The Peace Press — Wednesday, November 4, 2026 edition
Hopefully, yesterday’s national electoral result will serve as an effective check and balance against seemingly limitless, lawless Presidential impunity in international affairs and bring some needed accountability to the executive branch. But, if the U.S. uses a nuclear weapon of any kind offensively and against a non-nuclear power like Iran, then I would hope that every nation in the world would then demonstrate the good sense, the requisite moral courage and the firm fortitude to boycott, divest and sanction the United States of America, sell all U.S. bonds and securities immediately and also refuse to purchase any more of them, isolate the U.S. diplomatically, and attempt to crash the U.S. American economy as a consequence of such massively war-criminal behavior. Furthermore, any and every American military general or admiral or any other military officer that follows an order to use nuclear weapons as an offensive weapon should be summarily arrested, charged, court-martialed and also separately charged in civilian courts as war criminals, prosecuted, imprisoned, their pensions denied and also barred from employment at any military supplier corporation in the future. Unleashing the nuclear genie (or is it the nuclear monster?) is literally the highway to hell in a myriad of ways that will produce many awful downstream impacts that will certainly blowback on us immeasurably for decades to come. It will also result in massive nuclear proliferation throughout the world. So I would hope that most nations in the world could muster the necessary courage and solidarity to uniformly oppose and harshly condemn and take consequential actions against the American Empire’s aggressive offensive use of nuclear weapons in war. This is especially true in a war that lacks any legal or moral justification, waged in direct contravention to the U.S. Constitution which characterizes this whole illegal, aggressive, Imperialist war of aggression upon the victim nation of Iran. Iran has every right to defend itself and counterattack us and those who help the U.S. wage this illegal, unConstitutional war of Imperialist aggression. Kudos to all those nations who stand against the United States of American Empire for waging this illegal, unjust war of Imperialist aggression.
Now, in my personal opinion and which I emphasize does NOT represent the group to which I belong, Veterans for Peace, and which is directly contrary to established U.S. domestic law, I think any sitting president who employs nuclear weapons as an offensive weapon in any context does morally license any concerned citizen willing to pay the price, the right to hold that President accountable for their actions in any way possible, up to and including the use of violence. Sometimes the choices we face in life are not between good and evil choices but rather only between more evil and less evil choices. It would be less evil to bring down a sitting president by force for their offensive employment of a nuclear weapon than to passively acquiesce to such vastly immoral and mass-murderous conduct devoid of all accountability. Violent action may always be illegal and it is usually unnecessary and wrong but sometimes, on very rare occasions, it can also be the best moral option (the least evil of only evil options). Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg comes to mind. Silent, passive, quiet acquiescence to such outrageous conduct as the offensive use of nuclear weapons would constitute a greater evil, in my opinion. We must never allow the nuclear monster to be used so recklessly and cavalierly as an offensive weapon. That cannot go unchallenged. I would hope foreign intelligence services would render aid to such a valid and moral cause as that too. One would hope that the U.S. Congress would also act decisively against such a vastly illegal presidential action, thus negating the need for individual citizens’ involvement in such matters. But if Congress fails to do its job of holding the President accountable, then I think the people should then shoulder the responsibility themselves of holding the President, any president, morally accountable for such illegal and mass-murderous policy, by taking the necessary steps to mitigate any future threat of nuclear war. Better that one person should die than millions die. I fervently believe in peace but I am not a pacifist nor an idealist nor an absolutist, because I think that in reality and on extremely rare occasions, violence is sometimes a necessary option. The lesser of only evil choices available is never an easy choice. I think this approach should apply to any nation that chooses to employ nuclear weapons as an offensive weapon. This is one of the extremely seldom cases where I think violence is definitely morally justified but only as a last resort, that is, if non-violent remedies are first utilized but prove ineffective.
“The US-Israeli War on Iran Must Be Ended. Here’s How
If the Gulf states announced that their territory and airspace will not be used for another war on Iran, and that normalization with Israel is off the table until a Palestinian state exists, the calculations in Washington and Tel Aviv would have to change quickly.”
“The war that Israel and the United States launched against Iran on February 28 is in a lull, not at an end. Major combat has paused, diplomacy has stalled, and both sides are preparing for the next round. To understand why the fighting will soon resume, we need to understand the motivations of the two governments that started it. Neither of them wants peace. Israel’s leadership seeks domination over the Middle East, and the United States seeks to preserve its domination over the world. Simply to state these aims is to underscore that both governments are operating in a world of delusion.”
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“The only way to stop this madness is for the Arab world to tell the United States that enough is enough. The Arab states should declare that they will never accept Israeli hegemony, that there must be a sovereign State of Palestine, and that the region’s security will come from regional cooperation rather than from Washington. The solution could be two states, as in the Arab Peace Initiative, or one binational democratic state, or a confederation. What matters is that Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs, each about 8 million people, live in peace, safety, and self-determination. What is not possible is the perpetuation of Israel’s brutal apartheid state.”
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/arab-states-end-iran-war
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“Tucker Carlson Claims Trump Planning to Nuke Iran. But Could the US Really Pull It Off?
We examine the likelihood of such a mission being successful, and how it would potentially be carried out.”
https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/tucker-carlson-claims-trump-planning
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“What a Nuclear Strike on Iran Would Really Do
Please read it and share it before Nov. 7"
https://escalationtrap.substack.com/p/now-free-for-everyone-what-a-nuclear
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“A Nuclear Strike on Iran?
