How Lockheed Martin, Raytheon & BAE Systems are propagandizing children to support war through STEM
The most infamous arms companies manufacturing the very bombs for the United States and Israel to use in Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen, and Iran are partnering…

Israel and US Ridiculed for Reportedly Considering “Land Blockade” of Iran
This would be an enormous undertaking and involve sending US troops to several non-ally countries.

Swing District Voters Want Major Change. That Could Help Democratic Socialists.
Two-thirds of voters said that “the country’s political and economic systems need fundamental change,” the poll found.

This Developer Went From Financial Peril to Billion-Dollar Deals for DHS
Opaque contracts and enormous windfalls are buttressing the buildout of ICE jails and their shadowy operators.

Democrats Call for an Ethics Investigation Into GOP Rep. Max Miller
The congressmember from Ohio is facing allegations of domestic abuse as he runs for reelection.

Common Sense & the Pentagon Budget
For Americans, the courage required today is not to defeat an empire abroad, but to confront one at home — the Military-Industrial-Congressional Com…

Oil Majors Profits Doubling With Iran War
Shell posted nearly $10 billion in second-quarter results as consumers struggled with higher living costs and the U.K. suffered a deadly heatwave, Ja…

Trump Seeks Extradition of Pro-Palestine Activist Amid Crackdown on the US Left
James “Fergie” Chambers’s arrest in Spain has been condemned by activists, human rights groups, and lawmakers.

Gaza deal remains conditional on Israel; Earthquake-level explosions in Lebanon; 60,000 migrants cross from Morocco into Spanish territory
Drop Site Daily: July 31, 2026…

Israel expands extermination zone in Gaza
Israeli soldiers prevent ambulance carrying pregnant woman in medical emergency from crossing West Bank checkpoint.

Jonathan Cook: Israel’s ICC Scalp
Any successor to the downfallen ICC chief prosecutor who tries to punish war crimes will be only too aware of the backlash against Khan, his predecess…

War Crimes Case Re-Opened
 John McEvoy Declassified UK The Metropolitan Police Service has reversed its decision to close a war crimes probe into U.K. nationals who fought for…

India’s “Cockroach Movement” Woke Up a Nation. But Is It Already Asleep Again?
By Ashish Malhotra This article was originally published by Truthout India’s Gen Z-led movement confronted Modi, but some see it as a missed opportu…

Access to Abortion in Kansas Is at Stake August 4 — But Voters May Not Know It
By Lauren Rankin This article was originally published by Truthout Kansas’s safe haven status is now threatened again by abortion opponents who have…

Welcoming War Criminals
The International Criminal Court’s issuance of arrest warrants for high-ranking Israeli officials marked a litmus test for global stewardship, write…

With Karim Khan’s Dismissal, The Elimination Of The War Crimes Court Is Near-Complete
Jonathan Cook Substack The most important question we should be asking after Karim Khan’s dismissal last week as chief prosecutor of the ICC – the…

Today In Dystopia: eBay CIA Gangstalkers, Shredding Rare Books To Train AI
Reading by Tim Foley:…

For the Second Time, Lawmakers Failed to Fix California’s Warning System for Teacher Misconduct
The post For the Second Time, Lawmakers Failed to Fix California’s Warning System for Teacher Misconduct appeared first on ProPublica.

As Trump’s Tariff War With Canada Drags On, This Border Community Suffers Without a Voice
The post As Trump’s Tariff War With Canada Drags On, This Border Community Suffers Without a Voice appeared first on ProPublica.

All Rise…For What? Baseball, Conformity, and Violence in the USA
One of the glaring inconsistencies of American life is that the culture prides itself on “individual freedom,” but insists on blind participation…

From India to Gaza: Youth Revolts and the Struggle to Break Open the Future
The youth-led Cockroach Janta Party converted defiance into a rapidly expanding movement.  With more than 20 million followers on Instagram, it built…

Vampire Planet: The Time the US Nuked Spain
The remediation of nuclear waste has long been a classified endeavor. Accidents, exposure to radiation, and worker injuries on the job rarely, if ever…

One Trillion for the Pentagon, and Wanting More. Less Than Half of One Percent for Humanity
For FY2026, the United States is expected to spend about US$1 trillion on defense. The estimated US$3–4 billion reduction in funding for Geneva-base…

From Biden’s Potemkin Presidency to Trump’s Potemkin War
The biggest Potemkin Village pretense was the notion that Biden was actually in charge of the federal government and national policy. If the Wizard of…

The Conflict Over the US Dept. of Justice
Two notorious cases came across Todd Blanche’s desk recently and in both he rejected the rule of law and bowed to presidential whim, writes Andrew P…

Free Press Calls for End to Carr’s Unconstitutional Crusade Against ABC
On Wednesday, Free Press called out Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr for engaging in a political crusade against broadcaster AB…

Senate Should End Blanche's Nomination, Not Just Delay It
In response to the Senate Judiciary Committee postponing its vote on Trump's unqualified personal lawyer Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney gene…

Nonprofits Sue to Block New USDA Rules That Force Them to Change or Abandon Food-Access Work
Five nonprofit organizations working to build a more just food system filed suit today in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washingt…

Settler violence is state violence in the West Bank
Israel is advancing de facto annexation at an unprecedented pace.

Trump and NYT Say There’s a Russian Spy Base in Cuba. Turns Out, It’s a School.
Belly of the Beast found no evidence of an active Russian intelligence base, much less the sort of extensive equipment described by the NYT.

