Israel Planned This War on Iran for 40 years. Everything Else is a Smoke Screen
Jonathan Cook Substack It is near impossible to make sense – at least from the justifications on offer – of what US President Donald Trump really hopes to achieve with…
Tax the Oligarchs: Sanders’ Billionaire Wealth Tax Takes Aim at America’s New Gilded Age
Posted by Joshua Scheer A new bill from Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna would impose a 5% annual tax on billionaire wealth—raising trillions to fund healthcare, housing, childcare, and direct…
The Billionaire Tax Battle: David Gamage on Inequality, Healthcare Funding, and the Myth of the Great Escape
This interview was done before the Bernie Sanders Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act which was announced Monday. There is more at the bottom of the page. As California…
War Expands: While Bombing Iran, US and Israel Attack Even More Countries
After launching a war of aggression against Iran, Israel invaded Lebanon and besieged Gaza. The US is arming Kurdish militants, shooting Pakistani protesters, and fighting in Ecuador. Trump even threatened…
Senator Joins Police to Eject Antiwar Marine From Hearing, Breaking His Arm
Police and Sheehy tried to force the protester out of the room as he yelled, “no one wants to fight for Israel.”
Who Bombed Girls’ School in Iran? Reporter Nilo Tabrizy on What We Know About Massacre, 175 Killed
Journalist Nilo Tabrizy describes how outside reporters have been able to verify the attack despite Iran’s internet blackout and says attempts are still being made to confirm whether the strike…
Trump Says He Must Have a Say in Picking Iran’s New Leader
“They are wasting their time. Khamenei’s son is a lightweight. I have to be involved in the appointment, like with Delcy in Venezuela," Trump said.
Epstein Army: Jeffrey Epstein Helped Place 18-Year-Old Woman in ‘Elite IDF Unit’
Emails show sex trafficking billionaire Jeffrey Epstein worked Israeli connections to help his lawyer’s daughter join an elite IDF unit. The woman, who Epstein wrote would make a “fantastic ambassador…
‘Good Riddance’: Trump Fires Kristi Noem From DHS, Names ‘MAGA Warrior’ as Replacement
Jessica Corbett for Common Dreams Amid mounting calls for the ouster of US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over her department’s deadly immigration operations and detention facilities denounced as concentration…
Trump Calls for GOP to Pass Major Attack on US Voting Rights ‘At the Expense of Everything Else’
Jessica Corbett for Common Dreams In a pair of Truth Social posts on Thursday, President Donald Trump urged congressional Republicans to pass the voter suppression bill that is stalled in…
In Iran, Israel’s Morbid Military Cult Now Has the US Fully in its Grip
Jonathan Cook Substack The admission this week by US secretary of state Marco Rubio, echoed by Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives, that Israel forced Washington’s hand in…
From Gaza to Main Street: Chris Hedges on the Moral and Political Freefall of the U.S.
In a wide-ranging conversation, journalist and former foreign correspondent Chris Hedges speaks with Palestinian journalist and media critic Ahmed Eldin about the role of Western media in shaping public understanding…
‘Total Panic’ Across Beirut as Israel Issues ‘Unprecedented’ Mass Evacuation Warning
By Brad Reed for Common Dreams The Israeli military on Thursday issued what the Times of Israel described as an “unprecedented” evacuation warning to residents in Beirut’s southern suburbs ahead…
Why the Trump Administration Doesn’t Just Break the Law
By Maha Hilal for Tom Dispatch In response to his sentencing following his conviction on 34 felonies in May 2024, President Trump stated that he had “won the election in…