Steve Rosenberg: “Trump’s Not Their Daddy Anymore.” Russian Paper on Europe, over New US National Security Strategy

Dec 8, 2025 | Today’s Russian papers are loving America's new national security strategy. One Russian paper on implications for Europe: “Trump isn’t their Daddy anymore.” Kremlin spokesman is quoted as saying: “The adjustments in the updated strategy correspond in many ways to our vision”

Somali Immigrants “Garbage” Says Trump: MN Community Responds to Racist Rant and Immigration Sweeps

Dec 5, 2025 | Federal authorities are carrying out intensified operations this week in Minnesota as President Donald Trump escalates his attacks on the Somali community in the state. The administration halted green card and citizenship applications from Somalis and people from 18 other countries after last week's fatal shooting near the White House. During a recent Cabinet meeting, Trump went on a racist tirade against the Somali community, saying, "We don't want them in our country," and referring to Somali immigrants as "garbage." Minnesota has the largest Somali community in the United States, and the vast majority of the estimated 80,000 residents in the state are American citizens or legal permanent residents.

"We have seen vile things that the president has said, but in these moments, we need to come together and respond," says Jaylani Hussein, the executive director of CAIR-Minnesota. He also highlights the connections between Trump's targeting of the community and foreign policy. "If you demonize Muslims, then you can get away with killing Muslims abroad. This has always been the case, from the Afghanistan War to the Iraq War."

Thom Hartmann: Are We Watching Democracy Collapse?

Nov 28, 2025 | Corruption is at a level America has NEVER seen before.

Autocracy Is Here

Father David explains why.

Brian Klaas: “The United States Is Now a Competitive Authoritarian System”

LSE: Is the United States still a democracy? In an interview with EUROPP’s editor Stuart Brown, Brian Klaas discusses Donald Trump’s impact on American and global democracy.

I would say the United States is now a “competitive authoritarian” system. This is political science jargon for countries that have the trappings of democracy, but without a level playing field.

In other words, there is genuine competition in the United States between political parties and democratic institutions persist, but the state is able to manipulate outcomes to its advantage, disadvantage its opponents and use state power in illegitimate or undemocratic ways with little to no recourse against it.

Political scientists continue to debate this topic, but few would classify the United States as a robust democracy. It is either a democracy in crisis that is barely clinging onto the label, or one that has tipped over the edge into competitive authoritarianism – and I believe it’s the latter. » | Brian Klaas | Friday, September 19, 2025

Pope Leo Calls the Treatment of Immigrants in the US Disrespectful

Pope Leo speaks clearly about this problem here.

Nicolás Maduro Issues Anti-War Plea.

”Do we want to see another Gaza in South America?”

The Saudification of America Is Under Way

THE GUARDIAN: Jamal Khashoggi’s plight and murder was a warning sign for the US, of the impending loss of freedom and censorship that would sweep the country

The first time I ever used the words “alhumdulilah”, which translates to praise be to God in Arabic, was the night of 16 November 2018. A Friday night news alert came through on my phone: “CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination.” I collapsed into my couch, repeating the words.

I am not Muslim. But Jamal, in life and death, has taught me a lot about faith and looking for hope in all the wrong places. As a writer with a history of criticizing America’s meddling in weaker countries, in normal circumstances, I should have been loath to celebrate the CIA.

But given that, a month before, a group of Saudi hitmen not only kidnapped my friend and writer from a consulate in Istanbul but allegedly cut his body into pieces, I might have been forgiven for looking for any hope that the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, would face consequences – cutting off leaders who think nothing of cutting up human beings should be a basic tenet of any healthy country’s foreign policy. (Prince Mohammed has denied any involvement or responsibility for Khashoggi’s killing.)

This week, seven years almost to the day since the CIA announced the crown prince’s responsibility in the murder, Mohammed bin Salman returns to Washington, invited for an offical visit by America’s Temu pharaoh, Donald Trump. The reconciliation between Trump and MBS was perhaps inevitable, given that even before the first Trump presidency, Trump spoke often of his love for the Saudis and their wealth. (“I get along great with all of them; they buy apartments from me. They spend $40m, $50m,” he quipped in 2015. “Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much!”) » | Karen Attiah | Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Carney Exposes Trump on Live TV in His Most Brutal Interview Yet

November 14, 2025

U.S. War in Latin America Feared as Hegseth Launches "Operation Southern Spear"

Nov 14, 2025 | Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced the launch of Operation Southern Spear to target suspected drug traffickers in South America, Central America and the Caribbean. The U.S. now has 15,000 military personnel in the region. Over the past two months the U.S. has blown up at least 20 boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. “80 people have been killed in what are extrajudicial executions under international law,” says Juan Pappier, Americas deputy director at Human Rights Watch. The Pentagon claims the boats were carrying drugs but officials have acknowledged they don't know who has been killed.

“Progressives and people of goodwill — of the U.S. and Puerto Rico — it's time for those of us here to stand up and say that where we will not support any attempt to bring back the old gunboat diplomacy and to invade another Latin American country, and we need to do it soon, because this stuff is moving very quickly,” says Democracy Now!’s Juan González.


