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2026 4

  1. Pesticide Industry Infiltrates MAHA to Derail Reforms
  2. The New York Times Masks Lobbyist Anger Behind Identity Politics
  3. Epstein-Linked House Democrat Explores Bid for Virgin Islands Governor
  4. Podcast: Minneapocalypse

2025 57

  1. What Happened to Piracy? Copyright Enforcement Fades as AI Giants Rise
  2. Podcast Episode: Our Gradual Disempowerment
  3. Was Famed Author Peter Matthiessen a Spy or an Informant?
  4. Trump's Shifting Immigration and H-1B Policies
  5. Digital Fragments Unveil Online Campaign to Flip Iranian Nuclear Scientists
  6. Israeli Lawmakers Demanded Better PR to Conceal Gaza Famine. Google Obliged.
  7. The Gaza Famine Truthers
  8. Race Over Numbers, Donors Fuel K-12 Blitz to Remake Math Education
  9. Members of Congress Increasingly Take Jobs as AI Lobbyists
  10. Big Pharma Fingerprints Behind Ouster Of MAHA-Aligned FDA Official
  11. Former CIA Analyst Barry Eisler on Fiction Writing, the Deep State, and Power
  12. Are We Creating A New AI God? AI Doomerism Isn't Far-Fetched
  13. Why Is Trump Lying About Epstein?
  14. Trump Expands Lavish Tax Dodge for Silicon Valley VCs and Private Equity
  15. Pro-Israel Lobby Groups Flood Legacy Media to Pressure U.S. into Iran War
  16. Jeffrey Epstein Exploited the U.S. Virgin Islands for a Reason
  17. Jeffrey Epstein's Dark Legacy Still Clouds the Virgin Islands
  18. Understanding Groupthink and Self-Silencing
  19. National Endowment for Democracy Is Now Erasing Disclosure Data
  20. Corporations Exploiting Migrant Labor Left Unscathed by Trump Crackdown
  21. Speaker Johnson Plans Vote to Curb Congressional Oversight of Trump, Musk
  22. Dave Zweig on the Junk Science to Close Schools During the Pandemic
  23. Is Your Favorite Influencer’s Opinion Bought and Sold?
  24. Live with Jake Klein, an Advocate for Free Speech, Liberty, and Individualism
  25. Trump Admin Enacts Vast Censorship of American Scientists Over Israel
  26. First Live Pod
  27. Pesticide and Agribusiness Lobbyists Take Posts Overseeing MAHA Priorities
  28. Discussing Covert Payments to Social Media Influencers
  29. Elon Musk’s SpaceX Relies Heavily on Chinese Exports, Trade Data Reveals
  30. Mike Waltz’s Signal Chats Aren’t the Real Scandal
  31. Pedro Gonzalez and the Rot of Politics
  32. Exclusive: Democrats' Dark Money Fund for TikTok Influencers
  33. Join Me and David Zweig for a Special Book Launch in Berkeley
  34. Sugary Soda Industry's Covert Influencer Campaign Falls Apart
  35. Ending My Color Revolution of Glenn Greenwald's Show
  36. Corporate America's Dirty Trick
  37. Oscar-Winning Documentary Faces Institutional Censorship
  38. GOP's Proposed Cuts to Medicaid Are Political Suicide
  39. Unwinding Government's 'U.S. Institute of Peace' Unlikely to Undermine Peace
  40. This Pesticide Rapidly Eradicating Insect Life May Also Harm Humans
  41. Trump's Anti-DEI Order: Radical and Rooted in Civil Rights Law
  42. DOGE Days
  43. USAID Funded Journalism Needs Scrutiny. Viral Claims Attacking Politico Are False
  44. USAID Funded Censorship, Smears of Americans
  45. DNC Chair Election Suggests Democrats Have Learned Nothing
  46. How RFK Went from Left-Wing Icon to Democratic Apostate
  47. Industry Lobbyists Lead 'Public Health' Groups Rallying Against RFK
  48. Democratic Group Already Launching Impeachment Demands
  49. Friday Podcast: Fire in LA, Indictments in Oakland, Peace in Gaza?
  50. Outsourcing Lobbyists Astroturfed Support for H-1B Visas During the Obama Era
  51. MAHA Realignment? From Food Dyes to the DeSantis Report
  52. CFPB Proposes Stronger Protections Against Debanking
  53. LA Officials Warned of Extreme Fire Risk Days Before Mayor Skipped Town
  54. Manifest Destiny, Greenland?
  55. How the Indian IT Industry Lobbies to Keep H-1B Visas Flowing
  56. Bernie Sanders Plans to Force Vote on H-1B Reforms
  57. Discussing H-1B Visas, Elon Musk, and the Tech Elite Biohacking Babies

