack the boycott movement against Israel. Read on Substack In the newest episode of ‘Unshocked,’ Mehdi and Naomi debunk the myths around the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Movement – a nonviolent Palestinian-led movement that works... Read more »
  • ‘Unshocked’: Naomi Klein vs the “ideological shackles of Zionism”
    In a conversation with Mehdi for her new contributor segment at Zeteo, called “Unshocked,” Jewish activist, academic, and author Naomi Klein calls for an “exodus from the ideological shackles of Zionism.”  Naomi also reacts to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu comparing student protesters at Columbia University to Nazis, telling Mehdi that... Read more »
  •  Jews Must Raise Voices for Palestine, Oppose “False Idol of Zionism”
    Hundreds of protesters were arrested in Brooklyn on Tuesday when Jewish New Yorkers and allies gathered for what they called a “Seder in the Streets to Stop Arming Israel” on the second night of Passover. The demonstration, held one block away from the home of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer,... Read more »
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    The neglect and mistreatment of people with ME/CFS is a scandal of astonishing proportions. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 24th September 2026 I’ve spent my working life covering neglected issues. But few are neglected like the devastating chronic condition ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis, or chronic fatigue syndrome). In severe... Read more »
  • Driven to the Brink
    Petromasculinity not only kills people on the road. It spills into our politics, fuelling far-right individualism.   By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 17th September 2026 Where is lawbreaking not just visible, but designed to be seen? Where is antisocial behaviour worn as a badge of honour? Where is... Read more »
  • Playing With Fire
    With its determination to extract more fossil fuels and its useless adaptation plans, does the UK government have any idea what it is igniting? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 10th September 2026 Pinch yourself, it’s happening again. Here is a Labour government spending a vast amount of political... Read more »
  • Self-Disposal
    Why are our prime ministers more afraid of a few wealthy people than they are of losing office? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 2nd September 2026 Damn the electorate. They’re so impatient. No sooner do they get a new leader than they want another one. Those ingrates are... Read more »
  • Eat, Drink and Be Merry
    Successive governments stonewall any talk of strategic food reserves. They side with the grasshopper against the ant. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 13th August 2026 When a business makes long-term plans, they call it prudence. When a government makes long-term plans, they call it communism. Any sustained state... Read more »

 

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  • ● Republican strategist blows top after GOP's self-inflicted Smith humiliation
    A Republican strategist blew his top on Tuesday about his party's self-inflicted humiliation when interrogating prosecutor Jack Smith. As they attempted to impress President Donald Trump and his supporters by proving Smith lied about being in Atlanta, and by implication meeting with another anti-Trump prosecutor Fani Willis, Sens. Eric Schmitt... Read more »
  • ● Defeated Trump will burn down his own inner circle after midterms: insider
    Trump biographer Michale Wolff says President Donald Trump tends to attack his friends and loyalists hardest when things don’t go his way — primarily because they make easy targets. This, he said, will be no different after the punishing midterms when the newly infuriated president will be hunting targets to... Read more »
  • Video● Republican's explosive 'gotcha' fail at Jack Smith hearing torn apart
    A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist said she would have felt suicidal if she had made a mistake as egregious and foolish as that committed by Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) when he tried to pull a "gotcha" on Jack Smith, the prosecutor who attempted to hold President Donald Trump accountable for his... Read more »
  • ● Trump’s armor finally cracking — and not for the reason you think: analysis
    No matter how much conservative Nick Catoggio dislikes President Donald Trump, he is always quick to admit Trump’s Teflon superpower is impressive. But on Tuesday, Catoggio said he was surprised to have to confess that Trump’s Teflon armor regarding Jeffrey Epstein appears to be cracking.Trump’s name appears generously throughout the... Read more »
  • Video● Ex-WH lawyer tears apart 'cowardly' GOP for not holding Trump accountable
    President Donald Trump recently released a campaign ad using taxpayer money, an act so blatantly illegal that even many of his fellow Republicans are fuming about it. Yet despite GOP lawmakers grumbling about it, Trump's former attorney described them as "cowardly" because they will never take substantive action to hold... Read more »
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  • Will the Iran War Cause a GOP Bloodbath in November?
