Let’s Talk About George H.W. Bush’s Role in the Iran-Contra Scandal
Hagiographies of the late president neglect his role in a secret war in Nicaragua and illegal weapons sales to Iran for the release of hostages.
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How Erik Prince Used the Rise of Trump to Make an Improbable Comeback
Erik Prince now offers a complete mercenary supply chain: anything from military hardware to social media manipulation in partnership with Project Veritas.
Trump Offers Netanyahu Part of Syria to Boost Israeli Leader's Flagging Re-Election Campaign
Hoping to help Israel's leader get re-elected, Trump recognized Israel's annexation of the Golan Heights, territory it seized from Syria in 1967.
Omnicidal Tendencies: The Nuclear Presidency of Donald Trump
Peace activist Liz McAlister, investigative journalist Johnny Dwyer, and journalist Emily Guendelsberger are this week’s guests.
The U.S. Border Patrol and an Israeli Military Contractor Are Putting a Native American Reservation Under “Persistent Surveillance”
Elbit Systems, which touts its products as “field-proven” on Palestinians, was contracted to build a high-tech surveillance system on Tohono O’odham land.
The Plot Against George Soros Didn't Start in Hungary. It Started on Fox News.
Paranoid conspiracy theories about George Soros were first injected into the far-right imagination by Fox News, and the channel shows no signs of letting up.
New Bernie Sanders App Democratizes Organizing — and Panics People Unfamiliar With Organizing
Some 60,000 Sanders backers attended house parties over the weekend, the official launch of his distributed campaign.
Congress Is Pushing Sanctions Against Supporters of Syria's Bashar al-Assad
The Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act passed the House on Tuesday and remains pending in the Senate.
Mike Pompeo Lied About the U.S. and the Middle East. Here’s the Truth.
Trump’s secretary of state gave a speech in Cairo that obscured the U.S. role in the Middle East. America has not been a force for good.
One Wall, Supersized, Extra Racism, Hold the Wars
Reporter Gareth Porter, historian Greg Grandin, and journalist Hana Baba are this week’s guests.