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[ad_1] In Ankara this week, NATO committed to building its very own military industrial complex, pursuing the same “total security” doctrine that some Israelis, in their case, now see backfiring.  NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Ankara this week. (NATO/Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) By Patrick LawrenceSpecial to Consortium News Ezra Klein, one of the resident Zionists in The New York Times’ opinion section (or is everyone appearing in those pages a Zionist of one or another stripe?) had a guest on his Wednesday podcast who had some mind-focusing things to say. May Pundak is an Israeli human-rights attorney and co-founder of A Land…

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[ad_1] A major showdown on the House floor seemed imminent. An amendment, advanced by the Rules Committee, was poised to force a rare and telling record vote on stripping Israel of $3.3 billion in annual US military aid. Brought forward by Republican Representative Thomas Massie and drawing support from key progressive Democrats like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Greg Casar, the measure was set to put every lawmaker’s stance on unconditional foreign assistance under a public microscope. However, the high-stakes vote never actually happened. On June 30, the entire legislative package collapsed under the weight of Washington’s internal political warfare. In a…

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[ad_1] President Donald Trump is determined to put the Iran War in the rear-view mirror. On the other hand, the two countries have been trading fire in recent days, and Trump calls Iranian leaders “scum.” He further says they want to assassinate him. So the situation is, shall we say, fluid. Still, it’s clear that Trump wants a deal more than he wants war.  In symbolism-heavy speeches on July 3 and 4, the president cast the Iran conflict as a great American victory, past tense. At Mt. Rushmore, he situated this latest war in a litany of American wins: “We…

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[ad_1] It’s me Nicky. You know, the genderfuck gonzo raconteur with all the knives in her purse. Or perhaps you know me by my Indian name; That-Bitch. That bitch with all the unsolicited opinions. That bitch with the prick beneath her macramé skirt. That bitch who never learned to shut the fuck up. Even after eleven years in a parochial gulag the size of a Canal Street sweatshop. That bitch that all the priests took turns on behind the rectory. That bitch who vomited up obscenities in between their rancid cocks. That bitch that the Vatican smashed into a dozen…

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[ad_1] Bitcoin dropped by 20% in June, but the monthly chart reveals something far more concerning. Bitcoin fell by 20% to under $60,000 in June, its worst monthly performance since the same month in 2022. If that number alone isn’t enough to worry bulls, the price chart, especially the monthly candlestick, could be. The June candlestick, a charting tool summarizing entire month’s price action into a single visual, looks like a solid red brick with virtually no wicks, a clear sign of complete and “uninterrupted” bear dominance throughout the month. For anyone tracking price charts, that’s about as bearish a signal as…

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