1 May 2022 Archives

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newrepublic.com (2026-02-24). Trump Officials Go on Frenzied Media Tour to Try to Stop War With Iran In the last 72 hours, several stories were published undermining narratives that the U.S. is ready for war, observed Ali Ahmadi, an executive fellow at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy

aljazeera.com (2026-02-24). US women's gold medal ice hockey team declines Trump's State of the Union The women's ice hockey team of the United States has declined an invitation to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address, US media reported, after he joked he would be "impeached" if he did not ask them to attend.

latimes.com (2026-02-24). Dozens of Mexican soldiers killed in cartel attacks after operation targeting drug kingpin 'El Mencho' The operation triggered violent retaliation across 20 Mexican states, with cartel members burning vehicles and blocking roads in revenge attacks.

aljazeera.com (2026-02-23). Violence erupts in Mexico after killing of drug cartel kingpin 'El Mencho' Mexican security forces have killed a drug lord who led one of the most powerful criminal organisations in the country, triggering a wave of violence in several areas, including the western state of Jalisco.

2026-02-23: Federal judge rules Kilmar Abrego Garcia can't be re-detained by immigration authorities

AP Archive

aljazeera.com (2026-02-22). Israel wants to execute Palestinians and the world will allow it Israel wants to execute Palestinians and the world will allow it

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Daily Archives: May 1, 2022

2022-05-01: Revolutionary Blackout’s Historic Anti-Imperialist Summit

All Day Live and Replays (Parts 1, 2, 3)

ANTI-IMPERIALIST SUMMIT DAY 3 (May 1st, 2022)
Dr. Gerald Horne, Dr. Vijay Prashad, Israel/Palestine

ANTI IMPERIALIST SUMMIT DAY 2
Jimmy Dore, Caleb Maupin, Ethopia and Brazil panel

ANTI-IMPERIALIST SUMMIT DAY 1: Part 2
Ben Norton, Danny Haiphong, MCSC Network, What is Imperialism

ANTI-IMPERIALIST SUMMIT DAY 1: Part 1
Aaron Mate, Jill Stein, Ben Norton, Danny Haiphong

Includes Discussions of Nuclear War

Posted by Revolutionary Blackout.

Today's Key Takeaways

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition Ship ("The Handala") Was boarded by the Israeli IDF on Saturday.
Images of children starving to death in Palestine are flooding social media across the globe, and more and more the masses in many places are completely enraged.
The US supported and facilitated genocide in Gaza is at a fever pitch, and the US gov't is doing nothing to stop it.
Trump is now channeling his racist furor toward European migrants.
Thailand and Cambodia to hold ceasefire talks.

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thenation.com (2026-02-25). The State of the Union Was a Rally for an Ailing Strongman An increasingly unpopular Trump lurched from plodding teleprompter readings to gothic MAGA fantasies in his long-winded speech.

2026-02-25: Col. Larry Wilkerson: Pentagon Drops URGENT Warning on Trump: 'This Will Be a Long War'

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Features and Commentary

foreignaffairs.com (2026-02-24). Why Iran Will Escalate The Islamic Republic now believes that Israel and the United States intend to repeatedly strike its ballistic missile program-the foundation of Iranian self-defense-and that it must be more aggressive to forestall the kind of perpetual assault that could topple it altogether.

aljazeera.com (2026-02-24). Epstein files: The arrests and the resignations Here's a breakdown of various people who have faced known public consequences for their connection to Epstein after the release of three million documents and emails by the US Department of Justice in recent weeks:

newrepublic.com (2026-02-24). Epstein Survivors Will Stare Down Trump at State of the Union As President Trump makes his State of the Union address Tuesday night, he will have at least six Epstein survivors staring back at him.
Multiple congressional Democrats announced that they'd be inviting women who were abused by convicted sex offender and former Trump confidant Jeffrey Epstein.

2026-02-24: Ray McGovern : Nukes Have Nothing To Do With It.

Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom

hindustantimes.com (2026-02-23). 'Leave Iran by all available means': India's fresh advisory amid 'fears of war' in Middle East India asked all its citizens currently in Iran to leave to country by any available means of transport in a fresh advisory issued on Monday, February 23.

truthout.org (2026-02-23). Journalists Jailed by ICE Are Revealing the Horrors of Incarceration professional journalists and writers, who normally are severely restricted from entering into the U.S.'s carceral facilities, are now themselves experiencing the harsh realities that nearly 2.1 million incarcerated people are subjected to daily in this country.

aljazeera.com (2026-02-23). Israel designates five Palestinian news outlets as 'terrorist' groupsIsrael's Defence Minister Israel Katz has signed a military order designating five Palestinian local online media platforms as "terrorist" organisations, alleging links to Hamas, according to local Israeli media. Israel fails to provide proof for allegations.

2026-02-23: Shocking! Epstein Hunted Black People?

Sabby Sabs

aljazeera.com (2026-02-22). Israel wants to execute Palestinians and the world will allow itIn the past two and a half years, there has been almost no global reaction to the mass brutalisation of Palestinians held in Israeli jails with or without charges. Israeli efforts to legalise executions of Palestinian is the logical next step in eliminating the Palestinian question.

bignewsnetwork.com (2026-02-22). Trump pledges $10 billion for Board of Peace without Congress nodTrump announced at the inaugural Board of Peace meeting on February 19 that the U.S. was pledging US$10 billion to the board, but without any clarity on how the money would be used or where it would come from.

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2026-02-17: Residente on Gaza, Censorship, and the Cost of Speaking Out

Out Loud with Ahmed

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