Signals Crossed

The MSM has focused on "signal gate" this week. What I find ironic is the focus is that it was leaked (probably given) to a reporter (of sorts), but no outrage at the content of the messages....We're gonna kill a bunch of civilians to send Iran a message. Pepe is in Yemen this week and he explains the nature of the society in clips below the fold. The US and Russia reached an agreement for a Black Sea Ceasefire, but the European chihuahuas are refusing to come to heel. They refuse peace. Here in the US it seems people are Trump cultists or Trump deranged fanatics with little in between. The MSM has done their best to divide us along those lines. Meanwhile we are deporting pro-Palestinian foreigners. The first amendment obviously has been discarded. Judge Nap has a piece on the history of free speech.
“I disagree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it.” ​— Voltaire (1694-1778). All that and more below the fold...

Jimmy concurs no one is covering the substance of the leak...another illegal war (~12 min)

Jimmy had both George Galloway and James Corbett on this week...two of my faves.
What Everyone Is MISSING About The Signal Leak! w/ George Galloway (28 min)
Washington DC remains in hyper-buzz mode over the recent security breach effected by top members of Trump’s national security team as they discussed upcoming Yemen attacks over the messaging app Signal, and mistakenly included journalist Jeffrey Goldberg in the group chat.
And while most of the media is focusing on the security breach aspect of the story, Jimmy and George Galloway discuss what they feel is a much more important aspect to this story.

U.S. Mobilizing Warships To Attack Yemen & Iran! (30 min)
In moves designed to intimidate Iran and the Houthis in Yemen, the US has extended the deployment of the USS Harry S Truman carrier strike group in the Red Sea, while another is heading to the Middle East. At least five B-2 stealth bombers have also been deployed to Diego Garcia, a British military base used by the US in the Indian Ocean.
Jimmy and George Galloway discuss the massive movement of American warships and the Trump administration’s ratcheting up the military pressure on Iran at Israel’s behest.

If the idea is to scare Iran to the negotiating table, it isn't working.
Iran ‘Doesn’t Care’ About Trump’s ‘Threats’ – Senior Commander
Iran will not bow to US pressure to resume talks over its nuclear program, a top naval commander has said, stressing that Tehran is ready to strike back in the event of an American attack. In an interview with al-Mayadeen TV channel on Saturday, Alireza Tangsiri, commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy, pushed back against US President Donald Trump’s recent ultimatum urging the country to enter new nuclear talks. “I have no knowledge of Trump’s message, nor do I care to analyze it,” Tangsiri said. “I hear his threats, I observe his actions, and I prepare myself to counter them. We have the capability to strike all enemy bases, wherever they may be… No one can strike us and escape. Even if we have to chase them to the Gulf of Mexico, we would.”

Did You Know China, Iran & Russia Signed A Defense Treaty? w/ George Galloway (4.5 min)

US Media SILENT As Israel Targets & Kills Journalists! w/ George Galloway (16 min)
Press freedom organisations have condemned the killing of two journalists in Gaza on Monday, who died in separate targeted airstrikes by the Israeli armed forces. Hossam Shabat, a 23-year-old correspondent for the Al Jazeera Mubasher channel, was killed by an airstrike on his car in the eastern part of Beit Lahiya.
Mohammed Mansour, a correspondent for Palestine Today, was also killed on Monday, reportedly along with his wife and son, in an airstrike on his home in south Khan Younis. This brings the total of journalists killed in Gaza by Israel to 208.
The mainstream media in the United States enforces a virtual silence over Israel’s targeting of journalists, a silence not observed with regard to a stated enemy of the United States like Russia.

Why All Israeli Prime Ministers Have Fake Names! w/ George Galloway (11 min)
Did you know that Netanyahu's real family name is Mileikowsky? Did you also know that every Israeli Prime Minister changed their name to sound more Jewish or Middle Eastern? Investigative journalist Richard Medhurst describes the litany of Israeli politicians who abandoned their Eastern European names to create the pretense of a stronger connection to the Levant.
Jimmy and George Galloway discuss this curious pseudonymous phenomenon among Israeli leaders.

