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This week’s news and information updates. This list is by no means intended to be complete or exhaustive. We are curating as we work. The list begins with the most current and works back through time.
Today’s date: August 02, 2026
The Resistance Is Closing In On Israel | Reason2Resist with Dimitri Lascaris | As Trump threatens another wave of attacks on Iran, Western neocons are warning of an American strategic defeat, and the Pentagon says it can no longer defend Israel. Meanwhile, the Resistance continues to strike U.S. military bases.
In addition, Trump's Board of Peace appears to be increasing pressure on Israel to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, but there is no indication that Israel will comply.
In this report, Dimitri Lascaris explains that the Resistance is closing in on Israel.
Dimitri also condemns the Canadian government's decision to allow the child-murderer Netanyahu to pass through Canadian airspace on his most recent trip to Washington.Is Israel Imploding Or Expanding? | Ilan Pappé | TMR | The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder | Ilan Pappe, professor of history at the University of Exeter and director of the university’s European Centre for Palestine Studies, joins the program for a conversation about Israel’s Zionist project.
“This is Terrifying”: WhatThe NDAA U.S.-Israel Military Merger Will REALLY Do With Sana Saeed | Katie Halper | Aug 2, 2026
Media critic Sana Saeed explains how Israel and the U.S. use each other and what the NDAA merger of the Israeli and U.S. militaries would do that’s new.
FBI Thought Police? How Trump’s NSPM-7 Could Use AI | BreakThrough News | Will Trump’s FBI arrest you for your social media posts? After NSPM-7, the federal agency is building a real-life Minority Report predictive policing system with AI. And millions of Americans could be at risk.
Investigative reporter Daniel Boguslaw breaks down how the proposed FBI Threat Screening Center would use “predictive” artificial intelligence technology to expand its watch lists. Boguslaw’s reporting reveals a skyrocketing number of US citizens the Bureau is tracking, based on “foreign agent” designations laid out in NSPM-7’s broad criminalization of speech and political affiliation.
But “predictive” crime systems don’t work: Boguslaw points to the Boston Marathon bomber, the Pulse nightclub shooter, and January 6 participants who were on the FBI’s watch list — even without AI. He says expanded surveillance isn’t a uniquely Trump-era threat, and that despite sitting members of Congress being blacklisted by Marco Rubio’s Cuba report, lawmakers on both sides aren’t doing enough to check the growing abuse of power.No Strikes on Iran, Gulf States Intervene, Trump Claims Deal Near | Neutrality Studies | Trump called off the largest strick on Iran since the beginning of the war that he had been hyping up himself. In a Truth Social tweet, he said that a deal was near. Well, let's review what this actually means and why he was forced to TACO once again.
Why Israel has no right to exist, with Craig Mokhiber | The Electronic Intifada | Last week, the 125-member Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court voted to dismiss the court’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan.
The majority vote by 82 member states came even though a panel of three senior judges appointed by the ICC’s governing body concluded in March that an official investigation had not established misconduct or a breach of duty.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is indicted for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza by the ICC, and his supporters, are celebrating.
Our guest, international lawyer Craig Mokhiber, examines the political nature of the escalating attack on the court – and on prospects for accountability for Israel’s genocide. We also talk about his latest article challenging the constant demand that Palestinians and their supporters affirm Israel’s “right to exist.”
This is a segment from The Electronic Intifada's livestream on day 1028 of the Gaza genocide. Ali Abunimah, Nora Barrows-Friedman and Jon Elmer were joined by international lawyer Craig Mokhiber.Steve Hanke: The Iran War & Energy Geopolitics - America’s Economic Decline Ahead | World Affairs In Context | Aug 2, 2026 Lena Petrova Podcast
Dr. Steve Hanke is a prominent American economist, Professor of Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University, and Distinguished Senior Scholar at the Mises Institute
Trump SCANDALIZED as Bank Declares They FEARED Trump WAS A MONEY LAUNDERER As They Closed Accounts! | Legal AF | Aug 2, 2026 The Intersection with Michael Popok
Popok reports on Breaking News that Capital One, in its latest federal court filing against Trump and his family, has revealed that the real reason it closed more than 300 of Trump and his family’s bank accounts was due to suspected money laundering. Drawing on his background in anti-money laundering and financial services, Popok explains just how devastating this revelation truly is.
Why Trump’s Ballroom Bunker Proves He’s Terrified | The Daily Beast Podcast | Ruth Ben-Ghiat, historian and authoritarian expert speaks with Joanna Coles about whether America is already experiencing the early stages of autocracy, why Donald Trump’s behavior follows patterns seen in strongmen throughout history, and what happens when leaders surround themselves with loyalists instead of truth-tellers. Drawing on decades of research, Ben-Ghiat explains why weakening leaders can become more dangerous, how propaganda, humiliation, corruption, and loyalty tests reinforce authoritarian power, and why wars and economic turmoil often accelerate a strongman’s decline.
Every Pro-Israel Celebrity CRUSHED in 3-Easy Steps | The CJ Werleman Show | Every pro-Israel argument has the same fatal flaw — it was built to be recited, not interrogated. Here’s the 3-step framework that exposes it every time.
Why has Israel bought this historic factory in the UK? | Declassified UK | Premiered Aug 1, 2026 | How do people in Newcastle feel that the Israeli state has taken over one of their most historic factories?
Declassified travelled to Newcastle to uncover the story of the Armstrong Works, a sprawling factory that used to employ a quarter of the local population but is now owned by Israeli state-owned arms company Rafael.
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