Rumors of Madness”
https://bracingviews.substack.com/p/a-nuclear-strike-on-iran
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“Desperate For A Renewed Iran War, Israel Dusts Off The WMD Deception.
Just As It Did In Iraq And Syria , Israel Has Launched A New WMD Deception.”
https://the307.substack.com/p/desperate-for-a-renewed-iran-war
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“‘It’s the war, stupid’: Dems sweep midterms on wave of voter anger
Republicans lose control of Congress with exit polls showing just how much Trump’s unpopular foreign policy played a role”
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/midterm-elections-2026-results/
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“Major losses could spur Trump to escalate war before year’s end
If you think the president is going to behave like a normal lame duck, think again.”
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-war-midterms-iran/
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“The dangerous illusion of ‘a little Epic Fury’
As President Trump contemplates a return to kinetic warfare with Iran in the coming days and weeks under what has been dubbed “a little Epic Fury,” it is important to take into account one immutable fact about warfare: The enemy gets a vote.
Trump should trust his well-honed business instincts, not the advisors who got him into this war by promising a quick victory. He should recall that, in June, he correctly assessed the first round of Epic Fury: It left him in a military stalemate and had such a negative effect on the economy that he was close to becoming Herbert Hoover and triggering an economic depression in the U.S.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/6184776-economic-threat-epic-fury/
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“Gulf states scramble to avert another U.S.-Israeli war on Iran they cannot stop
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Türkiye sent top security officials to Tehran as fears grow of a renewed U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran. With little leverage over Trump, the Gulf states face devastating consequences if the war resumes.”
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“The place to start is war. We have now entered the ninth month of an asinine and unwinnable conflict prosecuted by the White House in open defiance of the Constitution — which, for those who have forgotten, sagely reserves to Congress the power to declare war. And for all the casuistry and careful word-games of executive branch lawyers, for all the attempts by cabinet officials and congressional leadership to cloud and complicate the obvious, for all the recent protestations of the president himself — usually admirably forthright about the essential warrishness of the war — that this is “not a war” or a “soft war,” it is, in fact, a war. Its commencement without congressional authorization was unlawful; its termination by congressional action is essential if our legislature is to regain its constitutional role (not to mention its institutional self-respect). The 120th Congress must address itself to the question posed by Henry Clay nearly two centuries ago: “Does the [war] power belong to the Nation, to the collective wisdom of the Nation in Congress assembled, or is it vested solely in a single functionary of the government?” “
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/a-plea-to-the-next-congress/
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“Western News Media Propagandists Describe US Bombing Iran As “Defensive”
“The propagandists of the American press have been uncritically describing recent US airstrikes on Iran as “defensive” despite the US being the clear aggressor in this ongoing conflict, and despite the United States existing on the other side of the planet from Iran.
CBS News was the most egregious offender with its headline, “U.S. launches defensive strikes at Iranian targets near Strait of Hormuz.””
https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/western-news-media-propagandists
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“VIPS MEMO: Iran Is Not Bluffing
Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity warn President Trump of the disaster awaiting the U.S. if it restarts the war on Iran, and offers the president a way out. “
https://consortiumnews.com/2026/11/03/vips-memo-iran-is-not-bluffing/
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“As Trump Renews Iran Threats, Dems Reminded They Can ‘Block War Funding’ Regardless of Election Outcome
“Democrats must block Iran war funding in 2026.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/funding-for-iran-war
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“The War Propaganda Is Even Dumber This Time — And Other Notes
As CENTCOM meets with Trump to plan more Iran strikes, the war propaganda is dumber than it has ever been.
Fox News is running stories about an Iranian “plot” to kill US military personnel in the middle east, as though a country planning ways to defend itself from hostile attackers is some sinister new development.
CBC ran a completely evidence-free report alleging that Iran has been paying gunmen to shoot bullets into empty buildings in Toronto, Canada. One of the dumbest things we are asked to believe about Iran is that it keeps taking time away from defending itself against US-Israeli aggressions in order to orchestrate random acts of arson and vandalism in mid-power western states for no discernible benefit to its strategic interests.”
https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-war-propaganda-is-even-dumber
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“The Iran War Might Soon Get Catastrophically Worse
It looks increasingly likely Donald Trump may try a reckless escalatory bombing campaign against Iran after the midterms. And it looks increasingly likely it will backfire terribly.”
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“Iran More Likely to Strike Europe if Trump Attacks
Germany and the UK have facilitated the U.S. military campaign.”
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/iran-more-likely-to-strike-europe-if-trump-attacks/
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“And consider that ongoing reality (think: Iran today) all too historically strange, if not simply inexplicable, for a great imperial power. In short, the single most powerful country on the planet couldn’t win a single war — not one! — against distinctly lesser powers!
And then, of course, a near-majority of the American people elected Donald Trump who promised, at least the first time around, to keep us out of such wars (which he did then, except for some unsuccessful combat in Syria), only to launch a significant war against Iran the second time around that — shock! shock! — has turned out just as well as all the other wars I’ve mentioned. In short, you explain it (I can’t), but the greatest power on this planet, which for endless decades has poured literally trillions of dollars into its military and, in just the next fiscal year, is planning to add at least another $1.5 trillion to the Pentagon’s wildly out-of-control budget (and that figure may, in the end, prove a gross underestimate), unbelievably — or do I mean all too believably? — simply hasn’t won a war since the one I was born into in 1944 (and that’s not even to mention some of its other unsuccessful skirmishes in those years). Phew! No sentence can truly hold the full militarized mess this country has created over and over again in those decades.