    Most indicators suggest that the Republicans in the House and Senate are going to face a brutal backlash from the American people in November. Polling with generic ballots suggest a big win for the Democrats and likely the loss of Republican control of both houses of Congress. There is little... Read more »
  • Is Israel’s Reign Ending? Macklemore and the Cultural War Over Palestine
    ‘Page Six Hollywood’ recently declared: “War of Open Letters Erupts Between Pro-Israel and Pro-Palestine Factions in Hollywood.” Only a few years ago, a headline like this would have seemed unthinkable. The article described an increasingly open struggle between pro-Palestine and pro-Israel forces within the entertainment industry. On one side are... Read more »
  • Stop Mad King Donald’s Iran War: An Open Letter to Members of the US Congress
    Dear Members of Congress, In truly deranged remarks to world leaders at the UN, Donald Trump declared that “I have a big decision to make,” whether to negotiate a deal with Iran or instead to “annihilate the Islamic Republic” and drive Iran “into hell with no chance of survival.” He... Read more »
  • When Everything Becomes a National Security Threat
    “The word ‘security’ is a broad, vague generality whose contours should not be invoked to abrogate the fundamental law embodied in the First Amendment.” ~ Justice Hugo Black, New York Times Co. v. United States (1971) “National security” has become the government’s all-purpose permission slip to behave badly. They have become the magic words that can make... Read more »
  • America’s Arsenal: While Supplies Last
    Smoke rose over Riyadh last week as Houthi forces launched strikes on the Saudi capital, as well as on crucial oil infrastructure in major coastal cities. It has been a disastrous month for Saudi Arabia as Houthi forces have made substantial gains along the west coast of Yemen. The Yemeni... Read more »
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  • UK sanctions: Israel can rest easy
    On 8 September, as part of a joint initiative involving twelve countries, the UK foreign secretary made a statement to the House of Commons announcing new sanctions targeting Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Most notably, Ed Miliband condemned the ‘ethnic cleansing' taking place there. The measures he detailed will... Read more »
  • Somaliland in the Great Game
    The small self-proclaimed state of Somaliland is aiming to become a regional player: it is now an ally of Israel and has commercial and security agreements in the Gulf. Now it's hoping for US support. - 2026/09 / article, 2026/09 Somaliland... Read more »
  • The search for an alternative to the dollar is on
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  • ● Taiwan plans US$850 million ammunition spend to prepare for potential PLA blockade
    Taiwan’s military plans to spend more than NT$27 billion (US$850 million) to quadruple critical ammunition stocks to 120 days’ supply, strengthening its ability to sustain combat operations during a wartime blockade. The proposed six-year “urgent ammunition replenishment” programme, running from this year until 2031, comes as Taipei seeks to strengthen... Read more »
  • ● China warns officials, fires kindergarten principal over ‘mops in cooking pots’ scandal
    Local Chinese authorities have issued warnings and demerits to 11 officials and dismissed the entire kitchen staff at a kindergarten following a teacher’s revelation about unsanitary practices, including washing dirty mops in cooking pots. On June 30, several children at the Affiliated Kindergarten of Nanjing University of Information Science and... Read more »
  • ● Can pay-as-you-earn funding fix Southeast Asia’s higher education debt problem?
