Israeli Strikes Kill 11 in Lebanon, Including 3 Children, as Strikes Escalate
“Israel must halt this escalation," said Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam in a statement.

Black Lung Rates Surge as Miners’ Union Demands Action
Research shows black lung rates rising among miners with as few as 15 years underground, a trend unseen in nearly 40 years.

Trump Family Crypto Empire Wins Approval for Bank Charter
"The most brazen act of self-dealing our financial system has ever seen,” said Elizabeth Warren.

LGBTQ Community Wants Input as Private Club Opens Up on Historic Public Beach
The community that has made a home out of Jacob Riis Beach is using every lever of power available to preserve it.

Networks Make Sure Migrants Have Support When They’re Released From ICE Jails
As the Trump administration moves migrants around the US, transportation networks help them get home.

WATCH: TWTW — ‘A Fraying Empire’
An empire is as good as its military and the U.S. military is in crisis: running out of ammunition; Middle East bases destroyed; volunteers exhausted.

Dr. Catherine Esperanza Of Bogus Charges For Protesting ICE
Cami Saunders, Fight Back! News Above photo: Dr. Catherine Esperanza [center] with supporters. Fight Back! News. Portland, OR – On August 11, a Mu…

It’s Time For Movements To Rethink Social Media
Movements can still find people on social media. But the real organizing has to happen somewhere else — and getting people there is the part we keep…

‘Menace to the World’: With Iran Talks Stalled, Trump Vows to Declare Strait of Hormuz a US Territory
“He absolutely needs to be impeached, removed, and locked up,” said one progressive critic, calling the president “a completely unhinged lunatic…

After Years-Long Battle, California Rideshare Drivers Win Certification. Can They Win a Contract?
If Uber and Lyft resort to the stalling tactics corporations commonly use to block higher pay and better working conditions, gig workers will still ha…

Authoritarians Will Target Effective Legal Organizing
Paul Messersmith-Glavin, Truthout Minnesota defendants charged with conspiracy are alleged to have moderated meetings. And posted on social media. Th…

SEND ME (But Then Bring Me Feckin' Home Again)
Stormy times at sea, as U.S. ships endure months-long, record-setting deployments for a war nobody wanted that still has no clear objective, reason fo…

US Military Morale in Middle East in the Overflowing Toilet
Ann Wright says the frustration expressed by military families at a recent Veterans for Peace conference echoed those of families with relatives on U.

Hormuz grinds to a halt again; Gaza’s cancer patients dying at 2-3 times prewar rate; DHS surveilled left-wing groups in Minnesota
Drop Site Daily: August 14, 2026…

A State of Surveillance
No person should have to fear that every trip down the street is being permanently recorded, writes Judge Andrew P. Napolitano. By Andrew P. Napolita…

US judge tosses Harvard case branding Gaza solidarity as anti-Jewish terror
Trump administration lawsuit recycled debunked 7 October atrocity stories and twisted Palestine solidarity slogans into calls to kill Jews.

Cancer patient died as he waited to leave Gaza
The 45-year-old science teacher was forced into a risky surgery waiting for his medical evacuation through the Rafah crossing.

The ADL wants to cancel susan abulhawa
Israel lobby demands Simon & Schuster stop publishing her novels.

Inside Trump’s Failed Hunt for Noncitizen Voters
The post Inside Trump’s Failed Hunt for Noncitizen Voters appeared first on ProPublica.

The Actual, Hidden Reason Europe Wants War With Russia
New column by Lee Camp…

Wall Street’s Nonprofits Use Selective, Opaque Logic to Defund Charities
The post Wall Street’s Nonprofits Use Selective, Opaque Logic to Defund Charities appeared first on ProPublica.

Paper Tiger: The US Trillion-Dollar War Machine
With its unwinnable war on Iran, the U.S. urgently needs to rethink the illegal and corrupt policy of aggressive war it has pursued since 2001, write…

Cuba after Six Months of the Oil Blockade: Crisis and the Road to Recovery
For more than six decades, the United States has attempted to make the Cuban people pay for their decision to pursue an independent, socialist path. T…

Usury is Politics, Not Economics
Last fall, Pope Leo made an address in which he stated that “[t]he phenomenon of usury points to the corruption of the human heart,” condemning th…

Fauci Chose to “Take the Fifth” and Left Too Many Questions Unanswered
We all make choices. Dr. Anthony Fauci, former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, invoked the Fifth Amendment over…

Vampire Planet: Hey DiCaprio, Bezos Ain’t Our Friend
According to a damning Oxfam report, Bezos is responsible, through his corporations, investments and consumption, for a million times more carbon poll…

Courage for Peace, Not for War
Can we escape the terrors of our time? In September of 2025, during a Saturday vigil in Stockholm’s Odenplan Square, Isak Hernández, age nine, aske…

Today In Dystopia: Flock Camera Tyranny And Sam Altman Surveillance
Reading by Tim Foley:…

Whistleblower David McBride Released on Parole
The military whistleblower who revealed Australian war crimes committed in Afghanistan has been released from federal prison after a lung cancer diagn…

Progressives Win Pair of Victories at DNC Meeting;  Committee Approves Resolutions for Abolishing ICE  And Affirming Law That Could Bar Military Aid to Israel
The Democratic National Committee today greenlighted resolutions that call for abolishing ICE and implementing “full and consistent enforcement” o…

Palestine in Pictures: July 2026
A monthly digest of key developments in Palestine showcasing powerful images by photojournalists.

