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4+ min ago (242+ words) A scandal about a "double tap" killing should not be the focus of attention. The first United States SEAL Team 6 air strike on a boat allegedly engaged in Venezuelan drug trafficking took place on September 2, 2025. All 11 people on board were killed. The Trump administration gleefully released video of the attack and exulted in its deadly success. Pete Hegseth, Secretary of War, bragged that he watched the air strike live and added, "We knew exactly who was in that boat." Now, a U.S. aircraft carrier strike force sits off the coast of Venezuela. Trump has declared Venezuela a "no-fly zone," and U.S. radar systems have been installed in neighboring Trinidad and Tobago. The corporate media are being fed and are dutifully repeating every story that makes the case for military action. Only a handful of congress members have expressed any opposition to the…...

5+ min ago (238+ words) The U.S. Supreme Court is officially taking up a review of whether President Donald Trump's executive order abolishing birthright citizenship is constitutional, Axios reported Friday. The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution guarantees a right to citizenship for anyone born in the United States and "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" " which courts and legal scholars have always interpreted to mean anyone subject to the laws of the country, which would mean everyone except foreign diplomats, invading armies, or indigenous people enrolled in tribal nations. President Donald Trump, however, declared in an executive order that he would no longer apply this right to the children of noncitizens, either, making it official U.S. policy to deny the children of noncitizens access to passports and other federal documents that would establish their citizenship. After that order, another federal court blocked Trump's citizenship order following the guidelines…...

9+ min ago (347+ words) In a conversation with Yannis Varoufakis in 2014, disgraced Jeffrey Epstein associate and former president of Harvard University Larry Summers described the political landscape as consisting of "insiders" and "outsiders." He explained that outsiders prioritize their freedom to speak their" Mark Lesseraux In a conversation with Yannis Varoufakis in 2014, disgraced Jeffrey Epstein associate and former president of Harvard University Larry Summers described the political landscape as consisting of "insiders" and "outsiders." He explained that outsiders prioritize their freedom to speak their version of the truth, but they are often ignored by insiders who make policy and follow a rule of silence. "Insiders adhere to a sacrosanct rule: never turn against other insiders and never talk to outsiders about what insiders say or do. Their reward? Access to inside information."(1) In the context of recent revelations about how the upper tiers of…...

10+ min ago (624+ words) Following his earlier threat that Venezuelan President Nicol's Maduro's days are numbered, US President Donald Trump announced on social media he was closing Venezuelan airspace. He then immodestly proclaimed the "Trump Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, commending his nineteenth century predecessor for presciently envisioning "a superpower unlike anything the world had ever known." On December 3, the US State Department followed suit by issuing an updated Venezuela Travel Advisory. The document is a masterpiece of geopolitical creative writing, where the main export of Venezuela is not oil but existential dread. According to Washington: "Do not travel to or remain in Venezuela due to the high risk of wrongful detention, torture in detention, terrorism, kidnapping, arbitrary enforcement of local laws, crime, civil unrest, and poor health infrastructure." And that's just the opening sentence. Lest you imagine that this is merely bureaucratic caution,…...

12+ min ago (1698+ words) Donald Trump has pardoned and freed from prison one of the world's worst drug dealers, the former dictator of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hern'ndez, who was convicted of trafficking more than 400 tons of cocaine and machine guns into the United States. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has been openly meddling in Honduras' 2025 election. Honduran electoral officials have revealed evidence of massive fraud, aimed at putting a right-wing US-backed candidate in power. Today, Honduran officials warn that this nightmare is repeating again. Honduras held a disputed election on 30 November 2025. As of the morning of 5 December, there still was no official winner. Multiple candidates have alleged wrongdoing. An electoral counselor at Honduras' National Electoral Council (CNE), Marlon Ochoa, held a press conference on the night of 4 December in which he published'evidence of what he called a "plan of monumental electoral fraud. Ochoa documented extreme…...

15+ min ago (628+ words) Following his earlier threat that Venezuelan President Nicol's Maduro's days are numbered, US President Donald Trump announced on social media he was closing Venezuelan airspace. He then immodestly proclaimed the "Trump Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, commending his nineteenth century predecessor for presciently envisioning "a superpower unlike anything the world had ever known." By Roger D. Harris On December 3, the US State Department followed suit by issuing an updated Venezuela Travel Advisory. The document is a masterpiece of geopolitical creative writing, where the main export of Venezuela is not oil but existential dread. According to Washington: "Do not travel to or remain in Venezuela due to the high risk of wrongful detention, torture in detention, terrorism, kidnapping, arbitrary enforcement of local laws, crime, civil unrest, and poor health infrastructure." And that's just the opening sentence. Lest you imagine that this is…...

16+ min ago (303+ words) Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is now offering new details of conversations she had with President Donald Trump pertaining to deceased child predator Jeffrey Epstein. CBS' 60 Minutes teased its interview of Greene in a post to X on Friday. In the clip, reporter Lesley Stahl is seen asking the Georgia Republican about behind-the-scenes conversations she had with the president about her push to compel the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release all remaining evidence on Epstein from his two federal criminal investigations. "We did talk about the Epstein files, and he was extremely angry at me that I had signed the discharge petition to release the files," Greene said. "I fully believe that those women deserve everything they're asking, they're asking for all of it to come out. And they deserve it. And he was furious with me." "What did…...

17+ min ago (61+ words) US officials have arrested a man suspected of planting pipe bombs the night before the January 6 Capitol insurrection. Authorities arrest man suspected of planting pipe bombs in Washington, DC US officials have arrested a man suspected of planting pipe bombs at the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic parties in Washington, DC, the night before the January 6 Capitol insurrection....

20+ min ago (427+ words) A prominent Iraq War veteran tore into President Donald Trump's administration on Friday night after CNN played a supercut of Cabinet members fawning over the president, including one who declared this was the "greatest Cabinet ever for the greatest president ever." Anchor Erin Burnett played a montage of Trump's public Cabinet meeting from Tuesday, in which his Cabinet members lavished praise on the president. "Thank you for fighting for our country," Attorney General Pam Bondi said in the clip. "Thank you for allowing me to be part of this team, for people here who are focused on winning," said Energy Secretary Chris Wright. "Even you kept the hurricanes away," joked Kristi Noem, Trump's Department of Homeland Security secretary, to laughs. "Thank you for letting us get up every day and have a purpose." And the praise only escalated from there....

27+ min ago (268+ words) The inaugural award was presented by FIFA President Gianni Infantino A hot mic picked up in-studio laughter while CNN's Dana Bash covered President Donald Trump's acceptance of the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize " an award made just for him. On Friday, CNN's "Inside Politics" cut into Trump's acceptance speech at The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts for the newly created award. Bash was trying to explain both the speech and award as the studio's mics picked up an unidentified individual off-camera laughing. Trump made it clear earlier this year he thought he deserved the Nobel Peace Prize. When it did not happen, he attacked those who distribute the award, and now he's getting his own. "In an increasingly unsettled and divided world, it's fundamental to recognize the outstanding contribution of those who work hard to end conflicts and…...