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[ad_1] Trump hotel and casino, Las Vegas. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. You may not have heard about this latest tax from Trump. That could be because he’s not going through Congress to get it. Also, this scam could get buried in the middle of his many other grifting schemes. Trump is starting a new special subscription service to his social media platform, Truth Social, where big investors will pay $100,000 a month for advance access to Trump posts that can move markets. This means that the next time Trump posts that he will blow Iran off the map and sends…

[ad_1] Overview: Fiber and Dementia Risk Two studies published in 2023 suggested that adults who consume higher amounts of dietary fiber may have a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, according to findings reported in the journals Nutritional Neuroscience and Age and Ageing. The studies, one in Japan and one in Italy, each tracked participants over periods of 15 to 20 years. The results add to a growing body of evidence linking nutrition to brain health. Fiber, a carbohydrate the body cannot digest, is already known to support digestive health, regulate blood sugar, and reduce inflammation, researchers noted.…

[ad_1] Photograph Source: Frenchbluesman – CC BY 4.0 Have we become so desensitized to alarm from the many life-jarring troubles around the world that we can’t see the reality of human-induced global warming? The same way violence in film, television, and 24-7 streamed news has desensitized us to war and conflict, compartmentalized as something from afar. Not in my backyard. I can’t hear you. Well, the heat is here, whether we admit it or not, no more evident than this summer in Europe. Spain, France, Portugal, Greece, Italy, and the UK have all suffered extreme heat events in 2026, breaking previous…

[ad_1] Article Metrics0CrossRef Citations Open-source investigators and OSINV journalists have spent the last decade turning publicly available data into evidence of war crimes, environmental harms, and human rights abuses. More recently, they have trained the same lens on a different target: the algorithms, bot networks, and generative AI systems that industrialise deception and information disorder. Moving beyond debunking and verification, this reporting investigates the infrastructures that make falsehood profitable and visible, a turn four case studies here demonstrate. By Philip Di SalvoInstitute for Media and Communications Management (MCM), University of St. Gallen, Switzerland Image by TheDigitalArtist on pixabay Introduction Open-source…

[ad_1] Photograph Source: Department of the Interior. National Park Service. National Capital Parks. – Public Domain What sins can and cannot be forgiven? Earlier this year, the organization Americans Who Tell the Truth (AWTT) announced, “Taking Down Noam Chomsky’s Portrait,” literally canceling Noam Chomsky from its portrait gallery. This is no surprise. It is a surprise that AWTT deems Dwight Eisenhower’s CIA coup-approval sins to be forgivable, and he remains worthy of an AWTT portrait. Furthermore, AWTT inconsistently applies its “Chomsky cancellation criteria” by continuing to display portraits of Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, and Mark Twain; and AWTT gives the…

[ad_1] In San Francisco, Sam Dogen took his 6-year-old daughter and 9-year-old son to play tennis at Golden Gate Heights Park on an empty public court so they could spend time together. After about 20 minutes, two park rangers approached him wearing vests and carrying batons. They said he needed a permit to teach tennis or he could get a $192 fine. The rangers backed off after Dogen convinced them the two were his children. City officials defended the rangers, saying they need to make sure no one is giving paid lessons without a permit. The post Brickbat: Anyone for…

[ad_1] With Cuba seemingly becoming the next focus for the Trump administration, it is worth looking into previous efforts by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in the country. Today, we turn toward the agency’s connection with Cuban hip-hop. In 2008, USAID launched the Cuban Civil Society Support Program, an initiative focused on supporting independent organizations and building communication networks on the island. Implemented by Creative Associates International, the four-year program ran until 2012. While presented as a democracy promotion initiative, internal documents revealed efforts to support artists and organizations viewed as potential challenges to the Cuban government.…

[ad_1] Photograph Soruce: The White House – Public Domain Canadian foreign policy is at times presented as rights-based and as an example of textbook multilateralism. The left often argues, however, that beneath the surface lies a politics of power that aligns Ottawa’s interests with the Pentagon’s. This raises questions about the country’s role in peace and conflict. In this exclusive interview from Montreal for CounterPunch, writer and activist Yves Engler, co-author of Canada’s Long Fight Against Democracy(Baraka Books, 2024), looks at the contradictions shaping Canada’s global politics under Prime Minister Mark Carney. He covers Canada’s relationship with the US and the…

[ad_1] Why does the United States station approximately 70,000 troops in Europe? It is not because the Europeans love us. Germans overwhelmingly cite France (46%) as their country’s most essential foreign policy partner, compared to 26% for the United States. Around 64% to 68% of the British public views the U.S. as having a negative impact or being a “force for bad” in the world, compared to under 10% who see it as a force for good. Italians now view China (51%) more favorably than the U.S. while 51% of Spaniards classify Washington as a threat to Europe. Over 60% of adults…

[ad_1] Image by Brendan Beale. One year ago, the Trump administration brought 800 National Guard troops to occupy the streets of Washington, D.C., part of the “Safe and Beautiful Task Force.” There are now approximately 5,000 troops from 15 states deployed here, with some officially moved in and set to stay through 2029. This does not include the alphabet soup of law enforcement agencies swarming our neighborhoods across the city, from ICE to the FBI, Secret Service, Department of Homeland Security, Drug Enforcement Agency, Park Police, and more. The National Guard can be found meandering around metro stations, museums, and…