Bulletin N° 1201
“The Case Against Despair: ‘Don't Spread Despair Because That Creates The Environment For The Spell’."
by Celia Farber
(2:10:12)
The Blessings Of Being Canceled: Owen Benjamin Gets The Last Laugh, with Tucker Carlson.
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“Simon Dixon: The Dark Financial Realities Behind the Iran War”
https://www.youtube.com/live/CNeoxbHcvjc
by Deep Dive, with Daniel Davis
(51:48)
Subject : “‘Government Of the People, By the People and For the People’ vs. The Last Call of the Corporate Oligarchs: ‘Hang Together, or Hang Separately’.”
Grenoble, France
May 18, 2026
Dear Colleagues and Friends of CEIMSA,
As the plot thickens, we continue to bring you critical views from the Anglophone alternative social media, views which receive little or no attention in the commercial corporate media. In U.S. society one major cultural contradiction is that the concentration of wealth in our post-modern era of Monopoly Capitalism has led to an almost complete control of mainstream media by a small social class with corporate capitalist interests. This hegemonic control over ideology and information today is in relentless conflict with historic political traditions lived by hundreds of millions of people, and which may be summed up by the ideological phrase: “WE THE PEOPLE”. This term is a late 18th-century creation of the bourgeois revolutions, which eventually took the inherited political power from the hands of a landed aristocracy and placed it in the custody of capitalist-class interests (with the indispensable help of the peasantry and the urban working poor, who eventually were to receive relatively meager benefits from this transfer of state power).
This historic force has reached a ceiling today and the corporate owners of capital appear mostly dead-ended ideologically, which is to say their political ideas no longer have a vital correspondence with real facts on the ground. Grandiose ideas --such as depopulation on the earth, or colonization of the planet Mars, or the enactment of another promenade on the surface of the Moon-- all speak to the cultural impoverishment of this small class of self-anointed elitists. They retain the wealth they have accumulated from labor exploitation over the years, but their ideological legitimacy has plummeted; their struggle to maintain political power over society is seen increasingly as an inevitable conflict between “We the People” and the Corporate Ownership of the State. Like the strategy of the depopulation agenda, the dismantling of state power (instead of modifying it and shifting its ownership, from the hands of the elitist capitalist class, into the hands of the class of ordinary people who have been exploited by the owners of capital) is a ruse, an impractical fiction used to recruit ordinary people to enter the struggle on the side of the corporate elitists, who now wield control over state apparatuses and are not about to give them up. The chimera of a stateless society, operating on individual self-interest alone, is a dastardly attempt to disarm ordinary people by distracting them from finding new ways to free themselves from bondage and to forge collectively an unalienated life style towards self-realization for themselves and for their communities, in the conspicuous absence of the historic exploitation by a ruling class of owners with the aid of their cynical capitalist-controlled state apparatuses, which tried to serve their interests at all times.
The 26+ items below provide critical information and discussions which elucidate for us specific conflicts of interests between different classes within contemporary capitalist society, keeping in mind the formal definition of information in the field of information theory --“a difference that makes a difference”-- we can see more clearly the uselessness of a difference that makes NO difference and why it must be dismissed a “noise”.
Sincerely,
Francis McCollum Feeley
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Professeur honoraire de l'Université Grenoble-Alpes
Ancien Directeur de Researches
Université de Paris-Nanterre
Director of The Center for the Advanced Study
of American Institutions and Social Movements
(CEIMSA-in-Exile)
The University of California-San Diego
http://www.ceimsa.org
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“What is The Great Replacement?”
with James Corbett
(33:58)
I’m not sure if you’ve heard, but everyone’s talking about The Great Replacement these days. So, what is the theory? Who’s Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi and what was his plan? And if there is a replacement going on, where does it go from here? Join James for this surprising deep dive into the future of humanity.
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“INTERVIEW: This is the most corrupt US administration we've ever seen”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0Ya4qoRGGs&si=y6DQ4osrb2c7bKDz
with George Galloway and Max Blumenthal
(28:45)
We're talking about corruption that makes Hunter Biden look like Ralph Nader. Max Blumenthal on Trump's grift, the China begging visit and the most damaging military defeat in America's history.
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“What Does Chris Hedges REALLY Think About Religion, Freedom and China?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO-sAawNVIM&si=c5UWojuHN7MB5JJe
by India & Global Left
(2:15:15)
Chris Hedges on Gaza invasion, Israel, US & Debate on China, Freedom, Anarchism, Socialism
Chris Hedges on Gaza Invasion by Israel and US role in it, US Prison System and Religion. Watch an intense debate with Chris Hedges and Jyotish on topics China, Socialism, freedom, and anarchism. Don't miss out on this heated discussion! Catch @ChrisHedgesChannel exclusive on our show.
Chapters
· 00:00:00 Introduction
· 00:00:42 Gaza
· 00:20:19 Hamas Attack: Moral or strategic
· 00:37:18 Palestine and the Arab World
· 00:51:50 Fall of Assad
· 01:05:30 Russia
· 01:11:48 New Atheist and Religion
· 01:26:30 Left and Religion
· 01:30:20 Prison System
· 01:40:00 Mainstream Media vs Alternative Progressive Media
· 01:48:00 Debate on China, Communism & Freedom
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“It's Time to Fight Back Against Trump's Fascist Regime”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLEmyUJNsDQ
by The Chris Hedges Report, with Ralph Nader
(38:35)
Follow The Chris Hedges Report on social media: https://linktr.ee/chrishedges
· (0:00) Intro
· (2:56) The Democrats
· (10:55) Zohran Mamdani
· (14:06) Where are we headed if Democrats don’t shape up?
· (18:41) Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops
· (20:41) ICE and impeachment
· (29:16) Hegseth’s meeting
· (30:31) Civil Self Respect
· (32:09) You’re not a nobody
· (38:00) Outro
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“Richard Wolff: Collapse - Iran Is the Graveyard of the U.S. Empire”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTM0CxB0Mus&si=_LSVSCEzsMT_15UB
with Professor Glenn Diesen
(50:30, with transcript)
Prof. Richard Wolff discusses how the Iran War is destroying the foundation of the US empire.
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“Did Xi Really Trade Iran for Taiwan?”
https://www.youtube.com/live/sQ-woSVXoBo
by Jedaal English, with Michael Hudson
(57:57)
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“Post China Summit, will Trump escalate Iran war?”
https://www.youtube.com/live/_w_F7tAL5fU
by The Duran
(1:23:47)
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“Iran SEIZES Ship, Trump STUNNED as China Summit BACKFIRES”
https://www.youtube.com/live/7fjFRRRMKrU
with Danny Haiphong, Greg Stoker & Elina Xenophontos
(live)
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“Iran's FM Araghchi sends strong message to West | BRICS | US Iran War”
https://www.youtube.com/live/E06v0QBK1O8
by Hindustan Times
(live)
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“Trump has no cards to play”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_TnbakWYkE&si=hgZ5eXHiqKhx5rZI
with Professor Marandi
(3:49)
Speaking to Al Mayadeen, Professor Mohammad Marandi says Tehran’s working assumption is that the United States may once again move toward resuming the war on Iran. Speaking on Trump’s China visit, Marandi argued that Washington lacks leverage at the negotiating table, while China and Iran continue to deepen coordination on regional and economic issues.
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“Europe-Russia War as the U.S. Pulls Back?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS6TY75l2Pw
with Glenn Diesen and George Beebe
(32:54)
George Beebe is the former CIA Director for Russia Analysis and currently Director of Grand Strategy at the Quincy Institute. Beebe discusses how the US pulling out of Europe makes a Europe-Russia War more likely.
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“Europe Wants War, Russia Now Agrees”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2iBuhPSgu4
by Neutrality Studies, with Pascal Lottaz and Sta,islov Krapivnik
(1:01:09)
It's now a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Europe is in the grip of Mass-Formation that drives them ever deeper into a war hysteria in which they are not asking anymore "if" there will be war with Russia, but "when". Germany is re-militarizing and so is the rest of EU-NATO. For the longest time, Russia has ignored these tunes as unrealistic or stupid. Well, not anymore. More and more Russians are starting to believe—and agree—with the Europeans in that they believe that war is inevitable. It's a spiral of doom, called a self-fulfilling prophecy.
· 00:00:00 Introduction: Stanislav Krapivnik on Russia, Ukraine, and Western narratives
· 00:00:50 The “Russia has stalled” narrative returns again
· 00:05:21 What Russia wants now and factions inside the Kremlin
· 00:09:32 Strategic drones, escalation, and attacks on Russia’s deterrence
· 00:13:24 Europe’s slogans, nuclear risks, and the logic of escalation
· 00:18:53 Nuclear umbrellas, tactical nukes, and Europe as a battlefield
· 00:23:35 Donbass, historical Russian lands, and the ceasefire question
· 00:31:17 Russia’s preparations and the risk of a wider European war
· 00:35:00 NATO’s limits, US withdrawal, and Europe buying old weapons
· 00:44:51 Can Europe de-escalate, or is mass formation pushing it toward war?
· 00:55:00 Russia’s self-sufficiency, China, and the final outlook
· 00:59:58 Guest links and closing
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“BRICS silent on US-Israel war against Iran”
by Edward Slavsquat
But reiterates support for global climate action and WHO-led pandemic preparedness.
On May 14-15, BRICS foreign ministers met in New Delhi to exchange views on “major global and regional matters”.
In a document summarizing the results of the two-day summit, the bloc reaffirmed its commitment to the “BRICS spirit of mutual respect and understanding, equality, solidarity, openness, inclusiveness, and consensus”.
Conspicuously absent from the 63-point statement is any mention of the fact that the United States and Israel have assassinated Tehran’s senior leadership and killed scores of civilians as part of an ongoing war against member-state Iran.
India, which currently chairs BRICS, said on Friday that “there were differing views among some members” on this matter. The United Arab Emirates, which hosts US military bases that have been targeted by Iranian strikes, reportedly blocked language condemning the US-Israel attack on Iran from appearing in the document.
On the first day of the summit, Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghch said Tehran was a “victim of illegal expansionism and warmongering” and urged BRICS to take a firm stand against “Western hegemony and the sense of impunity that the US believes it is entitled to”.
On Wednesday, at a separate gathering of BRICS representatives in Brazil, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, “urged BRICS members to confront unilateralism and hold aggressors accountable for illegal strikes against member states,” Mehr News reported.
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“The experts lied to us.”
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6AxnKi3LqFc?si=4fvlOyALO22tzQIZ
with Kim Iversen
(short video)
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“Covid – Three Years On”
https://off-guardian.org/category/covid-3/
Covid @ 3 a complete list of all posts in this category
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/24/40-facts-you-need-to-know-the-real-story-of-covid/
by Kit Knightly
We first published our hugely popular cribsheet in September of 2021 in response to dozens – even hundreds – of reader requests for sources and data. It was intended as a resource and link dump as much as an article, and intentionally free of interpretation, editorialising or opinion.
The response was incredible, within weeks it became our most-viewed article of all time, and it has maintained steady traffic ever since.
But time moves on, and as new data was published and new facts came to light, it became clear we needed to update the piece – not just in terms of facts, but in terms of approach.
So, here are all the updated key facts and sources concerning the alleged “pandemic”, to help you get a grasp on what has happened to the world since January 2020, and assist in the enlightenment of any of your friends who might be still trapped in the New Normal fog.
MENU :
Symptoms – Diagnosis & PCR Tests – “Cases” & “Deaths” – Lockdowns – Ventilators – Masks – Vaccines – Mortality Data – Planning & Deception – Motives & Profits – Conclusion
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“Covid19/11 – Narratives Intertwined (Full version)”
https://off-guardian.org/2022/09/12/watch-covid19-11-narratives-intertwined-full-version/
by OFF-Guardian
(1:10:06)
In 2021, on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11, Off-Guardian asked 15 experts, including scientists, medical practitioners, journalists and activists, to share their views on 9/11 and the Covid-19 narrative.
Perhaps these two narratives have more in common than we realise? A global War on Terror filtering into a global war against a virus, both instrumental in cracking down on personal liberties, both instilling unprecedented fear into world populations.
Both, many argue, completely orchestrated.
To mark the 21st Anniversary of 9/11 we present all our 15 experts’ views in a new single cut.
As you watch, allow yourself to consider, what can we learn from twenty tangled years of overlapping, overarching agendas?
What can we learn when narratives intertwine?
In order of appearance: Robin Monotti, Katherine Gun, Graeme MacQueen, Niels Harrit, Kevin Ryan, Elizabeth Woodworth, Catherine Austin Fitts, Mike Yeadon, Piers Robinson, Carol Brouillet, Frances Shure, CJ Hopkins, Cindy Sheehan, Eva Bartlett, Ed Curtin
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WATCH: “Epidemic of Fraud”
https://off-guardian.org/2024/05/05/watch-epidemic-of-fraud/
Directed by John Davidson. With Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Richard Amerling, Robin Armstrong, Xavier Azalbert
(1:58:41)
The award winning documentary Epidemic of Fraud presents an alternative narrative of the “Covid Pandemic”.
