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Trump’s Carnival of Corruption Threatens Our Democracy
Donald Trump’s second term has been marked by personal graft, rampant abuse of power, and subversion of the rule of law and the Constitution.
The Encampments (w/ Mahmoud Khalil and Michael Workman) | The Chris Hedges Report
The documentary “The Encampments” captures what the corporate media hid during the 2024 mass student protests against Israel’s genocide — that a rainbow coalition organized against genocide.
Inside the Israel Lobby’s Lesser-Known Tool for Influencing Congress: Free Travel
This year, Israel will account for nearly one-quarter of all free travel gifted to Congress members, and AIPAC is overwhelmingly setting the agenda.
"Slower Form of Death": Despite Ceasefire, Israel Keeps Killing in Gaza as Winter Storm Floods Tents
Palestinians were battered with rain and freezing temperatures overnight as winter storm Byron hit the Gaza Strip. Soaked tents and makeshift shelters flooded, causing some mattresses to float and improvised roofs to blow away. An 8-month-old baby girl, Rahaf Abu Jazar, died from hypothermia. Moureen Kaki, an aid worker living in Gaza, says conditions at hospitals have not improved since the announcement of the so-called ceasefire. “It is not really a ceasefire,” she says. “It’s just a slower form of death.”
FBI Is Making an Enemies List—and Most Corporate Media Didn’t Even Check It Once
The Trump FBI’s enemies list could encompass over half the US public, and virtually no corporate media outlets covered this catastrophic decree.
House and Senate Agree To Make Draft Registration ‘Automatic’
This will be the largest change in Selective Service law since 1980.
Is War Next? U.S. Seizes Venezuelan Oil Tanker as Anti-Maduro Campaign Escalates
U.S. troops seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday, a major escalation that the Venezuelan government called “international piracy.” We speak with New York University professor Alejandro Velasco about the Trump administration’s intentions in the country, which has the world’s largest known oil reserves. Though the Pentagon has claimed the conflict is aimed at combating narcoterrorism, Velasco says the violence is actually an effort “to get rid of leftist governments in the region.”
SCOOP: Trump Admin Is Preparing to Revoke Visas of Critics of Elon Musk’s Twitter
Trump officials are considering revoking the visas of former European Union Commissioner Thierry Breton and Imran Ahmed, of the Center for Countering Digital Hate.