By Hannah Nightingale – The Postmillennial

60 Minutes featured former Biden USAID head's speechwriter as worker fired during DOGE spending cut spree

On Sunday, CBS News’ 60 Minutes aired an episode featuring two people who purportedly lost their jobs in the USAID shutdown. However, the two people featured in the episode actually worked for an outside company, not USAID. CBS said that Kristina Drye and Adam Dubard had been “fired this month in the chaotic shutdown of foreign aid distributed by the US Agency for International Development, USAID. More than 8,000 USAID employees were sent home by the administration.” Continue reading “60 Minutes featured former Biden USAID head’s speechwriter as worker fired during DOGE spending cut spree”

By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation

The Israel Lobby wants the next multibillion dollar US aid package for the Jewish state to “span 25 years, rather than 10” in order to “insulate the relationship against future US political vagaries and uncertainties.” Continue reading “Israel Wants Next U.S. Aid Package to Span 25 Years”

By Dave DeCamp – Antiwar.com

US Africa Command said in a press release that it launched an airstrike in northeast Somalia that targeted ISIS fighters, claiming that two were killed. Continue reading “US Launches Airstrike in Somalia’s Puntland, Says Two ISIS Fighters Killed”

By Armageddon Safari – Zero Hedge

Even before DOGE blew the lid off of USAID’s sleazy bankrolling of transgressive social engineering projects from Ireland to Zimbabwe, anyone with common sense who pays a modicum of attention to international affairs already knew what was up.

Now, we have all the proof we could ever want — and so do the nation-states victimized by the brutal neoliberal machine. Continue reading “Geopolitical Consequences: Deep State’s USAID Chickens Come Home to Roost”

By Brett Wilkins – Antiwar.com

Israeli authorities are planning to expand a Jewish-only settlement in the West Bank by nearly 1,000 homes, a Tel Aviv-based peace group said Sunday as Israeli soldiers and settlers escalated attacks on Palestinians in the illegally occupied territory. Continue reading “Israel Plans 1,000 New Settlement Homes as West Bank Raids Intensify”

By Ted Galen Carpenter – The Libertarian Institute

America’s ‘Democratic’ Allies Are Becoming More Authoritarian

U.S. officials have a long history of portraying Washington’s allies and clients as democratic, even when their behavior is blatantly authoritarian. Such cynical hypocrisy was at its zenith during the Cold War, but it is surging again. Continue reading “America’s ‘Democratic’ Allies Are Becoming More Authoritarian”

By Cindy Harper – Reclaimthenet.org

A TikTok logo is prominently displayed over a digitally altered and colorful rendition of a neoclassical building with pink and purple hues.

Despite the narrative being about a threat from China, efforts to ban TikTok in the United States were largely stagnant until the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas reignited discussions around the legislation, according to former US Congressman Mike Gallagher. Continue reading “Washington’s TikTok Ban Heated Up Following Israel-Hamas War, Former Congressman States”

By Wyatt Reed and Oscar León – The Gray Zone

The Argentinean president branded himself as an edgy economic genius to ride a wave of financial discontent to power. Now he’s implicated in one of the biggest scams in history, wiping out over $4 billion in market cap in a few hours, leaving Argentineans wondering if they’ve also been rugged.

Continue reading “Argentina’s Milei faces impeachment for promoting crypto scam”