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WATCH: TWTW — Israel Gets Its Way — Again

July 18, 2026
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It had appeared the U.S. was defying Israel by ending the war with Iran. But now full scale conflict is back and Israel is happy. Ray McGovern, Scott Ritter, 8 pm EDT, Tonite.

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American Empire, Analysis, Commentary, History, Intelligence, Politics, Protest, Right Wing, Surveillance, Trump Administration, U.S. State Department, United States

Caitlin Johnstone: COINTELPRO 2.0

July 18, 2026
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It seems the United States is looking at a reinvigorated COINTELPRO for the 2020s, this time with police drones and AI-assisted mass surveillance. They know they’re losing their grip. They know that they are vastly outnumbered. They are afraid.

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Commentary, Donald Trump, Legal, Trump Administration, U.S. Constitution, U.S. Justice Dept.

Can Trump Sue Himself?

July 17, 2026
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Had the U.S. president asked the IRS to shelve his case until he leaves office, he’d have had a real claim, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. Instead he jeopardized the careers of his eager-to-please lawyers.

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Afghanistan, British Empire, Commentary, Human Rights, International Law, Legal, Military, Terrorism, United Kingdom

SAS Drove Prisoners Off Forklifts ‘For Fun,’ Inquiry Told

July 17, 2026
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Damning evidence has shown how British SAS drew up “kill lists,” sometimes executing unarmed Afghans in their beds, and killing “for fun,” reports Richard Norton-Taylor.

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Commentary, Genocide, Israel, Palestine, Pentagon, U.S., U.S. Congress

Ensuring Israel’s Genocides

July 17, 2026
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As Israel loses popular support, the Israeli-intelligence sharing provision in the now-stalled Pentagon 2027 authorization bill ensures a seamless flow of support for an increasingly unpopular proxy, writes Nuvpreet Kalra. 

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Advanced Technologies, Britain, Gaza, Intelligence, Israel, Palestine, Prisons, Protests, Terrorism

How Israeli Atrocities Fueled Palestine Action

July 16, 2026
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“A stray dog with a toddler’s arm,” was one of the Israeli atrocities that women in the Palestine Action case told the Old Bailey jury, report Dania Akkad and Phil Miller.

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Commentary, Israel, Politics, U.S., U.S. Congress

US Rifles Pointed at a US Lawmaker in the West Bank

July 16, 2026
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Tracing a rifle to a settler implicates the transfer itself, so no U.S. administration wants to run that trace, writes Imran Khalid. That is what the incident with Rho Khanna in the occupied West Bank reveals.

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Africa, Anti-Colonialism, Economy, International, Neoliberalism

Vijay Prashad: Brain Capture

July 16, 2026
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Since the 1990s, an invisible intellectual architecture has shaped what counts as legitimate economic thought, narrowing debate until it seems like there are no alternatives. Reversing this brain capture is an urgent task.

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Commentary, European Union, International Law, Israel, U.S., United Kingdon, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News

Jonathan Cook: Two-State Solution Was Always a Sham

July 15, 2026
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Israel’s relentless expansion of illegal settlements into the West Bank and East Jerusalem while the E.U., U.S. and Britain look the other way has left any hope of a two-state solution in tatters.

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Civil Rights, Human Rights, Immigration, Militarism, Protest, Trump Administration, U.S., United States

ICE Is Killing, Blinding & Causing Traumatic Brain Injuries

July 15, 2026
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Just over half of the misuses of force against anti-ICE demonstrators were directed at protesters, while 43 percent targeted journalists, find Physicians for Human Rights and the Human Rights Center at the University of California at Berkeley.

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History, Israel, Media, Palestine, Propaganda, Right Wing, U.S.

An Indoctrination Plan for US Schools

July 15, 2026
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Alan MacLeod on the billionaire-funded media machine led by a former Israeli spy that is targeting U.S. children with racist, neoconservative, pro-war, pro-business and pro-Israel messaging.

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PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Imperial Court

July 14, 2026
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America’s drift from republican to imperial law is not new, even if no one has so named it. Now — after the Supreme Court crashed out a spate of preposterously corrupt, end-of-term decisions  — it is time.

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American Empire, Free Press, Gaza, Genocide, Israel, Media, NATO, Palestine, U.S.

Chris Hedges: PEN America Sells Out — Again

July 14, 2026
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PEN America, once a fearless advocate on behalf of persecuted writers around the globe, has become a shill for Zionism and U.S. empire.

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Commentary, European Union, Immigration, Politics, Racism, Right Wing, United Kingdon

Craig Murray: The Ditching of Nigel Farage

July 14, 2026
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The stranded Reform U.K. Party leader is the most consequential British politician of the 21st century, certainly more important historically than any of the last eight prime ministers. Tony Blair is the only realistic rival.

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Gaza, Human Rights, Israel, Politics, United Kingdon

Jonathan Cook: Burnham’s Hollow Contrition on Gaza

July 13, 2026
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Here is a list of the things Britain’s incoming prime minister is obligated to do to avoid collusion in Israel’s genocide, according to an International Court of Justice ruling. Will he do any of it?

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Commentary, Iran, Media, Propaganda, U.S.

Perception of Iran: Veils, Beards & the Bomb

July 13, 2026
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The American understanding of Iran is a triumph of geopolitical minimalism, writes M. Reza Behnam, reducing a country with millennia-old legacy as a sophisticated and culturally vibrant civilization to a holy trinity of stereotypes.

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Commentary, Donald Trump, Iran, Qatar

Alastair Crooke: Iran War 3.0

July 13, 2026
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The timeline of this new bout of escalation is likely dictated by U.S. refinery inventories and the extent of the “hurt” being experienced by Trump back home in the context of his fading political prospects.

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American Empire, Analysis, CN Live!, Commentary, Europe, Germany, Great Britain, Intelligence, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Military, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine

WATCH: TWTW — ‘NATO’s Russia Obsession’

July 11, 2026
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NATO recommitted to direct war with Russia by 2030, with or without the U.S. it seems, as Trump’s fruity Iran policy plays in a loop with Israel ready to relaunch full-scale war. Ray McGovern, Scott Ritter. WATCH the Replay. 

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Climate Change, Commentary, Denmark, Donald Trump, Human Rights, Militarism, NATO, Protest, Spain, Trump Administration, Turkey, U.S., Ukraine

8 Contradictions Behind NATO’s Summit of ‘Love’

July 11, 2026
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Anyone looking beyond the carefully choreographed photo-ops saw a military alliance beset by public feuds, competing visions of security, and widening political divisions, writes Medea Benjamin.

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Books, Commentary, Genocide, Human Rights, International Law, Israel, Media, Trump Administration, U.S.

Hedges Report: ‘When the World Sleeps’

July 10, 2026
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Francesca Albanese talks about her new book, international law, and how media complicity in cases such at that of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya has become one of the greatest enablers of injustice.

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Commentary, Gaza, Genocide, Health Care, Human Rights, Israel, Torture, United Nations

UN Panel Reaffirms Israel Commits Genocide; Calls for Palestinian Doctor’s Release

July 10, 2026
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A U.N. commission has called on Israeli authorities to free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, provide him with medical care and free all other arbitrarily detained Palestinian medical personnel, Jessica Corbett reports.

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