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at 9/22/26 6:00pmReprinted with permission from The Kucinich Report. Instead of six more weeks of winter, we will have at least six more weeks of war, brought to us by Secretary Hegseth and his boss, President Trump, with the help of Speaker Johnson who avoided a procedural vote, taking it upon himself to adjourn, under the Rule 1, []- — Bibi: Send More Bombs
- at 9/22/26 6:00pmReprinted from Gary Taphorns Substack: As we approach the three-year mark of the start of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, Israel has signaled that it has every intention of continuing its massive bombing campaigns against Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, and possibly other countries. And Donald Trump has signaled that he is ready to help. On September 15, []
- — Is Europe Restraining Israel – or Merely Protecting the Two-State Illusion?
- at 9/21/26 6:00pmThis time, Europe seems serious about holding Israel accountable – or at least that is what 11 European countries, together with Canada, want us to believe. On September 8, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the UK announced their intention to introduce national restrictions, support European restrictions, or actively []
- — Republicans Who Support War in Iran Are Giving Democrats Chance To Control Congress
- at 9/20/26 6:00pmThe three top headlines in the Sept. 18 Drudge Report said: Blue Wave Builds, Dems 84% Chance to take House – 55% Senate, Weeks Before Midterms – EVERYTHING Getting More Expensive. Newsweek carried a story headlined Texas Republicans Face Generational Wipeout Amid Disastrous Polls. Many other publications, both in print and online, have reported that []
- — Rubio Wants To Defeat Socialism in Nicaragua, Not Restore ‘Democracy’
- at 9/20/26 6:00pmAfter Venezuela and Cuba, will the Trump administration turn its spotlight onto Nicaragua? Secretary of State Rubio has just finished a tour of three Latin American countries now allied with Trump Colombia, Ecuador and Peru – and was asked about US policy towards Cuba and Nicaragua, and what he would do “to finally bring []
- — War, What Is It Good For?
- at 9/17/26 6:00pmReprinted with permission from Tom Engelhardt’s Substack: I was almost six years old when the Korean War began and Korea was a mere 7,000 or so miles from Washington, D.C. I’m now 82 years old and my country is at war with Iran, whose capital, Tehran, is phew! only about 6,300 miles from []
- — The Enemy the Alliance Needs
- at 9/17/26 6:00pmOn the morning of August 6, near the coastal town of Furuvik, a Russian couple named Semyon Rusanov and Tatyana Milenina were declared a threat to the security of the Swedish state. They had lived in Spain for five years. They opposed the war in Ukraine. They had not set foot in Russia since 2022. []
- — More Threats to the Freedom of Speech
- at 9/17/26 6:00pmThe freedom of speech and of the press is not a gift bestowed by a president, Congress or a federal agency. It is a natural right of all persons. The First Amendment does not create that right; it prohibits the government from infringing upon it. The ability to think, speak, write, criticize, ridicule, persuade, offend, []
- — Who Gets To Say ‘Genocide’ in Britain?
- at 9/16/26 6:00pmThe United Kingdom criminalized support for the direct action network, Palestine Action, at a minute after midnight, Saturday July 5, 2025. Hours later, Pink Floyd star Roger Waters shared a video clip to his Facebook page of him writing on a piece of cardboard, the words: “I support Palestine Action… ”Waters then declared “I am []
- — As Space Force Admits to Deploying Weapons in Orbit, US Contempt for Arms Control Continues
- at 9/16/26 6:00pmDuring a recent “State of the Space Force” address in Maryland, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Douglas Schiess stated frankly that the US has at least non-kinetic weapons positioned in space, and that these capabilities were used in the war on Iran. “Let me be crystal clear: today, Guardians operate on-orbit weapons that can defend []
- — Massie’s Courageous Act Brings War Powers and Impeachment Before the House on Constitution Day
- at 9/16/26 6:00pmReprinted with permission from The Kucinich Report. Thank you, GOP Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky, for courageously drafting and presenting Tuesday in Congress eight Articles of Impeachment which demonstrated that Secretary Hegseth has pursued war, death and destruction at his own instance. He has, in the name of the United States, illegally swept aside the Constitution []
- — Trump and the Falkland Islands: A Message to NATO?