2024 88

  1. Yes, American Corporations Exploit H-1B Visas to Lower Wages
  2. Venture Capitalist Invokes Trans Dead-Naming to Justify Media Censorship
  3. How the Union Suppression Industry Rebranded as DEI Consultants
  4. NGOs Backing Judicial Coup in Romania Funded by USAID, State Department
  5. Murder on Sixth Avenue
  6. LeeStack Holiday Sale
  7. Pardon Shields Hunter Biden from Foreign Influence Peddling Charges
  8. In Gratitude to You
  9. Self-Driving into WW3
  10. Democrats Need to be Tougher on Immigration
  11. Inside the Junk Food Lobby's Plans to Derail RFK's Agenda
  12. Will Democrats Ever Recover from 2024?
  13. The Populist Progressive Case for Matt Gaetz
  14. Kamala Harris SuperPAC Spent Lavishly on Firms Owned by PAC Leadership
  15. Democratic Consultants Lash Out at Voters as Racist and Sexist
  16. Why #MeToo Generation Young Men Swung to Trump
  17. Trump's Tejanos Victory
  18. Susie Wiles Lobby Firm Helped China's ZTE Escape Sanctions
  19. Democratic Consultants Deceived Donors, Spent Nothing on Promised Voter Turnout
  20. Opaque Money Flows to San Francisco 'Defund the Police' Candidates
  21. Should the U.S. Still Police The World?
  22. The Election Final Sprint with HuffPost's Daniel Marans
  23. How to Purchase a Protest Movement
  24. Getting Unaligned with Ana Kasparian
  25. Boeing on the Verge of Collapse?
  26. Aaron Peskin’s Private Tennis Club Progressivism
  27. Le Debut
  28. Ted Cruz's Little Known History as a Big Tech Lawyer, Astroturf Bailout Lobbyist
  29. San Francisco Nativism Drives Decay
  30. Against Reckless Foreign War and Unilateral Intervention
  31. Nondisclosure: Vaccine Ad Blitz Sidestepped Transparency Rules
  32. Longshoremen Strike Highlights Deep Problems with American Organized Labor
  33. Marriott Issues Internal Alert in Lebanon Fearing Walkie-Talkie Bombs Still Unaccounted For
  34. Should the U.S. Still Police the World?
  35. Video: Lawmakers Tap Expense Accounts, Use Taxpayer Money for Reelection Ads
  36. Mimicked Brand Behind Walkie-Talkie Devices Transformed into Bombs Supplies the U.S. Military
  37. Lawmakers Tap Taxpayer Expense Accounts to Run Reelection Ads
  38. New York Times’ Previous Reporting Undermines Its War Escalation Journalism
  39. TikTok Influencers Take Dark Money for Election Messaging
  40. Corporate Lobbyists use DNC to Transform into ‘Democracy’ Activists
  41. Leaked Israeli Docs Reveal Effort to Evade Foreign Agent Lobbying Law
  42. Debanking Realignment: CFPB to Protect Christian Free Speech
  43. Kamala Harris's Inner Circle and the California Democratic Way
  44. TikTok to Ban Some Criticisms of Zionism Following Pressure from NGO Backed by Former Israeli Intelligence Officials
  45. Who is Behind Kamala Harris?
  46. Why I Left The Intercept
  47. Searching for the Real Kamala Harris