War with Iran — Trump’s Biggest Mistake? | Alastair Crooke Interview w/ Larry Johnson (48 min)
Former UK diplomat Alastair Crooke joins Counter Currents host and former CIA analyst Larry Johnson to discuss the following issues:
*Does the US and Israel's strategy regarding Iran's nuclear program and military leadership have a clear and achievable goal?
*Why is 'spring' considered a critical deadline for an attack on Iran, and how is this timeline linked to the broader geopolitical situation?
*How might internal political divisions in Israel influence its decision to push for a war with Iran?
*What role does Russia play in the decision-making process surrounding Iran’s geopolitical position?
Alastair is a seasoned diplomat who has extensive experience in Western Asia

Larry has a good piece out on the so called leak.
It Wasn’t a Leak, It Was a Devious “Charlie Foxtrot”
Charlie Foxtrot is a polite euphemism for a crude military term — Clusterfuck. That describes the first scandal of the Trump Administration. Somehow, whether deliberate or accidentally, a Zionist journalist by the name of Jeffrey Goldberg was added to a Signal chat by Trump’s National Security Advisor, Michael Waltz, or by someone who worked for Waltz. Goldberg suddenly found himself part of a group chat of Trump’s top defense, diplomatic and intelligence officials. The group included CIA Director Ratcliffe, DNI’s Tulsi Gabbard, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, among other luminaries.
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This was not a leak. This was a gift to Goldberg. While the contents of the chat are not officially classified, the information being discussed was operationally sensitive. The chat exposed most of the Trump team as shallow and dismissive of the military and diplomatic implications of the decision to start bombing Yemen. If Waltz and company wanted to discuss the pros and cons of bombing Yemen, he should have convened a Secure Video Conference, aka SVTC (pronounced, CIVITS).

Recall Waltz worked for Cheney as counterterrorism advisor and why on Earth Trump installed him into his cabinet is beyond me. The entire fiasco may have been purposeful.

Vice President J.D. Vance and other senior officials “gently offered” President Donald Trump to fire National Security Adviser Mike Waltz during a private discussion about the blunder in which Waltz accidentally included a reporter in a confidential chat about US military strikes in Yemen, according to anonymous insider sources cited by Politico. Two individuals allegedly familiar with the closed-door meeting at the White House on Wednesday night told Politico that Vance, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, and personnel chief Sergio Gor advised Trump that it might be time to cut Waltz loose. The president reportedly agreed that Waltz had “messed up,” but ultimately decided against a dismissal.

John Mearsheimer on the signal leak.

(5.5 min clip) the text continues ...There's no accountability. The US is supporting an apartheid state engaged in genocide in Gaza for Israel, there's nothing surprising about this leak. You can't speak the truth about Israel and the lobby, the level of dishonesty is just astonishing."

Jeffery Sachs agrees...

(6.5 min clip) the text continues... as clearly evidenced by the Signal group chat which was published by the Atlantic Magazine. As far as foreign policy is concerned, this is turning out as to be a truly pathetic Administration so far….

Max weighs in on "signalgate"

(31 min) Max Blumenthal : Hegseth Reveals US War Plans.

Why Did Jeffrey Goldberg Leave The ‘Bomb Yemen’ Signal Chat? (Max Blumenthal)

Hegseth reveals he doesn't know who the Houthis are. He should listen to Pepe.

Pepe from Yemen.

(23 min) Pepe Escobar : LIVE - EXCLUSIVE : First Interview From Yemen!
I must admit I had no idea how ancient and deep the Yemeni culture is.

Pepe Escobar : What I Am Seeing In Yemen!

(20 min)

Pepe also spoke with Nima this week from Yemen
Pepe Escobar: Yemen Strikes Back as U.S. & Israel Escalate
(55 min)

And one more with Danny Haiphong (1 hour)
Pepe Escobar: Yemen's Missiles DEVASTATE US & Israel as Trump Signal Leak SHOCKS World
Geopolitical analyst and journalist Pepe Escobar joins the program from inside the country currently leading the way in standing up for human rights and peace worldwide: Yemen. In this must-watch stream, we discuss the truth about how the people of this war-torn country have been able to remain steadfast in their support of Gaza with ongoing ballistic missile strikes and a red sea blockade that has the US and Israel in total panic.

