r/USEmpire

America uses nukes to hold the world hostage and kills millions of people in the South America, Asia, and the Middle East because they simply can’t stand the idea of a non white or white non-English speaking nation possibly becoming more prosperous and stable then the American Empire.

This is why they created Israel, this is why they constantly stomp on the Middle East, this is why they invented nukes, this is why they spent decades claiming that small third world nations like Vietnam and Afghanistan were existential threats that would cross the sea and destroy the far larger America at any moment if they weren’t stopped.

Out of sheer pettiness and spite, they would rather bomb and burn the world into dust than let brown or black skinned people prosper millions of miles away across the sea far away from the US. They are that insecure and scared about non-whites being prosperous and stable.

This is a groundbreaking story about the tangible, financial, social, and mysterious connections between Jeffrey Epstein and "The Box" nightclub in New York City. The infamous predator and Simon Hammerstein's notorious club serve as a throughline in this story that then maps out a wider web of individuals and entities in the same orbit. Military contractors, elite concierge services, modeling agencies, impresarios, hoteliers, A-list celebrities, royalty, and suspected foreign spies all appear in this macroscopic story.

The image that emerges is of one big social club that revolves around excessive indulgence, a gravitation towards degenerate debauchery, and a fully-realized rejection of sexual consent and personal agency. The image that emerges is one of class solidarity and a cross-pollination of moral depravity - with enough smoke rising form these individuals and their organizations to indicate one massive fire.

Will Lehman—a rank-and-file Mack Trucks worker and socialist candidate for UAW president—introduced a resolution opposing the war against Iran at a meeting of UAW Local 677 on Saturday. Lehman proposed that the resolution—“Against the US-Israeli Imperialist War on Iran; For the Independent Mobilization of the Working Class”—be taken up at the 39th UAW Constitutional Convention, scheduled for June 15–18 in Detroit. 

The resolution was put to a vote at UAW Local 677 and was defeated 7 to 1. Lehman cast the only vote in favor. The seven who voted it down were not rank-and-file workers but local officers and their associates—a tiny bureaucratic clique convened without the 2,400 Mack Trucks workers. Their vote is entirely typical of the pro-war UAW apparatus that has, from the national leadership on down, either actively promoted the war drive or maintained a cowardly silence in the face of it.

In a tense new twist to the Iran crisis, Donald Trump appeared visibly nervous and struggled to find his words after a high-stakes phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The 90-minute conversation came as the U.S.–Iran standoff threatened to spiral, with fragile ceasefires and nuclear tensions hanging in the balance. Kremlin officials later revealed that Putin backed an extended ceasefire with Tehran, but also warned Trump of “dire consequences” if Washington or Israel launched fresh strikes on Iran.

US and Israel have been hacked

In this episode of The Econoclasts, Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau debunk the orthodox view that the newly established U.S. dollar swap lines for Gulf states are a charitable bailout for the Middle East, arguing instead that these facilities are a desperate signalling mechanism designed to bail out the American financial system and the petrodollar recycling machine, as the escalating war in Iran threatens to permanently dismantle U.S. economic hegemony.

The USA surrounded Iran with military bases, and Tehran destroyed most of them. The New York Times wrote that the facilities "are all but uninhabitable". Ben Norton explains how Tehran is trying to expel the US empire from West Asia (aka the Middle East).

The Israeli population is the most propagandized population in the whole world. The Israeli state has perhaps the most sophisticated and hermetically sealed system of indoctrination in the whole world. Through a coordinated interlocking directorate of state military institutions, a subservient corporate media and educational institutions co-opted by the government, the population is subjected to a relentless barrage of misinformation about the true nature of Israel. This is a state-led program of institutionalized propaganda, operating under the formal rubric of Hasbara, effectively filtering out the grim truth about the occupation and the structural violence inherent in state policy. It ensures that the population views the occupation through the lens of historical necessity rather than a senseless campaign of genocidal violence.

"It is Netanyahu's war"

Netanyahu brought in US President Donald Trump "through blackmailing through the Epstein Files."

"Israel does not want peace"

"Zionism believes in Greater Israel and that it is a notion which we reject."

Russia’s Africa Corps claimed they have repelled one of the largest militant offensives in Mali, allegedly backed by Western and Ukrainian mercenaries, and possibly stopped a coup attempt in its tracks. According to the Russia-linked forces, militants allegedly linked to Al-Qaeda affiliate JNIM, along with the Tuareg-led Azawad Liberation Front, launched near-simultaneous attacks across key cities in Mali. Targets reportedly included the capital Bamako, as well as Kati, Gao, Kidal, and Sevare, marking one of the most widespread offensives in the country in recent years. Videos released from both sides purportedly show intense combat scenes.

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Pakistani Senator and former Minister of Information, Mushahid Hussain Sayed — the Iranian leadership accepted Pakistan's advice to open the Strait of Hormuz expecting the US to lift its blockade, "but unfortunately, Trump did not do that." So, the biggest hurdle to the second round of talks right now is the blockade.