(2025-07-13). Has The Epstein (Israel) Lie Finally Broken The Two Party Illusion? thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, an in-depth investigatory show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (7/12/25). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the
(2025-07-13). The Welsh Resistance to Trump's Golden Dome. counterpunch.org In 1990, it was revealed that the Pentagon planned to build an over-the-horizon radar at RAF Brawdy, Pembrokeshire. PARC was born: Pembrokeshire Against the Radar. With sponsored walks in the nature threatened by the proposed radar, together with events such as Rock Against the Radar, the activist group single-handedly drew public and Parliamentary attention to the proposed radar. Alan Clark, the Minister of Defence Procurement, attempted to ease locals' concerns by appearing in person at the St. Davids City Hall. Clark was met by hundreds of residents wielding No Radar placards. By then, a dozen other campaign g…
(2025-07-12). What Would You Wear to Celebrate a War Criminal? counterpunch.org
(2025-07-12). Editorial] Social prescribing: bringing community back to health? thelancet.com Health is a state of physical, mental, and social wellbeing. Yet social factors, such as loneliness, debt, and stress, have long been neglected in modern biomedical, disease-focused systems. There has been a push to redress this balance. Social prescribing—that is referring patients (by a clinician, charity, or community worker) to a variety of non-medical community supports—has gained traction in recent years, with a 2024 report highlighting its use in more than 30 nations. Might offering a more holistic, person-centred approach to social issues that affect health, through methods such as social pres…
(2025-07-12). World Report] World Bank-financed hospitals left patients with "crushing debt" thelancet.com Despite promising to help alleviate poverty, World Bank investments in private hospitals in east Africa have resulted in catastrophic out-of-pocket payments for many. Ben Dooley and Micah Reddy for the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
(2025-07-12). World Report] Over US$1 billion spent on European anti-gender initiatives. thelancet.com A new report describes how huge amounts of money are supporting anti-gender and anti-rights groups and projects. Rebekka Park reports.
(2025-07-12). Perspectives] River of life. thelancet.com One of the UN Sustainable Development Goals aims to secure clean water and good sanitation for all by 2030, in recognition of such utilities as a fundamental human right. In 2024, none of the targets towards this goal were on track to be met. In 2023, about 2 billion people did not have access to safely managed drinking water, and 3 ∑5 billion were without proper sanitation. One of the virtues of Thirst: In Search of Freshwater, a fascinating and sobering exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in London, UK, is that it illustrates the complexities of those goals.
(2025-07-12). Correspondence] Global immunisation monitoring in times of drastic cutbacks. thelancet.com Outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases are increasing at a time when funding for immunisation programmes is being cut.1 The full impact of the cutbacks might remain hidden, as long-established surveillance and monitoring systems to detect outbreaks and measure immunisation coverage are simultaneously being dismantled.
(2025-07-12). Correspondence] From emergency multilateralism to resilient health diplomacy. thelancet.com The convergence of multiple crises—including the COVID-19 pandemic, geopolitical fragmentation, climate shocks, digital disruption, and economic precarity—has exposed the fragility and limitations of global health cooperation.1 Although multilateral institutions have mounted emergency responses, many efforts have been constrained by fragmented funding and governance, inequitable access to innovation, and interest-driven diplomacy. In a world facing health financing cliffs, rising geopolitical tensions, and increasing polarisation, a more future-proof model of global health is urgently needed—one…
(2025-07-12). Correspondence] Use of once-weekly insulins for type 1 diabetes. thelancet.com The recent Comment1 by Kaitlin Love and Sue Brown summarised data from the once-weekly insulin therapy (QWINT)-5 efsitora alfa trial,2 and provided wider context on the use of once-weekly insulins (efsitora and icodec) in type 1 diabetes. We feel that some of the QWINT-5 and ONWARDS 6 (icodec)3 trial data have been misrepresented in their Comment.
