Don Reynolds is a name forgotten to history, though he appears to hold a key to understanding who was behind the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

On November 22, 1963, the morning that Kennedy was killed, Reynolds was testifying in a closed-door session of the Senate Rules Committee about a kickback scheme he was involved in on behalf of Lyndon B. Johnson

Reynolds’ testimony was going to lead to Johnson being dropped from the 1964 Democratic ticket and potentially going to jail.

Obscure Insurance Agent From Silver Springs Maryland May Very Well Hold Clue to JFK Assassination

By Jeremy Kuzmarov

Two of the EU’s most powerful and controversial officials, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the bloc’s Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas, are struggling for control of the EU’s diplomacy and intelligence services in a confrontation “worthy of ‘Game of Thrones’,” the French newspaper Le Monde has reported, citing sources.

Von der Leyen killing Kallas in EU ‘Game of Thrones’ – Le Monde
The two top officials are reportedly struggling for control over the bloc’s diplomatic and intelligence services

If you've ever walked past a newsstand, if you subscribe to Libération, if you listen to the radio, or if you have a TV, you know that in 2020, China employed 500,000 slaves in the cotton fields of Xinjiang (1).

The only proof lay in the sheer repetition of the information.

Perhaps you've seen, because the news is entertaining, that the Chinese are manufacturing humanoid robots capable of performing somersaults.

But here's the scoop that may have escaped the media sledgehammer in our country: "They" are also manufacturing robot tractors that plow, analyze soils, sow, and harvest.

       Théophraste R., author of the forthcoming pamphlet: "Xinjiang, 500,000 Uyghurs Reduced to Unemployment."

Many people believe that we humans have conquered nature through the wonders of civilization and technology. Some also believe that because we are different from other creatures, we have complete control over our destiny and have no need to evolve. Even though lots of people believe this, it’s not true. 

If evolution is real, then why isn’t it happening now? An anthropologist explains that humans actually are still evolving

BY Michael A. Little

Danny [Daniel Davis] explains that after years of stalled efforts, there are now real signs that the Russia-Ukraine war might be moving toward a negotiated settlement. A secret 28-point U.S.–Russia peace proposal is reportedly being drafted, inspired by Trump’s earlier ceasefire framework used in the Israel–Hamas conflict. The plan reportedly covers four broad categories:

ending the war,

security guarantees for both sides,

a new European security structure, and

future U.S.–Russia and U.S.–Ukraine relations.

The reason for cautious optimism, he says, is that Russian officials—for the first time—indicate the U.S. may be seriously acknowledging Russia’s position, which has not happened in previous years.

This should be a pivotal moment in British history. Our political system has utterly failed to confront a genocide. 

Rather, that system has allowed the British establishment to be complicit in one of the worst horrors of our time — Israel’s two-year offensive against Palestinians, complete with ethnic cleansing, systematic attacks on schools and hospitals, and crimes against humanity.

GAZA REVEALS HOW BRITAIN IS RUN, AND WHY WE MUST CHANGE IT
The horror of Israel’s genocide exposes the UK’s oligarchic governance system, and implores us to transform our political system

Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky could fire his influential chief of staff, Andrey Yermak, as a full-scale “riot”unfolds within parliament over a vast corruption scandal that allegedly links Yermak to a roughly $100 million kick-back scheme in the country’s energy sector, according to several media reports and lawmakers.

Top Zelensky aide facing imminent firing – media
Andrey Yermak is suspected of having knowledge of a major graft scheme in Ukraine, with numerous MPs reportedly demanding his resignation

Ukraine’s anti-corruption authorities alleged earlier this month that Timur Mindich – a former business partner of Zelensky – and several other officials pressured contractors working with the state nuclear operator, Energoatom, to hand over 10-15% of their contract value as kickbacks.

Taking a fun look back at 2025 are The Cheap Seats hosts Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald. Joining in on the action are Mel Tracina, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and special guest Nevaeh-Lea Benton...

