the unbalanced evolution of homo sapiens

Liu Xin   America is turning 250 years old, but this is no ordinary birthday celebration. National pride has hit a 25-year low, two rival celebrations are splitting the country, and the political and economic landscape is more fractured than ever.   In this episode of Pointcast, host Liu Xin sits down with Ben Norton, Editor-in-Chief of Geopolitical Economy Report @GeopoliticalEconomyReport, to unpack what's really going on beneath the surface of America's semiquincentennial. 

The Jimmy Dore Show   In this interview segment, investigative journalist Christian Parenti tells Jimmy Dore that modern U.S. policy toward Cuba is driven less by opposition to socialism and more by Cuba's continued sovereignty and symbolic resistance to American influence, despite decades of economic liberalization. He discusses how Cuba has increasingly embraced private enterprise while U.S. sanctions and embargoes continue to intensify, limiting investment and contributing to severe economic hardship.   The conversation also explores Cuba's historical conflicts with the CIA, including intelligence operations, the Bay of Pigs, and Cold War-era tensions, as factors shaping current U.S. policy. The interview concludes with a discussion of whether normalized relations are possible, the risks of escalating conflict, and broader questions about U.S. foreign policy and intelligence operations.

URGENT: Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya’s life is in immediate danger, Physicians for Human Rights Israel and his lawyer warned Saturday, after a prison visit revealed the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital bearing fresh, severe injuries to his head, eyes, ears, and neck, so disfigured his own attorney initially struggled to recognize him. 🔹Attorney Nasser Odeh, who saw Abu Safiya Thursday at the underground Rakefet interrogation facility in Nitzan Prison, said he arrived shackled hand and foot, escorted by masked guards, struggling to breathe and speak, unable to sit upright, and repeatedly on the verge of losing consciousness.  🔹Abu Safiya told him that after his Supreme Court appeal was heard June 10, four or five guards entered his solitary cell at Ganot Prison and beat him with a hammer and batons, and that since his June 24 transfer to Rakefet he has been beaten daily, losing consciousness several times without receiving medical treatment. 🔹“This is the last time you will see me,” he ...

Successive United Nations investigations have documented Israel's genocide, yet western regimes still refuse to name it or deliver the accountability their own institutions demand by Hossam Shaker Part 1 Once again, the United Nations reminds us that genocide is taking place in the Gaza Strip. A report issued on 23 June 2026 by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory documented what Israel has committed against the Palestinian people, especially children. This followed an earlier report from the same commission on 16 September 2025, which found that genocide was taking place, as well as the report of the UN special rapporteur issued on 20 October 2025. But what can meticulously documented international reports do in the face of those who have insisted on averting their eyes from declared Israeli intentions to commit genocide, ethnic cleansing, comprehensive destruction and horrific starvation - not to mention the torrent of live ima...

Katie Halper   Political scientist John Mearsheimer and economist Yanis Varoufakis argue that the US and Israel suffered a stunning defeat in Iran and that Trump may have been trapped into a war he is now trying to escape. 

Lebanon is being ethnically cleansed in real time. We warned the world that Gaza is the testing ground for a lawless new world order. pic.twitter.com/63hnywdfHV — Mohamad Safa (@mhdksafa) July 3, 2026 BREAKING: Israel is dropping MASSIVE bombs on civilian areas across South Lebanon. In the middle of the night. As families sleep. This is terrorism. pic.twitter.com/sNp73dwpRm — sarah (@sahouraxo) July 2, 2026  

Israel executed little Ahmed today in Gaza. An Israeli quadcopter drone dropped a bomb on him while he was filling water containers. A child was killed for trying to get water to survive. pic.twitter.com/xtYGYQHrgL — sarah (@sahouraxo) July 3, 2026  

Geopolitical Economy Report  The US-based right-wing Chinese billionaire Miles Guo (Guo Wengui), who worked closely with Donald Trump advisor Steve Bannon, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for committing $1 billion of fraud. Ben Norton explains how Western governments and media outlets support "dissidents" from countries they don't like, who are often corrupt grifters and con artists; and how fake "experts" make money by spreading absurd disinformation about China, Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea, etc.

Nothing justifies burning children alive while they sleep in tents in refugee camps. Nothing. Not self defense. Not human shields. Nothing. pic.twitter.com/9pqVIMEFI2 — Mohamad Safa (@mhdksafa) July 1, 2026  

Breaking Points   Ryan and Emily discuss leaked Oct 7 tapes of Israeli officials ordering the use of the Hannibal Directive.