(2025-07-12). Correspondence] Use of once-weekly insulins for type 1 diabetes — Author's reply. thelancet.com We appreciate the opportunity to respond to the Correspondence from David Russell-Jones and David Klonoff and clarify severe hypoglycaemia event rates in the once-weekly insulin therapy (QWINT)-5 and ONWARDS 6 trials.1,2…
(2025-07-12). Correspondence] Worldwide trends in diabetes prevalence: the NCD-RisC study. thelancet.com The Non-communicable Diseases Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) estimated that 828 million people worldwide aged 18 years or older had diabetes in 2022—considerably more than estimates of the International Diabetes Federation Diabetes Atlas (537 million) and the Global Burden of Diseases (GBD) Study (485 million) for ages 20—79 years in 2021.1—3…
(2025-07-12). Correspondence] Worldwide trends in diabetes prevalence: the NCD-RisC study. thelancet.com The Article1 by the Non-communicable Diseases (NCD) Risk Factor Collaboration described worldwide trends in diabetes prevalence and treatment over the past three decades. The reported findings highlight a substantial increase in global diabetes prevalence, with the greatest rise in low-income and middle-income regions. By only including population-based studies that used glycaemic biomarkers, this report strives to overcome limitations of previous estimates that might have underestimated undiagnosed diabetes.
(2025-07-12). Correspondence] Worldwide trends in diabetes prevalence: the NCD-RisC study — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We thank Edward J Boyko and colleagues and Lorraine Lipscombe and colleagues for their interest in our study.1 There are three reasons for the differences between estimates of diabetes prevalence by the Non-communicable Disease Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) and those of earlier studies, noted by Boyko and colleagues. First, NCD-RisC estimates1 do not use any study that was solely based on self-report status of diabetes or data from registries, since both of these types of data sources are subject to underestimation due to diabetes cases that remain undiagnosed.
(2025-07-12). Department of Error] Department of Error. thelancet.com Versijpt J, Paemeleire K, Reuter U, MaassenVanDenBrink A. Calcitonin gene-related peptide-targeted therapy in migraine: current role and future perspectives. Lancet 2025; 405: 1014—26—In this paper, the grey circle indicating an area of blockade of CGRP receptor in figure 2 has been adjusted. This correction has been made to the online version as of July 10, 2025.
(2025-07-12). Department of Error] Department of Error. thelancet.com Cummings BB, Joing MP, Bouchard PR, et al. Safety and efficacy of a novel ANGPTL4 inhibitory antibody for lipid lowering: results from phase 1 and phase 1b/2a clinical studies. Lancet 2025; 405: 1923—34—In this Article, the enrolment dates in sentence 5 of the Findings section of the Summary should have read "Between Nov 24, 2023, and July 1, 2024". This correction has been made to the online version as of July 10, 2025.
(2025-07-11). Resisting the Deadly Language of American Fascism. counterpunch.org 
(2025-07-11). Roaming Charges: Heckuva Job, Puppy Slayer! counterpunch.org 
While offering his "thoughts and prayers" for the families of those drowned in the Texas floods, JD Vance referred to the killer torrents that swept away more than 100 people, including dozens of children, as "an incomprehensible tragedy." | "Incomprehensible?" Only if you ignore the fact that the Girls Camp was allowed to be built and continue operating in one of the most flood-prone valleys in the US, that the climate crisis is making these floods much more frequent and then in order to give more tax breaks to billionaires you gutted the staff of the National Weather Service that could have given these vulnerab…
(2025-07-11). Ann Coulter Wants to Kill Native Americans (So Do Some on the Left). counterpunch.org 
The live music had come to an end, and my friend Janene Yazzie, an organizer with the NDN Collective, looked up from her phone in disgust, horrified by what she had just read. | Someone wished her people dead.
