Oil hits $100 barrel - Trump his Iranian civilians

• Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi: "Iranian doctrine is simple — attack us, attack back, and anyone who helps should not expect a seat in the audience."
• The deputy governor of Khuzestan reported that the death toll so far has reached  2 martyrs & 11 injuries as a result of the US attack on the Shalamcheh border crossing between Iran-Iraq  in southwestern Iran last night. The US terrorist state is now turning to bombing Iranian civilians. The IRGC says in response to US’ war criminal attack on a route used by pilgrims it retaliated.  This was a war crime.  

• US official told Reuters that the US military could get a whole lot more over extended if Yemen continues to block the Red Sea. “Naval assets, fighter jets, intel and dwindling munitions could come under further pressure.”
• Wall Street Journal: Special operations forces have deployed to the region from their US bases, according to flight tracking data and officials. Fighter squadrons have been deployed across the Middle East, and bomber aircraft at bases in the US and the UK are on high alert. Washington is bolstering its forces, medical personnel, and weapons in the region to give Trump broader military options regarding Iran.

• Yemen military: "Why have condemnations come from every country against Yemen over the blockade on Saudi Arabia? Where were you when Saudi Arabia was blockading our people for the past 12 years—and now? Where were your condemnations when Israel was bombing and besieging Gaza? A hypocritical world that understands only the language of force. A decision we have made—there is no turning back."
• An Israeli security source: We are preparing for a military operation larger than Operation Lion's Roar in Iran.
• Final vote total for the NDAA yesterday in House of Representatives which tragically merges our military technology, intel, surveillance and supply chains with Israel. There would be no Congressional oversight. Let’s hope this version fails in the Senate because Section 219 is a betrayal of our national sovereignty. 

• Iran Warns Bulgaria of Consequences for Hosting US Military Aircraft: An official representative of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly reacted to a statement by the Bulgarian Prime Minister regarding the consideration of a US request to deploy American military aircraft in the country for operations against Iran. Iran emphasized that the Bulgarian government is fully aware of the illegal nature of US attacks against Iran and their blatant violation of the UN Charter.
• Reuters: US intelligence analysts are investigating whether Russia helped Iran target CIA facilities in recent drone attacks across the Gulf, though no conclusions have been reached. The inquiry follows Iranian strikes that hit multiple CIA sites, including the CIA station at the US Embassy in Riyadh and another facility in eastern Iraq. 

• Yesterday two Saudi Arabian oil tankers from Yanbu were struck with several ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones by Yemen, 70km north of the Yemeni border. They caught on fire. 10 other ships were forced to turn away after being warned by Yemen amid the Red Sea blockade.
• Washington Post: U.S. signs nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia that gives it path to enriching fuel. The agreement with a kingdom signaling it wants a nuclear weapon has sparked alarm among nonproliferation experts. Congress has 90 days to act on the deal. Then Trumps says the folloowing:

• Washington Post: House passes $1.15 trillion defense bill, tees up billions more for Iran war. The bipartisan consensus on defense collapsed as Republicans quashed objections from Democrats, who say Congress has failed to rein in Trump’s use of military force.

• Sky News UK citing a poll from YouGov: Only 6% of people in the UK would volunteer to fight for the country in the face of an "imminent"  invasion.  
• The Lavrov-Rubio meeting on the sidelines of ASEAN in Manilla was over after about 30 minutes. Russia’s top diplomat laid out Russian troops battlefield assessment directly to US secretary of state. Lavrov doubled down on Russia’s commitment to the US-floated proposals from the Alaska talks;  Lavrov drew a red line on continued Western arms flows to Kiev, warning Rubio that more weapons mean more escalation;  The pair tackled the strained state of US-Russia diplomatic missions, and how to get them back to normal;  Lavrov and Rubio then turned to the Persian Gulf, where both powers are watching a volatile strategic landscape.  Russia said this meeting was requested by the US. 

• Washington Post: Gig workers join Walmart and Amazon employees as top recipients of SNAP and Medicaid study finds. Amazon workers on federal aid nearly tripled between 2020 and 2025, while ride-hailing and food delivery app drivers shot up on lists compiled by the US Government Accountability Office.
• This photo was published by the United Venezuelan Socialist Party, founded by the late Hugo Chavez in 2007. Delcy Rodriguez, the interim president of Venezuela is shaking hands with Roni Kaplan, none other than the spokesman of the IDF in Spanish! He is a double Uruguayan-Israeli citizen against whom an official criminal complaint has been filed in Uruguay due to his complicity in war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide against the Palestinian people. This IOF official alongside others have been parading their military uniforms in Venezuela freely!  Delcy Rodriguez met them to thank them before they leave Venezuela for their help after the devastating earthquake on 24 June. Venezuela cut ties with Israel 17 years ago. This is quite a shock!  Venezuelan government is under pressure from Trump to receive Israelis. On 24 July an anti Zionist march will take place in Caracas. 

