PATRICK LAWRENCE: After the First 70,669 Deaths
I take the 15 victims at Bondi Beach and divide them by the 71,000 deaths in Gaza as of this writing. I get a fraction of 0.0002143. By Patrick Lawre…

First We End The War, Then We Restart The Factories
In mid-November 2025, at a United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) conference in Saudi Arabia, Basher Abdullah, an adviser to Sudan…

Doctors Warn Lives Of Palestine Action Hunger Strikers ‘At Risk’
Medical professionals in the UK have warned that eight Palestine Action activists held in British prisons are at "imminent risk of death," with concer…

Elbit Factory Shut Down For A Second Time In Two Weeks
A group of protesters have shut down the entrance to a factory belonging to Elbit Systems. The halt of Israel’s weapons supplier is one of the key d…

Holiday Shoppers Are Flexing Political Power Through Boycotts
For 38 weeks straight, racial justice protesters have been gathering outside a Target in Washington, D.C. to call out the company for suspending its D…

Veterans For Peace Condemns Trump’s Illegal War On Venezuela
Veterans For Peace unequivocally rejects the Trump administration’s escalating attacks and threats of war against Venezuela. The U.S. seizure of a V…

1 in 10 voters want a bigger military budget, 8 in 10 senators voted for one
Polygraph | Newsletter n°329 | 19 Dec 2025…

Craig Murray: Hunger Strikes & Court Cases
Prisoners are now in serious danger and thousands of entirely peaceful protesters in the U.K. face life-changing terrorism charges simply for speech i…

Epstein and the Clintons: As Hillary Launched Presidential Campaign, Epstein Feared Exposure
Leaked emails show Ghislaine Maxwell traveled to a south Indian village with Bill Clinton in 2006, while Epstein lavished gifts on a senior Clinton ai…

Bondi Massacre: Curtailing Dissent
We cannot allow this tragedy to be hijacked by cynical politicians and the divisive Zionist lobby, writes Stefan Moore.   By Stefan Moore Pearls an…

Big Pharma Is Making Mexico Sick. Medicine and Supply Shortages Are Rampant.
Mexico manufactures medical devices and medicines, but the majority are exported, leaving residents facing shortages.

Hamas: We Did Not Surrender and Will Not Abandon Our Struggle for Liberation
As Trump scrambles to push his nebulous Gaza plan forward, the Palestinian resistance says Israel is continuing its pattern of abusing “peace” agr…

Trump’s Expanded Drug War Will Make Overdose Crisis Worse, Experts Say
An executive order declaring fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction could remove supports that keep people alive.

Trump Targets Birthright Citizenship, Visa Lottery, and Naturalized Citizens
Scholar Mae Ngai says the moves reflect the administration’s bigger agenda: to make the US a white Christian nation.

Texas Now Has a Drone Fleet Nearly as Large as the US Border Patrol’s
Besides border surveillance, the state has also deployed drones to surveil First Amendment-protected activities.

Trump Confidant Alan Dershowitz Discussed Third Term Scenario With the President
Dershowitz also shared with Trump a draft of his new book, “Could President Trump Constitutionally Serve a Third Term?”…

Among the Unalienable Rights
Nothing will chill Tucker Carlson’s exercise of the freedom of speech, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. But that does not absolve Chuck Schumer and the…

NC County Board Dissolves Library Panel Over Refusal to Ban Trans Book
The action by county commissioners “shows a blatant disregard for the expertise of librarians,” one critic said.

Trump Ends Year on Voters’ Naughty List As Rising Unemployment and Snowballing Prices Crush Holiday Spirit
As 2025 comes to a close, Americans are taking stock of an economy that looks nothing like what Donald Trump promised. Instead of lower prices and sta…

Indiegogo Withholds $51K In Donations From MintPress in Financial Censorship Crackdown
Indiegogo is withholding $51,000 in reader donations to MintPress News after we published investigations into US war crimes, Israeli intelligence infl…

Buildings collapse on Gaza families as rain floods tents
At least three children have died of hypothermia due to Israel’s continued refusal to allow in necessary shelters and materials.

Help ScheerPost, Save on Your Taxes
In an era when billionaire owners of mass media dominate the media landscape, the need for independent media could not be more obvious.

Gaza still faces starvation, IPC says; 16 killed in RSF attacks on Sudan's South Kordofan; Protests erupt in Bangladesh
Drop Site Daily: December 19, 2025…

First We End the War, Then We Restart the Factories
While industrialisation remains a top priority for Global South countries, debt-driven austerity, corporate dominance, wars, and sanctions keep many p…

Trump Admits He Wants To Take Venezuela’s Oil – and Give It to US Corporations
Donald Trump imposed a naval blockade on Venezuela and admitted he wants to take its oil and give it to US corporations: “We had a lot of oil there.

University of Michigan Regents Who Led the Charge Against Pro-Palestine Protestors Are Now Backing Prosecutor Karen McDonald’s Candidacy for State Attorney
Like Dana Nessel before her, McDonald has received huge backing from Pro-Israel organizations, GOP contributors, and corporate donors.

How the FDA’s Lax Generic Drug Rules Put Her Life at Risk
The post How the FDA’s Lax Generic Drug Rules Put Her Life at Risk appeared first on ProPublica.

Inside the Free Clinic Caring for Those Who Can’t Afford the Only Hospital in Town
The post Inside the Free Clinic Caring for Those Who Can’t Afford the Only Hospital in Town appeared first on ProPublica.

Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
The post Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump appeared first on ProPublica.

Two months on, ceasefire feels like siege
For most families, “returning home” means pitching tents beside the ruins of their houses.

Jeffrey Sachs: European Security Includes Russia
In an open letter in Berliner Zeitung, the author tells the German chancellor that peace in Ukraine cannot be achieved by pretending that Russia’s s…

Ceasefires in the Gaza Genocide: A Historical Perspective
What is new in the current situation and particularly ominous, is that, formerly, even the most exclusivist version of Zionism did not rely on genocid…

Roaming Charges: the Politics of Crudity and Cruelty
Reiner was a liberal Democrat to the core. Blinded by party loyalty, he became a hardboiled Russiagater and offered excuses for many inexcusable acts…

The Angry Tide Has Washed Into Chile
José Antonio Kast is a product of Chile’s long shadow, where the unresolved legacies of the military dictatorship seep into the present. Born in 19…

Trump’s IRS Witch Hunt Can’t Touch What Matters Most
Besides, if you really want to worry about politicized audits, how about racism? Multiple large‑scale studies and Treasury’s own advisory bodies h…

Big Tech and the Architecture of the Israeli Genocide Against Palestinians
History is filled with examples of corporations fueling war machines and global colonization. IBM supplied technology used in Nazi death camps; shippi…

Epstein, Israel, and the CIA: How the Iran-Contra Planes Landed at Les Wexner's Base
Jeffrey Epstein helped Leslie Wexner repurpose the CIA’s Iran-Contra planes from arms smuggling to shipping lingerie.

The Australian Israel Lobby Is Flat-Out Saying They Want A Ban On Criticism Of Israel
Reading by Tim Foley:…

From Caracas to Congress: Trump’s Blockade Draws Condemnation and Resistance
By Joshua Scheer This post was originally intended as a year-in-review from BreakThrough News, covering major developments in Venezuela and Latin Amer…

Senate votes on military spending vs. arms industry cash
Polygraph | Newsletter n°328 | 18 Dec 2025…

Veterans For Peace Condemns Trump’s Illegal War on Venezuela
Veterans For Peace unequivocally rejects the Trump administration’s escalating attacks and threats of war against Venezuela. The U.S. seizure of a V…

US: Masked Federal Agents Undermine Rule of Law
United States federal immigration enforcement agents now commonly operate masked and without visible identification, compounding the abusive and unacc…

AI chatbots share climate conspiracies, denial and disinformation
Investigators tested popular AI chatbots – ChatGPT, MetaAI and Grok – to see whether they provided climate disinformation, and whether they were m…

EU: New Rules on Asylum and ‘Safe Countries’ Undermine the Foundation of Refugee Protection
Reacting to the agreements between the European Parliament and Council on new EU asylum rules, which undermine the very foundation of refugee protecti…

Look Up Where Your Generic Prescription Drugs Were Made
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How We Created a Tool That Tells You Where Your Generic Drugs Were Made
The post How We Created a Tool That Tells You Where Your Generic Drugs Were Made appeared first on ProPublica.