(2025-07-11). Closing Nuclear Reactors Means Big Improvements in Local Infant Health. counterpunch.org 
(2025-07-11). SuperTrump Obliterates Democrats Past Failures, Humbles NATO Partners and Passes BBB: Where is the Kryptonite? counterpunch.org 
SuperTrump had two super weeks from June 22, 2025 to July 4. First, he sent B-2 Sprint bombers 7,000 miles non-stop to hit their targets without losing one American life. Then, emboldened by his success as Commander-in-Chief, he convinced NATO partners to submit to his 5% Gross Domestic Product (GDP) defense spending demands as the
(2025-07-11). Trump's Immigration Policy Falls in Line with Racist U.S. History Towards Immigrants. counterpunch.org 
President Trump started his second term exactly where he left off in 2021, waging an everyday psychological and physical war on immigrants. Joe Biden's Presidential term was no help because he continued Trump's immigration policies and did not provide a pathway to citizenship as he had campaigned, abandoning an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants to their fate
(2025-07-11). A Bad Supreme Court Decision Paves the Way for Radioactive Waste Storage in the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico. counterpunch.org 
The great problem with nuclear energy, hidden from the public as often as possible by the federal government and special interests, is the quantities of radioactive waste nuclear reactors produce. Nearly 100,000 tons of spent nuclear fuel rods are stored at the sites of 92 open and 42 closed nuclear power plants in the country
(2025-07-11). These Immigrants Were Supposed to be Protected. They Came for Them Anyway. counterpunch.org 
In the 19 years my uncle has worked in the healthcare industry, he's only missed one day — the day his mother, my grandmother, passed away. He would then help plan a funeral he couldn't attend. If you live in his small town in Utah, you know my uncle. He's the big man you see
(2025-07-11). The Persecution of Francesca Albanese. counterpunch.org 
When the history of the genocide in Gaza is written, one of the most courageous and outspoken champions for justice and the adherence to international law will be Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur, who today the Trump administration is sanctioning. Her office is tasked with monitoring and reporting on human rights violations that
(2025-07-11). How an "illegal" Iranian-Israeli Collaboration Resulted in One of the Strongest Films in Recent Years. counterpunch.org 
Tatami, has made history as the first feature film to be co-directed by an Iranian and an Israeli filmmaker— a cross-cultural collaboration that is forbidden by law in Iran. "At a time when the Iranian government still criminalizes any contact with Israelis, and state violence against women is amplified, this collaboration in itself is an
(2025-07-11). The Rise of the Prison State: Trump's Push for Megaprisons Could Lock Us All Up. counterpunch.org 
America is rapidly becoming a nation of prisons. Having figured out how to parlay presidential authority in foreign affairs in order to sidestep the Constitution, President Trump is using his immigration enforcement powers to lock up—and lock down—the nation. Under the guise of national security and public safety, the Trump administration is engineering the largest
(2025-07-11). Al Gore Puts Down 'Climate Realism'. counterpunch.org 
Al Gore, speaking in Nairobi, gave a TED speech that set the stage for where the world stands in its search for Net Zero by 2050: "Many of the oil, gas, and coal producers and their financial allies are now advocating a new approach that they call 'climate realism." (Al Gore, TED speech, Nairobi, Nigeria,
(2025-07-11). Socialism Is Good Politics. counterpunch.org 
Zohran Mamdani was never supposed to win. Up against former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo — a well-funded candidate backed by real estate interests and AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) — the Democratic Socialist Mamdani ran for New York City mayor on what was considered too radical a platform. At its core was rent
(2025-07-11). Will Mobilizing the Base Make the Difference for Democrats? counterpunch.org 
Democrats, including many progressives, are hoping for an upsurge in voter turnout to catapult their candidates to victory in future elections. They point to reduced voter turnout for Kamala Harris last November as evidence that the Democrats — despite significant money and media advantages — "underperformed" with their base, tilting the presidential election to Donald
(2025-07-11). Death by Fungi: Cashing in on Erin Patterson. counterpunch.org 
She has become a notorious figure of international interest, shamelessly exploited for news cycles, commercial worth and career advancement. After a trial lasting nine weeks, conducted at the Latrobe Valley Law Courts in Morwell, Victoria, Erin Patterson, a stocky, thick set mother of two was found guilty for three murders and an attempted murder. Date:
(2025-07-11). Politicians Are Betraying Gen Z on Climate. counterpunch.org 
Like many other Gen-Zers, I have an interest in sustainability initiatives. Our rapidly changing climate — and our constant exposure to it on social media — encourages us to be more active in seeking out ways to reduce our environmental impacts. As more Gen-Zers enter the workforce, 74 percent of us have reported wanting to find
(2025-07-11). Trumpian Excuses on Texas Flood Deaths. counterpunch.org Donald Trump may not be very good at running things, but when it comes to shifting blame, he is truly world class. As the magnitude of the disaster in Texas becomes clearer, the one thing we can be certain of is that Trump will accept none of the responsibility. He will insist that his decision
