Let’s talk about… “WWIII” trending again, as war in ME expands
Editor
The year-old Israeli-Hamas war is, we are told, spreading across the region. Following Israel’s bizarre “pager attack” last month the IDF have “shifted focus” to Lebanon. Two days ago...
“Overthrowing the Constitution”: All Sides Are Waging War on Our Freedoms
John & Nisha Whitehead
“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” Abraham Lincoln...
Mirages
Edward Curtin
I am sitting on the beach at the National Seashore, a forty-mile long stretch of the Atlantic Ocean seashore on Outer Cape Cod, established in 1961 by President Kennedy....
How (and why) they sell X as a “bastion of free speech”
Kit Knightly
Donald Trump is back on the app formerly known as Twitter. After almost four years in the “Truth Social” wilderness he sat down with Elon Musk for a 3-hour...
The Ardent Pipe Dreams of American Voters
Edward Curtin
To hell with the truth! As the history of the world proves, the truth has no bearing on anything. It’s irrelevant and immaterial, as the lawyers say. The lie...
Engineering a Crisis: How Political Theater Helps the Deep State Stay in Power
John & Nisha Whitehead
A failed assassination attempt on a presidential candidate. An incumbent president withdrawing his re-election bid at the 11th hour. A politicized judiciary that fails to hold the powers-that-be accountable to...
This Week in the New Normal #93
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the...
From Trump’s “assassination” to Biden’s disappearing act…it’s all theatre
Kit Knightly
Remakes and sequels have almost killed Hollywood movie making, turning every film into a collection of meta references and nostalgia bait…‘hey remember when this happened in that other movie!...
A Time of Shame and Sorrow: When It Comes to Political Violence, We All Lose
John & Nisha Whitehead
“Whenever any American’s life is taken by another American unnecessarily—whether it is done in the name of the law or in the defiance of law, by one man or...
Caged in Oligarchic Contradictions
Edward Curtin
A contronym is a word having two definitions that contradict each other. Two examples are the word bolt, which can mean to lock with a bolt and to flee,...
Trump Assassination Attempt – The stories so far
Kit Knightly
It’s three days since the alleged attempt on Donald Trump’s life, and while we’re not really any closer to knowing the truth of the situation, the claims and counterclaims...
Oh what a tangled web Spring weaves
Iain Davis
On Sunday night I watched the footy at my Mum’s. Thoroughly deflated by England’s 2-1 defeat to Spain and irritated by BBC “pundits,” I then had the misfortune to...
[UPDATED] Shots Fired at Donald Trump Rally
Just minutes ago it was reported that several shots had been fired at Donald Trump while he spoke at a rally in Pennsylvania. Videos posted to Twitter show him...
Supreme Court Makes the President a Dictator for Life
John & Nisha Whitehead
“The relationship between the President and the people he serves has shifted irrevocably. In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law.” Justice...
That’s All Folks (Redux)
CJ Hopkins
Well, what do you know, it looks like we’ve got another “CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY” on our hands. Yes, that’s right, folks, THE VERY FABRIC OF DEMOCRACY IS AT STAKE...
Electing the Next Dictator: Ugly Truths You Won’t Hear from Trump or Biden
John & Nisha Whitehead
“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” George Orwell No matter what carefully crafted sound bites...
Democracy is Not the Same as Freedom
Todd Hayen
You hear the word “democracy” thrown around quite a bit these days. “Democracy is being destroyed in the United States by Donald Trump!!” and “Democracy is being destroyed in...
Divide and Conquer: The Government’s Propaganda of Fear and Fake News
John & Nisha Whitehead
“It is the function of mass agitation to exploit all the grievances, hopes, aspirations, prejudices, fears, and ideals of all the special groups that make up our society, social,...
The CIA Does “Soulful Work”
Edward Curtin
Back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, a spate of books and articles extolling the word “soul” became the rage in the United States. Soul became the chic...
Global CBDC Rollout Continues Apace
Kit Knightly
Terror attacks in Moscow, ongoing genocide in Gaza, and cancer in the Royal family are dominating the headlines. Meanwhile, on the financial back pages, all over the world the...
