“Most Indian parents were disowning any child who became a journalist… but my father was very proud.” @mehdirhasan.bsky.social opens up to Trevor Noah about his father and the roots of Mehdi’s obsession with politics. Subscribe to zeteo.com to support independent journalism.

Argentina are the defending World Cup champions, but do you know the dark history behind their first title? @mehdirhasan.bsky.social and @jasgarsd.bsky.social examine the role Argentina’s dictatorship played in the 1978 triumph. Watch ‘The Dark Side of the World Cup:’ zeteo.com/p/dark-side-...

"[Keir Starmer's] resignation marks a dramatic reversal in fortunes for a politician who, less than two years ago, led Labour to one of the largest election victories in modern British political history." Shehab Khan on the political turmoil behind Starmer's resignation. 🔗 zeteo.uk/p/keir-starm...

“The Washington Post published an alarming report about the power behind Gabbard’s rise to political prominence and a key Trump Cabinet position.” Read here, by @martinpengelly.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/has-a-far-...

"When it comes to waging war, Trump is – as he is with all things – a mercurial moron who swings wildly between extremes." @swin24.bsky.social on the chaos, contradictions, and miscalculations that defined Trump's war on Iran. Read more: zeteo.com/p/trump-iran...

"Very few [teams] are asked to carry the weight of sanctions, military conflict, visa restrictions, regime politics and exiled communities all at the same time." Journalist Rida Ali explores how politics, war, and diplomacy have become part of Iran's World Cup journey. Subscribe to zeteo.com

Why Trump’s Iran War Was ‘Doomed From the Very Start’ “The U.S. president desperately wants out of the bloodbath he started. It took months to get here, but the fate of the war was sealed in the first 72 hours.” Read here, by @swin24.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/trump-iran...

This week in Palestine: - the death toll since the so-called ceasefire topped 1,000 - Israeli settlers attacked villages in the occupied West Bank - Israeli forces killed a 3-year-old boy Read Zeteo’s weekly roundup as Israel enforces violent crackdowns across Palestine: zeteo.com/p/palestine-...

Could Trump Resign After His Iran Humiliation? @jimacosta.bsky.social Weighs In A botched reflecting pool renovation, a capitulation to Iran, & an embarrassing spectacle at the Kennedy Center… Will the U.S. president finally give up? Watch, with @johnjharwood.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/could-trum...

A Trump official says the U.S. president is, right now, ‘madder at the Israelis than the Iranians.’ @swin24.bsky.social and @premthakker.bsky.social explain how Trump is privately raging at the Israeli government for trying to drag him back into the Iran war. 🔗: zeteo.com/p/trump-rage...

The 2026 World Cup is off to a racist start. From exiling teams to boosting far-right rhetoric, the Trump admin is casting a shadow over the tournament. @mehdirhasan.bsky.social explains why immigrants are America's strength and how the U.S. Men's National Team proves it: zeteo.com/p/trump-admi...

The Trump administration: - ramped up efforts to denaturalize Americans - held a UFC fight on the White House’s South Lawn - actively considered suspending a constitutional right Read the dangerous actions Trump and his administration have taken to destroy US democracy — zeteo.com/p/this-week-...

Trump Admin Tries to Jump on Team USA World Cup Bandwagon… But Makes Racist Fool of Itself A very diverse USMNT is filled with immigrants and the children of immigrants... But don't tell that to Trump's DHS. Read @mehdirhasan.bsky.social's memo now: zeteo.com/p/trump-admi...

This Week in Democracy – Week 74: Record ICE Deaths and Another DOJ Probe Into A Trump Political Enemy Zeteo's weekly round-up, documenting the growth of authoritarianism in Trump's second term. Read here: zeteo.com/p/this-week-...

FIFA Has a Dark History of Covering for Fascists – And Trump Is No Exception In the second episode of Zeteo’s series, @mehdirhasan.bsky.social breaks down how the World Cup has historically been used by fascists to cover up their records of torture, genocide, & more Watch zeteo.com/p/fifa-has-a...