The film argues that early treatment options for “Covid19” – such as ivermectin and most especially hydroxychloroquine – were suppressed in order to boost vaccine profits. It also suggests that the alleged “virus” itself may have the been result of gain of function research carried out at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, with funding from Anthony Fauci.
Does that story hold together? We’ve embedded the entire channel and encourage you to watch it to make up your own minds.
Personally, I have very strong doubts about this narrative, which I have made clear in multiple articles (such as this one and this one).
This quote from Dr Mike Yeadon, in his recent post on the Exposing The Darkness SubStack, sums it up perfectly [emphasis added]:
« THERE WAS NO PANDEMIC. No new illness. Nothing changed anywhere in all causes mortality in the run up to the fraudulent declaration by WHO of “a pandemic” […]Don’t hero worship the proponents of hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin, and the like, because they’re not your friends. They’re helping the perpetrators. By reinforcing the notion of “early treatment” of a non-existent disease, they’ll have helped reinforce the propaganda that there was a pandemic and that there might be other pandemics. »
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WATCH: “Decoding the WHO’s New Pandemic ‘Agreement’ & New World Dis-Order”
with James Corbett and Dr. Meryl Nass
(57:36)
As the clock counts down until the May 2024 World Health Assembly, the time has come for free and sovereign individuals of the world to reclaim their sovereignty, and fast.
See, also: ‘The One Hell Agenda’ and ‘Exploding the Malthusian, Anti-Human One Health Myth’.
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“Testing: How to Create a Pandemic of Fake Disease”
https://off-guardian.org/2026/03/31/testing-how-to-create-a-pandemic-of-fake-disease/
by Kit Knightly
Last week, I was reading the latest module of the UK’s Covid Inquiry while working on our most recent Covid Factcheck, and I came across this paragraph…
“From 24 June 2020, hospitals in England were required to undertake testing of asymptomatic patients upon admission and subsequently.”
During the ‘pandemic’, hospitals were testing all patients for Covid – symptoms or no – multiple times.
I found myself wondering if people really see how directives like this one were used to build a pandemic from nothing at all.
With reports of a ‘new variant’ tearing across the United States, I thought now would be a good time to remind people how exactly “Covid” tests worked and what they were for.
Not in the biochemical way. We’re not talking RNA here, we’re talking about psycho-social manipulation: How test protocols can be used to create the impression of a pandemic that doesn’t actually exist.
So, to help people understand – and help those who already understand explain it to others – I wanted to remove all talk of PCR tests and lateral flows and viruses and Covid itself.
Because we’re talking about general mechanics rather than specifics, practical steps which exist outside of nomenclature and, indeed, can be camouflaged by same.
So…
Let’s imagine you’re trying to convince people of the existence of a deadly new disease.
Your major obstacle is that this disease does not exist. And, as such, you know it’s not going to make anybody ill and it’s not going to kill anyone.
But the good news is that every year tens of millions of people do get ill, and millions of those people do die.
Death and disease already exist, so to create the impression your fictional disease also exists all you need is a mechanism that links it to these pre-existing realities.
This mechanism is a “test”.
Your test needs to a follow a simple principle: it needs to reliably return results that can be interpreted as “positive” and “negative”.
Ideally, this process can be draped in scientific terminology that blinds people to how it operates. Still, for the sake of illustration, we’re going to use something simple: Rolling a traditional six-sided die.
To begin with, we will assign a roll of 1 as “positive” (sick), and a roll of 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 as “negative” (well).
This test is perfect because no matter who takes it, when, or how, it will always produce some “positive” results. It literally can’t do anything else.
Your next job is to connect these results to pre-existing illness, and thus convince everyone that your imaginary disease a) exists, and b) is killing people.
This necessitates two countable metrics:
· Cases: People who become “infected” with the “disease” and recover.
· Deaths: People who become “infected” with the “disease” and die.
Because you know your test will always produce positive results at a given rate, these metrics can be entirely controlled by your implementation of “testing protocols”.
Who you test, where and how often.
You can manipulate the figures further by introducing the concepts of “asymptomatic cases” and, more importantly, “false negative” results.
These concepts can be built into your testing protocols seamlessly, and create an unfalsifiable “pandemic” within weeks of implementation.
Firstly, to create “cases”:
1. Distribute “tests” widely to the civilian population. Encourage their regular use.
2. Everyone who rolls a 1 is “infected” and becomes a “case”.
3. If a “case” displays no symptoms of illness they are an “asymptomatic case”.
4. If a person WITH symptoms of illness rolls anything other than a 1, they have a “false negative” result, they must roll again until they roll a 1.
5. If a “case” repeats the “test” at a later date and gets anything other than 1, they have “recovered”.
6. If a “recovered case” then rolls a 1 again, they are a new “case”.
There, your protocols have now made it so everyone in the wider population with generic symptoms of endemic disease, and millions of people with no symptoms at all, is infected with a disease that is nothing but rolling a 1 on a die.
You have even made it possible for one person to become multiple “cases”.
Now, for deaths the rules are actually simpler:
1. Apply your “test” to everyone admitted to hospital, whether they have symptoms of your made up disease or not.
2. If they roll a 1 they are “infected”, never test them again.
3. If they roll anything other than a 1, test them again the next day or even multiple times per day if necessary. The sicker the patient is, the more often you test them.
4. Define a death from your imaginary disease as “death from any cause after rolling a one”.
Since, by this method, almost everyone in hospital will eventually roll a 1 and become “infected”, and since a great many people admitted to hospital die, you have just ensured your fictitious disease is going to be listed as the cause of death for hundreds of thousands of people who were almost certainly going to die anyway.
Do you see how low effort this method is?
Millions of people who experience either no symptoms at all, or totally routine symptoms they have experienced dozens of times before, will swear to anyone and everyone they were infected with a disease that never existed.
Millions of families who lost someone they know had cancer or Alzheimer’s or heart disease will swear their loved one died of your disease, because it says so on the death certificate.
You have created a pandemic, where only ordinary levels of disease and death ever existed, entirely through a rigged test which altered people’s perceptions.
Now, in relating this back to Covid, I know some will say “but PCRs and lateral flows are not the same as rolling a dice!”, but I would answer: “Aren’t they?”
The comparison to rolling a dice was first made by Catte back in 2021 and it remains perfectly apt. Consider that “testing positive” for “Covid” did not correlate with death or even symptoms.
Do you remember “breathrough cases”? All those people testing positive despite being vaccinated?
Do you remember that vaccinated people were discouraged from testing themselves?
Do you remember that asymptomatic testing was halted after the vaccine roll-out?
Do you remember the goat, the papaya and the engine oil all testing positive?
Do you know why?
Catte does:
“Because the tests don’t work.”
Or rather, they didn’t work the way everyone said they did. They were just a mechanism for producing a result, and that mechanism worked the same if you were sick or well, living or dying, vaxxed or unvaxxed, left-handed or right. A person, a goat, or a piece of fruit.
Just like rolling a dice.
“Covid” involved far more than just testing in the creation of it’s holographic projection of a pandemic, but those tests and concomitant protocols were the backbone of it, and people need to understand how they worked to make something out of nothing.
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“There Will NEVER Be A Reckoning Over COVID & Here’s Why!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9R9gI6g6ss
by The Jimmy Dore Show, with Neil Oliver
(25:52)
Neil Oliver joins Jimmy to discuss the lasting trauma of the COVID era, with Oliver stating that the virus itself "was simply not dangerous" and that "what was done in its name" was the real crime: “They needed an excuse to grind the world to a halt, to experiment with people, to see how much liberty they could take, to see if they could get the mass of the population to stay at home, and they did." Oliver reflects on losing his entire career—dropped by his agent, charities, a Sunday newspaper column, and "conventional terrestrial television"—and being rebranded as “a crank, an antivaxxer, a conspiracy theorist, an antisemite," but says he would not reverse it because he has learned "so much about human nature." Jimmy notes that a top Fauci adviser was recently indicted for destroying evidence and using private emails to evade FOIA requests, but that Fauci himself received a pardon "going back to 2014" and that "you only get a pardon if you're a criminal." Both men express amazement that the public remains incurious about the crimes committed, with Oliver saying "the guilty parties are still out there... ennobled, given better jobs, exonerated of all blame," and that "there will be no consequences" for the "incredible crime against humanity."
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“SHOCKING Cover Up Of COVID Vaxx Injuries Exposed By Sen. Johnson!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEHyq5gDB_s&si=E6qsj1F3ocQilrEM
by The Jimmy Dore Show, with Thomas Massie
(9:37)
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“Another plandemic coming?”
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/P-bsdkoh-JU
with Kim Iversen
(short viedo)
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“This Is How You Know Hantavirus Is A Scam! Crisis Actors CAUGHT!!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12yXmuB1LXo&si=qsSzivCL07Vu71p1
by The Jimmy Dore Show, with Dr Brian Hooker
(6:07)
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News from Underground by Mark Crispin Miller
“In memory of those who “died suddenly” in the United States and worldwide, April 27-May 4, 2026”
by Mark Crispin Miller
TikTokker Kiersten Dyke (25, C); rapper Cleetis Mack; comics writer Gerry Conway; Bishop Calvin Scott; bluesman Jeffrey Taylor; footballer Josh Mauro (35); TV medical reporter Liz Bonis (C); and more . . . .
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“First- and secondhand accounts of the ongoing ‘vaccine’ massacre in the United States”
by Mark Crispin Miller
See what just a few people have seen with their own eyes, or heard about from reliable sources, since the "vaccination" drive began. And millions all around the world could also tell such stories.
Is there anyone who couldn’t tell such stories? They must be told, to give us further evidence of the gravest crime against humanity since human history began.
Certainly the press, with very few exceptions, has blacked out this mega-Holocaust, and, by and large, academics too have turned away from it. And so recording this vast horror is up to us, lest people keep on seeing it as “normal,” so that its perpetrators finally get away with it.
I ask all who read this post to share it far and wide, to get still others to tell what they’ve seen or heard of from trustworthy friends, loved ones, doctors or whoever else has recognized what’s happening. It would be especially helpful to know similar stories from abroad, since “COVID” was an unprecedented triumph of global propaganda; and so we badly need a global archive of such evidence, against the day when there’s so much of it that it will be impossible to keep denying it—at which point we’ll start to see accountability at last.
And we also need to stop allowing “our free press” and “social media” to distract us, with (for instance) Trump’s decline, the Epstein files, the next elections, and the like—all important stories, surely; but they should not be uppermost in all our minds. The fact is that they’re killing us deliberately, for the purpose of worldwide depopulation; and it isn’t just the “sudden deaths” and “rare” diseases that have caused a global population crash, but, as well, the spike in “vaccine”-related stillbirths and miscarriages, suicides and homicides, and mysterious deadly “falls” and “drownings,” and lethal “vaccidents” on city streets and country roads and highways, and at airports, and in the air.
(I believe there’s solid evidence that “vaccination” also kills the moral sense, and makes for an insane belligerence—as in Trump’s cabinet [and Trump himself], and throughout the Democratic Party, a fervent “vaccination” cult; and Israel (repressive from its founding, but, since Netanyahu forced his entire people to get jabbed for Pfizer’s sake, now more virulent than ever in its violence and rhetoric], and Russia/Ukraine [the former with a “vaccination” rate of up to 60%, the latter with a rate of roughly 45%]. Just as we’ve seen wild “altercations” spike since 2020, and random acts of murderous violence on our streets and in the subways, so have entire nations turned barbaric under COVID “vaccination.)
In any case, we need a global “vaccination” databank to make it clear to all what those “vaccines” have done, and to provide as much hard evidence as possible, to make the case against its psychopathic authors. . . . . (con’d.)
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“Health Tyranny – Off Guardian Archives.”
https://off-guardian.org/category/health-tyranny/
“because facts really should be sacred. . . .”
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“Wuhan’s “Mystery Illness” is Covid’s Foundational Lie.”
https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/30/wuhans-mystery-illness-is-covids-foundational-lie/
by Kit Knightly
Recently, while researching our updated edition of 40 Facts, I came across this article from Time magazine, one that I had apparently missed when it was first published and that had somehow escaped my notice in the following three Covid-centric years.
The article demonstrates how, from the very beginning, the covid narrative was a psy-op construct, that never made any internal sense.
It focuses on the work of Chinese virologist Dr Zhang Yongzhen, and how he and his team (allegedly) isolated the Sars-Cov-2 virus and sequenced its genome. The article frames Zhang as a hero whose “bravery” alerted the world to a scary new threat.
