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The Jimmy Dore Show   Recent media reports warning of a possible Hamas attack in Europe bear all the hallmarks of Israeli “Hasbara” propaganda designed to pre-emptively shape public opinion and provide cover for a future false-flag operation blamed on Palestinians or Muslims. Jimmy Dore points out that Israel has historically used deception, intelligence cutouts, and proxy funding to manipulate narratives, citing past allegations about Netanyahu’s role in allowing or encouraging Hamas funding to undermine rival Palestinian groups. He also points to heavy online backlash and “ratio’d” social media posts as evidence that European audiences no longer accept these claims at face value. The discussion concludes that fear messaging about terrorism is being used to distract from Israel’s actions in Gaza and to reframe global opinion through manufactured threats and information warfare.

As panic-inducing travel advisories and doomsaying media reports prophesy the fall of Mali to an Al Qaeda affiliate attacking fuel convoys, the government has re-secured supply routes and hosted Mali’s first international defense expo in a supposedly besieged capital.   by Pavan Kulkarni  Part 6 - “We are not reaching out to the so-called international community to come to our aid” Amid the chorus by Western countries, the AU’s chairperson, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, called for “a robust, coordinated, and coherent international response to counter terrorism and violent extremism in the Sahel.” “No action can be … taken in Mali without Malians, without the consent of the Malian state, without the Malian state requesting it,” Diop retorted, affirming, “we are not reaching out to the so-called international community to come to our aid.” “This call for international action is all the more worrying since Mali has emerged from this type of paradigm,” he added. Having expelled the Frenc...

The Grayzone   As Israel violates the ceasefire with relentless attacks on Gaza, The Grayzone 's Aaron Maté sits down with senior Hamas negotiator [and former head of Gaza's Health Ministry] Basem Naim in Doha, Qatar. Naim survived the Israeli military's attack on a gathering of Hamas officials in September. He discusses the UN-endorsed demand that Hamas disarm without a path to Palestinian self-determination; faltering efforts to unify Palestinian political factions; the bid to free political prisoners including Marwan Barghouti; the new Syrian government's interdiction of weapons shipments to Hezbollah, and more. 

Double Down News   Norman Finkelstein’s Most EXPLOSIVE Interview Yet 

Declassified UK and Double Down News   Declassified presents the first documentary about Britain's complicity in the Gaza genocide, exposing Keir Starmer's shady spy flight missions for Israel. What does a British base in Cyprus have to do with Israel's genocide in Gaza? Declassified travelled to this Mediterranean island to investigate the hundreds of spy flights Keir Starmer has sent over Gaza, that coincided with Israeli airstrikes and the killing of British aid workers Declassified goes where the British media and military experts have refused to look and ask whether this scandal could put Keir Starmer in The Hague. 

Geopolitical Economy Report   How does China's economic model work? Political economist Ben Norton explains the ideas behind Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, discussing China's socialist market economy, historical development, reform process, poverty reduction, industrial policy, and more. 

The Grayzone   In a riveting interview with OANN host and former US congressman Matt Gaetz, The Grayzone 's Max Blumenthal discusses the recent indictment of a former top DEA official and veteran CIA asset in a $12 million scheme to launder money and procure drones for Mexico's Jalisco cartel. Blumenthal uses the scandal as a window into the US government's history of covert collaboration with drug traffickers, explaining how the CIA created Venezuela's so-called "Cartel of the Suns," and calling out Trump's pardon of Juan Orlando Hernandez, the former Honduran president convicted of shipping over 400 tons of cocaine into the US. 

Though Chinese exports to the US have declined almost 19% since the start of Trump’s tariff war in April, it has been able to diversify both its export destinations as well as the basket of goods to counter the effects.   by Abdul Rahman  Part 1 China’s yearly trade surplus crossed the one trillion USD mark for the first time ever in November, as per customs data released on Monday, December 8. The figure is seen as a sign of Chinese resilience in the face of the tariff war waged by the US. As per the official data, Chinese exports registered a growth in November, reversing the 1.1% contraction the previous month due to its rising demands in various regions outside the US. Chinese exports climbed 5.9% in November in comparison to the same month last year while imports grew by 1.9%. China exported goods and services worth over 330 billion US dollars in the month. The total value of imports in the same month stood at nearly 219 billion US dollars, generating a surplus of over 11...

As Trump continues to lodge threats against the Bolivarian Republic, US Congress and grassroots movements mobilize to stop a new war.   by Devin B. Martinez   Part 2 - Pressure mounts in Congress against Trump’s threats of war As the Trump cabinet prepares for fresh violations of international law, they are already feeling the backlash of those already committed. Committees in US Congress have launched investigations into US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth for crimes related to missile strikes on boats in the Caribbean, in which the order was reportedly to “kill everybody”. “These are serious charges, and that’s the reason we’re going to have special oversight,” said Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi, the Republican chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, as reported by PBS. The mounting scrutiny follows a Washington Post report that details Hegseth’s direction to strike a bombed boat a second time, called a “double tap” strike, even as survivors clung to the edge of the b...