    A Singapore-based education financing programme is testing whether income-linked funding can widen access to higher education without an unmanageable debt burden, a model analysts say could help ease repayment pressure faced by graduates across Southeast Asia. Global Financing for Education’s (GFE) Pay It Forward scheme, publicly launched in September, provides... Read more »
  • ● US-China trade truce remains ‘fragile’ after Xi-Trump summit, analysts say
    The two-month extension of the US-China trade truce remains fragile despite last week’s summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, with modest economic concessions leaving deeper disputes unresolved, Asia Society Policy Institute analysts said on Tuesday. “In my view, this truce is very fragile,” said Wendy Cutler, an Asia... Read more »
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    Hong Kong’s first five-year plan and latest policy address have put demographic sustainability on the public agenda. Among the measures announced are an extension of the newborn bonus scheme and increased financial support for the second and subsequent children. These are welcome steps. But the fertility debate should not be... Read more »
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  • Xi Jinping demands ‘safer’ China as Communist Party prepares for leadership reshuffle
    President Xi Jinping has ordered China’s security and legal apparatus to relentlessly eliminate risks and build a “safer” country a year ahead of the pivotal 21st Communist Party congress, which will usher in a major leadership reshuffle. The latest instruction, published by state news agency Xinhua on Monday night, is... Read more »
  • Remote section of China’s Great Wall damaged by 20 years of mine waste dumping
    While foreign leaders and their families walk the iconic restored sections of the Great Wall around Beijing, the ancient stones of a remote Ming-era stretch of the structure in northern central China have been sacrificed for cheaper dumping of coal-mining waste. For nearly 20 years, a section of the wall... Read more »
  • Why Xi Jinping skipped the UN after his Trump summit
    Han Zheng, China’s vice-president, called on “major countries” to respect the sovereignty and security of Middle Eastern nations and bring about a two-state solution for the “Palestinian question” on Saturday at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in an implicit dig at the US and Israel. This came as some analysts... Read more »
  • Xi ends 3-day Trump visit with promise to meet again in November in China – as it happened
    This live article is freely available to our registered users. Please log in or create an account. Unrivalled Xi-Trump summit analysis: get real-time updates and exclusive boots-on-the-ground reporting from our US and China bureaus all year round. Subscribe now with great savings to stay ahead. After three days in Washington,... Read more »
  • Trump’s warm welcome for Xi met with caution and uncertainty in Taiwan
    Taiwanese officials and observers have reacted cautiously to the Washington summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, with uncertainty lingering over what the two leaders discussed about the island. The only public mention of Taiwan after Thursday’s closed-door talks between the pair came from Beijing’s official statement, which said Xi... Read more »


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  • How frightening would Nigel Farage’s foreign policy be?
    by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 8 December 2025 Reform UK leads the polls in most surveys and could form the next government. What can Britons, and the rest of the world, expect? The answer is not precisely clear since Reform has said virtually nothing about what its foreign policy would... Read more »
  • Gaza reveals how Britain is run, and why we must change it
    by Mark Curtis and Laura Pidcock, Declassified UK, 18 November 2025 The horror of Israel’s genocide exposes the UK’s oligarchic governance system, and implores us to transform our political system This should be a pivotal moment in British history. Our political system has utterly failed to confront a genocide.  Rather,... Read more »
  • UK ignores massacres and terrorism to deepen Syria relations
    by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 12 November 2025 British officials are developing new ties with their Syrian counterparts complicit in recent killings, including former leading al-Qaeda operatives Last month, Keir Starmer’s special representative to Syria, Ann Snow, met defence minister Murhaf Abu Qasra in Damascus. This followed a meeting between... Read more »
  • Secret UK-Israel military deal in place throughout genocide
    by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 20 October 2025 A military agreement Britain and Israel signed in 2020 has not been modified despite Israel’s attacks on Gaza, the Ministry of Defence admits. In December 2020, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tweeted that it had signed a military agreement with the UK. It... Read more »
  • The Israel firms aiding the NHS and IDF
    by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 30 September 2025 Drugs corporation Teva makes one in seven of the medicines prescribed in the UK. It’s also backing the Israeli military during the genocide. An Israeli pharmaceutical company that operates at the heart of the NHS has been aiding the Israeli military during... Read more »
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  • How frightening would Nigel Farage’s foreign policy be?