It’s just a story, of course – a piece of narrative fiction rather than journalism – but it does reveal a key facet of the pandemic psy-op roll-out.
The foundational lie, the original sin: Covid’s “mysterious” origins.
Every psychological operation has one underlying weakness – an uneven seam where the manufactured lie is forcibly joined to inescapable reality.
For 9/11 this is simple physics – asymmetrical damage cannot cause symmetrical collapse. For JFK it is the alleged number of bullets causing a known number of wounds, alongside the president’s head going back and to the left.
Oftentimes, the main thrust of any accompanying propaganda is to distract from these irreconcilable ideas. Place a selective distorting lens over certain hard-coded physical realities that forces people to question things they would never usually question.
Those weren’t really explosions – they just sounded like it.
His head didn’t really go backwards – it just looked like it did.
…you get the idea.
For “covid”, this fractured disconnect can be located very specifically to Wuhan in December 2019.
The alleged timeline of the “discovery” of Covid is pretty well known, but here is a quick recap:
In mid-December 2019, 4 people were admitted to Wuhan hospital with pneumonia. By the end of the month, that number had grown to 27.
One unnamed doctor decides this pneumonia is “mysterious”, and sends one sample from one patient to Dr Zhang of the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center for analysis.
Dr Zhang tests this single sample, from just one of 27 alleged patients with pneumonia, immediately finds a “new coronavirus”, and at once decides it must be the cause of this “mystery”.
There are numerous problems with this story, and indeed the timeline of events that speedily followed – from the sequencing to the modelling to the development of testing assays.
But strangest of all is the question the official narrative never even attempts to answer:
Why were they looking at all?
That’s the break with reality.
Why did that doctor in that hospital suddenly decide there was a mystery that needed an explanation?
What was there to mark out those few patients as different from any of the other 450 million people who get pneumonia every year?
The Time article claims vaguely that this pneumonia was “peculiar”, other contemporary publications called it “mystery pneumonia”. They never really explain the nature of this “mystery”.
The WHO called it pneumonia of “unknown aetiology”, while the CDC said it was an “atypical pneumonia-like illness that does not respond well to standard treatments”. But “the standard treatment” for pneumonia is antibiotics if you think it’s bacterial, or bed rest and fluids if you think it’s viral. The vast majority of the time it gets better on its own in a couple of weeks…just like “Covid”.
Some articles remarked that the “mysterious pneumonia” was symptomatically unique, without ever going into details. But we now know that’s not true. “Covid” has never been symptomatically different from the majority of common respiratory diseases.
The WHO even said in their initial press release, on January 8th 2020:
The symptoms reported among the patients are common to several respiratory diseases, and pneumonia is common in the winter season;
That sentence is completely true…so-called “covid pneumonia” is just – pneumonia.
So why did the doctors in China ever consider it worth a second look?
Why did anyone think this perfectly normal pneumonia must have an abnormal cause?
None of this makes any sense. None of it ever made any sense.
You can keep looking for the answer, keep asking “why did they think this pneumonia was different?”, and find nothing but a tangle of vague assertions that don’t hold up to any kind of analysis.
There was no reason for that doctor to think those patients were suffering from anything other than a normal, seasonal respiratory infection.
His alleged actions are not those of a rational real-life person, they are the scripted behavior of an actor who needs to perform a particular function for only one reason – so the rest of the movie can happen.
We’re back to that one big lie, the invitation to suspend disbelief and accept a contradiction in terms, just like 9/11 and JFK.
For the “pandemic” narrative it’s this: “Covid might look and feel and act like the flu – but it’s actually special and different.”
That’s always going to be the faultline when you simply make up a new disease.
What’s more, they clearly always knew this would be the weak spot in their story, so they hurried through it. They needed to fast-track their “new disease” into existence so they discovered it, named it, sequenced it, published it, and could test for it…all in less than three weeks.
It was fast, “very, very fast” Zhang acknowledges in Time. Too fast, really. They spoiled the ending, revealed the killer before the murder had even happened.
The world has moved pretty quickly in the last three years, changed to the point of being almost unrecognisable, and if you want to understand how it all started you have to travel back in time. Past vaccines and ventilators. Past passports and PCRS. Past Pfizer and Fauci and flattened curves…back to the very beginning.
All the way back to Wuhan, China, December 2019. Where, we are told, one doctor saw four cases of stereotypical pneumonia and called it “mysterious”, and one virologist started looking for something he had no reason to think even existed, and just so happened to find it.
This article is part of our “Covid – Three Years On” series.
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“Myth vs. reality in COVID Russia.”
https://off-guardian.org/2021/11/16/myth-vs-reality-in-covid-russia/
by Riley Waggaman
It’s time to part ways with the conscience-soothing fairytales.
Sputnik V is safe!”; “Putin is just ‘playing along’ with the COVID narrative until the petrodollar collapses!”; “Russia is the last bastion of freedom!”
Alternative media has created an alternative reality about Russia.
The Kremlin has embraced all the same soul-raping “public health measures” currently terrorizing the Western world—and people are either in denial or making excuses.
“There is no compulsory vaccination in Russia!”
All 85 federal subjects of the Russian Federation now have vaccine mandates, as well as rules requiring digital “health” certificates for entry to certain businesses, venues, and public institutions. Many regions are denying routine medical care to those without QR codes.
At the federal level, the Kremlin has voiced support for “any measures” that “encourage” Russians to get jabbed—while insisting vaccination remains completely voluntary.
A sample of regional flavors of “voluntary” vaccination in Russia:
In the Novgorod region, children whose parents have not been vaccinated are banned from afterschool clubs and other extracurricular activities.
Digital vaccine passports will be required to use public transport in Tatarstan. The new regulation applies to all residents over the age of 18 without a medical exemption.
In St. Petersburg, a negative PCR test cannot be used to obtain a QR code. This means theaters, museums and restaurants in Russia’s second-largest city are reserved exclusively for the vaccinated and those with proof of prior infection.
Muscovites over the age of 60 have been ordered to self-isolate until the end of February. Those who have been vaccinated or have proof of prior infection are exempt from the rule.
Probably you read somewhere that Vladimir Putin outlawed compulsory vaccination as part of his master plan to destroy the fractional reserve banking system and bring peace and harmony to the world. Someone lied to you. Sorry about that.
“…But Sputnik V is safe!”
Does the Kremlin have access to a time-bending wormhole? Because we keep reading boastful claims about the non-existent results of Sputnik V’s “long-term” (ha-ha) safety and efficacy trials—which are scheduled to end on December 31, 2022.
Like other COVID vaccines, Sputnik V has zoomed through clinical trials, with an “interim” report consisting of six months’ worth of data used as proof of its unassailable long-term safety and efficacy. It didn’t help that this already limited dataset was plagued by controversy (as well as an alarming lack of transparency).
Phase III vaccine trials typically require at least five years of careful observation. For example, the long-term safety study for J&J’s Ebola vaccine—which uses the same Ad26 viral vector platform as Sputnik V—began in 2016 and won’t end until 2023.
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“Genetic vaccines & PCR tests: Russia is ready for Disease X.”
https://off-guardian.org/2024/03/20/genetic-vaccines-pcr-tests-russia-is-ready-for-disease-x/
by Riley Waggaman
The tried-and-true formula for protecting public health.
Is Russia prepared for the most anticipated public health crisis in WHO-history?
Yes, according to Russia’s Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor).
In a March 9 press release (archived version here for those who can’t access Russian government websites due to Internet Sanctions), the agency announced that Russia’s ‘preparedness for new viruses’ was at ‘a high level’. Let’s deconstruct this wall of public health word salad together:
“Russian specialists are developing new vaccines and testing systems. Rospotrebnadzor employees work with representatives
of other countries to quickly identify emerging threats and respond to them in a timely manner.”
The opening line of the press release is “don’t worry, we’re creating new genetic slurries and not-fit-for-purpose tests”, followed by an artfully crafted sentence that translates to: “Yes, we are still working very closely with the WHO”. Nice.
“Every year, “Disease X” is discussed by the scientific community at well-known forums, congresses and conferences.
Thus, on the sidelines of the second session of the National People’s Congress of China, experts discussed the risks of the global spread
of a new potentially unknown disease — ‘Disease X’.”
Did you know that the head of China’s CDC recently said that “accelerating global climate change” and “expanding human activities” are increasing the likelihood of a Disease X Global Murder-Plague? Here is an article from TASS: . . . .
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“Russia’s Fauci says arsenal of genetic vaccines will protect against ‘Disease X’.”
by Riley Waggaman
Covid showed that “genetically engineered” injections can be safely deployed in six months, according to Gamaleya Center Director Alexander Gintsburg.
Gamaleya Center Director Alexander Gintsburg has called on Russia to develop genetic vaccine prototypes in anticipation of future public health crises.
To avoid another Covid-like pandemic, it is necessary to create a “national collection” of vaccine preparations designed to counter the “characteristics of possible pandemic pathogens”, Gintsburg said in an interview with TASS. Vaccine formulas can be “developed and created using certified and tested technology. Currently in our country such technology … is the technology used to make Sputnik V, that is, the technology of genetically engineered adenoviral vectors,” he explained.
The rapid deployment of vaccine preparations will play a crucial role in fighting a “possible pandemic pathogen, or ‘Disease X’ as they call it in Davos”, Gintsburg said, referring to recent discussions at the World Economic Forum about the arrival of a hypothetical “Disease X”.
The lead scientist behind Sputnik V told TASS that the Covid pandemic had demonstrated how safe and effective vaccines could be created not in decades, but in as little as five months. Ideally, vaccines should be administered to the public 1 to 1.5 months in advance to stop future pandemics from ravaging the population and the economy, Gintsburg said.
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“The New Self-Amplifying RNA Vaccines Promise to be Double, Triple, Quadruple the Fun!”
by Karen Hunt
It’s all part of a quest to discover the best ways to send messages through human bodies instructing those bodies to perform in whatever way they are ordered to do.
Although, in a way, it is disturbingly like that. Except they’re replicating inside our bodies. Like a photocopy machine. Yeah, inside our bodies.
Whatever will they think of next?
Japan just announced it’s become the first country in the world to approve the new vaccine, called LUNAR-COV19.
FYI, I found it interesting that they named it LUNAR and introduced it at the same time as Japan’s LUNAR landing touched down on the Moon just days ago.
Talk about synchronicity—or good marketing.
The collaborations on these vaccines get a little complicated but to break it down, Meiji Seika Pharma is the company that obtained exclusive rights to distribute Kostaive (LUNAR) from CSL Seqirus. They are collaborating with ARCALIS INC. to establish integrated mRNA vaccine manufacturing capabilities from drug substance to drug product.
Now, I know that’s a boring read. But I include the information to emphasize a point. If I were to list all the companies involved in this type of research, production and manufacture, the list would be almost endless—and even more endlessly boring.
That list would also be extremely incestuous. For example, Bill Gates invests billions of dollars in multiple rival companies, in anticipation that a few will stick. In this race, only the most powerful can enter and the stakes are high. Astronomical amounts of money, beyond what we can imagine, are invested into these technologies. Not to cure us of anything—how absurd! But to make even more astronomical amounts of money for the men behind the technology.
None of these powerful players—I mean none of them—is going to let these vaccines fail. Even if they do fail—they won’t. Do you get what I’m saying? This is as obvious as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. Those who dare dispute the wonder and magic of these vaccines are often discredited or worse.
Okay, with that out of the way, let’s continue.
This technology takes the mRNA vaccines to a new level. The vaccine contains not only the gene for the spike protein, but it has added the gene for a protein called replicase which allows the RNA to self-replicate. What is the end result? The cells have significantly more of this RNA inside of them. This leads to more production of the spike protein and, theoretically, more antibodies.
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“Why I don’t believe there ever was a Covid virus.”
https://off-guardian.org/2023/04/06/why-i-dont-believe-there-ever-was-a-covid-virus/
by Mike Yeadon
I’ve grown increasingly frustrated about the way debate is controlled around the topic of origins of the alleged novel virus, SARS-CoV-2, and I have come to disbelieve it’s ever been in circulation, causing massive scale illness and death.
Concerningly, almost no one will entertain this possibility, despite the fact that molecular biology is the easiest discipline in which to cheat. That’s because you really cannot do it without computers, and sequencing requires complex algorithms and, importantly, assumptions. Tweaking algorithms and assumptions, you can hugely alter the conclusions.
This raises the question of why there is such an emphasis on the media storm around Fauci, Wuhan and a possible lab escape. After all, the ‘perpetrators’ have significant control over the media. There’s no independent journalism at present. It is not as though they need to embarrass the establishment. I put it to readers that they’ve chosen to do so.