Trump loyalist and CIA contractor Larry Ellison’s purchase of CNN appears imminent, and marks the latest venture into media for the world’s second-richest individual. But Ellison is not alone. Indeed, the world’s seven richest individuals are all now powerful media barons, controlling what the world sees, reads, and hears, marking a new chapter in oligarchical control over society and striking another blow at a free, independent press and diversity of opinion.   by Alan Macleod  Part 3 - MAGA Mouthpieces   Many of these wealthy individuals have joined forces with President Trump, in an effort to support Republican policies and push a conservative worldview. Chief among these is the Ellison family, who quickly announced significant changes as CBS News, promising “unbiased” coverage and more “varied ideological perspectives”– widely understood as a shift towards right-wing, pro-Trump coverage. Larry Ellison holds deeply conservative views, and became a top donor and fundrai...

AJ+   Dena Takruri speaks to Assal Rad about how badly legacy media has failed at one of its most important jobs: covering war crimes and genocide.  

As panic-inducing travel advisories and doomsaying media reports prophesy the fall of Mali to an Al Qaeda affiliate attacking fuel convoys, the government has re-secured supply routes and hosted Mali’s first international defense expo in a supposedly besieged capital.   by Pavan Kulkarni  Part 5 - A proxy war “We must not think we are simply facing terrorist groups,” Diop maintains. “No, this is a proxy war, where certain powers, cowardly and unable to confront us directly, are using terrorist groups and asymmetric forces to fight us … These terrorist groups have drones. Where do they come from? Who manufactures them? Who provides them in areas where people cannot even eat?” Le Monde had reported last year that Ukrainian authorities are training an armed group to use drones. Spokesperson of Ukraine’s military intelligence, Andriy Yusov, had said in an interview that it provided “information, and not only information,” to armed groups fighting the state in Mali. Earlier in 202...

The Grayzone   The Grayzone 's Kit Klarenberg explains how the British government is working with the Israeli embassy to tackle the "threat" of Palestinian human rights activists.  

The Young Turks   Israel is scrambling to form a media strategy as foreign journalists enter the Gaza Strip for the first time. Ana Kasparian discusses on The Young Turks . 

Geopolitical Economy Report   The Donald Trump administration revealed the US empire's new plan for global dominance in the 2025 National Security Strategy. The goal is to impose hegemony in the Western Hemisphere, reviving the colonial Monroe Doctrine, to move supply chains out of Asia and bring manufacturing into Latin America via "nearshoring", in order to economically decouple from China and prepare for conflict in Cold War Two. Ben Norton analyzes the important document.  

The Electronic Intifada   Ali Abunimah, executive director, reports on the Israel lobby's attacks on Reem Alsalem, the UN special rapporteur on violence against women and girls, for acknowledging lack of evidence in 7 October rapes. 

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The West Report   The Zionist Federation of Australia has launched one of the most extraordinary legal actions we have ever seen, a sprawling 18C case against former SBS newsreader Mary Kostakidis over 61 tweets and retweets. This episode breaks down exactly what is being dragged into the Federal Court, from October 7 narratives and Gaza to Epstein, Mossad, Hezbollah, UK politics, CIA operations and even the history of Israel itself. A single lawsuit that could choke the courts for years and reshape free speech in Australia. Why is this happening, who benefits, and what precedent could it set for journalists, academics and anyone who posts online?   

As Trump continues to lodge threats against the Bolivarian Republic, US Congress and grassroots movements mobilize to stop a new war.   by Devin B. Martinez   Part 1 The US government has continued to accelerate its drive to war with Venezuela. While rumors circulate about phone calls and possible talks between US President Donald Trump and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, in tandem, the US head of state has continued to launch bizarre and illegal threats and accusations against the South American nation. On Saturday, November 29, Trump unilaterally declared that Venezuelan airspace was closed, despite international law stipulating that only Venezuela has authority over the airspace above its territory and reports that air traffic above Venezuela has since continued. While Trump, his Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and the Secretary of War Pete Hegseth have claimed land strikes and “action” against Venezuela could begin imminently and that the country should be on alert, a...

The visit of Syria’s interim president to Washington has once again showcased the ambivalence of US counter-terrorism policy, which changes according to temporal interests   by Aseel Saleh Part 6 - US declares partial suspension of sanctions on Syria following Al-Sharaa-Trump meeting Syria’s interim president affirmed that lifting the sanctions imposed by the United States on the Arab country was among the most important topics, which he discussed with his US counterpart. As both nations are looking forward to bolstering mutual security and economic interests, Al-Sharaa told The Washington Post that lifting the sanctions is essential for maintaining stability, which is, in turn, linked to economic development. It is worth noting that shortly after the meeting, the United States Treasury Department announced that the Trump administration suspended key provisions of the Caesar Act sanctions on Syria for 180 days. This partial suspension replaces a previous sanctions relief, which wa...