Medea Benjamin

April 4, 2026

In Cuba today, food is rotting in the fields while families go hungry. On a recent trip to the eastern part of the island, I spoke with farmers who are watching their livelihoods slip away – not because they lack skill or dedication, but because they lack fuel, parts, and basic inputs. One farmer described […]

John Mearsheimer

April 3, 2026

Reprinted from John’s Substack: On 29 March 2026, Steve Walt and I were together on “Switzerland” talking with Tom Switzer about the Iran war and its broader geopolitical consequences. We also spent considerable time discussing how President Trump, who warned about the danger of getting involved in “forever wars,” could have allowed himself to invade […]

Kyle Anzalone

April 3, 2026

$200 billion is not a rounding error, it’s a signal that Washington is settling in for a long Iran war while pretending it can buy its way out of the consequences. We walk through the Pentagon’s latest funding push, why leaders keep hinting the price tag will rise, and what “replenishing stockpiles” really means when […]

Daniel Larison

April 3, 2026

The Pentagon is requesting $200 billion in war funding for the ongoing illegal assault on Iran: The Pentagon has formally moved to secure a staggering $200 billion supplemental budget to sustain ongoing military operations against Iran. According to a report by the Washington Post, the request has been submitted to the White House for backing […]

William Astore

April 2, 2026

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. I watched President Trump’s speech to the nation last night on the Iran War. The lies and boasts flew thick. According to Trump, America is winning and winning big. Under Joe Biden, America was “crippled” and “dead,” but Trump has reanimated the dead and healed it. (An […]

Kyle Anzalone

April 2, 2026

The part that doesn’t get said out loud often enough is this: you can be “aligned” in a war and still be on a collision course. We dig into why U.S. goals in Iran and Israel’s goals in Iran don’t just differ, they actively clash and how that clash shows up in assassinations that erase […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

April 2, 2026

On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: President Trump addressed the nation last night with an “update” on Iran. Some expected an announcement that hostilities would cease, some expected a ground invasion announcement. We got neither. As former CIA officer Larry Johnson wrote, it was like all of his recent Truth Social posts fed through AI […]

Pat Elder

April 2, 2026

We must go back in history to understand the split between Sunni and Shi’a Islam before we can understand the animosity between predominantly Sunni nations like Saudi Arabia and Shi’a Iran today. Please suffer through the names and dates. The prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is traditionally understood to have died in 632 CE. […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

April 1, 2026

On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: President Trump has scheduled a rare prime-time address to the nation tonight on the topic of the Iran war. Troops by the thousands are now in the theater as America wonders whether a ground invasion is imminent. What will Trump announce? Also today, support for the Iran war continues […]

Daniel Larison

April 1, 2026

After a lot of throat clearing, Chuck Hagel and Leon Panetta come up with the wrong answer: There are four actions that Congress should take. It should approve a war powers resolution authorizing the war, take the time to evaluate any request for additional funding for the war and hold hearings to fully explore the […]