    by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 8 December 2025 Reform UK leads the polls in most surveys and could form the next government. What can Britons, and the rest of the world, expect? The answer is not precisely clear since Reform has said virtually nothing about what its foreign policy would... Read more »
  • Gaza reveals how Britain is run, and why we must change it
    by Mark Curtis and Laura Pidcock, Declassified UK, 18 November 2025 The horror of Israel’s genocide exposes the UK’s oligarchic governance system, and implores us to transform our political system This should be a pivotal moment in British history. Our political system has utterly failed to confront a genocide.  Rather,... Read more »
  • UK ignores massacres and terrorism to deepen Syria relations
    by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 12 November 2025 British officials are developing new ties with their Syrian counterparts complicit in recent killings, including former leading al-Qaeda operatives Last month, Keir Starmer’s special representative to Syria, Ann Snow, met defence minister Murhaf Abu Qasra in Damascus. This followed a meeting between... Read more »
  • Secret UK-Israel military deal in place throughout genocide
    by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 20 October 2025 A military agreement Britain and Israel signed in 2020 has not been modified despite Israel’s attacks on Gaza, the Ministry of Defence admits. In December 2020, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tweeted that it had signed a military agreement with the UK. It... Read more »
  • The Israel firms aiding the NHS and IDF
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  • New FCC and FTC Complaint Demands Broadcasters Cease Airing Trump’s Illegal Taxpayer-Funded Ads
    Following the appearance of a second television ad boosting the image of President Donald Trump and paid for by government funds, Public Citizen filed a complaint with the FCC, FTC, individual broadcasters urging media companies to immediately stop airing the ad.Public Citizen also filed a second complaint with the U.S.... Read more »
  • Senate Expected to Vote on Israel Human Rights Abuse Report
    On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate is expected to vote on a resolution (S.Res.852) that would force the government to issue an official report on Israel's human rights abuses in the West Bank. The resolution—led by Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-MD, and co-sponsored by 24 senators—would require the State Department to... Read more »
  • Fuel-Economy Standards Axed by Trump Administration
    The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced today that it is gutting fuel-economy standards for cars, SUVs, and pickup trucks, an inconceivable decision given the purpose of the federal fuel economy program – to reduce gasoline consumption – and the skyrocketing prices at the pump Americans are already struggling to... Read more »
  • 'Consumers Will Pay the Price': Fury as Trump Pushes Through Rule Change to Make Vehicles Less Efficient, More Polluting
    Earlier today, the federal government under President Donald Trump finalized a rollback of fuel economy standards for passenger cars and trucks. By doing so, the administration effectively eliminated the nation’s Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, which have improved vehicle efficiency and saved families about $321 billion at the gas... Read more »
  • Trump Administration Guts Mile-Per-Gallon Auto Rule
    President Trump’s Department of Transportation today finalized a rule gutting Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE, standards, which conserve billions of gallons of gas and save consumers billions at the pump.Trump’s action is illegal because the law requires that the fuel economy standards be set at the “maximum feasible” level.... Read more »
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    Less national stigmatization and more joint enforcement, financial tracing, technology governance and victim protection: That is the only route to a safer world.... Read more »
  • HK's First 5-Year Plan: "One Country, Two Systems" shows rationale
    HK's first five-year plan reflects rational interaction between the inherent governance culture and techniques of "One Country, Two Systems" in the new era, as well as institutional progress in competent governance under "Patriots administering Hong Kong."... Read more »
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    As China and ASEAN enter the next stage of their comprehensive strategic partnership, the central question is how deeply they can align their development strategies while ensuring cooperation continues to deliver visible benefits for ordinary people.... Read more »
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    As BRICS enters its third Golden Decade, its gold shines not merely because the mechanism has grown larger, but because its central idea remains compelling: countries can pursue their own development while contributing to shared progress.... Read more »
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  • FACT SHEET: Trump’s Proposed $1.5 Trillion War Budget in Three Charts 
