Mondoweiss:
Maryland pension system divests 85% of Israeli Bond holdings amid pressure campaign

Last month the Maryland Break the Bonds Campaign, a local coalition of organizations and activists, announced that the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System has divested roughly 85% of its Israeli bond holdings.

The move represents a $62 million in divestment from Israeli sovereign bonds and is believed largest state-level divestment from Israeli bonds thus far.

"I’m with CAIR Maryland, the Council on American Islamic Relations, and we are a coalition member of the Break the Bonds campaign in Maryland. We’ve been working closely with Jewish Voice voice for Peace’s DC Metro and Baltimore chapters to hold our state’s pension and retirement system accountable and making sure that they are divesting state funds, pension funds, from Israeli bonds." 
https://newsletters.mondoweiss.net/emails/webview/59730/189191322969572760


-->This is a big win for divestment. The story if covered by a number of Jewish organizations, but nothing from the NYT, which treats the BDS movement like it treats Bernie.

 

The Intercept:
"The United States is feeding Pentagon propaganda to internet users in Latin American countries using a new AI-laden content mill, an investigation by The Intercept has found.

La Tilde quietly began development early this year and appears to still be a work in progress, pitching itself as a modern media brand for Latin American audiences with articles published in both Spanish and English. Its name references the accent mark emphasizing vowels in Spanish; “news with an accent” is the site’s catchphrase. ...

So far, La Tilde’s coverage amounts to an unusual blend of personal finance tips (“Why instant payments matter so much for your business and your wallet”) and articles extolling the value of U.S. military operations in Latin America (“Operation Absolute Resolve: The mission that captured Nicolás Maduro and set a new standard for precision and coordination”).

Its article on the U.S. abduction of the Venezuelan president praises the mission in Trumpian prose, calling it “The Perfect Operation – Coordination, Timing and Precision at an Unprecedented Scale,” and “a military operation of coordination and accuracy never seen before.” Citing “information obtained exclusively by La Tilde,” it describes the operation’s tactical brilliance, flawless execution, and incredibly precise coordination of military assets in the air and on the ground."
https://theintercept.com/2026/06/02/la-tilde-propaganda-latin-america-pentagon/


-->The Pentagon's AI propaganda isn't covered by the NYT. We get all sorts of stories about AI, but nothing on how our Pentagon uses it.

The Guardian:

"Colombian President Gustavo Petro warned on Tuesday that the current model of fossil fuel-driven capitalism was leading the world into 'barbarism' and 'fascism.'

According to a Wednesday report from The Guardian, Petro told attendees of the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels being held in Santa Marta, Colombia that capitalism’s insistence on continued fossil fuel dependence was 'suicidal' and driving the world toward more conflict.

 

'There is inertia in the power and the economy of this archaic form of energy—fossil fuels—that lead to death,' said Petro. 'Undoubtedly, that form of capital can commit suicide, taking with it humanity and [other] life... The question that needs to be asked is whether capitalism can truly adapt to a non-fossil energy model.' ”

https://www.commondreams.org/news/gustavo-petro-suicidal-capitalism

 

-->Colombia has been in the news recently. The most important part of this coverage is the fact that our present form of capitalism is driving the world to suicide. The NYT has always been a fortress of capitalism, and it didn't cover this story. 

The Daily Beast:
"President Donald Trump has been forced to confront concerns about his mental health after issuing a profanity-laced Easter tirade against Iran over the weekend.

In a high-stakes press conference on Monday, Trump outlined the dramatic rescue of a U.S. pilot downed inside Iran, as well as the rapidly escalating war that has entered its fifth week.

But questions turned to his expletive-filled rant on Sunday, which has raised serious concerns about his mindset.

'Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the F----n’ Strait, you crazy b-----ds, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH!' he wrote."
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-cornered-on-mental-health-after-crazed-threats/

--The NYT didn't speculate about the sanity of our President, despite the fact that members of his own party have. Is this the NYT protecting the image of our government, despite how erratic and just plain crazy he has been.

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Common Dreams:
"Univ. of Washington Removes Mideast Center Director Who Criticized US-Israeli War on Iran.
 
'There’s a chilling effect on not just my academic freedom, but that of my colleagues; anyone who dares to speak out against the war and against aggression,' said UW professor Aria Fani.

The University of Washington has removed a professor from his role as director of its Middle East Center after he criticized the illegal US-Israeli war of choice on Iran and condemned Zionism, the settler-colonial movement for Jewish hegemony in Palestine.

There’s a chilling effect on not just my academic freedom, but that of my colleagues; anyone who dares to speak out against the war and against aggression,' he said."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/professor-fired-for-israel-criticism

-->People are losing their jobs just like the McCarthy Era. Where is the NYT?

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Common Dreams:
"Trump ‘Openly Flaunting His War Crimes’ as US Bombs Iran’s Civilian Infrastructure .

'The president of the United States would like everyone to know that he is acting with criminal intent, in case there was any ambiguity,' a US law professor said of his social media post with bridge bombing footage.

