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Planet Palantir: The Brave New War Machine William Hartung and Janet Abou-Elias describe how a clique of unhinged techno-optimists is putting humanity at risk. By William Hartung and Janet Abou-Elias TomDispatch “I love the idea of getting...

Planet Palantir: The Brave New War Machine

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William Hartung and Janet Abou-Elias describe how a clique of unhinged techno-optimists is putting humanity at risk.

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PATRICK LAWRENCE: Another War We’re Not Supposed to See You have to figure, if those waging war — and covering it — dedicate themselves this assiduously to keeping things hidden, there are surely things to hide. By Patrick Lawrence Special to Consortiu...

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Another War We’re Not Supposed to See

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You have to figure, if those waging war — and covering it — dedicate themselves this assiduously to keeping things hidden, there are surely things to hide.

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Australia's Deepening Involvement in US War on Iran Australia’s support for the U.S.-Israel war against Iran by hosting of a string of U.S. military bases and providing a 'spy' plane to defend the Gulf states is a critical contribution to the U.S. war ...

Australia’s Deepening Involvement in US War on Iran

Australia’s support for the US-Israel war against Iran by hosting of a string of U.S. military bases & providing a ‘spy’ plane to defend Gulf states is a critical contribution to the war, writes Peter Cronau.

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Hedges Report: Imperial Overreach So far, Iran’s military prowess, and America’s and Israel’s impulsive imperial hubris, is on full display. By Chris Hedges The Chris Hedges Report This interview is also available on podcast plat...

Hedges Report: Imperial Overreach

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So far, Iran’s military prowess, and America’s and Israel’s impulsive imperial hubris, is on full display.

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Israel Googling Real Names of Anonymous X Users Across the world, anonymous users on the social-media platform X are reporting that data from Google Trends shows their real names are being mass searched in Israel, Alan MacLeod reports. By Alan M...

Israel Googling Real Names of Anonymous X Users
March 9, 2026

Across the world, anonymous users on the social-media platform X are reporting that data from Google Trends shows their real names are being mass searched in Israel, Alan MacLeod reports.

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Hedges Report: The US in Freefall Chris Hedges and Ahmed Eldin discuss the propagandistic purpose that corporate media serves in the age of the American-Israeli project of genocidal colonialism. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost In a wide-ra...

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US 'Lets' India Buy Russian Oil After Iran Attack Recent statements suggest the U.S. has more control over India's energy policy than have been previously acknowledged, reports Betwa Sharma. By Betwa Sharma in Delhi, India Special to Consortium ...

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US ‘Lets’ India Buy Russian Oil After Iran Attack

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Recent statements suggest the U.S. has more control over India’s energy policy than have been previously acknowledged, reports Betwa Sharma.

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US 'Lets' India Buy Russian Oil After Iran Attack Recent statements suggest the U.S. has more control over India's energy policy than have been previously acknowledged, reports Betwa Sharma. By Betwa Sharma in Delhi, India Special to Consortium ...

US ‘Lets’ India Buy Russian Oil After Iran Attack

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Recent statements suggest the U.S. has more control over India’s energy policy than have been previously acknowledged, reports Betwa Sharma.

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Jonathan Cook: Israel’s Death Cult Grips the US In this catastrophic war of choice, it is Tehran fighting a rearguard action to restore geopolitical sanity. If Iran loses, god only knows where Israel and the U.S. will drag the world next.  By J...

Jonathan Cook: Israel’s Death Cult Grips the US

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In this catastrophic war of choice, it is Tehran fighting a rearguard action to restore geopolitical sanity. If Iran loses, god only knows where Israel and the U.S. will drag the world next.

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DAY 7 UPDATES: ATTACK ON IRAN U.S. admits it killed school kids; in denial about damage to U.S. bases; Iran threatens to hit Dimona; NYT rips Putin; Olmert says U.S. war is not for Israel. FRIDAY By Joe Lauria Special to Con...

DAY 7 UPDATES: ATTACK ON IRAN

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U.S. admits it killed school kids; in denial about damage to U.S. bases; Iran threatens to hit Dimona; NYT rips Putin; Olmert says U.S. war is not for Israel.