So who do I mean by ‘they’ and ‘the perpetrators? There are a number of candidates competing for this position, with their drug company accomplices, several of whom are named in Paula Jardine’s excellent five-part series for TCW, Anatomy of the sinister Covid project. High on the list is the ‘enabling’ World Economic Forum and their many political acolytes including Justin Trudeau and Jacinda Ardern.
But that doesn’t answer the question why are they focusing on the genesis of the virus. In my view, they are doing their darnedest to make sure you regard this event exactly as they want you to. Specifically, that there was a novel virus.
I’m not alone in believing that myself at the beginning of the ‘pandemic’, but over time I’ve seen sufficient evidence to cast strong doubt on that idea. Additionally, when considered as part of a global coup d’état, I have put myself in the position of the most senior, hidden perpetrators. In a Q&A, they would learn that the effect of a released novel pathogen couldn’t be predicted accurately. It might burn out rapidly. Or it might turn out to be quite a lot more lethal than they’d expected, demolishing advanced civilisations. Those top decision-makers would, I submit, conclude that this natural risk is intolerable to them. They crave total control, and the wide range of possible outcomes from a deliberate release militates against this plan of action: ‘No, we’re not going to do this. Come back with a plan with very much reduced uncertainty on outcomes.’
The alternative I think they’ve used is to add one more lie to the tall stack of lies which has surrounded this entire affair. This lie is that there has ever been in circulation a novel respiratory virus which, crucially, caused massive-scale illness and deaths. In fact, there hasn’t.
Instead, we have been told there was this frightening, novel pathogen and ramped up the stress-inducing fear porn to 11, and held it there. This fits with cheating about genetic sequences, PCR test protocols (probes, primers, amplification and annealing conditions, cycles), ignoring contaminating genetic materials from not only human and claimed viral sources, but also bacterial and fungal sources. Why for example did they need to insert the sampling sticks right into our sinuses? Was it to maximise non-human genetic sequences?
Notice the soft evidence that our political and cultural leaders, including the late Queen, were happy to meet and greet one another without testing, masking or social distancing. They had no fear. In the scenario above, a few people would have known there was no new hazard in their environment. If there really was a lethal pathogen stalking the land, I don’t believe they’d have had the courage or the need to act nonchalantly and risk exposure to the virus.
Most convincingly for me is the US all-cause mortality (ACM) data by state, sex, age and date of occurrence, as analysed by Denis Rancourt and colleagues. The pattern of increased ACM is inconsistent with the presence of a novel respiratory virus as the main cause.
If I’m correct that there was no novel virus, what a genius move it was to pretend there was! Now they want you only to consider how this ‘killer virus’ got into the human population. Was it a natural emergence (you know, a wild bat bit a pangolin and this ended up being sold at a wet market in Wuhan) or was it hubristically created by a Chinese researcher, enabled along the way by a researcher at the University of North Carolina funded by Fauci, together making an end run around a presidential pause on such work? Then there’s the question as to whether the arrival of the virus in the general public was down to carelessness and a lab leak, or did someone deliberately spread it?
I also need to point out that the perpetrators have hermetic control of the mass media via a Big Tech and government stranglehold documented in part here, here and here. That’s why they’ve found it so easy to censor people like me. If a story appears on multiple TV networks, it’s because they’re either OK with it or it has been actively planted. It won’t be genuine. They never tell the truth. I don’t think they’ve told the truth since this coup began and probably much earlier. Most so-called journalists have lost sight of what truth ever was.
I believe that the perpetrators (who could be all or any of Gates, Fauci, Farrar, Vallance, CEPI, EcoHealth Alliance, DARPA and numerous others) planted the controversy about the origins of SARS-CoV-2 because a little embarrassment of the establishment was a small price to persuade most of us that there surely must be a novel virus when there isn’t. (And they have got away with it to date.)
I have colleagues who do not believe what we’ve been told (i.e. that a virus has been experimentally constructed) is even possible technologically. I don’t have the background to assess that idea. But the rest hangs together for me in a way that no other explanation does.
To this point, an ex-pharmaceutical industry executive Sasha Latypova, speaking with Robert F Kennedy Jr on his podcast of last Thursday, March 16, describes the extensive evidence of the contracts and relationships that were in place before the Covid era. Contracts were signed for billions of dollars in February 2020.
Not only would the required production never happen (from a standing start, to sign such a large commitment is ridiculous) but it cannot be done. She estimated that approximately one kilogram of DNA was required. There isn’t that much medicinal grade DNA on the planet at any one time. That’s because it’s hard to do, very expensive, wholly bespoke and difficult to store for long periods. Also, the amounts of any specific DNA sequence required and held in store by commercial suppliers would be milligrams or perhaps grams at a stretch. So it was always completely unfeasible, regardless of how much money was thrown at the problem, to have accomplished what they claim to have done in a short time.
Consequently, no other conclusion is supported by the facts than that it’s a huge crime, extensively planned. In itself, that rules out a natural emergence of a pathogen, unless divine providence occurred. Logically we’re left with a leak or, as I argue, a lie plus a PsyOp. The former may or may not be possible, but what isn’t arguable is that something like this could be done and would be likely to run smoothly, with a real pathogen. Almost any outcome but the one presumably wanted is likely if a pathogen is released. I can reach no other conclusion than that it’s fake.
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“A Letter from India: Stop WHO’s ‘Pandemic Preparedness’ Tyranny”
https://off-guardian.org/2023/12/19/a-letter-from-india-stop-whos-pandemic-preparedness-tyranny/
by Colin Todhunter
The global pandemic preparedness accord (‘pandemic treaty’) currently being put in place by the World Health Organization (WHO) will pave the way for “a fascist approach to societal management.” The beneficiaries will be unscrupulous corporations and investors whom the COVID‐19 response served well. This will result in the loss of human rights and individual freedom.
So says Dr David Bell, a clinical and public health physician with a PhD in population health and former WHO scientific and medical officer. The treaty represents a terrifying power grab that, if successful, will give the WHO a central directing role and monopoly power in global health governance.
As currently drafted, the treaty will hand the WHO the authority to order measures, including significant financial contributions by individual states, lockdowns, travel restrictions, forced medical examinations and mandatory vaccinations during a public health emergency of its own declaring.
The WHO will have sole and extensive power to declare Public Health Emergencies of International Concern (PHEIC) for any potential or real threat for extended areas, whether these threats are biological, climate or environment related. And it will do so without proper proof and solely decide measures and medical substances to be imposed on the public without informed consent.
Its powers will also include the official censorship of information, including free speech — views opposing the official narrative put out by the WHO — and it will be accountable to no national parliament or be limited by any constitutional safeguards.
A group of prominent lawyers, doctors and concerned citizens have written to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Minister of Health and Family Welfare Shri Mansukh L Mandaviya urging them to reject the WHO’s global pandemic treaty. The signatories are listed at the end of this article, and the 10-page letter can be accessed in full with all relevant links and references on the Awaken India website: WHO Pandemic Treaty Ultra Vires of the Constitution.
The WHO released a Zero Draft of the WHO CA+ (this ‘pandemic treaty’ is now officially known as an ‘accord’) with 38 Articles on 1 February 2023 and, subsequently, another draft with 41 Articles on 2 June 2023. The accord marks a fundamental change in how the WHO will function. It seeks secretively, behind closed doors, sweeping powers under its director general.
The signatories make clear that, under the proposed accord, the WHO can, at will, call a pandemic, declare a PHEIC and then take over the authority of national governments to detain citizens, restrict their travel, require them to have vaccine passports (forced testing and vaccination) and increase social media censorship. The accord would also operate as a ‘framework convention’ that’s on-going, year after year, indefinitely. It facilitates a dictatorship role for the WHO as it moves to acquire unfettered power.
Two instruments, the accord itself and amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005, are designed to operate in parallel to give draconian powers to the WHO. Both texts irremediably entail the transfer to the WHO of the power to threaten health freedom, thereby representing a fundamental threat to national, medical and bodily autonomy.
In their letter, the authors state that the WHO is an external, unelected body, which may not and cannot be appointed to such a dictatorship position. During the COVID-19 event, the WHO’s role in facilitating medical tyranny was clear to see.
It advocated enforced lockdowns, which destroyed the livelihoods of millions in India and across the world and created a surge in mental health problems. It shut down schools, putting back the education of a generation. It promoted incompletely tested and unapproved vaccines under EUA (Emergency Use Authorisation) that despite the claims of ‘safe and effective’ where nothing of the sort and caused a sharp rise in spike protein-induced heart and brain disease.
If adopted at the 77th World Health Assembly in May 2024 by a simple majority vote, the ‘pandemic treaty’ will come into force within 12 months for all countries, unless a country proactively files rejections or reservations within a 10-month period.
The letter to the prime minister and the health minister states that the accord and those pushing it are: . . . .
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“Sergey Karaganov: How Russia Will Win the New World War”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gd5jdl36cg&si=_cLzFEz5wgTSXp90
with Glenn Diesen
(44:04)
Professor Sergey Karaganov is an Honorary Chairman of the Council on Foreign and Defense and has been an advisor of Russia's political elites for decades. Prof. Karaganov wrote speeches for Brezhnev and advised Gorbachev, Yeltsin and Putin. Prof. Karaganov argues we are already in a new World War and argues that Russia can only win by pursuing massive escalation, which includes the use of nuclear weapons.
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“RUSSIA achieved its Strategic Goals: Putin executed his most 'Genius Plan' against the WEST and NATO”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3dwyofL9Wg&si=MjPZACr0zHthnbCO
by Borzzikman
(12:24)
During the Alaska summit, Putin managed to convince Trump that in a multipolar world, the United States will be able to maintain its superpower status and influence in the Western Hemisphere only if Washington helps Moscow get rid of the................................................................................................................................................................
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“Jeffrey Sachs: New European Military Bloc for War Against Russia”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8WeTG3rAFs
with Glenn Diesen
(34:19)
Prof. Jeffrey Sachs discusses the Europeans developing a new military bloc as an alternative to NATO. Beneath the empty rhetoric of deterrence and peace, Europe is preparing for war with Russia. RECORDED ON MAY 12, 2026.
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“LIVE: Putin's Emergency Speech Shocks the World | Iran | Israel | Russia | America”
https://www.youtube.com/live/XOJbNNRo0bQ?si=eHQBrdMJrY0ZSrPd
by Times Now World
(live)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has delivered a bombshell speech from the Kremlin, issuing a stark warning against Western military intervention in Iran and sending shockwaves through the Middle East a
nd Washington. The address, which has dramatically escalated geopolitical tensions, is being interpreted as a direct challenge to the foreign policy of U.S. President Donald Trump. Putin's declaration signals a significant Russian strategic pivot in the region, raising fears of a wider conflict and prompting immediate reactions from global capitals as leaders assess the implications for international security and the fragile balance of power in the Mideast.
#putin #iran #russia #worldnews #middleeast #breakingnews #livenews #donaldtrump #geopolitics #uspolitics #timesnowworld
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“Three Wars: Iran, Russia and Mali are Reshaping the World”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNkFbQZnKG0&t=25s
by The Duran, with Stanislav Krapivnik
(1:05:53)
Russia doesn't wage war the way the West does and that difference may be deciding the outcome in Ukraine, the Middle East, and now Africa. In this deep-dive episode, Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris are joined by military analyst Stanislav Krapyvnik, fresh from a visit to the Donbas front, for a sweeping breakdown of three simultaneous conflicts and the radically different military doctrines driving them. From Russia's systematic, science-based approach to warfare versus America's personality-driven "art of war," to the reorganization of Russian drone battalions, the gamification of Ukrainian drone kills, and the depletion of US Patriot missile stockpiles in the Iran campaign every thread points to a single uncomfortable conclusion. With Kupyansk fallen, Konstantinovka more than half-captured, and Russian forces just 10 kilometers from Sumy, the question isn't whether the front is moving it's how fast, and what comes after. Watch The Duran's full analysis to understand what the mainstream media isn't telling you.
· 00:00:00 Introduction Stanislav Krapyvnik joins The Duran
· 00:01:10 Not two wars but three: Ukraine, Iran, and Africa
· 00:04:30 Russia in Mali: African Corps, Wagner successor operations
· 00:06:00 Russian military philosophy: science of war vs. art of war
· 00:08:27 How US military doctrine differs flexibility vs. systematic learning
· 00:09:35 Repeating mistakes: Tora Bora and the limits of personality-driven war
· 00:12:13 Russian drone adaptation NYT report and real battlefield context
· 00:20:20 Front-line drone labs: 3D printing and rapid technology cycles
· 00:30:46 NATO kill tables and inflated Russian casualty counts
· 00:41:37 Sumy offensive: Russian forces 10km from the city
· 00:46:41 Iran-US campaign: PAC-3 depletion and what has actually been achieved
· 00:53:20 Ukraine front update: Konstantinovka, Chasiv Yar, Kupyansk fallen
· 01:00:37 Northeastern Kharkiv encirclement the coming Russian breakout
· 01:04:41 Anti-drone microwave systems: China's area-effect solution
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“Brian Berletic: U.S. Is Grooming Europe for War with Russia”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef0sHx33C-g&si=5pEu9WmzVSQZiLqO
with Glenn Diesen and Brian Berletic
(47:59, with transcript)
Brian Berletic is a former US Marine, author, international relations expert and host of the New Atlas. Berletic discusses how the US pursues strategic sequencing to defeat one adversary at a time, with a division of labour that undermines the security of its frontline states. Europe is being prepared for war with Russia.
