Second in this new category*, a link to a film from Jigsaw Productions via YouTube; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll down for ALL OF IT, 5-9-26.) — MCM

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FROM 2012  ‘Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream,’ directed by Alex Gibney | Jigsaw Productions / YouTube  A documentary about the wealth gap in the United States. Among other things, it compares the access to opportunities of the residents of 740 Park Ave. on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and those on Park Avenue in the South Bronx. It was inspired in part by the 2005 book 740 Park: The Story of the World’s Richest Apartment Building, by Michael Gross. Click HERE for video on YouTube.

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*  The name of this category borrows from a phrase — “the rest of the story” — Paul Harvey used years ago for the segment at the end of his ABC news show in which he would expand on a news item. Here the category will include links to things closely or somewhat related or completely unrelated to IRAN, GAZA, UKRAINE, 9/11 TRUTH, MEDIA, ENERGY, etc.

For now, links to reports from the Associated Press and the Grayzone (the latter via ScheerPost) and to a discussion from Consortium News; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll down for today’s LEBANON and IRAN so far, and for UKRAINE 5-5-26.) — MCM

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Russia accuses Ukraine of violating US-brokered 3-day truce. From AP. Russia and Ukraine swapped accusations of breaking a U.S.-brokered ceasefire today, with both sides claiming to have suffered casualties in drone and artillery strikes over the past 24 hours. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish; and HERE for others.

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FROM MAY 9  Covert NATO initiative turns film into anti-Russia battleground, by Kit Klarenberg | The Grayzone / ScheerPost  A scandal has erupted over covert NATO conferences with the Western entertainment industry. Leaked documents show how for decades NATO has sought to infiltrate film and TV, with UK intel operatives taking the lead. READ MORE . . .

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FROM MAY 9  Watch: The World This Week — ‘Playing with fire.’ Joe Lauria of Consortium News spoke on Saturday night with former CIA analyst Ray McGovern and former U.S. Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter about various aspects of both the Iran and Ukraine wars. Click HERE for replay.

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First, a link to a report from the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll up or down for today’s UKRAINE and IRAN so far.  Scroll down for LEBANON 5-8-26.) — MCM

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FROM MAY 9  Israeli strike levels building sheltering displaced families in south Lebanon. From the Cradle. An Israeli airstrike on Saturday leveled a building sheltering a number of forcibly displaced families in Saksakiyeh, Lebanon, with dozens of civilians believed to be dead under the rubble — part of a massive wave of drone, warplane, and artillery attacks that killed at least a dozen people. READ MORE . . .

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For now, links to EIGHT reports, analyses, commentaries and interviews: from the Associated Press, Reuters, the Cradle, Consortium News, Middle East Eye, the Jasim al-Mazzawi Show, and Middle East Monitor; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up for today’s UKRAINE and LEBANON so far.  Scroll down for IRAN 5-9-26.) — MCM

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Iran responds to ceasefire proposal as drones target Gulf nations, by Jon Gambrell and Samy Magdy | AP  DUBAI —Iran has sent its response to the latest U.S. ceasefire proposal via Pakistani mediators and wants negotiations to focus on permanently ending the war, Iran’s state-run media said Sunday. Pakistan confirmed receiving it. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish; and HERE for others. Click HERE for earlier report from Reuters.

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First, a link to an essay from Behind the Curtain; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll down for today’s ALL OF IT and IRAN for now, and MEDIA 5-8-26.) — MCM

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FROM MAY 1   Everything we don’t need to know, and a few we do, by Edward Curtin | Behind the Curtain  Censorship today is primarily accomplished by flooding people with pointless information. So it behooves us to know how to avoid this inconsequential data. The first step is to ignore social media as much as possible and never to ask AI any questions. READ MORE . . .

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First in this new category*, a link to an essay from an essay from the Chris Hedges Report via ScheerPost; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll up or down for today’s MEDIA and IRAN so far.) — MCM

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FROM MAY 8  America’s suicide pact, by Chris Hedges / The Chris Hedges Report / ScheerPost  Civilizations, as the historian Arnold J. Toynbee famously argued, “die from suicide, not by murder.” They collapse from within. They fall prey to moral, social and spiritual decay. READ MORE . . .

