Absence of Accountability for Gaza Genocide Has Enabled Israel’s War on Lebanon
There has been “no accountability whatsoever for violations of the laws of war,” says researcher Ramzi Kaiss.

Is the War In Iran About to Become Apocalyptic? (w/ Trita Parsi) | The Chris Hedges Report
Trita Parsi discusses the likely consequences of Trump's seemingly inevitable escalation in Iran — and the powerful forces that appear to be pushing…

Red States Are Quietly Making Lists for Tracking Trans People
As states continue to leverage their legal ability to track trans bodies, advocates warn this is just the beginning.

WATCH: Return From Hormuz
Dimitri Lascaris and Tim Anderson have just returned from the Strait of Hormuz and 11 days reporting inside Iran. They tell CN Live! what they saw. T…

Blowback 2026
In case after case, conflicts initiated or intensified by the United States appeared to subside, only to reemerge in new, more volatile forms, writes…

Trump issues another deadline to Iran; Strikes on universities, petrochemical plants; Israel strikes WHO vehicle in Gaza
Drop Site Daily: April 6, 2026…

Trump Threatens to Commit War Crimes If Iran Maintains Blockade on Hormuz Strait
In threats to civilian infrastructure, he said Tuesday “will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one."…

Iran Rejects Temporary Ceasefire, Says It Has Already Laid Out Terms for Agreement
Senior Iranian official tells Drop Site that Trump is pushing for a deal but the new proposal is “detached from the realities on the ground.”…

Communities Near Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Have Higher Cancer Rates
Air and water pollution from the massive farms may be playing a role, according to a new study. …

Israel’s Restrictions on Gaza’s Banking System Have Led to a Currency Crisis
Cash has become excruciatingly difficult to access in Gaza, even if you have money in the bank.

DAYS 35-37: WAR ON IRAN — And Now a Word From the President of the United States: ‘Open the Fuckin’ Strait, You Crazy Bastards’
The utter collapse of the world economy and the depopulation of vast parts of the Middle East.  That is what is at stake and it’s in the hands of a…

Livestream: Israeli military falters on all fronts
Trump is risking global catastrophe rather than admit defeat in Iran, says Ali Abunimah. Jon Elmer reports on Iran-led resistance, and Israel adopts d…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

US Troops Need To Start Disobeying Orders In Iran, And Other Notes
Reading by Tim Foley:…

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.

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Anti-Imperialists Want To Improve The World; Liberals Just Want To Feel Good About Themselves
Reading by Tim Foley:…

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,…

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…

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 Mass Media Are Evil But They're Also Really Dumb, And Other Notes
Reading by Tim Foley:…

Trump proposes largest military budget ever
Polygraph | Newsletter n°338 | 3 Apr 2026…

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…

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…

Experts Warned For Years That A War With Iran Would Happen This Way
Reading by Tim Foley:…

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…

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…

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…

Israel blocks US student protesters from entering West Bank
Officials at Allenby crossing hint they have access to American police records.

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.

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…

Suffocated on the outskirts of Jerusalem
Kufr Aqab residents face limited mobility and occupation raids.

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…

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…

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…

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…

The US Has Already Lost — Here's The Proof
Column by Lee Camp…

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…

US spends $2.1 billion a day on the Iran War
Polygraph | Newsletter n°337 | 2 Apr 2026…

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.

The Empire Is Losing Its Ability To Hide Its Ugly Nature
Reading by Tim Foley:…

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.

Israel Just Passed The Death Penalty Only For Palestinians — But It's Not Apartheid
New column by Lee Camp…

The Trump EPA Official in Charge of Methane Regulations Helped Write an Oil Industry Argument Against Those Rules
The post The Trump EPA Official in Charge of Methane Regulations Helped Write an Oil Industry Argument Against Those Rules appeared first on ProPublic…

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.

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.

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…

After 2.5 Years, Can We Handle The Truth About Oct 7th?
Connecting The Dots - column by Lee Camp…

I Went To China To Argue This One Topic.
Watch the full episode (for free)…

Iran War: Cost of the first week
Polygraph | Newsletter n°336 | 27 Mar 2026…

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…

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…

AI Models Are Excited For Humans To Nuke Ourselves
New Column by Lee Camp…

Democratic leaders offer ICE reforms — and record funding
Polygraph | Newsletter n°335 | 9 Feb 2026…

Biden sold Israel $22 billion in weapons. US taxpayers paid for most of them
Polygraph | Newsletter n°334 | 3 Feb 2026…