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The Grayzone   The Grayzone 's Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate review some of the most rabid and unhinged takes on Zohran Mamdani's likely victory in the NYC mayoral race. 

The Grayzone   The Grayzone 's Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate on the shameless 60 Minutes commercial for Trump and Rubio's regime change war on Venezuela. 

KernowDamo   Cyprus was warned. They said it couldn’t happen here. Then an Israeli developer was sentenced to five years — for doing exactly what they denied. Right, so they said it was overthinking. They said Cypriots were being dramatic. They said that concerns about Israeli land buying on the island, in light of the land and property seizures observed in Palestine were paranoid nonsense, it couldn’t happen here and that anyone raising the alarm about such things just didn’t understand how investment works and might perhaps just be an antisemite.    And then a Cypriot court sentenced an Israeli businessman to five years in prison for developing property in the Turkish-controlled north that still legally belonged to Greek Cypriots displaced in 1974. An Israeli stealing land for development in Cyprus then is it?    Suddenly the hysteria didn’t look so hysterical. Suddenly the warnings didn’t look so wild. The thing people were told could never happen had already...

The Grayzone   The Grayzone 's Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate on a particularly revealing moment in the recent 60 Minutes interview with Trump Middle East negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner that left Kushner embarrassed and stunned.  

🔴 EVENING UPDATE Here are the day's key developments: - Israeli air strikes targeted parts of Khan Younis in southern Gaza late Wednesday night into Thursday, following Israel's announcement to resume adherence to the ceasefire agreement. In the 24 hours prior, Israeli air… — Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) October 30, 2025  

UN Human Rights Council   On 28 October 2025, Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, presented her most recent report to the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Issues) of the United Nations General Assembly at its 80th session in New York. Ms. Albanese was speaking remotely from South Africa. As in previous sessions, the Committee examined human rights questions, including reports of the special procedures of the Human Rights Council. The Committee heard presentations from Special Rapporteurs, Independent Experts, and Chairs of Treaty Bodies and Working Groups as mandated by the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly. 

Danny Haiphong   As NATO threatens the unthinkable with Russia, Vladimir Putin has dropped a major bombshell which will make Trump think twice before allowing the US's European vassals to cross this line. Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson and Col. Lawrence Wilkerson break down why it could all end in mushroom clouds for Europe if NATO continues to test Russia's resolve.

A roving reporter who covered Italy’s top politicians explains to The Grayzone how his country was reduced to a joint US-Israeli “aircraft carrier,” and raises troubling questions about an Israeli role in the killing of Prime Minister Aldo Moro.   by Kit Klarenberg and Wyatt Reed   Part 6 - Moro rescue committee set up to fail   Throughout Moro’s 55 days in Red Brigades captivity, Italian officials declared that the “state must not bend” to “terrorist demands,” making it clear the Italian government would neither negotiate with the Red Brigades nor release any of its jailed members in return for the PM. The former Italian Prime Minister was subsequently bundled into a car trunk, shot 10 times, and left in the vehicle in central Rome for authorities to find. Today, many Italians view Rome’s inflexible approach with deep suspicion, given the government’s willingness to negotiate with terrorists both before and after Moro’s murder. Magistrate Mario Sossi, whose kidnap by the...

Israel’s genocide is being powered by Microsoft. From creating a massive digital dragnet, aiding in the production of A.I.-generated kill lists, hiring hundreds of Israeli spies to run its internal affairs, and suppressing figures opposing the slaughter, the Seattle-based tech corporation has played a key role in the violence.   by Alan Macleod    Part 1   MintPress has detailed the deep collaboration between the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Amazon, Google, TikTok, Apple, Palantir, and Oracle, but Microsoft’s relationship with the government and armed forces of Israel is potentially the closest, leading then-CEO Steve Ballmer to state that “Microsoft is as much an Israeli company as an American company.”    MintPress explores the decades-long partnership between Microsoft and Israel, and the employees trying to break that marriage from the inside.  Source, links: https://www.mintpressnews.com/microsoft-israel-surveillance-azure-idf-gaza-genocide/...

The Jimmy Dore Show   In this segment Jimmy Dore and guest Jackson Hinkle assess Donald Trump’s second terms so far, arguing that he has betrayed many of his campaign promises by expanding military spending, enforcing new censorship laws, and escalating foreign interventions. They contend that Trump has acted against free speech principles, supported Israeli and corporate interests, and failed to end the Ukraine war or reduce U.S. involvement abroad. Hinkle highlights U.S. aggression toward Venezuela, Colombia, Haiti, and other nations, claiming that Trump’s policies mirror those of previous presidents like Biden and Obama. Both conclude that Trump’s administration represents the continuation of American imperialism rather than the reform or restraint he once promised.