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Val D. Phillips's avatar

Your analysis is so lucid and on point and well-written it is terrifying. Do you ever feel like Cassandra (Greek Cassandra)?

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Redeemed Dissident's avatar

DJT and crew are just taking the baton from team Bdn to continue, and if successful, complete the globalist puppet master's agenda for reorganizing the nation states into the 10 region technate that has been an objective since the 1930's. All of the inner circle are pedophilic, pro-Zionist, pro-digitization of the monetary system, the issuance of biometric ID, the punishment of any dissenting voices, and the formalization of the North American Union. The "Gold Card" sale of citizenship to attract other similarly-minded "immigrants" for $5,000 each to seed the intellectual, technological resources in favor of accelerating the establishment of AI-based governance structures and mechanisms and the displacement of as many working and professional class people as possible, while aligning all goals with those of the United Nations moves forward without much, if any, resistance while cheering sycophants completely enthralled by the myth of the superhuman coalition of political oligarchs endorse policies that they previously resisted and to which they voiced opposition. The holocaust in the middle east continues unabated (while spreading to achieve the "greater Israel" plans with a clear signal that resistance is futile) and the constant disingenuous overtures (theatrics all) to some kind of "deal" to make all parties whole ( and to forever subjugate or consign to certain death) the remainder of the Palestinian hostages (all @ 2 Million of them) who have been hunted, terrorized, exterminated and lies about for some 75+ years, the most recent conflict being the most brutal, blatant and unimpeachably cruel and malevolent ethnic cleansing to date. That we as a nation have unilaterally funded and provided arms/weapons and strategic support to this "cause" to further Zionist rule is indicative of the fallen state of a once promising Constitutional Republic, now in decline and thrashing about to try to maneuver itself into some kind of respectable position in the new global biodigital panopticon it is rushing to demonstrate it has a place in the administration of. We must not comply. We must insist that the illegitimate actions of those who are orchestrating these things, following their globalist dictate and motto of "order out of chaos" in keeping with the dark spiritual forces animating them, be nullified and jettisoned from their present course and illusion of power.

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Andy Smith's avatar

All this whilst criticising Russia for looking after it's own border's and security. Bloody hypocrite, and dictator in the making.

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Tony Litwinko's avatar

Re: “bypassing Congressional approval.” A very important distinction, to be sure, but I am certain that it’s a distinction without a difference, especially for Democrats, almost all of whom are kept in line by their doctrinaire leadership and the flow of funds from AIPAC either to them or their opponents.

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Jonathan Cook's avatar

The distinction is twofold: one of speed, and one of undemocratic-ness. Such bypasses mean that the procedure of a process – in which public pressure or scrutiny, however futile, can be exerted – is removed.

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Tony Litwinko's avatar

To be sure. But if the Democrats were truly organized in their opposition, they would be making clear statements of opposition to the presidential moves to bypass Congress. Only a few of them—Raskin, for example—are trying to do it, and only Bernie Sanders, an Independent, is taking his opposition to Trump’s bypass tactics and appealing to mainstream communities. God bless him. Imagine where we would be had he won in 2016 or 2020, though I suspect the Republicans would have been fanatics well before 2024 had that happened.

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Tony Litwinko's avatar

Excellent historical summary and analysis, Jonathan Cook. You’re a pillar of the independent media. Thank you. This one is a keeper.

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Martin Anantharaman's avatar

Brilliant, cut through the fog of XXL polemics (a somewhat new form of disinformational propaganda that may well become part of evil's toolbox) - to see thet nothing has fundamentally changed - even, herein going a bit further than you, in Ukraine: It's carved up to maximum extent, further armament deliveries make no sense when capitulation is round the corner, so try to extract the last pound of flesh (the rare earths) and be done with it - "agreeing" with Russia to keep your spoils - the big gamble to break it up having failed. It's not even a new ploy of the ruling oligarchy (satan's representative on earth) - it's just a demonstration of the lifecycle of their "projects" (of enrichment).

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Brendan Fitzsimons's avatar

Threading the needle with your analysis Jonathan. Thank you!