You think Statham beats Van Damme?! Trevor Noah, @mehdirhasan.bsky.social, and Eugene Khoza get into an intense debate over who would win: Jean-Claude Van Damme or Jason Statham? Watch more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=59bM...

Trump Privately Rages That Israel Is Trying to Drag Him Back Into His Iran War "A Trump official says the U.S. president is, right now, ‘madder at the Israelis than the Iranians.’" Read here, by @swin24.bsky.social and @premthakker.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/trump-rage...

"Not a single one of [Labour MPs] thinks that Andy Burnham won't be the prime minister." @mehdirhasan.bsky.social and Shehab Khan discuss Andy Burnham's landslide by-election victory, Keir Starmer's political future, and what could be next for the Labour Party. Watch here: zeteo.uk/p/what-does-...

Trump’s nearly $2 billion dollar slush fund is emblematic of the rampant lawlessness of the second Trump presidency. @swin24.bsky.social and @andrewperez.bsky.social explain how the Trump administration is planning to sneak through his most corrupt move yet. Read here: zeteo.com/p/trump-doj-...

From removing Juneteenth from federal calendars to banning books about race and dismantling slavery exhibits, here are seven ways Trump's administration has targeted Black history since returning to office. Read more: zeteo.com/p/juneteenth...

Colorado DSA Challenger Leading Against 30-Year Dem Incumbent: New Poll “29-year-old Melat Kiros leads Diana DeGette – who has been in office since Kiros was born – in a race with national significance.” Read here, by @premthakker.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/melat-kiro...

On Juneteenth, 7 Ways Trump Attacked Black History in the U.S. This isn’t a holiday that MAGA wants to celebrate. Here are 7 actions that show it. Read here: zeteo.com/p/juneteenth...

Trump’s Pentagon may cut a massive deal with Elbit, an Israeli company accused of helping carry out its genocide in Gaza, amid Republicans’ push to fuse the U.S. and Israeli militaries together. From @premthakker.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/israels-la...

"Every word the president said today was a complete reversal of his own positions." Watch right-wingers have a meltdown over Donald Trump ending his disastrous war with Iran. Subscribe at Zeteo.com to support independent journalism.

“If you're willing to let it happen to [Palestinians, Jews, Immigrants]...then why do you not think it will happen to you next?” Watch @mehdirhasan.bsky.social discuss why he believes that genocide abroad breeds fascism at home at a live event with The Guardian.

‘Just Do It Anyway’: Inside Trump’s Plans to Pay His Allies, Slush Fund or Not Here’s how Team Trump is planning to sneak through his most shamelessly corrupt move yet. Read @swin24.bsky.social and @andrewperez.bsky.social's latest now: zeteo.com/p/trump-doj-...

🚨LIVE NOW!🚨 Jim Acosta joins John Harwood to discuss whether Trump has given up. They'll take your questions! Join here, live on Substack: open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Israel has now killed over 1,000 Palestinians in Gaza since the so-called “ceasefire” took effect last October. Palestinian-Canadian lawyer @dianabuttu.bsky.social explains how Israel has continued its genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. Read the full story — zeteo.com/p/gaza-cease...

Bash Muslims. Bash Anti-Zionists. Get Promoted Trevor Phillips's entire media career, and political connections, are an urgent reminder of why Britain needs an alternative to its current mainstream media and why we just started Zeteo UK. Read now: zeteonews.co.uk/p/trevor-phi...

First Draft: 🍒 Iran Has Trump 'By the Balls,' Say Senior U.S. Officials Read today's 'First Draft' by @swin24.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/iran-has-t...

To Israel, the word ‘ceasefire’ simply means to continue its genocide – to keep killing, starving, and torturing Palestinians – just at a slower pace. Read the latest from @dianabuttu.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/gaza-cease...

After declaring himself the “boss” upon arriving at the Group of Seven summit in France, Donald Trump stumbled through an hour-long press conference focused almost entirely on Iran. Subscribe to zeteo.com for more unfiltered journalism.

Donald Trump lost the Iran war. Badly. As JD Vance prepares to sign a deal with Iran this week, the evidence shows that the American president has failed to meet almost every single one of his own goals. Read @mehdirhasan.bsky.social's memo — zeteo.com/p/trump-lost...

