The Israel lobby takes out Thomas Massie and kills MAGA in the process. The good news is, we’ve now confirmed how the system works.
The Israel lobby takes out Thomas Massie and kills MAGA in the process. The good news is, we’ve now confirmed how the system works.
Trump’s catastrophic miscalculation in Iran and refusal to accept the inevitability of defeat is pushing us towards a global depression and ensuring the suffering and immiseration of millions.
America’s newest quagmire in the Middle East is like its old quagmires in the Middle East. It is based, as were the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, on a gross misreading of our adversaries, a catastrophic failure to understand the limits of imperial power and no discernable strategy. It swells the profits of the war industry, wasting billions of public funds, alienates our allies and erodes the global power and prestige of the United States.
Dying empires, governed by the corrupt and the incompetent, are blinded by militarism and hubris. They are unable to read the world around them. They stumble into self-defeating cul-de-sacs — as we did in Iraq, Afghanistan and earlier in Vietnam — where military adventurism accelerates self-inflicted wounds.
The war on Iran is one more chapter in our precipitous and ultimately fatal decline.
Tehran’s 10-point temporary ceasefire proposal — brokered by Pakistani mediators and presented to the U.S. 40 days after war against Iran had begun — is tantamount to surrender terms. It demands the end of U.S. and Israeli attacks, including in Lebanon. It calls for the removal of U.S. military bases and installations from the region. It solidifies Iran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz. It refuses to abandon uranium enrichment. It calls for the end to sanctions and termination of anti-Iranian resolutions by the United Nations Security Council and International Atomic Energy Agency. It also requires release of frozen assets — estimated at $100 billion — and reparations for the U.S. and Israeli attacks.
This is too bitter a humiliation for the U.S. and Israel to accept. (more...)
Over the past 30 hours, the United States escalated the conflict in its war against Iran, when U.S. President Donald Trump on May 2 declared that U.S. “Project Freedom” would begin today, for the U.S. military to control transit through the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. CentCom statement declared that the U.S. Navy will provide “guidance” for ships’ passage, and oppose Iranian interference with force. CentCom reported U. S. forces include “guided-missile destroyers, over 100 land and sea-based aircraft, multi-domain unmanned platforms, and 15,000 service members.” There may be a Pentagon briefing on the situation Tuesday, May 5.
A statement from Iran was issued early on May 4 by Iranian Major General Ali Abdollahi, reaffirming the right of Iran to control its waters, and posting a map showing the line across the Persian Gulf above and below the Strait of Hormuz, inside which Iran declares its sovereignty to control transit.
As of this evening reports continue to come out, sometimes conflicting, of warning shots, damage to ships, and the U.S. claim to have sunk six small Iran boats. It is reported that officials from Iran and Oman will be conferring imminently, as the two littoral nations that have worked together for decades on safe navigation. Meantime, the U.A.E. is caught in the middle of the conflict. The UN has a navigation corridor scheme on standby, worked out by a multi-agency taskforce commissioned in mid-March, including the International Maritime Organization. Their goals include providing exodus for the 200 vessels and 20,000 seamen trapped for weeks in the blockade, and also expediting vital flows of commodities and humanitarian cargo.
However, the Trump Administration opposes the principle of international law of the United Nations. The U.S. and Israel continue unilateral action, not only in the Gulf region, but also Israel is striking Lebanon and Gaza hard. Today, Trump posted on social media that Iran will be “blown off the face of the Earth,” if it targets U.S. ships in the Strait. U.S. Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz announced he will prepare a UN Security Council resolution, along with the U.A.E., against Iran. Waltz last week called for other nations to join the U.S.-led “Maritime Freedom Construct.”
All the while, the worldwide economic shocks grow by the hour, given the shutdown of vital flows of oil, gas, naphtha, fertilizers, sulphur and other commodities through the Gulf. A grim warning of the life-and-death implications for food was given by Svein Tore Holsether, CEO of Yara International, the world’s biggest fertilizer company, based in Norway, who said April 30 that he foresees a scenario of a “global auction” of fertilizer coming into being, where fertilizer goes to the highest bidder and the poor lose out. Yara operates in 60 countries, and sells in dozens more; its fertilizer prices to farmers are up 80% since March.