Re-Launch: Secretary Of Perpetual War E-Book
Life got so hectic after I published the last issue of JOHNSTONE that I didn’t notice people were unable to download the e-book version of the magaz…

Is Committee to Protect Journalists scared of its pro-Israel donors?
Annual awards ceremony brings in big money from Murdoch-owned media.

Taking Power Amidst the Turbulence (w/ Dylan Saba) | The Chris Hedges Report
As American hegemony transforms into something that will be determined by “the forces of historical contingency,” how can regular people fight bac…

Trump Moves Closer To War With Venezuela, And Other Notes
Reading by Tim Foley:…

The US-Backed Destruction of Sudan—Explained!
A Crisis Decades In The Making…

Gaza’s fishers tempt fate to feed the hungry
Gaza’s fishing sector, once a crucial source of livelihoods, is operating at just 7.3 percent of its pre-genocide capacity.

Israel Propagandists Are Uniformly Spouting The Exact Same Line About The Bondi Shooting
Reading by Tim Foley:…

Israel seeks a rebrand amid Gaza genocide
Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib’s Gaza genocide resolution stirs ire of AIPAC.

Bondi Massacre is a Gift to Netanyahu (MOATS w/ George Galloway)
"It's a blowback to more than two years of genocide in Gaza. To understand the attack is not to condone it."…

Dissecting The NY Times' Pro-War Propaganda Dumpster Fire
New column from Lee Camp…

Australians Being Massacred Shouldn't Bother Us More Than Palestinians Being Massacred
Reading by Tim Foley:…

Bloody Diamonds: How Your Engagement Ring Helps Fund a Genocide in Gaza
Israel has no diamond mines, yet it dominates the global trade. This investigation exposes how diamonds sold in the West bankroll Israel’s war on Ga…

Rebranding Genocide
The Genocide in Gaza has not stopped. It has been rebranded. And that is enough of a linguistic subterfuge to get the world to ignore it.

Congress ignores public opinion, approves $901 billion military bill
Polygraph | Newsletter n°327 | 12 Dec 2025…

House votes on military spending vs. arms industry cash
Polygraph | Newsletter n°326 | 12 Dec 2025…

Israel's Connection to The JFK Assassination!
New Unredacted Tonight - watch for free…

The Encampments (w/ Mahmoud Khalil and Michael Workman) | The Chris Hedges Report
The documentary “The Encampments” captures what the corporate media hid during the 2024 mass student protests against Israel’s genocide — that…

Congress should reject the $901 billion military policy bill
Polygraph | Newsletter n°325 | 10 Dec 2025…

Stop The Hate UK: The Shadowy Israel-Aligned Group Targeting MintPress staff & anti-genocide organizers 
MintPress exposes how Stop The Hate UK, an Israel-aligned group, is driving efforts to intimidate journalists and pro-Palestine organizers. The post S…

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Trump Gives Up Competing w/ China In Spectacular Reversal!
While amping up plans to pillage Latin America…

Sudan’s War, UAE Gold Networks, and the Rise of Anti-Imperialist Alliances
Journalist Ahmed Kaballo joins Mnar Adley to examine Sudan’s civil war, UAE’s gold operations, US pressure in Africa, and the rise of the anti-imp…

The Seven Richest Billionaires Are All Media Barons
The world’s seven richest men now double as media barons, buying up platforms from CNN and CBS to Twitter, Facebook and TikTok. Alan MacLeod charts…