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…
Private Eyes on Campus: The New Era of Student Monitoring and Suppression
Posted by Joshua Scheer A few weeks ago we had a chance to speak with Hannah Epstein. Sadly, as the American empire descends into its last gasps, we have fallen…
Kucinich: “Iran Could Be the Graveyard of the American Empire”
ScheerPost Staff Former congressman and longtime peace advocate Dennis Kucinich joins Robert Scheer for a stark assessment of what he calls the most perilous moment in modern U.S. foreign policy.…
Debunking the Lies of the Iran War
Mitchell Plitnick for Mondoweiss When the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, many of us knew, and argued loudly, that the American public was being lied to. We knew that…
Netanyahu finally gets his war on Iran
Michael Arria for Mondoweiss Let’s start with some caveats. It’s a simplification to suggest that Israel was the sole reason for the U.S. war on Iran, or that the most…
‘Not One Damn Penny’: Pentagon Expected to Ask Congress for Billions to Fund Iran War
By Jake Johnson for Common Dreams The Pentagon is reportedly planning to ask Congress to approve a supplemental funding package of around $50 billion to help finance the Trump administration’s…
America’s Thelma & Louise Moment: Rubio Shows How Israel and Trump Drove Off the Cliff Together
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…