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In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we’re doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. The genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing in Lebanon exhausted the West’s moral legitimacy. Now Iran is slowly exhausting the West’s military primacy Jonathan Cook Substack [First published by Middle East Eye] For decades, two irreconciliable narratives about Israel and its motivations have existed in parallel. On the one side, an official western narrative portrays a plucky, besieged “Jewish” state…
Saturday evening marks the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Kentucky. Nineteen horses are expected to race in the granddaddy of them all and it’s my pleasure to provide some important details about the world’s greatest thoroughbred race should you decide to lay a lucky ticket or simply sit back and enjoy the show. Renegade, the favorite in this year’s race, will start from post position 1. The inside is not the place to be. Since 1930, post position 1 has accounted for only 20 percent of all win, place, and show finishes, meaning Renegade will have his…
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair In 1965, the United States took a decisive step toward democracy with the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. At the time, Black political representation was not just limited — it was nearly nonexistent. African Americans made up more than 10 percent of the population but held less than 2 percent of seats in Congress and none in the United States Senate. The Voting Rights Act changed that trajectory. By dismantling formal barriers to voting, it opened the door for Black political participation — and over time, representation. That progress was neither immediate…
He begins by probing his own feelings-the things he loves and the things he hates. The things that pique his interest and pierce his heart; the things he fears but will never admit. He distills these insights into a story about life, and through his words seeks to induce a feeling in the reader, to make the reader love or hate or identify with people who do not exist. Source link
Saturday’s shooting, Trump’s unity message and King Charles’ speech to Congress days later. Source link
U.S. holds off Israeli pressure to restart shooting war on Iran, turning to economic warfare. How long can that last? Trump called Putin and the King mentions war with Russia to Congress. Scott Ritter & Ray McGovern: Sat. 8pm EDT. Guests:…Read more → Source link
Admiral Samuel Paparo, head of US Indo-Pacific Command, told two congressional panels this week that the military is running a live Bitcoin node for cybersecurity testing and views the protocol as a tool of national power in competition with China. What to know: Adm. Samuel Paparo, head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, told Congress the U.S. military is currently operating a live node on the Bitcoin network. Paparo said the node is not being used to mine Bitcoin but to monitor activity and run operational tests on securing and protecting networks using the Bitcoin protocol. The disclosure is notable because Bitcoin…
Two days after Resorts World’s grand opening in Queens, Will Rahn headed there to find out what gambling looks like in the financial capital of the world. Source link
Churchill and the Debt Battle That Helped U.S. Rise Source link
In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we’re doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. The US war on Iran is leading the world to a global depression. Professor Richard Wolff places the current crisis in the context of the capitalist system and the decline of US hegemonic power. Chris Hedges The global economic impacts of the American-Israeli war on Iran are already being felt, particularly in Asia, through shortages of fuel and other…