Worse yet, as Trump’s Iran War suggests, its leadership seems to learn absolutely nothing from that reality — or do I mean surreality?”
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/11/04/empire-of-defeat/
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“Iran Weathering The Storm, But Saudi Arabia Is Sinking
Middle East upheaval is already underway: “You will not recognize it in two years time”
https://www.starkrealities.net/p/iran-weathering-storm-saudi-arabia-is-sinking
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“Taking the Houthis at Their Word: The Bill Saudi Arabia Doesn’t Want to Read
“On the energy side, the Houthis claim to have hit Aramco’s Yanbu complex three times, the East-West pipeline and its pumping stations twice, the Ras Tanura refinery twice, the Rabigh refinery twice, and the Abqaiq processing plant, the Shaybah oil field and Aramco’s headquarters in Dhahran once each. Ghawar, the largest oil field on earth, was reportedly on the October 10 list as well.
And on the military side, they claim the King Khalid Air Base at Khamis Mushait four times, a military headquarters in Najran, transport aircraft at Najran airport, a “Saudi navy task force camp,” radar sites at Jabal al-Hisn, Jabal al-Rahmah and Bir Askar, and, twice, the Saudi Ministry of Defense in Riyadh. Read that last one again. The Houthis claim they have twice hit the building from which the Saudi war in Yemen is run.”
https://sonar21.com/taking-the-houthis-at-their-word-the-bill-saudi-arabia-doesnt-want-to-read/
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“On October 25 I published “Record Oil, Empty Tanks: The UAE’s Miracle Recovery,” built on Karl Miller’s October 22 assessment of the Emirates’ oil and gas system. The argument was not complicated. The UAE had rebuilt its ability to pump and ship crude, and good for them. What it had not rebuilt was its safety margin: the product stocks, the gas chain, the bypass capacity around Hormuz. Record oil, empty tanks. It fit in a headline.”
https://sonar21.com/simply-put-karl-miller-was-right-about-the-uae/
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“Sunk Ships Don’t Sail Home: Why Peace Won’t Save the Oil Market and War Will Wreck It
Karl Miller, who has been annoyingly right about the Gulf all year, supplied that detail in a November 1 assessment of the Persian Gulf tanker fleet. If Al Jaber’s speech was the diagnosis, Miller’s report is the X-ray. It shows why a barrel now costs a third of its value just to move.
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Tucker Carlson with Morgan Downey on Trump’s Energy Crisis Causes Food Shortages, Skyrocketing Prices, and Global Suffering. What’s Next?:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDITKzf2Sck
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“Could the path to US-Iran diplomacy run through Moscow?
Russia may have a role to play as an intermediary, but significant hurdles stand in the way of a more decisive role.”
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/russia-us-iran/
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“The Hidden Balance of War in Ukraine: The Soviet Theory of the Correlation of Forces
Russia’s strategic advantage in Ukraine stems from its ability to mobilize military, industrial, economic and diplomatic power to shape the correlation of forces in its favor.”
https://chandragupta.substack.com/p/the-hidden-balance-of-war-in-ukraine
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“Neo-Nazi Azov Run Torture Chamber Discovered In Ukraine.
Ukrainian protestors have stormed and uncovered an illegal prison near Kyiv, run by the Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion, where military deserters and apparent political prisoners- including children- were imprisoned and tortured.
Ivan Katchanovski, a Ukrainian Canadian professor of political Science at the University of Ottawa, documented that “Videos show that Ukrainian deserters were illegally imprisoned and tortured in secret prison of neo-Nazi-led Azov corps of National Guard of Ukraine near Kyiv. Several prisoners were reportedly killed”.”
https://the307.substack.com/p/azov-run-torture-chamber-discovered
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“Soviet Dictators Used War and Famine To Create Ukraine
The Russian Empire entered the First World War in 1914 as one of Europe’s great powers, yet four years of catastrophic military defeats, economic dislocation, and social upheaval destroyed the foundations of the Romanov autocracy. By early 1917 the army was demoralized, the cities were hungry, and the authority of Nicholas II had evaporated.
In February 1917 strikes and demonstrations in Petrograd escalated into open mutiny. The Tsar abdicated, ending three centuries of Romanov rule. A Provisional Government, composed of liberal and moderate socialist politicians and eventually led by Alexander Kerensky, attempted to steer Russia toward a constitutional order while simultaneously continuing the war against the Central Powers.”
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“Britain’s elites are in hysterics over looming ‘war’ with Russia
Yet ordinary denizens of the UK say they do not want to fight, and like their compatriots in the US, are just trying to afford the basics.”
