British Intel’s Secret Lebanese Panopticon
Kit Klarenberg Substack On March 7th, shadowy British intelligence contractor Siren Associates launched Monitor Lebanon. The “real-time situatio… ScheerPost — April 6, 2026 5:55 AM ET
Trillions Hidden, Humanity Starving: The Super-Rich vs. the Rest of Us
Josh Scheer Ten years after the world first glimpsed the Panama Papers, the shadow empire of the super-rich is no less formidable. New analysis from O… ScheerPost — April 6, 2026 5:55 AM ET
Surging Gas Prices & Oil Wars of US-Israel, Iran, Kuwait
Juan Cole Informed Comment On Saturday morning the US and/ or Israel attacked the Khuzestan Petrochemical Special Economic Zone at Mahshahr and seve… ScheerPost — April 6, 2026 5:45 AM ET
US War Machine Is Built on Decades of Lies. The Assault on Iran Is No Exception.
Trump’s endless falsehoods about the Iran war build on a long history of US military mythmaking. Scott Kurashige for Truthout he first casualty of… ScheerPost — April 6, 2026 5:33 AM ET
Ray McGovern Says NATO’s Crisis Is No Longer Theoretical — It Is Unfolding in Real Time
In a wide-ranging interview with Glenn Diesen, former CIA analyst Ray McGovern offered a blunt assessment of the political and military order built af… ScheerPost — April 6, 2026 5:26 AM ET
The Federal Government Is Rushing Toward AI. Our Reporting Offers Three Cautionary Tales.
The post The Federal Government Is Rushing Toward AI. Our Reporting Offers Three Cautionary Tales. appeared first on ProPublica. ProPublica — April 6, 2026 5:00 AM ET
The US-Israel Culture of Annihilation
In close coordination with the Israeli regime, Donald Trump has embraced Roosevelt’s style of gunboat diplomacy without prior congressional authoriz… CounterPunch — April 6, 2026 2:00 AM ET
Artificial Intelligence Versus Human Stupidity
Perhaps Donald Trump was persuaded—by his generals, by his buddies in Silicon Valley, by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—that American m… CounterPunch — April 6, 2026 2:00 AM ET
Secrets and Shortcuts: The US Uranium Enrichment Rush
The United States keeps going to war over uranium enrichment. We started a war in Iraq over it after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said, “We… CounterPunch — April 6, 2026 1:56 AM ET
Lesson from the Iran War: Making Enemies Makes Us Poorer
Our Secretary of Defense (or War) Pete Hegseth seems to be having a really great time killing people in Iran, but his live action video games come at… CounterPunch — April 6, 2026 1:56 AM ET
Are Cheap Drones Going to be the “Blowback” Feared by U.S. Intelligence Agencies?
While our intelligence agencies and the Defense Department have long studied possible “domestic blowback scenarios” to our aggressive wars oversea… CounterPunch — April 6, 2026 1:55 AM ET
US Troops Need To Start Disobeying Orders In Iran, And Other Notes
Reading by Tim Foley:… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — April 5, 2026 9:27 PM ET
Gulf Funds Are Recalibrating American Investments, Including Backing for Paramount Merger, as Iran War Rages On
Financing underpinning the artificial intelligence bubble is also on the table for reconsideration, sources told Drop Site. Drop Site News — April 5, 2026 6:39 PM ET
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And where to find us on YouTube and other social media channels… Drop Site News — April 5, 2026 2:09 PM ET
UW Removes Middle East Center Director After Criticizing War
“There’s a chilling effect on not just my academic freedom, but that of my colleagues,” Aria Fani said after his removal. TruthOut — April 5, 2026 12:30 PM ET
Anti-Imperialists Want To Improve The World; Liberals Just Want To Feel Good About Themselves
Reading by Tim Foley:… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — April 5, 2026 10:11 AM ET
Faith Leaders Confront Christian Nationalism With Theological Resistance
Progressive clergy say challenging nationalism requires reclaiming religious narratives. TruthOut — April 5, 2026 2:31 AM ET
ICE Presence Persists in Chicago as Raids Shift to Quieter Tactics
Advocates say ICE arrests continue daily across Chicagoland, even as tactics grow more targeted and less visible. TruthOut — April 5, 2026 2:10 AM ET
Gaza Farmland Is Destroyed, But Some Are Growing Food Even While Displaced
In Gaza, war is not measured only by the number of airstrikes, but by the number of trees that no longer bear fruit. TruthOut — April 5, 2026 1:51 AM ET
US War Machine Is Built on Decades of Lies. The Assault on Iran Is No Exception.
