James North

In first, CIA acknowledges 1953 coup it backed to overthrow leader of Iran was undemocratic While other American officials have made similar remarks in the past, the acknowledgment by the CIA in a podcast about the agency’s history comes as much of its official history of the coup still rema...

I wonder what percentage of Americans knows that the CIA helped overthrow a democracy in Iran in 1953, installing a brutal dictator who tortured and murdered people. Republicans keep citing the 1979 Islamic Revolution as if that was the start of U.S.-Iran hostilities. Go back 26 years earlier.

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The Desire for Terror And the defense of democracy

A purpose of the war on Iran might well be to provoke a terrorist attack inside the United States. This would provide Donald Trump with a pretext to try to cancel or “federalize” the coming Congressional elections.
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Turns out, the Haber Bosch process working best with piles of cheap natural gas means that all the fertilizer is now made in like three places

The U.S. lost 3 warplanes on the second day of the war against #Iran, supposedly to "friendly fire." What actually happened? The story has disappeared. One more example of how the mainstream U.S. media is failing the public. My post @mondoweiss.net. #IranWar mondoweiss.net/2026/03/lies...

Intel report warns large-scale war ‘unlikely’ to oust Iran’s regime A classified U.S. report doubts that Iran’s opposition would take power following either a short or extended U.S. military campaign.

Trump and #Hegseth are doomed to failure in their war on #Iran. The attack is clearly a crime. It's now even more apparent that it is also a huge mistake. But #Iranians, Americans and others will continue to die. #IranWar www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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No one asked Pete #Hegseth at his just-finished press conference about the 175 #Iranian schoolgirls killed by bombs on the first day of the attack. Mainstream media reporting about the war on #Iran is awful, as I explain in my post @mondoweiss.net. mondoweiss.net/2026/03/lies...

Lies, distortions, and propaganda: how the U.S. mainstream media coverage on Iran hides the truth Even those familiar with the biased U.S. mainstream coverage of the Middle East are shocked at how bad the reporting on the U.S.-Israel war on Iran has been.

U.S. mainstream media bias in its coverage of the U.S./#Israel war on #Iran is awful. Bombs killed nearly 200 Iranian schoolgirls on the war's first day, but cable news is ignoring the story. My post @mondoweiss.net. mondoweiss.net/2026/03/lies...

The lack of media coverage about the bombing of the girls elementary schools is shocking.

Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

"No stupid rules of engagement." — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, March 2, 2026

"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the Middle East." — Reuters, March 5, 2026

Trump officials, along with the U.S. mainstream media, continue to say "take out" #Iranian figures when they actually mean "kill" or "assassinate." This is basic Orwell-speak. I explain how these euphemisms hide the ugly reality in my latest post @mondoweiss.net. mondoweiss.net/2026/03/lies...

ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

Also: anti-Moslem, anti-Hindu, anti-atheist, and so on.

The last photo of third-grader Mikaeil Mirdoraghi, waving to his mom before he left for school. He was killed shortly after in the U.S./Israeli strike on a primary school in Minab.

No one asked Pete #Hegseth at his just-finished press conference about the 175 #Iranian schoolgirls killed by bombs on the first day of the attack. Mainstream media reporting about the war on #Iran is awful, as I explain in my post @mondoweiss.net. mondoweiss.net/2026/03/lies...

Apparently many of the "journalists" asking questions were Hegseth stooges.

Hegseth says U.S. can "sustain the fight for as long as it takes" as Iran offensive continues Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a press briefing with Admiral Brad Cooper, the commander of U.S. Central Command.

Note how at this extended press conference at which Hegseth displayed a map of Iran on which Minab was marked with an icon, not a single reporter asked about the US bombing of a girls' school in Minab that killed roughly 180, mostly school girls. Shameful. www.cbsnews.com/news/pete-he...

Lies, distortions, and propaganda: how the U.S. mainstream media coverage on Iran hides the truth Even those familiar with the biased U.S. mainstream coverage of the Middle East are shocked at how bad the reporting on the U.S.-Israel war on Iran has been.

U.S. mainstream media bias in its coverage of the U.S./#Israel war on #Iran is awful. Bombs killed nearly 200 Iranian schoolgirls on the war's first day, but cable news is ignoring the story. My post @mondoweiss.net. mondoweiss.net/2026/03/lies...

Historian here history first time as tragedy the second time as farce.

Venezuelan Oil Cargoes Are Surging at an Opportune Time American fuel makers are gobbling up Venezuela’s heavy crude even as the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran have stalled global oil shipments.

Venezuelans oil being used to make up for Iran being cut off. www.wsj.com/business/ene...

Reform on Ice Democrats need an achievable program that addresses the affordability issue plaguing the majority of Americans: health care costs.

Trump’s undeclared war in the Middle East postpones the much-needed debate over health care affordability—the #1 issue bedeviling average Americans. @gooznews.bsky.social on why Democrats proposals for reform fall short.

Trump administration waging illegal war on Iran, experts say Administration offers shifting explanations as it acts without congressional approval or legal premise

The UK-based Guardian with the article that should be on Page 1 of every U.S. newspaper www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

This will go down in history with My Lai, Kent State, and Czechoslovakia 1968.

Killing little girls at a school in our name. What a dirty and war criminal government we have. They must face consequences. We must work to make them face consequences.

Congratulations. I actually won that award, back in 1986. It dates back to 1936. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. won in 1962.

The Iran War Could Be Catastrophic for the US-Israel Alliance. Good. As Israel’s role in pushing the war with Iran comes into ever sharper focus, it's up to us to turn outrage into change.

Wrote for @thenation.com about how catastrophic the Iran war could be for Israel's grip on US politics—and why this is a moment to be seized for anyone who wants the US-Israel alliance to end. www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Rubio Walks Back Suggestion That Israel Forced U.S. Hand in Iran Strikes

Shockingly enabling headline. How about: "Was he lying then or is he lying now?" www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/w...

The United States gave Netanyahu over $24 billion in taxpayer dollars to fund his horrific war in Gaza.

That wasn't enough. Netanyahu wanted war with Iran. Trump gave him one.

The American people — not Netanyahu’s right-wing government — should determine U.S. foreign policy.

Biden’s unequivocal support for Israel in its war in Gaza split the left and weakened the Democratic Party in elections, including against Trump. We’re about to see what happens to the right as Trump wages a war on Iran because of Israel — a rationale Rubio has now openly stated.