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/britain-war-russia/
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“SCOTT RITTER: Europe’s Nuclear Doctrine Runs Thru Paris
Under Macron’s recently announced “forward deterrence” strategy French interests assume a European dimension defined solely by France.”
https://consortiumnews.com/2026/11/02/scott-ritter-europes-nuclear-doctrine-runs-thru-paris/
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“Craig Murray: The Crisis In Poland
To understand the power struggle over the Constitutional Tribunal you need to consider something Western legacy media is blithely ignoring: the centrality of Ukraine to current events in Poland.”
https://consortiumnews.com/2026/11/04/craig-murray-the-crisis-in-poland/
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Jacques Baud Legal Support Fund
Donate to Swiss Intelligence Colonel Jacques Baud’s legal fund here:
(courtesy of Former Marine Corps Intelligence Major Scott Ritter)
https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/88AZWPCKJ8H5A?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
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Or here:
(courtesy of Former Marine Corps Intelligence Major Scott Ritter)
Freedom of expression is one of the essential foundations of a democratic society.
Faced with the legal situation encountered by Jacques Baud, a support committee has been formed to enable him to fully defend himself and uphold the fundamental principle of freedom of expression.
The contributions are used exclusively to cover the legal costs related to the defense of Jacques BAUD:
– Lawyers’ fees
– Court costs
– Legal steps necessary for his defense
https://www.liberteexpression.ch/
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“As Trump ‘Makes Nice’ with Moscow, the CIA Has Other Ideas
Why is U.S. policy on Russia–Ukraine so self-contradictory?”
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/as-trump-makes-nice-with-moscow-the-cia-has-other-ideas/
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“‘The Constitutional Crisis at the Heart of Poland’s Judicial “Coup”
Panic erupted in Poland yesterday as a judicial “coup” was declared after the Constitutional Tribunal building was blocked off by police. The drama was kicked off when Tusk-aligned senior judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska proceeded to unlawfully suspend the Nawrocki-aligned Tribunal president Bogdan Swieczkowski.
The entire saga centers on the struggle between the Brussels-aligned Tusk government and President Nawrocki’s nationalist opposition party, which is hated by the globalists because it seeks to preserve Polish sovereignty in the face of the totalitarian EU system attempting to subvert it.”
https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/the-constitutional-crisis-at-the
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“Poland Is the Symptom and Europe Is the Patient.
“The midnight brawl at Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal is not a Polish problem. It is the local flare-up of a continental disease. Across Europe, when voters pick the wrong candidate, the establishment reaches for a judge, an intelligence service or the EU’s checkbook, and calls the result “defending democracy.” The Journal of Democracy wrote the textbook. Warsaw is the teaching hospital.”
https://sonar21.com/poland-is-the-symptom-and-europe-is-the-patient/
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“Israel’s Ugly Election Aftermath: Netanyahu’s War Against Israeli Palestinians
The attempt to discredit an election that Netanyahu could not win exposes a much darker project: the exclusion of its Palestinian citizens from democratic power, the consolidation of territorial supremacy, and the transformation of Israel into a non-Palestinian Jewish State.”
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“Israel: Tibi urges Eisenkot to show ‘courage’ and form minority government with Palestinians
The Palestinian lawmaker says Arab parties are ready to back an Eisenkot-led minority government, arguing that cooperation is essential to ending Netanyahu’s rule.”
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“The law speaks directly to this. The Fourth Geneva Convention forbids an occupying army from destroying civilian property unless a specific military operation leaves it no choice, and the extensive, wanton destruction of property is listed among the grave breaches that count as war crimes. A victory video is the clearest possible proof that the test was not met. A building demolished out of genuine operational need is not an occasion for celebration. The cheer on the soundtrack is the admission. The block came down because the army could and wished to, and someone filmed it to be enjoyed later.”
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“Thousands rally in Israel urging ‘Jewish-Arab’ coalition to oust Netanyahu
In a counterprotest, Netanyahu supporters demand that Israel should not have a government with ‘terrorists’.”
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“Where Is the Outrage When Islamophobia Comes Straight From the Top?
We constantly hear warnings about the rising tide of antisemitism in this country. But what about the tsunami of anti-Arab racism and anti-Muslim hatred that is not just coming from ordinary citizens, but from the highest levels of our government?”
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/outrage-over-islamophobia
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“UN Body: Consider Genocide Charges Against Israeli Leaders
Former ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan did not seek arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant for genocide. A U.N. Commission is seeking to rectify that, writes Marjorie Cohn.”
https://consortiumnews.com/2026/11/01/un-body-add-genocide-to-charges-against-israeli-leaders/
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“A Government With the Arab Parties Is a Historic Opportunity for Israel
Jewish-Arab political partnership could transform Israeli democracy and offer a new path forward for the country.”
https://jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/a-government-with-the-arab-parties
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Keep protesting, keep free-speeching and keep violating any law that restricts your human right to free speech and free thought. Fuck the British authoritarian neo-fascists arresting people for their speech. Keep defying the British government!!!
“‘Kafkaesque’: London Cops Allow ‘I Support Genocide’ Sign, Arrest 320 Palestine Action Protesters
“You can’t make this up,” said one critic, who noted that in the UK, “you can openly cheer for mass murder, but you can’t protest against it.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/london-police-arrest-defend-our-juries-protesters
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“With the diplomatic pathway at a standstill, concerning military developments have emerged on the Korean Peninsula.
Over the past several months, the US has participated in two major rounds of military exercises in the region, including the bilateral Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) drills with South Korea in August and the trilateral Freedom Edge exercises with South Korea and Japan in September.
