Speaking Clearly About Our Wars is a Favor to Ourselves
Fatemeh Keshavarz Informed Comment On April 24, Secretary Hegseth said the war on Iran was “a gift to the world”. If you are a member of the general public, you…
Pete Hegseth “War Crimes Secretary” Called Out
ScheerPost Staff As the Trump administration’s war on Iran spirals deeper into civilian bloodshed and media complicity, activists with CODEPINK are demanding answers that Washington and corporate media seem determined…
“Locked and Loaded”: Hegseth Says Trump’s War‑Crime Warnings Were Dead Serious
Joshua Scheer THE SICKNESS IS REAL — AND THE EMPIRE IS SHOWING ITS END: Pete Hegseth openly acknowledged that the threat to obliterate Iran’s civilian infrastructure—its power plants, bridges, and…
US War Machine Is Built on Decades of Lies. The Assault on Iran Is No Exception.
Trump’s endless falsehoods about the Iran war build on a long history of US military mythmaking. Scott Kurashige for Truthout he first casualty of war is the truth. This truism…
Trump’s Divine War: How Christian Nationalists Are Running U.S. Policy in Iran and at Home
ScheerPost Staff As the Trump administration deepens U.S. military involvement in Iran alongside Israel, a new The Intercept briefing examines a dimension of the conflict often overlooked in mainstream war…
Pete Hegesth the Latest Grifter
Joshua Scheer The $93 Billion Pentagon Shopping Spree Washington is once again demonstrating one of its oldest and most reliable traditions: screaming about government waste while spending taxpayer money like…
“This is Another Instance of Trump Lying and Just Talking Out of His Ass,”
ScheerPost Staff The Trump administration rushed to deny responsibility when reports emerged that a girls’ elementary school in Iran had been obliterated during U.S. and Israeli strikes. Officials suggested the…
Punching Them While They’re Down”: US & Israel Bomb Iran’s Schools and Hospitals With “No Stupid Rules of Engagement
Ben Norton for Geopolitical Economy Report The United States and Israel are intentionally devastating civilian areas in Iran, brutally bombing schools, hospitals, and residential neighborhoods, in an attempt not only…
‘That Was Done by Iran,’ Trump Lies as More Evidence Shows US Was Behind School Massacre
Jake Johnson for Common Dreams. US President Donald Trump baselessly claimed over the weekend that Iran was behind the strike on an Iranian elementary school that killed more than 160…
‘Everything Is Gambling Now’: War on Iran Sparks Insider Trading Fears as Bettors Cash In
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…
Hegseth Demands Anthropic Let Military Use AI However It Wants—Even for Autonomous Killer Drones and Spying On Americans
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said the company that owns the AI assistant Claude would be punished unless it drops all ethical guidelines.
War Secretary Greenlights ICE Using Military Base in Minnesota
ICE has killed two Americans in Minneapolis this month.
Before Executing 2 Shipwrecked Sailors, US Admiral Consulted Top Military Lawyer: Report
By Jessica Corbett for Common Dreams The journalist who initially revealed that President Donald Trump’s administration killed shipwrecked survivors of its first known boat bombing reported Tuesday that the admiral…
‘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…
Hegseth Defends Boat Bombings as New Details Further Undermine Administration’s Justifications
The boat targeted in the infamous September 2 “double-tap” strike was not even headed for the US, Adm. Frank Bradley revealed to lawmakers.