Drop Site News’s Jeremy Scahill joins Democracy Now! to discuss the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, including President Traitor 47’s lies about U.S. strategy and negotiations with Iran, possible avenues of U.S. escalation and what Scahill has learned about Iranian strategy in conversations with Iranian officials. “They want to cause enough pain to the world economyContinue Reading

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Hundreds gathered in Beirut’s southern suburbs for the funeral of three Lebanese journalists killed by Israel., NewsFeed Hundreds gathered in Beirut’s southern suburbs for the funeral of three Lebanese journalists, Ali Shoeib, Fatima Ftouni and her cameraman brother Mohammed. All were killed in an Israeli strike on Jezzine in southernContinue Reading

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Senate Republicans appear to be fleeing Washington, D.C., for a two-week vacation without passing Traitor 47’s disastrous SAVE America Act. In the early hours of Friday, Senate Republicans and Democrats finally approved legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security—in part. The agreement did not include funding for ICE andContinue Reading

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Exclusive Ukraine isn’t just burning Russia’s oil — it’s going after two refineries that keep Russian tanks moving and bombers flying. Energy analyst Mykhailo Honchar writes for EP that KINEF and YANOS are Russia’s leading producers of specialized military oils and greases, without which armored vehicles, helicopters, and missile systemsContinue Reading