PATRICK LAWRENCE: Trump’s Trap, Trump’s Sanity
The U.S. president has lost the war he started with Iran — or at the very least he has no chance of winning it — but accepting defeat and repairing…
Jeffrey Sachs: Trump’s Failure in Iran Exposes the Crumbling Myth of U.S. Hegemony
ScheerPost Staff Jeffrey Sachs has been warning for years that the “unipolar moment” was never real — and in this conversation with Glenn Diesen, he lays out the clearest case…
TUCKER BAILS, LATINOS BOLT — AND A BIDEN INSIDER ADMITS HE’D HAVE BOMBED IRAN FOR BIBI TOO
Joshua Scheer We are starting to see buyer’s remorse across the political spectrum. As the AP reports—stating the obvious—polls show Latino voters breaking from the president, while at the same…
Trump’s Extreme Use of Military Is Stirring a Crisis of Conscience Among Troops
US soldiers have a rich history of questioning the wars they’re told to wage abroad. Sam Carliner for Truthout As President Donald Trump increasingly uses the U.S. military to carry…
Trump Issues Openly Genocidal Threat to Wipe Out ‘Whole Civilization’ of Iran
“If any Iranians are killed pursuant to this threat,” said one expert, “President Trump will be guilty of genocide, as will those assisting him.” Jake Johnson for Common Dreams Just…
MAGA Goons Smear The Grayzone to Get Back at Joe Kent
ScheerPost Staff Max Blumenthal responds to wildly mendacious smears by Glenn Beck and Laura Loomer seeking to link him to Joe Kent’s dramatic resignation, and explains why Kent’s courageous stand…
‘Not Another Penny for Another Endless War,’ Ilhan Omar Says as Trump Seeks $200 Billion
Jessica Corbett Common Dreams As US President Donald Trump on Thursday confirmed reporting that he’s seeking $200 billion more from Congress to continue waging his unpopular war of choice on…
With No Mention of US-Israeli Aggression, UN Security Council Condemns Iranian Retaliation
Jake Johnson for Common Dreams The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday adopted a resolution condemning Iran’s retaliatory attacks on Gulf nations without denouncing—or even mentioning—the illegal US and Israeli…
The War on Iran—and Washington’s Missing Exit Strategy
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies he United States has once again launched a war in the Middle East based on false claims about weapons of mass destruction.…