A blog by Josh Scheer
Posted by Joshua Scheer Secretary of State Marco Rubio acknowledged this week that the United States anticipated Israeli military action against Iran and believed it would trigger retaliatory strikes on…
Posted by Joshua Scheer As thick plumes of smoke rose over residential neighborhoods in Tehran as U.S.–Israeli airstrikes shook the Iranian capital. Within hours, another reality was coming into focus—not…
Posted by Joshua Scheer Al Jazeera anchor asks, “Is there an off-ramp for Iran?” — and Dr. Foad Izadi responds with one of the most unfiltered, brutal critiques of the…
Posted by Joshua Scheer Do Hakeem Jeffries and other leading Democrats truly oppose the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran — or are they quietly aligned with it, preferring that Donald Trump…
Posted by Joshua Scheer In the latest escalation of the U.S.–Israel assault on Iran, at least 51 young girls were reportedly killed when an airstrike struck a primary school in…
Posted by Joshua Scheer I was about to share this Common Dreams piece on the astounding fact that the Pentagon doesn’t even know what to do with the extra money…
Posted by Joshua Scheer Rubio’s speech isn’t just another round of transatlantic posturing. It marks a moment when a top U.S. official openly reframes five centuries of Western expansion —…
Posted by Joshua Scheer While U.S. officials publicly thump their chests about “freedom” and “democracy” in Cuba, the real work of empire continues in the shadows — and sometimes in…
By Susan Raffo for Truthout My partner, an immigrant from Brazil, shows love through acts of service. At first, I was confused. I had been raised to see romantic love,…
Posted by Joshua Scheer In an era of hypercharged politics and hardened rhetoric around immigration, it is easy for individual cases to blur into abstraction. But every so often, one…
What happened to Alex Pretti should stop anyone who still believes the line between “public safety” and political policing is bright and uncrossable. As The Intercept reports, a volunteer EMT…
By Brad Reed for Common Dreams An explosive report published by the Wall Street Journal on Thursday shed fresh light on what critics have described as “outrageous corruption” by US…
Posted by Joshua Scheer In this episode of Informed Rant, host Joshua Scheer speaks with Venezuelan‑American analyst and CodePink organizer Leonardo Flores about one of the most explosive geopolitical stories…
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…
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…
