Jacobin
- Defense Contractors Stand to Profit Off the Iran War
In the weeks before launching strikes in Iran, the Trump administration had a problem: figuring out how to spend the $500 billion in extra Pentagon money the White House plans to request from Congress next year. Just two days later, the administration told Congress that in the next year alone, it plans to burn through $153 billion in
- Netanyahu’s Iran War Is Also the War of Global Neocon Elites
On the second day of the US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran, US secretary of state Marco Rubio indicated that the decision to go to war was the result of Israeli, rather than American, calculations. “We knew that there was going to be an Israeli action, we knew that that would precipitate an attack against
- Zohran Mamdani’s Millionaire Tax Is Extremely Popular
On Wednesday, a new Siena poll found that the majority of voters in New York State support New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani’s proposal for an income tax increase on earnings above $1 million. Across the state, 54 percent support the proposal, and only 29 percent oppose it. Among New York City voters, the support
- The GOP Is at War — Without the Foreign Policy Establishment
The Trump administration’s attack on Iran was hardly a surprise. Since January, the military buildup around Iran has telegraphed that an attack was imminent. Yet despite being long foreseen, the attack was no less shocking. The assassination of Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei signaled this would not be a repeat of the Twelve-Day War last summer
- The Iran War Shows Why It’s Time for Chuck Schumer to Go
Most Americans don’t want this war, and among Democratic voters, 89 percent say the United States should not have attacked Iran. Yet with bombs killing Iranian children, all the legislative opposition to Donald Trump’s war that congressional Democrats could manage this week was a feeble procedural, symbolic quibble — in the form of a War
Mother Jones
- New York Is Investigating the Death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam
On Friday, the Buffalo-based Investigative Post reported that New York Attorney General Letitia James is investigating the death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a Blind Rohingya refugee who died in the cold streets of Buffalo days after Border Patrol dumped him without coordinating with his family or lawyers. Shah Alam’s wife and sons waited to
- Trump to Mass Death: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
In the week since launching Operation Epic Fury, President Donald Trump’s war without an apparent endgame has killed 787 Iranians, a death toll the administration has made clear it is hellbent on expanding. It includes at least 175 Iranians, mostly young children, who were killed at Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school as US strikes targeted a
- Violent. Anti-Abortion. Anti-Trans. Posts From Trump’s New DHS Pick Preview More of the Same.
Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, President Donald Trump’s next pick for Homeland Security secretary, consistently uses his social media platforms to share anti-abortion and anti-trans content. Mullin, a former MMA fighter who has long championed Trump and thinks of him as a “true friend,” has repeatedly referred to abortion as “murder.” Last month, he shared
- Google’s Sneaky Trick to Sidestep an Iowa County’s Data Center Zoning Rules
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Google is seeking to bypass data center zoning rules recently adopted by Linn County, Iowa, by annexing the land for its proposed campus into a city two miles away. If approved by city officials in Palo, the move would free
- Inside the Latest, and Scariest, Iteration of America’s Endless Abortion Wars
“I have a bomb, I have a bomb,” the male voice said. “Don’t let anyone in or out of the clinic, or I’ll set it off.” For about 25 years, A Preferred Women’s Health Center, an abortion clinic in Charlotte, North Carolina, has endured more than its share of threats—usually, broad warnings about damnation in
The Real News Network
- ‘Deranged and dangerous’: Trump says ‘I guess’ Americans should expect a deadly attack on US
“We have totally unserious, completely incompetent people taking us into mindless, deadly war,” said Democratic US Sen. Chris Murphy.
- Iran: The war Western media always wanted
Abby Martin of The Empire Files and Adam Johnson of Citations Needed break down the media’s complicity in manufacturing the conditions for the illegal US-Israeli war with Iran.
- ‘Good riddance’: Trump fires Kristi Noem from DHS, names ‘MAGA warrior’ as replacement
“Trump’s violent, cruel deportation agenda didn’t begin with Kristi Noem, and it won’t end with her firing,” said Rep. Summer Lee, who called for dismantling DHS and prosecuting everyone “violating our rights.”