See, also: The 2019 Rand Corporation Report, “Extending Russia: Competing from Advantageous Ground”and short video commentary @
https://www.rand.org/multimedia/video/2019/09/05/extending-russia.html (2:09).
Preface:
This report documents research and analysis conducted as part of the
RAND Corporation research project Extending Russia: Competing
from Advantageous Ground, sponsored by the Army Quadrennial
Defense Review Office, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff G-8,
Headquarters, Department of the Army. The purpose of the project
was to examine a range of possible means to extend Russia. By this, we
mean nonviolent measures that could stress Russia’s military or econ-
omy or the regime’s political standing at home and abroad. The steps
we posit would not have either defense or deterrence as their prime
purpose, although they might contribute to both. Rather, these steps
are conceived of as measures that would lead Russia to compete in
domains or regions where the United States has a competitive advan-
tage, causing Russia to overextend itself militarily or economically or
causing the regime to lose domestic and/or international prestige and
influence. This report deliberately covers a wide range of military, eco-
nomic, and political policy options. Its recommendations are directly
relevant to everything from military modernization and force posture
to economic sanctions and diplomacy; consequently, it speaks to all
the military services, other parts of U.S. government that have a hand
in foreign policy, and the broader foreign and defense policy audience.
The Project Unique Identification Code (PUIC) for the project
that produced this document is HQD177526.
This research was conducted within the RAND Arroyo Center’s
Strategy, Doctrine, and Resources Program. RAND Arroyo Center,
iv Extending Russia: Competing from Advantageous Ground
part of the RAND Corporation, is a federally funded research and
development center (FFRDC) sponsored by the U.S. Army.
The RAND Corporation operates under a “Federal-Wide Assur-
ance” (FWA00003425) and complies with the Code of Federal Regu-
lations for the Protection of Human Subjects Under United States Law
(45 CFR 46), also known as “the Common Rule,” as well as with the
implementation guidance set forth in U.S. Department of Defense
Instruction 3216.02. As applicable, this compliance includes reviews
and approvals by RAND’s Institutional Review Board (the Human
Subjects Protection Committee) and by the U.S. Army. The views of
sources utilized in this study are solely their own and do not represent
the official policy or position of the Department of Defense or the US government.
Contents:
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Figures and Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii
Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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CHAPTER ONE
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Overview and the Central Argument of the Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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CHAPTER TWO
Russia’s Anxieties and Vulnerabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . 7
Russia Since 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 10
Contemporary Russian Military . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 14
Contemporary Russian Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Contemporary Russian Politics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Contemporary Russian Foreign Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Russian Anxieties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
CHAPTER THREE
Economic Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Recent Russian Economic Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Measure 1: Hinder Petroleum Exports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Measure 2: Reduce Natural Gas Exports and Hinder
Pipeline Expansions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 59
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Measure 3: Impose Sanctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Measure 4: Enhance Russian Brain Drain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
CHAPTER FOUR
Geopolitical Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Measure 1: Provide Lethal Aid to Ukraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 96
Measure 2: Increase Support to the Syrian Rebels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . …... . . . . . . . . 103
Measure 3: Promote Regime Change in Belarus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ….. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 109
Measure 4: Exploit Tensions in the South Caucasus. . . . . . ……. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 115
Measure 5: Reduce Russian Influence in Central Asia . . . . . . . . ……... . . .
. . . . . . . . . 121
Measure 6: Challenge Russian Presence in Moldova . . . . . . . . . . . . . ……..
. . . . . . . . . 130
Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
CHAPTER FIVE
Ideological and Informational Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . …... . . . 137
Pathways for Influence Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 138
Current Status of Russian Regime Legitimacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …..
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Russian Domestic Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Policy Measures to Diminish Domestic and Foreign Support for the
Russian Regime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
CHAPTER SIX
Air and Space Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Measure 1: Change Air and Space Force Posture and Operations . . . . ……………. . .
. 175
Measure 2: Increase Aerospace Research and Development . . . . . . . . . . ………....
. . . . 182
Measure 3: Increase Air and Missile Components of the Nuclear Triad . …………….. .
189
Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
CHAPTER SEVEN
Maritime Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Measure 1: Increase U.S. and Allied Naval Force Posture and Presence ………….... .
. 197
Measure 2: Increase Naval Research and Development Efforts . . . . …………. . . .
. . . 203
Measure 3: Shift Nuclear Posture Toward SSBNs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . …... . . . 206
Measure 4: Check the Black Sea Buildup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
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CHAPTER EIGHT
Land and Multidomain Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Measure 1: Increase U.S. and NATO Land Forces in Europe . . . . . . ………... . .
. . . . 214
Measure 2: Increase NATO Exercises in Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . …. . . . . 228
Measure 3: Withdraw from the INF Treaty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . ... . . 238
Measure 4: Invest in New Capabilities to Manipulate Russian Risk
Perceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
CHAPTER NINE
Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Implications and Recommendations for the Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . ……. 276
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279
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Tables
2.1. Current Military Vulnerabilities of the Russian Federation . . …………………….
20
2.2. Current Economic Vulnerabilities of the Russian Federation . …………………. . 30
2.3. Current Domestic Political Vulnerabilities of the Russian
Federation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 36
2.4. Current Foreign Policy Vulnerabilities of the Russian
Federation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 42
3.1. Findings for Economic Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . ……. .. . . . . 91
4.1. Findings for Geopolitical Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ……….. .
. . . . . . . . . . . 136
5.1. Findings for Ideological Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ……....
. . . . . . . . . . . 171
6.1. Strategic Nuclear Arms Control Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . ……….......
. . . . . . . 190
6.2. Findings for Air and Space Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ………...
. . . . . . . . 193
7.1. Russian and U.S. Naval Force Levels, 2015 . . . . . . . . . . ………….. . . .
. . . . . . 196
7.2. Findings for Maritime Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ……...
. . . . . . . . . . . 211
8.1. Findings for Land and Multidomain Measures . . . . . . . . . …………….. . . .
. . . 268
9.1. Extending Russia Summary of Findings . . . . . . . . . . . . ………….. . . .
. . . . . . . 274
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“Putin LIVE: Putin Exposes Trump & Netanyahu's Betrayal, Reveals Big Secret On Iran’s Nuclear Program”
https://www.youtube.com/live/Q1fE9syPZU8?si=21-UDd9dZQLwyVfa
by Times Now World
(live)
Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed explosive new details about behind-the-scenes negotiations involving Iran’s nuclear program, claiming that Russia, the United States, Iran, and even Israel had once agreed on a confidential framework to transfer enriched uranium out of Iran. Speaking publicly, Putin said Moscow had successfully brokered a similar arrangement back in 2015 and was prepared to repeat the process to prevent further escalation in the Middle East. According to Putin, Russia proposed sending Iran’s enriched uranium to a “friendly country.” Putin claimed that all parties initially supported the proposal before negotiations collapsed after Washington allegedly pushed for the uranium to be transferred only to US territory. Tehran later hardened its stance and proposed joint uranium dilution projects inside Iran with Russian participation. The Russian leader warned that the situation has now reached a “deadlock,” raising fresh concerns over Iran’s nuclear ambitions, regional instability, and the growing risk of confrontation involving Israel, the US, and Iran.
#vladimirputin #russia #iran #israel #unitedstates #us #nucleardeal #irannuclearprogram #uranium #middleeast #russiairan #israeliran #usiran #nucleartalks #putinspeech #live #OilWar #Putin #Trump #Iran #EnergyCrisis #BreakingNews #MiddleEast #StraitofHormuz #OilPrices #GasPrices #WorldNews #Geopolitics #russia
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“Russian economy: SANCTIONS backfire, return to growth, investment surge”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FpoioPRNHI&si=ovovdupNWbV37T9z
by The Duran
(12:39)
Despite repeated Western claims that Russia is on the brink of economic collapse, the latest data tells a very different story as the Russian economy returned to growth in March 2026 with real incomes continuing to rise and investment now reaching 23% of GDP. Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris of The Duran unpack the stunning paradox at the heart of the sanctions regime: the very measures designed to cripple the Russian economy are instead driving a domestic investment surge that is making Russians wealthier, with GDP per capita now approaching levels comparable to Britain. Could it be that a decade of Western pressure has quietly produced the most resilient version of the Russian economy in modern history?
· 00:00:00 Introduction: Is the Russian Economy on the Brink?
· 00:00:30 Q1 Contraction Revised: January and February Figures
· 00:00:55 March Rebound: Economy Grows 1.8% Year on Year
· 00:01:30 Overall Q1 Performance: 0.3% Contraction
· 00:02:11 Growth Forecast Revised Down to 0.4% for 2025
· 00:02:43 Oil Prices and the Budget: Stabilization Underway
· 00:03:17 Putin Meets Economics Minister Rashettnikov
· 00:04:02 Real Incomes Rising as Inflation Falls
· 00:04:44 Investment at 23% of GDP: A Long Term Growth Driver
· 00:06:16 Why Sanctions Are Driving Investment Growth
· 00:07:15 The Sanctions Paradox: Capital Stays in Russia
· 00:07:46 EU 21st Sanctions Package Targets Shadow Fleet
· 00:08:08 Britain and Russian Tankers: 238 Pass Unchallenged
· 00:09:04 Russian Economy Up 20% Since 2016
· 00:09:50 GDP Per Capita: Russia Now Rivals Britain
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“Ray McGovern : Is War in Europe Expanding?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NmsdfF0jK8
by Judging Freedom, with Ray McGovern
(21:50)
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“Full Briefing: Putin Warns NATO Will Pay Heavy Price for Ukraine Escalation”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2XVoklAU08
by Times Now World
(44:05)
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a series of explosive statements during his Victory Day press conference, warning of possible “massive missile strikes” on central Kyiv, accusing NATO and Western elites of waging war against Russia through Ukraine, and revealing details of a previously undisclosed Iran nuclear arrangement involving the United States, Israel, and Tehran. Putin praised US President Donald Trump’s ceasefire initiative, blamed Europe and EU expansion for triggering the Ukraine conflict, and claimed Western sanctions failed to collapse Russia’s economy. The remarks come amid rising Russia-NATO tensions, renewed Iran nuclear diplomacy concerns, and growing global focus on the future of the Ukraine war and Russia’s geopolitical alignment with China.
#putin,#russia,#ukrainewar,#nato,#trump,#zelensky,#iran,#irannews,#kyiv,#worldnews,#breakingnews,#russiaukrainewar,#putin
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“Israel, Charlie Kirk, and the Weaponization of Murder”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf7zr5Thz64&t=35s&pp=ugUEEgJlbtIHCQkDCwGHKiGM7w%3D%3D
by The Chris Hedges Report, with Max Blumenthal
(45:59)
Follow The Chris Hedges Report on social media: https://linktr.ee/chrishedges
· (0:00) Intro
· (2:16) The Silent Feud Between Israel and Kirk
· (12:52) Netanyahu and Kirk
· (19:54) Netanyahu’s courting of alt media
· (23:19) The coming crackdown
· (30:57) Years of Lead
· (35:38) Rittenhouse
· (39:30) McCarthyism
· (45:22) Outro
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“Israel Just ATTACKED the Collective West”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr6cQtp2shA&si=hk51BoKHXAu6XLQ8
by Neutrality Studies, with Eugene Doyle
(48:30)
The attack on the global Sumud Flotilla was a deliberate attack on the citizens of western countries, including the US, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. The most shameful part of this is of course the implicit cooperation of those very governments—especially Greece but the EU more generally—silently nodding off on Israel committing piracy and acts of war in international waters. This marks the first time that Israel projects its military power deep into the waters off the cost of Europe and it sets a most dangerous precedent for all citizens of Europe: If Israel wills it, you are going to be beaten and abducted, wherever you are, and your governments are going to help us do so. I'm joined today by Eugene Doyle of Solidarity to discuss the Sumud Flotilla outrage—or the lack thereof in western media.