    Trump's Pentagon hike would send war spending to nearly 70 percent of discretionary funds. Most would benefit weapons contractors. The post FACT SHEET: Trump’s Proposed $1.5 Trillion War Budget in Three Charts  appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
  • Billionaire Bankrollers: Meet the 22 California Billionaires Opposing Prop 40
    A cadre of Californians opposing a ballot proposal to tax billionaires have seen their personal wealth increase by over 64 percent in the last twenty months. The post Billionaire Bankrollers: Meet the 22 California Billionaires Opposing Prop 40 appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
  • American Mining Corporation Wins Partial Victory in Lawsuit Against Mexico
    An international tribunal awarded only a fraction of the firm’s original claim, but Mexico’s struggle against corporate legal threats continues. The post American Mining Corporation Wins Partial Victory in Lawsuit Against Mexico appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
  • Russia Expands Its War
    And European leaders are freaking out. The post Russia Expands Its War appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
  • Busting the Myths of the US Military’s Presence in Hawai‘i
    As land leases come up for renewal, a new report reveals the facts about the U.S. Armed Forces’ impacts in the Pacific Islands. The post Busting the Myths of the US Military’s Presence in Hawai‘i appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
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  • FACT SHEET: Trump’s Proposed $1.5 Trillion War Budget in Three Charts 
    Trump's Pentagon hike would send war spending to nearly 70 percent of discretionary funds. Most would benefit weapons contractors. The post FACT SHEET: Trump’s Proposed $1.5 Trillion War Budget in Three Charts  appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
  • Billionaire Bankrollers: Meet the 22 California Billionaires Opposing Prop 40
    A cadre of Californians opposing a ballot proposal to tax billionaires have seen their personal wealth increase by over 64 percent in the last twenty months. The post Billionaire Bankrollers: Meet the 22 California Billionaires Opposing Prop 40 appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
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  • ● US Working To Close Visa Loophole For Chinese Visitors: Homan
    US Working To Close Visa Loophole For Chinese Visitors: Homan Authored by Frank Fang and Jan Jekielek via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration is taking steps to prevent Chinese nationals from exploiting a visa-free travel program to the Northern Mariana Islands, according to White House border czar Tom Homan.... Read more »
  • ● Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Paying Illegals $575 To Become 'Organizers'... And US-Born Residents Are Excluded
    Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Paying Illegals $575 To Become 'Organizers'... And US-Born Residents Are Excluded Boston taxpayers are funding a program that teaches immigrants how to organize, lobby city officials and advocate for political change, then hands participants $575 for completing it. Illegal immigrants are eligible, while U.S.-born Boston residents are... Read more »
  • ● Congress Ordered An Annual Accounting Of Terrorism; The Counting Has Stopped...
    Congress Ordered An Annual Accounting Of Terrorism; The Counting Has Stopped... Authored by David E. Firester via RealClearDefense, On May 1, 2026, the State Department released the 2024 edition of the Country Reports on Terrorism - a full year past the deadline in effect when the report came due, and... Read more »
  • ● 87 Foreign Cruise Ship Employees Removed For Possession Of Child Abuse Material
    87 Foreign Cruise Ship Employees Removed For Possession Of Child Abuse Material Federal authorities have now pulled 87 foreign crew members off cruise ships under Operation Tidal Wave, a Customs and Border Protection initiative aimed at child sexual abuse material aboard the vessels. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine... Read more »
  • ● Hegseth To Cut Top Generals, Admirals 'By 20%' Amid Ongoing Pentagon Shakeup
    Hegseth To Cut Top Generals, Admirals 'By 20%' Amid Ongoing Pentagon Shakeup Via The Cradle US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is due to announce plans to reduce by 20 percent the number of positions reserved for generals and admirals, according to an exclusive released by Fox News on Tuesday. ... Read more »
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  • ● Trump White House blindsided DHS by freezing cleared order amid internal 'tension': report
    The Trump White House stopped a cleared Homeland Security order weeks before the midterms, catching some inside the department by surprise.The Department of Homeland Security had approved a notice this month ending temporary protected status for roughly 200,000 Salvadorans before the White House intervened, Politico reported on Tuesday, citing an... Read more »
  • ● GOP strategist torches his party over Jack Smith hearing: 'What in the hell?'