Helga Zepp-LaRouche, Schiller Institute leader, used the analogy of “the noose tightening around the neck of humanity” to describe the consequences of allowing all this to continue. To further decisive action to stop the madness, this news service will sponsor its fourth international (online) roundtable this year, of experts conferring on the emergency situation, to mobilize forces to intervene. The date is tentatively set for Friday, May 15, to be conducted concurrently with the weekly International Peace Coalition. An invitation in multiple languages is forthcoming.
Provocations abound. Today a high-rise apartment building in Moscow was hit by Ukraine attack drones, with the obvious implication of targeting the person of President Vladimir Putin. Moreover, the strike took place only days before Russia’s May 9 observance of the 81st anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The drone attack took place as the eighth summit of the European Political Community of some 48 nations, plus EU and NATO leaders, in Yerevan, Armenia discussed new multibillion-dollar funding for Kiev to keep the Ukraine proxy war against Russia going. This grouping was initiated by French President Emmanuel Macron and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
There are forces in motion for diplomacy and intervention to stop this warfare. One important focus this month is May 26, when China, rotating President of the UN Security Council for May, will hold a special UNSC open debate at the ministerial level on “Upholding the Purposes and Principles of the UN Charter and Strengthening the UN-Centered International System.” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will chair the discussion, and more than the 15 member nations of the UNSC are likely to participate.
This is the direction to take, without delay. Zepp-LaRouche called on everyone to support this initiative for humanity. She warned today that we are in “a period of heightened military tension and danger. Something can go awfully wrong at any moment.”
Bernat Lautaro
Presstv, Caracas
A recent investigation has revealed a Zionist conspiracy aimed at sabotaging popular governments in the Americas, which are critical of the Gaza genocide. That conspiracy was conducted with the cooperation of drug traffickers and far-right political operators.
Pasta 2 Go Presents Uncontrolled Opposition recording session for WBAI 99.5 fm and Progressive Radio Network with Jeremy Kuzmarov (@JKuzmarov) and Gloria Guillo.
Alexis Baden-Mayer Esq., activist & non-profit director, joins the show to discuss the work of Deep State and Fascism Research Mae Brussell, also known as the “Queen of Conspiracy.”
Chuck Zlatkin also Joins to the show. Chuck knew Mae in the 1970s when he was involved with running the Elgin Theater in NYC where he invited Mae to speak after she was excluded from the conference on the JFK Assassination.
Article: https://jeremykuzmarov.substack.com/p/deep-state-researcher-mae-brussell
Donald Trump is leading America on a crash course to disaster. His recent behavior is shaped by the imperial doctrines of the City of London, policies of Permanent War and depopulation, policies of The Clash of Civilizations. Join with the LaRouche Organization to make sure that the authentic voice of the American republic is heard.
In this week's Underground, Michael celebrates the conversion of a young Muslim man to the traditional Catholic Faith.
He then goes nuclear on Zionists who ignore the Gospel of Jesus Christ but cite Old Testament wrath verses to justify Neocon warmongering in Israel's name. Jesus said that, if we want to be children of God, we must love our enemies and be good to those who persecute us. So, what's with the warmongering of Reverend Franklin Graham and Pastor Paula White?
The MAGA dissenters from Trump's love affair with Bibi Netanyahu just picked up a powerful new ally in Pope Leo XIV. Now what, Pastor Hagee?
Plus, Muslims have our buildings, but we have the Faith. As the Catholic Church continues to sell her empty churches to Muslim investors who want to turn them into mosques, when will the Vatican admit that the Traditional Catholics probably had a point all along?
Netanyahu launches terror attack on Beirut, destroying Trump’s ceasefire. We need to detach from Israel immediately.
