France's Debt Crisis Has an African Problem

Déjà vu is hell for the colonial west.  

Trump's failed war, administration and betrayal of the American people

 

• Marines and US sailors after the USS Abraham Lincoln’s docked hit the nightclubs in Pattaya, Thailand. [The American heroes in action.]

• A fire has broken out at one of Aramco's main petrochemical facilities in Jazan following the Yemeni response to the Saudi aggression. Saudi Arabia has been sending mercenaries into Yemen to attack the people - part of their 12-year war against Yemen. 

• ‘Israel’ is bombing Hadatha & al Mansouri, in southern Lebanon again.  So much for the ceasefire.

• The Iran says it has seized one of the most modern unmanned & intelligent US Army submarines, a large-autonomous underwater drone at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz, through a complex intelligence and operational operation. 

• Yesterday Iranian air defenses shot down an American MQ-1 drone while flying over the Strait of Hormoz. Iran also launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles towards US maintenance, repair, and basing sites for F-35, F-16, and F-15 fighters, as well as jet shelters at US bases in Jordan. This is a significant wave compared to previous rounds. Footage shows 4 Black Hawk helicopters that were destroyed during Iran’s missile attacks on Muwaffaq al Salti Air Base in Jordan. 

• The US, UK, France, and Germany have all proposed a new draft resolution against Iran at the secretariat of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). This is because the IAEA have been unable to spy on Tehran’s nuclear materials since the 12-day war. Important to note that the US has still NOT been held accountable for bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities despite them being protected under the IAEA & Iran as a member of the NPT. 

• Twelve countries have announced sanctions targeting Israel’s illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, amid Israel’s ongoing seizure of Palestinian land and forced displacement of Palestinians. The countries are the Britain, France, Canada, Poland, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. The measures come as Israeli settlers, backed by the occupation, continue expanding settlements, seizing Palestinian land and driving families from their homes and communities. Israel’s War Minister Katz said he and Netanyahu have instructed the army to prepare for a “full-scale war” against what he claimed as “terrorism” in the occupied West Bank. 

• KJ Noh: South Korea troops to the Strait of Hormuz is a big issue now with a lot of pressure from US.  Elbridge Colby (Under Secretary of War for Policy and grandson of former CIA director William Colby), not Trump, is the scary one here. This has been an obsession for him--defeating China and using nukes. He is like the young Caligula who will not come to grips with the reality of loss--the frustrated, wounded person whose secret solace is scorn, whose only pleasure is destruction. Colby's wonkish 'means-end' alignment and 'rational, flexible options' are just a fancy way of saying: we can't win a conventional war with what  so we have to use nukes against China & Iran.  Thus the plan is: proxies + nukes = victory/primacy/continued hegemony.  

• Space News: A proposed constellation of US space-based missile interceptors could cost tens to hundreds of billions of dollars. A study released by the Foreign Policy Research Institute raised doubts about the effectiveness of space-based interceptors for Golden Dome, arguing that even relatively limited missile threats could require thousands of interceptors in orbit. The system could also be vulnerable to relatively inexpensive countermeasures. 

• Volkswagen announced that its Osnabrück plant will stop building cars and start building weapons for Israel. The company is selling the factory to an Israeli investment firm and the German state of Lower Saxony, with Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, the state-owned Israeli company behind the Iron Dome, lined up as their first customer. 

• the Current: By the time the public comment period on a proposed Federal Aviation Administration rule change closed Monday night, thousands had shared their thoughts — more than half of them mentioning Louisiana and its rapidly eroding coastline, fragile wetlands and migratory bird populations. The proposed change would allow the FAA to fast-track approval of launch facilities like SpaceX’s recently announced Starbase Louisiana in Vermilion Parish. In the planning process for that $100 billion project, there was no official public comment process prior to approval, leading over 1,000 people to voice their concerns to the FAA instead. 
• Albuquerque Vietnam Veteran Bob Anderson: The Veterans Administration (VA) budget is being diverted to bail out the failing private sector health care corporations.  And in the meantime the VA could be a model for a nationwide public heath care system.  That is why the Koch Bros started the scare of a failing VA back about 2005. They funded the movement in Congress to start this process with a [fake] grassroots organization 'Concerned Veterans of America' to go around the country and rustle up support for legislation in Congress to end the VA. When they came to Albuquerque I got a couple guys to go with me to hear what they were saying and debate them. I got into a debate until I was shut down by their lead organizer. I remember him and I pulled out their handout material the other day and it is as I thought, it was Pete Hegseth, now Secretary of the War who was traveling the country as CVA doing this dirty work.

