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- 3 days ago26 min
Trump's election loss shows Americans oppose Iran War & Israel (but Democrats won't change anything)
The Democrats won a majority in both chambers of Congress in the 2026 US midterm election, not because voters love them, but because the Republicans are even more unpopular. Ben Norton analyzes the results and explains how Donald Trump's war on Iran caused an energy crisis, fueling inflation, hurting living standards, and angering voters. Most Americans now oppose Israel and Big Tech corporations, but the DNC won't implement real change. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EqRPk30hpE Topics 0:00 Impact of US midterm election 1:01 Iran War caused inflation 1:39 Democrats win majority in Congress 2:15 Democratic Party is still unpopular 2:52 Trump is extremely unpopular 3:24 DNC ignores its voters 4:49 There will not be real change 5:47 Economy drove election results 7:32 Iran War fueled Trump's loss 8:30 American oppose Iran War 9:57 JD Vance breaks with Trump 12:27 AI data centers & Big Tech 13:35 Peter Thiel funded JD Vance 14:39 Billionaire oligarch donors 15:44 Billionaire Michael Bloomberg 16:19 Israel: big loser in US election 18:11 Most Americans oppose Israel 19:43 Civil war in Democratic Party 20:31 Senate leader Chuck Schumer 22:26 House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries 23:59 Pro-war DNC leadership 25:07 Conclusion
- 1 weeks ago27 min
USA targets Brazil: Trump rejects Lula's victory in election, helps Bolsonaro flee
The Donald Trump administration has refused to accept the victory of Brazil's left-wing President Lula da Silva in the election. The US government helped far-right candidate Flávio Bolsonaro flee to Miami, Florida, where he claimed to be the "true leader" in exile. Ben Norton explains Washington's plan to try to destabilize Brazil and control Latin America. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8x8AiGNuZU Topics 0:00 Brazil's presidential election 0:32 Flávio Bolsonaro flees to USA 0:53 US meddling in Brazil's election 1:56 Flávio Bolsonaro flight to Miami, Florida 2:39 Bolsonaro claims to be Brazil's "leader" 3:55 Trump rejects Brazil's election results 4:34 Juan Guaidó coup attempt redux 5:10 US invasion of Venezuela 5:27 Eduardo Bolsonaro calls on US military 6:08 Eduardo Bolsonaro fled to USA too 6:32 Jair Bolsonaro coup attempt 7:43 Bolsonaro dynasty serves US empire 8:23 Corruption of Bolsonaro family 10:19 Dark Horse corruption scandal 11:42 Flávio Bolsonaro's corruption 12:56 Trump admin helped Bolsonaro flee 14:09 Green cards for Bolsonaros 14:54 Extended voting hours on election day 16:37 Flávio Bolsonaro is dual Italian citizen 17:17 Ecuador's US citizen dictator Noboa 18:17 Colombia's leader De la Espriella 19:16 Trump pardoned Honduran narco-dictator 20:14 US-backed coup in Honduras in 2009 20:49 Trump's bald-faced imperialism 21:37 Brazilian coup-plotter living in USA 22:30 (CLIP) US Congressional hearing 23:21 US-backed coups in Latin America 23:57 USA protects Cuban criminals 25:34 Donroe Doctrine: neocolonialism
- 2 weeks ago29 min
Lula's reelection in Brazil is win for BRICS & Palestine, loss for US, Israel, & dollar
The historic re-election of President Lula da Silva in Brazil is a victory for BRICS, Palestine, Latin America, and the Global South, and a significant blow to the United States, Israel, and dollar hegemony. Ben Norton explains the major geopolitical and economic implications of Brazil's 2026 presidential election. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPszorpihmc Topics 0:00 Brazil's presidential election 0:30 Importance of Brazil 0:55 Lula vs Bolsonaro 2:01 Global South cooperation 3:13 Jair Bolsonaro coup attempt 4:52 Bolsonaros flee to USA 6:25 Brazil's state-owned oil industry 7:25 Rare earths & critical minerals 9:03 Summary 9:32 Lula's background 10:29 Rich landlords fund Bolsonaros 11:52 BRICS 13:03 US dollar dominance 13:59 Lula proposed BRICS currency 15:37 Latin American currency idea 16:42 US imperialism in Latin America 17:15 Trump's tariffs 18:28 US Big Tech meddling in Brazil 19:29 AI propaganda 20:19 Lula supports Palestine 20:54 Bolsonaros love Israel 22:30 Victory for Global South 23:22 Rare earth minerals in Brazil 24:56 USA makes new supply chain 27:06 Donroe Doctrine 28:58 Conclusion