• Nicolas Maduro’s trial date has been set for June 1, 2027.  The case has fallen apart by the US own documentation. Maduro has long accused the US of seeking his ⁠ouster to gain greater control of the OPEC nation's vast oil reserves. 

• CBS: A Pentagon watchdog report found that in the roughly two years since it was built, an ammunition plant in Mesquite, Texas, has not produced any parts for 155mm artillery rounds, hindering the Army's goal to help backfill stocks of ammunition for Ukraine. The Defense Department inspector general found that as of March 2026, the plant had not produced any metal projectile parts that met the specifications laid out in the contract and "the Army's expenditure of $469 million to establish the Mesquite facility could have been used to address other Army or [Department of Defense] priorities."

• South China Morning Post: India’s student-led “cockroach” protests, which began as anger over alleged entrance exam leaks, are now becoming a broader test of whether Prime Minister Modi’s government can contain young Indians’ frustration over education, jobs and accountability. The fast-growing movement gained political momentum on Tuesday when opposition leader Rahul Gandhi of the Congress party and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were forcibly removed after a gathering with about 100 fellow lawmakers outside Modi’s residence to condemn the use of force against student protesters. Analysts say the protests have exposed a rare opening for the opposition: a youth grievance that cuts across party lines, speaks directly to middle-class anxieties over opportunity and fairness and puts pressure on a ruling party more used to setting the political agenda. 

Pepe Escobar: All Bets Are Off!

The war will not end unless and until the US honors the MOU that Trump and the Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed but the US almost immediately violated.

No serious talks are now underway between the two nations.

Iran, thru Pakistan, has told the US that they will not stop defending their national interests unless Trump agrees with the MOU.

No ceasefires are now under consideration.

Rumors abound about Iran moving toward testing a nuclear device. No one knows for sure. But Iran (which long honored that they would not build a nuclear weapon) now has lost all trust and patience with the US,. Thus some believe Iran might be coming to the conclusion that the only way they can 'safeguard' their nation is to do so at this time.

This question is all the more complicated after Trump and Saudi Arabia signed a deal yesterday where the US will assist the Saudi's in building a nuclear program. 

Note the massive hypocrisy here. Iran can't even have  a civilian nuclear program, which many nations around the world have long ago created, but the US can help Saudi Arabia build one.

How can anyone trust the USA anymore?

Judge Napolitano plays an extensive Senate hearing video of 'Pistol Pete' lying under oath about what he has previously called a US 'victory' over Iran. 

At the same time Hegseth is demanding Congress give the Pentagon (and its corporate agents) another $67 billion for the war. This really shows just how well things are not actually going for the fading US war machine.

Pepe's response to Hegseth's Senate testimony is right on the mark and priceless.

See a recent article by Pepe here

Bruce 

'Pistol Pete Hegseth' denies U.S.-Israel started war on Iran

• Iran’s Central Military Command (Khatam al-Anbiya) in reaction to Trump’s threats: “The criminal US has threatened to attack the nuclear and other sensitive facilities of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It is hereby declared that, should the aggressive and terrorist military of that country enter such a phase, we will regard it as an expansion of the war throughout the region. All interests belonging to the US, its allies, and the supporters of that rogue and hostile state will then be targeted by powerful attacks from the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran.” 

• In a new statement, the IRGC says it struck an early-warning radar; a tactical radar complex near Ali Al Salem Air Base; and a radar system on Kuwait’s Bubiyan Island. These radar systems were destroyed and put out of operational service.
• An official told Washington Post that a ground operation is unrealistic, as Iranian “standoff strikes” would have fire-control over any US ground forces. “I think it would be a mistake to put ground forces anywhere in islands in the strait or onshore,” said Seth Jones, who heads the defense and security department at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies, referring to the Strait of Hormuz. “I don’t think U.S. forces are prepared for standoff strikes from Iranians.” 

