Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH, is a physician, author, and chief scientific officer of The Wellness Company. His most recent book is "Vaccines: Mythology, Ideology, and Reality," co-authored with John Leake.
The US midterm elections delivered a crushing defeat for the Republicans, and Alex argues this was a punishment vote against Trump over Iran, inflation and gas prices rather than a mandate for the Democrats. Alex also covers Zelensky's surprising admission that Russia is producing too many weapons, the massive Russian missile strikes that plunged Kiev into darkness, Merz's new 11.6 billion euro package, the Tusk tribunal standoff in Poland and Melania Trump's ceasefire push ahead of the Abu Dhabi talks. Will a Democrat Congress change anything in Washington, and who is really behind Europe's strange supermarket freezer hack?
Timeline:
00:00:00 Trump reacts to the midterm defeat
00:00:22 Democrats sweep the House and Senate
00:02:15 A vote against Trump, not for the Democrats
00:04:08 Trump blames everyone but himself
00:05:13 What a Democrat Congress means for Ukraine and Iran
00:07:49 A punishment election and the Starmer comparison
00:09:40 Trump on Iran, gas prices and Russian energy sanctions
00:12:33 Clown world wins and Lindsey Graham's mixed night
00:14:52 Why Trump should have walked away from Project Ukraine
00:17:22 Massive Russian missile strikes leave Kiev in the dark
00:21:27 Zelensky in Germany and Merz's 11.6 billion package
00:25:54 Zelensky admits Russia is not running out of weapons
00:28:54 Tusk, Nawrocki and the constitutional tribunal standoff
00:33:20 Abu Dhabi talks, Medinsky and Melania's ceasefire push
00:38:02 Clown world: Carney, Budanov and the freezer hack mystery
Douglas Macgregor tells Glenn Diesen that Germany has not been a sovereign state since 1945, that the loss of cheap gas and the closing of factories are destroying the economy, and that parliamentary tricks will not keep the AfD out forever. He says the United States is about to attack Iran again without a strategic reason, that the defense budget should be cut in half, and that Iran, Turkey, and China will shape the Middle East once Washington's position there is gone.
Timeline:
00:00:00 Germany's political crisis and the AfD's rise
00:03:22 Energy costs, deindustrialization, and German sovereignty
00:05:12 Wagenknecht, the AfD, and possible political alliances
00:07:50 European nationalist movements and US influence
00:10:27 Macgregor's claims about US institutions and European politics
00:13:26 Why he favors a more regional European order
00:16:18 The limits of a unified European identity
00:19:28 Regional security zones and the future of Europe
00:21:30 Ukraine diplomacy and the US midterms
00:25:51 US debt, the unipolar moment, and military priorities
00:30:03 How drones and electronic warfare are changing combat
00:33:27 Defense spending, inflation, and the case for retrenchment
00:35:20 Tactical nuclear weapons and escalation risks
00:38:09 Iran, US influence, and the Middle East's future
00:40:17 Turkey's role as US influence recedes
James Corbett's Sunday(?) Update for November 4 covers three stories. He says governments in the UK, Germany, France, Sweden, Ireland, the EU, Japan, and the United States are telling people to stockpile and prepare for cyberattacks, supply shocks, and grid failure, and he treats that campaign as fear meant to keep the public compliant.
He says Australia's Bureau of Meteorology conceded errors in its historical temperature records after an independent audit found 110 years of one-way warming adjustments at Sydney Observatory, and he points to similar claims about US and UK records. He then describes elections in the US, Israel, and Brazil as a ritual that, in his telling, changes nothing.
Pepe Escobar with Zulfiqar Ali on Transition Protocol. Sources say Pickaxe Mountain, the Iranian site Trump says the US may strike, is empty, its materials moved to a highly secure location fewer than five people know. Escobar says a strike would hit "a mega, mega mountain for nothing."