U.S. Infrastructure Strikes Have Left Iranians in the South Without Livelihoods
U.S. airstrikes last month in southern Iran targeted civilian infrastructure, including fishing ports, bridges, telecommunications networks, power pla…

USS Abraham Lincoln sailors try to jump overboard after 250 days at sea; Third person dies after Newark ICE facility detention; Israel sets wildfires in Lebanon
Drop Site Daily: August 13, 2026…

Governments must tax Big Oil's profits as UN tax treaty talks advance
As droughts and wildfires damage economies, 350.org called on governments to push for a global tax treaty that can make big oil and gas corporations p…

A Youth Sports Giant Promised Reforms to Protect Kids From Sexual Abuse. Most Never Happened.
The post A Youth Sports Giant Promised Reforms to Protect Kids From Sexual Abuse. Most Never Happened. appeared first on ProPublica.

If We Could See Everything, It Would Radicalize Us All Instantly
Reading by Tim Foley:…

In West Bank Village, a New Israeli Order Enables Settler Attacks While Claiming to Prevent Them
The Israeli military declared the Palestinian village of Taybeh a closed military zone to "maintain order" but residents say settlers are still allowe…

Israel detains Palestinian journalist Mohamed Awad; Russia threatens retaliatory European ship seizures; Hong loses in tight primary for Wisconsin governor
Drop Site Daily: August 12, 2026…

Working Families Feel the Heat of Trump’s Recklessness with Consumer Prices on the Rise in July
Today’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) report shows prices rose 0.1% in July and are up 3.4% over the past year. July’s price increase reverses the di…

Fiasco in the Factory: Taxpayers Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant That Made Nothing
The post Fiasco in the Factory: Taxpayers Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant That Made Nothing appeared first on ProPublica.

“They’re Putting Kids’ Lives at Risk”: How Abuse in a Tennessee Businessman’s Juvenile Prisons Remained Under Wraps
The post “They’re Putting Kids’ Lives at Risk”: How Abuse in a Tennessee Businessman’s Juvenile Prisons Remained Under Wraps appeared first…

Joe Biden Should Be Dying Of Cancer In The Hague
Reading by Tim Foley:…

Two Different America's (Sic)
Hoo boy. With the approach of what bleakly promises to be "the super-Islamophobic midterms," the Bigot-In-Chief is letting his racist freak flag fly b…

Resisting Trump's escalating attack on independent media
Journalist Rania Khalek says BreakThrough News won’t be forced to soften its reporting on Palestine.

A Note To Patrons And Subscribers
This is just a note to my patrons and newsletter subscribers to say I’m sorry I haven’t published anything these past few days.

ICE is sitting on $100 billion
Polygraph | Newsletter n°348 | 10 Aug 2026…

Gaza’s Board of Pieces
Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza is a mirage, a conjuring trick in which peace is unilaterally declared as Israel seizes more Palestinian land and…

Why the Iran War Won’t End Soon (w/ Alastair Crooke) | TCHR
Trump's reckless war on Iran is threatening global economic collapse — as the region breaks out into a matrix of conflagrations, Trump seemingly has…

UK Government Targeting of Muslim Scholar Part of a Coordinated Campaign to Clamp Down on Pro-Palestine Solidarity
The campaign against Makke has also been led by The Jewish Chronicle, a stridently pro-Israel newspaper that refuses to disclose its ownership, even a…

$1.6 Trillion In Hidden Debt — The AI Bubble Just Got More Insane!
New column by Lee Camp…

How the Epstein Network is Privatizing the Government & Building Out the Surveillance State (w/Whitney Webb) | TCHR
Whitney Webb explains how Leslie Wexner privatized Ohio’s state government, and is using his position between the markets and the state to help the…

There Is Beauty Everywhere. Even In Dystopia. Even In Armageddon.
Reading by Tim Foley:…

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

China Just Saved The World — And No One's Talking About It
New column by Lee Camp…

Don Corleone Trump
Trump’s White House runs a mob-style extortion racket that will bankrupt the country the way Trump bankrupted his casinos.

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…

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

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…

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

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

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…

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…

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