https://www.sott.net/category/18-Societys-Child Signs of the Times: The World for People who Think. Featuring independent, unbiased, alternative news and commentary on world events. en-us Original content Copyright 2026 by Signs of the Times/Sott.net. For other content, see our Fair Use Policy at www.sott.net. Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:14:55 +0000 https://www.sott.net/images/sottlogo_rss.jpg SOTT.net https://www.sott.net https://www.sott.net/article/505811-Health-freedom-constitutional-carry-and-the-smoking-gun Background For decades, the fight for full health freedom — as defined by a system in which full informed consent replaces the legislative reality and culture of vaccine mandates — has been an arduous one. However, there are important parallels between the fight for health freedom and the success that advocates of a constitutionalist view of the Second Amendment (2A) have achieved over the last 25 years. By learning from the success of 2A advocates, supporters of health freedom can change the culture, change the law, and change legal precedent, all in favor of health freedom. Weaponized Emotion The early 1990s represented the nadir of a constitutional view of 2A in terms of public opinion. This was largely due to the popularity of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (commonly referred to as the Brady Bill). The legislation, signed by President Clinton in 1993, established the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). https://www.sott.net/article/505811-Health-freedom-constitutional-carry-and-the-smoking-gun Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:11:03 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505806-Britain-is-turning-into-a-Zionist-police-state-to-protect-Israel The UK is pulling out all the stops to persecute a pro-Palestine activist group, including blanket gag orders and courtroom deception. Imagine you know about a brutal gang of serial killers openly committing one sadistic crime after the other. Imagine you recognize your obvious moral obligation to do something to stop or at least impede these crimes as best you can, but your country's morally perverse and politically corrupt authorities are in cahoots with the murderers, so you cannot simply call the police. Indeed, if you try to resist the killers and their accomplices, the police and state prosecutors will relentlessly go after you instead of them, and in effect, protect the criminals. Imagine, finally, that while you cannot strike the killers directly, you can make committing their heinous crimes harder for them by disrupting their business activities and alerting the public to their scandalously uninhibited activities and shocking power in your society. That is the situation in... https://www.sott.net/article/505806-Britain-is-turning-into-a-Zionist-police-state-to-protect-Israel Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:08:22 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505794-Popular-convenience-store-chain-7-Eleven-to-close-hundreds-of-stores 7-Eleven's North American business has recently seen softer performance 7-Eleven is planning to close hundreds of stores across North America this year as the convenience store giant trims its footprint following recent declines in the region. Parent company Seven & i Holdings said in a recent filing that 645 7-Eleven locations are slated to close during its 2026 fiscal year, which began in March. The closures include some stores that will be converted into wholesale fuel sites rather than traditional convenience locations. Despite the pullback, the company is still pursuing selective expansion. Seven & i expects to open about 205 new 7-Eleven stores during the same period, partially offsetting the closures. https://www.sott.net/article/505794-Popular-convenience-store-chain-7-Eleven-to-close-hundreds-of-stores Fri, 17 Apr 2026 22:28:17 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505784-J-Street-says-Israel-should-pay-out-of-pocket-if-it-wants-US-weapons The pro-Israel advocacy group likely changed its tune after widespread popular opposition to taxpayer-funded weapons The pro-Israel advocacy group J Street is now calling for an end to "direct" US military support to Israel, per a new policy document published on Monday. The group had previously backed Washington's continued provision of defensive weapons systems, such as the replenishment of Israel's Iron Dome, at no cost to Israelis. Now, it says the US "should continue to sell" short-range air and ballistic missile defence capabilities to Israel, but Israel should use its own money to pay for them. "Israel faces real security challenges that require a significant defense investment. With a per capita GDP comparable to leading US allies such as the United Kingdom, France and Japan, as well as an annual defense budget of over $45 billion, it has the financial means to address these challenges," J Street said. https://www.sott.net/article/505784-J-Street-says-Israel-should-pay-out-of-pocket-if-it-wants-US-weapons Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:14:14 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505776-UK-seeks-to-jail-Palestine-Action-for-terrorism-amid-UK-media-blackout Six Palestine Action activists face a retrial after being acquitted in February following over a year in prison. If convicted, the six Palestine Action activists and 18 others will likely be sentenced as terrorists, facing long prison terms. The jury has not been notified about the 'terrorist' designation, and the British media cannot report this information under a court order. Activists will also be prohibited from telling jurors how their efforts sought to impede the Gaza genocide. The prosecution followed a meeting between government officials and counter-terror officers, where designating Palestine Action as terrorists was discussed. Those officials admitted the group's activities were "mostly confined to criminal damage," not terrorism. By falsely alleging Palestine Action deliberately targeted people with violent acts, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper committed contempt of court - but a court order prohibits British media from reporting this. UK outlets are also barred from... https://www.sott.net/article/505776-UK-seeks-to-jail-Palestine-Action-for-terrorism-amid-UK-media-blackout Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:02:31 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505769-Disappearance-of-rocket-scientist-takes-chilling-turn-after-link-to-critical-defense-technology-comes-to-light The disappearance of a rocket scientist has taken a chilling new turn after it emerged she holds a one-of-a-kind patent tied to advanced US launch systems. Monica Jacinto Reza, 60, was last seen hiking in the rugged San Gabriel Wilderness area in the Angeles National Forest on June 22 last year, at about 9.10am local time. Several reports in the forum EISPIRATEN indicated that a man walking about 30ft ahead of Reza on the trail to the Waterman Mountain summit turned around moments later and discovered she had vanished without a trace. According to those familiar with the hike, Reza was carrying a backpack believed to contain several liters of water when she disappeared. https://www.sott.net/article/505769-Disappearance-of-rocket-scientist-takes-chilling-turn-after-link-to-critical-defense-technology-comes-to-light Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:48:24 