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How Reporting Facts Can Now Land You in Jail for 14 Years as a Terrorist
29 December 2025 @ 12:00 am
Reprinted from Jonathan Cook’s Substack: The moment the British government began proscribing political movements as terrorist organizations, rather than just militant groups, it was inevitable that saying factual things, making truthful statements, would become a crime. And lo behold, here we are. The Terrorism Act 2000 has a series of provisions that make it difficult […]
Russo-Iranian Relations Amid the Rise of the Rest
29 December 2025 @ 12:00 am
Reprinted from The Realist Review: Earlier this month, on December 17, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi paid a working visit to Moscow where he held a high-level meeting and press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Although the visit went almost entirely unnoticed by many observers of international affairs, it marked yet another significant […]
Peace President? Yeah, Right.
29 December 2025 @ 12:00 am
On December 17, surrounded by festive holiday decorations, US president Donald Trump delivered an upbeat — one might even say manic — address to the nation, preempting — and enraging fans of — network TV shows such as Survivor, The Floor, and Christmas in Nashville. While many expected something weighty (perhaps announcement of further military escalation versus Venezuela), […]
Netanyahu First – The Real Reason For Washington’s Syrian Caper
24 December 2025 @ 12:00 am
This is part 2 in a series, read part 1 here. Since Washington is now sacrificing American lives in the aid of HTS (Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham) in Syria, it is timely to more fully trace its roots in what was previously known as the Nusra Front. That’s also back when its current leader and now […]
The Increasingly Assertive Japan-Taiwan Axis
24 December 2025 @ 12:00 am
It is increasingly apparent that the new political leaders in both Taiwan and Japan are adopting more assertive, even explicitly confrontational, policies toward the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Their moves are stoking geostrategic tensions throughout the western Pacific. Washington has long regarded Taipei and Tokyo as important U.S. strategic partners. However, the Trump administration […]
IDF Claims Responsibility for 7 More Murders. What Is Israel’s Definition of Ceasefire?
24 December 2025 @ 12:00 am
On December 19, 2025, displaced families in Gaza City gathered in a classroom in the Tuffah neighbourhood to celebrate a wedding. The Gaza Martyrs School had been converted into a shelter for civilians fleeing Israel’s assault. At least six people – including a five‑month‑old baby – were killed when Israeli tanks fired shells into the […]
US Blockades Venezuela in a War Still Searching for an Official Rationale
23 December 2025 @ 12:00 am
In our Donald-in-Wonderland world, the US is at war with Venezuela while still grasping for a public rationale. The horrific human toll is real – illegal sanctions have contributed to 100,000 fatalities and over a hundred from more recent “kinetic strikes.” Yet the officially stated justification for the US empire’s escalating offensive remains elusive. The […]
Veterans: Time to Wake Up
23 December 2025 @ 12:00 am
Yet again, the military community is struck with the death of two outstanding individuals in the midst of unnecessary military involvement in Syria. And yet again, there will not be a single person bearing the burden of this loss other than close family and friends. In the latter half of the Global War on Terror, […]
A Christmas Gift to the War Machine
23 December 2025 @ 12:00 am
Late last week, Congress passed and President Trump signed the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The bill marks the first time the US military budget officially passed the one trillion dollar mark. Of course, when you add in other military-related spending such as interest on the debt, veterans’ affairs, and military components of other […]
The Three Narratives: Gaza as the Last Moral Frontier against Israel’s Policy of Annihilation
23 December 2025 @ 12:00 am
Three dominant narratives contend for the future of Gaza and occupied Palestine, yet only one is being translated into consequential action: the Israeli narrative of domination and genocide. This singular, violent vision is the only one backed by the brute force of policy and fact. The first narrative belongs to the Trump administration, largely embraced […]
Top Trump White House aide Stephen Miller on Friday elicited disgust after he said that a beloved Christmas television special reminded him of his own personal animus toward immigrants.Miller, often seen as the architect of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation policy, revealed in a post on X that he and his children had just watched “Christmas with The Martins and The Sinatras,” a one-off 1967 TV holiday special that featured singers Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra.Miller then quickly pivoted f
