Trump Admits He Wants To Take Venezuela’s Oil – and Give It to US Corporations
Donald Trump imposed a naval blockade on Venezuela and admitted he wants to take its oil and give it to US corporations: “We had a lot of oil there. They…
From Caracas to Congress: Trump’s Blockade Draws Condemnation and Resistance
By Joshua Scheer This post was originally intended as a year-in-review from BreakThrough News, covering major developments in Venezuela and Latin America—from the freeing of certain drug lords to U.S.…
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Trump Claims Economic Triumph, Doubles Down on Immigrant Scapegoating
By Joshua Scheer In a nationally televised primetime address from the White House, President Donald Trump spent much of the speech defending his economic record and touting the strength of…
Jeffrey Sachs: An Open Letter to Chancellor Friedrich Merz: Security Is Indivisible — and History Matters
Germany has a duty to approach this moment with historical seriousness and honesty. On that score, recent rhetoric and policy choices fall dangerously short.
Robert Lipsyte: A Farewell to Sports
Winning and Losing Are Not So Clear Anymore.
Majority of Democrats Join Senate GOP to Pass Trump’s $900 Billion Pentagon Wish List
Sen. Ron Wyden said the bill “increases military spending by tens of billions of dollars and fails to include guardrails against Donald Trump and Hegseth’s authoritarian abuses."
Chile’s Trump? Ariel Dorfman on the Election of Pinochet Admirer José Antonio Kast
“It is a political and ethical earthquake,” says acclaimed Chilean American writer Ariel Dorfman.
Netanyahu Announces Approval of $35Bn Gas Deal With Egypt
Israel’s Channel 14 quoted Netanyahu as saying that the gas deal with Egypt represents an “economic and strategic achievement”.
Instacart’s AI Experiments Are Costing Americans
A hidden price adjustment scheme could cost families up to $1,200 a year.
‘Venezuela Will Never Again Be a Colony’: Maduro Government Denounces Trump’s Oil Blockade
In a controversial statement, Trump has declared that the sanctioned oil belongs to the United States. Caracas rejects the statement and considers it an “imperialist naval blockade.”
Credit History Remains an Obstacle for Section 8 Tenants, Despite Anti-Discrimination Law
California prohibits the use of credit history to reject applicants with housing assistance without considering pay stubs and other alternatives. Big landlords keep doing it anyway.
3 in 4 Republicans Under 45 Say They Prefer US Fund Health Care Over Israel
Support for unconditional funding for Israel is waning as Americans languish at home.
GOP Centrists Rock the House, Force ACA Subsidy Showdown
By Joshua Scheer Four centrist Republican members of the U.S. House broke with Speaker Mike Johnson and joined Democrats in signing a discharge petition that will compel a floor vote…
‘Absolute Dereliction of Duty’: House Republicans Kill Venezuela War Powers Resolutions
By Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams House Republicans on Wednesday defeated a pair of war powers resolutions aimed at reining in US President Donald Trump’s airstrikes on alleged drug-running boats…
Operation Condor: Transnational Murder Syndicate
By Kit Klarenberg for his Substack On November 25th 1975, the 60th birthday of Chile’s CIA-installed dictator General Augusto Pinochet, high-ranking representatives of the repressive secret police forces of Argentina,…