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505765-Rand-Pauls-Six-Penny-Plan-to-balance-the-federal-budget-in-five-years US Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky has introduced a federal spending restraint bill, called the "Six Penny Plan" that may actually work. The basic concept is simple. Each year for the next five years Congress would reduce the federal budget by six percent from the previous year's budget. In five years the annual budget would be in balance, and the total federal debt will be on a path to being paid off. How the "Rand Plan" is Different One may ask how this plan differs from other spending restraint plans. Notice that the bill does not single out specific areas for spending reduction, such as President Trump's failed DOGE plan. The bill is an across-the-board reduction, which leaves each federal agency to decide where and what to cut. For example, the Pentagon would have its budget reduced by six percent, forcing it to allocate funding among its major commands. The same would be the case with Social Security, Medicare, the EPA, etc. No agency would be exempt, although we can assume... https://www.sott.net/article/505765-Rand-Pauls-Six-Penny-Plan-to-balance-the-federal-budget-in-five-years Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:24:56 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505764-Berlin-targets-entrepreneurs-Apprenticeships-punishment-and-social-decay The German capital is hardly a hospitable place for entrepreneurs or founders. Ambitious individuals who aim to build a career outside the state subsidy system and establish their own livelihoods encounter, in this strangest of European capitals, an atmosphere of contempt and hostility. Berlin politics, regardless of who is currently in power, fosters a culture of societal division. Parties spare no effort in masking the jointly caused economic and social distortions in the city with an endless media spectacle. Unemployment rises — naturally, the entrepreneurs are blamed. Rents are unaffordable — it has, of course, nothing to do with open borders or mass immigration. Responsibility lies with the greed of landlords, who have elevated exploitation to their fundamental operating principle. In Berlin, apprenticeship positions are now scarce. Naturally, entrepreneurs are also blamed in this case. It could never be because politics, with its green ideological zeal, may have let the... https://www.sott.net/article/505764-Berlin-targets-entrepreneurs-Apprenticeships-punishment-and-social-decay Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:23:33 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505755-Suicide-attacks-rock-Algerian-city-during-Pope-Leos-visit Algeria has been hit by two terror attacks during Pope Leo XIV's visit, officials say - though at this point there doesn't appear to have been any direct effort at targeting the Pope or his accompanying officials. Twin suicide attacks rocked a city outside Algeria's capital Monday, just as the American-born Pontiff began his historic visit to the country, AFP reports. "There were two security incidents yesterday afternoon in Blida, incidents of a terrorist nature. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up and were killed," a source told AFP on Tuesday. The city in question is a little less than 30 miles southwest of Algiers. https://www.sott.net/article/505755-Suicide-attacks-rock-Algerian-city-during-Pope-Leos-visit Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:31:07 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505750-Massive-fire-engulfs-one-of-Australias-last-two-oil-refineries-near-amid-global-fuel-crisis Multiple explosions were heard at the refinery, which provides 10 per cent of the nation's fuel. An oil refinery is engulfed in flames after an explosion in Victoria on Wednesday morning. Viva Energy in Corio, near Geelong, is one of Australia's last two oil refineries, and the blaze which engulfed it comes amid a global fuel crisis, with Energy Minister Chris Bowen saying the fire "will impact production". Multiple explosions were reported about 11.15pm on Tuesday, according to Fire Rescue Victoria. Flames up to 60m high were initially shooting out from the refinery, Sunrise reports. The fire is still not under control, but has been contained to the plant where the fire originated; the MoGas area which "involves liquid fuels and gases", firefighters said. Petrol, high-octane petrol in particular, diesel and jet fuel continues to be produces at the refinery, but Bowen said production take a hit. https://www.sott.net/article/505750-Massive-fire-engulfs-one-of-Australias-last-two-oil-refineries-near-amid-global-fuel-crisis Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:13:05 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505746-Supporting-Israel-is-now-mandatory-at-The-Telegraph The new owners have made support for Israel a core principle The Daily Telegraph is being acquired by a German-based media giant - and now its journalists are formally expected to support Israel. The culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, has cleared the takeover by Axel Springer SE. Its CEO, Mathias Döpfner, has written to Telegraph staff "outlining his commitment" to the paper. An employee at The Telegraph has sent me that letter. It is deeply revealing. Döpfner insists that the values of The Telegraph and the publishing house founded by late tycoon Axel Springer - dubbed 'Germany's Rupert Murdoch' - are aligned. They are, he says, "Freedom, free markets, individual freedom and freedom of speech." He goes further. Axel Springer, he explains, is "guided by a clear editorial compass." Its employees are rooted in its Essentials - "core values to which we are firmly committed." There is, he adds, "no such thing as neutral journalism": only journalism that is "pluralistic and surprising,... https://www.sott.net/article/505746-Supporting-Israel-is-now-mandatory-at-The-Telegraph Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:09:52 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505741-A-few-kilometers-left-to-liberate-Donbass-Kremlin Russian forces continue to advance and are nearing the Donetsk People's Republic's borders. Russian forces only have a few kilometers left before Donbass has been liberated, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. Speaking to Russian journalist Pavel Zarubin on Sunday, Peskov was asked to comment on a recent statement by US Vice President J.D. Vance, who said the Ukraine conflict has fundamentally "stopped making sense," and that the sides are "haggling at this point over a few square kilometers of territory." Peskov confirmed that the territorial issue is now down to " just a few kilometers, roughly speaking." He stated that Russia still needs to liberate around "18-17% of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR)" in order to reach the region's borders. Once the army reaches the borders of Russia's new regions, he said, "a complex, painstaking, and not fast negotiation process" will begin, in which the details of a settlement with Ukraine will have to be determined. https://www.sott.net/article/505741-A-few-kilometers-left-to-liberate-Donbass-Kremlin Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:05:36 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505740-The-insanity-defense-A-public-danger If certain individuals by virtue of their mental condition pose a continuing and unpredictable threat, then the appropriate response is permanent removal from situations