Ali's Iranian contacts say "multiple warheads" are locked onto Dimona. Escobar describes a Saudi prince's warning in Tehran and a ghost Italian jet, and a contact close to Mohsen Rezaei says "flat-out no" to the deal reports.
The Pickaxe Mountain report is Transition Protocol's own sourcing and cannot be independently verified.
Timeline:
00:05:56 The empty mountain, a TP exclusive
00:07:37 Italy's ghost jet at Mehrabad: a plea to spare Aviano and Sigonella?
00:15:25 Oil fell on deal reports. A contact close to Rezaei: "flat-out no."
00:19:14 "Multiple warheads, many angles": what Iran's contacts say about Dimona
00:38:23 A Saudi prince in Tehran: "Turkey next. Then us."
Scott Ritter discusses his reaction to Tucker Carlson's nuclear Iran warning and the secret US combat operation underway during midterm elections that threatens a wider war in the Middle East.
Scott Ritter is a former US Marine Corps Intelligence Officer and UN Weapons Inspector.
Russia has just launched what may be its biggest mega strike of the entire conflict, hitting five major power plants and crippling Ukraine's energy grid as winter approaches. Alexander breaks down the Geran 5 drone now flying at 1,000 kilometers an hour, analyst Ben Aris's case that Russia now outproduces America and the conflict has reached its endgame, Azov's sudden disappearance from the Donbass after the Kiev detention scandal, and Vladimir Medinsky's hardline mission at the Abu Dhabi talks. With the Dnieper bridges next in line, is Ukraine's army in the east running out of time?
Timeline:
00:00:00 Intro and Midterms on Hold
00:00:27 Russia's Biggest Mega Strike So Far
00:06:02 Five Power Plants and Substations Hit
00:07:36 Zatoka Bridge Near Odessa Struck Again
00:09:54 Dnipro and Kryvyi Rih Plants Devastated
00:12:08 Russia Masters Combined Strike Coordination
00:15:38 Geran 5 Now Flies at 1,000 KM per Hour
00:20:57 Kinzhal and Oreshnik Return Expected
00:22:17 No Rasputitsa: Why the Front Is Quiet
00:24:58 Orikhiv, Omelnik and a Possible Counteroffensive
00:27:47 Lyman, Kharkov and the Battle for Liptsy
00:35:03 Ben Aris: Russia Outproduces America
00:43:07 Industrial Imbalance and the Endgame
00:45:24 Azov Vanishes From the Donbass
00:52:07 Kiev Detention Basement and Budanov Admission
01:01:13 Azov as a State Within the State
01:06:52 Emergency Ministry Hack Mystery
01:09:24 Medinsky to Lead Russia at Abu Dhabi Talks
01:15:22 Lavrov on Europe's Security Architecture
01:23:01 Tucker Carlson Iran Claims Cloud the Talks
Pepe Escobar on Glenn Diesen on how Brazil defeated what he calls the mother of all hybrid wars.
Pepe Escobar is a journalist, a political analyst, and author.
00:00 Glenn Diesen introduces Pepe Escobar and Brazil's election 05:48 WhatsApp networks and voter mobilization 09:30 Brazil's election in the Western Hemisphere context 14:27 Why Escobar says Brazil is strategically important 17:02 The coalition Escobar sees behind Bolsonaro's campaign 21:13 Digital organizing, street protests, and political resistance 23:11 Brazil's role in BRICS and multipolarity 26:08 Escobar's account of Flávio Bolsonaro's departure 34:21 How US election politics could shape the next chapter 36:10 Lula, Brazil's foreign ministry, and BRICS policy 40:28 Brazil's political identity and Lula's domestic challenges 44:05 Possible pressure on Brazil and closing remarks
Russia just launched its biggest drone strike yet, 1,400 drones in 48 hours, while Zelensky courted Erdogan in Istanbul and Trump floated a Miami G20 summit with Putin that the Kremlin flatly rejected. In this episode we break down Peskov's hardened line ahead of the Abu Dhabi talks, the split inside Washington over Project Ukraine, and why Starshield and Elon Musk's SpaceX could become the next flashpoint. Will the West push Turkey to open the Dardanelles and bring NATO warships into the Black Sea this winter?