- 3 weeks ago32 min
US Big Tech corporations are blatantly meddling in Brazil's election
US Big Tech corporations based in Silicon Valley are manipulating politics across the world. Meta and TikTok are censoring critics of Donald Trump and Elon Musk in the United States, while repressing protesters in Albania and blatantly meddling in Brazil's elections. Ben Norton explains how Meta censored Brazil's left-wing President Lula da Silva, while promoting far-right, US-backed candidate Flávio Bolsonaro. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHnZc_EJ0Hs Topics 0:00 US oligarchy 0:41 Big Tech meddles in Brazil election 1:22 Big Tech meddles in Albania 2:08 TikTok censors Elon Musk documentary 2:58 Elon Musk tries to buy US elections 3:28 Musk documentary 3:54 Billionaire Larry Ellison takes over TikTok 4:52 Skydance: Paramount buys Warner Bros 5:31 Meta censors No Kings on Instagram 6:15 USA is an oligarchy 6:55 Albanian protesters censored by Meta 8:44 Trump family backs Albanian criminals 9:44 Trump frees Honduran narco-dictator 10:25 USA meddles in Brazil's election 10:49 Meta censored Lula's accounts 12:12 Why the US opposes Lula 12:43 Lula & BRICS challenge US dollar 13:46 Trump hits Brazil with tariffs 14:18 Jair Bolsonaro coup attempt 16:19 Flavio & Eduardo Bolsonaro 17:49 Bolsonaristas ask Trump to bomb Brazil 18:35 US-backed coups in Latin America 19:22 Elon Musk: "We will coup whoever" 20:13 Flavio Bolsonaro's promises to Trump 20:40 Brazil's Pix payment system 21:55 Silicon Valley fears regulation 22:46 Meta censors pro-Lula accounts 23:14 Bolsonaro hires US AI company 24:33 AI fake social media accounts 27:51 US imperialism in Latin America 28:55 Donroe Doctrine 30:05 New era of AI coups
- 3 weeks ago26 min
This is Israel's plan for PERMANENT war: Peace is 'weakness'
Global public opinion has rapidly shifted and polls show Israel is now the most unpopular country on Earth. So Israeli regime officials are becoming even more desperate and extreme. A top Israeli official who led the IDF's military intelligence directorate published a white paper outlining plans for never-ending war, in a "permanent Israeli-Arab conflict". The report explicitly opposes peace, calling it "weakness". It says a "peace agreement is unattainable" and insists "no solution is possible", only endless conflict and colonization. Ben Norton reports. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z5--p8bhp4 Topics 0:00 Israel is most disliked country on Earth 1:06 Most Americans disapprove of Israel 2:10 International recognition of Palestine 2:29 Israel rejects a Palestinian state 3:11 Israel is an apartheid regime 3:38 Israeli colonialism 4:21 Israel lays out its plan 5:51 Israel calls for permanent war 6:47 Israel opposes peace 8:15 Israel seeks to destabilize Arab neighbors 9:52 Hypocrisy of settler-colonialism 10:58 Plan: "permanent Israeli-Arab conflict" 12:23 Official: "no solution is possible" 13:09 Israel wants to take more territory 14:45 Nuclear weapons threat 15:25 Israel openly opposes democracy 17:15 Neo-fascism 18:37 Declining US support 19:54 Israel can't fight without US weapons 21:56 Fall of apartheid South Africa 23:12 Poll: most Americans oppose Israel 24:29 Young Americans dislike Israel 25:22 Desperation of Israeli regime
- 4 weeks ago39 min
'Western civilization' is a myth: USA demands global dominance, praises colonialism, erases history
The US government has called to revive Western domination of the planet. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a speech in Greece that openly praised colonialism and erased history. He claimed the West is "the greatest civilization in the world" and insisted it must "maintain its place at the head of the world". Ben Norton explains how the idea of a unified "Western civilization" is a political myth used to justify imperialism. He fact-checks Rubio's remarks and provides important historical context that the Donald Trump administration refuses to acknowledge. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iPKlFKY_F8 Topics 0:00 (CLIP) Marco Rubio on Western civilization 0:33 USA wants West to dominate world 1:47 Marco Rubio speech in Athens 2:57 (CLIP) Rubio: West must dominate world 3:56 The "Clash of Civilizations" narrative 7:06 Trump admin erases history 7:51 Colonization of the Americas 9:05 (CLIP) Rubio praises colonialism 10:00 Native Americans erased by US govt 10:33 Double standards on imperialism 12:33 Rubio demonizes Iran 13:04 Greece is not "Western" 14:02 Christianity and East-West Schism 15:09 Russia, the West, and NATO 16:01 Western civilization is a political myth 17:42 Rearmament of Europe 18:17 (CLIP) Rubio on militarization of EU 18:44 Christian nationalism 19:55 Using Christianity to support imperialism 21:33 Religion in Ancient Greece 22:15 Church persecution of scientists 23:29 Christian attack on Ancient Greece/Rome 24:18 Islamic Golden Age 24:41 European book-burning 25:22 Western chauvinism is ridiculous 26:43 Rubio identifies with Spain, not Cuba 30:26 (CLIP) Rubio's pro-colonialist speech 32:06 Latin America's right-wing elites 33:33 What is the "West"? A political construct 35:09 Trump admin's extreme imperialism 35:52 (CLIP) Rubio condemns anti-colonialists 37:06 USA wants to reverse decolonization 38:32 Real goal of US foreign policy
- Oct 9, 202633 min
Iran war expands: Why Saudi Arabia is attacking Yemen, with US support
The US war against Iran is expanding into a regional conflict. Saudi Arabia restarted its war in Yemen against the Houthis (officially known as Ansarallah), the political movement that governs 80% of the Yemeni population. Pakistan and Turkey (Türkiye) have joined the war. Syria supports it. Ben Norton explains how this crisis is growing, why the Donald Trump administration is fueling it, and how it is further destabilizing the oil market and global economy. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK9KxLbKuYk Topics 0:00 War on Yemen starts again 0:22 Pakistan joins Saudi war 1:11 Turkey joins war 1:57 Syria backs war on Yemen 2:23 USA helps Saudi bomb Yemen 3:14 What is happening in Yemen? 3:37 Who are the Houthis (Ansarallah)? 5:05 Revolution on 21 September 2014 5:30 Map of Yemen war territory 6:04 Saudi Arabia controls south Yemen 6:55 Yemen's Saudi puppet "presidents" 9:06 UAE loses proxy war with Saudi 10:53 War crimes 12:15 Goals of US-Saudi war on Yemen 12:49 Bab al-Mandab Strait 14:43 Strait of Hormuz 15:15 Largest oil crisis in history 16:21 Why Ansarallah blockaded Saudi 17:54 EU supports Saudi monarchy 19:36 Attack on Saudi oil pipeline 21:05 Oil prices skyrocket 22:09 Shipping costs break records 23:27 Heating oil price up 80% 25:02 US attacks on Yemen in 2025 26:59 USA could not defeat Ansarallah 28:48 US-Saudi war on Yemen (2015) 31:21 New war could help Ansarallah 32:49 This war affects entire world
- Oct 5, 202629 min
Big Tech CEOs fear AI bubble could pop soon: US govt is protecting them
Why are executives of AI companies, like Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, suddenly warning that artificial intelligence poses an "existential risk" to humanity? And why did Donald Trump invite Big Tech billionaire oligarchs to the White House for a "morally binding" agreement to "self-regulate"? There are more and more signs that the AI bubble is getting dangerously large, and could pop soon. Corporate insiders want to cash out before it's too late -- and the US government is helping them. Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsFHQ81nMHk Topics 0:00 Does AI pose existential risk? 1:42 Trump meeting with Big Tech CEOs 3:19 AI is in biggest bubble in history 4:09 IPOs of Anthropic and OpenAI 5:28 China is now leading in AI 6:53 Silicon Valley wants to ban Chinese AI 8:30 Trump warns of AI race with China 9:09 Data centers push up electricity price 10:01 Anthropic is losing tons of money 10:57 OpenAI has huge losses 11:34 Only 2% of US households pay for AI 12:34 AI industry delusion: 9% of GDP 13:45 AI bubble is largest ever 14:29 US economy in recession, excluding AI 15:16 Circular financing of AI companies 16:27 Hyperscaler capex exceeds $1 trillion 17:25 Debt of AI companies is growing 17:59 US bond yields rise rapidly 19:00 AI companies taking on more debt 20:29 Michael Burry warns bubble may pop 21:38 US stock market concentration 24:13 Buffett Indicator: 235% of GDP 25:07 Anthropic's cynical marketing 26:06 Largest IPOs in history 27:47 SpaceX stock crashed after IPO 28:31 US government denies bubble
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