where they can harm others. On August 22, 2025, Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee who had fled her country because of the Russian invasion, was stabbed from behind three times while seated on a train. The perpetrator, Decarlos Dejuan Brown Jr., was arrested and charged with first-degree murder but was later determined to be mentally incapable of standing trial. Cases like that of Iryna Zarutska bring into sharp focus the gap between abstract theories and concrete consequences. Here is what happens when dangerous individuals intersect with systems more concerned with process than protection. This tragedy is more than a loss of life; it underscores a recurring pattern of sheltering the criminally insane from logical consequences. https://www.sott.net/article/505740-The-insanity-defense-A-public-danger Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:00:54 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505739-White-House-economic-report-concludes-DEI-policies-reduce-productivity-cost-94B-annually A newly released report outlines the economic consequences of protocols related to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. Diversity, equity, and inclusion practices negatively impacted the U.S. economy, according to the 2026 White House Economic Report released April 13. Researchers calculated that DEI policies reduced output and lowered the country's gross domestic product by about $94 billion each year, amounting to approximately $1,160 per year for families with two working adults. "These estimates imply that DEI promotion has led to inefficient management, raising the cost of doing business," the report reads. "These costs lead the companies practicing DEI to hire fewer people and pay their workers less." https://www.sott.net/article/505739-White-House-economic-report-concludes-DEI-policies-reduce-productivity-cost-94B-annually Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:00:20 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505738-Swalwell-resigns-from-Congress-Effective-TODAY-after-fresh-rape-allegation-and-corroborating-campaign-records Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) resigned from Congress on Tuesday, effective today, capping a stunning collapse of his political career just one day after he suspended his bid for California governor. The move came hours after a new accuser, Lonna Drewes, held a press conference in Beverly Hills alleging that Swalwell drugged, raped, and choked her unconscious in a West Hollywood hotel room in July 2018. Drewes, a former model and fashion technology entrepreneur, told reporters she met Swalwell three times that year while he offered political connections for her business. On the third encounter, she claims she had one glass of wine she believes was spiked, became incapacitated, and was assaulted at the Montrose Hotel. She said she thought she was going to die. Drewes did not pursue a rape kit at the time but says she told friends, kept journal entries, and preserved texts and photos. Her team filed a formal complaint with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department the same day. The... https://www.sott.net/article/505738-Swalwell-resigns-from-Congress-Effective-TODAY-after-fresh-rape-allegation-and-corroborating-campaign-records Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:59:22 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505736-American-Association-of-University-Professors-announces-an-anti-ICE-campaign "Create a Crisis" That call is made in a new campaign sponsored by the American Association of University Professors to force "colleges to drop their contracts with ICE's key corporate enablers." Despite years of criticism over the purging of faculty ranks of conservatives and libertarians, university professors continue to double down on far-left ideology that is now an orthodoxy in higher education. I previously wrote about the AAUP's ideological shift in my book, The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage. After that book, the AAUP then selected Todd Wolfson, a far-left activist, as its new president. Wolfson ran on the pledge to make AAUP a "fighting organization" for social change. After his selection, Wolfson has called Trump supporters "fascists" and demanded boycotts of Israel. Given that history, it was little surprise to see the AAUP's sponsorship of this campaign, as reported by the College Fix. https://www.sott.net/article/505736-American-Association-of-University-Professors-announces-an-anti-ICE-campaign Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:10:45 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505734-We-re-in-an-oil-crisis-Australia-has-two-oil-refineries-and-one-appears-to-be-on-fire Well, that can't be good Details are sketchy, but the Viva refinery in Corio, Geelong Victoria is reportedly on fire in a big way. This is (or was) one of Australia's last two remaining oil refineries supplying 10% of domestic needs. Reports on X and Reddit claim the fire started with an explosion at about 11pm in Victoria, with "flames 100ft high". The glow is visible from Melbourne. Others report hearing three explosions and saying the fire started in the "gas separator unit". The Victorian Fire Dept has issued a watch and act and stay indoors for people in Geelong. 16 Fire units are attending a "Building Fire" on Refinery Rd, Corio which is not yet under control. What are the odds? Speculation is rife: "I'm sure it's just a coincidence" says every second person. We're praying the staff are OK, and someone has sent the SAS to guard our other refinery. https://www.sott.net/article/505734-We-re-in-an-oil-crisis-Australia-has-two-oil-refineries-and-one-appears-to-be-on-fire Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:10:14 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505730-Italys-Anti-Israel-Opposition-Declares-Victory-After-Meloni-Suspends-Defense-Pact Italy has suspended the automatic renewal of its defense agreement with Israel amid the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran, now 'paused' as a two-week ceasefire holds in order to give a chance for talks. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced the significant status change following weeks of tensions over the Israel question, and after other European governments like Spain and France have heaped criticism on Trump's Operation Epic Fury. "The government, considering the situation we are experiencing, has decided to suspend the automatic renewal of the defense agreement with Israel," Meloni said during her latest press briefing in Verona. Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto sent a letter to Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz confirming the suspension of the Italy-Israel memorandum, which governs defense cooperation. The agreement, which has been in effect for many years of the 21st century, oversaw and guided exchange of military equipment and joint technological research between... https://www.sott.net/article/505730-Italys-Anti-Israel-Opposition-Declares-Victory-After-Meloni-Suspends-Defense-Pact Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:45:17 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505728-The-5-places-in-America-you-dont-want-to-be-when-society-collapses There's a strange kind of comfort people have when they think about disaster. Not the dramatic kind you see in movies, but something quieter, almost subconscious — the belief that if something really bad were to happen, there would still be time to react. Time to think. Time to leave. Time to make the right decisions. The problem is, history doesn't really support that idea. When things begin to fail on a large scale, they don't do it in a clean or predictable way. Systems don't politely warn you before they collapse. They stall, they glitch, they slow down — and then suddenly, they stop. And in that moment, when what people assumed was permanent turns out to be fragile, the real danger begins. Not from the disaster itself, but from the reaction to it. People don't like uncertainty. And when uncertainty turns into fear, fear turns into something much harder to control. https://www.sott.net/article/505728-The-5-places-in-America-you-dont-want-to-be-when-society-collapses Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:32:02 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505722-Israel-fumes-over-Netanyahu-effigy-blown-up-in-Spain Israel has condemned the display as "appalling anti-Semitic hatred" and summoned Madrid's chargé d'affaires. Israel has condemned Spain after a fireworks-filled effigy of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was blown up during an Easter festival in the southern town of El Burgo. The long-strained ties between Madrid and West Jerusalem have deteriorated even further in light of the US-Israeli attack on Iran, with Spain emerging as one of the most vocal Western critics of the aggression. Last month, Spain permanently withdrew its ambassador from Israel, formally downgrading the level of diplomatic relations with the country. This week, West Jerusalem kicked Madrid out of a US-backed coordination center in Kiryat Gat that oversees the Gaza ceasefire, calling it retaliation for opposing Israel and "defaming" its military. https://www.sott.net/article/505722-Israel-fumes-over-Netanyahu-effigy-blown-up-in-Spain Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:16:05 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505713-I-have-a-dream-a-political-manifesto I have a dream where politicians live next door to you. Not metaphorically. Literally. The man who voted to rezone your street works three doors down. His kids go to the same school as yours. When he raises the local tax rate and the potholes don't get fixed, he drives over those same potholes every morning. And when the community has had enough, they let him know. Loudly. Personally. The way humans have held each other accountable for most of history, before we invented the beautiful abstraction of "institutional distance". I know. It sounds naive. Let me explain why I don't think it is... https://www.sott.net/article/505713-I-have-a-dream-a-political-manifesto Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:11:44 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505707-Sick-behavior-from-financial-psychopaths I've been saying this for months: despite "experts" just sounding the alarm moments ago: the private credit unwind that started months ago and has now spiraled into a very real liability for the economy wasn't some unknowable tail risk lurking in the shadows. It couldn't have been clearer if it was a fucking neon sign blinking THIS ENDS BADLY hanging outside of the 4 train station on Wall Street so industry workers were forced to see it on their way into work every morning. Not only did I call the private credit collapse, I also argued that it would experience a sharp downturn before the Fed stepped in to bail it out or provide a backstop, despite, once again, the widespread misconduct of mismarking positions and carrying opaque, low-quality assets on the books of the companies managing these funds. And here we are, right on schedule, watching that script unfold with all the subtlety of Eric Swalwell on a date after 9 whiskey cocktails. In the last two days alone, Bloomberg reports... https://www.sott.net/article/505707-Sick-behavior-from-financial-psychopaths Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:48:05 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505706-Psychoanalysts-are-resigning-from-the-International-Psychoanalytical-Association-over-its-anti-Palestinian-double-standard The Palestine Mental Health Network is urging mental health professionals to resign from the International Psychoanalytical Association over the organization's anti-Palestinian bias. Psychoanalysis understands, better than most disciplines, that silence is never neutral. What is not said does not disappear but returns, distorted, in symptoms. Freud called this the return of the repressed and built an entire method on the insight. What, it is worth asking, is the International Psychoanalytical Association's (IPA) silence on the genocide in Gaza a symptom of? We are the Palestine Mental Health Networks, a collective of mental health professionals from twenty-three countries, brought together by our commitment to psychoanalytic principles and the fundamental dignity of all human beings — a category from which Palestinians are often excluded. In the weeks since we issued a public call for psychoanalysts to resign from the IPA, colleagues from across the world have done so. Their... https://www.sott.net/article/505706-Psychoanalysts-are-resigning-from-the-International-Psychoanalytical-Association-over-its-anti-Palestinian-double-standard Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:45:59 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505704-Massachusetts-Dems-advance-bill-to-limit-how-far-you-can-drive-in-your-own-car Latest front in the war on personal mobility Massachusetts lawmakers are barreling ahead with a bill that would force the state to slash the total miles residents drive, all under the banner of cutting greenhouse gas emissions. The proposal, Senate Bill S.2246, doesn't slap a hard cap on your daily commute... yet - but it orders the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) to set binding goals for reducing statewide vehicle miles traveled (VMT). It also creates a new government council tasked with pushing people onto public transit whether they like it or not. A local Boston report highlights the move: https://www.sott.net/article/505704-Massachusetts-Dems-advance-bill-to-limit-how-far-you-can-drive-in-your-own-car Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:42:49 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505699-Reality-finally-bites-the-wonks-D-C-economy-under-strain-faces-biggest-spending-cuts-since-Great-Recession The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released its state-level real gross domestic product data on Thursday, revealing a sharply uneven economic landscape in the fourth quarter of 2025, with boom times in North Dakota contrasting with a sharp slowdown spreading across the Mid-Atlantic, especially in Washington, D.C. "From a regional perspective, real GDP increased in 35 states in the fourth quarter of 2025, with the percent change at an annual rate ranging from 3.8 percent in North Dakota to -8.3 percent in the District of Columbia and remaining unchanged in Indiana and Maine," BEA wrote in the report. The fourth quarter coincided with a 43-day government shutdown from Oct. 1 through Nov. 12, a disruption that likely had an outsized effect on the Washington, D.C. economy given the metro area's heavy reliance on federal workers, procurement, contracting activity, and the broader consumer spending tied to government. https://www.sott.net/article/505699-Reality-finally-bites-the-wonks-D-C-economy-under-strain-faces-biggest-spending-cuts-since-Great-Recession Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:35:54 