Links to two discussions and two interviews: from or via Consortium News, the Chris Hedges Report, 21st Century Wire, and National Public Radio; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials.  (Scroll down for today’s YEMEN, UKRAINE and 9/11 TRUTH, and down for IRAN 7-25-26.) — MCM

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FROM JULY 25  The World This Week: ‘The Return of McCarthyism.’  Joe Lauria of Consortium News, former U.S. Marine Corps counterintelligence officer Scott Ritter, and British-American journalist Patrick Henningson of 21st Century Wire consider “government-assisted censorship” under Biden and Trump, Trump-introduced “full-blown McCarthyism,” the U.S. Constitution, USAID, the FBI, COINTELPRO (before and now), corruption, the U.S. military,Cuba, Venezuela, “hybrid diplomacy,” Iran, Islam, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab countries, today’s apparent “escalation trap,” the news media, the CIA, Britain’s MI6, Lebanon, Ukraine, Nazis, Russia, Germany, France, Britain.” Click HERE for video of discussion and Lauria’s print introduction.

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FROM JULY 19  Retaliation doctrine. Chris Hedges of the Chris Hedges Report talks a week or so ago with Professor John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago. The two agree that the U.S. war against Vietnam in the 1960s and 1970s was ill-advised and unwinnable as is the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran — yet both wars continued (for years in the case of the war in Southeast Asia) after it was apparent to Washington policymakers that they were lost. Click HERE for video of discussion via 21st Century Wire, and HERE for transcript from the Chris Hedges Report.

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Oil prices are climbing again. Here’s why this time could be different. Ayesha Rascoe of NPR speaks with Bob McNally, founder of the research firm Rapidan Energy Group, about how the Iran war is disrupting oil supplies as oil prices have surpassed $100 a barrel. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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FROM JULY 25  The real cost of the war with Iran. Reported by Debbie Elliott, Henry Larsonand Sarah Robbins | NPR  Elliot speaks with Linda Bilmes, professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and author of The Ghost Budget: Paying for America’s Wars, about why the war between the U.S. and Iran has become so expensive. Click HERE to listen and read.

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A link to an interview from National Public Radio; other published material is accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s IRAN, UKRAINE and 9/11 TRUTH, and down for YEMEN 7-25-26.) — MCM

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Houthi rebels in Yemen attack Saudi Arabia. Ayesha Rascoe of NPR talks with April Longley Alley of the Washington Institute about the Houthi rebels in Yemen. The Iran-aligned group is restricting ship traffic through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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Links to three reports: from the Associated Press and Reuters, and to a discussion from Consortium News; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s IRAN, YEMEN and 9/11 TRUTH, and down for UKRAINE 7-25-26.) — MCM

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2 dead in Ukraine from Russian attacks, 4 more in Russian-held area hit by Ukrainian drones. From AP.  KYIV — Russian ballistic missiles struck the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv early today, setting off fires and wounding at least three civilians, while attacks on other parts of the country later killed at least two people, local officials said. The strikes came as . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.  Click HERE for report from Reuters.

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Kremlin says too early to comment on reported U.S.-Ukraine air ceasefire talks. From Reuters. Russia considers it premature to comment on reports that the United States and Ukraine are discussing a possible halt to aerial attacks as part of efforts to end the war, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said today. READ MORE . . .

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FROM JULY 25  The World This Week: ‘The Return of McCarthyism.’  Joe Lauria of Consortium News, former U.S. Marine Corps counterintelligence officer Scott Ritter, and British-American journalist Patrick Henningson of 21st Century Wire consider “government-assisted censorship” under Biden and Trump, Trump-introduced “full-blown McCarthyism,” the U.S. Constitution, USAID, the FBI, COINTELPRO (before and now), corruption, the U.S. military, Cuba, Venezuela, “hybrid diplomacy,” Iran, Islam, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab countries, today’s apparent “escalation trap,” the news media, the CIA, Britain’s MI6, Lebanon, Ukraine, Nazis, Russia, Germany, France, Britain.” Click HERE for video of discussion and Lauria’s print introduction.

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Links to two reviews, both from OffGuardian (the first via 9/11 Truth Action Project).

The first link is to a review by a co-author of a 2018 book,* who reviews a “mixed” review of it by a British retired academic. The second link is to that person’s review. (Scroll up for today’s IRAN, YEMEN and UKRAINE, and down for 9/11 TRUTH 7-23-26.) — MCM

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FROM SEPT. 26, 2018   9/11 Unmasked: A remarkable review, by David Ray Griffin | OffGuardian / 911TAP  The book 9/11 Unmasked, which I wrote together with Elizabeth Woodworth, has received several excellent reviews. But the most remarkable of these was written by Philip Roddis, who in 2016 had written with vitriol (his term) about the idea that 9/11 was an “inside job.” READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 10, 2018   Seventeen years on: what really happened on 9/11? by Philip Roddis | OffGuardian  Two years ago, on the 15th anniversary of 9/11, OffGuardian ran my review of Dylan Avery’s “Loose Change.” Except it wasn’t a review but a pouring of vitriol on the film’s central assertion that the events of Sept. 11, 2001 were an inside job. READ MORE . . .

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*  9/11 Unmasked: An Independent Review Panel Investigation, by David Ray Griffin and Elizabeth Woodworth (Northampton: Olive Branch Press).

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ADVISORY  The World This Week: ‘The Return of McCarthyism,’ at 8 p.m. EDT. Joe Lauria, editor-in-chief of Consortium News, will host former U.S. Marine Corps counterintelligence officer Scott Ritter and British-American journalist Patrick Henningson. From CN intro: “Government-assisted censorship began under Biden, but Donald Trump has unleashed the return of full-blown McCarthyism in which ‘communism’ is again the greatest menace to the U.S., and criticism on Iran and Ukraine must be stifled.” Click HERE around 8 tonight EDT to livestream, and later for video of discussion.

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For now, links to five reports: from the Associated Press, National Public Radio, and the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll down for today’s WEST  BANK, UKRAINE and YEMEN so far, and for IRAN 7-24-26.) — MCM

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For now, links to reports from the Cradle and Breakthrough News; others are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll up or down for today’s IRAN, UKRAINE, and YEMEN so far, and down for WEST BANK 7-20-26.) — MCM

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Dozens of Palestinians abducted by Israeli troops as Jewish settlers conduct coordinated raid on West Bank village. From the Cradle. Hundreds of Jewish settlers carried out a coordinated pogrom in the Palestinian village of Sarra in the occupied West Bank today, burning homes, damaging property, and assaulting residents, following the abduction of dozens of Palestinians by Israeli troops. READ MORE . . .

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For now, links to reports from the Associated Press and the Moscow Times; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s IRAN, WEST BANK and YEMEN  so far, and down for UKRAINE 7-24-26.) — MCM

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For now, links to two reports: from the Associated Press and the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up for today’s IRAN, WEST BANK and UKRAINE so far, and down for YEMEN 7-24-26.) — MCM

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Nobody reads this blog. But . . .

Here is a link to a report from National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll up or down today’s GAZA, IRAN, UKRAINE and YEMEN so far, and down for NICARAGUA 7-21-26.) — MCM

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Nicaragua’s President Ortega says there will be no more elections, extending his rule. Reported by Eyder Peralta| NPR  Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega declares “there won’t be any more elections,” cementing his grip on power and ending hopes for a democratic vote. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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