- — Beneath the Surface: Is the Trump-Netanyahu ‘Unthinkable’ About To Erupt?
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at 4/20/25 10:00pmIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus recent visit to Washington was no ordinary trip. The consensus among Israeli analysts, barring a few remaining loyalists, is that Netanyahu was not invited but, rather, summoned by US President Donald Trump. All evidence supports this assertion. Netanyahu rarely travels to the US without extensive Israeli media fanfare, leveraging his Continue reading "Beneath the Surface: Is the Trump-Netanyahu Unthinkable About To Erupt?"- — Trump’s Unconstitutional, Presidential War Against Yemen
- at 4/20/25 10:00pmFor Americans who still labor under the delusion that Donald Trump is an advocate of realism and restraint in foreign policy, the events in Yemen should come as a rude awakening. Unfortunately, the most prominent indicator took a form that enabled the president’s political opponents to evade their own share of the blame for the Continue reading "Trumps Unconstitutional, Presidential War Against Yemen"
- — New Poll: Americans Reject Deporting Foreigners for ‘Wrongthink’ on Middle East
- at 4/20/25 10:00pmAn important new public opinion survey taken by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) has revealed very little American support for the deportation of legal foreign guests in the United States for expressing support for Palestine in its current conflict with Israel. Responding to FIRE’s quarterly National Speech Index survey conducted by the Continue reading "New Poll: Americans Reject Deporting Foreigners for Wrongthink on Middle East"
- — The Stones Still Cry Out: Holy Week’s Political Reckoning
- at 4/17/25 10:00pmHoly Week is no mere ritual rehearsal for Christians; it’s a political dynamite keg, detonating the myth of human order built on blood. Jesus’ trial, crucifixion, and resurrection expose the scaffolding of power – then and now – as a rickety structure held together by scapegoats and silenced victims. As we navigate our fractured polis Continue reading "The Stones Still Cry Out: Holy Weeks Political Reckoning"
- — Western Media Continues To Prepare the Public for Defeat in Ukraine
- at 4/17/25 10:00pmOn March 29, The New York Times published an article that “reveal[ed] that America was woven into the war far more intimately and broadly than previously understood.” Its undeclared thesis was that the U.S. has done everything possible for Ukraine to win the war. Ukraine would not trust them and listen. Now the war is Continue reading "Western Media Continues To Prepare the Public for Defeat in Ukraine"
- — The Cross and the Pieta: The Passion of Palestine
- at 4/17/25 10:00pmReprinted with permission from The Kucinich Report. Michelangelo’s Pieta, the larger-than-life sculpture of the crucified Christ held tenderly in Mother Mary’s lap, has attracted visitors to Rome since it was installed in the old St. Peter’s Basilica more than 500 years ago. Contemplation of the Pieta gifts one with the powerful presence of sacrifice and Continue reading "The Cross and the Pieta: The Passion of Palestine"
- — The Cross and the Pieta. The Passion of Palestine
- at 4/17/25 10:00pmReprinted with permission from The Kucinich Report. Michelangelo’s Pieta, the larger-than-life sculpture of the crucified Christ held tenderly in Mother Mary’s lap, has attracted visitors to Rome since it was installed in the old St. Peter’s Basilica more than 500 years ago. Contemplation of the Pieta gifts one with the powerful presence of sacrifice and Continue reading "The Cross and the Pieta. The Passion of Palestine"
- — Trump’s National Security Team Is a House Divided Against Itself
- at 4/16/25 10:00pmReprinted with permission from The Realist Review. Only three months into his second term, Donald Trump’s national security team looks to be seriously divided. As I reported late last year as the administration was taking shape, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who led the transition and is known to have played a major role in vetting Continue reading "Trump’s National Security Team Is a House Divided Against Itself"
- — Trump and Netanyahu Plot Gaza’s Future Without Palestinians
- at 4/15/25 10:00pmIts difficult to describe how deranged reality has become On Monday, the leaders of the two governments most responsible for a seemingly endless stream of horror – the US and Israel – sat down for a press briefing in the Oval Office, casually discussing how valuable Gaza is to them and how they want to Continue reading "Trump and Netanyahu Plot Gazas Future Without Palestinians"
- — Are Chinese Soldiers Fighting in Ukraine?
- at 4/15/25 10:00pmIf Chinese soldiers are fighting in the Russian armed forces in Ukraine, that is not the big story. The big story is the effect the claim could have on the possibility of peace. Ukraine has not yet even proven the month’s old claim of the presence of North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia on Russian Continue reading "Are Chinese Soldiers Fighting in Ukraine?"