The Duran: Episode 2664 00:00:00 Zelensky Meets Erdogan as Trump Floats Miami Summit 00:01:02 Russia's Record 1,400 Drone Strike on Ukraine 00:02:17 Why Zelensky Rejects Any Real Ceasefire 00:03:43 Peskov Hardens the Kremlin Line Before Abu Dhabi 00:05:17 Putin Says No to a Miami Trilateral 00:06:21 Xi Jinping Distances China From Ukraine Talks 00:07:15 The Split Inside Washington Over Project Ukraine 00:10:16 Winter Escalation and the PAC 3 Shortfall 00:11:48 Starshield, Musk and the Risk to SpaceX 00:14:30 Dardanelles and a Black Sea Naval Showdown
Catherine Austin Fitts on Danny Jones on Kushner, Epstein, black budgets, and a banker's breakaway civilization.
Catherine Austin Fitts is an investment banker and former Bush administration official known for her critiques of government finance and advocacy for transparent economic systems. She later established Solari, Inc., and publishes The Solari Report, offering insights into global finance and governance.
OUTLINE 00:00 - Catherine's fight against mortgage fraud 03:28 - The central bank reset led by BlackRock 08:32 - Dillon, Read & Co.'s yearly predictions of pump & dump schemes 15:27 - The Big Short & fact vs. fiction in Hollywood 22:43 - HUD's housing budget, space funding & the black budget 24:25 - Catherine's claims about mind control & financial fraud 31:17 - Catherine says she was poisoned 8 times 35:41 - Electronic harassment, non-lethal weapons & spiritual warfare 43:56 - Why wealthy people seek second passports & homes abroad 48:00 - Who owns the Federal Reserve banks? 50:35 - Howard Lutnick, Epstein & the whistleblower's death 54:01 - Chronology of Epstein, Lutnick & 9/11 01:02:42 - The Clinton Foundation & the Enron coverup 01:07:19 - Catherine's theory of Epstein's intelligence ties & mind-control funding 01:17:45 - JPMorgan & Madoff, Epstein's brain research & spoon bending 01:26:09 - Jared Kushner's wealth & Vectors of Grift 01:32:55 - Bubble economics: Americans are financing their own prison 01:41:26 - The GENIUS Act, tokenized stocks & the stablecoin control grid 01:52:06 - Automating the "third lock" in financial transactions 01:59:11 - Why they're building so many data centers 02:02:42 - How to invest your money today 02:13:12 - The "People Bank," family wealth & independent income 02:23:45 - Homeschooling, co-ops & alternatives to government schools 02:26:44 - Operation Fortress, microreactors & why cash matters 02:30:17 - AI doomsday scenarios & who is funding China 02:37:06 - X is a honey trap & Elon's real plan for DOGE 02:45:01 - Starlink in Ukraine & Catherine's theory of the Iran operation 02:47:41 - Iran, China's borrowing costs & control of global energy 02:56:34 - Breakaway civilizations, disclosure & billionaire longevity 03:04:28 - Solari, Coming Clean & personal financial planning
Belgium's government has collapsed, with Prime Minister Bart De Wever handing his resignation to King Philippe after budget talks failed to close a 10 billion euro hole. Alex breaks down why Belgium is trapped by debt, the euro and sky high energy prices, why Brussels is openly backing Tusk in Poland, Zelensky's Patriot plea to Trump on Fox News, the Witkoff and Kushner plan to sell Russian gas into Europe, and Bulgaria's big win for Iliana Iotova. If Project Ukraine is bankrupting the very heart of the EU, which country falls next?
