The Supreme Court revived a lawsuit claiming cruise lines “trafficked” confiscated Cuban property by docking in Havana. A lower court had thrown the case out because Havana Docks Corp.’s lease expired before the cruises ever operated there. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/u...

Ray Washburne, a Trump ally with ties to U.S. military and intelligence circles, just bought control of Sherritt, a Canadian company operating in Cuba’s nickel industry. Does this signal that well connected political insiders expect Trump will definitely launch an invasion of Cuba?

A story in three parts: 1) Trump's new sanctions push Sherritt to dissolve its Cuba venture. 2) Sherritt suddenly halts plans to leave Cuba. 3) A firm linked to a former Trump adviser buys a controlling stake in Sherritt

This is how the blockade on Cuba works in practice. Not just punishing Cuba directly — but intimidating shipping companies, banks, and foreign businesses into cutting ties with the island out of fear of US sanctions or lawsuits.

Media bias is often less about outright falsehoods and more about framing. Calling Cuba a “regime” instead of a government subtly delegitimizes it, while saying Cuba “rejected humanitarian aid” erases the possibility that the dispute was over the political conditions attached to the aid itself.

Conservatives: “Mail-in ballots can’t be trusted because the USPS is too unreliable and corrupt.” Also conservatives: “Yeah mailing handguns sounds fine actually.”

Private equity firms saw youth sports and thought: “How do we monetize this?” Now kids’ hockey is dominated by investors buying rinks, raising fees, and turning community sports into another profit machine. www.usatoday.com/story/news/i...

64% of Americans oppose a U.S. war with Cuba. Only 15% support it. There’s a massive gap between what the public wants and what the Trump Administration is pursuing in Cuba.

U.S. sanctions on Cuba have material consequences: A report from Center for Economic and Policy Research finds Cuba’s infant mortality rate jumped from 4.0 (2019) to 9.9 (2025)—a 148% increase. If rates held at 2018 levels, ~1,800 fewer babies would have died.

“Why don’t people trust the media anymore?” Meanwhile: A billionaire media owner is hosting Trump at a private dinner, while seeking approval for a $111B megamerger and CBS executives are literally at the table with him.

From “war on terror” to “parlay on regime change” www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...

This is The Washington Post using its opinion section to manufacture consent for U.S. intervention in Cuba. When every “opinion” piece points in the same direction, it stops being analysis and starts functioning as propaganda.

Most Global South economies are structurally pushed toward low-wage labor and resource extraction. Cuba took a different path—investing in science, healthcare, and education. The result: a biotech sector competitive with developed countries, built under sanctions.

War breaks out → oil spikes → prices surge → consumers squeezed Meanwhile: Wall Street banks report record profits from “market volatility.”

Poorest 20%: tax increase Middle class: tax increase Richest 1%: tax cut Don’t worry, they said it trickles down.

"Only six of the 202 articles covering Kushner’s diplomatic role mentioned his financial conflict of interest with the Saudi government. That means more than 97% of the coverage ignored Kushner’s conflict." popular.info/p/the-media-...

Cuba gets hit by an external shock → the U.S. escalates pressure: 1990s: Soviet Union collapses → embargo tightened by Clinton 2020s: COVID + Venezuela crisis → sanctions on tourism expand, oil blockade implemented by Trump Different decades, same strategy.

Since 2020, overall inflation is ~26%. But basic groceries? Coffee +109% Beef +70% Eggs +64%

If we can afford $1.5 trillion for the military, we can afford healthcare, education, and housing. The issue isn’t money—it’s priorities.

Late stage capitalism is where a potentially massive humanitarian catastrophe is viewed as a "market opportunity" for corporations to raise prices and maintain profit margins while the working class is lectured about making patriotic sacrifices during wartime.

Not talked about enough: many Cuban exiles celebrated as “freedom fighters” came from families that owned enormous wealth in pre-revolution Cuba. Their politics aren’t neutral—they’re about restoring an economic system that served them extremely well, prioritizing capital over social programs.

Every politician runs on “law and order.” No one mentions that the most financially destructive crimes in the country are prosecuted less and less each year.

"It's a 5 Leg Parlay" - Ground Troops in Iran by May 1st - The Strait remains closed through the summer - Oil hits $150 - Trump invades the Vatican by July 1st - Trump wins the inaugural Peace Prize awarded by the Board of Peace

Imagine any other country openly saying this—threatening to kill foreign political leaders if negotiations don’t go their way. It would be called terrorism. In the US political sphere, it gets printed as strategy.

Cuba built a model of medical internationalism rooted in solidarity, not profit. Now Washington is waging a pressure campaign to shut it down—undermining healthcare systems across the Global South just to tighten the blockade. The human cost is staggering. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Over time, corporate profits have surged dramatically. Corporate taxes? A slow climb at best. That widening gap isn’t just economics—it’s power dynamics. It reflects who writes the rules and who benefits from them.

