Trump Says ‘Big Decision’ Coming on Whether to ‘Annihilate’ Iran
Brett Wilkins Common Dreams President Donald Trump on Thursday said he is weighing whether or not to “annihilate” Iran in a renewed effort to end the illegal 201-day US-Israeli war…
Trump Plans New Sale of 2,000-Pound Bombs to Israel, Which Keeps Using Them to Massacre Gazans
Brett Wilkins Common Dreams The Trump administration is preparing to send Israel tens of thousands of 2,000-pound bombs, The Washington Post reported Tuesday—a move that would rank as the largest…
Genocide Deniers Call Gaza Starvation A ‘Hoax’ By Citing UNICEF—Which Reported Famine
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee—who last year admitted Gazans were starving—was among those noting a new global hunger report by the UN agency that reported the 2025 famine as…
‘Making a Killing, Literally and Figuratively’: Big Oil Profits Set to Double Amid Deadly Heat
“Big Oil’s greed is incompatible with a livable planet and unless governments rein it in, they will make a mockery of international climate targets,” said one Oxfam campaigner. Brett Wilkins…
‘Seismic Shift’ as Over 100 House Democrats Vote to Cut Off US Military Aid to Israel
“This should be a blaring wake-up call for Democratic leaders,” said one campaigner. “The political tide is clearly turning against unconditional US military support for Israel.” Brett Wilkins Common Dreams…
Judge Convicts US-Trained Pinochet Agents for ’76 Murders
A 25-year-old American was killed, along with the former Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier, as part of Operation Condor, a secret U.S.-backed campaign of terror against Latin American leftists, Brett Wilkins…
Tens of Thousands Rally in Havana Against US Aggression as Cuba Prepares Citizens for War
Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams Tens of thousands of Cubans rallied Friday in Havana to denounce the Trump administration’s indictment of former President Raúl Castro and threats to attack the…
‘Iran Posed No Imminent Threat’: Trump’s Counterterrorism Director Resigns in Protest
Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent announced his resignation Tuesday, accusing President Donald Trump of being manipulated by Israel into launching a war on Iran.…
‘They Were All I Had’: Lebanese Father Buries Parents, 4 Daughters Killed by Israeli Bombing
Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams A grieving Lebanese father said he buried his parents, four young daughters, and other relatives on Friday after they were killed by an Israeli airstrike—one…
‘A Big F*ck You to Big Tech’: New Jersey Residents Defeat AI Data Center
“It’s time to build communities, not data centers,” said one local activist.
CBC Chair Rakes ‘Bigoted and Racist Regime’ as Trump Refuses to Apologize for Obama Ape Post
By Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams As President Donald Trump refuses to apologize for a now-deleted social media post in which former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama…
‘It Has to Stop’: Minnesota Police Chief Says Off-Duty Cops Racially Profiled by ICE
“Every one of these individuals is a person of color,” said Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley—whose own department has been criticized for racial policing.
US Launches Christmas Strikes on Nigeria—the 9th Country Bombed by Trump
By Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams President Donald Trump—the self-described “most anti-war president in history”—has now ordered the bombing of more countries than any president in history as US forces…
Israeli Cabinet Approves 19 New Apartheid Colonies in Occupied West Bank
“The ONLY reason Israel gets away with this naked thievery is US military and political support,” said one observer.
‘An Absolute Joke’: Trump DOJ Partially Releases Epstein Files, Many Heavily Redacted
“Trump’s failure to release the Epstein files is an insult to survivors and a further stain on an administration that continuously bends over backwards to protect abusers,” said one critic.