Aaron Maté

Author, "Their Blood, Our Bullets" Co-host: @UsefulIdiotpod. Email: [email protected]

[Aaron Maté @aaronjmate]

My debut book, "Their Blood, Our Bullets:
The Hidden Story of the US–Russia War for Ukraine", is now available for pre-order. @orbooks
https://t.co/9ITWyIeTuH

[Ali Abunimah @AliAbunimah]

I just don’t agree with this sentiment. @NYCMayor @ZohranKMamdani made an excellent statement, unprecedented in US politics. It sets a standard for other politicians worldwide. Yes it’s worth celebrating and at the same time we must always keep pushing him and others for more.

[Aaron Maté @aaronjmate]

"For years, Republican lawmakers have painted a target on our backs, falsely claiming that our political views and reporting are part of some foreign plot.

Now, the MAGA-dominated House Ways and Means Committee has issued us a subpoena – demanding internal communications, financial records and more." -@BTnewsroom

Meanwhile, Israel is paying Trump's former campaign manager Brad Parscale $45 million to run an influence operation.

[Rania Khalek @RaniaKhalek]

BreakThrough News is under attack

Republican lawmakers are claiming our political views and @BTnewsroom reporting are part of some foreign plot.

The MAGA-dominated House Ways and Means Committee has issued us a subpoena – demanding internal communications, financial records and more. This is a flagrant abuse of power, and a direct attack on our work as journalists and on the First Amendment generally.

Add your name to our petition, defend independent media!

https://t.co/GSkDGtfQj7

[Ana Kasparian @AnaKasparian]

Why are we funding these savages ? Why are we fighting their wars?

[Aaron Maté @aaronjmate]

Max Blumenthal reports back from Iran at DC's Busboys and Poets https://t.co/BlaVHJf5xz via @TheGrayzoneNews

[Aaron Maté @aaronjmate]

One of many reasons why a sliver of progressive voices opposed siding with Joe Biden, Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell, and every other neocon in the Ukraine proxy war is that it would fuel a dangerous escalation between two nuclear powers. That includes, inevitably, spilling over into other conflicts.

By contrast, the entire Progressive Caucus voted with the neocons, and some self-styled foreign policy experts insisted that this was the "responsible progressive position."

[Reuters @Reuters]

Iranian drone attacks on CIA facilities in the Gulf prompted US intelligence analysts to investigate whether Russia assisted by providing targeting information or advanced drone technology, said four people familiar with US intelligence https://t.co/C95Tc5yjRB

[Robert Malley @Rob_Malley]

President Trump, frustrated that Iran will not bend to his will, is once again threatening war crimes in pursuit of an unlawful, unjustified war whose purpose has become to remedy the very problems it created: to bring to heel an emboldened leadership the war itself taught not to give the US an inch, and to reopen a waterway that was not closed before he launched it.

It’s the theater of the absurd, but one in which blood is shed.

[Aaron Maté @aaronjmate]

https://t.co/mYob7zDMQC

[Camila @camilapress]

Nicaraguan co-president Daniel Ortega’s remarks at July 19th celebrations in Managua have been purposely taken out of context and have been mistranslated and the international media is running wild.

“They will never see another election where they can attempt to seize power by cheating their way into government.”

In his address, Daniel warned that the country’s institutions will take measures to prevent political parties—which have been involved in recent violent acts aimed at inciting sedition, with political and financial backing from the United States—from undermining national peace.

His comments weren’t directed at the Nicaraguan people nor in reference to their constitutional right to vote. He was referring to those who have promoted sanctions, foreign interference and acts that undermine the sovereignty and peace of Nicaragua.

[Aaron Maté @aaronjmate]

Ortega didn't say this. He said that Nicaragua won't allow US-financed candidates and election meddling. That's very different than claiming Nicaragua "Will No Longer Hold Elections." @democracynow should retract this.

[Democracy Now! @democracynow]

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Declares His Nation Will No Longer Hold Elections https://t.co/uL16KJPY5x

[Aaron Maté @aaronjmate]

https://t.co/EgrrO6jdVJ

[Ben Norton @BenjaminNorton]

This is false and ridiculous.

This propaganda spread by the US government (which supports actual dictatorships around the world) has been widely regurgitated by the corporate media.

But they are all taking out of context comments made by Nicaragua's Co-President Daniel Ortega.

Below I have posted a screenshot of the official transcript of the speech given by Ortega on 19 July 2026, alongside my translation. (This is link to the official transcript: https://t.co/9x3oIbipC4)

The full context clearly shows that Ortega was discussing the history of US interference in Nicaragua, and how the US government funds right-wing political parties to try to overthrow the Sandinista Front. (This should not come as a surprise to anyone who knows the basic history of Nicaragua and the CIA's Contra terror war in the 1980s.)

