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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 bombs may have paused—but the truth is still detonating. In this explosive episode of The Chris Hedges Report, journalist Laith Marouf delivers a firsthand account from southern Lebanon—where entire villages were flattened, hundreds killed in minutes, and yet, in the aftermath, something unexpected emerged: not defeat, but defiance. What unfolded wasn’t just another chapter in a long war.…

The United States and Israel are systematically targeting hospitals in Iran. In one month of bombing, the two countries have hit at least 307 health centers across the country, according to reports from the Iranian Red Crescent. The carefully planned destruction of the Islamic Republic’s medical infrastructure fits into a long history of deliberate U.S. attacks on hospitals. Since the end of World War Two, Washington has targeted medical centers in at least 16 countries, and the 307 Iranian sites hit does not even come close to the record for the number of hospitals in any country destroyed by American bombs and…

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. Edward Curtin “Shameless self-willed infatuationEmboldens men to dare damnation,And starts the wheels of doom which rollRelentless to their piteous goal”– Aeschylus, The Oresteian Trilogy: Agamemnon Many people are saying that Donald Trump is insane. He may be. So too Benjamin Netanyahu. But if so, it is a form of insanity that includes the calm sanity of Adolf Eichmann and Harry…

Image by Ömer Faruk Yıldız. In the Middle East, the perception of ordinary Americans has long followed a familiar script: detached, uninformed, inward-looking, and politically shallow— a society of ‘gas guzzlers’, with little grasp of global realities beyond their immediate geography. This perception did not emerge from thin air. It was cultivated—reinforced, even—by American political and media institutions themselves. Politicians claimed to speak on behalf of ‘the American people’, while mainstream media shaped what those people knew, and, crucially, what they did not know. For decades, Americans overwhelmingly aligned with Israel. This was not merely ideological; it was instructional. The…

5 years ago May 2021 “Without Roe [v. Wade], political battles over abortion will continue, but they will mainly involve state-by-state legislative debates rather than arguments about constitutional law and the composition of the Supreme Court. While neither side will be happy with that situation, it will reduce the stakes of any given legislative or judicial decision and turn down the heat of a controversy that has frequently dominated national politics.” Jacob Sullum “The Right to an Abortion Isn’t Going Away” 10 years ago May 2016 “After seven years of economic realities smacking Democratic promises in the face, [Sen.] Bernie Sanders has…

Patrick Lawrence, Consortium News In Iran and Ukraine, what is at stake is a rebalancing of power that will prove of world-historical magnitude when it is at last accomplished. First came news that, on April 8, Israeli jets bombed what is known as the China–Iran railway, a key component of Beijing’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative. Of all the targets the Zionist terror machine might have hit, why a Chinese-sponsored infrastructure project, you had to wonder. Then on Wednesday came reports that officials from nearly 50 nations — I would love a list of these 50 — met in Berlin to…

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. TomDispatch TomDispatch authors don’t usually have much in common with Donald J. Trump, but here’s an exception. TomDispatch regular Liz Theoharis recently visited the Supreme Court to hear a case on immigrant asylum that her organization, the Kairos Center, was involved in and that was before those justices. And no, Donald Trump, as you might imagine, wasn’t sitting with her that day, since…

Marijuana grow operation, Northern California. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. Ten years ago I was invited to an “Eve-of-420” event  It was at a club in San Rafael called Terrapin Crossroads, launched by Phil Lesh of Grateful Dead fame. There was valet parking, a rare treat for my 1986 Volvo. I told the attendant, “It’s not a jalopy, it’s a classic.” As I approached the entrance a tall, longhaired man named Tree offered up a thin square of chocolate laced with way more cannabis oil than I wanted to ingest then and there. Marin County, indeed.  The dark confection started melting…

Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Announcing that “A whole civilization will die tonight,” Donald Trump threatened on April 7, 2026, to destroy “every bridge in Iran” and “every power plant … burning, exploding, and never to be used again.” His intention to continue committing war crimes is driving the world toward a Financial Winter as devastating as the Great Depression. Iran’s April 8 response called his bluff, laying down the terms for ending the conflict and opening the Strait of Hormuz. Oil-importing countries will need to compel U.S. and Israeli compliance with these terms in order to avoid an economic…

A judge in England sentenced John Hamilton, a former Northumbria police detective constable, to 18 months in prison for sending inappropriate message to a 14-year-old rape victim. Hamilton, who worked in the police department’s child abuse division, was involved in investigating the girl’s case but began sending her messages at all hours and visiting her at school. The judge said while Hamilton’s messages were “not overtly sexual,” they were still unprofessional and crossed clear boundaries, and his relationship was “entirely inappropriate.” The post Brickbat: Insult to Injury appeared first on Reason.com. Source link