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  by  Alan MacLeod Through its myriad of agencies, the United States government has recruited and groomed rappers from around the world to further its political interests. Washington has spent tens of millions of dollars funding, training, and promoting artists who foment public discontent, organize protests, and lead color revolutions in nations in its crosshairs.  In Bangladesh and Senegal, U.S.-funded rappers led political movements that toppled governments. Washington-backed musicians were the face of a failed counter-revolution in Cuba, and will likely be called upon again by the Trump administration. And artists in dozens of countries worldwide (including the U.S. itself) are paid to promote American government interests. This is the story of how the U.S. government uses hip hop, a medium of struggle pioneered by Black artists in New York, as a tool for regime change. Part 2 -  Senegal: the revolution will be organized If Bangladesh was the perfect insurrection...

Double Down News The Pentagon’s worst nightmare has just become a reality. For a decade, the US, UK, and their Gulf proxies spent billions dropping state-of-the-art bombs on Yemen to break them into submission. Instead, the poorest nation on earth just paralysed the Western war machine, shut down 12% of global maritime trade, and bankrupted Israel’s strategic southern port. In this exclusive Double Down News documentary, Lowkey exposes the staggering £15 Billion BAE Systems blood scandal, the dark history of Western intervention, and how a starving, besieged nation weaponised its geography to stand in total solidarity with Gaza—and won. The global military-industrial complex is terrified. This is the story the establishment media refuses to tell you.

The Grayzone The Grayzone 's Max Blumenthal interviews Mohammad Al-Bukhaiti, a senior member of Ansarulah's political bureau and governor of the Yemeni province of Dhamar, about the Yemeni Armed Forces' war with Saudi Arabia and its successful advances across Yemeni territory previously controlled by its Saudi-backed rivals. Speaking on October 20, 2026, Al-Bukhaiti confirmed that the Ansarulah-aligned Yemeni Armed Forces captured Mount Han overlooking the strategically significant city of Taiz.  This marks the latest advance in a military offensive that has seen Ansarulah, known popularly as the Houthis, seize new territory and hammer Saudi Arabia following the collapse of a four  year ceasefire between Sanaa and Riyadh.  Ansarulah's success seems to have the House of Saud on the ropes, with Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman calling on the UK, Egypt, Syria and possibly even Israel for help in beating back the onslaught. Hekmat Aboukhater provided translation and research...

Times Of India Iran-linked hacking group Handala has released footage it claims was recorded inside a high-security Israel Defense Forces (IDF) military facility, alleging that its infiltrators gained access to sensitive areas, including military headquarters and meeting rooms. The videos appear to show armoured vehicles, Israeli soldiers and a barracks containing weapons.  Handala has also mocked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over what it describes as security failures and threatened to release more footage and files. The latest claims follow the group’s October 18 announcement of a cyber operation targeting an Israeli military unit responsible for media intelligence monitoring and analysis. Handala claims to have published more than 500 classified documents and tens of thousands of internal messages. The group has also previously released images it said belonged to Israeli security personnel.

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Breaking Points Krystal and Saagar discuss troops and diplomats being pulled back as Trump plots a massive Iran escalation. 

Iran is liberating the entire Middle East. — Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 (@jacksonhinkle) October 22, 2026  

French Presidential Candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon blames Netanyahu for interfering in the elections and internal affairs of France: “It's Mr. Netanyahu, who is influencing the elections in Marseille, Toulouse, Roubaix, and Paris. That's the one!” 🇫🇷🇮🇱 French Presidential Candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon blames Netanyahu for interfering in the elections and internal affairs of France: “It's Mr. Netanyahu, who is influencing the elections in Marseille, Toulouse, Roubaix, and Paris. That's the one!” https://t.co/kRmnp5xVpo — Megatron (@Megatron_ron) October 21, 2026  

Geopolitical Economy Report US Big Tech corporations based in Silicon Valley are manipulating politics across the world. Meta and TikTok are censoring critics of Donald Trump and Elon Musk in the United States, while repressing protesters in Albania and blatantly meddling in Brazil's elections.

Katie Halper Katie Halper talks to Dr. Sami Al-Arian about the five reasons Hamas did what it did on October 7.