(2025-07-11). I'm a Veteran of Auto Boycotts. My Advice to Tesla: Dump Musk. counterpunch.org 
Elon Musk's alliance with Donald Trump may be over for now, but the Tesla brand has yet to recover from Musk's high profile foray into politics. Tesla stock has plummeted precipitously ever since Musk's embrace of Donald Trump last year. It's been enough to alarm board members, who are now considering replacing Musk as CEO as public "Tesla Takedown"
(2025-07-11). When the Dust Settles: Creating an Agency Worthy of Wilderness. counterpunch.org 
The news is filled with stories of how the Trump administration and its so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have fired thousands of federal employees who work for our public land agencies. Though Trump had been talking about gutting the federal workforce, the way it was done without regard for how it would affect the
(2025-07-11). Denying Coverage with AI: CMS's New Medicare Model. counterpunch.org The Trump Administration is bringing prior authorizations (PAs), the mandatory preapproval before insurance covers health care services, to Traditional Medicare. The government plans on using contracts with perverse incentives for companies that use artificial intelligence (AI) to carry out the work. On June 27, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) Innovation Center announced
(2025-07-11). Why Gaza's Ceasefire Won't Last. counterpunch.org The international community is placing enormous expectations on the proposed Gaza ceasefire, viewing it as a potential turning point in a conflict that has ravaged countless lives for generations. Yet beneath global acclaim, this arrangement appears destined to collapse. The fundamental flaw lies in mistaking short-term truces for lasting peace. The agreement's operational elements, including
(2025-07-11). Lessons From the Mamdani Campaign. counterpunch.org What should we make of Mamdani's stunning victory? Much of the commentary —regardless of vantage point— is grandiose, highly speculative, and without context. So let's ground ourselves in the broader politics, available evidence, and, above all, history. Then maybe we can figure out what to do. To The Organizers Go The Victories Mamdani won the
(2025-07-10). Tiger Teams to Concentration Camps: ICE and its Connections to Israeli Intelligence. mintpressnews.com This week on State of Play, Greg Stoker is joined by Jalyssa Dugrot and Robert Inlakesh to expose how ICE is targeting student protesters using Israeli spyware, blacklists, and military-linked firms.
(2025-07-10). Exclusive: Google Helped Israel Spread War Propaganda to 45 Million Europeans. mintpressnews.com Internal ad records show Israel spent millions on YouTube propaganda targeting Europe, ads that breach Google's own rules and frame the war on Gaza as a defense of Western civilization.
(2025-07-10). Chris Hedges: The Persecution of Francesca Albanese. mintpressnews.com Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur for Palestine, has become a target of US sanctions for her candid reports on the genocide in Gaza. Chris Hedges explores her warnings, her courage, and the global silence surrounding Israel's crimes.
(2025-07-10). A New Far-Right American Party. ips-dc.org
(2025-07-10). Until We Raise the Minimum Wage, Tip! ips-dc.org
(2025-07-10). 10 of the Biggest Harms from the GOP Budget Bill. ips-dc.org
(2025-07-09). Politicians Are Betraying Gen Z on Climate. ips-dc.org
(2025-07-08). Institute for Policy Studies Announces Second Annual Henry A. Wallace Symposium: Bold Ideas For A New Progressive Majority. ips-dc.org Hosted by the Institute for Policy Studies, The Nation, and Public Citizen in partnership with the Wallace Global Fund…
(2025-07-07). Big Beautiful Cover Up: Epstein, ICE and the MAGA War State. mintpressnews.com Epstein's gone, the files are sealed, and Trump's DOJ says the case is over. Meanwhile, ICE becomes the third-largest military force on Earth. Greg Stoker unpacks why the real story was never justice, it was control.
(2025-07-07). Revealed: CIA-Linked Analyst Oversaw Palestine Solidarity Campaign Membership Files. mintpressnews.com 
For three years, a woman with a background in U.S. State Department cultural diplomacy and ties to intelligence-linked organizations quietly managed the membership database of Britain's largest pro-Palestine organization. | Her name is Deborah Fiorin. Hired by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) in early 2018 as its Membership and Data Officer, Fiorin held unprecedented access to the personal information of thousands of activists across the United Kingdom. Yet her prior work history, which includes a stint at a State Department propaganda arm and brief postings at firms with deep intelligence connections, rai…
(2025-07-13). The Welsh Resistance to Trump's Golden Dome. counterpunch.org In 1990, it was revealed that the Pentagon planned to build an over-the-horizon radar at RAF Brawdy, Pembrokeshire. PARC was born: Pembrokeshire Against the Radar. With sponsored walks in the nature threatened by the proposed radar, together with events such as Rock Against the Radar, the activist group single-handedly drew public and Parliamentary attention to the proposed radar. Alan Clark, the Minister of Defence Procurement, attempted to ease locals' concerns by appearing in person at the St. Davids City Hall. Clark was met by hundreds of residents wielding No Radar placards. By then, a dozen other campaign g…
(2025-07-13). Freedom Flotilla to sail again with new mission. peoplesdispatch.org Only weeks after the crew of the boat