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Trump’s Destruction Of The National Security Process

October 12, 2026 Melvin Goodman, Counter Punch. , , ,
In 1947, the U.S. Congress passed the National Security Act, which created the National Security Council, the Department of Defense, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Central Intelligence Agency.  These institutions were often misused during the worst days of the Cold War and, more recently, in the Global War on Terror.  Nevertheless, there are historical records on the decision making that took place, and there were successes in such fields as arms control and disarmament as well as the building of national security alliances in Europe and Asia.

Axios Looks For Silver Lining In Trump’s Tinfoil Economy

October 9, 2026 Jim Naureckas, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. , , ,
Axios (10/5/26) thinks it’s spotted a mystery: “President Trump’s economic data keeps getting stronger. His economic polling keeps getting worse by the day.” Or as the political news site put it in an earlier story (9/30/26): “America’s economy is roaring ahead. And Americans feel lousy about it.” As both stories note, people don’t feel like the economy is “roaring ahead.” So what’s the proof that they’re wrong? As is its wont, Axios provides bullet points in the October 5 piece to lay out the “ample evidence the economy is, statistically speaking, relatively strong.”

Trump Granted $6B In Contracts To Arms Makers His Sons Invested In

October 8, 2026 Sharon Zhang, Truthout. , , ,
Military contractors with investments from President Donald Trump’s sons have raked in billions of dollars in government deals and contracts since June 2025, when their venture capital company first obtained a major stake in military technology company Anduril, new reporting finds. Last year, 1789 Capital, of which Donald Trump Jr. is a partner, invested $2.5 billion into Anduril. According to an analysis of the government’s public contracts by ABC, since then, Anduril has been awarded 135 contracts from the U.S. government, with $1.8 billion of it having been paid out thus far.

The Pentagon’s Secret Budget

October 6, 2026 David Vine, Counter Punch. , , , ,
News reports that next year’s U.S. military budget will top out at $1.5 trillion if President Donald Trump gets his way are misleading at best. The true total, if Trump’s proposal passes, could be at least $1 trillion higher. Long before Trump took office, U.S. taxpayers have spent far more on the Pentagon — and its wars — than most know. For decades, Congress, the White House, and the Pentagon have hidden the military’s true cost through little-known bureaucratic practices and budgeting tricks. Journalists, academics, and think tank experts have, with rare exceptions, perpetuated the problem by repeating “official” numbers that don’t come close to telling the full story.

US Official Threatens: We Can Overthrow ‘Any Country We Want’

October 5, 2026 Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. , , , ,
The US ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, threatened to overthrow the government in Athens if it didn’t follow orders from Washington. Referring to the contemporary collapse of Romania’s government, Guilfoyle told a Greek minister, “We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here”. The US ambassador reportedly said this at a dinner in Athens this March, which was attended by multiple US and Greek officials, according to the Washington Post. Guilfoyle’s remarks recalled a notorious comment from the world’s richest oligarch, Elon Musk.

Brazil’s Election Is A Regional Battleground

October 4, 2026 Pablo Meriguet, BreakThrough News. , , , ,
Brazil’s presidential elections are sparking reactions across the region. The economic (and, by extension, geopolitical) importance of this South American giant leaves no regional politician or social organization indifferent, as they know that much of the continent’s future is at stake at the Brazilian polls. Flávio Bolsonaro, son of the far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro (who is in prison for conspiring to carry out a coup d’état against Lula da Silva), has received explicit support from Argentine President Javier Milei – a move that cost Buenos Aires a diplomatic crisis with Brasília due to the Argentine leader’s anti-Lula statements made on Brazilian soil.

Trump Forced Release Of EU Oil Reserves

October 4, 2026 Juan Cole, Scheer Post. , , ,
On Saturday, a projectile struck a Kuwaiti oil tanker in the Persian Gulf, such that five Indian seamen had to be rescued. On Friday another vessel was struck, causing a small fire onboard, but it was extinguished and the ship was able to continue on its way through the Strait of Hormuz. Also on Friday, a Houthi drone hit a Saudi Aramco refinery at Riyadh. The extent of the damage is unclear. In this volatile energy environment, Trump successfully strong-armed the European Union to release 100 million barrels of petroleum from its reserves over four months. Trump apparently hopes that this release will ease gasoline and diesel prices and help him in the midterms.

The Critical Minerals Beneath The Trump Corollary

October 2, 2026 Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental Institute for Social Research. , , ,
The map of the new war over minerals stretches from the lithium flats of South America to the rare-earth deposits of Greenland. Its vocabulary is familiar: supply-chain resilience, national security, diversification, and partnership. Beneath these neutral phrases lies an older project. The United States wants to reorganise the mineral wealth of the Western Hemisphere around its own industrial and military needs while keeping China at arm’s length. The latest name for this ambition is President Donald Trump’s Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine of 1823 – crudely nicknamed the ‘Donroe Doctrine’. The joke is crude, but the politics are not.

