John Mearsheimer

May 25, 2026

Reprinted from John’s Substack:  On 24 May 2026, I was on “Switzerland” talking with Tom Switzer about the high profile negotiations between President Trump and Iran that were taking place that day. Exactly where those negotiations will lead is difficult to tell. Trump initially signaled that the two sides were very close to a deal, […]

William Astore

May 24, 2026

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Several hundred people (428 people from 40 nations, to be precise) concerned about the plight of Palestinians in Gaza organized a flotilla to bring humanitarian aid to the region. Israel illegally intercepted that flotilla and abused today’s equivalent to righteous gentiles. The “righteous gentiles” (or “the righteous […]

James Marc Leas

May 21, 2026

Under widespread condemnation for its vicious treatment of Flotilla activists, the Israeli government released and deported all 430 participants it had abducted from sailboats earlier in the week. They arrived in Istanbul at around 10:30 am EDT today, Thursday, May 21. On Tuesday evening, Israeli forces finished illegally seized the Lina, the last of the […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

May 21, 2026

On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: As the Trump Administration sinks further into the mire of its ill-advised war on Iran, the “victory” of its quick snatch of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro is leading it to seek another easy “win.” The indictment of 94 year old former president of Cuba, Raul Castro this week for an […]

Medea Benjamin

May 21, 2026

So apparently the Trump administration has decided that what Cuba really needs right now — after decades of economic strangulation, CIA assassination attempts, sabotage campaigns, invasions, sanctions, blackouts, shortages, and more than half a century of failed regime-change policy — is the indictment of 94-year-old revolutionary icon Raúl Castro. The United States and Cuba do […]

Brett Wilkins

May 21, 2026

Six months in, US President Donald Trump’s so-called “Board of Peace” has failed to deliver on its promise of a “secure and prosperous future” for Palestinians in Gaza, who are still being killed, maimed, and deprived of food and other crucial supplies by Israel’s ongoing genocide. “The humanitarian infrastructure sustaining life in Gaza remains in […]

William Astore

May 20, 2026

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. It’s increasingly hard to remember how and why America is supposed to go to war. First, war is supposed to be a last resort, not a knee-jerk reaction to Israeli actions. Second, war is supposed to be a deliberative process, a constitutional one, involving Congress and needing […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

May 20, 2026

On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: Thomas Massie’s opponent in the Kentucky 4th GOP primary ran a Biden 2020 campaign — from his basement. No debates, no rallies, no interviews. So how did he achieve an historic number of votes from the district? People are talking… Reprinted from The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & […]

Brett Wilkins

May 20, 2026

Palestine defenders decried Tuesday’s announcement by the Trump administration of US sanctions targeting four nonviolent campaigners involved in the recent humanitarian flotillas that tried to break Israel’s illegal siege of Gaza. The US Department of the Treasury said in a statement that its Office of Foreign Assets Control “is taking action against four individuals associated […]

Eric Garris

May 20, 2026

I am very sad at the news that Thomas Massie has been defeated by Donald Trump and AIPAC in the most expensive Congressional primary in US history.   Estimates are that between $40-45 million dollars was spent. Massie’s speech was gracious, funny, and encouraging.   I urge you all to start your day watching this.   You won’t […]