The Politics of Hate: Weaponized Discord Is the Deep State’s Most Effective Tool
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The Politics of Hate: Weaponized Discord Is the Deep State’s Most Effective Tool
“Love your enemies.” — Jesus Christ “I hate my opponent and I don’t want the best for them.” —President Trump This country was built on the radical idea
The Winter Olympics in Trouble?
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The Winter Olympics in Trouble?
One Hundred Percent (100%) of Olympians believe excessive levels of climate change are real and a serious threat to ecosystems that support life. That is
Strangling Gaza’s Survivors, Criminalizing Humanity for Zionist Conquest: The Banning of Humanitarian Relief in Occupied Palestine
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Strangling Gaza’s Survivors, Criminalizing Humanity for Zionist Conquest: The Banning of Humanitarian Relief in Occupied Palestine
Israel's December 30, 2025, decision to revoke the licenses of 37 international humanitarian aid organizations—effectively banning them from operating in
“Tales of Ordinary Madness”: Warren Haynes, Charles Bukowski, and the Darkness of the American Dream
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“Tales of Ordinary Madness”: Warren Haynes, Charles Bukowski, and the Darkness of the American Dream
Warren Haynes had just moved to the East Village of New York in the summer of 1988. “Born on the edge of a lonely town,” as he described his Asheville,
Laura Dogu and Washington’s Regime-Change Playbook: Nicaragua, Honduras, Venezuela
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Laura Dogu and Washington’s Regime-Change Playbook: Nicaragua, Honduras, Venezuela
Laura Dogu, newly appointed US envoy to Venezuela, is described by the Los Angeles Times as an appropriate choice because she “navigated crises” in
Spain’s Streets Are Named After Immigrants
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Spain’s Streets Are Named After Immigrants
I live my life surrounded by dead Middle Eastern men. They loom over my mornings from enamel street signs, glower from building façades and squat in the
Nobody Starts With a Blank Slate: an Interview with John Sayles
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Nobody Starts With a Blank Slate: an Interview with John Sayles
The novels of John Sayles encompass a wide swath of American history. Since the wide swath of American history is replete with one injustice after
The Philip Brown Case Tells Us What to Expect After Federal Agents Shoot Someone
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The Philip Brown Case Tells Us What to Expect After Federal Agents Shoot Someone
When Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot at Phillip Brown’s car in Washington, D.C., last fall, the outcome offered a revealing lesson about
Citizen Resistance: Swiss Lawyers Take Their Own Foreign Minister to the ICC Over Alleged Gaza War Crimes
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Citizen Resistance: Swiss Lawyers Take Their Own Foreign Minister to the ICC Over Alleged Gaza War Crimes
A striking example of creative resistance comes from Switzerland, where around twenty Swiss lawyers have taken the extraordinary step of turning international law against their own foreign minister, Ignazio Cassis, by submitting a “communication” to the International…
Timor-Leste and the Future of Palestine: Lessons in Freedom and the Failure of Power
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Timor-Leste and the Future of Palestine: Lessons in Freedom and the Failure of Power
“We will continue to kill the idea of a Palestinian state.” With those words, Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich abandoned any remaining pretense. What he announced on February 10, 2026, was not merely another policy adjustment, but a deliberate…
Does Israel Really Think It Can Make Cattle of the Palestinians?
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Does Israel Really Think It Can Make Cattle of the Palestinians?
Zionists have been working hard for more than a century to convince the world that before they arrived in Palestine, it had been “a land without a
QAnon is Dead. Long Live QAnon!
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QAnon is Dead. Long Live QAnon!
For years, online conspiracy theorists have speculated about the machinations of Jeffrey Epstein. Was he an intelligence operative for Mossad, luring
Are We Ready for AI Killer Bots? A Glyph
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Are We Ready for AI Killer Bots? A Glyph
Human, All Too Inhuman, All Too Inhuman: The Epstein/MAGA World As The Will To Power
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Human, All Too Inhuman, All Too Inhuman: The Epstein/MAGA World As The Will To Power
The Epstein abominations, to state the obvious, are revealing, in lurid detail, hidden in plain sight, unnerving aspects of human nature; withal, what
Open Letter to the World from the Island from Cuba
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Open Letter to the World from the Island from Cuba
To all humanity, to mothers of the world, to Doctors Without Borders, to journalists with self-respect, to governments that still want justice: I condemn
Identification: Virulent Pathogen
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Identification: Virulent Pathogen
Regardless of the day-to-day estimates of how many Americans are adamant hard-core Trump MAGA class, and how rallying cries of power with the People and not Trump grow each day, neither side has landed a knockout punch. It’s an even bet whether Trump’s head…
Life is Hard to Get Used To, Prisoners Remind Me
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Life is Hard to Get Used To, Prisoners Remind Me
The concept of “getting used to” anything in life is an interesting one. Where I’ve encountered it, the implication is that, over time, one becomes more
Purges in the Chinese Military
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Purges in the Chinese Military
The Anti-Corruption Campaign China’s purge of Gen. Zhang Youxia, long considered a confidante of Xi Jinping and a vice-chairman of the powerful Central
Countering Bully, Tyrant Trump’s Intimidating Expletives – It Could Work
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Countering Bully, Tyrant Trump’s Intimidating Expletives – It Could Work
The most remarkable realization about Donald J. Trump’s rise to becoming America’s elected dictator is that it all came out of his MOUTH. Understanding