- at 9/15/26 6:00pmPresident Donald Trump may have discovered a new opportunity to provoke a NATO ally. Last year, the White House created a brouhaha with Denmark (and other European countries) by insisting that Copenhagen sell Greenland to the United States. This time, Washington’s agitation involves a chain of islands off the east coast of Argentina that Great []
- — ‘Peace Through Strength’ as a Revolt Against Nature
- at 9/15/26 6:00pm“Peace Through Strength” has been a Republican mantra for decades. The slogan holds that peace can be achieved by maintaining a powerful military capable of deterring potential adversaries. It is said that sufficient military power – occasionally showcased by stomping on those who would seek to question its overarching authority – instills fear in America’s []
- — The Crippling Effects of Unnecessary War
- at 9/14/26 6:00pmIn California, gas stations are facing a unique challenge. The station signs are only configured to go up to $9.99 per gallon and at several stations the price of diesel has reached that maximum. Diesel prices are higher than they have ever been in history. Worse, according to some news reports the advertising of the []
- — Fatal Alliance: The Reality of the US-Israel Axis
- at 9/14/26 6:00pmTo examine the unyielding multi-billionaire dollar shield that the United States provides Israel is to confront the coarse mechanics of modern empire. Washington has, for decades, maintained a posture of absolute defense, supplying advanced weaponry, providing diplomatic immunity, and rationalizing actions that human rights organizations and international courts characterize as war crimes, apartheid and genocide. []
- — China to the Rescue? Why Only Beijing May Be Able To End the Iran War
- at 9/13/26 6:00pmReprinted with permission from Trita Parsi’s Substack. If you’ve followed my interviews, you know I’ve been warning about the high likelihood of a third round of the war – one that would almost certainly be far more intense than the previous two. I’ve also argued that, given Trump’s erroneous reading of the current balance, perhaps []
- — Real History: After 9/11, the ‘War on Terror’ Was a War of Terror
- at 9/10/26 6:00pmThree days after terrorists killed almost 3,000 people in the United States on September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush stood behind a pulpit at the Washington National Cathedral and spoke to a nation in shock. “Our responsibility to history is already clear,” he proclaimed, “to answer these attacks and rid the world of evil.” []
- — 9/11’s Aftereffect: The Constitutional Accountability Abyss
- at 9/10/26 6:00pmOver the last several weeks in the lead up to the 25th anniversary of al Qaedas attack on the U.S., Ive had American and foreign journalists ask me the same question: how did 9/11 change America? My answer has generally been some version of this: 9/11 didnt change us, we allowed it to change us, []
- — America After 9/11: 25 Years of Fear, War, Surveillance, and Permanent Emergency
- at 9/10/26 6:00pm“I tell you, freedom and human rights in America are doomed. The U.S. government will lead the American people in – and the West in general – into an unbearable hell and a choking life.” – Osama bin Laden (October 2001) “GIVE THEM NIGHTMARES.” – President Donald Trump (September 2026) Days before the 25th anniversary []
- — Is Huckabee’s West Bank Rebuke a Real Policy Shift?
- at 9/9/26 6:00pmU.S. ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, a staunch zionist, recently made waves when he referred to Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank as “terrorists.” “It’s an act of terror,” Huckabee said. “I’ve been criticized a little bit for calling that terror, but terror is when a person is forced to change his or her []
- — When War Comes Home: A Constitutional Warning
- at 9/9/26 6:00pmA failed war does not end when the drones stop flying. It creates a new danger: A government that refuses to admit defeat and a president who, having failed abroad, seeks muscular victories elsewhere. The war against Iran is a case study in the limits of military power, the dangers of presidential overreach and the []
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