While Trump announced the UFS would be halved as they are too hostile toward North Korea, Pyongyang argued that the gesture was not enough and that even the scaled-back war games were proof of Washington’s aggressive posture.”
https://original.antiwar.com/kyle_anzalone/2026/11/01/trump-is-dealing-with-a-different-north-korea/
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“The Quad and the Squad: Washington’s Anti-China Coalitions
“The timing is revealing. For even as Washington seeks to navigate its fraught but improving relationship with Beijing, these meetings represent a strengthening of its network of partnerships intended to counter Chinese influence. While the Quad and Squad are two distinct components of that effort, there is little doubt that Washington’s expanding regional security commitments will do nothing to make Americans safer and will rather serve only to draw them further into a potentially catastrophic great-power confrontation.”
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/the-quad-and-the-squad-washingtons-anti-china-coalitions/
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“Americans need to act against endless war. Against the erosion of our rights to privacy, free speech, and free expression.”
https://bracingviews.substack.com/p/resisting-dystopia
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“The mainstream media, particularly the New York Times and the Washington Post, still do not fully recognize the malicious role that the United States has played in interfering in foreign leadership succession, particularly in societies trying to establish democratic rule. Ignatius’ support for a covert U.S. role in regime change in Iran is particularly obtuse in view of the U.S. role in overthrowing the democratic regime in Iran in 1953, which is still a factor in the tension between the United States and Iran 73 years later. The Times belief that the United States has “grown more respectful” of democracies is particularly ironic in view of the steps that the Trump administration has taken to undermine democracy here at home.”
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/11/02/us-attacks-on-democratic-governments-include-our-own/
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“Campaign Cash Before & After Citizens United
With corporate spending on U.S. elections soaring since an infamous 2010 Supreme Court ruling, Brett Wilkins reports on a constitutional effort to close the floodgates and a state initiative in Montana.”
https://consortiumnews.com/2026/11/03/campaign-cash-before-after-citizens-united/
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“WATCH: Who Rules America?
Ahead of the U.S. midterm elections on Tuesday, German journalist Patrik Baab asked CN Editor Joe Lauria: Who really runs the U.S.?”
https://consortiumnews.com/2026/11/01/watch-who-rules-america/
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.”‘Is the Trump Era Over?’
An top analyst says if Trump loses Congress Tuesday his era is over. Would Democrats have the guts to cut Iran war funding? Ray McGovern, Scott Ritter, 9 am EDT Sunday.”
https://consortiumnews.com/2026/10/31/watch-twtw-is-the-trump-era-over/
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Great discussion between John Mearsheimer and Trita Parsi and Tom Switzer:
https://www.youtube.com/live/aYJnHbLYOzI?is=XaeUXNV4MljCGkD4
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The Duran on Ukraine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFFs_9kMLDE
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The Duran on Black Sea desperation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvYjNwUV8LU
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Brian Berletic on Serbia students:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9qNb3s3r3A
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Brian Berletic on U.S. targeting of Russia trade in Serbia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTHQaD0HZoo
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Brian Berletic on U.S. possible employment of nuclear weapons:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6zU_AYTSes
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Judge Andrew Napolitano with former British diplomat Alastair Crooke:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or0nBWIFSw0
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Judge Andrew Napolitano with former CIA Analyst Larry Johnson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91AAETmG3Yw
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Judge Andrew Napolitano with former weapons inspector and USMC Major Scott Ritter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFWUpfPvhZ8
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Judge Andrew Napolitano with Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJUud4y09PI
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Judge Andrew Napolitano with former Ambassador Chas Freeman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOwtTSsbW-I
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Judge Andrew Napolitano with Aaron Mate:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPuKCIk9pIQ
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Judge Andrew Napolitano with former Marine Corps Captain and State Department Official Matthew Hoh:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqO4Dzh742I
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Judge Andrew Napolitano with former Air Force Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UolVFTcBoTQ
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University of Chicago Professor John J. Mearsheimer on Glenn Diesen:
https://mearsheimer.substack.com/p/the-great-glenn-diesen
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Scott Horton with Andrew Day:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gc0Ye0SPKM
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Scott Horton with former Army Lt. Colonel Daniel Davis:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFHl_b22vkM
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Scott Horton with Kevin Gosztola:
https://youtu.be/MDMN-Qmytwo?is=qYohMCc_nNjyG1dh
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Former Army Lt. Colonel Daniel Davis on Iran:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7XSpH6rTOs
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Former Army Lt. Colonel Daniel Davis Deep Dive on Ukraine and Iran:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVRuILYBTNM
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Former Army Lt. Colonel Daniel Davis with MIT Professor Ted Postol:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz6gGA63Kcw
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Former Army Lt. Colonel Daniel Davis with Patrick Henningsen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goBL8yRu0tk
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Former Army Lt. Colonel Daniel Davis on fake nuke alerts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9MFELk7JLQ
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Former Army Lt. Colonel Daniel Davis on war with Iran:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnyUsky3ncg
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Former Army Lt. Colonel Daniel Davis on the warmongers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBeWeG0uKAc
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Former Army Lt. Colonel Daniel Davis on Iran:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBeWeG0uKAc
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Former Army Lt. Colonel Daniel Davis with Brian McGlinchey:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIVeFCvasII
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Former Marine Corps Major and Intelligence Officer and UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter on
