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Important Sunday Morning Post

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  It's almost midnight… Ben Meiselas May 10 Ben here. It’s almost midnight. I just wanted to make sure you saw this before the night is over. Our biggest discount of the year — 35% off your first 12 months to the Meidas+ Substack — is still live right now as a thank you to all the Meidas Moms. But not for long. Lock In 35% Off Before It’s Gone Get 35% off for 1 year Thank you for everything. Truly. Happy Mother’s Day! — Ben Forwarded this email?  Subscribe here  for more Important Sunday Morning Post Ben Meiselas  and  MeidasTouch Network May 10 Hey everybody, it’s MeidasTouch co-founder Ben Meiselas. As you know, doing this Sunday morning post is my favorite post of the week, and it’s extra special for me because it’s Mother’s Day. So let me start off by wishing all of the moms a very happy Mother’s Day. Let me wish my wife Xochitl a very happy Mother’s Day. And of course, all the moms out there. I said this on my last show: the MeidasTouch moms are the backbon...

War crimes in Iran won’t put food on the table at home

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  THIS IS INCLUDED FOR INFORMATION AND EDUCATION, NOT A SOLICITATION  FOR CONTRIBUTIONS!  PLEASE SCRUTINIZE CANDIDATES BEFORE YOU VOTE!  WE NEED FIGHTERS - ELECTED LEADERS WHO WILL PROTECT THE INTERESTS  OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS!  MAGA REPUBLICANS PASSED THE "BIG BEAUTIFUL FIASCO" THAT DESTROYED  HEALTH CARE, CLOSED RURAL HOSPITALS, SACRIFICED MANY AMERICANS DUE  TO THE OUTRAGEOUS COSTS OF HEALTH CARE!  WE CAN'T AFFORD THIS CATASTROPHE!  LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO ELECT LEADERS WHO WILL FIGHT FOR WHAT'S  RIGHT FOR ALL...NOT JUST THE WEALTHY!   Nationally, the average price of a gallon of regular gas just exceeded $4.10, the highest in over four years since COVID caused massive inflation globally. But this time, prices are soaring by  choice , not by accident. Donald Trump’s reckless “war to nowhere” in Iran is rudderless and moving forward without any clear objectives or purpose.  Trump is now threatening to commit war cr...

America’s War of Choice

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  March 10, 2026 AMERICA’S WAR OF CHOICE DANIEL FALCONE America’s war of choice is Israel’s war of necessity. THE NEW BRAVE AI WAR MACHINE JANET ABOU-ELIAS AND WILLIAM D. HARTUNG Techno-optimism run amok. THINKING ABOUT THE UNTHINKABLE MICHAEL HUDSON Iran’s grand plan to end U.S. presence in the Middle East. CULPRITS IN THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS SARAH ANDERSON AND REYANNA JAMES The top 20 culprits. COUNTERPUNCH+ EXCLUSIVE IMPERIAL BLOWBACK Communal Rebellion BY DAVID MASCIOTRA In the middle of my phone call with an ICE observer in Minneapolis, a helicopter flew overhead. She was smoking outside of her home in a northern neighborhood of the city. Throughout the rest of the call, several drones streamed through the sky. “We have helicopters every night,” she said, “We hear whistles and horns honking constantly, because ICE has been spotted.” We spoke on February 12th, after the murders of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, but well before Tom Homan lied to the world with an announcem...