After pledging in a prime-time address that the United States and Israel would bomb Iran 'back to the Stone Ages where they belong,' President Donald Trump on Thursday shared a video of the US blowing up an Iranian bridge and promised, 'Much more to follow!' "
https://www.commondreams.org/news/iran-trump-war-crimes

-->This is another story that the NYT did not cover. Is this just protecting the image of the United States in the rest of the world? And what image would that be?

Common Dreams:
"WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency has routinely failed to put cancer warnings on pesticide products even when its own assessments have found a high risk of those products causing cancer, according to two new analyses released today by the Center for Food Safety and the Center for Biological Diversity. The Center for Food Safety analyzed the level of risk the EPA permitted for both currently approved and legacy pesticide active ingredients. The analysis found that pesticides have been allowed on the market with a cancer risk as high as one in every 100 people exposed, a far greater level than the EPA’s benchmark of a one in a million chance of developing cancer. Over the last 40 years, the EPA has approved 200 active ingredients that are 'likely' or 'possible' carcinogens. 

The Center for Biological Diversity analysis examined pesticide product labels for all currently approved pesticide products. The EPA has instituted cancer warnings on only 69 of 4,919 pesticide labels (1.4%) containing an active ingredient that the agency has designated a 'likely' human carcinogen. And the agency has instituted cancer warnings on just 242 of the 22,147 pesticide labels (1.1%) that contain an ingredient the agency has designated as a 'possible' human carcinogen." 
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/new-analyses-epa-consistently-fails-to-warn-public-of-pesticide-cancer-risks

-->The NYT doesn't like to upset the chemical companies. I am sure the newspaper will report on this EPA failure at some time. But why not today or this week?

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Common Dreams:
"Soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces on Friday were caught on camera assaulting and detaining a crew of CNN journalists while they were reporting from the occupied West Bank.

A video of the incident posted on social media by CNN Jerusalem correspondent Jeremy Diamond shows the CNN crew walking near the Palestinian village of Tayasir, which in recent days has come under assault from Israeli settlers who established an illegal outpost in the area.

The crew are then accosted by armed members of the IDF, who order them to sit down. After the crew complies with their commands, the soldiers come to seize the journalists’ cameras and phones that are being used to record the incident.

A soldier then puts CNN photojournalist Cyril Theophilos in a chokehold and forces him to the ground. Writing about the assault later, Theophilos said that the soldier 'pushed and strangled me,' adding that this kind of violence 'is just a symptom of the IDF’s actions in the West Bank.' ”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/idf-assaults-cnn-crew

-->The NYT is still filtering out stories like this. Ethnic cleansing is happening in the West Bank, but where is our newspaper of record?

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Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign Action Group:
"Nicaragua ranks among the top 25 countries worldwide with roughly 70–80% of its power now generated from renewable sources. The first thing you notice when you drive over the border from Costa Rica are the towering turbines spinning steadily against the Pacific horizon, their blades cutting through the strong coastal winds in the Rivas region.

These iconic structures, part of the Amayo wind farm—one of Nicaragua’s pioneering renewable projects—are a striking welcome sign to a country that has undergone a remarkable transformation in its energy landscape.

Nicaragua, long reliant on imported fossil fuels for electricity, has aggressively shifted toward renewables over the past two decades. In the early 2000s, the nation depended heavily on oil-fired generation, but strategic policies, private investments, and abundant natural resources have driven a rapid increase in clean energy supply.
By 2025, the country had achieved impressive milestones, with renewable sources consistently powering a majority—and often exceeding 70-80%—of its electricity grid in recent years."
https://nscag.org.uk/nicaragua-a-top-25-country-for-renewable-energy-with-70-80-green-power/

-->What are the chances that the NYT will cover this story? Our national media follows suit. Nothing good about Nicaragua will ever be publicized in the empire's newspaper.

CAIR Press Releases:
"(NEW YORK, NY, 3/19/26) – A coalition including the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR National), ...  and Main Street Legal Services Inc. housed at CUNY School of Law today welcomed a federal court’s order greenlighting a lawsuit by Mahmoud Khalil and seven other Columbia University students against the Trump Administration and Columbia University for violating the First Amendment rights of Columbia students.

In the decision, the Court recognized that—if documentation supports the Plaintiffs’ claims—the Trump Administration will be held to account for seeking to target and punish student speech critical of Israel and/or supportive of Palestine. The Court’s order also makes clear that Columbia’s capitulation to the federal government means that the University can be held to account for violating the First Amendment rights of its own students. Plaintiffs can now gather evidence, including communications between Trump officials, the House Committee, and Columbia administration never before made public.

This ongoing lawsuit seeks to stop Columbia from complying with illegal directives from both Congress and the Trump Administration to suppress political dissent. In denying the Trump Administration and Columbia’s motions to dismiss the lawsuit, the Court found that our students have standing to challenge Columbia’s use of the IHRA definition of antisemitism, which prohibits political speech critical of the state of Israel. Plaintiffs also have standing to block Defendants from turning over student records to Congress —which has wielded its investigative authority to suppress all speech that criticizes Israel’s actions in Gaza. The Court confirmed a previous order that prevents Columbia from turning over the names and identities of student advocates to Congress—which will remain in place during the pendency of this litigation."
https://www.cair.com/press_releases/breaking-federal-court-finds-columbia-u-may-have-acted-as-governments-instrument-to-suppress-palestinian-advocacy-in-violation-of-the-first-amendment/

-->This is a huge win for the First Amendment. And unless a higher court overturns the decision, Columbia University and the Trump Administration will face charges that they acted together to destroy students' right for free speech. Why no NYT coverage?