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https://scottritter.substack.com/p/what-the-american-midterm-elections
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Former British diplomat, realist, moderate, centrist Ian Proud on with former CIA Director of Russia Analysis George Beebe:
https://thepeacemonger.substack.com/p/trumps-window-to-do-something-useful
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Former British diplomat, realist, moderate, centrist Ian Proud on protests in Europe :
https://thepeacemonger.substack.com/p/protests-are-the-new-democracyand
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Jim Webb with Professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DndK3-1POBk
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Jim Webb with former Navy Seal Matt Bracken:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnWixgBdlTM
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The Grayzone with Max Blumenthal on the war and the midterms:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WRoIMOLAp4
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Former Air Force Lt. Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski on Without Reservation:
https://karenkwiatkowski.substack.com/p/with-moral-resistance-following-the
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Professor Glenn Diesen with Einar Tangen:
https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/einar-tangen-chinas-new-economic
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Professor Glenn Diesen with Professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi:
https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/seyed-m-marandi-us-insane-war-plans
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Professor Glenn Diesen with Trita Parsi:
https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/trita-parsi-nuclear-strike-on-iran
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Professor Glenn Diesen with Thomas Fazi:
https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/thomas-fazi-natos-hybrid-warfare
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Professor Glenn Diesen with Stephen Kinzer:
https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/stephen-kinzer-how-america-brought
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Professor Glenn Diesen with Pepe Escobar:
https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/pepe-escobar-brazil-defeated-the
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Professor Glenn Diesen with former U.S. Ambassador Chas Freeman:
https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/chas-freeman-political-crisis-and
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Nima Alkhorshid with Hassain Al-Bukhaiti:
https://www.youtube.com/live/Q1SFn-YWkYQ?is=4rEy0Ry-6z1CzziS
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Nima Alkhorshid with Professor Steve Hanke:
https://www.youtube.com/live/LWqmPp8kPw4?is=L1kcOecJ8uYLQH1q
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Nima Alkhorshid with former CIA Analyst Larry Johnson:
https://www.youtube.com/live/etG6QIiTEGg?is=bJDUYkdwWgw0RaUa
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Nima Alkhorshid with:
https://www.youtube.com/live/1Wk6bU3HlLU?is=okEK9VHMiYs4PXbU
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Nima Alkhorshid with Pravin Sawhney:
https://www.youtube.com/live/uONI3wnEAsM?is=_ih-hoLR3lBb16gf
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Nima Alkhorshid with Stanislav Krapivnik:
https://www.youtube.com/live/2NPVwPFxRDo?is=Uk5IrwTjmC4ChoFD
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Nima Alkhorshid with former CIA Analyst Larry Johnson:
https://www.youtube.com/live/jV7tUA6Dh9I?is=k-EUp8k_bnEEvegF
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Nima Alkhorshid with former Swiss Intelligence Colonel Jacques Baud:
https://www.youtube.com/live/g_KHVC6blFM?is=BL4wnxOsPZXi-veM
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Nima Alkhorshid with Professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi:
https://www.youtube.com/live/BJJsYPU9y1E?is=h7Np_J5iaTMIpAAY
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Nima Alkhorshid with Pepe Escobar:
https://www.youtube.com/live/Hc6v9j5KzpM?is=hD4mcIMEc2kAUf1D
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George Galloway with Danny Haiphong and Garlend Nixon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbCI_EdRQ4Q&t=683s
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Conflict’s Forum with Alastair Crooke:
https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/leading-israeli-commentators-netanyahu
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Conflict’s Forum with Alastair Crooke:
https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/the-ground-on-which-europe-stands
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The Chris Hedges Report on Bearing Witness to Violence:
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/chris-hedges-bearing-witness-to-violence
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Patrick Henningsen on Iran:
https://patrickhenningsen.substack.com/p/who-decides-the-next-strike-on-iran
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Cyrus Janssen with Alex of Reportify and Professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8NaFFdlFpE
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Cyrus Janssen with Carl Zha on Iran:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuqqSPPDUOA
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Danny Haiphong with Mark Sleboda:
https://www.youtube.com/live/ZmKGtLcTZK8?is=yX2F5Jglm4L8KgLA
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Danny Haiphong with Professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi:
https://www.youtube.com/live/faHquCmH1Lw?is=GokEvfUUIroE2XKP
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Jamarl Thomas with Professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hq8G2VzMTw
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Jamarl Thomas with former CIA Officer John Kiriakou:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLyh6_Y5iAc
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Rachel Blevins on Iran with Ehsan Safarmejad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-4Mosw7j2U
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Rachel Blevins on the finding of Ukrainian neo-Nazi torture camps:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mTqFoIMHoQ
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Frederick Douglass: “I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.”
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“The best friend of a nation is he who the most faithfully rebukes her for her sins — and he her worst enemy who, under the specious and popular garb of patriotism seeks to excuse, palliate, and defend them.”
~Frederick Douglass in an 1846 letter
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“In the past, in the interest of building a broad-based movement united for peace and non-interventionism, I have allied with everyone and anyone who also expressed a genuine interest in peacemaking and non-interventionism. This includes past antiwar alliances with everyone from pinkos to proud boys and anyone in between — — both groups I have allied with in the past — -not because I agreed with their ideologies because I don’t agree with either of them — -I do not approve of racism or Marxism, but I united with each solely in the interest of unity for peace and non-interventionism as a national policy. Ideology is not the point, unity is the point. Anyone who doesn’t like that I choose unity over ideology can kiss my mother-loving, big, chubby gay-bear, fat ass. Anyone can talk the talk about unity, but the real principled test is: can you walk the walk? My boots were made for walking, girl !!! <finger-snap with attitude>
Unite, Left and Right against the wars!!!