• Iran’s IRGC announced they destroyed multiple drones at US bases. Inside the King Faisal & Prince Hassan Air Bases, the IRGC struck:  An F-15 preparation hangar; A drone-preparation hangar with 8 brand-new MQ-9 drones still inside their packaging and not yet assembled for service were completely destroyed; 2 additional drones positioned outside the hangar sustained heavy damage; At a helicopter-maintenance hangar 2 heavy US helicopters sustained major damage; An accommodation facilities killing & injuring several. 
• Video by an American soldier with 5 minutes time to take shelter during an Iranian missile attack. 

• Meanwhile, Fox News commentator seems to be on the cusp of a groundbreaking discovery: ‘I don’t understand how it’s possible that Iran has the capabilities to fight this way and continue to lash out at Gulf countries and US military bases…Because the US has OBLITERATED Iran’s military and the President continues to reiterate that.’ They’re a couple of lines of reasoning away from finally reaching the conclusion that Trump is pathologically lying, and the entire world is suffering because of it. 

• The Israeli military is rapidly constructing a large earthen barrier in the Gaza Strip, further entrenching the division of the tiny Palestinian enclave.
• Trump meets with Lebanese western-backed corrupt President Joseph Aoun at the White House: Aoun says, 'You are a great president.' Trump replies: 'He knows how to get to me. He can have anything.'

• Trump on Syria & Hezbollah: 'Well, it’s a concept. We get along very well with the President of Syria. He’s done a very good job. He’s pulled Syria together. He would like to come in and do something with Hezbollah in Lebanon. He has been fighting Hezbollah for a long time. I think it would be very effective.'
• Stars & Stripes Stuttgart, Germany: Up to eight US Air Force KC-135 refueling aircraft could soon be positioned at a military base in Bulgaria, the country’s leader said this week. Prime Minister Rumen Radev on Monday said Bulgaria’s parliament was expected to soon vote on the plan, which came at the request of the US Embassy in Sofia. [US is trying to move its planes farther away from West Asian bases that lately have been pounded by Iran missile and drone strikes. If Bulgaria, a NATO member, accepts this role then NATO will become increasingly complicit in the war on Iran, Lebanon and Palestine. This has been a Trump goal since the start of this war.]  

• Pete Hegseth: 'Iran has been given every opportunity to negotiate, to show that they’re reasonable on the Strait of Hormuz. But if they’re going to target commercial shipping, then we’re going to hit them, as the President has said, ten times harder.' 

• According to a Reuters report, the Yemeni naval blockade is forcing Saudi oil tankers to turn back from the Red Sea. Two tankers carrying Saudi oil, one bound for China and the other for India, changed course and headed toward the Suez Canal after the Houthis warned ships against loading or unloading at Saudi ports. A third tanker turned back before even reaching Yanbu to load. The rerouting of shipments through the Suez Canal adds weeks and costs to their arrival times in Asia. Saudi crude oil exports have reached their lowest levels since the imposition of the Yemeni blockade.
• The IRS will take a cut of Spain's $51,000,000 FIFA World Cup prize money. Since the tournament was hosted on US soil, FIFA prize money, bonuses, and appearance fees earned during the tournament fall under US federal income tax hitting players, coaches, staff, and even referees. Tax experts estimate Spain could lose close to half the payout to Washington.
• Thousands of farmers opposing a proposed trade deal with the US marched toward Delhi on Tuesday, presenting another challenge to the government of Indian Prime Minister Modi, already facing a student protest in the capital. The farmers’ unions say New Delhi’s proposed trade deal could hurt India’s agriculture sector by opening the door to cheaper American food and hurt domestic farmers, livestock and dairy producers, as well as small traders. 

• NATO troops in Ukraine are absolutely unacceptable states Kremlin: “It has been stated repeatedly, including at the highest level, that there are specific plans to deploy foreign contingents, including troops from NATO countries, on Ukrainian territory. These plans are reportedly ready and, moreover, are intended to become part of the security guarantees for Ukraine. For us, this is absolutely unacceptable,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. Russia considers that it cannot permit the deployment of EU or NATO troops in Ukraine, he added.
• Patrick Lawrence writes: Based on National Security Presidential Memorandum–7 of September 2025, Trump declared a government offensive against “domestic terrorism” of the “Left-Wing” kind. This latest declaration of war is intended to “identify, disrupt, defund, debank, arrest, and prosecute these political terrorists operating in our country,” said Stephen Miller, Trump’s domestic policy adviser. So we can add “dangerous” to our descriptives. If the going gets as heavy as Cointelpro was at its worst, this new iteration could so prove. Let’s get down to the nitty-gritty of this formal declaration of authoritarianism. On the nitty side, it is plain from the White House document and Rubio’s presentation of it that the Trump regime is in the grip of a creeping desperation. The victories of social democrats of various stripes in recent elections have Trump calling them all “Communists.” Beyond this, it is evident that American public opinion is tilting, measurably now, leftward toward populism. Anxiety in the upper reaches of power tips into fear. As to the gritty, this latest aggression against all of us, no exceptions, is simply too stupid to work. As an attempt at apple-pie fascism it is likely to make a mess, depending on how vigorously the regime presses its case, but the net of it will be the further alienation of power from people. 