New York Hospitals Pay Millions To Stop DOJ Investigation

October 2, 2026 Olivia Wood, Left Voice. , , , ,
Last week, NYU Langone Health (a hospital system affiliated with New York University) reached a settlement with the Department of Justice concerning its provision of gender-affirming care to trans youth. Mount Sinai Health System reached a similar agreement earlier this month. Despite these hospitals’ claims to care for LGBTQ+ patients, they’ve buckled in the face of federal attacks on trans care, prioritizing money over patients even in violation of state human rights laws. Shortly after Trump’s second inauguration, the Trump administration threatened to withhold all federal funding from medical institutions providing youth gender-affirming care.

Chris Hedges Report: Call It Evil; Understanding The Trump Era

October 1, 2026 The Chris Hedges Report. , , ,
There are many books exploring how and why voters in the United States elected President Donald Trump, but author Susan Neiman argues that “Nobody has really focused on the moral background to this administration and to our acceptance of it.” It was that void she sought to fill in her newest book, “Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era.” Neiman joins Hedges in this episode of The Chris Hedges Report to discuss her new book and examine the crises of today: the rise of fascism, the ravages of neoliberalism, and how institutions and individuals have surrendered to them.

Project 2025 Takes Shape In Latin America’s Far-Right Governments

October 1, 2026 Daniela Pastrana, Orinoco Tribune. , , ,
The expansion of the far right in Latin America is giving continental form to Project 2025—the anti-democratic Republican plan drafted by the Heritage Foundation with the support of more than 100 Christian nationalist organizations in the United States and various officials close to Donald Trump. Although Trump distanced himself from Project 2025 before the 2024 elections, in the first year alone of his administration, he approved close to half of its policies, and they are now being implemented by the governments of Javier Milei in Argentina, José Antonio Kast in Chile, Abelardo de la Espriella in Colombia, Laura Fernández in Costa Rica, Nayib Bukele in El Salvador, Nasry Asfura in Honduras, and Keiko Fujimori in Peru.

Saudi Arabia’s Desperate Situation

September 29, 2026 Mitchell Plitnick, Mondoweiss. , , , ,
Last Thursday, France announced that it was sending troops, defense systems, and radar equipment to Saudi Arabia to defend key oil infrastructure. The French decision could mark a significant turning point in the ongoing conflicts involving the U.S., Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen. It may also reflect shifting strategies in the long term.  The Saudis have been desperately searching for help ever since their simmering conflict with Ansar Allah (commonly referred to as the Houthis) in Yemen flared up again over the summer. That fighting exposed Saudi weakness and the unreliable nature of the United States as a security partner.

Dismantling Of Student Loan Aid Is Crashing Down On Debtors

September 29, 2026 Kristin Collier, Truthout. , , ,
“It is so much money,” Jacqueline Wheelock said to me about the monthly payment amount she will soon be forced to pay for her student loans. Until last summer, she wasn’t thinking about this bill. Under the repayment plan known as SAVE (short for Saving on a Valuable Education), she could afford her payments, so she made them, month after month, never missing one or paying late. At the lowest, Wheelock paid $35 each month, and at the highest, she paid $110. But now, in the wake of the Trump administration’s termination of SAVE, like 7 million other Americans, Wheelock must find a new plan — and soon — that works for her.

The Oil Industry Is Pushing EPA To ‘Effectively Gut’ Methane Rules

September 28, 2026 Rachel Santarsiero, DeSmog. , , , ,
As House Republicans crafted President Trump’s domestic policy bill last spring, the oil and gas industry watched closely, eyes trained on the fate of one policy in particular: a fee on excess methane emissions for major emitters in the oil and gas industry. Even though Congress had previously repealed the rule implementing the methane tax via the Congressional Review Act, industry wanted the tax itself off the books entirely. In May 2025, as the bill moved out of committee, American Petroleum Institute President and CEO Mike Sommers said in a statement, we “are hopeful that the final package includes the permanent repeal of the punitive ‘methane fee.’” 

US Determination To Achieve Full Spectrum Dominance Not In Decline

September 27, 2026 Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. , , ,
The claim that the United States is in a state of decline is a popular one and is often treated as being an axiomatic truth. The word “decline” is problematic, though. It gives an impression of weakness when the U.S. has the world’s most powerful military and the dollar is still the world’s reserve currency. Its recent actions indicate that while it faces significant crises, the Donald Trump administration and any administration coming after it will continue its wars of aggression and subterfuge, particularly in the absence of an equally strong opposing force.
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