    Republican strategist Shermichael Singleton ripped his own party for bringing former special counsel Jack Smith to Capitol Hill weeks before the midterms.Singleton, appearing on CNN alongside Democratic strategist Paul Begala, didn't mince words when host Kaitlan Collins asked what went through his mind as he watched the already infamous moment... Read more »
  • Video● 'What hearing were you watching?' Jen Psaki laughs as MAGA scrambles over Schmitt disaster
    Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) landed in a humiliating national spotlight Tuesday after falsely accusing former special counsel Jack Smith of lying about attending an Atlanta Hawks game, when he was actually at an Iowa Hawkeyes away game in Maryland.But even more embarrassing, MS NOW's Jen Psaki noted that evening, is... Read more »
  • ● Republican Trump critic targeted by regulators over Kalshi bets: report
    Federal regulators are probing former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), a vocal critic of President Donald Trump, over bets he placed on his pardon.Citing three people familiar with the matter, Politico reported on Tuesday that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has been examining trades made in December 2024 and January 2025... Read more »
  • Video● Trump told on himself in 'unintentionally revealing' Oval Office rant: analyst
    President Donald Trump accidentally admitted his own war is fueling inflation during a rambling Oval Office appearance, a progressive analyst pointed out.In a Tuesday episode of "The David Pakman Show," the host broke down clips of the president fielding reporters' questions after what he described as "multiple sleeping" moments during... Read more »
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  • ● Trump White House blindsided DHS by freezing cleared order amid internal 'tension': report
    The Trump White House stopped a cleared Homeland Security order weeks before the midterms, catching some inside the department by surprise.The Department of Homeland Security had approved a notice this month ending temporary protected status for roughly 200,000 Salvadorans before the White House intervened, Politico reported on Tuesday, citing an... Read more »
  • ● GOP strategist torches his party over Jack Smith hearing: 'What in the hell?'
    Republican strategist Shermichael Singleton ripped his own party for bringing former special counsel Jack Smith to Capitol Hill weeks before the midterms.Singleton, appearing on CNN alongside Democratic strategist Paul Begala, didn't mince words when host Kaitlan Collins asked what went through his mind as he watched the already infamous moment... Read more »
  • Video● 'What hearing were you watching?' Jen Psaki laughs as MAGA scrambles over Schmitt disaster
    Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) landed in a humiliating national spotlight Tuesday after falsely accusing former special counsel Jack Smith of lying about attending an Atlanta Hawks game, when he was actually at an Iowa Hawkeyes away game in Maryland.But even more embarrassing, MS NOW's Jen Psaki noted that evening, is... Read more »
  • ● Republican Trump critic targeted by regulators over Kalshi bets: report
    Federal regulators are probing former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), a vocal critic of President Donald Trump, over bets he placed on his pardon.Citing three people familiar with the matter, Politico reported on Tuesday that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has been examining trades made in December 2024 and January 2025... Read more »
  • Video● Trump told on himself in 'unintentionally revealing' Oval Office rant: analyst
    President Donald Trump accidentally admitted his own war is fueling inflation during a rambling Oval Office appearance, a progressive analyst pointed out.In a Tuesday episode of "The David Pakman Show," the host broke down clips of the president fielding reporters' questions after what he described as "multiple sleeping" moments during... Read more »
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  • VideoExperts Question the White House’s Defense of Taxpayer-Funded Ads
    The White House has defended three taxpayer-funded advertisements featuring President Donald Trump by comparing them to ads that were paid for by past presidential administrations. But some legal experts have said the Trump White House commercials are political messages intended to influence the 2026 midterms and may violate U.S. laws,... Read more »
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    A Republican super PAC has been running an ad that makes the misleading claim that North Carolina Senate candidate Roy Cooper "let 16,000 untested rape kits sit on the shelf" when he was the state’s attorney general. The evidence kits were in the custody of hundreds of local law enforcement... Read more »
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