• History lesson how war began in 2014: After the Obama-Biden orchestrated coup d'état in Kiev, the US-NATO armed, trained and directed Nazis from western Ukraine began attacking citizens in the Russian-ethnic region of the Donbass in eastern Ukraine right along the Russian border. One of the very first places they hit and captured was Mariupol. This video shows them driving over make-shift barricades erected by the people of Mariupol. Mariupol was taken back under Russian control in May 2022. The fall of Mariupol marked a strategic victory for Russia in the region. 

• Ukrainian dictator Zelensky named Mikhail Drapaty as the new Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Drapaty is on Russia’s wanted list. According to Russian investigators, he commanded Ukrainian forces operating against the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics from 2017 to 2019. Moscow alleges that units under his command shelled dozens of Russian-ethnic settlements in Donbass more than 70 times, killing and injuring more than 150 civilians. 

• Sovereignista: Oh Mama Mia. Trump wants to see FIFA President Gianni Infantino as the new UN Secretary-General, according to the New York Post. Trump believes that Infantino is respected around the world and has the ability to bring people together. The UN has discredited itself to such an extent that even if Trump’s psychiatrist is nominated, it would come as no surprise. This election for a new UN Secretary General will take place this year. We don’t have a date yet and the process of election is almost like that of a Pope. Straw poles (secret ballots) are held by the Security Council continually, until they agree. We just don’t see black smoke or white smoke.

Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters on 9/11, JFK, Gaza, and Why the Israel Lobby Is Trying to Destroy Him

There’s never been a legitimate criminal investigation into 9-11, the deadliest terror attack in US history. Roger Waters is trying to change that.

Roger Waters—legendary Pink Floyd co-founder and one of the world's most outspoken advocates for peace and justice—is backing a British 9/11 family in their historic effort to secure a new inquest into the death of Geoff Campbell, who was killed in the North Tower on 9/11. 

As the family's landmark UK Supreme Court hearing approaches, he is urging everyone to stand with the Campbell family by contributing to their Crowdfunder before the July 31 deadline. 

No black people in Argentina????

 

Trump calls U.S. troop losses in Iran war 'sad'

• An Iranian official: 'To the parents of American soldiers, remove your sons from the Persian Gulf region.'
• Washington Post: Nearly 100 US troops injured in last two weeks of Iran war, Pentagon says. The disclosure underscored the significance of Tehran’s strikes on US military installations across West Asia since negotiations to end the conflict collapsed. At least 18 service members have been killed during the war. Trump remains undeterred by the losses of his own troops, describing the occasion simply as “sad”. Trump is now trapped in a classic zugzwang of his own making, and must continue bombing aimlessly to preserve his own narcissistic self-image, as being defeated by Iran would crush his ego.

• As the war escalated, Washington pulled forces out of Bahrain, the UAE, and Qatar, more exposed and more politically fragile, and concentrated them in Jordan. With other Gulf allies restricting US basing and overflight rights, Jordan thus became the main platform for American air operations across the wider region.
• Washington Post quoting a US official: 'We don’t have enough defensive/offensive munitions (air defenses) due to low supply and damage to safely sustain operations.' The Pentagon, sinking billions into Iran war, quickly runs short on cash. With some funds set to dry up in weeks, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to urge lawmakers today to approve another $67 billion to address the shortfall.

• One of the biggest stories around Iranian attacks is the claim from US officials that Russia and China have been the key playmakers providing Iran with high quality targeting to hit these sensitive sites, with some claiming that Russia has continued flying major supplies into Iran in recent weeks. [When China/Russia supply satellite targeting to Iran it is bad according to the Pentagon. When the US does the same for Ukraine to hit deep into Russia the Pentagon is happy.]
• The Yemeni Armed Forces officially imposed a navy blockade on Saudi Arabia. It all started because they broke the ceasefire by bombing Sana’a airport to prevent an Iranian civilian airplane to land. Saudi's can now neither export via Strait of Hormoz nor from the Bad el Mandab.