  48. Lobbyists Wine and Dine Lawmakers Behind the Scenes at RNC Convention
  49. J.D. Vance's Populist Anti-Corporate Record May Surprise You
  50. Pro-Israel Group Censoring Social Media Led by Former Israeli Intelligence Officers
  51. Kamala Harris Refused to Assist Victims of Catholic Church Child Sexual Abuse
  52. How Lobbyists Could Select the Democratic Presidential Nominee
  53. Why Did the FBI Raid the Home of Oakland's Mayor?
  54. Kamala Harris' Greenwashed Justice
  55. Israeli Documents Show Expansive Covert U.S. Influence Campaign
  56. Intelligence Officials Secretly Paid by Big Tech to Fight Antitrust Reforms
  57. Members of Congress Take Lobbyist Jobs Paying as Much as $4 Million
  58. Four Years After COVID, Cancel Culture Returns
  59. The End of 'Woke' and 'Anti-Woke?'
  60. Wave of Legislation Seeks to Penalize Criticism of Israel as Antisemitism
  61. America’s Wal-Martification of War
  62. The White House Correspondents' Dinner Scholarship Facade
  63. Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Applaud $95 Billion Supplemental Arms Package
  64. American-Funded Ukraine Media Distorts American Citizen's Death
  65. Congressman Victimized by FBI Spying Votes for More Warrantless Spying Powers
  66. American Corporations Help Fuel Mass Migration
  67. U.S. Funds Ukraine Groups Censoring Critics, Smearing Pro-Peace Voices
  68. New York Times Backhandedly Acknowledges Getting Censored by DHS
  69. Consulting Giant Profits From Wave of Pro-Biden and Pro-Trump Campaign Spending
  70. Why Wikileaks Matters
  71. COVID and Corruption of Science - Discussion with Stanford's Dr. Jay Bhattacharya
  72. Former Obama CIA Chief Backs Nikki Haley
  73. Inside the Far Left Billionaires' Push to Maintain Control of San Francisco
  74. If Biden Steps Aside, Lobbyists Poised to Select Democratic Presidential Nomination
  75. The Palestinian Human Rights Cause Must Mature Beyond the Extreme Left
  76. Independent Journalism and Free Speech. Interview with Breaking Points
  77. Testimony to Congress on the Threat of Online Censorship and the Need for Free Speech
  78. Homeland Security Agency Cited Inaccurate Allegation to Censor New York Times Journalist
  79. I'm Testifying Before Congress Tomorrow
  80. California's Moneyed Elite Selects 'Abolish the Police' Operative to Serve in Congress
  81. British AI Firm Helped Censor Activists and Journalists, Poised to Shape 2024 U.S. Elections
  82. Pentagon Report Predicts New Age of COVID Bioweapons and Brain Chip Warfare
  83. The Media and Trump
  84. Dark Money Fueling Nikki Haley’s Campaign
  85. Moderna Surveillance Operation Targeted Independent Media Voices
  86. Speech Wars Come Full Circle, From BLM to October 7th
  87. The Secret Dossier Behind Claudine Gay’s Downfall
  88. CEOs Pay for Advanced Copies of Questions at Senate Hearings

