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Dr. Adam Hamawy says that to move forward, the Democrats must embrace an anti-war, economically progressive agenda, and abandon the categories of left vs. right. By Chris HedgesScheerPost The bipartisan U.S.-backed genocide in Gaza exposed the corruption of the political system in the United States and the hypocrisy of the Democratic Party, which claims to represent working people. Rather than recognizing this fact and shifting its stances to better represent its voting base, the Democratic Party establishment is attacking candidates who run on progressive platforms and is setting the stage for another Republican victory. In this episode of The Chris Hedges…

Although the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and civil rights laws dating back to 1866 prohibit nearly all racial preferences, most Americans oppose these preferences, and Donald Trump was elected vowing to eliminate DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) – progressives won’t give up. Their race-obsessed thinking reduces America to intersectional classifications of oppressed and oppressor. This addled concept is a self-defeating dialectic in which no amount of progress on race relations is ever enough – or even acknowledged. Despite enormous advances, with the possible exception of Palestinians and transgender people, no group is seen as more oppressed and deserving…

H. Scott Prosterman Informed Comment In a recent podcast interview with former Israeli hostage Ron Braslavski, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir (Jewish Power Party) objected to the winding down of the Israeli military campaign in Gaza, and advocated targeted assassinations of Palestinian civilians. He said, “It’s no secret, I disagree with the prime minister. I think targeted assassinations should be carried out in Gaza, taking down 30 to 40 every night. Not just those who pose an immediate threat — there are people there who are not worthy of life. They shouldn’t live. They’re not even people.” That…

Sylvia Browne remains a notable figure for people who believe in psychics. In the years since her 2013 death, Browne’s claims continue to be circulated on the internet as proof of psychic abilities. Browne’s son, Chris Dufrense, often invokes her name in the context of his own psychic endeavors and has a social media presence using the @SylviaBrowneGroup social media handle. Its related YouTube account’s most popular videos comprise archival footage of Browne. Browne also founded a religious organization, Society of Novus Spiritus, in 1986 with its own theology based on reincarnation and a coequal female and male deity, among…

There is a science to the Ouija board that also applies to other divination tools, such as dowsing rods and pendulums. (The science even applies to facilitated communication for nonspeaking individuals, discussed throughout this issue.) In this article, we’ll describe the neurological basis of a phenomenon called the “ideomotor response.” The root of this process starts with our desire for control. So, let’s begin there. The Psychology: Our Desire for Control Leads Us to the Paranormal According to evidence found in clinical studies (Leotti et al. 2010), field research, and neuroimaging work, when one believes they have control over their…

Trump buddy Larry Ellison (one of the richest people in the U.S.) and his son David are a hair’s breadth away from being able to decide what many Americans learn about what Trump is doing to America. Source link

“Is this a victory or an admission of America’s failure!?” asked Iran’s deputy foreign minister. Jake Johnson Common Dreams Top Iranian officials on Monday ridiculed the Trump administration’s threats of total economic warfare against the Middle East country, calling the US Treasury Department’s proposed “financial offensive” an act of desperation as the costly conflict drags on with no end in sight. “Is this a victory or an admission of America’s failure!?” Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, wrote on social media after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent laid out the Trump administration’s planned economic assault in a Sunday op-ed for the…

Ira Stoll, Washington Free Beacon August 24, 2026 Anti-Jewish hate crimes outnumber anti-Muslim hate crimes about seven to one, according to FBI crime statistics. Yet the New York Times is offering its readers a different view of the relative seriousness of the issues. The newspaper—which the Israeli government saysRead Full Article ⟶ Source link

In a letter to the Federal Trade Commission, a coalition of U.S. civil society groups call AI giants’ mass book buying and destruction an effort to “corner the essential inputs of AI development.” Timeless books. (Lin Kristensen /Wikimedia Commons/ CC BY 2.0) By Jake JohnsonCommon Dreams A coalition of American civil society groups is calling for a federal investigation into reports that artificial intelligence giants are mass-purchasing physical books, scanning them to train their AI models, and destroying them without regard for historical artifacts or the public good. In a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Friday, the coalition…

With all the recent hype around The Telepathy Tapes podcast, people might think that claims of telepathic abilities in nonspeaking individuals with profound autism are new. They are not. They are decades old. FC (used here as an umbrella term for all facilitator-dependent techniques) is, purportedly, a communication technique in which the previously silenced thoughts of individuals with profound autism can be accessed through “spelling” while using a simple letter board. Proponents claim FC works primarily through a trust-bond between a literate assistant (called a facilitator), who provides physical and emotional support, and the nonspeaking individual. Critics of the technique…