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Trump Goes All-In On Stealing Gaza For His Zionist Owners
Asked how many people he was talking about removing, Trump replied, “All of them.” Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): Grinning like the cat that ate the canary, Hague fugitive Benjamin Netanyahu sat beside Donald Trump as the US president unequivocally told the press on […]

Chris Hedges: The Western Way of Genocide
The Gaza genocide portends a dystopian world where the Global North’s industrialized violence sustains its hoarding of diminishing resources and wealth, argues Chris Hedges. (Scheerpost) Gaza is a wasteland of 50 million tons of rubble and debris. Rats and dogs scavenge amid the ruins and fetid pools of raw sewage. The putrid stench and contamination […]

Trump Asks Congress To Approve $1 Billion Arms Transfer to Israel
The deal will be funded by US military aid and includes 1,000-pound bombs and armored bulldozers. The Trump administration has asked congressional leaders to approve a new $1 billion weapons transfer to Israel that will be funded by US military aid, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. This arms transfer is […]

Report: US Weapons Shipments To Ukraine Resume After Brief Pause
In his final months in office, President Biden approved billions in US weapons shipments for Ukraine that will take years to deliver. US weapons shipments to Ukraine were briefly paused by the Trump administration but resumed over the weekend, Reuters reported on Monday, citing people briefed on the matter. It was unclear […]

China Loves Trump
A Conversation with Dr. Xi As many of you know, I usually write a newsletter only once a month. This is an exception. My last one, distributed on January 20 and titled “AI, Musk, and Oligarchy,” was an imagined conversation with Thomas Paine. It generated a slurry of positive responses. […]

Trump Indicates That Israel Needs to Expand
Trump was supported by Israeli extremists who dream of a Greater Israel and advocate for Israel expansion. U.S. President Donald Trump was asked about Israel’s latest punishment campaign in the West Bank on Monday and mentioned how Israel is comparatively small considering the size of the Middle East. This context […]

Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Only Empowers The Police State
As mass arrests begin nationwide as part of an immigration crackdown, it serves as a boon for the centralization of authority into the hands of an even more corrupt government and the monopoly on violence which protects it. It has begun. Last week the Trump administration initiated a nationwide campaign of migrant […]

Ukraine Begins Another Effort To Seize Russian Assets For Weapons
Ukraine has renewed its push to confiscate frozen Russian assets and use the funds for its own weapons and war efforts. This new effort is following Donald Trump’s reelection as United States president. According to a report by the Washington Post on Friday [behind a paywall], citing anonymous officials, Kiev hopes Trump’s business acumen […]

Trump’s Unconstitutional Antisemitism EO & Twitter Partners w/ Visa As DARPA Rolls Out Pre-Crime
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (1/29/25). In today’s episode, we will be discussing the rising concern of Antisemitism and its impact on society. As always, take the information discussed […]
Joy and Pain Converge as Families Reunite with Palestinian Prisoners
Families in Ramallah celebrated the long-awaited release of 110 Palestinian prisoners, marking a moment of hope amidst years of suffering. Families gathered in the heart of Ramallah on Thursday to welcome their loved ones freed from Israeli prisons under the Al-Aqsa Flood deal between the Palestinian Resistance and the Israeli […]