Wage Peace and Persevere!!!”
-Eric E. Johansson, Veterans for Peace, California
(also, please understand that although I have united with extremist-idealist factions in the past in the interest of unity against war, I am much more of a middle-of-the-road-realist as I think the economic class system represents the civilizational natural order for our species, although the gap between rich and poor should probably be narrowed through aggressive taxation upon corporations and individual persons too. Also, I do not have one racist or hateful bone in my body as my Asian husband, who is of half-Filipino and half-Chinese descent can attest. I don’t hate immigrants; I married one. He, like my Swedish grandfather, emigrated to the United States legally through the legal immigration channels that every person seeking to emigrate to this country should pursue. The process of legally emigrating and becoming a citizen is a long and arduous process, as my husband or my late grandfather could attest, so to treat illegal immigrants in the same manner as we treat legal immigrants is patently unfair to legal immigrants. It is an unacceptable double standard on the Left. It is unfair. I strongly criticize those on the Left for that ridiculous, ill-thought, categorically unfair viewpoint. To those who say we should just let everyone into the nation, I say to you: Have you lost your mind? There must be vetting process to both protect national security and to protect wages of the working class. So all those who violate the law by simply jumping the border, thus opting for not following the legal channels to obtain entry into the U.S., should be promptly arrested and deported, and treated more harshly with every repeat offense. Why should the U.S. honor the wishes of those who desire to emigrate here if their very first act of entering the country is to first break the law by circumventing the legal guidelines for officially emigrating? No, that cannot be tolerated. One standard for all. Rule of Law. That is not racist, it is respectful of the Rule of Law. Prior to meeting my husband, I was most definitely an equal-opportunity sex lover who gleefully had fabulous sex with members of every race, color and creed — — hundreds of them, mostly men but not exclusively. My husband and I love to watch RuPaul’s Drag Race TV show too. I also play on a fabulous softball team as the pitcher in the very diverse, accepting and welcoming San Francisco Gay Softball League. I share all of this only to illustrate that who I am willing to unite in common cause with, does not in any way represent who I am as a person. Widespread, mass unity against perpetual war, against Empire and against growing national security state oppression is essential to preserve our commonly shared liberty and peace. We are all in this together so let’s get past the immature, ideological bullshit, come together and unite in common cause for our shared future together.)
Unite, Left and Right against the wars!!!
Unite, from pinkos to proud boys and everyone in between against the wars and against the Empire!! If peace is your priority, this should be no problem for you but if ideology is your priority, then the kind of unity I propose could be a problem for you. Drop the ideological bullshit and UNITE!!!
Wage Peace and Persevere!!!
https://www.unitedforpeace.org/
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“How could a weak, toothless central government that possessed no military largesse wage war or command a global Empire? It couldn’t, could it? Doesn’t having a smaller, more limited government also get us to a non-Imperialist, non-military interventionist place? Can people unite around non-interventionism alone? Just imagine for a moment the vast people power of a mass movement that could be harnessed by achieving a Left-Right loose alliance against war and Empire. Oh, the immense power it would wield.”
~Eric E. Johansson
(Is it arrogant to put my name next to some great people? Not really, they were just human beings and so am I, but please understand that I am actually much more middle-of-the-road because I find both sides (the more public services argument or the limited government argument) to both be legitimate arguments worthy of consideration and that is why I ask the question above because I think it is a question that more Progressives should ask. But as for myself, my inner stars shine brightly Progressive yet I still bear strong Libertarian stripes. This rather nationalist, flag-oriented reference may sound silly to some but it perfectly encapsulates how I see myself as a principled patriot realist doing my duty to my country and to our world.
Unite, Left and Right against the wars!!!
Wage Peace and Persevere!!!
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“Overgrown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.”
~George Washington
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“Of all the evils to public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops every other. War is the patent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes. And armies, and debts, and taxes, are the known instruments for bringing the many under the dominion of the few. In war, too, the discretionary power of the executive is extended; its influence in dealing out offices, honors, and emoluments is multiplied; and all the means of seducing the minds are added to those of subduing the force of the people! No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.”
~James Madison
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“It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies.”
— Noam Chomsky
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Websites to help you stay informed:
https://honeste.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/websites-to-help-you-stay-informed/
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Daily news podcasts to help you stay informed:
Alexander Mercouris
https://www.youtube.com/c/AlexanderMercourisReal?app=desktop
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The Duran on YouTube with Alexander Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdeMVChrumySxV9N1w0Au-w
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Brian Berletic at The New Atlas on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/c/thenewatlas
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Scott Ritter on Substack:
https://substack.com/profile/96369147-scott-ritter
https://www.scottritterextra.com/
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Danny Haiphong:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOxLhz6B_elvLflntSEfnzA
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Colonel Douglass MacGregor on Youtube:
(He has many meaningful, insightful, analytical things to say based on a deep understanding of military matters from his many years of experience in the military — — -but just prepare to dismiss a few of his other dog-whistle comments that he offers which he utters to appeal to a particular Conservative base — — just as the Liberals do to rally their base too — — -so just roll your eyeballs and ignore those few silly comments — — — because most of his analysis and insights and experiences are rich in detail, in fact-based analysis and said bluntly and directly.