The US is controlled by Zionists

Free Speech?
Arrested And Deported For Exercising First Amendment Rights? (28 min)
President Trump announced earlier in his second term that foreign students who engaged in illegal activity would be deported. Most people agreed with the policy. But then his Department of Homeland Security began showing up with masks on and in plainclothes to arrest and deport legal foreign students who broke no law but held views the Administration doesn't like. This is a slippery slope that will backfire on those who support it.

DONALD TRUMP STEALING FREE SPEECH... CENSORSHIP BECOMING THE AMERICAN WAY (19 min) Gerald Celente and Judge Nap discuss the loss of the first amendment.

Woman ABDUCTED Off The Streets By Masked ICE Agents! w/ George Galloway (18 min)
A Turkish national and doctoral student at Tufts University has been detained by U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents without explanation, her lawyer said Wednesday, presumably over her support for Palestine.
Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, had just left her home in Somerville on Tuesday night when she was stopped, lawyer Mahsa Khanbabai said in a petition filed in Boston federal court.
Video obtained by The Associated Press appears to show six people, their faces covered, taking away Ozturk’s phone as she yells and is handcuffed.
“We’re the police,” members of the group are heard saying in the video.
The man recording is heard asking, “Why are you hiding your faces?”
Jimmy and George Galloway discuss these transparently authoritarian tactics, leveraging the Trump administration’s focus on cracking down on illegal immigration to eviscerate civil liberties in service to a foreign country.

EU Official Denies Anti-Free Speech Policies in Bizarre Letter to US Congress (Turley)
After returning recently from speaking at the World Forum in Berlin, I testified in the Senate Judiciary Committee and warned about the building threat to free speech from the use of the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA). House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan has taken up the issue and received a letter from the EU’s Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Henna Virkkunen. The letter is both evasive and deceptive. In my book, The Indispensable Right, I detail how the DSA has been used to allow for sweeping speech investigations and prosecutions. In direct contradiction to past statements by the EU, Virkkunen denied any effort to regulate speech or enforce the DSA outside of Europe. What is particularly maddening is the false claim that the EU remains “deeply committed to protecting and promoting free speech.” Many in the free speech community view the EU and the DSA as the greatest threats to free speech in the West.

Ukraine

Macron and Starmer’s Coalition of The Killing
If there were a prize for Orwellian-named conferences, then the one held this week in Paris would surely be a top contender. Over the past month, there has been a slew of such gatherings in London, Brussels, and Paris. They have been conducted in a frenzy to thwart peace and prolong war – under the guise of “seeking security” against Russia. Some 30 nations attended the latest Paris summit, convened by France’s Emmanuel Macron, and entitled “Building a Robust Peace for Ukraine and Europe”. Europe is being gaslighted to view war as peace and accept that all economic resources must be dedicated to militarism. It is an insane war footing that is beyond any democratic or moral rationale. European Union member states participated as well as NATO and non-EU nations Britain, Norway, and Canada.
We should clarify that it was the elitist leaders of these countries who were present. Their lack of democratic mandate and authority is all too obvious to the people of Europe.

EU To Reject Russia-US Black Sea Deal – von der Leyen

The EU Wants to Use War as an Excuse for More Debt
The European political and financial elite knows that the war in Ukraine is lost but wants to use it as an opportunity to reach strategic independence from the United States. As the future chancellor of Germany Friedrich Merz said right after his electoral win on Feb 23: “It will be an absolute priority for me to strengthen Europe as soon as possible so much that it gradually really achieves independence from the United States.” Such strategic independence needs money and investment—a lot of it—not only to boost defense but much else, like energy and innovation; areas in which Europe is lagging behind the US and China. In order to have the pretext to implement this spending plan, the idea among the EU elite is to make sure that the war in Ukraine does not end too quickly. That way the conflict can be used to justify artificially injecting much needed money into the moribund EU economies.

