War, Truth, and the Cost of Denial
On today’s episode of Scheer Intelligence, Robert Scheer sits down once again with former CIA analyst Ray McGovern for a rare, unvarnished look at the war in Ukraine, the collapse…
Exclusive: Trump May Launch Strikes on Iran — Regime Change, Not Nukes, Is the Goal
By Joshua Scheer A Drop Site News exclusive reports that senior U.S. military officials have informed the leadership of a key Middle Eastern ally that President Donald Trump could authorize…
Trump’s New Trade War Isn’t About Trade — It’s About Regime Power
Posted by Joshua Scheer Donald Trump is taking his economic threats international. Fresh off Davos, Trump launched an unprecedented attack on Canada, threatening to impose a 50% tariff on all…
You Can Arrest Journalists, But You Can’t Arrest the Truth
Posted by Joshua Scheer I have reported this time and time again, and it bears repeating: where are our so-called “leaders”? As democratic norms erode in real time, we are…
All the 15 Hottest Spots on Earth on Thursday were in Australia; Will it become Uninhabitable?
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment It is admittedly summer in Australia, but this is ridiculous. SBS News reports, “Australia . . . claimed all of the top 15 hottest…
“Hostile Takeovers”: As U.S. Claims Venezuela’s Oil, Trump Seeks “Vassal States” Across the World
By Democracy Now In the aftermath of the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, Venezuela has agreed to submit a monthly budget to the Trump…
“Prevent the Bloodshed”: Filmmaker Sepideh Farsi on Iran Protests & U.S. Threats of Military Strikes
From Democracy Now The latest reliable estimates of the death toll in Iran’s recent nationwide protests are growing, potentially reaching the tens of thousands. Some estimates place the number of…
Latin America Pushes Back Against U.S. Intervention
By Medea Benjamin When Senator Tim Kaine told Secretary of State Marco Rubio at a recent Senate hearing on Venezuela that the administration’s announcement of a new Monroe Doctrine “does…
Trump’s IRS Leak Suit Pulls Back the Curtain on a Government That Can’t Protect Its Own Data
Posted by Joshua Scheer President Donald Trump has filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS and the Treasury Department, accusing federal agencies of failing to prevent the leak of…
Rubio Dodges Accountability at Senate Hearing as Deadly Boat Strikes Continue
The families of two men killed on a small boat targeted by the US military filed a wrongful death lawsuit this week.
The BBC Pushes the Case for an Illegal War on Iran With Even Bigger Lies Than Trump’s
The UK state broadcaster streams disinformation into our living rooms – deceptions that not only leave us clueless about important international events but drive us ever closer to global conflagration.
ICE Agents Film Minnesota Protesters & Immigrants as Part of Massive Facial Recognition Push
“It’s being used on the street in ways that are dangerous, that are totally unprecedented in this country, and that are, frankly, blatantly illegal."
Are California’s Billionaires Crying Wolf?
Uber-rich say they’ll flee if wealth tax proposal passes. History suggests otherwise.
The Superorganism of War: Peter Byrne on AI, Empire, and the Death Economy
By Joshua Scheer I begin with an important quote, as calls for a general strike on January 30 emerge from this interview. One key takeaway comes from guest Peter Byrne,…