In a press conference with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to “finish the job” against Iran with the support of President Trump. Ever since his rise to power in the late 1990s, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
Can We Really Cut Half of the Military Budget? You Bet!
The wailing sound you heard last Thursday was the chorus of the Beltway warmongers shrieking in despair at President Trump’s suggestion that there was no reason for the United States to be spending one trillion dollars on “defense.” “…[O]ne of the first meetings I...
At the End of the War, Zelensky Is Confronted With Reality
When the United States, the UK, Poland and their NATO partners pushed Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky off the path of diplomacy and onto the road of war against a much more powerful country, Zelensky kept public morale high with tales of unlimited and unending...
Trump and DOGE Want To Cut Waste? This Upcoming Test Launch of a Nuclear Missile Is All Waste – and Dangerous Folly
At a press conference with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on last Thursday, President Trump once again reiterated his desire to cut military spending. He stated that the United States, Russia, and China should reduce their “defense” budgets in order to focus on...
Iraq Weekly Roundup: 40 Killed
Trump Gives Peace a Chance in Ukraine
As we approach the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a monumental shift is taking place that might just lead to the end of this calamitous war. This is not a breakthrough on the battlefield, but a stark reversal of the U.S. position from being the...
US ‘Democratic’ Allies Are Becoming Increasingly Authoritarian
U.S. officials have a long history of portraying Washington’s allies and clients as democratic, even when their behavior is blatantly authoritarian. Such cynical hypocrisy was at its zenith during the Cold War, but it is surging again. A similar trend is evident...
Trump Didn’t Invent the Gaza Ethnic Cleansing Plan. It’s Been US Policy Since 2007
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s intention from day one of his "revenge" attack on Gaza, launched 16 months ago, was either ethnic cleansing or genocide in Gaza. His ally in genocide for the next 15 months was former US President Joe Biden. His ally in...
The Isolation Is Over: Trump Calls Putin
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the U.S. has led an international campaign to shun and isolate Russian President Vladimir Putin. Former U.S. president Joe Biden did not talk to Putin once after the war began. That policy of isolation is now over. On...
Repression vs. Activism – Colleges Crack Down While Gaza Solidarity Persists
Last spring, campuses across the country became flashpoints of anti-war resistance, as thousands of students mobilized in a powerful demonstration of moral conscience and collective action. Their demands were clear: an end to U.S. complicity in the genocide in Gaza...