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505698-Ireland-rises-up-Farmer-trucker-anti-fuel-tax-protest-threatened-with-the-army Protesters demanding the Irish government slash punishing taxes on fuel, which they say have made global price spikes unbearable for farmers and truckers, are successfully starving the country of fuel, bringing the crisis down to who will blink first in a battle of wills in Dublin. Ireland is facing a "very dangerous economic moment" as days-long blockades of the nation's only refinery and depots have seen the Republic on the brink of running out of fuel, the Republic's Deputy Prime Minister Simon Harris said on Friday evening. By the end of the day, a national industry group estimated that a full third of Ireland's fuel stations had run dry, up from less than a tenth that morning. The government held emergency talks through the afternoon on how to end the protests, but, incredibly, refused to admit representatives of the protesters, with a spokesman explaining, "We can't have a situation where we're engaging with people who are blockading key parts of our country". Given these... https://www.sott.net/article/505698-Ireland-rises-up-Farmer-trucker-anti-fuel-tax-protest-threatened-with-the-army Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:23:34 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505689-Poll-finds-Gen-Z-Americans-growing-more-skeptical-and-angry-about-AI Young Americans are using artificial intelligence (AI) regularly, but their distrust and resentment toward the technology are also growing, according to a new Gallup survey. The survey, released Thursday, found that more than half of Generation Z respondents ages 14 to 29 said they use generative AI either daily or weekly. Younger members of Gen Z who are still in K-12 education were more likely than Gen Z adults to say they use AI at least weekly. Yet even as usage remains widespread, optimism is fading. Compared with Gallup's survey last year, young people are less excited about the changes AI could bring and more skeptical about its growing presence. The share of respondents who said AI made them feel hopeful fell to 18 percent, down from 27 percent a year earlier, according to Gallup. https://www.sott.net/article/505689-Poll-finds-Gen-Z-Americans-growing-more-skeptical-and-angry-about-AI Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:06:41 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505688-Tucker-Carlson-slams-UKs-Palestine-Action-ban-calls-Keir-Starmer-enslaved Prominent American journalist Tucker Carlson has condemned the British government's ban on the direct action group Palestine Action in an interview with the BBC. Speaking on Sunday morning, BBC presenter Victoria Derbyshire asked Carlson, a former Fox News host who has been a staunch critic of the US-Israeli war on Iran, whether British Prime Minister Keir Starmer made the right decision. "I don't think Keir Starmer makes any calls about anything," Carlson replied. "I mean, Keir Starmer's not in control of Britain." Carlson added: "No, Keir Starmer is every bit as enslaved as Donald Trump is. It is illegal - it is a crime for which you can be arrested - in Britain right now, criticising Israel. If you say you're for Palestine Action, you can be arrested. https://www.sott.net/article/505688-Tucker-Carlson-slams-UKs-Palestine-Action-ban-calls-Keir-Starmer-enslaved Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:04:31 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505683-Voters-remorse-Mamdanis-first-100-days-arent-getting-high-marks Zohran Mamdani rode a wave of progressive enthusiasm and sweeping promises to become the Mayor of New York City. Now, as he closes in on his first hundred days in office, he's learning that governing is a lot harder than campaigning, and a new poll suggests New Yorkers are starting to be skeptical about what they voted for. Some of Mamdani's campaign promises won't be fulfilled because Gov. Kathy Hochul is refusing to subsidize them. Earlier this year, snow and trash removal problems became major issues, as residents were forced to endure eight-foot-high piles of garbage on the street and rat infestations, all while the area around Gracie Mansion was kept perfectly clean. The brutal winter also resulted in a cold-related death toll of 29. These kinds of crises test political leaders quickly, and he failed. https://www.sott.net/article/505683-Voters-remorse-Mamdanis-first-100-days-arent-getting-high-marks Sat, 11 Apr 2026 21:02:58 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505681-Musks-xAI-suing-Colorado-over-AI-law-says-it-forces-developers-to-promote-states-woke-agenda Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, filed a lawsuit on April 9 over a Colorado law it claims makes AI developers endorse "Colorado's views on diversity, equity, and inclusion or face significant compliance costs and civil fines." The company, whose flagship product is the chatbot Grok, named Colorado Attorney General Philip Weiser as the defendant. The lawsuit states that the law's provisions "prohibit developers of AI systems from producing speech that the State of Colorado dislikes, while compelling them to conform their speech to a State-enforced orthodoxy on controversial topics of great public concern." The lawsuit says the Colorado law violates the First Amendment. Weiser didn't respond to an email seeking comment. The lawsuit questions the use of the term "algorithmic discrimination" in the law, calling it vague. https://www.sott.net/article/505681-Musks-xAI-suing-Colorado-over-AI-law-says-it-forces-developers-to-promote-states-woke-agenda Sat, 11 Apr 2026 20:23:10 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505674-Mexicos-energy-sovereignty-Dos-Bocas-Oil-Refinery-hit-by-major-fire One of Mexico's largest refineries, with a processing capacity of 340,000 barrels per day, appears to have suffered a fire in its coke storage area, marking the second incident in less than a month. The Dos Bocas refinery, built by Pemex in the southeastern state of Tabasco, is the crown jewel of Mexico's push to reduce dependence on imported gasoline and diesel, especially from U.S. exporters in the Gulf of America. It cost about $21 billion to build and was a major energy project under former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. https://www.sott.net/article/505674-Mexicos-energy-sovereignty-Dos-Bocas-Oil-Refinery-hit-by-major-fire Sat, 11 Apr 2026 18:37:24 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505673-Why-rent-control-fails-Lessons-from-New-York-to-Portland Housing costs in New York City have reached a level that many people can no longer afford. The response has been to push for more control — limits on rent increases and expanded tenant protections. The intention is clear. However, housing markets respond to incentives, not intentions. Under Zohran Mamdani, New York City is moving further in that direction. The focus is on limiting rent increases, expanding tenant protections, and increasing the role of government in the housing market. The policy has not fully taken effect yet. Once these rules interact with rising costs, the housing market will respond to the incentives. Rent control keeps rents down, but it does not keep costs down for the landlord. There is no cap on insurance premiums. Property taxes can still rise year after year. Maintenance and labor costs continue to