Seth Harp Speaks on New York Times Spiking US Foreign Policy Interview With Ross Douthat
“I think the US is only the latest in a very long history of military empires,” he told Common Dreams. “This is a perspective to which New York Times readers…
Meet Paul Singer, the Billionaire Trump Megadonor Set to Make a Killing on Venezuela Oil
“Paul Singer’s shady purchase of Citgo has everything to do with this coup.”
Netanyahu to Press for ‘Another Round of War With Iran’ in Meeting With Trump This Week
By Stephen Prager for Common Dreams As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads to Mar-a-Lago to meet with US President Donald Trump on Monday, amid a growing rift with the…
Israeli Police Release Settler Filmed Running ATV Over Praying Palestinian in West Bank
By Stephen Prager for Common Dreams Israeli police have released a soldier from custody after he was filmed running his vehicle over a Palestinian man who was praying outside the…
‘Devastating’: Amnesty Rips Hegseth Memo Reversing Limits on Landmines
In a move decried by human rights organizations, the Trump administration has scrapped a Biden-era prohibition on the use of antipersonnel landmines, which killed thousands of noncombatants last year. The…
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."
‘A Chilling Assertion’: Trump Officials Falsely Claim Citizens Must Carry Immigration Docs to Prove Their Status
By Stephen Prager for Common Dreams Federal law enforcement agencies are detaining US citizens who do not carry proof of their citizenship in what civil rights advocates describe as a…
Military Budget Bill Would Ramp Up Israel Aid to Fill In ‘Gaps’ When Other Countries Impose Embargoes Over Genocide
By: Stephen Prager Original for Common Dreams A little-reported provision of the latest military spending bill would direct the US to create a plan to fill the “gaps” for Israel…
Trump Gaza Plan Condemned as ‘Concentration Camps Within a Mass Concentration Camp’
By: Stephen Prager Common Dreams A new Trump administration plan to put Palestinians living in the Israeli-occupied parts of Gaza into “residential compounds” is raising eyebrows among international observers, who…
Bannon Says Trump Will Run for an Illegal 3rd Term Because ‘He’s a Vehicle of Divine Providence’
Journalist Mehdi Hasan said Trump and his allies “plan to overturn the Constitution and democracy. They’re not hiding it. They’re bragging about it.”
Nearly Half of Dems in Competitive Primary Districts Say They ‘Could Never’ Support a Candidate Backed by AIPAC
“The political rules of the last almost half-century are changing before our eyes,” said Jewish Currents editor Peter Beinart.
Italy Deploys Naval Ship to Aid Sumud Flotilla Following Drone Attack
“States have a responsibility to ensure the safe passage of the flotilla,” said Amnesty International.
Miller Says He and Trump Will Use Law Enforcement to ‘Dismantle’ the Left After Kirk Shooting
“Trump explicitly threatened to use the state to target anyone he and MAGA scapegoat for Kirk’s murder,” said New Republic writer Greg Sargeant.
New ‘Thought Policing’ Bill May Let Rubio Strip Passports from US Citizens Over Political Speech
One environmental attorney said that the EPA proposal “prioritizes chemical industry profits and utility companies’ bottom line over the health of children and families across the country.”
Teamsters Rally in NYC After Amazon’s ‘Illegal’ Firing of 150 Unionized Drivers
"Amazon would be nothing without its workers," said one worker. "We're the ones who power their profits. We're the ones who put our health and safety on the line every…