2023 61

  1. Biden's Chief Negotiator was a Shadow Lobbyist for United Airlines and Google
  2. How Twitter Aided the Pentagon's Covert Online Propaganda Campaign
  3. NewsGuard's Ministry of Truth
  4. Inside the Pro-Israel Information War
  5. Gavin Newsom's Self Serving Culture War
  6. Moderna is Spying on You
  7. I'm Grateful for You
  8. Netflix's Disneyfication of Bayard Rustin
  9. NewsGuard's For-Profit Censorship Model Merges Government and Corporate Power
  10. The Colonizer-Indigenous Rhetoric Only Divides
  11. Televangelists Invoke Holy War to Push for Weapons for Israel, Strikes on Iran
  12. Neocons Seize Israel's 9/11 to Elevate Hawkish Agenda in the GOP, War With Iran
  13. Former Obama Treasury Secretary’s $14 Million Private Equity Pay
  14. Congressman Who Defied the Foreign Policy Blob Calls for New Approach to Israel-Palestine
  15. Lobbyist Knives Out for Matt Gaetz
  16. Democrats Have Walked into an Immigration Trap
  17. San Francisco Supervisor Uses Trust Fund to Finance 'Abolish the Police' Groups
  18. Governor Newsom Selects Tech Lobbyist Laphonza Butler to Replace Sen. Feinstein
  19. Behind Ozempic Media Buzz, Undisclosed Drugmaker Money
  20. Lockheed Martin Boasts to Investors: Ukraine War Fueling "$10 Billion of Opportunities ... Now to the End of the Decade"
  21. Emails Show Decade of Hunter Biden Spinning Journalists on Foreign Business Deals
  22. CIA Official Questioned Over Wuhan Cover-Up Took Job at U.S.-China Consulting Firm
  23. Democrats Once Opposed the Post-September 11th Expansion of the Surveillance State
  24. Twitter Minimized Saudi Spy Infiltration, New Emails Show
  25. Escaping the Online Discourse to Burning Man, Then Escaping Burning Man
  26. Nikki Haley's Sudden Wealth Rooted in Weapons Industry, Pro-War Advocacy Network
  27. Donald Trump May Have Deprived Vivek Ramaswamy of a COVID Vaccine Fortune
  28. Hawaiian Electric, While Failing to Act on Fire Prevention, Had Cozy Ties to Regulators
  29. Fired AG Leading Epstein Inquiry Reveals V.I. Governor Pressured Her on Pedophile's Behalf
  30. Emails Show Hunter Biden Hired Specialists to Quietly Airbrush Wikipedia
  31. German Council Reprimands Vaccine Makers for Censorship Attempts Revealed in Twitter Files
  32. How One Trump January 6 Charge Could End Up Criminalizing Left-Wing Protest
  33. Radicals vs. Atlanta: The Left Focuses Violent Outrage at Police Deescalation Training Center
  34. Anheuser-Busch Lobbyists Sell Access to Democratic Congressional Staff
  35. Lawmakers Slip Censorship Provisions into Pentagon Spending Bill
  36. Disney CEO Bob Iger Cackles with Investors about AI Replacing Jobs
  37. Why Supposed Opponents of Cluster Bombs Voted to Allow the Weapons for Ukraine
  38. Rep. Massie Promises Vote to Establish Audit Overseeing Ukraine War Money
  39. Biden Official Overseeing Water Resources Worked for Hedge Fund Privatizing Water
  40. Fleeing War, Killed in America: Crime Wave Brutalizes Working Class Refugees and Migrants
  41. Mark Zuckerberg Splurges on Private Security For Himself While Financing 'Defund the Police'
  42. House Democrat Worked for Epstein's Tax and Political Fixer
  43. Obama’s Personal Investment Deals Mirror Tax Strategies He Once Criticized
  44. After Mass Layoffs, Silicon Valley Renews Lobbying Biden to Lift Cap on Foreign Workers
  45. Billionaire Biden Donor Bankrolled 2020 Election Social Media Censorship Effort
  46. Biden Justice Dept. Intervened to Block Release of Social Media Censorship Docs
  47. Facebook and Google Allies Fight Revenue Sharing with Journalists by Invoking Hate Speech, Misinfo and ‘Straight White Men’
  48. Billionaire Funding ‘Abolish the Police’ Activists Invests in Private Security Start-Up
  49. Top Asian Diversity Consultant Accused Of Defrauding Low-Income Housing Fund
  50. Big Tech Resumed Hiring Foreign Workers Just Weeks After Layoffs
  51. DHS and FBI Depict Vegan Activists as Potential Domestic Terrorists
  52. FBI Surveillance Contractor Probed Anti-Vaccine Mandate Activists
  53. Private Spies Hired by the FBI and Corporate Firms Infiltrate Discord, Reddit, WhatsApp
  54. Voices Politicizing NYC Subway Death Opposed Mayor’s Plan for Severe Mentally Ill
  55. Police Tell San Francisco Homeowner To Hire Private Security After Suffering 8 Break-Ins
  56. Diversity Activists Helped First Republic Bank Push for Weaker Regulations
  57. How The FBI Helps Ukrainian Intelligence Hunt ‘Disinformation’ On Social Media
  58. Pfizer Quietly Financed Groups Lobbying for COVID Vaccine Mandates
  59. House Democrat Threatens Twitter Files Journalist with Prosecution and Imprisonment
  60. Mehdi Hasan Plagiarized Pro-Spanking Column
  61. MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan Gets Basic Facts Wrong on DHS Content Moderation Partnership

2022 1

  1. Creating a Substack