Alastair Crooke is the Director of Conflicts Forum, a small geopolitical and geofinancial consultancy. He is a former senior British MI6 officer and previously served as an advisor on Middle East issues to Javier Solana, the European Union’s Foreign Policy Chief.
Over a nine-year period, Crooke helped initiate a number of ceasefires in the Occupied Territories on behalf of the European Union, working between Hamas, Hezbollah, and Israel. He has more than thirty-five years of experience engaging with Islamist political movements.
Crooke is also an author and a regular media commentator on political and geofinancial issues. You can find more of his work at: https://conflictsforum.substack.com
Joining me today is Patrick Henningsen, here to discuss largely the Iran war—and the many lies surrounding it—as he has just returned from Iran where he was able to definitively debunk numerous western lies about what recently took place in the country. We also discuss the shifting political landscape of the United States and the growing awareness of the broken nature of the US political system. Finally we address the hard truth that many are struggling with, and that is the possibility that the American Empire may be dying, and whether there was a recent coup d'état in the US that helped hasten its demise.
Desecrating Easter was the first step toward nuclear war. Christians need to understand where Trump is taking us.
Nathan Apffel is a documentary filmmaker known for his investigative work exploring faith, accountability, and institutional transparency. Raised in a religious environment, his experiences inspired The Religion Business, a long-running project examining both the power of spiritual devotion and the failures within religious and nonprofit organizations. Through his storytelling, Apffel aims to amplify unheard voices and challenge systems that lack oversight. His work combines journalism and filmmaking to push for greater transparency, ethical reform, and meaningful change.
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Trump, Iran, the antagonist extraordinaire Bibi Netanyahu, and the political train wreck that is coming. On location in mountains of northern Arizona.
Mike Robinson speaks with former senior professional staff member at the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and author of Dark Crusade , Cliff Kiracofe, about the deep roots of Christian Zionism and its increasingly visible grip on American foreign policy.
Kiracofe traces the ideology back to its British origins in the 1820s (see Mike's earlier interview with Cliff for the background to this), when it was weaponised by Lord Palmerston to build public support for imperial Middle East policy. Two centuries on, he argues, the same playbook is running in Washington with Pete Hegseth, Paula White, Marco Rubio, and a network of Christian Zionist believers embedded at the heart of the Trump administration, alongside Jewish Zionist influence concentrated in the president's inner circle.
The conversation turns to the war on Iran: Trump bypassed normal National Security Council processes to override the advice of the Joint Chiefs and the Director of National Intelligence. Kiracofe also addresses the more than 100 lawsuits filed by US military personnel who object to religious coercion in the ranks, the resignation of National Counterterrorism Center head Joe Kent, and long-term prospects for political change with cautious hope placed in the 2028 elections and the rising generation of anti-Zionist candidates across party lines.
Dark Crusade: a look at the origins of Christian Zionism with Clifford Kiracofe
Have we forgotten the cost of lies promoted for the sake of supporting an immoral war? Have we forgotten due to mass amnesia induced by lying media and politicians? The consequences of accepting lies in the past have been tragic -- this time, it could lead to extinction of the human race. Join our mobilization.
Zepp-LaRouche Calls on Pope Leo XIV To Intervene on the Level of Nicholas of Cusa
With urgent calls from around the world for an end to the "war of choice" -- chosen by war hawks in Israel and the U.S. -- and prayers for peace from all religions, self-anointed Christian Crusader Pete Hegseth called for "destroying the enemy as viciously as possible", adding that this is why we "negotiate with bombs." No, Mr. Secretary of War, what you are doing is described by civilized society as war crimes.
President Trump officially denounces Tucker Carlson, as yet another Neocon war throws MAGA into a civil war. So, Lindsey Graham – Is Bibi worth it?
But wait! This war is not fueled by politics. This war fever is elevated by religion – just ask Senator Ted Cruisemissile, Rockin’ Mike Huckabee, and Rappin’ Pastor Paula. (The clips in this section are NOT SNL spoofs.)