• Amnesty International: Yasmany Moreno, 32, a Cuban man who had lived and worked legally in Florida, was placed on a plane in Texas with his hands, waist, and feet shackled. Nobody told him where he was going. Five hours into the flight, an ICE officer informed him they were headed to Africa. He arrived in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, where the US State Department issues a Level 4 'Do Not Travel' advisory. He was sick for four days. A month later he and 35 other deportees remain in the same Bangui hotel, without passports, without legal status, without information about what comes next. Amnesty International confirmed over 100 people have been sent to African countries under this policy as of August 2026. 

• Reminiscence of the Future: It doesn't take a genius, especially after observing US military-industrial complex convulsions with supplies for 404 [Ukraine] that the US cannot sustain a serious war with the opponent such as Russia for more than a month. After that it will collapse. While Iran is certainly not Russia it is still the first serious opponent the US military encountered in the mano-a-mano mode and it buckled after roughly two months. The other critical tell-tale sign is that the whole foundation of the US war-fighting capability was and is 'shock and awe', coming in with massive strikes trying to overwhelm the enemy because the US military is not built for sustained large scale operation. This whole thing with polygraphs at the Pentagon is more for rooting out Hegseth's opponents in order to do the only thing this 'officer' can do--manage perceptions of himself as a great military leader and possible candidate for the POTUS run, than managing organization properly. The fact that he is uneducated and incompetent dumbass is a secondary consideration in the American military-political circus.  

Greenland as a mirror of European weakness

By Alexei Muratov (Politnavigator)

Ursula von der Leyen's visit to Greenland is not a story about "strengthening ties." This is a story about how Europe tries to pretend that it is still a player when it has already been removed from the chessboard.

On September 6, the head of the European Commission flew to Nuuk for a two-day visit. Announced 200 million euros for 2026-2027. Signed a joint declaration on strengthening economic ties. All this is against the background of the NATO Arctic Shield exercises, which involve 400 military personnel from 10 countries. It sounds like "strengthening positions." It looks like an attempt to stay on the running board of an outgoing train.

Penny Naas from the German Marshall Fund called Greenland a new "geopolitical front" between Europe and the United States. She believes that this island can become an even greater challenge for Europe than Ukraine in terms of creating an independent defense force. And this is not an exaggeration.

Trump has repeatedly stated that Greenland should come under U.S. control before the end of his presidential term in January 2029. Washington is negotiating with Nuuk and Copenhagen to open three more bases in the southern part of the island. The United States wants more than just a military presence - it wants control over territories for future bases and the right to veto Chinese and Russian investment projects.

Europe, in turn, offers money. 200 million euros. Plus the promise to increase aid to 520-530 million euros in the next budget period.

Analysts from the Parliamentary Newspaper put it very clearly: Europe can determine what it considers unacceptable, but it is no longer able to prevent it. This is precisely the gap between word and power that marks Europe's growing marginality in a multipolar world. And it's not even that 200 million euros is a drop in the bucket compared to American ambitions. The fact is that the EU cannot offer Greenland military guarantees. Only political support. And when your main "ally" is also your main rival for this piece of land, political support turns into a ritual dance.

Why is this important? Because Greenland is a mirror. It shows how Europe is trying to play big geopolitics without having either military power or strategic autonomy. You can see how Brussels spends money on symbolic gestures when Washington acts. One can see how the elites associated with multinational corporations are trying to preserve a unipolar world in which Europe remains a raw material appendage.