The Progressive
- Telling the Truth With Only a Camera
An Oscar-nominated documentary film chronicles the life and death of journalist Brent Renaud.
- For Children in Beirut Refugee Camp, School Is a Lifeline—But So Is Cricket
Amid uncertainty and danger, students find confidence in Alsama’s school and athletic programs.
- How Billionaires Worsen Affordability Crisis
Four ways billionaire investors are making daily life more expensive for all of us — and what to do about it.
Z Network
- War in Iran: When ‘Operations’ Kill — The Permanent Harm Behind Sanitized Violence
When a bomb falls on a school, a hospital, or a home, no euphemism can soften the truth. Babies die in incubators. Teenage girls die in classrooms. Civilians experience violence not as a “military operation” or a “strike,” but as death delivered with impunity. Yet political leaders and military strategists insist on language that sanitizes
- Venezuela After January 3: A Nation Standing in the Storm
On our recent delegation to Venezuela, one quote echoed again and again — a warning written nearly two centuries ago by Simón Bolívar in 1829: “The United States appears destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty.” For many Venezuelans, that line no longer feels like history. It feels like
- Armageddon for Beginners — Geopolitics Directed by Trump’s Global and Balkan Marionettes
To begin with, let me recount an old Soviet, Cold War–era joke about America. A Russian and an American are seated side by side on an airplane flying from Moscow to Washington. The American turns to the Russian and says: “I must admit, your state propaganda is truly impressive.” The Soviet smiles, thanks him for the compliment,
Occupy.com
- Can the UK Green Party Surge Match Mamdani’s NYC Earthquake?
To truly challenge Reform, Labour and the British establishment, the Greens will need to harness their increasing membership and work alongside social movements.
FAIR
- Gallup Ends Presidential Approval Polling After 88 Years—Likely Because a President Disapproved
Gallup's extensive database had allowed journalists to compare approval ratings among all presidents since Franklin D. Roosevelt at various stages of their tenure.
- ‘Advocates Know How to Fight Attempts to Repress Black History’: CounterSpin interview with Naomi Bethune on anti-Black history
"Right now is the exact moment that we should be looking back on the conditions that marginalized people experienced at this country's formal conception."
- Gregory Shupak on the US War on Iran
It’s hard to parse US corporate news coverage of the attacks on Iran if you aren’t willing to let go of the idea that might does not, in fact, make right.
Counterpunch
- Roaming Charges: Calling All Angels!
Israel has hundreds of nuclear weapons. Iran has none. If Iran were really planning a preemptive strike on Israel, that would pretty much invalidate the notion of nuclear deterrence. Let’s get rid of them all! On the other hand, would Trump and Israel have risked launching a preemptive attack on Iran if the Islamic Republic possessed its own nuclear arsenal? Unlikely. (It’s more likely Trump would have written love letters to the Ayatollah, ala his endearing correspondence with Kim Jong-Un.) I think it’s safe to conclude that Iran had no plans to preemptively attack Israel or the US. More The post Roaming Charges: Calling All Angels! appeared first on CounterPunch.org.
- Lies and Doublespeak on Iran
If you’re confused about why the United States is at war with Iran, you are not alone. Earlier this week, on Monday, Secretary of State Rubio suggested that Israel had led the U.S. into this war, stating that Israel was planning to attack Iran and thus that American military assets in the region would have been at risk whether we joined or not. More The post Lies and Doublespeak on Iran appeared first on CounterPunch.org.
- Is it Un-Patriotic to Want Your Country to Lose a War?
There has been no Congressional declaration of war against Iran, minimal consultation with Congress, and no coherent rationale submitted. What justifications have been given are contradictory. Last week, Defense Secretary Pate Hegseth said he wouldn’t speculate about what “we will or will not do” in the war, adding however: “This is not a so-called ‘regime change war’, but the regime sure did change.” This week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Rubio said the war was launched in support of Israel; then, contradicted by his boss, said it was because of Iran’s weapons stockpile. Trump in the meantime said it was because Iran was a “global threat.” More The post Is it Un-Patriotic to Want Your Country to Lose a War? appeared first on CounterPunch.org.