The Cheap Seats - S5 Ep. 30
M | Comedy
Air Date: Tue 18 Nov 2025

ALL WAS GOING GREAT, UNTIL AFTER THE LAST COMMERCIAL BREAK, AS THE CHEAP SEAT WRAP UP WAS SUPPOSED TO COME, THE SCREEN DISPLAYED A TECHNICIAN PANEL OF WHAT TO PLAY, THEN THE AMERICAN FBI TRASH SHOW (WELL-MADE BUT FORMULATED TRASH) CAME ON — THUS PANIC AT CHANNEL 10, SYDNEY... THE SCREEN WENT BLACK FOR A MINUTE WHICH IS ABOUT AN HOUR IN TV-LAND... UNTIL THE "CHEAP SEAT" CAME BACK ON.... WOHOO! SAVED BY THE BELLE AND THE WITTY...

Hunkered down in Canberra after 11 November with the ‘caretaker’ conditions imposed by the Governor-General on Malcolm Fraser, there was a sense of unreality and nagging doubt about the future. The political and social fabric of trust had been torn. Would it keep tearing?

John Menadue

Western politicians are focused only on exploiting Ukraine’s far-right-allied government for personal and geopolitical gain and have no concern for the country’s ordinary citizens, musician and human-rights activist Roger Waters has said.

Speaking to RIA Novosti on Tuesday, the Pink Floyd co-founder accused senior Western officials, particularly in the UK, of helping to prolong the conflict with Russia. Waters argued that members of the political establishment are not expected to “do anything sensible” because they are primarily “out to fill their pockets.”

“Does [former UK Prime Minister] Boris Johnson or [current UK Prime Minister] Keir Starmer or [US President] Donald Trump care about… Ukrainian soldiers? No, of course they don’t,” he said.

At the beginning of July, the Foreign Ministry Collegium held a regular meeting; however, the topic was anything but routine. The discussion focused on information and communication technologies, specifically the new challenges posed by artificial intelligence. Though the results were summarised in an official news release, the meeting was merely the first step in a far broader effort. It marked the launch of a substantive intra-ministry debate and the ministry’s adaptation to addressing AI-related challenges within the international dimension of this vast topic.

Neocolon-AI-lism

by Maria Zakharova, Russia’s Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman

New dependency mechanisms

Washington D.C.’s proxy war against Russia in Ukraine continues to grind up lives. Increasingly, the war looks like an indefinite hellscape, though there have been bright moments of hope. U.S. President Donald Trump has at times seemed sincerely committed to ending the war. In August, he hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin at a diplomatic summit in Anchorage, Alaska. It was encouraging to watch an American leader at least treat the head of a state which possesses 6,000 nuclear weapons with basic respect.

Keeping up with Ukraine’s Nazis
Originally published: Antiwar.com on November 13, 2025

by Scott Horton and John Weeks

Deals for supplying fighter jets to Ukraine remain promises, not firm contracts. Nevertheless, they draw France and Sweden deeper into the conflict with Russia.

LYUBA LULKO
Empty Fighter Jet Deals: Europe’s Unrealistic Pledges to Ukraine Exposed

During his visit to France, Volodymyr Zelensky signed a declaration of intent outlining the delivery of 100 Rafale fighters and other weaponry to Ukraine over the next ten years. The arrangement, valued at around €20 billion, far exceeds the budgetary capacities of either country. France’s 2025 budget allocates only €58 million for military support to Ukraine—barely enough for a handful of spare parts, not an entire squadron of modern aircraft.

Two funding mechanisms are currently under discussion:

Swiss executives gave luxury gifts for US President Donald Trump shortly before Bern and Washington announced a new trade deal that reduces the steep US import tariffs, according to media reports.

The deal, announced on Friday, cuts the Trump administration’s 39% tariff on the country’s goods to 15% and includes a pledge by Swiss companies to invest $200 billion in the US economy. The tariff hike took effect in August, after Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ speech in April outlining a global trade overhaul.