Episode 2226 00:00:00 Trump's Vietnam comments and intro from Athens 00:00:53 Belgium PM De Wever resigns to King Philippe 00:04:02 Two scenarios for Belgium's government 00:04:53 Belgium's debt, deficit and energy trap 00:07:31 Euroclear and why defeating Russia is existential for the EU 00:09:39 Brussels openly backs Tusk in Poland 00:12:29 Massive Russian drone strike on Ukraine 00:13:35 Medvedev mocks Tusk's Russian bots claim 00:15:38 Zelensky's Patriot offer to Trump on Fox News 00:18:36 Zelensky's October claims and the four propaganda pillars 00:21:58 Julia Mendel debunks Zelensky
Renowned analyst Alastair Crooke brings his wealth of diplomatic experience and analysis to the pressing geopolitical developments in West Asia/Middle East, including Tucker Carlson's revelation on the dangers of a coming nuclear strike on Iran, why this next attack threatens to unravel the region and world order, and why the US and Israel are planning on launching it anyway.
Alastair Crooke is a former British diplomat and the Founder of the Conflicts Forum based in Beirut.
This episode is about where consciousness begins. Mark Solms, neuropsychologist and psychoanalyst at the University of Cape Town, joins to explain why he thinks it begins not in the cortex but in raw feeling from the upper brainstem.
We discuss patients who lost REM sleep but kept dreaming, what that means for Freud’s wish theory, and children born without a cortex who still giggle and startle. He argues the hard problem was tackled from the wrong end, starting with visual perception instead of feeling.
The conversation also covers dual-aspect monism, Markov blankets and the free energy principle, his attempt to engineer an artificial agent that feels, and why he thinks that at death the second law wins.
TIMESTAMPS: - 00:00 - What Is Consciousness? - 07:00 - Why Would We Self-Sacrifice? - 15:37 - The Beggar: Care vs Rage - 22:33 - What Is Neuropsychoanalysis? - 31:15 - Why Do We Dream? - 45:42 - Affect, Sentience, Consciousness - 51:57 - Can You Betray Your Feelings? - 56:58 - Hidden Motives and Willpower
Poland is facing a judicial coup, as Donald Tusk used police to seize control of the courts while President Nawrocki was flying abroad. In this episode we explain how Brussels is tightening its grip on Poland's judiciary ahead of the 2027 elections, and why the same crisis is unfolding in Belgium, Germany, France and the UK as Project Ukraine drains Europe. Is Washington quietly waiting to take control of Russian gas and leave Europe in total checkmate?
The Duran: Episode 2663 00:00:00 Poland judicial coup and Europe's crisis 00:01:55 Project Ukraine and the deeper cause in Brussels 00:03:56 Why this is a judicial coup 00:04:30 Law and Justice reforms backstory 00:05:42 Tusk suspends judges, riot police at the court 00:08:14 Brussels, the ECJ and control of national courts 00:09:03 The Romania precedent and Georgescu 00:12:06 Tusk's strategic blunder 00:13:03 Poland's 2027 elections, the euro and migration 00:14:18 EU control of central banks, the Greek lesson 00:17:11 2030 and the Russia confrontation 00:20:05 Nawrocki, sovereigntists and Polish public opinion 00:22:22 Bulgaria's euro entry as a template 00:23:46 Germany, Belgium and France in crisis
Col. Jacques Baud, on Dialogue Works, discusses Tucker Carlson's warning that a nuclear strike on Iran may be imminent.
Book:Wars Against Iran — Jacques Baud, English edition
Max Milo, 2026. 304 pages. ISBN 9782315028689.
Why is Iran, which has not attacked any country in more than two centuries, cast as the main threat in the Middle East? Jacques Baud draws on official documents, reports from international organizations, and the military record. He reconstructs how the United States, Israel, and Iran reached open confrontation, and how Tehran has answered since 2024.
Patrik Baab interviews Joe Lauria, editor-in-chief of Consortium News for his show Gegen den Strom, asking who really governs the United States.