climb as well. As those costs rise, landlords are forced to adjust. Some delay maintenance. Others see their margins get too thin to justify the risk. https://www.sott.net/article/505673-Why-rent-control-fails-Lessons-from-New-York-to-Portland Sat, 11 Apr 2026 18:31:56 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505667-The-economic-destruction-of-Trumps-war-Much-more-than-just-high-gas-prices For the past six weeks, as this US-Israeli war with Iran has played out, the economic impact of the conflict has gotten a lot of attention. And rightfully so. As anyone who's consumed any news about this war knows well by now, the Strait of Hormuz is a major energy chokepoint, the Iranian government did exactly what they said they were going to do if Trump and Netanyahu ordered this attack and started blocking ships tied in any way to the government's attacking them from passing through the Strait, and the US, Israeli, or really any other government have not been able to do anything about it. However, throughout all of this, most of the discourse about the economic impacts of the war has focused on the rising prices drivers are facing at the gas pump. That isn't surprising, as gas prices are an early cost that impact consumers directly. But the emphasis on pain at the pump threatens to badly understate the economic damage of this war. And it helps feed the false impression that, if... https://www.sott.net/article/505667-The-economic-destruction-of-Trumps-war-Much-more-than-just-high-gas-prices Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:25:33 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505661-Liberals-advance-bill-that-could-criminalize-quoting-the-Bible-as-hate-speech Canadian Conservative MP warns removal of religious "good faith" defense leaves people of faith open to prosecution for scripture. Canada is barreling toward a chilling new reality where quoting certain Bible passages could be treated as a criminal hate speech offense. Bill C-9, the so-called Combatting Hate Act, cleared the House of Commons on March 25 and now moves to the Senate. Critics say the legislation guts a decades-old legal safeguard that protected sincere religious expression, handing prosecutors new tools to target Christians and other believers who dare reference holy texts on topics like sexuality. https://www.sott.net/article/505661-Liberals-advance-bill-that-could-criminalize-quoting-the-Bible-as-hate-speech Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:42:52 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505658-Army-survivors-of-deadly-attack-in-Kuwait-dispute-Pentagons-account-say-unit-was-unprepared-to-defend-itself Survivors of the deadliest Iranian attack on U.S. forces since the war began have disputed the Pentagon's description of events and said their unit in Kuwait was left dangerously exposed when six service members were killed and more than 20 wounded. Speaking publicly for the first time, members of the targeted unit offered CBS News a detailed account of the attack and its harrowing aftermath from the perspective of those on the ground. The members CBS News spoke to disputed the description of events from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who described the drone as a "squirter" — in that it squirted through the defenses of a fortified unit inside Kuwait. "Painting a picture that 'one squeaked through' is a falsehood," one of the injured soldiers told CBS News. "I want people to know the unit ... was unprepared to provide any defense for itself. It was not a fortified position." https://www.sott.net/article/505658-Army-survivors-of-deadly-attack-in-Kuwait-dispute-Pentagons-account-say-unit-was-unprepared-to-defend-itself Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:50:11 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505657-The-only-Palestinian-childrens-rights-organization-closes-following-years-long-Israeli-campaign-against-it "After 35 years of defending Palestinian children's rights, we are not able to overcome operational challenges resulting from Israel's targeted criminalization of Palestinian human rights organizations," said DCI-P General Director Khaled Quzmar. Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCI-P) has ended its extraordinary work with the children of Palestine as a result of unending threats from the State of Israel. Despite having been designated by Israel as a terrorist organization in 2023, DCI-P had continued its groundbreaking work of investigating, documenting and exposing human rights violations against Palestinian children as well as providing legal services to children and holding both Israeli and Palestinian authorities accountable to principles of human rights as described in international law. But in an announcement earlier this week, DCI-P's General Director Khaled Quzmar said, "After 35 years of defending Palestinian children's rights, we are not able to overcome... https://www.sott.net/article/505657-The-only-Palestinian-childrens-rights-organization-closes-following-years-long-Israeli-campaign-against-it Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:34:49 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505648-Sea-change-Among-US-adults-very-unfavorable-opinion-of-Israel-triples Amid a major war on Iran waged in partnership with the United States, Israel's reputation among Americans has continued to deteriorate, with 60% of US adults viewing Israel unfavorably. That's a hefty 18-point increase from 2022, according to a new survey from Pew Research. Over the same stretch, Israel's "favorable" share cratered by 18 points. While the top-line unfavorable rating is bad news for Israel, things are even worse when you look under the hood: The proportion of Americans who have a very unfavorable view of Israel now stands at 28% -- triple what it was in 2022. Alongside his country's sagging standing with the US public, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is also increasingly unpopular, as 59% of American adults have little or no trust that he will "do the right thing regarding world affairs," also a seven-point worsening from last year's finding. https://www.sott.net/article/505648-Sea-change-Among-US-adults-very-unfavorable-opinion-of-Israel-triples Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:18:42 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505645-Colorado-doubles-down-with-new-assaults-on-the-First-Amendment "It's our nature" Colorado's tourism slogan, "it's our nature," has a menacing meaning for free speech advocates. Colorado is now arguably the most anti-free speech state in the union, pushing an array of measures attacking those with opposing social and political views. The irony is that the state has proved a bonanza for free speech with spectacular legal failures that reaffirmed rather than restricted the First Amendment. Now, the Democratic legislature and governor are back with new unconstitutional measures, including a requirement that lawyers not share information with federal immigration officials as a condition for filing with state courts. Colorado legislators and judges have spent years attacking core free speech and associational rights. In the last election, the state attempted to strip President Donald Trump from the ballot with the support of a majority of its Democratic-controlled state supreme court. (The effort was later declared unconstitutional in a unanimous... https://www.sott.net/article/505645-Colorado-doubles-down-with-new-assaults-on-the-First-Amendment Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:10:45 