- — Standing at the Edge of the Iran War Cliff
- at 4/14/25 10:00pmMillions of people around the world were at the edge of their seats over the weekend, waiting to hear whether Trump special envoy Steve Witkoff’s indirect talks with the Iranian foreign minister would ratchet down tensions or would break down and bring on a major Middle East war. If it seems bizarre that the outcome Continue reading "Standing at the Edge of the Iran War Cliff"
- — Iran Is Not Building a Nuclear Bomb: A Fact Sheet
- at 4/13/25 10:00pm“You know, its not a complicated formula,” U.S. President Donald Trump said. “Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Thats all there is.” So, negotiations should be successful because Iran neither has, nor are they pursuing, a nuclear weapon. The United States has for years threatened that “all options are on the table,” including “bombing the Continue reading "Iran Is Not Building a Nuclear Bomb: A Fact Sheet"
- — Trump Must Cut the Ukraine Albatross Loose
- at 4/10/25 10:00pmPresident Trump should avoid a snare of his own making and extricate the United States from the war between Russia and Ukraine. During the 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly indicated that he expected the war between Ukraine and Russia to end quickly once he entered the oval office. He even boasted that he could Continue reading "Trump Must Cut the Ukraine Albatross Loose"
- — Tariffs and the Constitution
- at 4/10/25 10:00pmNo doctrine involving more pernicious consequences was ever invented by the wit of man than that any of [the Constitutions] provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government. ~ Ex Parte Milligan, Supreme Court of the United States, 1866 President Donald Trump has recently imposed a national sales tax on nearly Continue reading "Tariffs and the Constitution"
- — ‘Let All Hell Break Loose’: The Gaza Ceasefire and How We All Got Played
- at 4/9/25 10:00pmThe ceasefire agreement between Israel and Gaza in late January 2025 was paraded by Western media as a diplomatic breakthrough that might finally curb the bloodshed – a potential turning point for peace in the region. But within weeks, the grim reality became undeniable: this was never about peace. It was a strategic pause – Continue reading "Let All Hell Break Loose: The Gaza Ceasefire and How We All Got Played"
- — Talking to America: How Far Will Iran Go?
- at 4/9/25 10:00pmIn March, U.S. President Donald Trump sent a letter directly to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, informing him that Iran has two months to negotiate a nuclear deal with the U.S. and that, if he refuses to do so, the risk of military action against Iran’s civilian nuclear facilities would dramatically increase. “If they Continue reading "Talking to America: How Far Will Iran Go?"
- — Nicaragua’s Opposition Media Welcome Trump’s New Tariffs
- at 4/9/25 9:40amFive countries in Central America, together with the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean, have a free trade agreement with Washington, but this didn’t protect them from the punitive tariffs announced on President Trump’s “Liberation Day.” A minimum 10 per cent tariff on exports to the US will hit low-income countries throughout the region. But exports Continue reading "Nicaraguas Opposition Media Welcome Trumps New Tariffs"
- — The Unnecessary War
- at 4/8/25 10:00pmReprinted with permission from The Realist Review. Asked about the state of the war in Ukraine during a press gaggle last night on Air Force One, President Trump responded that the war is “a horrible thing that never should have started.” That war is horrible is an idea that seems lost on the Democratic foreign Continue reading "The Unnecessary War"
- — Civil War on the Horizon? The Ashkenazi-Sephardic Conflict and Israel’s Future
- at 4/8/25 10:00pmThe phrase civil war is one of the most dominant terms used by Israeli politicians today. What began as a mere warning from Israeli President Isaac Herzog is now an accepted possibility for much of Israels mainstream political society. “(Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu is ready to sacrifice everything for his survival, and we are Continue reading "Civil War on the Horizon? The Ashkenazi-Sephardic Conflict and Israels Future"
- — The All-Devouring Machine: Pentagon Malfeasance and Insatiable Empire
- at 4/8/25 10:00pmThe eyes of a new generation were opened in an episode that seemed like dark science fiction for those of a certain age, and an unyielding nightmare regardless: a genocide streaming into smartphones around the world in real time. Many American eyes were opened for the first time to the reality not only in Palestine, Continue reading "The All-Devouring Machine: Pentagon Malfeasance and Insatiable Empire"
- — Ending Militarism in America
- at 4/7/25 10:00pmOriginally appeared at TomDispatch. In September 2007, retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and historian William Astore emailed me out of the blue. He’d been reading articles at TomDispatch, the website I set up soon after the 9/11 attacks to deal with this country’s Global War on Terror, especially the invasions of, and then never-ending conflicts in Continue reading "Ending Militarism in America"
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