About a year ago, at the start of the Trump regime, a woman was about to pass me on the sidewalk and then stopped, turned toward me, and almost shouted, “It’s a f------ nightmare!”It has been a “f------ nightmare.” But sometimes a nation needs a nightmare before it can fully awaken to long-simmering crises. Martin Luther King Jr. mobilized the nation against racial injustice by making sure almost everyone in the United States saw its horrors — on the nightly news, watching peaceful Black people getting clubbed and arrested for exercising their rights.Were it not for that painful national exposure to racist brutality, we wouldn’t have gotten the Civil Rights Act or the Vot
We used to have a pretty clear idea of what an autocrat was. History is full of examples: Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, along with Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping today. The list goes on.So, where does Donald Trump fit in?In this six-part podcast series, The Making of an Autocrat, we are asking six experts on authoritarianism and US politics to explain how exactly an autocrat is made – and whether Trump is on his way to becoming one. Like strongmen around the world, Trump’s first step was to take control of a party, explains Erica Frantz, associate professor of political science at Michigan State University.Trump began this process long before his victory in the 2024 US presidential election. When he firs
Watching President Donald Trump’s speech on national television and Vice President JD Vance’s remarks at the Turning Point event in Arizona, we identified with Bill Murray in the movie Groundhog Day. For those who have not seen the movie, Murray plays a TV weatherman who is trapped reliving the same day, day after day. We felt exactly like Murray when both Trump and Vance claimed once again that they en
On Christmas of all days, Donald Trump chose to call Democrats “scum.” Not criminals. Not misguided. Not wrong. Scum. A word we usually reserve for things we scrape off the bottom of a shoe or skim off polluted water. A word whose entire purpose is to dehumanize.That moment matters far beyond the day’s news cycle, and far beyond partisan politics. It matters because leaders don’t just govern; they model.Psychologists and social and political scientists have long pointed out that national leaders function, at a deep emotional level, as parental figures for their nations. They set the boundaries
Former federal prosecutor Nick Akerman, who served as a member of the Watergate prosecution team, on Sunday “[connected] the dots” about a “key email from” the estate of late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — and revealed an explosive theory about the president’s connection to the FBI probe of Epstein.“A key email from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, in combination with statements by Trump ally House Speaker Mike Johnson, shows it is highly likely that Trump was a confidential FBI informant in the first sex trafficki
President Donald Trump on Sunday said he spoke with Russian leader Vladimir Putin ahead of a scheduled meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Bloomberg reports.Trump will meet face-to-face with Zelensky Sunday afternoon in Florida. Sunday morning, according to Trump, he had a “good and very productive” phone call with the Russian leader. “Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed the Trump-Putin call, according to the Interfax news service,” Bloomberg reports.“Trump has ramped up pressure on Ukraine to make concessions and dangled pr
Former Rep. Joe Walsh, who served as a Republican representative from Illinois from 2011 to 2013, on Sunday slammed a former colleague’s lackluster defense of President Donald Trump’s foreign policy.Walsh was responding to a clip of Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) during which the current congressman insisted Trump is “on the side of peace” in the Russia-Ukraine war.Turner was speaking on the Russia-Ukraine war on ABC's "This Week."“[Ukriane is] on the side of democracy, liberty, and Russia is on the side of authoritarianism and aggression,” Turner said.“Which side is Trump on?” ABC’s Jonathan Karl asked.Turner stammered in his response to Karl’s question.“I-I, you know, clearly, uhm, you know, Trump is on the side o
The midterm elections for Congress won’t take place until November, but already a record number of members have declared their intention not to run – a total of 43 in the House, plus 10 senators. Perhaps the most high-profile person to depart, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, announced her intention in November not just to retire but to resign from Congress entirely on Jan. 5 – a full year before her term was set to ex
CNN’s Jeff Zeleny on Saturday detailed a “list of Republicans standing up” to President Donald Trump, noting that while the president is making a big “adjustment” in strategy going into the 2026 midterms, the growing number of Republicans willing to take him to task is “something to keep an eye on.”Zeleny was responding to CNN’s Manu Raju, who noted Trump “reminds” him of former President Joe Biden.“There was so much Democratic frustration that Biden was not selling what they all the things they passed,” Raju explained.“We have seen probably the biggest adjustment in Trump's strategy,” Zeleny said. “… He is now going out on the road, but not necessarily
