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CECOT: Bukele’s mega prison where “the only way out is in a coffin”
The alliance between Trump’s expanding deportation campaign and Salvadoran President Bukele’s carceral authoritarianism has major implications for human rights and the future of democracy. Continue reading
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Trump orders purge of Black History from Smithsonian, targets African American Museum
Even the most cynical observers knew this day would come. Continue reading
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Wiz Acquisition Puts Israeli Intelligence In Charge of Your Google Data
Google recently announced it would acquire Israeli-American cloud security firm Wiz for $32 billion. The price tag — 65 times Wiz’s annual revenue — has raised eyebrows and further solidified the close relationship between Google and the Israeli military. Continue reading
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🇺🇸🇨🇳Western Media Finally Admits Tariffs Aimed at Isolating China, Not “Reindustrialization”
As warned, the US predicated tariffs on “reindustrialization” to sell to a gullible public, but was always aimed as preparations for isolating and eventually warring with China Continue reading
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Worst Case Scenario: Trump’s Tariffs Walling US Off Ahead of Wider World Conflict
The US is preparing to subject its own population as well as those of its supposed “allies” to immense long-term economic, social, and political pain. The cost-of-living crisis in the US will only grow worse. The US hopes that it can endure economic pain and disruption at home and abroad better than the emerging multipolar… Continue reading
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🔫💥🇾🇪 Two signs of upcoming ground clashes in Yemen
🪖📰🇾🇪🇺🇸🇸🇦🇦🇪The Presidency Council, Yemen’s internationally recognized government backed by the United States, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states, is amassing more than 80,000 troops for a major offensive to retake the western coastal port city of Hodeida from the Houthis, according to the Saudi-based Gulf Studies Center and several Arab media outlets. Continue reading
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The Imperialism of Mearsheimer’s ‘Israel Lobby as Puppet Master’ Theory
A tiny speck of a nation somehow controls the most powerful empire in human history, home to the most powerful corporate giants and the wealthiest near-trillionaires ever. Continue reading
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US, Iran take a leap forward in trust building
With the foreplay over and US-Iranian talks commencing in Muscat on Saturday, a constructive engagement has begun in right earnestness. The sure sign of it is that Iran’s currency rose nearly 6 percent on Sunday. The Tehran bazaar, the weathervane of Shia politics, has spoken. Continue reading
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IT’S THE BOND MARKET STUPID. TRUMP MEETS HIS MAKER
This is the final article for what was one of the most eventful weeks in the financial markets since the onset of the pandemic. At least then it was known the virus could kill, now nothing is known about what the Trump virus is up to. Trump has a proud record. Of the last ten… Continue reading
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Why China won’t call a ‘tariff-wielding barbarian’
The Toddler Temper Tantrum-style Trump Tariff Tizzy (TTT), now accelerated to 145% – and counting – is yet another thunderous trademark pigeon smashing the chessboard gambit. Continue reading
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China’s response to Trump’s escalating trade war
Since U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order in February to impose a 10% tariff on all imports, the world has witnessed a confounding series of unilateral tariffs placed on both friends and foes of the U.S.. On self-declared ‘Liberation Day’, on 2 April 2025, Trump unleashed a series of ‘reciprocal’ tariffs on 57… Continue reading
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HANDS OFF NATO? Not Palestine? Who got the memo?
On Sunday, April 6, the KPFA Radio-Berkeley Sunday Show opened with an hour on Saturday’s nationwide “HANDS OFF!” rallies, which had taken place in cities across the country. The first guest, University of San Francisco professor Rebecca Gordon, opened by saying she’d seen some great signage at the rally she attended, the first being, “Trump… Continue reading
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China Retaliates Hiking Tariffs To 125%, Witkoff In Moscow, Iran In Crosshairs, China EU Meet
Friday, 11 April 2025 — New Atlas Continue reading
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Rearmament: The Charade and the Game of Chicken
To understand the reasons for the charade that played out in the Oval Office of the White House on February 28, it is advisable to look at what happened in Germany just a few hours later: Friedrich Merz, chancellor-in-waiting and a former BlackRock executive, announced a $900 billion package – twice Germany’s annual federal budget… Continue reading
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Sony Thang in his inimitable style
It was the U.S. that imposed gunboat trade on China in the 19th century—demanding markets at cannonpoint while preaching the gospel of free enterprise. Continue reading
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Trump’s Threats Against Iran Exposes US Continuity of Agenda
The Trump administration is posing as if its primary motivation is to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons as part of a wider narrative regarding US leadership in maintaining peace and stability worldwide. In reality, this most recent escalation is part of a wider US policy spanning multiple presidential administrations aimed at dismantling Iran’s network… Continue reading
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Trump advisor reveals tariff strategy: Force countries to pay tribute to maintain US empire
Donald Trump’s top economic advisor Stephen Miran revealed that Washington’s strategy is to use tariffs to force countries to pay the USA tribute to maintain its global financial and military empire. Continue reading
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Trump MELTDOWN: Putin, Iran & China Ready for WW3 w/ Larry Johnson, Ray McGovern & Glenn Diesen
Trump is unleashing global chaos that threatens full-scale war as US & Iran reach a breaking point and tariffs bring Russia, China and Iran into a historic juncture in their global leadership. Former CIA analysts Larry Johnson and Ray McGovern join the show with geopolitical expert Glenn Diesen to break down the massive global shift… Continue reading
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Trump’s slump
Today, President Donald Trump implemented his new range of tariffs on US imports called reciprocal tariffs. In addition to those announced last Wednesday (Liberation day), Trump included an extra levy on Chinese imports in retaliation to China’s decision to impose a 34% tariff on US imports, which in turn was a retaliation against Trump’s 34%… Continue reading
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Collapsing Empire: The Delusion of US Air Power
Ever since March 15th, Washington has barraged Sanaa from the sky, killing and injuring countless innocent civilians while destroying vital infrastructure. For example, on April 2nd, US jets targeted a reservoir in western Yemen, cutting off access to water for over 50,000 people. Three days later, Donald Trump gloatingly posted a horrific video on social… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 