While Spending Billions on Iran War, Trump Quietly Moves to Boot Millions More Off Food Aid
Jake Johnson for Common Dreams The Trump administration is quietly pursuing a regulatory change that would strip federal nutrition assistance from an estimated 6 million low-income Americans—including nearly two million…
Jeffrey Sachs: WE ARE NOW IN WORLD WAR III & Trump Won’t Survive Iran Fallout
Joshua Scheer As the U.S.–Israeli assault on Iran enters its second week, economist Jeffrey Sachs is offering the kind of sober, historically literate warning that has been almost entirely erased…
Are We Sure Iran Didn’t Bomb Themselves?”: NBC Host Echoes a War Narrative Already Debunked by Her Own Network
Joshua Scheer NBC’s Sunday‑show machinery hit a new low this week when Meet the Press host Kristen Welker asked Iran’s foreign minister whether Iran might have bombed its own elementary…
Trump Energy Chief Accused of Manipulating Oil Markets With Deleted Post About Strait of Hormuz
Jake Johnson for Common Dreams US Energy Secretary Chris Wright, a former fracking executive, was accused on Tuesday of manipulating global markets after he posted a striking claim on social…
Shield of the Americas: Trump’s New Tool for Hemispheric Military Coordination
Pablo Meriguet for Peoples Dispatch This past weekend, the Trump administration secured an alliance with its partners in Latin America and the Caribbean. The so-called “Shield of the Americas” is…
How Israel and the FBI Manipulated Assassination Plots to Goad Trump Into Iran War
Max Blumenthal·The Grayzone The FBI manufactured plots to convince Trump that Iran sought to kill him, while Israel and its administration allies exploited the president’s deepest fears to keep him…
Trump set off a Bomb in the Cockpit of the World Economy; Does Global Recession Loom?
Juan Cole for Informed Comment Oil prices hit $120 early Monday morning in Asia, for the first time since the initial shock of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.…
Trump Makes ‘Most Blasé Admission of a War Crime by a US President in History’
Stephen Prager for Common Dreams President Donald Trump said the US Navy chose to sink an Iranian frigate, killing more than 100 sailors last week, because it was “more fun”…
Bombs, Lies, and Nuclear Threats: Wilkerson Sounds Alarm on Escalating Iran War
ScheerPost Staff As President Trump flails between bragging and backtracking, the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has entered its 11th day, leaving a trail of death, destruction, and global alarm. “We…
“This is Another Instance of Trump Lying and Just Talking Out of His Ass,”
ScheerPost Staff The Trump administration rushed to deny responsibility when reports emerged that a girls’ elementary school in Iran had been obliterated during U.S. and Israeli strikes. Officials suggested the…
Trump Says He Hasn’t ‘Won Enough’ in Iran While IRGC Says It’s Ready To Fight for 10 Years
Dave DeCamp for AntiWar President Trump said on Monday that he believes his war with Iran could end soon, while Iranian officials are vowing that they’re ready for a long…
Trump’s War Didn’t Miss: It Hit a Classroom Full of Kids
Joshua Scheer Waking up to this and the other tweets and images, they should be front and center. Whether war is carried out through coercive efforts and brutal sanctions, such…
China’s Export Boom Exposes the Myth of Economic War
ScheerPost Staff For years Americans have been told that tariffs, trade wars, and geopolitical brinkmanship would finally slow China’s economic rise. The promise was simple: punish Beijing, rebuild American industry,…
The United States Is On The Path To Fascism; How To Change Course
Posted by Joshua Scheer As the United States hurtles deeper into political, economic, and imperial crisis, the word “fascism” is no longer rhetorical—it’s descriptive. On this week’s Clearing the FOG,…