• As Andy Burnham takes over as UK Prime Minister, CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) has written to him urging him to take a new direction to the disastrous path of Starmer. 'As well as reversing the decision to purchase nuclear-capable fighter jets and redirect military spending into boosting public services, we are calling on him to end British support for Trump’s deadly wars. Following a collapse of the ceasefire, the US-led illegal war on Iran is now escalating to all-out confrontation once again. We’re calling on Burnham to push for a diplomatic solution to the crisis and ensure Britain gives no support for another illegal war.'

• Time.com: Carson Carpenter, of Prescott, Ariz., co-founder of Off The Record USA, a media company that oversees young conservative content creators, opposes the Iran war, arguing that it evokes the legacy of post 9/11 conflicts, which cost more than 7,000 American lives, hundreds of thousands of Iraqi and Afghan lives, and trillions of dollars. James Cox, 20-year-old college student from American University in Washington D.C., and the Chief of Staff of D.C. College Republicans, estimated that about half of his peers would disagree with how Trump has handled the conflict. “It's quite the spectrum of different beliefs, and I think it's captured the party...you have the non-interventionists, the isolationists who are against this conflict, and then you've got the folks who are unsure and the folks who are in support of it,” Cox said. The latest Economist/YouGov poll shows only 28% of Americans approve of Trump's handling of the Iran conflict, a five-point drop from the same question two weeks ago. Among people aged from 18 to 29, 63% of them oppose the war.
• Middle East Eye: The escalating conflict between the US and Iran is taking a growing toll on civilian infrastructure, with Iranian officials saying US strikes destroyed a desalination facility supplying drinking water to about 10,000 people. Hamzeh Pour, chief executive of the Hormozgan Water and Wastewater Company, said US strikes hit desalination pumps and electrical infrastructure in Bunji village, in Jask, cutting off water supplies to 20 villages. Iran’s energy minister reports repairs to the desalination plant in Jask were immediately made and water service has returned to normal less than 48 hours after the facility was damaged in a US missile strike.

• Trump hiding behind a bulletproof glass wall at the World Cup final. The president was loudly booed as he entered the field after Spain’s win, waving to people on his way to the stage, which he reluctantly left. It was good Argentina lost. Spain, the European country most behind Palestine, won. Afterwards, what is the question no one is asking the fans and the players?  In 4 years, Earth will be 0.1-0.2 degrees hotter, and will have suffered much from wars, famine, and who knows what. Therefore, fans and players, do you think Earth will be livable enough to have a World Cup? 

•  Fars News Agency: The US attacked the Darkhovein civilian nuclear power plant site, in Khuzestan, Iran. The US fired several missiles hitting the site of the power plant, now under construction with assistance from Russia.

• King Hussein Intl Airport in Jordan’s Aqaba has been turned into a US military air base. The airport is currently hosting many US military aircrafts such as US Navy P-8 Poseidons, USAF C-17 and C-130 transport aircrafts, as seen in satellite images days ago.
• The German parliament is pressing for more radical legal changes: a bill criminalizing speech that denies Israel’s right to exist and punishing offenders with fines or up to five years in prison. If passed, Germany would be the first European nation to legislate on this specific type of free speech.

• Third Reich descendant Friedrich Merz admitted Germany's dependence on Russian gas. The German Chancellor stated this in an interview with the ZDF television channel. According to him, the cessation of Russian gas supplies became one of the reasons for the prolonged energy crisis in the country. Manufacturing has been hit particularly hard, especially the automotive sector. BASF, Bosch, Volkswagen, and more than a dozen other German manufacturers have closed factories since 2022. In June, Volkswagen, the country’s largest automaker, announced four plant closures and up to 100,000 job cuts. Meanwhile, UK newspaper The Times alleges that options for restoring communication channels with Moscow are being discussed in Berlin. 
• Sovereignista: Don’t forget Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon.  While the world was watching a game, the zionists continued their slo-mo genocide. There are indications that should Iran decide to negotiate with Trump ever again, more requirements will be added to the original MoU. Those will be again an immediate withdrawal by the zionists from Lebanon and real ceasefire and humanitarian aid in Gaza. 