Very refreshing indeed!! Bravo, Colonel !!!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFqPvxUg163ZEz1vyxhVDXw
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“Our Country Our Choice is more than just a people’s movement; it’s a media platform as well. My vision was straightforward: identify over 10 million like-minded Americans and create the most extensive group of American activists ever assembled. Our mission is to inform every American about the importance of choosing decision-makers who will put an end to the intentional sabotage of our beloved nation and start serving us, the American people.”
https://ourcountryourchoice.com/
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Andy Boreham
“China is a complicated place, and there is definitely a lot of content out there that I don’t think accurately or fairly represents this huge country of 1.4 billion.
https://www.youtube.com/c/reportsonchina/about
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Dong Sheng news on China:
https://dongshengnews.org/en/news-on-china/
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Garland Nixon:
https://www.youtube.com/@garlandn
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Seymour Hersh on Substack
Seymour Hersh
It’s worse than you think
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Chris Hedges on Substack:
The Chris Hedges Report
Covering US foreign policy, economic realities, and civil liberties in American society.
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Niko House on Rokfin
https://rokfin.com/Niko?content=NEW
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Caitlin Johnstone on Substack:
https://substack.com/profile/14779628-caitlin-johnstone
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Aaron Mate on Substack:
Aaron Mate
Reporting and analysis by award-winning independent journalist.
By Aaron Maté
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David Sacks:
https://twitter.com/DavidSacks
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Lee Fang on Substack:
Lee Fang
Investigations and observations about the public interest.
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Patrick Lawrence on Substack
https://thescrum.substack.com/
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Jeffrey Sachs:
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Former Army Colonel Daniel Davis:
https://www.youtube.com/@DanielDavisDeepDive/videos
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Breaking points with Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti
https://www.youtube.com/c/breakingpoints
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“But she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy.
She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all”
~John Quincy Adams
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/
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Lev Golinkin on YouTube:
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Matt Tabibi on Substack (Racket News):
Racket News
“We care if it’s true. We don’t care why.”
By Matt Taibbi
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Big Serge on Substack:
Big Serge Thought
Musings and Ponderings
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Simplicius on Substack:
Simplicius’s Garden of Knowledge
Conflict analysis, geopolitical commentary, with a side of culture & politics.
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Larry Johnson, former CIA Analyst at Sonar21:
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Ray McGovern, former CIA Analyst:
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Mark Sleboda:
https://substack.com/profile/38224488-mark-sleboda
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Richard Medhurst on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB1u_wJThc3_e5J4VVj7hQQ
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Nick Cruse of the Revolutionary Blackout Network:
https://www.youtube.com/@socialistmma8321/videos
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George Galloway on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@GeorgeGallowayOfficial
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Mikael Valtersson
~Former officer Swedish Armed Forces/Air Defence, former defence politician and chief of staff Sweden Democrats. Current political and military analyst.
https://twitter.com/MikaelValterss1?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
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Alex Reporterfy
https://www.youtube.com/c/reporterfymedia
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Although I typically shy away and generally distrust most, if not all, televised corporate media, I must admit that recently on foreign policy issues, Tucker Carlson of Fox has been tickling my fancy. Now that Fox has fired him, I encourage everyone to stop watching Fox altogether. But Tucker’s past range of guests included figures from the anti-Establishment Left and Right and many voices in between giving access and airtime to a wider audience which only helps spread our message of peace and justice to a broader audience more quickly so kudos to Tucker for that. It is good to see some of our anti-Establisment views find a venue in the public space even one decidedly more to the Right.
You can now find Tucker Carlson on Twitter, see link below. — — Great job Tucker, keep socking it to them. I hope you and your attorneys keep fighting like hell against the Establishment. I hope your attorneys fight to allow you to speak freely until at least the year 2025 and hopefully much longer than that too.
https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson
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On Tucker’s eventual return, so kudos to him and to Elon Musk backing him:
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Glenn Greenwald on Rumble: (Listening to Glenn Greenwald is quite an enthralling experience. I can’t figure out what moves faster, his brain or his mouth as he delivers rich, detailed analysis replete with razor-sharp logic on topics of substance and depth, delivered with perfect spoken diction, colorful language and mesmerizing eloquence. I am left flabbergasted in sheer delight every time I listen to him speak. Utterly dazzling!!! And he is a fellow sister with a heritage in the tribe too which I also find endearing.
https://rumble.com/c/GGreenwald
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“Where all think alike, no one thinks very much.”
~Walter Lippman
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“The remedy for speech that is false is speech that is true. This is the ordinary course in a free society. The response to the unreasoned is the rational; to the uninformed, the enlightened; to the straight-out lie, the simple truth … If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence. The theory of our Constitution is that the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market . . . The First Amendment itself ensures the right to respond to speech we do not like, and for good reason. Freedom of speech and thought flows not from the beneficence of the state but from the inalienable rights of the person … Society has the right and civic duty to engage in open, dynamic, rational discourse.”
– U.S. Supreme Court decision, United States v. Alvarez, 567 U.S. 709, 724 (2012).
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