I Know the Secret of Why Trump Truly Fears Putin | The Daily Beast Podcast

Sep 14, 2026 | Luke Harding, author of the new book Betrayal: Trump, Putin and The New Age of Conquest, speaks with Joanna Coles about the decades-long relationship between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, and the Russian intelligence operation that Harding argues helped cultivate Trump as a potential target for influence.

Harding traces Trump’s early connections to Moscow, the murky financial dealings that followed, and the compromising information that may give Putin leverage over the president, including what could have been captured during Trump’s visits to Russia. He also explains why Russia viewed Trump’s 2016 victory as a historic intelligence triumph, how Trump’s approach to Ukraine has benefited Putin, and why Russia and China see an opportunity to reshape the global order.

Harding reveals what he experienced first-hand while reporting in Moscow, including the surveillance and intimidation campaign that ultimately led to his expulsion, before turning to the startling possibility that Russian state television has used Melania Trump as a warning to her husband.

Anne Applebaum | Full Episode 9.25.26 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBS

Sep 26, 2026 | As Trump addresses the UN and hosts Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Anne Applebaum explains how an alliance of ideologues and grifters is remaking U.S. foreign policy from Iran and Ukraine to Venezuela and Cuba.

Should We Ban Benefits Being Spent on Booze, Cigarettes and Gambling? | BBC Question Time

Sep 24, 2026 | Would the Conservative’s proposed welfare policy of  preventing the long-term jobless from spending money on alcohol, cigarettes and gambling lead to cultural change? Watch what the Question Time Panel in Cambridge said, featuring Labour’s Jonathan Reynolds, Conservative Helen Whately, Liberal Democrat Josh Babardine, journalist and broadcaster Andrew Neil, and political commentator Ash Sarkar.

The Conservatives really have lost their way. If you want to get young people into work, the system needs to present them with work opportunities which are simply too good for them to refuse. Almost all normal people want to get on in life. And most people are gregarious at a young age as well. Therefore, if there are plenty of well-paid job opportunities around, these people and their friends will stop wanting to sit around smoking and drinking and generally being lazy and wasting their time; instead, they will want to seize the opportunities which are being presented to them. The others, being gregarious and seeing their friends doing so well, will want to follow suit. But for this to happen, the economy needs growth. So it is growth which the government needs to concentrate on. Impressive economic growth should be the focus of the government’s attention. The rest will take care of itself. — © Mark Alexander

Bernie Sanders Delivers Blunt Trump Warning While Backing Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan | US NEWS

Sep 26, 2026 | Bernie Sanders delivers a fiery address focused on the Michigan Senate race, Donald Trump, billionaire influence in politics, healthcare, campaign finance, war, artificial intelligence and climate change.

Sanders backs Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed and argues that the contest reflects a broader clash over the direction of American politics. El-Sayed also outlines his campaign priorities, including Medicare for All, healthcare access, campaign-finance reform, labour rights and action on corporate power.

The event also features a major youth-organizing effort, with campaign organizers urging students to register, volunteer and participate in the Michigan election.


This is the gentleman that Americans need badly to lead them! If the American electorate had the foresight and common sense to make this man their president, the world would witness a very different America emerge. America would arise like Phoenix from the ashes! Bernie Sanders is a moderate man who has good, honest, sound ideas on how to improve the lot of the many. — © Mark Alexander

Peter Thiel’s Blueprint for a World Without Democracy | Gil Duran

Sep 26, 2026 | Gil Duran explains how Peter Thiel and other Silicon Valley billionaires plan to make democracy obsolete by creating privately controlled “network states” and billionaire-funded cities. Edwin Eisendrath and Duran connect that ideology to Trump’s proposed “freedom cities,” corporate political power and JD Vance’s rise.

A Rejoin EU Pledge Wins Burnham the Next Election

Sep 26, 2026 | 628 of Britain's 632 constituencies now pick rejoining the European Union as their top choice. The only exceptions are Clacton, Boston and Skegness, Ashfield and Great Yarmouth: the seats of Farage, Tice, Anderson and Lowe, where the top answer was "don't know".

As Andy Burnham heads to Liverpool for his first Labour conference as Prime Minister, he's refusing to rule out a pledge to rejoin the EU, but he's still hiding behind Starmer's red lines.

In this video I make the case that a bold, honest stance on Europe could be exactly what wins Labour the next general election. I also look at why George Osborne thinks there's a "conspiracy of silence", and why Canada is getting closer to Europe than we are.


I agree. However, I think that the LibDems missed a golden opportunity by not offering a definite return to full membership when they had the chance to do so. That could have worked wonders for them. But Ed Davey was too timid to commit to such a strategy. Anyway, return to the fold we must, whoever is willing to take the necessary steps and whoever has the courage to grasp the nettle. — © Mark Alexander

Michael Lambert: “I Am Certain We Will Return to the EU and This Is Why”

Sep 25, 2026 | Brexit was the stupidest thing we have ever done as a nation, and it has cost us dearly. Official figures show we have lost between 4 and 8% of GDP - at least £100 billion a year in exports to the EU, leaving the Exchequer £40 billion a year worse off. Over six years, that is £240 billion lost.

In this video I explain why small and medium-sized businesses can no longer sell to the EU, why ministers are now beginning to blame Brexit for our economic difficulties, and why I believe the next general election manifesto will contain a route back to the EU.

I also address the argument that the EU wouldn't have us back, look at what European leaders have actually said about the door being open, why a significant majority now think Brexit was a mistake, and why Reform can be countered by linking them directly to the consequences of Brexit.

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Steve Rosenberg: Ahead, Russia Has Not Peace, But War": Today's Russian Newspapers

Sep 25, 2026 | Today one Russian newspaper doubts that Vladimir Putin will attend the G20 summit in Miami and predicts “an even tougher and bloodier phase of the Ukraine conflict this winter.” Its headline: “Ahead Russia has not peace, but war.”

The ‘Emphatic’ Insult from Xi that Trump May Have Missed | Peter Frankopan

September 25, 2026

Trump Meets Xi on Equal Terms in ‘Huge Geopolitical Shift’ | Richard Spencer

Sep 25, 2026 | “That’s a very significant shift from where we were a few years ago in America.”

In a marked shift from his first term, President Trump met Xi Jingping in the US “on equal terms”, says china correspondent for The Times Richard Spencer.

Trump Meets Xi: The Moment America Looked Smaller Than China

Donald Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping offered a revealing glimpse of how dramatically the balance between the United States and China has changed. As Trump and Xi discussed trade, technology, artificial intelligence, Taiwan and the future of US-China relations, the encounter raised a much bigger question: is America still setting the terms of global power, or is China increasingly negotiating with Washington as an equal?

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Steve Rosenberg: Russian Newspaper Warns of the "Deterioration of the Economic Situation" in Russia

Sep 14, 2026 | Today’s Russian papers write about “the deterioration of the economic situation in Russia”, where “housing construction is deep in the red” & “increasingly expensive groceries & petrol are making people worry more about inflation.”

Trump’s UN Speech Was Delusional and Dangerous

THE GUARDIAN: It is sad and dangerous that at such a perilous moment, the United States is saddled with a president like Trump

Screenshot taken from this Guardian op-ed. | Most would say only that Trump is leading in national embarrassment.’ Photograph: David Dee Delgado/Reuters
Donald Trump’s speech on Tuesday to the United Nations general assembly was an object lesson in his lawless rule and remarkable capacity for self-delusion. Disregarding the UN charter’s emphasis on the peaceful resolution of disputes, he doubled down on his violent unilateralism while denigrating the global issues that the UN is designed to address.

For many, the headline remark was his musing about whether to “annihilate the Islamic Republic” of Iran. “Do I drive them into hell with no chance of survival and no hope of future greatness or generations?”

But it was probably less a genuine threat than a clumsy effort to influence negotiations where he has little leverage. Trump is in desperate quest of some face-saving gesture that will allow him to feign “victory” and extract himself from his disastrous war of choice.

He spoke of destroying the “Islamic Republic”, which might imply the Iranian military, a legitimate military target. But his reference to precluding future generations suggests he meant to threaten the Iranian people. Attacking them would be a blatant war crime. » | Kenneth Roth | Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Iran’s president hits out at ‘bully’ Trump in UN speech but signals willingness to talk: Masoud Pezeshkian says Tehran is ready for dialogue and diplomacy ‘but without the language of force’ »

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Justin Wolfers Tears Apart Trump’s Latest Economic Plan | The Trump Report

Sep 23, 2026 | Professor Justin Wolfers joins Maddie Hale to break down Trump’s “bonkers” economic proposal, from a possible diesel export ban and potential tariff threats against China and India to his claims about the US economy, as Trump pushes allies away and Mark Carney builds new partnerships towards a potential post-Trump world order.

FULL SPEECH: Trump Addresses United Nations General Assembly

Sep 22, 2026 | President Donald Trump said the U.S. "will no longer permit threats to America to gain a foothold anywhere in the Western Hemisphere."

What is this dude smoking? — © Mark Alexander

World Leaders Left Stunned at Trump’s Shameful, Isolated and Imperial UN Speech

Sep 23, 2026 | Donald Trump took the podium at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, delivering a speech marked by imperial rhetoric, blunt threats, and a total departure from international cooperation. In this video, we analyze the critical takeaways from his address:

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“Oligarchy Is Ascending” Bernie Sanders’ Fiery UNGA-Eve Speech Takes Aim at Trump, Putin & Netanyahu

Sep 22, 2026 | Bernie Sanders warns that a “global oligarchy” is rising as he delivers a fiery speech ahead of the UN General Assembly. Sanders takes aim at political and economic power, while sharply criticizing Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu over their policies and actions. His remarks focus on democracy, wealth inequality, war and the growing influence of powerful individuals and institutions. Watch the key moments from Sanders’ speech and his warning about the direction of global politics.

This is the gentleman who should be POTUS. The USA would start the process of civilization were Americans smart enough to elect him into the White House! — © Mark Alexander