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505635-The-Left-is-baffled-but-still-repulsed-by-the-white-working-class Democrats can rebrand candidates, but they cannot hide a long record of condescension toward the very working-class voters they now need to win back. After failing to win Congress and the presidency in 2024, the Democrats conducted an internal postmortem of what went wrong. While they predictably did not divulge the full results, everyone knew what they had found. Their obsessions with the low side of 30/70 issues had especially alienated Democrats from white middle- and working-class voters. Yet middle-class whites still comprise about 40-50 percent of the population and are perhaps overrepresented in voter turnout. Democrats realize that their fixations on biological males competing in women's sports, open borders and millions of illegal entries, radical green agendas, DEI-driven racial essentialism, and massive government entitlements rife with fraud have alienated the middle classes in general and white middle- and working-class voters in particular. But since Democrat... https://www.sott.net/article/505635-The-Left-is-baffled-but-still-repulsed-by-the-white-working-class Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:47:39 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505634-No-real-people-were-polled-AI-is-now-fabricating-what-the-public-thinks The other day Axios ran a piece that cited "findings" that a majority of people trusted their doctors and nurses. Turns out, those "findings" were completely fabricated by a company called Aaru - using AI (causing Axios to issue an editor's note and 'clarification') Aaru uses something they call "silicon sampling," where large language models (the AI) can emulate humans at a fraction of the cost and time required for traditional polling, the NY Times reports. Silicon sampling isn't polling. It is the outright fabrication of public opinion by machines - and major news outlets and research firms are now publishing those fabrications as legitimate findings. This is not an isolated slip. The technology is being embraced by some of the biggest names in media, polling, and corporate research. Gallup has partnered with the startup Simile to create thousands of AI-generated "digital twins" that stand in for real people. Ipsos is working with Stanford to pioneer synthetic data for public... https://www.sott.net/article/505634-No-real-people-were-polled-AI-is-now-fabricating-what-the-public-thinks Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:24:21 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505626-The-dawn-of-the-post-literate-society And the end of civilisation What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book because there would be no one who wanted to read one. — Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death The age of print It was one of the most important revolutions in modern history — and yet no blood was spilled, no bombs were thrown and no monarch was beheaded. Perhaps no great social transformation has ever been carried out so quietly. This one took place in armchairs, in libraries, in coffee houses and in clubs. What happened was this: in the middle of the eighteenth century huge numbers of ordinary people began to read. For the first couple of centuries after the invention of the printing press, reading remained largely an elite pursuit. But by the beginning of the 1700s, the expansion of education and an explosion of cheap books began to diffuse reading rapidly down through the middle classes and even into the lower ranks of society.... https://www.sott.net/article/505626-The-dawn-of-the-post-literate-society Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:10:02 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505619-Swipe-left-on-civilization-How-Silicon-Valley-is-quietly-destroying-family-formation For most of human history, courtship was bounded. A young man in 1955 did not survey every available woman within 500 miles before asking someone to dinner. He met her through friends, through church, through the slow friction of shared community life. That friction was not an obstacle to good matches. It was the mechanism through which realistic, durable partnerships were formed. It forced self-assessment. It embedded romantic decisions inside networks of social accountability. It surfaced character over time rather than photographs in an instant. That entire architecture has been demolished, and the damage is now registering in the demographic record in ways that should alarm anyone who cares about the long-term health of this country. We have spent years worrying about algorithms shaping political discourse and teenage mental health. We have convened Senate hearings about TikTok. What we have not done, with anything approaching equivalent seriousness, is examine the algorithms... https://www.sott.net/article/505619-Swipe-left-on-civilization-How-Silicon-Valley-is-quietly-destroying-family-formation Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:38:09 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505617-Library-Director-Fired-After-Refusing-To-Remove-Hundreds-Of-LGBT-Books-From-Kids-Section When are these people going to learn to just leave the kids alone? A Tennessee library board has voted 8-3 to remove its top librarian, Luanne James, after she refused to carry out an order to relocate hundreds of LGBT-themed books, Critical Race Theory (CRT) and feminist propaganda books from the children's section of six Rutherford County branch libraries. James was initially ordered to relocate books containing far-left ideology from the juvenile/children's sections to the adult sections of libraries. The board cited concerns that the books promoted "gender confusion," contained LGBT themes/characters, sexual themes, feminist topics, DEI, social justice and related content. https://www.sott.net/article/505617-Library-Director-Fired-After-Refusing-To-Remove-Hundreds-Of-LGBT-Books-From-Kids-Section Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:33:06 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505601-Prominent-New-York-synagogue-hosts-presentation-on-why-US-Jews-should-support-the-ethnic-cleansing-of-Gaza Benjamin Anthony's speech at New York's influential Park Avenue Synagogue, where he argued that U.S. Jews need to support ethnic cleansing in Gaza, illustrates how the American Jewish community has embraced Israeli racism and brutality. The American press does its best not to cover savage Israeli views of Palestinians, but a leading New York synagogue gave an honored platform to those views ten days ago. It hosted an Israeli advocate with connections in its government who argued for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza, and said American Jews need to support that operation. Benjamin Anthony said that all "Palestinian Arabs" in Gaza pose such a threat to Israel that the international community should use "muscular diplomacy" with Egypt so as force the population out of Gaza into an "enclave" in the Sinai peninsula. https://www.sott.net/article/505601-Prominent-New-York-synagogue-hosts-presentation-on-why-US-Jews-should-support-the-ethnic-cleansing-of-Gaza Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:32:31 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505598-Hormuz-Sees-15-Ships-Transit-In-24-Hours-As-Two-Tankers-With-Qatari-LNG-Make-Sudden-U-Turn President