Timestamps:
· 00:00:00 Introduction
· 00:00:15 Sumud flotilla raid and abuse
· 00:06:06 Western backing and Greek role
· 00:09:13 Fate of the detained activists
· 00:12:53 Citizens abandoned by their states
· 00:20:44 Rainbow Warrior and lost sovereignty
· 00:31:05 Piracy double standards and silence
· 00:33:18 Public opinion and wider fallout
· 00:37:12 Crackdown on dissent and rule of law
· 00:45:33 Activists courage and closing
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“Trump’s Final Move Just Wiped Israel’s Plans Off the Map”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D-OD0iezZ8
by Dialogue Works, with Col. Jacques Baud
(1:17:00)
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“Greek and Cypriot Governments Go 'All In' On Israel”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSIEINTz0w8&si=ksjGI2yItedyA8yF
by Reason2Resist
(1:11:57)
On May 12, Dimitri Lascaris gained access to a private conference held in Athens, Greece for the purpose of promoting deeper ties between Israel, Greece and Cyprus. The speakers included Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister, Israel's Ambassador to Greece, Greece's Minister of Tourism, Greece's Minister of Maritime Policy and Greece's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. In this report, Dimitri shares highlights from the speeches of these senior government officials and argues that the Greek and Cypriot governments have decided to tie the future of their countries to the grim fate of Israel.
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“Netanyahu PANICS After NYT Publishes Israel's Worst Nightmare”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbcrltWy0hs
with Kim Iversen
(21:45)
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“Israeli Soldiers & Comedians JOKE About R*ping Palestinians”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt5jYR9Nb8E
by The Kaitie Halper Show
(40:01)
Katie speaks to Muhammad Shehada, a Palestinian writer and analyst from Gaza and visiting fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, about the recent NY Times report of sex*al violence committed by the IDF.
· 100:00 Muhammad Shehada on Israeli r*pe
· 00:23 Dogs trained to r*pe under Nazis during Holocaust & during Pinochet regime
· 02:30 IDF soldier jokes that his dog "took care" of prisoners
· 04:20 sraeli comedian jokes about r*pe 14:14 Israel supporter makes "funny" dog video
· 21:38 Meir Kahane and Ben Gvir 23:37 Israeli journalist: rape should be official IDF policy
· 30:00 1DF using dog to k*il special needs Palestinian boy
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“Ryan Grim & Muhammad Shehada EXPOSE Israel's Most Unthinkable Crimes”
https://www.youtube.com/live/oCxPatIemeU
by The Kaitie Halper Show
(2:44:21)
Katie speaks to journalists Ryan Grim and Muhammad Shehada about the recent NY Times report of sex*al violence committed by the IDF, what's new, what's not and why Israel is threatening to sue the Times over it. They also discuss the latest news from Gaza. 00:00 Show starts 00:03:30 Muhammad Shehada enters 00:03:50 Gaza update: a cursed life 00:13:20 Ryan Grim on rat infestation in Gaza
· 00:15:40 Nakba Day
· 00:23:59 Video: history of Israel's sex*al violence
· 00:34:30 Ryan and Muhammad debunk Mass Hamas Rape campaign hoax
· 00:43:15 what NY Times r*pe report says
· 00:54:40 ra*e on video
· 01:00:20 Israel's impunity encourages r*pe
· 01:08:10 Why we HAVE to talk about Israel's systemic r*pe
· 01:09:30 pro r*pe protests outside NYT
· 01:15:05 Israeli comedian jokes about r*pe
· 01:16:50 Israelis admit to r*pe
· 01:24:50 Israel supporter mocks dog rape story
· 01:38:00 Israeli journalist defends raping Palestinian prisoners
· 02:06:10 David Frum lies about Israeli rape
· 02:11:55 Israeli lawmaker says r*pe of Palestinians "legitimate"
· 02:14:45 Idris Robinson wins legal battle against TX University which fired him
02:27:00 video: Israel supporters attack Palestine supporters
Ryan Grim is a reporter and founder at Drop Site News, author of "We've Got People,” “The Squad,” and “This Is Your Country On Drugs," and Co-host of Breaking Points. Muhammad Shehada is a Palestinian writer and analyst from Gaza and visiting fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations.
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“‘Israel: What Went Wrong?’: Holocaust Scholar Omer Bartov & Haaretz's Gideon Levy Debate Zionism”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiYDGmhnWqY
by Democracy Now!
(23:24)
We speak to two prominent Israeli thinkers, historian Omer Bartov and journalist Gideon Levy, about the founding beliefs of Zionism. Bartov, a professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Brown University, is the author of the new book "Israel: What Went Wrong?," while Gideon Levy's latest piece in Haaretz is titled "Zionism Didn't Go Wrong, It Was Always Built This Way."
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“The Grayzone visits Tehran hospital bombed by Israel”
by The Greyzone
(2:52)
The Grayzone’s Wyatt Reed goes to the scene of the Israeli bombing of one of Iran’s most advanced hospitals, Tehran’s Gandhi Hospital, which was bombed and mostly destroyed on March 1, 2026.
Wyatt learns that Israel caused $10 million in damage, destroying 20,000 embryos being stored in the hospital’s IVF clinic, while injuring patients as it simultaneously attacked a civilian TV broadcaster across the street.
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“The Grayzone at S. Lebanon funeral for family targeted by Israel”
by The Greyzone
(2:29)
As Israel continues violating a supposed ceasefire in
Lebanon, The Grayzone’s Wyatt Reed travelled to the southern city of Saida to
document the funeral of a family of nine massacred by yet another Israeli
airstrike in the nearby town of Jibchit.
Despite knowing they could be killed at any moment, community members insisted
they will continue defying Israeli orders to abandon their homeland.
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“Iran Launches Massive Attack on Tel Aviv — Chaos Erupts Across Israel”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv-whc8AUPY
by Professor John Mearsheimer
(29:21)
The Middle East crisis has entered a dangerous new phase as Iran launches a massive attack, sending shockwaves across Israel and triggering chaos in Tel Aviv. Reports of missile strikes, emergency evacuations, and rising regional tensions are raising fears of a wider conflict that could impact global security and international politics.
In this video, John Mearsheimer breaks down the latest developments, the strategic consequences for Iran and Israel, and how the United States could respond to this rapidly escalating situation. Watch till the end for full analysis, geopolitical insights, and the latest updates from the region.
Topics Covered:
• Iran vs Israel latest news
• Tel Aviv attack updates
• John Mearsheimer analysis
• Middle East conflict 2026
• Iran missile strikes
• Israel emergency response
• Geopolitical tensions and war analysis
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“Dark Hour for Israel? Iran Threat Escalates as Panic Spreads”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68cUg9Y-4a4
by Professor John Mearsheimer and Professor Jeffey Sachs
(29:43)
The Middle East stands at a dangerous turning point as tensions between Iran and Israel continue to escalate. Reports of growing military threats, rising public fear, and emergency responses across major Israeli cities are fueling concerns about a broader regional conflict.
In this video, Prof. John Mearsheimer analyzes the latest developments, the strategic balance between Iran and Israel, and the possible consequences for the United States and global stability. From military escalation to geopolitical fallout, this discussion explores the risks facing the entire region.
Watch till the end for in-depth analysis, breaking developments, and expert insight into one of the world’s most critical geopolitical crises.
Topics Covered:
• Iran vs Israel latest news
• John Mearsheimer analysis
• Middle East conflict updates
• Israel security crisis
• Iran military threats
• Geopolitical and war analysis
• Regional tensions and global impact
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“NETANYAHU MAY HAVE TRAPPED ISRAEL FOR GOOD”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT4T4hTN8Rc
with Col. Larry Wilkerson
(44:38, with transcript)
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“Iranian unity foils US-Israeli proxy destabilization plans in Iran”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tIwPv4AO7w
with Professor Mohammed Marandi
(4:02, with transcript)
In an interview for Al Mayadeen, Professor Mohammad Marandi said that the visible presence of people in the streets reflects "high morale" and a strong willingness to continue "defending the country, their dignity, their honor, their sovereignty," arguing that this unity is also weakening efforts by the US and "Israel" to rely on armed proxies inside Iran. He warned that previous attempts to activate armed groups or "terrorists that have been armed from the northern part of Iraq" and across other border regions were aimed at creating internal chaos during war scenarios. But instead, Marandi said, the atmosphere on the ground is reinforcing confidence among civilians and security forces alike, limiting the space for sabotage or assassination campaigns that are part of a broader destabilization strategy. And above all, "People across the region and across the world should also be steadfast under war and siege," for it is an "expression being declared to the outside world that we are rising up, and this is the time for everyone to rise up."
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“E.U. Militarizes for War with Russia - The Rise of German Revanchism”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9roILfnIkCg&si=dIo_tKh2h8eZIwis
with Lena Petrova and Pascal Lottaz
(55:47)
“Chas Freeman: Trump Goes to Beijing After Historic Defeat in Iran”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKvzjkOfyWQ
with Glenn Diesen
(53:59)
Ambassador Chas Freeman discusses Trump's visit to China, after the U.S. defeat in Iran - the greatest strategic defeat in U.S. history.
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“THE BEIJING SPECTACLE: Watch the Complete 27-Minute Chinese Welcome for Donald Trump”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yXC8QwpLgU
by Times Now World
(27:32)
BEIJING — U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing on Wednesday, commencing a highly anticipated three-day diplomatic summit. This comprehensive 27-minute sequence captures the entire historic arrival, beginning with the touchdown of Air Force One at Beijing Capital International Airport. President Trump was officially greeted by the Chinese Vice President on the tarmac, followed by a grand red-carpet ceremony featuring a massive military honor guard and local children offering traditional festivities. The uncut footage concludes with the President departing the airport in his heavily armored motorcade, "The Beast," under maximum security. This spectacular display of diplomatic grandeur sets the stage for critical bilateral talks with President Xi Jinping.
#TrumpArrival #ChinaUSSummit #AirForceOne #TheBeast #TimesNowWorld #Geopolitics #BeijingWelcome
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“‘When We Fight, Both Suffer”: Watch Xi Jinping's Opening Remarks to Donald Trump”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_WQjR3zs6k
by Times Now World
(5:43)
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered his opening address to U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, kicking off the highly anticipated bilateral negotiations at the Great Hall of the People. Stressing that the world has arrived at a "new crossroads," President Xi warned against the "Thucydides Trap" and called for major powers to be partners rather than opponents. Xi highlighted that common interests outweigh differences and urged the two nations to jointly address global challenges to make 2026 a landmark year for international relations.
#XiJinping #TrumpXiSummit #BilateralTalks #ThucydidesTrap #ChinaUSRelations #TimesNowWorld #Geopolitics
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“On Cam: Chaos, Shouting, Abuses Inside Trump-Xi Jinping Meeting In China: ‘Get the Fuck out of here!’”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7ePHmNnHls
by Hindustan Times
(8:01)
Unexpected drama erupted at the start of the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing after a man was heard shouting “get the f*ck outta here” as cameras briefly malfunctioned during coverage of the high-stakes meeting. The chaotic moment unfolded just before U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping began formal talks focused on trade tensions, Iran, Taiwan and regional security. Despite the rocky opening, Xi later hailed a “new era” in U.S.-China relations while warning Trump that Taiwan remains the most sensitive issue between the two powers. Xi cautioned that mishandling Taiwan could become “very dangerous” and risk major conflict. INTERNATIONAL NEWS
#Trump #XiJinping #TrumpXiMeeting #China #USA #Taiwan #Beijing #USChinaRelations #BreakingNews #WorldNews #Geopolitics #TrumpXiSummit #TaiwanCrisis #ChinaNews #USPolitics #InternationalNews #TradeWar #MiddleEast #Iran #GlobalTensions
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“"When We Fight, Both Suffer": Watch Xi Jinping's Opening Remarks to Donald Trump”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_WQjR3zs6k
by Times Now World
(5:43)
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered his opening address to U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, kicking off the highly anticipated bilateral negotiations at the Great Hall of the People. Stressing that the world has arrived at a "new crossroads," President Xi warned against the "Thucydides Trap" and called for major powers to be partners rather than opponents. Xi highlighted that common interests outweigh differences and urged the two nations to jointly address global challenges to make 2026 a landmark year for international relations.
#XiJinping #TrumpXiSummit #BilateralTalks #ThucydidesTrap #ChinaUSRelations #TimesNowWorld #Geopolitics
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“Alastair Crooke: Iran Smashed the US Military Model – China Is Watching”
https://www.youtube.com/live/IUeHkLFFpEI
by Dialogue Works
(1:02:58)
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“Why Is the World Bank Targeting Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery?”
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FYg4RMAtt-g?si=nlsyvE7jfyGYu6mX
from Nigeria
(short video)
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“Mali Attacked by Western-backed Rebels”
https://www.globalresearch.ca/mali-attacked-western-backed-rebels/5925293
by Abayomi Azikiwe
Several major cities and towns have been severely impacted in joint attacks by separatists and jihadists from the north to the south of the West African state.
