Thursday, May 14, 2026

Trump and his Retinue Visit China, U.S. Position is Weak as Iran War has gone Badly

Apple, Boeing, Citi, Tesla, Meta executives to join Trump's China trip”, May 11, 2026, Anon, Reuters, at < https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/apple-boeing-citi-tesla-meta-executives-join-trumps-china-trip-2026-05-11/ >.

Chinese Foreign Policy in 2026: Exploiting the ‘America crisis’: Trend Report 8 / January 2026, Jan 2026, Thomas Eder, Austrian Institute for International Affairs, at < https://www.oiip.ac.at/publikation/chinese-foreign-policy-in-2026-exploiting-the-america-crisis/ >

Prof. John Mearsheimer: The Future of Great Power Politics”, May 12, 2026, Judge Andrew Napolitano interviews Prof. John Mearsheimer, Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI6wSTZ7cZc >.

A weakened Trump lands in China | Ep. 217”, May 13, 2026, Esteban Carrillo, Sharmine Narwani, Mohamad Hasan Sweidan discuss the issues, The Cradle, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRPNBTZyi1o >

Col. Larry Wilkerson: Iran WIPES OUT Trump’s Proposal & INSISTS on Its Own Terms (It’s Over)”, May 12, 2026, Nima Alkhorshid interviews Col. Larry Wilkerson, Dialogue Works, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmCvNogL8PU >.

AMB. Chas Freeman : What Awaits Trump In China”, May 12, 2026, Andrew Napolitano interviews former Ambassador Chas Freeman, Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgUR2BUjBsg >.

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"I Love You, Sir." The Four Words That Should Cost Todd Blanche His Law License

 https://mitchthelawyer.substack.com/p/i-love-you-sir-the-four-words-that

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The original anti-Zionists have been all but forgotten. Molly Crabapple wants to change that. in ‘Here Where We Live Is Our Country,’ the artist and journalist offers a family memoir and a history of the Jewish Bund.

 https://forward.com/culture/816589/molly-crabapple-here-where-we-live-is-our-country-bund-interview-anti-zionist/

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Monday, May 11, 2026

The Crisis of the U.S. Empire, both Internal and in the Near East. Is Reaching a Climax

1). “As Qatar Officially Leaves Iran War, Questions Arise if They Will Boot US From Biggest Middle East Base in Possible Historic Contraction of American Global Military Power, 1945-2026: The Era of American Military Hegemony Is Over”, Mar 28, 2026, Christopher Armitage, The Existentialist Republic, at < https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/qatar-pull-officially-leaves-iran >.

2). “Stalin Fought A War Using Soldiers Whose Families He Was Starving: A two part investigation into regime durability. What keeps dictators in power, what brings them down, and what decades of research tells us about the fight we are in.”, Apr 23, 2026, Christopher Armitage, The Existentialist Republic, at < https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/stalin-fought-a-war-using-soldiers >.

3). “Coalition Collapse: Four Frameworks on How to End Authoritarian Regimes: A primer for understanding regime durability, how these regimes actually fall, and what we can do about it starting immediately”, Apr 25, 2026, Christopher Armitage, The Existentialist Republic, at < https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/coalition-collapse-four-frameworks >.

4). “Update on the New Mexico Truth Commission's Investigation into Zorro Ranch: Don't get too excited.”, Apr 18, 2026, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, The Pugilist with Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, at < https://alisav.substack.com/p/update-on-the-new-mexico-truth-commissions >.

5). “Confirmation of What I've Been Saying: Top Intelligence Advisor Tells the DOAC Podcast That Epstein and Maxwell Were/Are Israeli Intelligence Assets or Operatives and Everyone in US Leadership Knows It and Is Hiding It From the People.”, Apr 29, 2026, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, The Pugilist with Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, at < https://alisav.substack.com/p/confirmation-of-what-ive-been-saying >. There is a 1 hour and 45 minute video embedded in the article.

6). “Fifth Circuit Decision Directs FDA to Restrict Mifepristone Access: If allowed to stand, this decision would be the most sweeping threat to abortion since the overturning of Roe”, May 1, 2026, Anon, Guttmacher Institute, at < https://www.guttmacher.org/news-release/2026/fifth-circuit-decision-directs-fda-restrict-mifepristone-access >.

7). “ ‘Lines are going to change’: Trump DOJ confirms it will target minority voters nationwide after Supreme Court ruling”, May 1, 2026, Yunior Rivas, Democracy Docket, at < https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-doj-confirms-it-will-target-minority-voters-nationwide-after-supreme-court-ruling/ >

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The Foodprint of Farmed SeafoodA FoodPrint Report

https://foodprint.org/reports/the-foodprint-of-farmed-seafood/

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Friday, May 8, 2026

Monster’s Ball

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=6198417&post_id=196892793&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTk2ODkyNzkzLCJpYXQiOjE3NzgyNDUxOTksImV4cCI6MTc4MDgzNzE5OSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTYxOTg0MTciLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.FlFfRvASkZB3ewDnrKH8MZsdop4jynDtISkYox8-iEs

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U.S. Hegemony and the West Asian War: A Political-Economic Intervention

 https://mronline.org/2026/05/04/us-hegemony-and-the-west-asian-war-a-political-economic-intervention/

https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/moments-of-bifurcation-from-gibraltar-to-hormuz/

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Monday, May 4, 2026

ICE has not paid for detainee medical care for 7 months The termination of payments to providers has coincided with a massive spike in detainee deaths and medical crises.

 https://popular.info/p/ice-has-not-paid-for-detainee-medical

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The dark side of Gaza’s new fancy cafes and restaurants The new establishments popping up in the devastated Strip reveal a new genocidal reality.

 https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/5/2/the-dark-side-of-gazas-new-fancy-cafes-and-restaurants

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Right-wing Attacks on Women's Reproductive Freedoms and Against the Progressive Majority in General get more Vicious than ever.

1). “The Biggest Attack on Abortion Since the End of Roe: A federal court wants to end mifepristone by mail—it's not happening”, May 2, 2026, Jessica Valenti, Abortion, Every Day, at < https://jessica.substack.com/p/the-biggest-attack-on-abortion-since >.

2). “Reproductive Freedom for All Condemns Fifth Circuit Decision Gutting Telehealth Access to Mifepristone Nationwide”, May 1, 2026, Anon, Press Release from Reproductive Freedom for All (Formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America), at < https://reproductivefreedomforall.org/news/reproductive-freedom-for-all-condemns-fifth-circuit-decision-gutting-telehealth-access-to-mifepristone-nationwide/ >.  Pardon, but I could not see what part of this site to post, nb

3). “Court Ruling Blocks Access to Medication Abortion Through Mail and Telehealth”, May 2, 2026, Anon, Press Release from Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, at < https://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-northern-new-england/newsroom/court-ruling-blocks-access-to-medication-abortion-through-mail-and-telehealth >

4). “Latest SCOTUS Ruling Has People Asking 'Are We Headed Toward Balkanizing and Becoming the States of the Former USA?' ”, May 2, 2026, Christopher Armitage, The Existentialist Republic, at < https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/latest-scotus-ruling-has-people-asking >.

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