"Goldman Sachs was also the former majority owner of a 470,000-square-foot vacant industrial warehouse in Roxbury, New Jersey, that was purchased by ICE in February for $129.3 million — 137 percent over value" substack.perfectunion.us/p/the-worlds...

Reminder: for over 30 years, the United Nations has overwhelmingly voted to end the embargo on Cuba. This isn’t a contested global issue—it’s a uniquely United States policy, maintained despite near-universal international opposition.

For over 60 years, US policy toward Cuba hasn’t been about “freedom”—it’s been about punishment for defiance. Sanctions, isolation, pressure—all to force regime change. The real story is an effort to dictate how developing countries pursue development—so it serves US economic interests.

Global news: progress, innovation, breakthroughs. U.S. news: “you’re not gonna believe this one…”

The top 1% didn’t just get richer—they pulled away at a historic scale while the bottom half stagnated. That divergence is artificially engineered through policy: lower taxes on wealth, weaker labor protections for the working class, and rules designed to transfer wealth upward.

First bit of good news for Cuba in months: a Russian oil tanker finally reaching the island, offering a temporary lifeline amid blackouts and a deepening fuel crisis. But one shipment doesn’t fix a structural shortage—unless more tankers follow, the situation remains precarious.

When a natural disaster occurs, the question should be who needs help—not who they voted for. This chart shows Trump turning federal aid into a loyalty test.

Beyond this UN vote, here are others the U.S. opposed or abstained on: - Clean Water as a Human Right - Food as a Human Right - Resolution on Combatting the Glorification of Nazism - Convention on the Rights of the Child - Global Health & Access to Medicines www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

"Cuba successfully resisted SAPs and instead built a robust system of public provisioning to ensure universal access to essential goods, including housing, healthcare and food. This system has been successful at fighting extreme poverty, hunger and premature mortality."

The U.S. claims it’s helping the Cuban people while blocking the fuel that keeps hospitals running and water systems functioning. You can’t claim humanitarian concern while deliberately engineering a humanitarian crisis. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/w...

From 1999 to 2020, Cuba maintained a lower infant mortality rate than the US despite far fewer resources and decades of sanctions—driven by a model prioritizing public health. In recent years, however, the strain of COVID-19 and intensified sanctions has contributed to a rise in infant mortality.

Sugar defines Cuba’s history. After the Haitian Revolution, it became a leading producer, shaping colonial rule and policy under Fidel Castro. After the Soviet collapse, the industry contracted rapidly, pushing Cuba towards promoting tourism to replace the revenue once generated by exporting sugar.

Despite far fewer resources, Cuba produces the highest number of doctors per capita in the world by heavily investing in healthcare. That surplus allows Cuba to send thousands of doctors to rural and underserved communities across the Global South—something the U.S. has long tried to undermine.

A new Silicon Valley military complex is emerging around firms like Palantir, whose AI tools fuse surveillance data for warfare, policing, & border control. This shift concentrates power over security policy in a small group of tech billionaires with little public oversight. fpif.org/planet-palan...

You just know that Fox News or CBS is cooking up an article like this.

Newly revealed emails from Paul Bremer show the Iraq occupation descending into chaos behind the scenes. Overthrowing a govt is one thing—running the country afterward is another. Before talking about regime change in Iran, maybe we revisit what happened in Iraq. www.thetimes.com/article/00b2...

Jamaica is ending its agreement with Cuban doctors who helped staff hospitals and rural clinics. Cuba’s global medical missions provide revenue for Havana while filling physician shortages abroad. Without them, Jamaica’s rural health system could face major gaps. apnews.com/article/jama...

The Supreme Court repeatedly used its secretive “shadow docket” to revive Trump administration policies blocked by lower courts—often without hearings, briefing, or explanation. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

We are like two news cycles away from Trump claiming Iran has Nancy Guthrie, so he has to send in ground troops.

Important piece from The Intercept examining the Paramount–WBD deal and the broader trend it represents: accelerating media consolidation and the growing power of billionaire owners like the Ellison family over major U.S. news institutions. theintercept.com/2026/03/03/c...

ProPublica investigation exposes financial conflicts across the Trump administration. • $175M–$340M in crypto holdings reported by 200+ appointees • Officials traded stocks before policy announcements that moved markets • Dozens failed to disclose former clients www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Removing Noem is just opening a release valve to alleviate political pressure through window dressing, while the architects of the deportation regime remain in place. The figurehead was sacrificed to preserve the system.

Imperial hubris in a nutshell: Demand allies help fight your wars while simultaneously absorbing the fallout—refugees, supply chain disruptions, rising commodity prices. Then expect them to accept higher tariffs to help finance the war you started.

New survey data from ZipRecruiter reveals an alarming trend where more workers are being forced to prioritize immediate employment over salary growth. - 27.3% of new hires took a pay cut - Only 56.4% landed a raise - Signing bonuses hit a 2025 low at 15%