• Several EU member states have demanded exemptions from the bloc’s latest proposed Russia sanctions package, or blocked some of its measures outright, the Financial Times reported. Greece, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, and Portugal all asked for changes, reflecting growing resistance to Brussels’ sanctions attempts, as more member states balk at measures they believe would damage their own national economies and corporate interests. New sanctions require unanimous backing, but EU governments are becoming less willing to accept the economic costs of sanctions in order to back Kiev, five diplomats involved in the negotiations told the outlet.
• Ken Klippenstein reports on 'Political Terrorism Summit', US Names 43 Americans + Groups: A new State Department report on Cuba’s “campaign of subversion against the US” is a virtual government blacklist against left-wing Americans and groups. Linked to last week’s Rubio-led summit on “political terrorism,” the report is unusually candid about the government’s targets. “Many of the most significant upheavals in recent American political history - from the George Floyd riots to the rise of Antifa to the explosion of pro-terrorist activism on American college campuses - can be linked, in some way, shape, or form, to Cuban influence,” the report says. 

• Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky is directing the nation’s intelligence services not to spare civilians in their offensive military operations, Vitaly Zhikovich, an acting colonel of the Ukrainian military intelligence agency (HUR), said in an exclusive audio recording obtained by RT.
• Kharkov, Ukraine: How to avoid forced mobilization? Carry a meat cleaver obviously. [Can you imagine the man with the cleaver singing, 'I ain't gonna study war no more!']

Trump & Netanyahu drive U.S. empire to defeat

For decades, the Western war machine assumed its high-tech hegemony was untouchable. 

Not anymore... 

FIFA finals: Humanity beat evil

Spain 1 - Argentina 0

Protest in Venice, Italy as Trump's ambassador shows off massive yacht

My friend Mimmo in Italy set me this video.

He wrote, 'Recently in Italy, there have been demonstrations against the presence of Ambassador Fertitta's mega yacht in Venice.'   

The yacht cost $450 million (£341.6 million) and boasts six floors, two helipads and multiple swimming pools. 

Clearly a statement by a Texas cowboy about the size of his ego and something else....

People during the video march, are confronted by police, they hear speeches and project their outrage at the US.

One speaker called the visit of the rich American ambassador's yacht the 'Concentration of arrogance, wealth and power'. 

One of my favorite signs in the protest reads 'MAGA - Make America Go Away'.

Being an ambassador is actually a tax-payer funded holiday in an 'exotic' location for the time in office of the president.

Nothing more.

The US military empire, with its unforgiving 800 bases around the globe, has left a grim legacy in the places where it has assumed local power due to its muscle. 

People are fed up with it and want it gone - now.

Bruce

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Pat Elder, an American peace/environmental activist and organizer of Military Poisons, reports the story below about a U.S. base near Venice poisoning the local water:

An emotionally charged, high-stakes environmental crisis unfolded in Western Friuli, Italy on July 13, 2026. It culminated in a volatile public meeting in Porcia, Italy, a town located about 7 km from the fire training area at the U.S. Aviano Air Base. Porcia is 90 km north-northeast of Venice.

The emergency assembly drew over 300 deeply concerned and angry residents.

The public outcry was triggered by severe PFAS contamination suddenly reported in local groundwater. The crowd was furious over delays in transparency, and people demanded immediate accountability. PFAS stands for per-and poly fluoroalkyl substances. There are 40,000  different varieties of PFAS. PFOS and PFOA are types of PFAS. They all move around and injure us in different ways. 

It caused a firestorm. In immediate response to the findings of poisoned water, the mayors of four neighboring municipalities—Porcia, Aviano, Fontanafredda, and Roveredo in Piano—issued joint emergency ordinances. These orders imposed a  ban on water extraction from all private artesian wells within the designated "red zone" perimeter. The ban strictly prohibits utilizing well water for human consumption, vegetable gardens, and animal watering.

‍At. U.S. bases around the world, airmen dug craters and regularly filled them with hundreds of gallons of jet fuel and other hazardous substances. They ignited the fuel, creating a massive fireball that airmen would extinguish using the cancer-causing foams. The training went on either bi-weekly or monthly from the early 1970’s. The consequences are apocalyptic.

For thousands of years before the Roman conquest, people of the Pordenone Plain relied on the region's abundant artesian groundwater for drinking water. That is over now. 

History lesson: James Baldwin on rage & despair

Buried by ABC at the time, this interview has resurfaced over four decades later, revealing a unique glimpse into writer James Baldwin’s private life—as well as his resounding criticism about white fragility, as blisteringly relevant today as it was in 1979. 

Rubio out to shut down all anti-genocide opposition

US-UK mounting larger campaigns to make illegal any activities to disrupt genocide. 

The plan is to shut down movements of love, care, and heartfelt opposition to pure evil. 

Western governments now under control of the worst corporate oligarchic elements.