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If the objective of the U.S. war upon Iran is to ensure that that country does not develop nuclear weapons, that goal was attained more than a decade ago through a far different approach than the one now being followed by the Trump administration.

Iran, as a signer of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty of 1970, had agreed to forgo the development of nuclear weapons. Even so, fears grew during the early 21st century that Iran’s uranium enrichment program, used for peaceful purposes, might be diverted to the development of the Bomb, thereby throwing the volatile Middle East into yet another crisis, including a frenzied nuclear arms race. 

I don’t know much about the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Sure, I’ve gotten their fundraising solicitations, but that just makes me the same as most Americans this side of Attila the Hun. Visiting Montgomery, Alabama, some years ago with my son, I was surprised to see their big, fancy building, but more than anything else, because I worry about what a comrade had called the trend among labor and the left, to join the “edifice complex” in a clever pun on the Oedipus complex of Freudian practice. 

With the announcement that the Justice Department is going after them, I can’t help but scratch my head and be sympathetic, even while bracing myself for the barrage of mail from them that will burdening my letter carrier soon. The acting Attorney General and the head of the FBI, soberly announced an indictment, which was a bit hard for me to follow. They claimed the SPLC was guilty of…

According to the Council on Foreign Relations, the United States has provided more than $300 billion in total economic and military assistance to Israel since 1948, when adjusted for inflation. That breaks down to roughly $10 million a day—money that could have gone toward programs like Head Start or food assistance for Americans in need, such as veterans and homeless. Instead, we are being asked to tighten our belts for the sake of a foreign nation.

In 2015, the U.S. Congress cut $5 billion from the Food Stamps Program. At the same time, lawmakers approved $488 million in aid to Israel. Syndicated columnist Patrick Buchanan once remarked that Congress is “Israeli‑occupied territory,” a comment he made after serving as a political advisor in the Nixon, Ford, and Reagan administrations.

"There were Three Estates in Parliament; but, in the Reporters' Gallery yonder, there sat a Fourth Estate more important far than they all." — Edmund Burke ​

In our recent piece, "The $50 Billion Windfall: Shadows of the 'Epstein War' and the Fight for Constitutional Accountability," we exposed how shadow networks and "national security" redactions are used to shield the powerful from the consequences of their actions. Today, that same shield of immunity is being used to mask some of the most heinous acts imaginable against the most vulnerable. 

​As we fight in Ohio to pass the Protecting Ohioans’ Constitutional Rights initiative, we must recognize that the "immunity" we are fighting is not just a legal technicality in a local courtroom. It is a global doctrine of state-sanctioned violence. ​

We open GREEP Zoom #264 with MIMI GERMAN & a horrendous video that actually supports men raping women.
This terrible tragedy is further opposed by insights from radio host LYNN FEINERMAN.
Regular listener DR. RUTH STRAUS offers us all a message of solidarity.
Co-host MYLA RESON shares her observations on how the community should respond.
Regular Minnesota supporter HEDY TRIPP provides here own message of support.
Mimi and Lynn will soon be convening a separate zoom. 

With JOHN BRAKEY we dive into the intricacies of election protection, starting in Arizona.
John is joined former Arizona Secretary of State KEN BENNETT with his unique insider insights.
We’re further joined by the powerful California-based election protection activist RAY LUTZ.

Finally, author/activist LINDA GUNTER shares her latest insights into the failure of the “Peaceful Atom” and its catastrophic so-called “Nuclear Renaissance.”
Engineer ARNIE GUNDERSEN explains the turning-point engineering flaws at Michigan’s  impossible-to-reopen Palisades nuke.

It is tempting to argue that Israel’s new military doctrine is predicated on perpetual war—but the reality is more complex.

Not that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would object to such an arrangement. On the contrary, his relentless drive for military escalation suggests precisely that. After all, his openly declared quest for a “greater Israel” would require exactly this kind of permanent militarism—endless expansion and sustained regional destruction.

However, Israel cannot sustain an open-ended fight on multiple fronts indefinitely.

Israeli officials boast about fighting on “seven fronts,” but many of these are, in military terms, largely imaginary rather than sustained battlefields.

The real wars, however, are entirely of Israel’s making: from the genocide in Gaza to its unprovoked regional wars.