Trump’s endless falsehoods about the Iran war build on a long history of US military mythmaking. TruthOut — April 5, 2026 1:44 AM ET
DAYS 33-34: WAR ON IRAN — ‘Talking Back to Trump’
Because of his title and the office he holds Western leaders must privately grumble about Donald Trump but have been timid about speaking back to him,… Consortium News — April 4, 2026 9:13 AM ET
WATCH: The World This Week — ‘Back to the Stone Age’
Scott Ritter on The World This Week discusses Donald Trump’s escalating Stone Age War, Emmanuel Macron telling Trump to shut up and F15 Down. Watch… Consortium News — April 4, 2026 6:37 AM ET
Trump’s $1.5 Trn Pentagon Budget Will Weaken the US
Reckless force doesn’t work, as the devastating human and economic consequences of the Middle East war shows, writes William Hartung. Passing a $1.5… Consortium News — April 4, 2026 2:30 AM ET
Will There be a Ground Invasion of Iran? (w/ Col. Larry Wilkerson) | The Chris Hedges Report
As the US prepares to escalate the war on Iran with a potential ground invasion, Col. Wilkerson divulges the long reticence of US military planners to… The Chris Hedges Report — April 3, 2026 10:34 PM ET
The Mass Media Are Evil But They're Also Really Dumb, And Other Notes
Reading by Tim Foley:… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — April 3, 2026 8:55 PM ET
Trump proposes largest military budget ever
Polygraph | Newsletter n°338 | 3 Apr 2026… Polygraph — April 3, 2026 8:26 PM ET
Trump Wages War on Working Families to Fund $500 Billion Pentagon Boost
Today, President Trump released his administration’s FY2027 budget, doubling down on an unpopular economic agenda that is raising costs and ripping… Common Dreams — April 3, 2026 2:12 PM ET
Chris Hedges: The New World Order
Gaza is just the beginning, the author said in a recent speech at Princeton in which he offered a sweeping indictment of a global order collapsing int… Consortium News — April 3, 2026 2:00 PM ET
Progressives Urge Senate Dems to Block AG Confirmation Until Epstein Files Released
In the wake of President Trump’s removal of Pam Bondi, Our Revolution, the largest grassroots-funded progressive political organizing group in the c… Common Dreams — April 3, 2026 1:01 PM ET
Caitlin Johnstone: The Empire Exposes Itself
What was once revealed solely by whistleblowers, investigative journalists, activists and dissident media is now being shown by the empire itself, bec… Consortium News — April 3, 2026 12:00 PM ET
Experts Warned For Years That A War With Iran Would Happen This Way
Reading by Tim Foley:… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — April 3, 2026 10:47 AM ET
U.S. destroys major bridge in Iran; IRGC claims strike on Amazon data center; Trump imposes 100% tariff on brand-name drugs
Drop Site Daily: April 3, 2026… Drop Site News — April 3, 2026 10:37 AM ET
March Job Gains Mask a Volatile Labor Market as Iran War Chaos Mounts
Today’s jobs report shows the labor market added 178,000 jobs in March, and February’s losses significantly revised down, revealing a decrease of… Common Dreams — April 3, 2026 10:12 AM ET
RFK Jr. May Reverse a Peptide Ban He Calls “Illegal.” Former FDA Officials Say He Mischaracterized Their Work.
The post RFK Jr. May Reverse a Peptide Ban He Calls “Illegal.” Former FDA Officials Say He Mischaracterized Their Work. appeared first on ProPubli… ProPublica — April 3, 2026 5:00 AM ET
Israel blocks US student protesters from entering West Bank
Officials at Allenby crossing hint they have access to American police records. Electronic Intifada — April 3, 2026 2:41 AM ET
Incubator babies saved from Gaza genocide reunited with their moms
Israeli forces shoot and kill 15-year-old child in Dheisheh refugee camp, occupied West Bank. Electronic Intifada — April 3, 2026 2:14 AM ET
Is Iran the 'Leading State Sponsor of Terrorism?' (w/ John Kiriakou) | The Chris Hedges Report
As the U.S. seeks to label Iran as a mass sponsor of state terrorism, CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou looks inward, examining the decades of US-backed… The Chris Hedges Report — April 2, 2026 8:47 PM ET
Pakistan Plays Peacemaker While Bombing and Blockading Afghan Civilians
While working to mediate an end to the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran, the Pakistani government is escalating its own war against civilians on the border… Drop Site News — April 2, 2026 5:33 PM ET
Suffocated on the outskirts of Jerusalem
Kufr Aqab residents face limited mobility and occupation raids. Electronic Intifada — April 2, 2026 4:34 PM ET
Trump Appointees on Planning Commission Rubber-Stamp Trump’s White House Ballroom Project
Today, the Trump Administration appointees on the National Capital Planning Commission, which provides overall planning guidance for federal land and… Common Dreams — April 2, 2026 4:24 PM ET
Advocacy Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Decision to Exempt All Oil and Gas Activities in Gulf from Endangered Species Act