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Jim S's avatar

Thank You Jonathan

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Julio's avatar

In the face of all the lies and immorality Humanity confronts - or not- at the hands of a few & their bootlickers, and their resulting real casualties that are made voiceless by the might of the sword, I feel that their very actions will be their demise.

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Ian Somerville's avatar

Good except "Similarly, the media have been openly critical of Trump's overtures to Russia over Ukraine, siding with European leaders who insist the war must continue to the bitter end – regardless of how much higher the death toll of Ukrainians and Russians climbs as a result." From what I've seen over the last two weeks, Europe's leaders are no longer talking of victory for Ukraine. They are talking about peace agreements.

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Miss Tess tickle's avatar

Yes, you’ve laid it out straight once again Jonathon. Fancy an Israeli official saying “you can’t.” These child-killing cowards don’t know the meaning of can’t.

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Ruth Russell's avatar

Boehler didn't say he thought Hamas were nice guys. He said Dermer might be worried that he'd say that and that they didn't have horns growing out of their heads. Not the same. Good post all the same.

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Frank Sterle Jr.'s avatar

I watched a televised documentary a few years ago about Michel de Nostredame and his seemingly often prophetic quatrains. Amongst them were disturbing prophesies apparently making references to the first [Napoleon], second [Hitler] and third anti-Christs, the latter having yet to come and do his immense damage. One of the Nostradamus scholars interviewed for the documentary said the writings suggest the third anti-Christ will originate from what's now the United States, though he'll be of European ancestry.

Many people find Trump to be the very unstable, vengefully angry and self-centered/-serving type willing to take the world for a most brutal spin, perhaps even for the sake of him making it into the historical-'greatness' books. If anything, he's evidence of a great evil being unleashed onto a largely powerless world.

Yet, early on Nov.6, Trump publicly stated: “Many people have told me that God spared my life [from assassination attempts] for a reason. And that reason was to save our country and to restore America to greatness.” (By the way, Hitler also escaped assassination attempts made against him, most notably that foiled effort called the July Plot or Operation Valkyrie.)

Quite ironically, some of the best humanitarians I’ve met or heard about were/are atheists or agnostics who, quite ironically, would make better examples of many of Christ’s teachings than too many institutional ‘Christians’. Conversely, some of the worst human(e) beings I’ve met or heard about are the most devout believers/preachers of fundamental Biblical theology.

Notably, the institutional ‘Christians’ who still vocally and politically support Donald Trump tend to see him as literally Godsent. Many, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and her reporter boyfriend Brian Glenn, also perceive Trump’s presidency as divinely-intended punishment against liberals. (By institutional Christianity, I mean those ‘Christians’ most resistant to Christ’s fundamental teachings of non-violence, compassion and non-wealth.)

But Trump's a callous man who stands for very little or (more likely) nothing the Biblical Jesus taught and represents. Christ would not have rolled his eyes and sighed: ‘Oh well, I’m against everything the politician stands for, but what can you do when you dislike even more what his political competition stands for?’

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John Kirsch's avatar

I wish I could disagree but I can't.

Your analysis is too sound to attack.

As a former reporter my particular concern is America's toxic relationship with Israel and how that threatens to extinguish free speech.

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unwarranted's avatar

The noise that is made by the presence of money in American politics ought to concern a wide swath of citizens who want their country to represent its people and not predatory billionaires and millionaires.

The DP, before 42 cannonballed his party into the deep end of the mega money pool, actually promoted the idea of publicly funded elections, which would remove the media from its role as the conduit for corruption.

I believe that there are many conservatives and former liberals who would support a political future where money isn’t a determinant. The lunatics are at the helm and they are in the game for power and profit, and have nothing to offer angry and disenchanted voters.

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Chuck Nasmith's avatar

If Israel was not created in 1948 would the world be more peaceful? Free Palestine.

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yiayia's avatar

I believe it would be more peaceful.

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John Kirsch's avatar

It's actually quite useful to study the process by which Zionists "proclaimed" the nation of "Israel" in 1948.

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Chuck Nasmith's avatar

I worry of the blood from Balfour.

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Chuck Nasmith's avatar

What about the USA?!

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