Donald Trump Lost the Iran War. Here's the Evidence As JD Vance heads to Geneva to sign a deal with Iran, it’s undeniable that this American president failed to meet almost every single one of his own stated war goals. Read @mehdirhasan.bsky.social's latest: zeteo.com/p/trump-lost...

"Who cares about people’s feelings? We’re talking about a genocide." Hasan Piker explains to @simonerzim.bsky.social why he’s not concerned by the “hurt feelings” of offended Zionists. Watch the full episode of 'Beyond Israelism' here: zeteo.com/p/hasan-pike...

"There's rampant criminality [in this Trump administration]." Lawyer @joycewhitevance.bsky.social joins @johnjharwood.bsky.social to discuss Trump, accountability, and the future of the rule of law. Watch the full interview — zeteo.com/p/which-crim...

First Draft: Trump Switching Back from War on Iran to War on Americans The fascist-in-chief is ramping up his ICE-led assault on immigrants and protesters. In DC, his reflecting pool project looks green about the gills. Read today's 'First Draft' from @andrewperez.bsky.social & @swin24.bsky.social

Susan Collins’s husband apparently worked for the lobbyist leading the super PAC backing her re-election campaign. Read more about it in the latest from @martinpengelly.bsky.social and @andrewperez.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/susan-coll...

Maine senator Susan Collins's husband apparently consulted last year for the lobbyist leading Pine Tree Results PAC, documents show. Full scoop: zeteo.com/p/susan-coll...

"[Democrats and Republicans] are so damned scared of outside spending that they won't take any risks." Congressional candidate @ahlmanfornebraska.bsky.social explains why he’s running as an independent in Nebraska zeteo.com/p/austin-ahl...

“Bari Weiss has no interest in providing space for different viewpoints...” @justinbaragona.bsky.social takes a closer look at CBS News’ newest hire, Trevor Phillips, and the Islamophobia allegations that have followed him throughout his career. Read ‘Ragebait’ — zeteo.com/p/bari-weiss...

Bari Weiss’s Newest Hire Has a Long History of Anti-Muslim Remarks The new senior global affairs correspondent at CBS, Trevor Phillips, is also a pal of ex-UK ambassador Peter Mandelson, who was fired over his ties to Epstein. Read now: zeteo.com/p/bari-weiss...

“American presidents are really good at saying F you to the Israeli prime minister and then giving them lots of weapons" @mehdirhasan.bsky.social explains why he doesn’t believe Trump and Biden were manipulated by Netanyahu into supporting his genocide of Gaza. Subscribe to zeteo.com

Israel’s top figures are raging about Trump’s Iran deal, calling the U.S. president a ‘loser’ and Netanyahu ‘weak.’ The deal, hopefully to be signed on Friday, is technically another temporary ceasefire to allow for further negotiations. Read about the Israeli reactions — zeteo.com/p/9-meltdown...

Does FIFA work with authoritarian leaders and turn away from human rights abuses? @mehdirhasan.bsky.social explains how the 1934 and 1978 World Cups were used by Italy and Argentina to cover up torture, genocide and fascism. Watch 'The Dark Side of the World cup' part 2 — zeteo.com/p/dark-side-...

First Draft: Trump Can’t Buy Joy In DC, a sad, racist old man celebrated his 80th birthday with an event juicing his crypto businesses. In New York, thousands danced and sang and learned about each other. Read today's 'First Draft' by @premthakker.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/trump-cant...

"[Israeli settler attacks on animals] serve the same purpose: making Palestinian life on Palestinian land unsustainable." Palestinians say Israeli settlers are targeting animals to pressure communities off their land, reports Aseel Mafarjeh. Read more: zeteo.com/p/israeli-se...

Trump is crying uncle with the latest announced peace deal with Iran. @andrewperez.bsky.social and @swin24.bsky.social explain how the U.S.- Iran peace deal is a landslide victory for Tehran – which is one reason to fear it might yet fall apart. Read it here: zeteo.com: zeteo.com/p/the-new-ir...