Adegoke says Trump’s religious framing has more to do with U.S. culture wars and appeasing his base of evangelicals than seriously reckoning with issues of poverty and violence in Nigeria.
After The Grayzone exposed CIJA – the Western gov’t-funded regime change outfit – for collaborating with al-Qaeda and its allies in Syria, files show the group sought to penetrate and “intimidate” European financial regulators who charged them with corruption.
We speak to journalists Gideon Levy and Rami Khouri about President Trump’s meeting Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago, where Trump supported Israel’s threats to launch new attacks on Iran and warned Hamas to disarm during the second stage of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement. Khouri, a Palestinian American journalist, called the meeting a “continuation of the American-Israeli drive, that’s been going on for some years now, to reconfigure the Middle East … into a new colonial arrangement, whereby the U.S. and Israel dominate what goes on in the region.” Levy, Israeli journalist for Haaretz, called the meeting an “embarrassment,” noting that “Donald Trump presents himself as someone who promises the sky, who has no demands from Israel whatsoever.”
U.S. Strikes Another Boat in the Pacific as the CIA Reports a Drone Strike in Venezuela, Trump Expresses Support for Israel’s Threats to Strike Iran, Trump: Hamas Will “Have Hell to Pay” If It Refuses to Disarm, Trump Claims to Have Spoken to Israeli President Herzog About Pardoning Netanyahu, Hamas Confirms Deaths of Spokesman Abu Obeida and Former Gaza Leader Mohammed Sinwar, Somalia Condemns Israel’s Recognition of Somaliland, Protests Erupt in Iran over Currency’s Collapse and Dire Economic Conditions, Russia Accuses Ukraine of Launching a Drone Attack on Putin’s Presidential Residence, Chinese Military Encircles Taiwan to Send “Stern Warning” to U.S. over Arms Shipments, Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti Wins Mandate in Snap Parliamentary Elections, Poll Finds Nearly Half of U.S. Residents Report Diminishing Financial Security Under Trump, Judge Tosses Charges Against TikTok Streamer Shot by ICE as Video Refutes Agents’ Claims, Trump Administration Invokes Public Health Regulation to Deny Asylum Claims, Bangladesh’s Former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia Dies at 80
The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up the heroes and monsters of the past year. This is a non-exhaustive and totally subjective list, giving our reporters a chance to write about something that brought joy, discontent, or curiosity. Happy holidays. In early April, as the planet’s richest man chainsawed apart the livelihoods of thousands of hard-working […]