EU Leaders Fear Peace in Ukraine – French Army Veteran
US President Donald Trump’s efforts to secure peace in Ukraine have caused panic among European leaders like Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer and Friedrich Merz, who desperately want to “escape from their political death,” retired French Army Colonel Alain Corvez tells Sputnik. “They have made a bargain on the war in Ukraine, and they have lost the war. They cannot accept peace imposed by Russia and America. So they are doing things that are completely unrealistic and illogical,” says Corvez, an international strategy consultant and former international relations consultant for France’s Defense and Interior Ministries. Macron and the likes of him do not care about Ukraine – all they care about is “their own fate” amid the prospects of the European Union’s dissolution.

Putin Proposes Temporary Governance of Ukraine Under UN Auspices
The possibility of introducing temporary governance in Ukraine could be discussed under the auspices of the United Nations together with the United States, European countries and Russian partners, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. The introduction of temporary governance in Ukraine would allow democratic elections to be held in the country, Putin added. “And for what? To hold democratic elections, to bring to power a viable government that enjoys the people’s trust. And then begin negotiations with them on a peace treaty, sign legitimate documents that will be recognized throughout the world and will be reliable and stable. This is only one option, I am not saying that there are no others,” the president noted

Key Points of Putin’s Idea To Place Ukraine Under UN Control
Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed placing Ukraine under a temporary international administration as one possible way of resolving the ongoing conflict. The idea, he said, draws on international precedent and would aim to restore legitimate governance before any peace deal could be finalized. During his meeting with Russian nuclear submarine officers on Thursday, President Putin described a possible international mechanism for stabilizing Ukraine – placing it under temporary external administration coordinated by the United Nations.

The Duran discusses Putin's plan...
Putin's terms; UN trusteeship, elections, military victory (1 hour)

Peacemakers agree, 'elensky has to go!.

(2 min clip)

Global Firms Lining Up To Return To Russia – Putin Aide
Foreign firms that exited Russia due to sanctions linked to the Ukraine conflict are now seeking to return, according to President Vladimir Putin’s special economic representative, Kirill Dmitriev. Dmitriev, who is also the CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), was responding to Korea Times report on Friday that South Korean companies are looking to resume operations in Russia, given US-led ceasefire talks between Moscow and Kiev. “Global companies are lining up to return to Russia, signaling renewed confidence and fresh opportunities in one of the world’s largest markets,” Dmitriev wrote on X on Friday.

The Economy...
Yes, A Small Cabal Of Elites Run The World Economy & Governments! w/ James Corbett
(64 min) Award-winning investigative journalist and host of The Corbett Report James Corbett joined The Jimmy Dore Show to discuss new book,“Reportage: Essays on the New World Order.” Corbett and Jimmy discussed a range of issues, including the phony left-right divide, modern-day eugenics and how elites with membership in the secretive Bilderberg Group meet to plot ways to increase their vise-like grip on the global economy and governments.
Watch The Corbett Report: https://corbettreport.com/
Buy James Corbett’s book: https://reportagebook.com/

UNMASKING The Secret Bilderberg Group’s Control Of Governments & Economy! w/ James Corbett (21 min)
Wikipedia • The Bilderberg Meeting is an annual off-the-record forum established in 1954 to foster dialogue between Europe and North America. The group's agenda, originally to prevent another world war, is now defined as bolstering a consensus around free market Western capitalism and its interests around the globe.

Whatta coinkidink
Bush Relatives SHORTED THE MARKET Right Before 9/11! w/ James Corbett

The Left-Right Divide Really Is A LIE To Control Us! w/ James Corbett

We've had this conversation, but now it is almost as RFK suggests, the left and right have inverted.

