Month: December 2023
Manal Tamimi: Freedom Flotilla Shows People Still Believe In Justice For Palestinians
Dimitri Lascaris reports from the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, where he speaks to Ahed Tamimi’s aunt, who says her niece’s incarceration has only made her more determined Visit http://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our…
Exclusive from Arizona: A Once Silent Crisis is Now Turning into a Deafening Cry (Pt 3/3)
Trump’s ‘zero tolerance’ immigration violation policy is not the only policy that is leading to family separations. Even families crossing at regular ports of entry and requesting asylum have often ended up being separated. Oscar…
Do you think climate change is an existential threat?
Paul Jay says the Trump administration is a reflection of the deep crisis that faces us; the drunken power of the financial elites is the underlying force that must be defeated Visit http://therealnews.com for more…
Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Defeats Corporate Democrat in NY Primary
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old Latina socialist, defeated top Democratic Congressman and notorious neoliberal Joe Crowley in the New York primary election. Activist Anoa Changa says this is a sign of the growing grassroots left-wing movement…
Progressive Challengers Won Big in Races Across The Country and in Maryland Tuesday Night
Primary victories for candidates who rebuked the Trump administration’s xenophobic policies—and put the Democratic Party establishment on notice Visit http://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating at http://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This…
Turkey’s Erdogan Expands Authoritarian Powers with Fascist Coalition Election Victory
After 15 years in power, Recep Tayyip Erdogan will serve another 5 years as president of NATO member Turkey. TRNN’s Ben Norton speaks with activist Aral Balkan about the AKP’s victorious coalition with the far-right…
Is Europe’s New Military ‘Intervention Force’ a Message to Trump?
Nine European Union states have signed off on creating a new joint military intervention force. We speak to Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell. Visit http://therealnews.com for more…
Lincoln Memorial steps vandalized with ‘Free Gaza’ graffiti, red paint
The National Park Service is working on Wednesday to remove red paint and the words “Free Gaza” that appeared this morning near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. “Vandalism was discovered in the area of Lincoln…
A Once Silent Crisis is Now a Deafening Cry (Pt 1/3)
Trump’s policy of separating immigrant children from their parents and holding them in cages is sparking a wave of public outrage Visit http://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating at http://therealnews.com/donate….
Federal judge orders GOP Rep. Scott Perry to release texts and emails in 2020 election probe
A federal judge is ordering Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania to turn over more than 1,600 texts and emails to FBI agents investigating efforts to keep President Donald Trump in office after his 2020…
Progressive vs. Establishment Candidates Locked in Tight Race for Maryland Governor
TRNN speaks to the two leading candidates for the Democratic nomination for governor, Ben Jealous and Rushern Baker, and their supporters, in the days before the election Visit http://therealnews.com for more stories and help support…
DOJ unseals terrorism charges against Hezbollah leader linked to 1994 Argentina Jewish community center attack
The Justice Department unsealed terrorist charges Wednesday against a notorious Hezbollah leader linked to a 1994 attack on Jews in Buenos Aires that left 85 people dead.The DOJ charges allege that Samuel Salman El Reda,…
Trump Replaces Child Cruelty With Family Cruelty (1/2)
After public outcry forced him to end family separation, Trump’s new executive order calls for reviving a family incarceration policy that a court blocked in 2015. We speak to The Nation’s Juliane Hing and Amnesty…
Border Patrol officials say threat posed by ‘gotaways’ at southern border ‘keeps us up at night’
FIRST ON FOX: Top Border Patrol sector chiefs expressed concern about the number of illegal immigrants evading detection at the southern border, saying the potential threat coming across the border “keeps us up at night”…
US Locks Up Central American Refugees That It’s Helped Displace (2/2)
On top of its legal obligations to asylum seekers, does the U.S. have a moral obligation to Central Americans fleeing countries that the U.S. has destabilized? We discuss the criminalization of immigration and asylum-seeking with…
Pete Buttigieg blew $59,000 in taxpayer money traveling on govt jets: inspector general
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and his staff spent nearly $59,000 traveling to official events on government-managed executive aircraft between August 2021 and June 2023, according to an inspector general audit released Wednesday.Buttigieg opted to travel…
Another California city passes proclamation supporting ceasefire in Gaza
Another California community has joined a growing list of cities across the state that have formally approved a proclamation calling on the federal government to support a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.On Tuesday, nearly 200 people…
Mexico Update: Mexican and International Media Focus on Discrediting Lopez Obrador
With the results of Mexico’s presidential elections practically a foregone conclusion, his opponents and conservative sectors are lashing out. Meanwhile, Mexican society and the candidates weigh in on Trump’s unconscionable zero tolerance policy on migrant…
Retired fisherman claims he found part of Malaysia Airlines MH370 in South Australian waters: report
A retired fisherman claims he found a large piece of missing Malaysia Airlines plane MH370 off the coast of South Australia, resurfacing what remains one of the world’s most vexing aviation puzzles.”I wish to Christ…
Israel Kills 52 Syrian/Iraqi Anti-ISIS Fighters, as US Takes Aim at Iran
An air attack in eastern Syria killed 52 Syrian and Iraqi government-backed forces who were fighting ISIS. They blamed the US, but it said Israel is responsible. Max Blumenthal says this is part of a…
Biden says ‘no question’ Trump supported insurrection
Biden breaks silence on Trump ruling in Colorado ‘Outnumbered’ panelists sound off on President Biden after he said there’s ‘no question’ former President Donald Trump supported the Jan. 6 insurrection and that Colorado’s decision to…
China Intensifies Efforts to Crush the Hong Kong Independence Movement
Edward Leung, Hong Kong’s most prominent independence activist was sentenced to six years in prison, for having organized protests that resulted in property damage. We speak to Prof. Sean Starrs and Polaris Tang of the…
NYC council to ban solitary confinement despite protests from police, Mayor Adams
The New York City Council is expected to pass legislation banning city jails from imposing solitary confinement on inmates in the vast majority of circumstances after a committee approved it Wednesday morning.The legislation, which will…
Arkansas judge threatens to drop state AG’s lawsuit against Corrections Board
An Arkansas judge on Tuesday threatened to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the state’s attorney general against the Corrections Board that he would normally represent, the latest in a widening legal fight between the panel…
Stealing Elections via Voter Suppression: Supreme Court OK’s the Practice
Investigative reporter Greg Palast says that the Supreme Court’s recent decision approving Ohio’s process for purging voter registration rolls legalizes a process of disenfranchising minorities across the country. However, the case is far from over…
AL mayor resigns, admits to using inmates, city employees for private labor
Mayor Kenneth Nail of Hanceville, Alabama, resigned Tuesday and pleaded guilty to 15 misdemeanor counts.Nail, 60, was charged with using city employees and inmates for private labor.”I am truly sorry for the harm and inconvenience…
Why Is the Anti-War Movement Still so Weak Under Trump?
The anti-war movement, once strong under Bush, died under Obama, and still is weak under Trump. TRNN’s Ben Norton speaks with CODEPINK’s Ariel Gold about the power of the military-industrial complex and the campaign to…