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The Guardian UK:
"A former Belgian diplomat, 93, should stand trial over alleged complicity in the 1961 murder of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of what was then the newly independent Congolese state, a Brussels court has ruled. Étienne Davignon, the only person still alive among 10 Belgians the Lumumba family accuses of involvement in the killing, is charged with participation in war crimes.

The decision, which follows a surprise referral by the Brussels prosecutor last June, can be appealed against. Davignon, a former vice-president of the European Commission, has denied the charges.

In a statement the Lumumba family welcomed what they called a significant step: 'For our family, this is not the end of a long fight, it is the beginning of a reckoning that history has long demanded.' ”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/17/ex-belgian-diplomat-93-trial-1961-murder-patrice-lumumba

-->This is also a big story, because the US will be pulled into this new research on Lumumba's assassination. The US media is still debating how to bury this history.

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Common Dreams:
"Germany Pulls Legal Support for Israel in ICJ Gaza Genocide Case. Berlin says it needs to focus on its defense in a separate ICJ case in which Nicaragua accuses Germany of supporting Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.

Germany said Wednesday that it will drop its planned intervention in the International Court of Justice genocide against Israel so that it can better focus on its own defense in a separate ICJ case filed by Nicaragua accusing Berlin of enabling Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza via arms sales.

Deputy German Foreign Minister Josef Hinterseher said during a press conference in Berlin that his country 'will not intervene' on Israel’s side in the South Africa v. Israel genocide case filed at the Hague-based tribunal in December 2023."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/germany-icj-israel

-->Here is another important story that is left out. Israel is slowly losing its support in the International Court of Justice. Another story that is hidden from the American People.

Struggle La Lucha:
"Eleven days into Operation Epic Fury, Washington faces a problem it created for itself: how to exit a war it cannot win. Trump’s advisers are privately urging him to find an off-ramp. The Wall Street Journal reported March 9 that officials close to the president are urging him to declare success and begin a controlled withdrawal before the economic and political costs rise further. Trump’s job approval now stands at minus 10 points, according to a new poll by The Hill — and that survey was conducted before the full weight of energy price increases had registered with voters.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said March 10 that his country was prepared to continue fighting as long as necessary. Negotiations with Washington, he said, were no longer on the agenda. There is the problem, in plain language. The administration that launched this war needs an exit. The country it attacked is not providing one. ...

That Washington is now consulting Moscow for a diplomatic exit is itself a measure of how the war has gone. Washington launched this campaign with the expectation that overwhelming military force would quickly suppress Iran’s missile capabilities and prevent Iran from shutting the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has struck more than 27 bases across West Asia where U.S. troops are deployed. U.S. bases in the region have taken serious hits. The U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia has been abandoned.”
https://www.struggle-la-lucha.org/2026/03/10/washington-wants-out-iran-isnt-opening-the-door/

-->No major media in the US has this point of view. You just can't find it. Is Iran really winning this war, despite all the Pentagon propaganda? Remembering the Pentagon Papers, that reported the lies of US occupation of South Vietnam, will we get some important leak that reveals the truth about Iran?

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Daily Mail:
"A US military drone expert has warned that Iranian attack drones could potentially slip through America's defenses and strike targets on US soil. Brett Velicovich, a former US Army intelligence and special operations soldier who spent years using drones to hunt ISIS leaders before founding drone company PowerUs, said the threat comes from a new type of warfare that the US is still struggling to defend against.

'These new asymmetric threats, where you've got low-cost, cheap, small drones, in some cases, that are able to be sent in massive waves, don't have the same signature of an intercontinental ballistic missile,' Velicovich explained."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15644195/iran-drone-attack-america-defense.html

-->Was the attack on Iran poorly planned and risky? It is not an opinion you can read in the US media. Unless, of course, you want to read the UK press.

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Common Dreams:
"A dozen United Nations experts on Thursday denounced the United States and Israel for waging wars of aggression against Iran and Lebanon, a statement that contrasted sharply with a UN Security Council resolution adopted hours earlier condemning Iranian retaliation without mentioning the US-Israeli bombing campaign.

'The US and Israel should stop waging and expanding wars, and considering themselves as above international legality' said the group of experts. The statement’s signatories include Francesca Albanese, special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territory and a target of US sanctions ...

The experts decried US President Donald Trump’s push for the Iranian government’s 'unconditional surrender' and regime change, warning that such demands could 'lead to prolonged war and enormous human suffering.' "
https://www.commondreams.org/news/un-experts-iran-war

-->Of course that attack on Iran is a war crime. The fact that the UN Security Council doesn't agree and only blames the victims of this war, means that the US has successfully threatened most countries of the world. No US newspaper even explores this possibility.