Your periodic reminder that sometimes we have to look outside of the U.S. for actual, unvarnished, real "NEWS"

[Miles Archer]

I am, in fact, a "CUT TO THE CHASE" guy. I really don't want to study Trump's inner child, and AS MUCH AS I APPRECIATE MARY TRUMP'S FINE AND THOUGHTFUL BODY OF WORK, if she posts a "Here Is Why Donald Is Bombing Iran" article on Substack, and the premise is that Fred didn't love him enough as a kid, I won't be clicking on it. Sometimes it's a matter of "JUST GIVE IT TO ME STRAIGHT. DON'T WAX POETIC, DON'T GO PSYCH 101 ON ME."

Like this:

Carl Quintanilla

‪@carlquintanilla.bsky.social‬

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— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) 2026-03-07T12:57:10.184Z

[SheltieLover]

1. Sometimes? Always!

[Joinfortmill]

2. Yup. We can study Donald after he's dead, if we even want to go there. Ugh.

[LymphocyteLover]

12. Yes. I'm so bored with analyses of his psychopathy-- I just want him gone

[SergeStorms]

16. He looks pretty close to it....

in that picture from the article.

I asked myself, "Why are all of those people touching the guy that's dying?" No suck luck, but hopefully Putin will put him down, one way or another. Then it's Pootie's turn. I despise both of them. 😠

[dlk]

3. This has been the case for decades

Republicans learned from Watergate.

[2naSalit]

4. Agreed...

I learned that one long ago. I have had friends from other countries and cultures my entire life and they have always told me, "If you want to know what's really going on in the US, look at international news sources." And they have always been correct.

[GenThePerservering]

5. So tell us something new? nt

[Miles Archer]

6. Today just seemed like a good day to re-state the obvious.

That, and I'm in a state of disbelief...EVEN THOUGH I KNOW HOW WE GOT HERE...that Hegseth is saying shit like "U.S. soldiers are only dying in Iran to make Trump look bad," and the media is reporting on it, with little or no outrage or irony.

Hence, my post, but yeah, I didn't go for a "BIG REVEAL" here.

[cachukis]

7. A why many MAGAts don't care about what

Europeans think.

[Diamond_Dog]

8. I, too, am getting sick and tired of continually seeing pieces analyzing "why" he does evil deeds.

The day he is gone for whatever reason can’t come too soon.

Rec

[BattleRow]

13. Why?

Because he can ..

[Trueblue Texan]

9. Yep, there he is with his Armageddon Gang. Nt

[Prairie Gates]

10. The difference between news in Europe and even the New York Times is stark and depressing

Even countries with governments and media generally friendly to Trump's nonsense (Italy, for example) are providing more news than top US sources.

[Farmer-Rick]

11. We no longer have journalists and a news media

In the corporate media, we have propaganda readers and state controlled media.

Though many of the liberal news media on line are much more accurate and up to date.

[AllyCat]

17. I would wholeheartedly agree with this.

Any of the good ones are trying to make it on Substack and the like.

[Zackzzzz]

14. Quite a while back, we would watch a program on PBS where

journalists from other countries would discuss the latest headlines in their country.
It was an international round table with real news. I remember France and Germany
were represented, I just don't remember the others.
They brought their newspapers and showed the front pages of leading headlines.
Now we watch Amanpour and always, Zacaria.

[Martin68]

15. The topic was the leading headline on the front page of today's Washington Post. "Russia giving Iran targeting data to

attack US assets."