Trump on Sunday warned Tehran to "Open the Strait" and make a deal by the end of Tuesday, or the U.S. military would "blow everything up" and "take over the oil." Meanwhile, Iran rejected Trump's ultimatum to reopen the Hormuz chokepoint, saying it would only reopen the critical waterway once damage from the war is compensated. There was some good news overnight after Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency reported that 15 vessels had passed through the Hormuz chokepoint over the last 24 hours. Still, that remains only a tiny fraction of pre-conflict tanker traffic. Separately, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy warned that the waterway will "never return to its previous condition," particularly for the U.S. and Israeli-linked vessels, and added that it is completing preparations to enforce a new security order across the Persian Gulf. https://www.sott.net/article/505598-Hormuz-Sees-15-Ships-Transit-In-24-Hours-As-Two-Tankers-With-Qatari-LNG-Make-Sudden-U-Turn Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:03:54 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505597-The-Red-Line-For-Norm-Eisen Why do the news anchor ladies of CNN, Erin Burnett, Kate Bolduan, always look so depressed on the air? They never smile. Their faces always register something between grave concern and hysteria. Is it the network's cratered ratings? The pending hostile takeover by Paramount / Skydance (led by conservative David Ellison)? Too much botox, zombifying the small facial muscles? Or is it self-loathing from being compelled to slant everything they report on in the direction of a lie? There does seem to be some hidden hand in Narrative Central issuing prescribed story-lines to the networks, and that hand seems to be tinged with malice for anything and anyone seeking to rescue our country from chaos, penury, psychosis, and jihad. It looks like the hidden hand wants the country to go down in flames, and will resort to any means necessary to get it done. The template for that is so-called "color revolution," which is a hyper-accelerated version of "Red Rudi" Dutschke's "march through the... https://www.sott.net/article/505597-The-Red-Line-For-Norm-Eisen Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:52:18 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505596-Whos-behind-the-mysterious-Iran-backed-terror-cell-haunting-Europe Claims that an Iran-backed group is carrying out attacks in European cities raise questions about why they're not targeting countries directly involved in the US-Israeli war, and why they appear to communicate like Israelis. Strangely, suspects arrested in the attacks have been released on bail. A specter is haunting Europe - the specter of Ashab al-Yamin. Officially known as "Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia (HAYI)," or the "Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Right," the group mysteriously appeared in early March, and, according to mainstream media, it's taking the continent by storm. But a closer look at the supposedly Iran-backed terror organization suggests that it does not exist in any concrete form, and may be a confection of Israeli intelligence. Though the nebulous HAYI claimed credit for torching ambulances belonging to a Jewish community organization in London on March 23, two suspects in the attack have been released on bail, and are not charged with any... https://www.sott.net/article/505596-Whos-behind-the-mysterious-Iran-backed-terror-cell-haunting-Europe Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:06:04 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505589-Florida-Mississippi-join-wave-of-states-tightening-citizenship-rules-for-voter-eligibility Mississippi's act takes effect on July 1, while Florida's measure follows on Jan 1, 2027 Florida and Mississippi voters will soon face new citizenship verification rules after governors signed the measures into law Wednesday, triggering at least two lawsuits in the Sunshine State. The measures, signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, are aimed at upholding election integrity as similar legislation by President Donald Trump remains stalled in Congress. Mississippi's measure is expected to take effect on July 1, with Florida's law following on Jan. 1, 2027. Under both laws, voters will be required to provide citizenship documents — such as birth certificates, passports or naturalization certificates — if local officials challenge their eligibility after cross-referencing databases for voter registration applications. If individuals fail to provide the required proof of citizenship after being flagged, both states are required to remove them from their... https://www.sott.net/article/505589-Florida-Mississippi-join-wave-of-states-tightening-citizenship-rules-for-voter-eligibility Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:51:50 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505583-Treasury-unveils-whistleblower-portal-to-combat-transnational-Medicare-Medicaid-fraud-rings Whistleblowers are encouraged to report abuse of Medicare, Medicaid, and other government health benefit programs, the Department of the Treasury announced on March 30, while warning that sophisticated fraud schemes are siphoning billions from them. In an advisory, the Treasury detailed the way in which transnational criminal organizations — working with domestic fraudsters and organized crime groups — create fake health care providers, employ cover people to pose as owners who are not U.S. residents, and steal the personal data of actual beneficiaries to submit false claims for care that was never provided or was not needed. Proceeds are then laundered through wire transfers, digital assets, and culpable bank co-conspirators before being transferred overseas. The department said its Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has published a proposed rule to fully implement a whistleblower program that would reward 10-30 percent of penalties collected in successful enforcement... https://www.sott.net/article/505583-Treasury-unveils-whistleblower-portal-to-combat-transnational-Medicare-Medicaid-fraud-rings Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:31:52 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505582-What-the-Iran-Iraq-war-can-tell-us-about-the-US-Israeli-war-on-Iran When the United States and Israel launched their illegal war on Iran on February 28, they called on the Iranian people to rise up. They then proceeded to bomb not just military targets, but civilian housing, universities, schools, hospitals, commercial buildings and historical sites. In the sound of explosions today, many Iranians hear echoes from the past: from the Iran-Iraq war of 1980-1988. In the fall of 1980, when Iraq invaded Iran, I was a 20-year-old student at Tehran Polytechnic University and a member of an opposition group. The first time I saw the impact of war firsthand was in October of that year. One evening, my friend Farhad and I were standing in line to load two boxes of antigovernment pamphlets onto a bus heading to Isfahan; given the restriction of movement and the checkpoints set up by the Revolutionary Guard, this was the only safe way to transport such materials. Suddenly, the thunderous shots of air defence systems shook the ground and lit the sky with blue,... https://www.sott.net/article/505582-What-the-Iran-Iraq-war-can-tell-us-about-the-US-Israeli-war-on-Iran Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:31:21 +0000