Mark Esper, the former head of the Department of Defense during President Donald Trump’s first term, said in an interview last week that it is unlikely that air strikes alone will bring the Iranians back to the negotiating table, and said it seems the administration has two options.
Category: 21 July 2026
TRUMP’S FORMER DIGITAL GURU HIRED BY FIRM TO LEAD ISRAELI INFLUENCE CAMPAIGN
Brad Parscale, who headed President Donald Trump’s digital effort during the 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns, and his company were hired in September by an ad agency to promote Israel and its interests inside the U.S., Time magazine reported last week.
PROTESTS BREAK OUT IN THE U.S. OVER MASSIVE DATA CENTERS
Thousands of people took part in protests across the U.S. on Saturday to voice their opposition to massive data centers needed to fuel AI technology.
TRUMP CHANGES IRAN WAR GOALS
President Donald Trump has been accused by critics of never really explaining why the U.S. and Israel launched their illegal war of aggression against Iran, but the president’s decision to publicly move the goal posts has left Israelis concerned that Washington will ignore their war goals.
AI ‘GI JOES’ TAKES SOCIAL MEDIA BY STORM
Social media accounts are helping to spread fake images and videos created by AI that depict U.S. troops as the new technology continues to expand into every facet of our lives.
HAWAII PAVES ROAD WITH RECOVERED OCEAN PLASTIC
Like all Pacific islands, Hawaii’s are constantly collecting plastic trash washing up on its beaches. The state’s landfills are overflowing with it, and the government is paying to ship it elsewhere.
WHILE THE POLITICAL CIRCUS DISTRACTS US, FLOCK BUILDS THE DIGITAL POLICE STATE
While Americans remain transfixed by the political circus – cheering for their preferred party, jeering at the opposition, obsessing over every manufactured outrage and waiting for the next spectacle – the Surveillance State continues its steady march forward.
REMOTE-CONTROLLED HUMANOID ROBOTS PERFORM LIVE SURGERY
In a first test of its kinds, a humanoid robot successfully removed the gallbladder of a large animal. Guided by a human surgeon at a remote location within the University of California San Diego, the robot used standard surgical tools that had been adapted to fit its hands.
HOW ‘ECCENTRIC’ EXERCISE OPENS UP A WHOLE NEW WORLD OF FITNESS
You perform eccentric exercise every day without realizing it.
ALL TALK, NO ACTION: UN HEAD IS ‘DEEPLY ALARMED’ OVER EXPANSION OF ILLEGAL WEST BANK SETTLEMENTS
Antonio Guterres, the UN secretary general, said last week that he is “deeply alarmed” by Tel Aviv’s effort to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank.