Professor Mark Jacobsen from the Royal Danish Military College accurately noted that Greenland is trying to diversify relations in order not to become a "pawn" in the competition between the great powers. But the problem is that in the current balance of power, Greenland - and Europe along with it - have already become pawns.

The conclusion is simple: von der Leyen's visit to Greenland does not change the balance of power. Jacobsen confirms it. Europe can promise. Europe can sign declarations. But when your main ally is also your main rival, and you don't have an army or a strategy, you're not a player. You're a spectator.

History lesson: Irgun & Rahm Israel Emanuel

Rahm Emanuel is an American politician who served as an adviser to Pres. Bill Clinton (1993–99) before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives (2003–09). He later was chief of staff (2009–10) to Pres. Barack Obama, mayor of Chicago (2011–19), and U.S. ambassador to Japan (2021–25).

It is frequently rumored that Rahm Emanuel intends to run for the Democrat Party nomination for president in the 2028 national election. 

Protest U.S. endless war$ this Saturday in Maine

Exposing inside dealing of NYC Democratic machine

Hakeem Jeffries is a paper tiger. He's now the Democrat leader in the US House of Representatives. He's controlled by the machine.

This former Black Panthers brother Charles Barron being interviewed by Sabby Sabs is the real deal.

He tells some great stories about politics in New York City.

Barron reminds us 'it's the whole damn system' that is the problem.

Fascinating if you like this kind of thing - which I do.

Bruce

Max Blumenthal: Netanyahu’s Dangerous Game in Britain

Netanyahu waging 'hybrid war' against any nation around the globe that 'drifts' out of zionist control. For example the US, UK and others.

Leaders that arise that challenge the 'special relationship with Israel' run into big trouble with Netanyahu.

Crazy world reports: U.S., Israel, Congo, Sudan, Russia, New Zealand, Japan, & more

 

• Speaking on Friday’s episode of The Grand Standoff: Professor Mohammad Marandi warned that 'if South Korea participates in the war against Iran, Tehran would consider it an enemy and seek to destroy South Korean assets in the region'. He said 'those assets would not necessarily be military', adding that 'Iran could target South Korean assets across the Gulf, including in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, the UAE, and Qatar'. Professor Marandi said 'South Korea is highly vulnerable to Iran' and warned that Tehran could 'hurt them very badly.' Professor Mohammad Marandi was born in the US, moved back to Iran in 1979, is a combat veteran of the Iran/Iraq war, and a professor of English literature at the University of Tehran.  

• Sovereignista: In just the last two weeks, the killing of children across Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, and Syria has reached another horrifying level. Initial reports indicate that American and Israeli attacks are killing an average of around seven children every day across these fronts. Some are killed instantly in airstrikes, shelling, and drone attacks, while many others die later from their wounds, burns, displacement, starvation, or the long-term consequences of war. Since October 2023, the killing toll from American-Israeli genocidal campaigns, together with the massacres carried out by their regional allies, including HTS terrorists in the occupied Syria, has crossed an initial estimate of 100,000 children. Gaza alone has witnessed the killing of nearly 50 thousand children. 

• IRGC statement: "The IRGC's Aerospace Force launched several ballistic missiles targeting a US aircraft carrier and a destroyer involved in harassing Iranian ships and participating in the naval siege. These two warships, after sustaining damage and fearing further attacks, were forced to flee the conflict zone."
• JD Vance stated that the US "never targets civilians in combat," adding that "unfortunately, obviously, sometimes things happen." Vance made these remarks at a White House press briefing in response to reports that a US strike killed at least four people, including a child, at a wedding in Kuhestak, southern Iran. Critics, including Democratic lawmakers and human rights organizations, accused Vance of "gaslighting" and dismissing the civilian toll, noting that independent investigations and data from the ongoing conflict have documented significant civilian harm and damage to non-military infrastructure.

