The Listening Post

Have the Epstein files shifted US politics beyond news hype?

Mapping the scale of the Epstein network, and why parts of the story are being downplayed.

Official lies after an ICE killing begin to backfire.

Trump’s imperial rampage – the tweets, the rants, the petulance.

Internal revolt and external pressure collide in Iran. Plus, Cory Doctorow on the AI hype machine.

The media reportage of the US attack on Venezuela is telling, from the Trumpian language to predictable narratives.

How the Bondi Beach tragedy set off a media chain reaction.

The studio that helped build Hollywood is now in the middle of its very own drama.

Netanyahu says his corruption trial endangers Israel and demands a pardon.

The US sabre-rattling against Venezuela shows how complicit the media can be in manufacturing a threat.