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Mad Dog Trump How to confront the U.S. mad dog prowling the globe, according to Michael Brenner. By Michael Brenner Trump’s America is like a rabid dog prowling the globe. It strikes ferociously at whomever g...

Mad Dog Trump

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How to confront the U.S. mad dog prowling the globe, according to Michael Brenner.

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DAY 6 UPDATES: ATTACK ON IRAN The latest developments in Washington and Tel Aviv's aggression against Iran. 5:30 pm EST: Admiral Brad Cooper, head of U.S. Central Command, claims that “U.S. combat power is building as Iranian ...

DAY 6 UPDATES: ATTACK ON IRAN

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The latest developments in Washington and Tel Aviv’s aggression against Iran.

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Vijay Prashad: The Nuclear Deception on Iran There are no nuclear weapons in Iran. To go to war on that pretext is for Trump to follow the example of George W. Bush and his "weapons of mass destruction" in Iraq. Where were those weapons? In his ...

Vijay Prashad: The Nuclear Deception on Iran

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There are no nuclear weapons in Iran. To go to war on that pretext is for Trump to follow the example of George W. Bush and his “weapons of mass destruction” in Iraq. Where were those weapons? In his imagination.

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Melania Trump's Hypocrisy at the UN As the U.S. and Israel kill Middle East children, including 165 schoolgirls in Iran, a U.N. diplomat said the first lady running a meeting on children in conflict was a high point of hypocrisy in U.N....

Melania Trump’s Hypocrisy at the UN
March 4, 2026
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As the U.S. and Israel kill Middle East children, including 165 schoolgirls in Iran, a U.N. diplomat said the first lady running a meeting on children in conflict was a high point of hypocrisy in U.N. history.

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WATCH: CN Live! -- 'Mideast on Fire' Patrick Henningsen joins CN Live! to analyze the latest in the U.S.-Israel unprovoked war on Iran. Henningsen was in Iran last month. 9pm EST TONIGHT.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2og0m4yxyqE Gu...

WATCH: CN Live! — ‘Mideast on Fire’

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Patrick Henningsen joins CN Live! to analyze the latest in the U.S.-Israel unprovoked war on Iran. Henningsen was in Iran last month. 9pm EST TONIGHT.

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Trump’s Unjust & Unconstitutional War If the U.S. gets into the business of congressional ratification of presidentially initiated wars, it will continue the slow and inexorable normalization of presidential force, writes Andrew P. Napoli...

Trump’s Unjust & Unconstitutional War

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If the U.S. gets into the business of congressional ratification of presidentially initiated wars, it will continue the normalization of presidential force, writes Andrew Napolitano. That’s not what the Constitution requires.

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WATCH: CN Live! -- 'Mideast on Fire' Patrick Henningsen joins CN Live! to analyze the latest in the U.S.-Israel unprovoked war on Iran. Henningsen was in Iran last month. 9pm EST TONIGHT.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2og0m4yxyqE Gu...

WATCH: CN Live! — ‘Mideast on Fire’

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Patrick Henningsen joins CN Live! to analyze the latest in the U.S.-Israel unprovoked war on Iran. Henningsen was in Iran last month. 9pm EST TONIGHT.

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DAY 4 RECAP: ATTACK ON IRAN A recap of events spiraling out of control in the Middle East on Tuesday. See Days 1-3 Updates TUESDAY By Joe Lauria Special to Consortium News 7 p.m. EDT: Al Jazeera reports that Islamic Revol...

DAY 4 RECAP: ATTACK ON IRAN

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A recap of events spiraling out of control in the Middle East on Tuesday.

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US Commanders Invoke Biblical End Times in Iran One noncommissioned officer told the Military Religious Freedom Foundation that he was directed to tell his troops that Trump was “anointed by Jesus” and that war with Iran was “all part of God’s divi...

US Commanders Invoke Biblical End Times in Iran

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A noncommissioned officer told the Military Religious Freedom Foundation he was directed to tell his troops that Trump was “anointed by Jesus” & war with Iran was “all part of God’s divine plan” for Armageddon.