Who really governs the United States? The elected politicians — or the economic interests that fund their election campaigns?
The U.S. midterm elections are on Tuesday. According to American journalist Joe Lauria, Donald Trump is coming under increasing pressure. Yet, the problems extend far beyond the incumbent president.
Lauria is the editor-in-chief of Consortium News. In a conversation with Patrik Baab, he analyzes the political and social crisis in the United States.
His thesis: American democracy is increasingly shaped by powerful economic lobbies, the arms industry, and the interests of large corporations. On key issues, Democrats and Republicans differ less than their public disputes might suggest.
Lauria is particularly critical of American foreign policy. He discusses the prospect of continued war with Iran, the support for Israel, the war in Ukraine, and Europe's role within Washington's geopolitical strategy.
He also identifies profound problems in the domestic sphere. What has become of Trump's promise to rebuild American industry? Why do many workers feel abandoned by both major parties? And what consequences might artificial intelligence and digitalization have for the labor market?
A key focus is the role of the media. Lauria argues that major media outlets do not merely report on political conflicts but actively contribute to social division. He also warns of authoritarian trends and discusses potential threats to democratic institutions and elections.
Finally, the discussion addresses a fundamental question: How do Americans perceive their own country? And what would need to happen for the political landscape to truly change?
A conversation about power and money, war and democracy, the crisis within American society, and the future of the United States.
Patrik Baab is a German journalist and author of several books, including Auf beiden Seiten der Front: Meine Reisen in die Ukraine [On Both Sides of the Front: My Travels in Ukraine] (2023).
Timeline:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:13 U.S. Midterm Elections: Outlook & Power Dynamics
00:03:07 U.S. Foreign Policy, Iran & the Role of Israel
00:06:15 Who Really Governs the U.S.? Political Parties & Lobbying Power
00:09:22 The Role of Big Tech and AI in the Defense Sector
00:10:48 U.S. Economy: Jobs, Tariffs & the Working Class
00:14:58 Loss of Trust & Political Representation of the Working Class
00:17:35 Mainstream Media, Polarization & Shaping Public Opinion
00:22:02 Geopolitical Strategy: Proxy Wars & Allies
00:24:38 Cult of Personality, Symbols of Power & the Constitution
00:29:36 Potential Succession in the White House: Vance or Rubio?
00:34:30 U.S. Security Strategy & Networks in Europe
00:36:01 Social Division & the Myth of the 'Noble Lie'
Emile Alexandrov is an assistant professor of philosophy, formerly at the University of Tyumen in Russia, and currently a visiting scholar at Waseda University in Tokyo. He is author of The Other Platonist Beginning and Metaphysics and Ineffable.
Emile explores the concept of the soul across Greek philosophy, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Jungian psychology, and other intellectual traditions, examining how ideas of intellect, awareness, desire, individuality, and transcendence have changed throughout history.
He discusses rebirth, karmic continuity, the Buddhist doctrine of anatta, the possibility of survival after death, and the difficult question of whether anything that survives remains individually identifiable. Alexandrov concludes by considering Russian cosmism, physical resurrection, transhumanism, and the possibility that the deepest continuity underlying the changing idea of the soul may be awareness itself.
(Recorded on Saturday, August 15, 2026)
Timeline:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:07:30 Soul and rationality
00:14:00 Desire and suffering
00:21:00 Silence and bliss
00:28:00 Enlightenment and reason
00:35:00 Tragedy and transcendence
00:42:00 Awareness and existence
00:49:00 Resurrection and survival
00:56:00 Universal resurrection
01:00:54 Conclusion
We know the problem: the multi-trillion dollar war machine that continues to march on, stealing wealth from the masses and giving it to the military-industrial contractors. So, what's the solution? Today on #SolutionsWatch, James talks to Ken Schoolland and Michel Chossudovsky about what can be done to stop the war machine in its tracks.