Another of Epstein's Co-Conspirators Dies Mysteriously
New column / video by Lee Camp…

Welcoming War Criminals
The International Criminal Court’s issuance of arrest warrants for high-ranking Israeli officials marked a litmus test for global stewardship, write…

Iran’s Shock Strike Strategy Against US Assets Opens Multiple Fronts
While another lull in direct combat between the United States and Iran has come into effect, other fronts begin to expand and threaten to drown the re…

Anthropocene
Reading by Tim Foley:…

Andy Beshear Set Out to Make Drug Treatment Widely Available in Kentucky. Fraud and Abuse Followed.
The post Andy Beshear Set Out to Make Drug Treatment Widely Available in Kentucky. Fraud and Abuse Followed. appeared first on ProPublica.

Desperately Seeking Scapegoats
Killing The Messenger Dept: Somehow going still lower, Republicans - aka "you absolute fucking pieces of shit" - just hauled Dr. Anthony Fauci into a…

Trump Inherited Peace Deals But Torched Them For More War, And Other Notes
Reading by Tim Foley:…

Why the U.S. Military is 'Earth's Greatest Enemy' (w/ Abby Martin) | The Chris Hedges Report
In Abby Martin's new film, 'Earth's Greatest Enemy,' she exposes how the US military has unleashed death, devastation and more pollution than any othe…

Senators Push Federal Regulator to Prove School Bus Safety Data Is Accurate
The post Senators Push Federal Regulator to Prove School Bus Safety Data Is Accurate appeared first on ProPublica.

A.I. Wants Your Land, Water & Power / Whistleblower Reveals FBI Epstein Cover Up
Today's Lee Camp livestream…

Border Wall Construction Triggers Tree Sit to Save Ancient Arizona Cottonwood
Protesters today climbed into an ancient cottonwood tree in Arizona’s San Rafael Valley to stop the Trump administration from cutting it down for co…

Data Centers Divide Democrats in Michigan Primary
Senate candidates offer conflicting visions over the role of A.I. and corporate power.

U.S.-Saudi strikes kill 20 Iraqi fighters; Israeli settler attacks in West Bank “hitting an all-time high”; Cholera outbreak in Sudan
Drop Site Daily: July 29, 2026…

How To Be An Empire Propagandist
Reading by Tim Foley:…

Anthropic’s New AI Model Can Identify More Software Bugs Than Ever. Microsoft Is Struggling to Fix Them Fast Enough.
The post Anthropic’s New AI Model Can Identify More Software Bugs Than Ever. Microsoft Is Struggling to Fix Them Fast Enough. appeared first on ProP…

Have I Mentioned It's Great That Lindsey Graham Is Dead?
Reading by Tim Foley:…

West Bank Settler Terrorism and India’s Gen Z Protest Movement
A recording from Drop Site News's live video…

The 3 Ways The US Gov. Aims To Crush Pro-Palestine Activism & Media
New column by Lee Camp…

Livestream: Deadly Iranian missiles devastate US bases
Dorotea Gucciardo of GLIA talks about creativity and resilience in Gaza. Ali Abunimah on Zohran Mamdani’s statement about Netanyahu. The war on Iran…

LIVE: Over 600 US Casualties In Iran War! / Mamdani Discusses Arresting Netanyahu in NYC
Today's livestream…

Why 98 Democrats ignored voters and opposed an Israel aid cut
Polygraph | Newsletter n°347 | 25 Jul 2026…

McCarthyism in Massachusetts
Historian of Iranian descent sues university over politically motivated "firing."…

Israel is erasing entire Gaza families from the civil registry
Satellite images show the establishment of at least three new Israeli military bases in eastern Gaza.

The "Israel Has A Right To Exist" Trick Question—How To Answer
Column & video by Lee Camp…

How America's Corporate Class Became Legally Unaccountable (w/ Marie Gottschalk) | TCHR
Marie Gottschalk situates Trump’s rise behind the backdrop of US Empire, militarized police and Capital’s stranglehold on politics — depicting a…

Trump’s Phantom Enemies
The Trump administration is laying the groundwork for blacklisting and criminalizing all left-wing, progressive, anti-war and anti-imperialist dissent…

Regime Change Mission Foiled: Yemen’s Ansarallah Uncover Saudi-Mossad-CIA Espionage Network to Decapitate Resistance Leaders
Newly released documents reviewed by MintPress uncover a Mossad-CIA led “espionage network” inside Yemen against Ansarallah to enable “decapitat…

Becoming the Stranger
The road to fascism, as Ece Temelkuran writes in “Nation of Strangers,” was constructed over the last six decades of neoliberal assault. We have a…

Is Iran Becoming Another 'Forever War'? (w/ John Mearsheimer) | The Chris Hedges Report
This interview is also available on podcast platforms and Rumble.

What will end up in the GOP’s $95 billion reconciliation bill?
Polygraph | Newsletter n°346 | 18 Jul 2026…

Lionel Messi’s Ties to Netanyahu, The Israeli Military and Its Elite Spying Unit 8200
Lionel Messi has quietly built relationships with companies and security firms closely linked to Israel's military-intelligence establishment. From be…

US spent $103 billion on the Iran War in four months
Polygraph | Newsletter n°345 | 13 Jul 2026…

The Israeli Spy Behind PragerU’s Plan to Rewrite American Education To Indoctrinate Children
PragerU is now an official education partner in at least ten states, pushing right-wing American exceptionalism and pro-Israel political content into…

Iran War: Most unpopular US war in history
Polygraph | Newsletter n°344 | 22 Jun 2026…

Nearly 1 in 4 US tenants fell behind on rent in 2025
Polygraph | Newsletter n°343 | 15 Jun 2026…