• Sovereignista on the carrier USS Abe Lincoln: The crew drank so much they had to be picked up and carted back to their ship docked in Thailand. They were banned from the Thai sex street. And now they are being ordered back to the ship because of fighting in the street. We will do in your country whatever we want. Iran publishes screeds of rage and mockery of the US. September 3 was the funeral of those killed via US missile strike on a wedding. The funeral guests raged for retribution, vengeance and revenge. 
• DR Congo becomes 11th country to move embassy to Jerusalem. Following President Felix Tshisekedi's meeting with Netanyahu, the two nations agreed on the relocation of the embassy of the DRC from Tel Aviv.
• Trilateral drills begin near Jeju: Japan, South Korea and the United States on Monday launched a trilateral multi-domain exercise running through Friday in international waters east and south of Jeju Island. The Freedom Edge drills include real-time data sharing and synchronized maritime and aviation coordination, while North Korea condemned them as part of Washington’s hostile policy.

• With Struggle Comes Liberation: In less than a month, Sudan has experienced over a hundred civilian deaths, and the attacks on the ground and by drone in highly populated areas have continued to result in mass displacement (we’re talking thousands of people) in the month of August 2026. At this point, over a third of all health facilities in Sudan are no longer operational as a result of the ongoing genocide. While some outlets might frame the fighting between the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary and the Sudanese Armed Forces as a civil war (again, we heard the same nonsense about Iraq), it would be naive to ignore the involvement of external powers. It’s no secret that the Zionist-aligned United Arab Emirates funds the RSF and launders gold from Sudan to sell its smuggled wares in the international market.  

• 2019 India tested an anti-satellite weapon (ASAT) during an operation codenamed Mission Shakti. Immediately after the test, India's DRDO indicated that they were working on programs involving directed energy weapons, electromagnetic pulse (EMP), and co-orbital weapons for ASAT roles. DRDO has a Centre for High Energy Systems and Sciences which is working on futuristic weapon systems, mainly high-energy laser systems. They are known to be experimenting with directed energy weapons. India has created the Defence Space Agency (DSA) in 2019 and has also conducted its first simulated space warfare exercise. India’s Defense Space Symposium in April 2026, the most recent high-level forum for India’s defense space community, saw Chief of Defense Staff General Anil Chauhan deliver a direct statement of strategic intent: India must build space architecture that is resilient, AI-enabled, quantum secure, cyber-hardened, rapidly replenishable, and unquestionably sovereign. 

• Scheerpost: From Türkiye to Italy to the US, localized campaigns targeted at Israeli weapons suppliers have emerged, led by community groups and unions, and often supported by Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) chapters. Their goal is to end local complicity in the genocide — and ensure worker and community safety — through bans on weapons shipments via local airports and seaports, as well as shutdowns and moratoriums on weapons manufacturing facilities in residential areas. A coalition of community groups is leading an embargo campaign in New York City’s JFK Airport, where dangerous explosives and F-35 bomber components bound for Israel have passed through the same runways as passenger flights. The campaign is calling on the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to end arms shipments through public infrastructure. Most of the coalition’s efforts have been geared toward organizing and educating workers, especially unionized workers in warehouses and on planes. 

• Defense News: Top 100 ranking of global defense companies bears out the overall upward trend, with companies posting higher annual defense revenues, a combined $700 billion compared with $629 billion in the prior year, a 11.3% increase. The first four spots of our latest ranking continue to be in the hands of US firms, with Lockheed Martin in the top spot with $72.1 billion in annual defense revenue, followed by RTX ($46 billion), General Dynamics ($39.4 billion) and Northrop Grumman ($37 billion). Britain-based BAE Systems, which has a sizable US operation, is the first non-American company in the lineup, creeping up to number five, with $36 billion in revenue. Aviation Industry Corporation of China, at $32.3 billion. In Europe, some automotive companies and rail car makers have turned their factory floors into production sites for drones and counter-drone equipment.
• Dmitry Dtobnitsky, Russian political scientist specializing in American studies, expert in US foreign and domestic policy: Some say [Russian Finance Minister] Siluanov and [US Treasury Secretary] Bessent will come to some understanding, and perhaps there will be incredible financial, economic, or investment cooperation between the US and Russia. I have said many times that there can be no serious cooperation between Russia and the US. There are neither material nor geopolitical grounds for it. Are we now supposed to throw away all the achievements of localizing our civilian aviation industry and start buying Boeing again? Are we going to hand over half of the most convenient Arctic territory on the planet to the US? Is that it? Or are we going to sell all Russian oil through Mr. Kushner? Some say: “Investments will come here.” But that would mean that instead of creating a sovereign financial system, we would say: “No, let’s reintegrate ourselves back into the collapsing dollar system. Let’s support it with our achievements of the past five years.” It’s obvious that there can be no real cooperation. 

• Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov: "Preserving the Arctic as an area of peace and cooperation meets the interests of the entire international community, and Russia is undoubtedly interested in this as well. Meanwhile, there are those who do not share this point of view. How else can one explain the fact that NATO countries, as well as the Alliance as a whole, are driving the region towards militarisation and creating hotbeds of international tension there? In February 2026, NATO launched its Arctic Sentry operation, designed to expand its military presence in the High North. Intensive military preparations are underway in close proximity to our northern borders. Such military activity in the Far North poses a direct threat to Russia’s security. It also increases the risk of incidents that could trigger an armed confrontation with potentially disastrous consequences." 

• Journal Of The Anti-Bases Campaign, New Zealand (NZ): Spending on the military will be increased to 2% of gross domestic product (GDP) over the next eight years (it currently sits at around 1%), which is a major increase in NZ terms, particularly for a country that faces no discernible military threat. And what thanks did NZ get for this from the US? In May 2026, Pete Hegseth, the cartoonish Secretary of War, said that countries spending less than 3.5% of their GDP on the military were “freeloaders”. He said this at a high-powered international gathering in Singapore at which NZ’s Minister of Defence, Chris Penk, was present and, when asked by a NZ journalist if he was calling NZ a “freeloader”, he replied yes. Penk obligingly fell into line and said that NZ needed to have “a conversation” about our long-entrenched and sacrosanct nuclear free law.
• The Texas Tribune: Elon Musk’s America PAC waded into Texas’ US Senate race for the first time in recent days, dropping almost $250,000 to boost Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton and attack his Democratic foe, state Rep. James Talarico. The spending was part of his $800,000 outlay for Republican House and Senate candidates around the country.. The 2nd largest of Musk's PAC donations went to Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine who is running for re-election.

• The Freedom Flotilla Coalition is sailing again in August, September, and October 2026 to challenge Israel's illegal naval blockade of Gaza and bring international attention to the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people and wholesale destruction of Gaza. our action is needed now more than ever. Much of the world has moved on from Gaza, believing a supposed “ceasefire” has ended the genocide. But, it has not. Since the "ceasefire" agreement went into effect in October 2025, Israel has killed nearly 1300 Palestinians, including almost 300 Palestinian children. Israel now controls nearly 70 percent of the Gaza Strip, continues to kill Palestinians with impunity, and maintains an illegal and deadly blockade that restricts and manipulates the entry of the food, medicine, and fuel on which a besieged population depends for survival.  

How to beat the Epstein class....

Thomas Massie is working with Ro Khanna to force consideration of the Epstein Files Transparency Act II, except Massie predicted that Speaker Mike Johnson would recess the House to prevent a vote on the measure taking place. Johnson responded by calling Massie’s contention “stupid” and stating that the House would continue working through September, but then — whoops! — Johnson published the upcoming House schedule showing a shortened September session after all! 

Jimmy then shares broader allegations about political corruption, influence of wealthy donors, the Epstein investigation, and what he describes as the need for publicly funded elections and organized labor action. The segment concludes with Jimmy arguing that money should be removed from politics and criticizing both major parties.  

Christian nationalist indoctrination at Pentagon

Is the Secretary of Defense seen as a joke by troops and diplomats? 

This perception is dangerous for the military, especially for middle ranks who are increasingly restless. 

Efforts to co-opt lower ranks through Christian nationalism and religiously charged briefings raise serious concerns.