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President Trump is telling the press that he is done negotiating with the Iranians and that something will be happening “fairly soon”, while America’s other president, Benjamin Netanyahu, proclaims that the time has come to topple Tehran once and for all.
Well, it looks like they’re going to attack Iran again. Might be after the US midterms. Might be sooner.
President Trump is telling the press that he is done negotiating with the Iranians and that something will be happening “fairly soon”, while America’s other president, Benjamin Netanyahu, proclaims that the time has come to topple Tehran once and for all.
Haaretz reports that Netanyahu is calling for “preemptive strikes” on Iran, which is empire-speak for “attack completely out of the blue without any provocation or justification whatsoever”.
U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Hasan, convicted of murdering 13 people and attempting to murder 32 others in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, is scheduled to be executed by firing squad on December 3. Although Hasan is incarcerated at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, the execution is scheduled to take place at Fort Hood, Texas.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth proposed livestreaming the execution, arguing that the public should see the consequences of such crimes. President Donald Trump later reversed that plan following bipartisan criticism, but the execution remains scheduled.
Choosing Fort Hood as the execution site raises a troubling question: Is this simply about carrying out a sentence, or is it about turning death into a public spectacle? Broadcasting an execution would be barbaric.
Two things about the Fort Hood shooting have stayed with me.
First, a local mosque invited me to attend a press conference and speak about the shooting as a retired military veteran. I gladly accepted.
I’ll consider some problematic examples.
Trump illegally uses taxpayer funds for his own right-wing propaganda. The real spending on the military is hidden from the public. Prices rise on a host of goods and services. Trump is making deals with big oil, at the expense of consumers. Trump’s administration is doing what it can to rescue the highly polluting coal industry. He continues to push vanity and other whacky policies
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Taxpayer funds for propaganda
Elie Mystal considers Trump illegal use of taxpayer funds for propaganda purposes in an article for The Nation, Sept 30, 2026 (https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/psa-trump-contiues-to-commit-crimes). Elie Mystal is The Nation’s justice correspondent and a columnist. Here’s some of what he writes.
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Magapublicans have assault issues, not just against democracy but also against their wives. Mamdani is taken to task for opposing genocide, while Trump takes us all to task for noticing his invite to Iran to destroy L.A. The DOJ will solve all these by recruiting criminals to prosecute dissidents, creating a vertical monopoly on injustice.
We start with HEDY TRIPP’S intro to a devastating documentary on “Minnesota Neighbors” on the 3,000-strong gestapo ICE assault in Minneapolis and more.
From the Green Party’s HOWIE HAWKINS we get a detailed report on Trump’s latest travesties in Ukraine, where Putin has Trump completely under his thumb.
From the great MIMI KENNEDY we get an in-depth Smart Elections examination of the MAGA/Trump assault on the vote count.
Santa Monica’s PAUL NEWMAN shares us a report from Aaron Parnas on Trump/SISA attacks on the inside of voting machines.
Radio host LYNNE FEINERMAN speculates on talks about the corporate monopolization of the voting machines.
From southern California LYNN SURUM reminds us that it’s possible to view the vote count by camera in various locales.
From northern California’s TATANKA BRICCA we hear of northern California’s grassroots organizations aiming to safeguard against ICE and election theft.
In Kalamazoo, Michigan, Don’t Waste Michigan’s KEVIN KAMPS warns us of the latest insane plan of the nuke industry putting the planet in even deeper danger.
The stadium is empty, but Israel is still in the game.
Though any form of isolation of those responsible for genocide is welcome, the growing movement for a sports boycott of Israel has yet to translate solidarity into meaningful sporting isolation.
Two recent developments illustrate this contradiction.
The first is the decision by Alkmaar, a Dutch city north of Amsterdam, to bar visiting supporters of Israeli football club Hapoel Be’er Sheva from attending its October 15 Europa League match against AZ Alkmaar at the AFAS Stadium.
The decision followed the violence surrounding the November 2024 Ajax–Maccabi Tel Aviv match in Amsterdam, when Israeli supporters were filmed chanting racist slogans, tearing down Palestinian flags and confronting local residents.
How do you stop a would-be dictator? The first lesson is knowing that it’s possible, as South Korea showed a month after Donald Trump’s reelection. Their example should hearten those of us worried that Trump and his allies will disrupt or defy the results of November’s midterms—whether by obstructing voting or trying to block ballot counting and certification.
After escalating conflicts with South Korea’s National Assembly and bribery accusations against his wife, President Yoon Suk Yeol abruptly declared martial law on December 3, 2024, at 10:23 P.M. Like Trump, Yoon had already appointed loyalists to key military posts, and his state prosecutor used libel laws to attack political opponents and journalists. Yoon now banned all political activity, protests, and strikes, and claimed the right to detain anyone he chose. He ordered the military to enter the National Assembly by force to remove the members, “including the use of firearms if necessary.”
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), one of Washington’s most influential pro-Israel lobbying organizations, has announced that it will stop officially endorsing congressional candidates and making direct campaign contributions through its political action committee (PAC). The decision follows growing criticism of candidates associated with its endorsements. However, AIPAC’s affiliated super PAC, the United Democracy Project (UDP), will continue operating.
AIPAC’s announcement raises an important question: Why should a powerful lobbying organization’s priorities carry such weight in American politics, particularly when its agenda conflicts with the views of many American voters?
AIPAC and its affiliated political groups have spent enormous sums supporting candidates who favor their policy agenda and opposing those who challenge it. Critics argue that this spending undermines democratic accountability by allowing wealthy donors and powerful special interests to exert disproportionate influence over elections.