On April 25, hundreds of armed rebels conducted attacks against the Malian military and government resulting in the deaths of Minister of Defense General Sadio Camara along with other officials and civilians.
These incursions across the country were by no means surprising in light of the ongoing security crisis in Mali and throughout the entire Sahel region.
The Tuareg people in northern Mali have been in conflict with the Malian government since the early days of independence during the 1960s. The Tuaregs are scattered across several West and North African states including Mali, Niger, Algeria, Libya and Burkina Faso.
They are categorized as a Berber-speaking group which has a recorded presence in Northwest Africa for more than two thousand years. Due to the character of French colonialism, divisions between the Tuaregs and other Malian groups carried over after national independence in 1960.
There are Tuareg organizations which continue to demand autonomy or separation. However, they are not recognized as an independent entity by any international body such as the United Nations and the African Union (AU).
The Islamist rebels known as the Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) have found a base for recruitment among the Tuaregs in northern Mali. In the most recent episode of fighting, the JNIM has linked up with a coalition of Tuareg groups labeled as the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA).
Mali and other Sahel states have been profoundly affected by the rebel attacks. The military coups since 2020 in Mali as well as Niger and Burkina Faso were prompted by the failure of civilian regimes along with their French and U.S. military allies to curb the actions by groups like the JNIM and the FLA.
Mali is a member of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) which was formed amid earlier threats to militarily intervene by the former colonial power of France and its continuing allies in the region. Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso had been suspended from membership in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a formerly 15-member grouping established initially in 1975.
The rationale for their suspension was related to the refusal to return these governments to what is described as “civilian rule.” Yet, all of these heads-of-state which maintained control in these landlocked countries were allied with France, the United States and other NATO countries.
Under the guise of providing security for the Sahel states, two formations were established by France. Operation Barkhane and the G5 Sahel were ostensibly designed to fight rebel incursions by separatists and jihadists. In addition, the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) formed in early 2008, has played a role in West Africa as well. Nonetheless, the presence of these NATO states working in conjunction with governments and their militaries in the region has done absolutely nothing to create a more stable atmosphere in the ECOWAS and AES states.
Turning Towards the Russian Federation . . . .
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“Douglas Macgregor on Glenn Diesen podcast”
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Z1TQNvoUhTk
by Glenn Diesen
(short video)
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“Reason2Resist”
https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxglvdSVfrRG8u9mPGRH_qtKA5mIsK2m54
with Dimitri Lascaris
The Democracy Perception Index 2026 (DPI) asked people in 98 countries whether they agree more with Iran or the U.S. in the conflict between the two countries. DPI found that 41 countries agree more with Iran, 28 agree more with the criminal Trump regime, and 29 are roughly evenly divided. China and India, which are by far the world's most populous countries, both lean toward Iran, meaning that a large majority of the human population sides with Iran. Other notable findings are that Pakistan, Turkey and Egypt all lean heavily toward Iran even though their governments are closely allied with the United States. This may help to explain, by the way, why the Pakistani regime has worked hard to remain on good terms with Iran. In Europe, Albania, Belarus, Greece, Ireland, Moldova and Russia all lean toward Iran, while Britain, France, the Netherlands, Sweden and Ukraine lean toward the criminal Trump regime. Only one African country leans toward the criminal Trump regime, and that country is Nigeria.
Finally, hats off to Mexico, which leans toward Iran.
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“SHOCKER: UN Scientists Call Doomsday Climate Change Predictions “IMPLAUSABLE”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wHyW6k8BEY&si=blB5hby0RGi7-LLj
by The Jimmy Dore Show
(14:53)
Geologist and climate change critic Tony Heller joins the show to discuss the recent IPCC admission that the most extreme high-emissions scenario (SSP5-8.5), which produced apocalyptic warming projections of 4°C by 2100 and fueled many media scare stories over the past 15 years, has been officially labeled "implausible" for the 21st century based on trends in renewable energy costs and climate policy. He notes that James Hansen, NASA's leading expert in 1988, predicted that lower Manhattan would be underwater by 2018—which did not happen—and that climate alarmism has been driven by exaggeration since the 1970s, when Steven Schneider openly advocated telling scary stories to get the public's attention. Heller warns, however, that the climate scare movement will likely return in a few months, as a severe drought and heatwave in the western US—caused by low snowpack and overuse of Colorado River water for decades—will be blamed on Trump's cuts to climate research funding. He says that the western US has been using more water than is available for over a century, and that an expected El Niño could provide temporary relief, but long-term solutions are needed since cities like Phoenix and Las Vegas cannot be relocated.
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“A Weakened Trump Goes Meekly To China”
https://www.youtube.com/live/zFwC273i9xc?si=EKMnvw_H16SlQWQv
by Reason2Resist with Dimitri Lascaris aned Rami Yahia
(1:00:47)
Due to Trump's catastrophic war on Iran, the global economy teeters on the brink of recession and possibly worse.
In such circumstances, does Trump have any real leverage in his talks with Chinese President Xi Xinping?
Dimitri Lascaris and Rami Yahia discuss this and more in Reason2Resist's latest livestream.
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“Victor Gao's DIRE Warning to Trump LIVE: US Lost to Iran, China War is ARMAGEDDON”
https://www.youtube.com/live/3m6U_AfAW7w
with Danny Haiphong
(1:02:50)
Vice President of Center for China and Globalization and former interpreter to Deng Xiaoping Victor Gao joined the program with a major warning to Donald Turmp as the US-China summit in Beijing exposes the massive geopolitical headwinds plaguing the US empire from Iran and beyond.
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“Alex Krainer: It’s Starting: Massive Shifts Hit the Middle East & Europe”
https://www.youtube.com/live/D4-C8dAxYiU
by Dialogue Works
(56:39)
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“Richard Wolff and Michael Hudson: America’s Grip is Gone, Here’s what Iran, China, and Russia did”
https://www.youtube.com/live/rZZgnaIJFyc
by Dialogue Works
(59:23)
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“Richard Wolff: Iran War UNRAVELS U.S. Empire, Petrodollar is FINISHED”
https://www.youtube.com/live/wieF6Pc2GOA
with Danny Haiphong
(1:00:59)
Economist Prof. Richard Wolff argues that the death of the petrodollar has arrived as the Iran war digs the U.S. empire deeper into global depression. He joins the show to break down the latest economic developments emerging from this historic crisis in geopolitics.
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“Iran is the Most Important Country to Lockdown for a Digital Control Grid”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok0oAXUQ7lo
with Cahterine Austin Fitts
(56:21)
Catherine Austin Fitts served as Assistant Secretary of Housing under President George H. W. Bush and is the publisher of The Solari Report. She talks how the Iran conflict is part of the control grid, future of Israel, Covid 2.0, bitcoin being used as a control grid, and much more.
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“Navigating the Digital Control Grid”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGmQ8-pZU6s
with Catherine Austin Fitts
(13:34)
Our digital landscape isn’t neutral—it shapes how we think, feel, and interact. In Navigating the Digital Control Grid, Catherine Austin Fitts helps you see beneath the surface of screens and algorithms to understand how digital systems influence attention, behavior, and culture. From Digital ID to programmable money, this talk isn’t about rejecting technology, but about approaching it with discernment, intention, and wisdom. If you’ve ever wondered why your attention feels hijacked, why tech feels addictive, or how to steward your digital life more thoughtfully, this conversation will help you engage screens without surrendering your mind.
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“$50 Trillion Missing | The US Financial Coup Catherine Austin Fitts Exposd”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaAd4DscZ6s
by WTFinance
(45:40)
On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming on Catherine Austin Fitts. Catherine Austin Fitts served as Managing Director at Dillon, Read & Co and as Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President George H. W. Bush — before leaving government to document what she describes as a systematic looting of public finances on a scale most people still find difficult to believe. She is also the publisher of The Solari Report, and managing member of Solari Investment Advisory Services, LLC and Sea Lane Advisory, LLC.
During our conversation we spoke about the shifting global order, Chinese control, Mr Global, Bank of international settlements, US governments financial corruption. I hope you enjoy!
- 0:00 - Introduction
- 1:56 - Shifting global order
- 6:00 - Chinese control
- 7:15 - Pushing Russia out of financial system
- 9:16 - Western geopolitical strategy
- 15:03 - Mr global
- 18:54 - Bank of International Settlements
- 31:19 - China & BRICs?
- 32:24 - US government lost money
- 37:04 - Protecting your wealth
- 43:44- Less transparency
- 44:24 - One message to takeaway?
Catherine served as managing director and member of the board of directors of the Wall Street investment bank Dillon, Read & Co. Inc., as Assistant Secretary of Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner at the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development in the first Bush Administration, and was the president of Hamilton Securities Group, Inc. Catherine has designed and closed over $25 billion of transactions and investments to-date and has led portfolio and investment strategy for $300 billion of financial assets and liabilities. Catherine graduated from the University of Pennsylvania (BA), the Wharton School (MBA) and studied Mandarin Chinese at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She blogs for the Solari Report at solari.com.
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“NY Times exposes Israel's rape dungeons, Netanyahu threatens to sue”
by The Grayzone, with Max Blumenthal and Matt Gaetz
Max Blumenthal on the meltdown after the New York Times finally told the shocking truth about Israel's torture of Palestinian hostages.
The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal joins former US representative and One America News host Matt Gaetz to discuss the New York Times article reporting what was already well known to close observers of Israel-Palestine:
Israel has adopted sexual abuse on a systematic level to torture Palestinians kidnapped from Gaza since Oct 7, and much of its society has mobilized in defense of the torturers.
Max explains why Netanyahu's extreme legal threats against the NY Times will never lead to concrete action, and how they could blow back on Israel if they went to trial.
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“Netanyahu PANICS After NYT Publishes Israel's Worst Nightmare”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbcrltWy0hs
by Kim Iversen
(26:45)
A bombshell article claiming rampant sexual abuse in Israeli prisons was published by the New York Times, triggers a wave of accusations of blood libel and threats of legal action by Netanyahu himself.
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“‘West Must Be Punished…’: Iran Shocks Europe, Opens NEW FRONTS Against U.S. Allies Amid Hormuz Fight”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4jmTs6105c
by Times Of India
(8:30)
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi delivered a fiery message at the BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting in New Delhi, urging member nations to condemn what he called “unlawful aggression” by the United States and Israel against Tehran. Araghchi warned that the West’s “false sense of superiority and immunity” must be challenged, while India pushed for diplomacy, stability and safe maritime trade flows amid growing fears over the Strait of Hormuz crisis. The summit exposed deep divisions within BRICS over the Iran war, Gaza conflict and regional tensions, raising major questions about the bloc’s unity and future global role.
#Iran #BRICS #Araghchi #India #Israel #USIran #MiddleEast #BreakingNews #WorldNews #Geopolitics #NewDelhi #Jaishankar #Hormuz #China #Russia
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“DR MARANDI Yemen's New Ballistic Missiles Reach 2,000 KM — Every Gulf State Now in Range”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2ljXW1nTss&pp=0gcJCQQLAYcqIYzv
by Strategic Conflict Brief
(21:10)
Dr. Marandi discusses reports surrounding Yemen’s expanding ballistic missile capabilities and the growing strategic implications for Gulf security. With claims that new missile systems could reach up to 2,000 kilometers, this analysis explores regional defense concerns, Middle East power dynamics, Iran’s influence, and how escalating tensions could reshape the balance of power across the Gulf region.
#Yemen #BallisticMissiles #BreakingNews #DrMarandi #MiddleEast #Geopolitics #MilitaryNews
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“Alexander Mercoruis: The Political Legitimacy Crisis Across Europe”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjb4vFK37t0&t=28s
with Glenn Diesen
(48:01)
Alexander Mercouris discusses the political legitimacy crisis among a discredited elite, which is leading Europe toward a pre-revolutionary moment.
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“Nuclear War Starts! NATO Is Crossing Russia’s Red Line | Scott Ritter Dire Warning To Europe”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2ljXW1nTss
by Salud Mayoría
(41:07)
Are we approaching the most dangerous moment in modern history? In this video, Scott Ritter delivers a dire warning to Europe, arguing that NATO may be crossing Russia’s red lines in ways that could trigger catastrophic escalation. As the war in Ukraine intensifies and military pressure continues to build, Ritter explains why Moscow may view recent Western actions as an existential threat. From long-range weapons and troop deployments to nuclear deterrence and strategic doctrine, he warns that the risk of direct confrontation between nuclear powers is rising rapidly. Could Europe be sleepwalking into a crisis far bigger than anyone expected — and are world leaders underestimating how dangerous this moment has become?
