I'm coming out of hiatus to strike a blow against the new disinformation campaign against Mexico. Despite what you may have read, it's fake, and it's not Gen Z. #mexico #disinformation #antiimperialist franklinmount.substack.com/p/the-week-t...

This is important: The truth behind what was billed as a "youth" march - a by-the-book, attempt at astroturfed destablization. T #mexico #darkops #disinformation #intervention #antiintervention youtu.be/kWAIhiSWs2E?...

Antiwar.com, where readers get actual news. #antiwar #antiwarcom #news #newsfromoutsideofthebubble antiwar.com

Today's report from Antiwar.com. The best news aggregator out there. They have a website and a Youtube. #antiwar #antiwarcom #news #journalism #newsfromoutsideofthebubble youtu.be/Ok-OVdMGxOk?...

The latest episode of Soberanía: First, Mexico and the “old world”; Second: Ricardo Salinas Pliego, the Mexican oligarch finally facing the Sup Court after years of legal dodges by his companies. Third: Israel’s false claim of an “Iranian plot” in Mexico. #soberania #mexico youtu.be/PbWSHrfpcuw?...

The mayor who never slept but did little (except shady dealings) seems to have decided to spring into action. This will serve only to underscore why this city needs positive change. #mayorAdams #nyc #ZohranMamdani gothamist.com/news/mayor-a...

Fantastic and very informative interview of Lina Khan by Jon Stewart. She's the chair of Zohran Kwame Mamdani transition team. #ZohranMamdani #LinaKhan #nyc youtu.be/vRJWM_3OW2Y?...

Today's news rundown from Antiwar.com. The website is great; the Youtube is the best half hour news program out there. #antiwar #news #j#journalism youtu.be/2tAyCKPLlR8?...

An article about the perils of talking to @nytimes.com . #zohranmamdani #socialism #eliteresentment lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...

If you wish to understand what’s going on, this interview with Gore Vidal is a good starting point. substack.com/@thememoryho...

In El Taller, Hackbarth and Granados Ceja speak with Etienne von Bertrab, author of "Más allá: una historia del Tren Maya". The interview offers a nuanced, informed look at one of the country’s most ambitious—and misunderstood—projects. youtu.be/AKGMo648SU8?...

Soberanía! the farcical irony of far-right Venezuelan María Corina Machado receiving the Nobel Peace Prize...President Sheinbaum’s decision to skip the Summit of the Americas, and Mexico's amparo reform bill, could close off the elites' endless attempts to game the system. youtu.be/75nBuRjCt8U?...

US Sec of Homeland Security K Noem is buying herself, on our dime, two luxury private jets. Former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador sold his country's presidential jet. The proceeds were used to construct two 80 bed hospitals in rural areas of Mexico. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

Outgoing NYC Mayor (four months to go) Adams is off in Albania for an official visit. Why? "Adams will be ... trying to drum up economic opportunities between New York City and Albania." I suspect that Adams has less savory motivations. #mayorAdams #nyc #Albania hellgatenyc.com/albania-adam...

Apparently Rep Gov of Oklahoma, Rep Kevin Sitt, is opposed to the deployment of the National Guard to Illinois. As is federal judge April Perry, who ... issued a 14-day restraining order and labeled the Trump administration’s perception of events “simply unreliable.” prospect.org/politics/chi...

Excerpts from Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana's speech at the opening of the Your Party conference in Merseyside, Liverpool. UK. This is must listening. youtu.be/DrHYe5gjnBg?...

Jeremy Corbyn's stunning speech at the launch of Your Party. youtu.be/oPtLEevhgbE?...

On Soberanía, José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth break down Washington’s escalation as the US declares itself to be in a "non-international armed conflict" with cartels, then discuss the polling contrast Claudia Sheinbaum's sky-high numbers with those of MORENA. youtu.be/lsqzZuvbXUg?...

A wonderful profile of the French/American photographer Catherine Leroy, in The New Yorker. www.newyorker.com/culture/phot...

Outstanding Interview with Jamaal Bowman. www.youtube.com/live/p8E5PUo...

A short announcement from Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum expressing her thanks for the first year of her presidency. youtu.be/PKoDt_bNk08?...

Ryan Grim of DropSite News interviews Jeremy Scahill about the Trump/Netanyahu/Blair plan for Gaza. Grim and Scahill cover its provisions, its traps, its deceptions, and in general break it down in all of its squalid splendor. www.youtube.com/live/vthE7Eg...

Columbian President Gustavo Petro's full text to the United Nations, with English subtitles, brought to you by DropSite News.. This is probably one of the more meaningful speeches ever given to that body. youtu.be/zpl6PJTJs20?...

In today's news: Sec of War Hegseth told a room full of hundreds of generals and admirals that they were fat slobs. US Govt shut down, again. Georgia Lawmaker Ruwa Romman Runs for Governor After DNC Froze Her Out of National Convention. And more! am-quickie.ghost.io/hegseth-trum...

Adams is gone. His main accomplishments were making de Blasio look good and getting Curtis Sliwa to ditch the ridiculous beret and put on a suit. Rumor has it he's going to write a travel guide to Turkey focusing on airports in the Turkish Republic. gothamist.com/news/mayor-a...

If you were wondering why we are constantly being asked to go ever further to the right, the answer is billionaire donors to the Dem Party establishment and their "ignorance tanks" (what we should be calling "centrist" think tanks). portside.org/2025-09-27/y...

If you have been wondering why Trump Admin is bailing out the perennial fiscal basket case Argentina (the whitest country in the world outside of Europe), this piece by Nick Corbishley in Naked Capitalism (an indispensable resource) will help you understand. www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/09/wash...