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Jeffrey Sachs: Attack on Iran Also an Assault on UN The U.S. objective is not the security of the American people. The objective is global hegemony. The attempt is to destroy the U.N. and the international rule of law — an attempt that will fail. B...

Jeffrey Sachs: Attack on Iran Also an Assault on UN consortiumnews.com/2026/03/03/j...

The U.S. objective is not the security of the American people. The objective is global hegemony. The attempt is to destroy the U.N. and the international rule of law — an attempt that will fail.

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Iran, Epstein & Human Sacrifice Journey to the center of the world of American leaders’ madness and ruin, writes Dennis Kucinich, to see desperate Iranian parents picking through rubble, searching for any signs of their little girls...

Iran, Epstein & Human Sacrifice consortiumnews.com/2026/03/02/i...

Journey to the center of the world of American leaders’ madness and ruin, writes Dennis Kucinich, to see desperate Iranian parents picking through rubble, searching for any signs of their little girls.

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PATRICK LAWRENCE: Germany Learns From the IDF The Israelis are to teach Germans how to use artificial intelligence based on the I.D.F.’s experience in Gaza, where, among other things, it used A.I. to identify targets, guide drones, and conduct re...

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The Israelis are to teach Germans how to use artificial intelligence based on the IDF’s experience in Gaza, where, among other things, it used AI to identify targets, guide drones, & conduct remote assassinations.

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Chris Hedges: Hiding 'The Voice of Hind Rajab' The film masterfully exposes the impulse towards power, death and destruction that the Israeli military embodies.  By Chris Hedges in New York ScheerPost The Voice of Hind Rajab, like all great pi...

Chris Hedges: Hiding 'he Voice of Hind Rajab'

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The film masterfully exposes the impulse towards power, death and destruction that the Israeli military embodies.

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America's Inevitable Conflict As the midterm elections begin, U.S. society is stretching its existing polarization to a new extreme, writes Ramzy Baroud. By Ramzy Baroud Z Network A January 2026 Gallup poll showed that 89 perc...

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As the midterm elections begin, U.S. society is stretching its existing polarization to a new extreme, writes Ramzy Baroud.

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Trump’s Cruelty Is Strangling Cuba Oil shipments to Cuba have virtually stopped, writes Marjorie Cohn. Lack of electricity has led to widespread blackouts, impacting hospitals and essential services. Cuba’s oil reserves could be totall...

Trump’s Cruelty Is Strangling Cuba consortiumnews.com/2026/02/26/t...

Oil shipments to Cuba have virtually stopped, writes Marjorie Cohn. Lack of electricity has led to widespread blackouts, impacting hospitals and essential services. Cuba’s oil reserves could be totally depleted by March.

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Pentagon Doesn't Know What to Do With $500 Bn Trump is pushing for another $500 billion for the Pentagon as he moves the U.S. to the brink of war with Iran. But Pentagon officials are reportedly uncertain about where to put the money, "because th...

Pentagon Doesn't Know What to Do With $500 Bn

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The Price of Perfect Nihilism The price for Donald Trump's nihilism abroad is a government at home that fails to protect the rights of persons and respects no laws, writes Judge Andrew Napolitano. By Andrew P. Napolitano ...

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Chris Hedges: The Suicidal Folly of a War with Iran Despite the fact that no one asked for it, another regional war looms in the Middle East.  By Chris Hedges  ScheerPost The Laurel and Hardy negotiating team of Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, cou...

Chris Hedges: The Suicidal Folly of a War with Iran

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Despite the fact that no one asked for it, another regional war looms in the Middle East.

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Jeffrey Sachs to Trump: Give Back the Tariff Money The White House and Congress can and should provide relief to American families who bore the costs of these illegal tariffs. The administration has the responsibility to design such relief.  By Je...

Jeffrey Sachs to Trump: Give Back the Tariff Money

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The White House and Congress can and should provide relief to American families who bore the costs of these illegal tariffs. The administration has the responsibility to design such relief.

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Jeffrey Sachs to Trump: Give Back the Tariff Money The White House and Congress can and should provide relief to American families who bore the costs of these illegal tariffs. The administration has the responsibility to design such relief.  By Je...

Jeffrey Sachs to Trump: Give Back the Tariff Money

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