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Although Donald Trump has never been modest about his abilities or reluctant to exercise personal power, during his second term in office he has shown clear signs of megalomania.
One sign, of course, is his blatant demand for the territory of other nations. Since January 2025 alone, he has suggested annexing or seizing control of Greenland, Canada, Mexico, the Panama Canal, Gaza, Venezuela, and Cuba. In addition, he has proclaimed the “Donroe Doctrine,” declaring that “American dominance in the Western Hemisphere will never be questioned again.”
The split in MAGA over Iran looms large, and Loomer says the nay-sayers are the Woke Reich. Democrat-ish leaders put their thumb on the candidate scale, and a new Florida history course says the American dream is made of gold—or, more likely, Teflon.
Dr. Bob Fitrakis and Dan-o Dougan found songs that tell a story in this episode of Everybody Knows.
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On the morning of May 13, 2026, Israeli settlers and occupation soldiers carried out coordinated attacks on the Palestinian villages of Sinjil and Jaljulia, north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. According to local sources, dozens of settlers, accompanied by Israeli military personnel, entered the western area of Sinjil, where they chased Palestinian shepherds, assaulted them, and seized 400 hundreds of sheep and two donkeys according to IMEMC News. Residents intervened to stop the theft, but the settlers continued their raids.
Palestinian teen killed in West Bank village during settler attack Video credit: cnn.com
In Jaljulia, another group of settlers attacked homes on the outskirts, stealing additional sheep and agricultural equipment from local farmers and shot dead a 15 y.o. Witnesses reported that the settlers moved freely under the protection of the occupation army, which prevented Palestinians from approaching their own land during the assaults according IMEMC News.
The video is horrifying, though it is the kind of horror now synonymous with the behavior of Israel, its military, its armed settlers, and society that has been conditioned to see the 'other' as subhuman.
Yet, this was not the typical viral video that emerges almost daily from occupied Palestine. The victim, this time, was not a Palestinian. She was an elderly French nun.
On May 1, footage surfaced from Jerusalem showing a 36-year-old Israeli man running behind a French nun—a researcher at the French School of Biblical and Archaeological Research—and shoving her violently to the ground.
In a chilling display of cruelty, the assailant did not simply hit and run. He walked away a few paces, then returned to the fallen woman to kick her repeatedly and mercilessly as she lay helpless.
“Houston, we have a problem.” Let me rephrase that…we have lots of problems. That’s just my opinion though. The president of the United States has a different take…
…when Trump answered a question about whether he was motivated by the financial situation of Americans to make a deal to end the war with Iran. “Not even a little bit,” he replied, “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation. I don’t think about anybody. I think about one thing: We cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon. That’s all.”
Am I wrong to thing that the elected leader of more than 300 million people should have more than “one thing” on their mind and that somewhere up there the American people and their “financial situation” should be on the list?
As the sun sets over the Scioto River, a new era of civic vigilance is dawning. We are witnessing a historic collision between private interests and public trust, a moment that demands we look beyond the headlines and into the very machinery of our democracy.
The Fourth Estate is RISING. It is no longer just a traditional watchdog; it is transforming into a digital powerhouse where the collective voice of the people serves as the ultimate check on power.
The Billion-Dollar Shakedown: A Legal Breakdown
To understand the current crisis, we must look at the mechanics of the lawsuit against the IRS and Treasury Department. This isn't just a grievance; it is a calculated strike against the federal ledger.
The Origin: The case stems from the 2024 leaks by a private contractor who bypassed IRS safeguards to release personal tax records to the media.
GREEP Gathering #266 welcomes ALEXIS GOLDSTEIN who, while being fired from her position as a federal banking regulator, eye-witnessed the “smash & grab” of critical, highly valuable public data....soon to become a mega/MAGA asset for Trump’s tech billionaires.
Hearing her is the legendary GREG PALAST, who explains how this kind of thievery has become a trillion-dollar industry aiming at a permanent oligarchy., including poll vendor Liberty vote.
Our co-producers MIKE HERSH and STEVE CARUSO chime in on the full frontal assault being perpetrated on the core of what’s left of American democracy.
From DAVID SALTMAN we get the suggestion to establish an independent NGO aiming to investigate/regulate the financial world in ways no longer possible in our devastated government.
Meanwhile the great RAY MCCLENDON reports on the “continued frontal assault” on black voting rates within the electoral structure of Georgia while the Supremes’ Callais gutting of the core voting rights of American blacks to secure representation within the American governmental structure.