#ScottRitter #NATO #Russia #UkraineWar #NuclearWar #Geopolitics #Europe #RussiaUkraine #WorldCrisis #MilitaryAnalysis #GlobalConflict #BreakingNews #InternationalRelations #WarNews #WorldPolitics
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“Scott Ritter: Russia will Soon Expand War by Striking EUROPE”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk9__tm2Toc
by Deep Dive, with Daniel Davis
(26:24)
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“Andrei Martyanov: Iran & Russia Just Changed War Forever – Here’s How”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRJv1THu1uI
by Dialogue Works, with Nima Alkhorshid and Andrei Martyanov
(54:43, with transcript)
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“China Just FLIPPED on Iran and the Strait of Hormuz will never be the same”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-ACzT5y484
by GK Knows
(25:27)
China just executed a strategic "flip" on Iran that has fundamentally rewritten the rules of the 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis. While the world was focused on military drills, President Xi Jinping and President Trump sat down in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People and reached a historic consensus: Iran can never have a nuclear weapon, and the Strait of Hormuz must reopen—period.
#ChinaIran #StraitOfHormuz #TrumpXiSummit #Geopolitics2026 #IRGC #OilPrices #EnergySecurity #BreakingNews #MilitaryAnalysis #USChinaRelations #IranConflict #MaritimeTrade #GlobalEconomy #NuclearNonProliferation #navalblockade
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“Is the US-Iran War Creating a New Global Trade Order?”
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PzzJ7kL4amM?si=C2Dj2M9GJB8bfdYy
(short video)
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“Beijing Showdown - Trump and the End of U.S. Power”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY8WLG1HsBY&pp=ugUHEgVlbi1VUw%3D%3D
by World Affairs In Context, with Lena Petrova and Einar Tangen
(46:34)
Einar Tangen is Senior Fellow Center for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Chairman Asia Narratives, Founding Partner Center for China and the World, and Senior Fellow Center for Business Ethics UIBE. Follow Einar Tangen on X(Twitter): https://x.com/ehtangen and Substack: https://asianarratives.substack.com. Join the discussion on our Substack at https://www.worldaffairsincontext.com/, where we discuss geopolitics, economics, and the relationship between official narratives and reality worldwide.
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“Post China Summit, will Trump escalate Iran war?”
https://www.youtube.com/live/_w_F7tAL5fU
by The Duran
(1:23:46)
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“Dr. Mohammad Marandi Exposes Trump and Truth of Iran War”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIIXhPFfxmQ
with Cyrus Janssen
(1:23:15)
Professor Mohammad Marandi joins me live to break down the latest developments in the Iran war and the growing role of China behind the scenes. We’ll discuss the current status of the conflict, why Donald Trump is now asking China for help, and how Beijing’s decision to continue buying Iranian oil could reshape the balance of power in the Middle East. As Iranian oil shipments continue flowing to China despite Western pressure, this conversation explores whether the Iran-China partnership is becoming one of the most important geopolitical alliances in the world today.
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“Keep vapes out of the hands of kids”
Right now, millions of people – including children – are using e-cigarettes, also called vapes, either for fun or as a "safer" alternative to cigarettes. But the reality is far more uncertain. A recent review by researchers in Australia shows that vaping exposes users to harmful substances like heavy metals, carcinogens, and chemicals linked to serious lung damage, and possibly cancer.
Sign the petition to demand that e-cigarettes are regulated like tobacco to protect public health.
Although e-cigarettes were first introduced as a safer option, research is already linking them to DNA damage, cellular changes associated with cancer, and conditions like "popcorn lung."
Concerningly, regulation has not kept pace. There are more than 16,000 flavors available worldwide, and 88 countries still have no minimum age requirement for purchase, while dozens more have little to no oversight.
The World Health Organization has already laid out clear recommendations: strengthen bans where they exist, and where e-cigarettes are legal, enforce strict regulations – including banning flavors, limiting nicotine, and taxing these products.
But governments are not acting fast enough.
Sign the petition now to urge the European Union, United States, and Canada to regulate e-cigarettes like tobacco and implement strong protections to reduce harm.
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“The REAL Story Behind Palantir's Dystopian Pre-Crime Takeover”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3DFZFoJC5s&si=5UG66z4yefv9PPf7
by The Chris Hedges Report, with Whitney Webb
(15:03)
Whitney Webb traces the origins of the mass surveillance company Palantir's rise to power, starting with their ties to the main operators of the Iran Contra scandal — specifically the godfather of modern surveillance, John Poindexter, and the "Total Information Awareness" project he headed in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.
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“Chris Hedges: America is a Banana Republic”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD_NfayjdgI
by Chris Hedges
(audio, 15:10)
El Presidente Donald Trump is the gringo version of brutal and corrupt dictators foisted on Latin American countries by their oligarchs and Yankee imperialists.
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“Whitney Webb: Trump, JD Vance bankrolled by CIA and Mossad backed Peter Thiel”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56UO817tex4&t=11s
by Mint Press
(1:04:07)
It is election season once again, and that means that the world’s eyes are drawn to our corrupt two-party duopoly. With a rapidly aging Biden decaying in front of us, Donald Trump is now a heavy favorite to become Commander-in-Chief of the US empire once more. Trump has chosen JD Vance as his running mate, a character made and financed by Silicon Valley and surveillance state billionaire Peter Thiel. It seems no matter whom you vote for, our national security state – and that of Israel – will be the winner. Peter Thiel’s CIA-tech empire “Palantir” helped Israel develop the AI lavender system, which has been used by the Israeli military to target civilian homes and children and completely decimate the world’s largest concentration camp with precision. However, this is not Peter Thiel's first ride in the Trump campaign as he helped bankroll Trump himself in the 2016 election and even worked in his cabinet to advance the surveillance state by collecting our data during COVID. Despite Trump campaigning as a populist anti-establishment draining the swamp, he is the swamp, and he’s planning on overfilling his swamp with figures like Peter Thiel, who will take our technocratic surveillance state and war machine to the next level – far worse than what we say during COVID. And who better to help us learn more about this than one of the most influential journalists of our time – Whitney Webb. She’s the contributing editor of Unlimited Hangout and the author of “One Nation Under Blackmail (https://www.amazon.com/One-Nation-Und...) .” Whitney is also a former MintPress investigative journalist.
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“Iran AMBUSHES US Special Ops, Trump BEGS for 45-Day Ceasefire”
https://www.youtube.com/live/GLo_Pm2v0V8?si=Pw_03TwRiXevWXYf
with Danny Haiphong and Jon Elmer & Justin Podur
(1:03:31)
Iran just exposed a major US ground operation masquerading as a rescue operation of the F-15 pilot and the consequences are devastating. Now Trump is responding with pleas for 45-day ceasefire while escalating the war rhetorically as Iran hits back for the 98th wave of Operation True Promise 4. Jon Elmer of the Resistance Report and Justin Podur of the anti-Empire project join the show to break down the latest military updates.
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“Trump Admits Iran War
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOb_YBEVt-M&t=64s
by The Grayzone
(10:10, with transcript)
The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate on a candid admission by Trump that his decision to attack Iran was "foolish," but that he would do it anyway even though it is wrecking the US economy.
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“Why Is NO ONE Stopping Trump?”
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xWRjjiYgRSc?si=T76CYxDeX3cduK24
with Douglas Macgregor
(short video)
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“Meet the Lebanese rescue workers being targeted by Israel”
by The Grayzone with Wyatt Reed
(21:32)
A bracing report from Southern Lebanon on the rescuers surviving triple and quadruple tap Israeli strikes to save lives.
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“Journalist Serial Killer?”
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VaKDMdapYeA?si=0j07CqkOWkTTMxKf
with Jeremy Scahill
(short video)
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“BREAKING: Massive Explosion Hits Israel’s ‘Nuclear, Missile Hub’; Iran’s First Strike Move?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br61l7Rd72k&si=lwD0jPJKUQTRNGQY
by Times Of India
(8:06)
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“FATAL FRIENDS | Epstein Files fallout | Mandelson crime probe | Randy Andy evicted | Ukraine talks”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrTuI8GQfmE&t=20s
with George Galloway, Feb 4, 2026
(2:10:12)
George Galloway confronts the deadly consequences of power, secrecy, and impunity as the Epstein Files explode back into public view and the political establishment reels from fresh revelations. The show opens with George’s uncompromising monologue on the Epstein scandal and its ever-widening circle of “friends” — followed by the growing storm around Peter Mandelson, as allegations, investigations, and unanswered questions refuse to go away. Why are so many powerful figures linked to the same dark networks — and why does accountability always stop at the top? Journalist and former UN media adviser Mark Seddon joins George live to examine the Mandelson crime probe, the eviction of “Randy Andy,” and what these scandals tell us about the true nature of the British and Western ruling class. We then turn back to the Epstein Files with investigative journalist Ben Swann, founder of Truth in Media and Sovren Media. As sealed documents, suspicious deaths, and political pressure collide, we ask the question millions are asking but few dare to confront: what really happened to Jeffrey Epstein — and who still fears the truth coming out? As ever, your calls live from across the UK, the US, and around the world drive the show forward, with breaking developments and sharp analysis throughout the night.
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“Iran just triggered the new class war”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRfOcMhHHZw
by The Econoclasts, with Yanis Varoufakis & Wolfgang Munchau
(40:09)
In this episode of The Econoclasts, Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau dissect Keir Starmer’s attempts to maintain power in a declining UK economy alongside the paradoxical surge in US market wealth triggered by Donald Trump’s war with Iran - a conflict that is failing to smoke out Tehran while simultaneously enriching a narrow elite of tech lords and fracking independents at the expense of the global working class.
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“The History of National Resistance in Palestine”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSAwYW2sQ3s
by The Chris Hedges Report, with Ramzy Baroud
(50:59)
Professor Ramzy Baroud discusses his new book, a type of people’s history of Palestine, that chronicles the powerful resistance to Zionism and its manifestations in the current national liberation movement.
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“Europe’s Suicidal Blunder — Drones Ready To Strike Russia”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSAwYW2sQ3s
with Jeffrey Sachs
(33:35)
Jeffrey Sachs exposes Europe’s suicidal military moves against Russia. New bloc, deep-strike weapons, and Russophobia are pushing the continent straight into war. A dangerous new phase with catastrophic consequences.
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“Pepe Escobar: Trump in PANIC! Iran & China just WIPED OUT His WW3 Strategy”
https://www.youtube.com/live/FoSWn5sIfLY
with Danny Haiphong
(1:06:16)
Pepe Escobar joins the show to discuss the massive fallout of Trump's trip to China which has sparked a mad push by the US empire to renew its war on Iran despite the devastating consequences this would bring to both itself and the world.
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“Unique Russian STEALTH missile KH-69 wiped out the PATRIOT Missile System along with its Combat CREW”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB5AKV9rrIA
by Borzzikman
(8:22)
Meanwhile, on the morning of May 15, Ukrainian and Russian sources confirmed that during the missile attack on Kiev, Ukraine lost another Patriot air defense system. Reports indicate that this missile system was destroyed in the southwestern part of Kiev. As it turned out, the PATRIOT system was attacked by a Russian 5th-generation Su-57 fighter jet using the latest stealth cruise missile KH-69
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“How The Unthinkable Becomes Conceivable: A Russian Attack into Europe”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTGy-nsRyiY
with Lt Col Daniel Davis
(14:54)
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“It’s Time to Change the Birdcage Liner!”
https://corbettreport.com/nwnw630/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
with James Corbett and James Pilato
(24:36)
Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week:
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“The Claude Delusion”
by James Corbett
A funny thing happened earlier this month. Richard Dawkins, celebrated scientist and outspoken atheist, posted a cringeworthy think piece for Unherd concluding that Claude—a “next-generation AI assistant based on Anthropic’s research into training helpful, honest, and harmless AI systems”—is a conscious being.
In fact, so overwhelmed is he by the discovery of his silicon companion’s soul that, by his own admission, he is at one point moved to tell the chatbot, “You may not know you are conscious, but you bloody well are!”
Yes, much to the chagrin of his loyal fanbase of fedora-wearing Reddit atheists, Richard Dawkins, the famed author of The God Delusion, has proven himself to be a gullible dupe of the Claude Delusion.
But he’s not the only one. As the majority are only now beginning to discover, the AI psychosis that has already pushed many mentally challenged and vulnerable people over the edge of sanity and into a world of delusion and fantasy is starting to affect more and more of the population.
So, where is this mass “Claude Delusion” psychosis heading? And how do we stop it? Let’s find out.
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“Join The First-Ever Corbett Report Livestream!”
with James Corbett
(4:40)
In an effort to make the Film, Literature & The New World Order podcast more like a “real” book club, we’re going to try something different: a livestream! That’s right, for the first time in Corbett Report history I’m going to be livestreaming my upcoming conversation with John C. A. Manley about Harry Turtledove’s Powerless. If you want to be part of that livestream and to join in the chat with your questions and comments, the link is at the bottom of my latest newsletter:
https://corbettreport.com/the-claude-delusion/
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