Gulf and environmental groups sued the Trump Administration today over its decision to strip Endangered Species Act protection from imperiled species… Common Dreams — April 2, 2026 4:23 PM ET
Iran War Blowback: Iraqi Resistance Targets U.S. Forces in Biggest Escalation Since 2003
The U.S.–Israel war on Iran has reignited a long-simmering front in Iraq, where resistance groups like Kataeb Hezbollah and the Islamic Resistance i… MintPress News — April 2, 2026 3:59 PM ET
Global Energy Shock: Iran Turns Hormuz Into A Toll Gate Challenging Petrodollar
For years, U.S. strategy has relied on the assumption that sanctions, economic pressure, and military force would weaken adversaries and trigger inter… MintPress News — April 2, 2026 3:43 PM ET
The US Has Already Lost — Here's The Proof
Column by Lee Camp… Lee Camp Substack — April 2, 2026 3:27 PM ET
Israel Is Conducting a Campaign to Ethnically Cleanse Southern Lebanon of Shia Residents
Residents of border villages have been abandoned by the Lebanese army as Israeli troops invade. Drop Site News — April 2, 2026 2:47 PM ET
How A Fake Iranian Terror Group Was Invented To Proscribe IRGC in Europe – The story of Ashab al-Yamin
A series of arson attacks and alleged incidents targeting alleged Jewish-linked sites across Europe have been attributed to a little-known group calle… MintPress News — April 2, 2026 2:30 PM ET
US spends $2.1 billion a day on the Iran War
Polygraph | Newsletter n°337 | 2 Apr 2026… Polygraph — April 2, 2026 6:31 AM ET
Why We Went Looking for National Defense Areas Along the U.S. Southern Border
The post Why We Went Looking for National Defense Areas Along the U.S. Southern Border appeared first on ProPublica. ProPublica — April 2, 2026 5:00 AM ET
The Empire Is Losing Its Ability To Hide Its Ugly Nature
Reading by Tim Foley:… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — April 1, 2026 8:39 PM ET
Is this a decisive moment in the struggle against Zionism?
I spoke to the Unfettered Speech podcast about how Israel’s violence against Palestinians is part of a widening regional war. Electronic Intifada — April 1, 2026 2:12 PM ET
Israel Just Passed The Death Penalty Only For Palestinians — But It's Not Apartheid
New column by Lee Camp… Lee Camp Substack — April 1, 2026 11:53 AM ET
The Trump EPA Official in Charge of Methane Regulations Helped Write Oil Industry Argument Against Those Rules
The post The Trump EPA Official in Charge of Methane Regulations Helped Write Oil Industry Argument Against Those Rules appeared first on ProPublica. ProPublica — April 1, 2026 5:00 AM ET
Bemoaning death penalty, EU bankrolls merchants of death
Leonardo advocates “big bang” approach to militarization. Electronic Intifada — April 1, 2026 2:32 AM ET
Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration
The post Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration appeared first on ProPublica. ProPublica — March 31, 2026 5:00 AM ET
Chris Hedges Q&A at Princeton University: Iran, Gaza and the Future of American Foreign Policy
The Chris Hedges Report is a reader-supported publication. The Chris Hedges Report — March 30, 2026 7:21 PM ET
Making the Film 'Palestine 36' (w/ director Annemarie Jacir) | The Chris Hedges Report
The Palestinian epic, "Palestine 36," is more than a dramatization of the past. It maps the early blueprint for Palestine’s occupation, and captures… The Chris Hedges Report — March 30, 2026 7:05 PM ET
After 2.5 Years, Can We Handle The Truth About Oct 7th?
Connecting The Dots - column by Lee Camp… Lee Camp Substack — March 30, 2026 9:32 AM ET
I Went To China To Argue This One Topic.
Watch the full episode (for free)… Lee Camp Substack — March 28, 2026 5:20 PM ET
Iran War: Cost of the first week
Polygraph | Newsletter n°336 | 27 Mar 2026… Polygraph — March 27, 2026 8:59 PM ET
'Iran and Gaza are Only the Beginning' (Chris Hedges at Princeton)
The Chris Hedges Report is a reader-supported publication. The Chris Hedges Report — March 27, 2026 8:17 PM ET
Trump’s Iran Gamble Is Spiraling Out of Control: From Shock & Awe to Strategic Failure
In this week’s episode of the MintCast podcast hosted by MintPress director Mnar Adley, we are joined by Iranian political analyst Ali Alizadeh to t… MintPress News — March 27, 2026 2:40 PM ET
Failing to Defeat Hezbollah, Israel & US Pressure Syria’s Ahmed al-Sharaa to Join War
 Openly declaring its intent to illegally occupy southern Lebanon, Israel finds itself in a costly ground battle with Hezbollah, from which there are… MintPress News — March 27, 2026 2:37 PM ET
AI Models Are Excited For Humans To Nuke Ourselves
New Column by Lee Camp… Lee Camp Substack — March 22, 2026 4:57 AM ET
Democratic leaders offer ICE reforms — and record funding
Polygraph | Newsletter n°335 | 9 Feb 2026… Polygraph — February 9, 2026 7:31 AM ET
Biden sold Israel $22 billion in weapons. US taxpayers paid for most of them
Polygraph | Newsletter n°334 | 3 Feb 2026… Polygraph — February 3, 2026 12:12 PM ET