The latest episode of Soberanìa, your essential source for news about Mexico. Claudia Sheinbaum’s decision to call Israel’s assault on Gaza a “genocide." The WaPo reports the DEA pushed bombing Mexico. Then a look at Border Czar Tom Homan's alleged bribes worth $50,000. youtu.be/D3i_N0QNwVQ?...

A wonderful, funny, and informative as well, interview with Jennifer Welch of the I've Had It! podcast. The interview ranges from such topics as mega church grifters to the feckless Dem Party establishment to the domestic arrangements of House Speaker Mike Johnson. www.youtube.com/live/lQ6CGQn...

For a first-hand account of what is happening in Gaza, please listen to Dr. Mohammed Mustafa, an Australian-Palestinian pediatrician who has been working in Gaza, treating children. His description of what is happening to children there is heartbreaking. www.youtube.com/live/lQ6CGQn...

The latest episode of Soberanìa, your must go-to source for news about Mexico. Mexican Independence Day! José Luis and Kurt dive into President Sheinbaum’s first Grito, Mexico’s growing sense of optimism, in contrast with a U.S. gripped by fear, censorship, and violence. youtu.be/V7SlSHWvPrk?...

A heart rending report from Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, issued a threat to all Palestinians in Gaza City: "You have been warned—leave now.” As the Israeli assault continues, Palestinians in Gaza City are being forced into an ever shrinking space. www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-city-...

Ed Zitron's interview on The Majority Report was incredibly informative and, frankly, withering on the delusions and economic insanity embodied in OpenAI. It's all fugazi, as Zitron puts it. www.youtube.com/live/4GcvEkF...

The latest episode of Soberanía, the best source for news about Mexico--Mexico’s 2026 budget, the crackdown on fuel smuggling, culture and politics at Saturday's concert of Residente, where a free show in the Zócalo became a moment of solidarity with Palestine. youtu.be/IIUtLIVeA6Y?...

In this week of your must go-to source for news about Mexico, Soberanía, José Luis and Kurt discuss just how well Mexico is doing in the face of some really awful actions by the collosus to the north. youtu.be/k-BE66E9pSQ?...

Blowback. This podcast the first Gulf War; U.S. involvement in Cuba; Korea; Afghanistan; and Cambodia. B James and N Kulwin open the eyes of even the well-informed. Link to intro to Season 1, Apple Podcasts. Website (blowback.show) details their extensive sources. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

If you want to know what working in the Gulf States is like, and what our corporations do to conform to medieval monarchial values, this article is a good start. I'm attaching images of the pages in case you cannot get past the paywall. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

In case you're being bombarded by negative political ads about Zohran Mamdani, perhaps this article from WNYC and Gothamist can dispel some of that...uhh...nonsense. view.lists.wnyc.org?qs=479b322ac...

The latest episode of Soberanía, your must go-to source for news from Mexico. (Mexican) Sen Téllez’s calls for U.S. intervention in Mexico-DEA’s recent false claims of joint project with Mexico. Ken Klippenstein’s three-part series on U.S. invasion plans targeting Mexico. youtu.be/0te1bOAOS2E?...

The man promoted as savior of Argentina, Javier Milei, has proved to be so corrupt and ineffective that even the libertarians hate him now. Milei took Argentina on a path to freedom which involved another loan from the IMF. That's the definition of oxymoron. www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/08/even...

The Democratic Party continues to lose support, as measured by party identification. Even as Trump's policies are unpopular, the Democratic Party establishment is even more unpopular. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...

Latest outrage from Democratic Party establishment: We're still paying for Kamala Harris's campaign, in which she spent more than Donald Trump to lose all seven swing states. www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Wondering about ridiculous Democratic Party aligned fundraising emails? Ludicrous? Well, those emails are ridiculous, and they probably do not target you. From Adam Bonica, Associate Professor at Stanford, creator, Democracy and Data substack. data4democracy.substack.com/p/spam-pacs-...

The latest episode of Soberanía ... your must go-to source for accurate news about Mexico. Poverty is down in Mexico. A Lot. Over 13M Mexicans rose out of poverty during the sexenio of AMLO..so much so that even "The Guardian" had to admit it. And more! youtu.be/X4vH85h79IM?...

AI is more and more looking like a bubble/con game/illusion. But there are companies making a lot money: the providers of "cloud" services. The money in the Gold Rush was to sell shovels to miners. Brian Merchant of "Blood in the Machine" lays it all out. www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-ai-boo...

If you doubt the rampant attempts to prove that somehow "moderates" win elections more than, say, candidates such as Zohran Mamdani and AOC, well, guess what? You're right! They're cooking the books! A Bonica and J Grumbach of Data & Democracy explain. data4democracy.substack.com/p/do-moderat...

A great interview with two of the Texas representatives who left the state to deny Governor Abbott a chorum for his bill to gerrymander even more the Texas Congressional delegation. youtu.be/cc4_RADuv6g?...

The latest episode of Soberanía, José Luis and Kurt discuss Trump’s latest executive order ... Canada tries to play nice with Mexico ... a reduction in crime under Sheinbaum and the NYT is back on the trail of fentanyl… except when it crosses into the United States. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oY8...

This iinterview with Dr. Tarek Loubani is essential to understand what is happening in Gaza. Dr. Loubani is a Canadian of Palestinian ancestry who is currently working at one of only two hospitals still in existence in Gaza. www.youtube.com/live/gdfgY4E...

Some heartbreaking details about and cogent analysis of what is happening in Gaza. www.bostonreview.net/articles/gaz...