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* In my mind, “All of it” borrows from the 20th century radio news show host Paul Harvey’s phrase “the rest of the story,” in which he expanded on an item he may have just included in his newscast. This new category will include news reports and commentary closely or somewhat related or completely unrelated to IRAN, GAZA, UKRAINE, 9/11 TRUTH, MEDIA, ENERGY, etc. posts.

ADVISORY  Watch: The World This Week — ‘Playing with fire,’ at 8 tonight EDT. Joe Lauria of Consortium News talks with former CIA analyst Ray McGovern and former U.S. Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter about the Trump administration’s “playing with fire” in the Persian Gulf and in Ukraine. Click HERE at 8 p.m. EDT to livestream, and later for video.

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For now, link to reports from the Associated Press and National Public Radio, and to a commentary from Indian Punchline; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll down for IRAN 5-7-26.  Scroll up for today’s MEDIA and ALL OF IT so far.) — MCM

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A fragile ceasefire holds as U.S. awaits Iran response, Bahrain detains dozens, by Adam Schreck and Samy Magdy | AP  DUBAI — A tenuous ceasefire appeared to be holding today after the United States struck two Iranian oil tankers, while the country that hosts the U.S. Navy’s regional headquarters said it arrested dozens of people it alleged were linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. READ MORE . . .

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FROM MAY 8  Why Trump’s efforts to force Iran to concede to U.S. demands aren’t working. Jackie Northam of NPR gets the assessments of  four observers focusing on the current U.S. approach to end war. Click HERE to listen and read.

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An expert on Iranian politics reviews the status of negotiations to end the war on Iran. Elissa Nadworny of NPR talks with Mehrzad Boroujerdi of the Missouri University of Science and Technology about the status of the Trump Administration’s negotiations to end the war on Iran. Click HERE later to listen and, still later, read; and HERE for links to both Iran war-related reports from NPR’s “Weekend Edition Saturday.”

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FROM MAY 5  Can China curb Trump’s gambit in Hormuz? by M.K. Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline  China’s shock warning to the U.S. President Donald Trump that his road to Beijing goes through the Strait of Hormuz has been an audacious move directly linking his planned visit to China on May 14-15 with the situation around Iran. READ MORE . . .

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A link to a report from the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll down for ENERGY, GAZA, IRAN and MEDIA — and for LEBANON 5-7-26.) — MCM

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Hezbollah rockets target Haifa as Israel continues carpet bombing campaign of south Lebanon. From the Cradle. Several rockets were fired from Lebanon toward Haifa Bay and the western Galilee area today, marking the deepest strikes by the resistance since the so-called “ceasefire” was implemented last month.Tel Aviv claimed one was intercepted while the others fell in “open areas.” READ MORE . . .

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Links to two reports from National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials below. (Scroll up or down for LEBANON, GAZA, IRAN and MEDIA — and down for ENERGY 5-4-26.)

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With Spirit in liquidation, what happens next to its planes. Reported by Joel Rose | NPR  When Spirit Airlines stopped flying last weekend, it left more than 90 planes at dozens of airports around the country. Spirit also has engines, spare parts, real estate, and other valuable assets that it’s hoping to liquidate, and its lawyers were in court seeking permission to start an “orderly wind-down of operations.” Click HERE to listen and read.

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FROM MAY 7  A new underground map of the U.S. could help the electric grid avoid catastrophe. Reported by Fiona Geiran, Tyler Bartlam, Christopher Intagliat and Ailsa Chang | NPRChang talks with Paul Bedrosian of the U.S. Geological Survey about a new map and model of the deep continental structure underneath the United States. Click HERE to listen and read.

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A link to a report from the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll up or down for LEBANON, IRAN and MEDIA — and down for GAZA 5-7-26.) — MCM

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UAE provides $100m for U.S.-backed Gaza police force vetted by Shin Bet. From the Cradle. The UAE has sent $100 million to U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace to fund the training of a new Palestinian police force for Gaza, the Times of Israel reported today. READ MORE . . .

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