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Canada PM Mark Carney's BIG Announcement on the End of Economic Ties with Trump's US

Nov 8, 2025 | Canada’s PM Mark Carney declares US trade "rupture" over: $50B tariff hit sparks $78B deficit budget for independence on November 4, 2025! Carney’s first federal budget slashes bureaucracy by 40K jobs, cuts temporary immigration 50%, boosts defense to 5% GDP by 2035. Prioritizes "Buy Canadian," doubles non-US exports in decade.

Democracy Now! "Master Plan": David Sirota on the Elite Plot to Legalize Corruption in the U.S.

Oct 29, 2025 | We speak with journalist David Sirota about his new book, Master Plan: The Hidden Plot to Legalize Corruption in America. Co-authored with Jared Jacang Maher, the book is based on their award-winning investigative podcast of the same name for The Lever.

Sirota says that while the United States is now "immersed in corruption" in a way that seems like an inevitable part of politics, it is the result of a decades-long agenda by the wealthy to deregulate the campaign finance system and to essentially make anti-bribery laws unenforceable. "This is all part of a plan by a corporate movement that sees democracy — the government providing what people want — sees that as a threat."


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Supreme Court to Consider Hearing Challenge to Overturn Same-sex Marriage

Oct 29, 2025 | Former Kentucky County Clerk Kim Davis is pressing the Supreme Court to overturn its 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges that recognized same-sex marriage rights. The justices will consider her petition to the decision on November 7th. Slate Senior Writer Mark Joseph Stern, former Assistant U.S. Attorney Kim Wehle and Senior Director of Civil Rights and Legal Strategies at GLAD Law Mary Bonauto, one of the attorneys who argued before the Supreme Court in the Obergefell case, join Katy Tur to discuss the likelihood of the high court taking up the case.

Trump’s America has turned into such a SHITHOUSE! — © Mark Alexander

Are We Losing Our Democracy?

THE NEW TORK TIMES: Countries that slide from democracy toward autocracy tend to follow similar patterns. To measure what is happening in the United States, the Times editorial board has compiled a list of 12 markers of democratic erosion, with help from scholars who have studied this phenomenon. The sobering reality is that the United States has regressed, to different degrees, on all 12.

Our country is still not close to being a true autocracy, in the mold of Russia or China. But once countries begin taking steps away from democracy, the march often continues. We offer these 12 markers as a warning of how much Americans have already lost and how much more we still could lose. » | The Editorial Board | The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom. | Friday, October 31, 2025

US-Kriegsschiffe positionieren sich für Angriff auf Venezuela, russisches Militärflugzeug in Caracas gelandet – Ladung unklar

BERLINER ZEITUNG: Die Karibik steht am Rand einer Explosion: Während US-Kriegsschiffe vor Venezuelas Küste Position beziehen, landen russische Transportmaschinen in Caracas. Steuert die Region auf eine militärische Konfrontation zwischen Washington und Moskau zu?

Die Spannungen zwischen den USA und Venezuela erreichen einen neuen Höhepunkt. Seit dem heutigen Nachmittag deutscher Zeit kursieren in sozialen Netzwerken und Militärblogs erste Mutmaßungen über einen unmittelbar bevorstehenden Angriff der USA auf Venezuela.

Bereits am vergangenen Wochenende war ein russisches Transportflugzeug vom Typ Iljuschin Il-76 mit der Registrierung RA-78765 in Caracas gelandet – mutmaßlich mit Militärgerät. Laut Flugdaten startete die Maschine im Großraum Moskau und flog über Armenien, Algerien, Marokko, Senegal und Mauretanien nach Venezuela. » | Harald Neuber | Freitag, 31. Oktober 2025

Sen Adam Schiff: Are We Going to War?

Oct 31, 2025 | The largest war ship in the world has been moved to the Caribbean, along with other ships, bombers, amphibious vehicles and more.

That’s a lot of firepower to stop small vessels carrying drugs.

It looks a lot more like preparation for war. Congress needs to get involved before it’s too late.

America’s Forgotten Fascism

Aug 27, 2019 | In 1939, 20,000 fascists assembled for a “pro-America” rally in the heart of New York’s Madison Square Garden

Nazism is no stranger to Americans. So now, under Trump, one can but wonder how long it is going to take before it becomes de rigueur for Americans to use the Hitler salute! [Heil Trump!] It surely won’t be long now. — © Mark Alexander

Democracy Now! "Master Plan": David Sirota on the Elite Plot to Legalize Corruption in the US

Oct 28, 2025 | We speak with journalist David Sirota about his new book, Master Plan: The Hidden Plot to Legalize Corruption in America. Co-authored with Jared Jacang Maher, the book is based on their award-winning investigative podcast of the same name for The Lever.

Sirota says that while the United States is now "immersed in corruption" in a way that seems like an inevitable part of politics, it is the result of a decades-long agenda by the wealthy to deregulate the campaign finance system and to essentially make anti-bribery laws unenforceable. "This is all part of a plan by a corporate movement that sees democracy — the government providing what people want — sees that as a threat."


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Ben Norton: The Shocking Truth about America’s Plans for Venezuela

Oct 24, 2025 | Geopolitical Analyst Ben Norton joins the show to discuss Venezuela

Samuel Moncada, the Venezuelan Ambassador to the United Natuons…

…gives his views on what is going on.