Meanwhile, Trump fires Kristi Noem as head of DHS after Republican senators call out Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis. Michael explains why he agrees with the Republican senators now and back when people were getting shot in Minneapolis.
In this Underground, Michael features Orthodox Jews, Charlie Kirk, and Traditional Catholics who, with one voice, are calling out warmongering Zionists who are blowing up the Holy Land to make room for the Manmade Messiah.
Israel’s war and what it means.
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Steve Bannon, the right-wing strategist who served as chief White House adviser during US President Donald Trump’s first term, plotted with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to “take down” Pope Francis, according to recently released US Justice Department files.
Messages exchanged between the two in 2019 show Bannon telling Epstein he would “take down (Pope) Francis” as he sought to advance his nationalist-populist agenda after leaving the White House.
At the time, Bannon was a vocal critic of the late pontiff, accusing him of siding with “globalist elites” and opposing what he described as a “sovereigntist” political movement gaining traction in parts of Europe.
The correspondence suggests Bannon viewed Francis as a significant obstacle to that vision.
“Will take down (Pope) Francis,” Bannon wrote to Epstein in June 2019. “The Clintons, Xi, Francis, EU – come on, brother.”
According to the files, Bannon also floated the idea of turning the 2019 book In the Closet of the Vatican, by French journalist Frédéric Martel, into a film and suggested Epstein could serve as executive producer.
“You are now exec producer of ‘ITCOTV’ (In the Closet of the Vatican),” Bannon wrote.
Martel later said he rejected any such proposal and believed Bannon intended to use the book to undermine the pope. (more...)
Former Trump adviser Bannon plotted with Epstein to 'take down' Pope Francis
In today’s EIR Report, Harley Schlanger interviews veteran radio and TV political analyst Garland Nixon on developments following the annual Davos summit, including the increasingly brutal ICE operations in Minnesota, the shift away from the Trump Administration’s “no new wars” stance to neocon-backed interventions in Venezuela and Iran, and the role of British imperial strategy in shaping U.S. foreign policy—using NATO, financial power, and proxy conflicts to prevent Eurasian economic integration and weaken Russia and China.
Nixon pointed out that the expanded ICE deployments have drawn major political backlash from within the U.S., including some pro-gun Trump supporters who have highlighted that Alex Pretti was following the law with respect to carrying a concealed firearm. ICE agents have increasingly used intimidation, physical force, and violence against civilians, including U.S. citizens. Nixon, a former law enforcement official, points out that some of the federal agents have received training directly from the Israel Defense Forces, turning counterterror and foreign-war tactics against their own fellow Americans.
Many Americans now see that this is no longer about “combatting illegal immigration,” but empowering a post-9/11 surveillance apparatus—run by Palantir CEO Alex Karp, Peter Thiel, and others—to be used to suppress political dissent and protest at home. This has also been applied to social media platforms, like X and TikTok, to censor any kind of discussion criticizing the government for its policies in Gaza, Ukraine, and other nations. Younger Americans, including those from Jewish communities, have increasingly turned against U.S. support for the Israeli government’s militarist Zionist ideology. The issue is much deeper though, as both Schlanger and Nixon get into, which is the role of British imperialism in creating destructive ideologies like Zionism to maintain a geopolitical stranglehold on the world. The intervention from Bush-RINOS and neocons in the Trump Administration to provoke a war in Iran, for example, is being done with the intent to weaken Russia and China.
All of this relates to the collapsing global financial system, which the swindlers are desperate to save. Increased military spending in the U.S., AI investment, repeated bailouts, and more endless wars are the present measures being taken to sustain the failing speculative economy. This will not work, however, as reality cannot be defied. A very dangerous moment presents itself, but at the same an opportunity exists for citizens to expose the underlying structures of financial power and oligarchism at its core, and present a new alternative based on cooperation, mutual benefit, and economic development.