Poland must make sure it safeguards its national identity, President Karol Nawrocki has said, drawing rebuke from FM Radoslaw Sikorski Read Full Article at RT.com
Russia recognizes Taiwan as an integral part of China and does not see the island as independent, Sergey Lavrov has said Read Full Article at RT.com
Donald Trump says that his Russian counterpart wants Ukraine to succeed and is ready to help with reconstruction Read Full Article at RT.com
Only the pilots were inside the aircraft at the time of the crash, US officials have said Read Full Article at RT.com
The Paris-born actress, singer and model starred in 47 movies before retiring from the big screen Read Full Article at RT.com
US President Donald Trump talked to President Vladimir Putin ahead of his meeting with Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky Read Full Article at RT.com
Ukraine need to engage in talks with Russia and not try to dictate anything, its spy chief, Kirill Budanov, has said Read Full Article at RT.com
Both presidents have agreed to push for a lasting peace, as opposed to a temporary ceasefire, according to the Kremlin Read Full Article at RT.com
A Soyuz rocket successfully blasted off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome on Sunday Read Full Article at RT.com
The UK’s crackdown on protests against the Gaza genocide is the worst example of the authoritarian trend evident in Western Europe Read Full Article at RT.com
The past 12 months have produced a remarkable number of buildings that push architecture to new heights. From a megatall skyscraper to the world's longest suspension bridge, here's our pick of the 10 most ambitious projects this year.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, TechnologyTags: Best of 2025, 
The time is finally here. Nearly 3 years after Buell’s most ambitious motorcycle was first revealed, deliveries for the Super Cruiser have begun in America. You know what they say: better late than never. Right?Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Buell, EBR (Erik Buell Raci
The Christmas photos of the Chinese civilian-looking cargo ship that appears to be weaponized are real. It's sitting exactly where analysts say it is – the Hudong–Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai. And yes, it absolutely looks like it's been fitted with containerized missile launchers, sensors, and point-defense hardware.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: 
The descendants of black-bear-sized giants who could haul massive rocks with their mouths, modern Castor canadensis once numbered as many as 400 million in North America. Felling mighty trees with their orange, iron-infused, nearly invincible incisors, they created their terraforming, hydro-engineering, half-submerged eco-homes based on blueprints stored in their DNA. Now, thanks to merciless fur-hunting by humans, their population has plummeted by 97.5%.
In the South China Sea, near the Paracel Islands, the aqua-colored waters of an expansive shallow reef platform suddenly gives way to a near vertical shaft of vast darkness – an ocean sinkhole almost entirely devoid of oxygen and, in turn, marine life as we know it.Continue ReadingCategory: Marine, TransportTags: Ocean, Microbes,
As the year nears its end, it's high time to take a look back at the best tiny houses of 2025. From high-end spacious models suitable for a family, to those that are modest in both size and cost, here's a look at the most interesting examples of small living we've seen over the last 12 months.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, OutdoorsTags: 
High on the sheer limestone cliffs in southwest China, ancient wooden coffins remain wedged into rock faces hundreds of feet above the ground. Long treated as archaeological curiosities, these dramatic burials are now being re-examined using ancient DNA, and they point to a broader practice where separate cultures across Asia all paid their respects to the dead at similar "sky graveyards."Continue ReadingCategory: 
Four years ago, when the RA9 concept was first introduced by the Chinese-origin Cyclone, a part of the bigger Zongshen group, it became one of the most advanced bikes to come out of China. That’s because in 2021, the idea of a liter-class Chinese bike was still fairly unexplored.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Superbike, 
Researchers at China's National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) have accelerated a one-ton vehicle from a dead stop to 435 mph (700 km/h) in under two seconds – then back to zero mph on about a 1/4 mile (1,312 ft / 400 meter) magnetic levitation test track. It's not just fast – it's absurd. That makes it the quickest superconducting maglev acceleration ever demonstrated.Continue ReadingCategory: TransportTags: 
In order to 3D-print really intricate items, you need a really fine print nozzle. Scientists have discovered that instead of going to the time and trouble of building one, you can simply repurpose a mosquito's existing blood-sucking proboscis.Continue ReadingCategory: 3D Printing, Manufacturing, TechnologyTags: