# book excerpt (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover book excerpt. Page: Feed: --- ## [Wall Street’s Nonprofits Use Selective, Opaque Logic To Defund Charities](https://scheerpost.com/2026/08/22/wall-streets-nonprofits-use-selective-opaque-logic-to-defund-charities/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wall-streets-nonprofits-use-selective-opaque-logic-to-defund-charities) _2026-08-22 · ScheerPost · (untitled)_ When the Justice Department indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center in April on controversial fraud charges, the storied civil rights organization faced a major threat to its lifeblood — the flow of donor dollars. Not because it was convicted or because the Internal Revenue Service revoked its tax-exempt status. Not even because individual donors stopped writing \[…\] ## [Washington ‘Unlikely To Restart’ Large-Scale Hostilities Against Iran](https://scheerpost.com/2026/08/22/washington-unlikely-to-restart-large-scale-hostilities-against-iran/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=washington-unlikely-to-restart-large-scale-hostilities-against-iran) _2026-08-22 · ScheerPost · (untitled)_ News Desk, The Cradle. Bessent said that illegal US sanctions are a replacement for a war of aggression that has failed to break Tehran. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC on 20 August that Washington will likely “not restart” large-scale military operations against Iran, as the White House shifts to a campaign of maximum economic \[…\] ## [Turkiye’s Red Notice To Interpol Against Netanyahu: Struggle Over Syria](https://scheerpost.com/2026/08/22/turkiyes-red-notice-to-interpol-against-netanyahu-struggle-over-syria/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=turkiyes-red-notice-to-interpol-against-netanyahu-struggle-over-syria) _2026-08-22 · ScheerPost · (untitled)_ Juan Cole Informed Comment The Turkish government has become an ever greater thorn in the side of the expansionist, far-right government of Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel. On Friday, Turkish Justice Minister Akin Gurlek issued a Red Notice to Interpol asking that it help apprehend Netanyahu and one other Israeli official on Turkish charges of genocide, crimes against \[…\] ## [Can The Israeli Military Be Trusted To Investigate Itself? Evidence Shows Genuine Accountability Is Rare](https://scheerpost.com/2026/08/22/can-the-israeli-military-be-trusted-to-investigate-itself-evidence-shows-genuine-accountability-is-rare/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=can-the-israeli-military-be-trusted-to-investigate-itself-evidence-shows-genuine-accountability-is-rare) _2026-08-22 · ScheerPost · (untitled)_ Shannon Bosch, Edith Cowan University The Conversation Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says it’s an “outrage” the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have decided not to open a criminal investigation into the Israeli strikes that killed an Australian aid worker, Zomi Frankcom, and six of her colleagues in Gaza in April 2024. He added: It falls far \[…\] ## [From Lionel Messi, Kanye West to Taylor Swift: Celebrities are “Protected” By Israeli Security Teams](https://scheerpost.com/2026/08/22/from-lionel-messi-kanye-west-to-taylor-swift-celebrities-are-protected-by-israeli-security-teams/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-lionel-messi-kanye-west-to-taylor-swift-celebrities-are-protected-by-israeli-security-teams) _2026-08-22 · ScheerPost · (untitled)_ Alan Macleod MintPress News From Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian to Jennifer Aniston and Lionel Messi, celebrities across the world are hiring teams of Israeli bodyguards made up of former Shin Bet, Mossad, and Israeli special forces. But how safe is it to entrust your life and most intimate details to agents from spying agencies \[…\] ## [There’s No Such Thing As ‘Unskilled Work’: Barbara Ehrenreich’s ‘Nickel and Dimed’ 25 Years Later](https://scheerpost.com/2026/08/22/theres-no-such-thing-as-unskilled-work-barbara-ehrenreichs-nickel-and-dimed-25-years-later/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=theres-no-such-thing-as-unskilled-work-barbara-ehrenreichs-nickel-and-dimed-25-years-later) _2026-08-22 · ScheerPost · (untitled)_ Maximillian Alvarez TRNN In her 2001 masterwork Nickel and Dimed, the late Barbara Ehrenreich went undercover to report on the daily realities working people in America face trying to get by on minimum-wage. After working as a housekeeper, a nursing aide, a home cleaner, a server, and more, Ehrenreich wrote that “The first thing I discovered \[…\] ## [Why So Many Countries Around The World Quietly Root For Iran](https://scheerpost.com/2026/08/22/why-so-many-countries-around-the-world-quietly-root-for-iran/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-so-many-countries-around-the-world-quietly-root-for-iran) _2026-08-22 · ScheerPost · (untitled)_ Trita Parsi Substack It’s not about Iran. It’s the threats that an unchecked America poses to others I have been stunned by the number of officials from a wide variety of countries who, while hardly favoring Iran or feeling much empathy for the Islamic Republic, have privately expressed to me a huge sigh of relief \[…\] ## [ADC Files Federal Lawsuit Against DHS And CBP Over Unconstitutional Targeting Of Max Blumenthal](https://scheerpost.com/2026/08/22/adc-files-federal-lawsuit-against-dhs-and-cbp-over-unconstitutional-targeting-of-max-blumenthal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=adc-files-federal-lawsuit-against-dhs-and-cbp-over-unconstitutional-targeting-of-max-blumenthal) _2026-08-22 · ScheerPost · (untitled)_ The Grayzone The ADC is suing DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin over the government’s seizure and attempted forensic search of Max Blumenthal’s phones after he returned from a reporting trip to Iran. The lawsuit accuses the government of not only violating his Fourth Amendment rights, but of retaliating against him for his journalism and constitutionally protected \[…\] ## [Diesel: The Netanyahu-Trump War on Iran Threatens Shortages, Price Spike](https://scheerpost.com/2026/08/21/diesel-the-netanyahu-trump-war-on-iran-threatens-shortages-price-spike/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=diesel-the-netanyahu-trump-war-on-iran-threatens-shortages-price-spike) _2026-08-21 · ScheerPost · (untitled)_ Juan Cole Informed Comment Diesel prices are high in many markets around the world, but we ain’t seen nothin’ yet. Energy analyst Ron Bousso at Reuters warns that the Hormuz crisis has taken 9 million barrels a day of petroleum off the market, and it is only a matter of time before it causes a 1970s-style energy \[…\] ## [What Deflock? A Week Of Action Confronts The AI Surveillance State](https://scheerpost.com/2026/08/21/what-deflock-a-week-of-action-confronts-the-ai-surveillance-state/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-deflock-a-week-of-action-confronts-the-ai-surveillance-state) _2026-08-21 · ScheerPost · (untitled)_ Mike Ludwig, Truthout. A Kansas activist discovered that police tracked him with Flock-style cameras after he wrote an op-ed criticizing them. The op-ed Canyen Ashworth wrote last September may have been critical of the police where he lives in Lenexa, Kansas, but it could hardly be considered radical. A racist and nonsensical police investigation into the immigration status of a \[…\] ## [Crypto Payments, No Custody (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/qskTH6lILeVa) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ Send crypto to merchant wallets via API with real-time updates and automatic fees. ## [‘Guaranteeing Peace And Security’: Nicaragua’s Tourism Sector Backs Proposed Reforms](https://scheerpost.com/2026/08/21/guaranteeing-peace-and-security-nicaraguas-tourism-sector-backs-proposed-reforms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=guaranteeing-peace-and-security-nicaraguas-tourism-sector-backs-proposed-reforms) _2026-08-21 · ScheerPost · (untitled)_ Becca Renk Foster, Popular Resistance. Ometepe Island “I’m not a member of any political party, but I believe that the tourism development in our community has been beneficial for the island.” I’m standing with tour guide Luis Argeñal on the green folds of Concepción, looking out over a pastoral scene to the cloud-shrouded Maderas. We \[…\] ## [USA And Israel Put Drug Cartel-Linked US Citizen In Power In Colombia](https://scheerpost.com/2026/08/21/usa-and-israel-put-drug-cartel-linked-us-citizen-in-power-in-colombia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usa-and-israel-put-drug-cartel-linked-us-citizen-in-power-in-colombia) _2026-08-21 · ScheerPost · (untitled)_ Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. Colombia’s ex President Gustavo Petro accused the USA and Israel of meddling in the election to put in power far-right leader Abelardo de la Espriella. A pro-Trump US citizen and ally of drug traffickers. The United States has a long history of meddling in the internal affairs of Latin America. But in \[…\] ## [House Democrat Suggests DSA Members in Congress Shouldn’t Get Security Clearances](https://scheerpost.com/2026/08/21/house-democrat-suggests-dsa-members-in-congress-shouldnt-get-security-clearances/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=house-democrat-suggests-dsa-members-in-congress-shouldnt-get-security-clearances) _2026-08-21 · ScheerPost · (untitled)_ By Sharon Zhang This article was originally published by Truthout Nearly all of Rep. Jared Moskowitz’s remarks since his primary win have focused on his disgust for DSA. Conservative Democrat Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Florida) has been on a rampage against the progressives and the left after winning his primary against a Democratic Socialists of America \[…\] ## [Why This Former U.S. Army Physician is Running for Congress (w/ Dr. Adam Hamawy) | TCHR](https://scheerpost.com/2026/08/20/why-this-former-u-s-army-physician-is-running-for-congress-w-dr-adam-hamawy-tchr/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-this-former-u-s-army-physician-is-running-for-congress-w-dr-adam-hamawy-tchr) _2026-08-20 · ScheerPost · (untitled)_ Dr. Adam Hamawy says that to move forward, the Democrats must embrace an anti-war, economically progressive agenda, and abandon the categories of left vs. right. The bipartisan US-backed genocide in Gaza exposed the corruption of the political system in the United States and the hypocrisy of the Democratic Party, which claims to represent working people. \[…\] ## [MI5 Sought To Recruit BBC Leader As Broadcaster Investigated Spy Agency, Leaks Reveal](https://scheerpost.com/2026/08/20/mi5-sought-to-recruit-bbc-leader-as-broadcaster-investigated-spy-agency-leaks-reveal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mi5-sought-to-recruit-bbc-leader-as-broadcaster-investigated-spy-agency-leaks-reveal) _2026-08-20 · ScheerPost · (untitled)_ Leaked emails reveal Britain’s domestic spying service attempted to recruit a high-ranking BBC board member as a key agent of influence, at a time when the British state broadcaster was embroiled in a bitter legal and journalistic battle with MI5. Kit Klarenberg Grayzone This June, British oligarch Damon Buffini stepped down as deputy chair of \[…\] ## [My Ayn Rand Phase: The Dangers of ‘Dead Dogma’](https://scheerpost.com/2026/08/20/my-ayn-rand-phase-the-dangers-of-dead-dogma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-ayn-rand-phase-the-dangers-of-dead-dogma) _2026-08-20 · ScheerPost · (untitled)_ Robert Jensen ScheerPost Book Excerpt for This I Don’t Believe: A Fulfilling Life without Meaning John Stuart Mill long ago warned that when we are so certain of the truth of an idea that we reject discussion, that idea—even if it is true—“will be held as a dead dogma, not a living truth.” After nearly \[…\] ## [The Mecca Security Pact Is Not About Iran](https://scheerpost.com/2026/08/20/the-mecca-security-pact-is-not-about-iran/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-mecca-security-pact-is-not-about-iran) _2026-08-20 · ScheerPost · (untitled)_ Shahram Akbarzadeh Informed Comment On August 7, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan signed a pact in Mecca. The joint statement declared an attack on one as an attack on all. Many labelled this as an Islamic NATO, built to deter Iran. But that framing misses the point. The pact says more about the growing concern with the \[…\] ## [Whistleblower: Politics drove Trump Admin. University “Antisemitism” Inquiries](https://scheerpost.com/2026/08/20/whistleblower-politics-drove-trump-admin-university-antisemitism-inquiries/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whistleblower-politics-drove-trump-admin-university-antisemitism-inquiries) _2026-08-20 · ScheerPost · (untitled)_ Chris Walker Truthout This article was originally published by Truthout For some of the inquiries, “there was little to no factual predicate justifying opening them,” the complaint states. A whistleblower complaint submitted to Congress this week alleges that Department of Justice (DOJ) investigations into supposed instances of antisemitism at Ivy League universities were done so for \[…\] ## [How Finland Destroyed Itself For NATO](https://scheerpost.com/2026/08/19/how-finland-destroyed-itself-for-nato/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-finland-destroyed-itself-for-nato) _2026-08-19 · ScheerPost · (untitled)_ Nate Bear Do Not Panic Finland, often known as the happiest country in the world, now has the highest unemployment rate in Europe, demand for food aid has exploded by more than 70%, and homelessness, which had been declining for more than ten years, has increased 34% in just two years. Conditions in the country are so bad that \[…\] ## [The Benefit of Not Reading](https://scheerpost.com/2026/08/19/the-benefit-of-not-reading/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-benefit-of-not-reading) _2026-08-19 · ScheerPost · (untitled)_ Edward Curtin “For my sister Rita, an artist who didn’t imitate and who died on this day long ago, trying.” It is a commonplace that a steady diet of the mass media can rot the brain and so fill one’s mind with nonsense that a creative thought becomes impossible. The Internet, television, film, and miniseries \[…\] ## [Stream Torrents and IPTV Instantly (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Gvj53kdvYmSf) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Search, index, and play music, movies, books, and live TV in your browser. ## [Just Days After Being Sworn In as Attorney General, Todd Blanche Shows Why He Is Unfit for That Office](https://scheerpost.com/2026/08/19/just-days-after-being-sworn-in-as-attorney-general-todd-blanche-shows-why-he-is-unfit-for-that-office/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=just-days-after-being-sworn-in-as-attorney-general-todd-blanche-shows-why-he-is-unfit-for-that-office) _2026-08-19 · ScheerPost · (untitled)_ Austin Sarat ScheerPost Remember Bill Clinton’s famous verbal footwork during the investigation of his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky? When asked about whether he lied when he told his aides, “There’s nothing going on between us,” the president responded, “It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is. If the—if he—if ‘is’ \[…\] ## [L.A.’s Fashion District Feels Like a Ghost Town a Year After the Raids](https://scheerpost.com/2026/08/19/l-a-s-fashion-district-feels-like-a-ghost-town-a-year-after-the-raids/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=l-a-s-fashion-district-feels-like-a-ghost-town-a-year-after-the-raids) _2026-08-19 · ScheerPost · (untitled)_ Regino Tirado sorts through merchandise outside his store in the Stanford Wholesale Mart. Photos by Jeremy Lindenfeld for Capital & Main. “For Lease” signs dot once-busy storefronts, where immigration raids led to a drop in foot traffic and fear among workers and shoppers. Marisa Gerber Capital and Main El seis, they call it. That day in \[…\] ## [Black Adults And Their Families Face Worsening Financial Stability](https://scheerpost.com/2026/08/19/black-adults-and-their-families-face-worsening-financial-stability/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=black-adults-and-their-families-face-worsening-financial-stability) _2026-08-19 · ScheerPost · (untitled)_ Ismael Cid-Martinez, Economic Policy Institute. The Trump-Vance administration inherited a strong labor market with record employment and wage gains. But after a year of the administration’s economic mismanagement, workers are feeling more vulnerable to the softening labor market. While the president is busy touting the stock market’s performance, working people and families are expressing…