History & Politics

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The CIA's Long Game: From Guatemala to Tehran

The Historian traces the CIA's operational arc from Cold War regime change through Venezuela's Maduro capture to the Iran rescue mission, finding structural continuity across seven decades of covert action.

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28 Days Into the US-Israeli Military Campaign Against Iran: Diplomatic Off-Ramp or Illusion?

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Rep. John B. Larson introduces H. RES. 1155 on April 6, 2026, filing 13 articles to impeach President Trump alleging murder, war crimes, piracy and abuse of power.

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Reporter details CIA's Operation Midnight Climax — MKUltra-era safe houses, surreptitious LSD dosing, and 1977 disclosures

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Declassified CIA Project Artichoke documents show 1950s research into concealing mind‑control drugs in vaccines, food, and drinks, with ties to Bluebird and later MKUltra.

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Dozens killed in late-March massacre in Haiti's Artibonite as gangs expand and international Gang Suppression Force trickles in (reported April 6, 2026).

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Reporter outlines origins, abuses, oversight failures, and long-term consequences of the CIA's MK-Ultra mind-control program (reported April 5, 2026).

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Declassified records show CIA Project Bluebird (1950) evolved into Project Artichoke (1951) and MKUltra, using drugs, hypnosis and unwitting subjects in interrogation experiments.

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