DOGE COLLAPSE Ahead of APRIL 30: Why Investors Will Pay the Price and Must Prepare
(20 min) April 30th is such an important date for us if we frame it out in terms of the Doge agenda of really being able to push this idea of an AI explosion,” says Rob Spivey, Director of Research at Valens Research. He joins Daniela Cambone to discuss the future of AI and Elon Musk’s five steps for transforming the federal government with AI algorithms. Spivey also predicts a looming collapse in the federal government that will “create a lot of uncertainty and opportunities.” Watch the interview to learn more about what AI will bring.
00:00 DOGE agenda
3:47 AI boom
5:48 Nine beneficiary companies
7:47 Tesla stock
11:43 Elon Musk
13:08 Stock swings
14:44 AI movement
16:15 What should investors do?
17:45 RFK’s ban on pharma ads
20:44 Concluding words

BUCKLE UP For April 2: Liberation Day to Spark a Market “DEMOLITION" - David Stockman
(45 min) Buckle up. If you’re in the stock market or bond market, there’s going to be an explosion on the days leading up to April 2,” warns David Stockman, a former businessman who was a Republican U.S. Representative and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Ronald Reagan. In today’s interview, he tells Daniela Cambone that the reason the U.S. ended up with trillions in deficits with its trading partners is not due to bad trade deals but rather bad monetary policy caused by the Fed printing money.
“If Trump really understood monetary policy… he would be looking a few blocks away at the Eccles building. That's where the problem is.” Stockman also points out that the fentanyl issue was not the real reason Trump turned his back on Canada. Watch the video to learn more about Stockman’s take on the economy and where we’re headed next.
00:00 Liberation Day
10:20 Financial disruption
16:47 Stock market
22:07 Canada-US trade
30:00 Drug issues
32:58 How to save $2 trillion
40:04 Gold
43:30 Cut US foreign aid
45:41 Concluding words

As President Trump threatens the world with sweeping tariffs, he is trying to change the fundamental laws of economics through force of will. He won’t succeed. Rather than fighting back with reciprocal tariffs, developing countries should sell off U.S. debt. The Austrian American economist Ludwig von Mises once said that ‘the balance of payments theory forgets that the volume of trade is completely dependent on prices.’ The United States has such a gigantic trade deficit, at over $1 trillion each year, because it can buy foreign goods more cheaply than it can produce them domestically. Some countries may subsidise production to lower prices, others might export goods that are further down the value chain compared to what American producers will make.
But, stepping back, the U.S. dollar is so powerful, that it renders American exports more expensive, irrespective of any distortions created by its trading partners. This is part of the exorbitant privilege in which the U.S. dollar acts the world’s leading reserve currency, amounting to 58% of total reserves. Foreign countries put their capital into the U.S. because it is a stable and safe, increasing the price of the dollar on foreign exchange markets because demand is always high. A strong exchange rate makes foreign imports cheaper and that helps to manage inflation in America.

USAID Officially Shuttered After Court Victory
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has been officially shuttered after a federal appeals court Friday determined that the Trump administration could continue dismantling it. The ruling nullifies a lower court ruling that found that Elon Musk and DOGE were exercising enough independent authority to require Senate confirmation under the Constitution’s Appointments Clause. “While defendants’ role and actions related to USAID are not conventional, unconventional does not necessarily equal unconstitutional,” wrote US Circuit Judge Marvin Quattlebaum, a Trump appointee. “And none of this is to say that plaintiffs will not be able to develop evidence of unconstitutional conduct as the case progresses. Time will tell,” he continued.

On Friday evening, Musk announced the merger of X with his AI startup, xAI, in an all-stock transaction that strengthens his financial position, protects Tesla shareholders, and renders the Tesla Takedown color revolution largely ineffective in achieving its intended goal. Musk outlined the acquisition: “xAI has acquired X in an all-stock transaction. The combination values xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion ($45B less $12B debt). Since its founding two years ago, xAI has rapidly become one of the leading AI labs in the world, building models and data centers at unprecedented speed and scale. X is the digital town square where more than 600M active users go to find the real-time source of ground truth and, in the last two years, has been transformed into one of the most efficient companies in the world, positioning it to deliver scalable future growth.

Alex Krainer's big view is that bankers promote war and keep us divided by class.

Is the West Sabotaging Itself? | Trump, Iran & Yemen's Fightback | Alex Krainer (30 min)

So that's enough for this week. Everything is a matter of perspective, and I hope you'll share yours in the comments below...

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