From The GrayZone John Mearsheimer, the eminent political scientist who has warned for years that NATO's Ukraine policy would lead to disaster, joins Aaron Maté to assess the state of the Ukraine proxy war and the dangers ahead. Transcript is available at...
Senate Passes $886 Billion NDAA: No Audits Necessary
President Joe wants no audit of the billions in weapons of mass Ukrainian death provided in the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). His compliant Senate majority gave him every buck of the 886 billion bucks he requested to wage US exceptionalism round the...
When Oppenheimer Misled the Media on Trinity ‘Junket’
Reprinted with permission from Greg Mitchell’s newsletter Oppenheimer: From Hiroshima to Hollywood. Above: Catchy gospel tune, “Atomic Telephone,” from 1951, as the U.S. developed its H-bomb. I guess they could have called it “Atomic Teller-phone.” In the latest box...
Conflicts of Interest: Oppenheimer and the Morality of Nuclear Weapons Testing guest Patrick MacFarlane
On COI #450, Pat MacFarlane returns to the show to discuss his new documentary, Oppenheimer. Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.
Bleeding America Dry: Senate Passes MASSIVE Military Spending Bill
From today's Ron Paul Liberty Report: Late last week the US Senate overwhelmingly passed another huge military spending bill while rejecting any oversight over how the money is spent. The Empire must be funded! Meanwhile US troops in Niger are nervously watching a...
Could the US Realistically Use Taiwan To Fight a Proxy War With China?
John V. Walsh is an antiwar writer who is well versed on China. Recently, he wrote an article titled “Arming Taiwan is an Insane Provocation.” Insane, yes, but it is also a blazing sign of desperation. A plethora of American words and actions touching on mainland...
Gerontocracy and the Decline of the US Empire
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author's permission. A year ago, I asked whether Joe Biden and Donald Trump were too old to serve as president. Recently, concerns about advanced age and failing health have come to the fore in Congress. Senator Diane Feinstein,...
When Oppenheimer Visited Japan
Reprinted with permission from Greg Mitchell’s newsletter Oppenheimer: From Hiroshima to Hollywood. A headline on Washington Post story today: ‘Disturbing’ decline in global nuclear security, watchdog says. Nuclear security risks are rising for the first time in a...
Inside a Mound in Hiroshima
Reprinted with permission from Greg Mitchell's newsletter Oppenheimer: From Hiroshima to Hollywood. A reminder (inadequately supplied by Oppenheimer) of what happened at the other end of the bomb in Hiroshima. Based on my visit. Excerpted from my book Atomic Cover-up....
Biden Should Not Pursue Saudi-Israeli Normalization
Tom Friedman oversells the significance of normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia:First, a U.S.-Saudi security pact that produces normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and the Jewish state – while curtailing Saudi-China relations – would be a game...