In 2018, the US government sponsored a very violent coup attempt in Nicaragua, which was extremely traumatic for the population.

Ortega was saying that "there will be no more elections" for these coup-plotting right-wing political parties that are funded by the US government.

Nicaragua is defending its sovereignty and preventing the US empire from installing another puppet regime like the corrupt Somoza dictatorship, which Washington propped up for decades, on the corpses of countless Nicaraguans.

The US empire has invaded Nicaragua multiple times, militarily occupied the country, waged a terror war, imposed sanctions, funded the opposition, and meddled nonstop in its elections. The Sandinista government is saying that that history of foreign interference is over. No more.

[Ali Abunimah @AliAbunimah]

Is Miriam Adelson Russian?

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

[Aaron Maté @aaronjmate]

PSA: to anyone who dismisses the OPCW's cover-up story as "Russian disinformation", you now have to also describe it as "Brazilian disinformation." 🤝🇧🇷

[Aaron Maté @aaronjmate]

New: As US and OPCW move on, Brazil puts Syria cover-up on the record

In a rare protest, Brazil has challenged the chemical watchdog's admitted suppression of findings that undercut Trump's pretext for bombing Syria in 2018.

[Aaron Maté @aaronjmate]

Story here: https://t.co/wScJokuxcB

[Aaron Maté @aaronjmate]

New: As US and OPCW move on, Brazil puts Syria cover-up on the record

In a rare protest, Brazil has challenged the chemical watchdog's admitted suppression of findings that undercut Trump's pretext for bombing Syria in 2018.

[Judge Napolitano @Judgenap]

I highly recommend @AaronjMate's new book! Pre-Order today. @orbooks

https://t.co/n3ZzznGMBI

[Aaron Maté @aaronjmate]

Never forgive, never forget.

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

Jake Sullivan regrets not doing more to restrain Israel. Biden fell into "the trap" of deferring arms halt thinking deal was imminent. "I will say straightforwardly—we should have put more pressure on Israel to take a different approach," he tells @ddk_nyc https://t.co/avjuDdSbeW

[Aaron Maté @aaronjmate]

@ggreenwald I really wish I could have gone through life not knowing that headline exists

[Aaron Maté @aaronjmate]

This is sooooooo anti-Semitic:

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: A judge temporarily paused Paramount’s $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. to consider if it violates antitrust laws. https://t.co/rACCR1x2nb

[Medea Benjamin @medeabenjamin]

This State Dept 99-page report on Cuba is a piece of garbage, alleging some vast anti-US conspiracy between Cuba, Russia, China, Iran and US groups like @CODEPINK and @PeoplesForumNYC. The real threat? A US policy that has caused such misery for Cubans. https://t.co/VN9LdtTkRk

[susan abulhawa | سوزان ابو الهوى @susanabulhawa]

Here's what really happened on October 7th...

1. 07 OCTOBER 2022.
Israeli forces opened fire on a group of Palestinian children near the Apartheid wall in Qalqiliya, killing a 14-year-old boy with live ammunition (UN OCHA report)

2. 07 OCTOBER 2021.
Israeli settlers from the Telem settlement cut down more than 100 olive seedlings on Palestinian-owned land in Turqumiya, Hebron, belonging to 'Aziz Jamil Ja'afrah — the same land where settlers had uprooted trees the year before. (PCHR, 7–13 Oct 2021)

Israeli forces raided at least nine homes overnight and arrested eleven people, including a father and son together (Wadi al-Far'a, Tubas) and a 16-year-old (Adham Abu Srour, Dawha), without charge. A 55-year-old activist was separately arrested without charge at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Israeli forces demolished two residential structures in Bab al-Shams village (East Jerusalem area) belonging to two brothers — the third demolition of their homes within a single year.

Israeli gunboats fired on a Palestinian fishing boat off Gaza for roughly two and a half hours overnight.

Checkpoints and closures were imposed in Jericho, Bethlehem, Hebron, and Nablus.

3. 07 OCTOBER 2020.
Israeli forces raided Aida refugee camp, Bethlehem, blew open the doors of the camp's People's Committee office, and damaged nearby homes in the process — Palestinians officials called it part of a "terror campaign" against the camp. (PCHR, 1–7 Oct 2020)

Israeli forces raided a boys' school (al-Jamla School) in Jenin, confiscated staff IDs, and copied footage from the school's security camera system.

Multiple home-raid arrests took place in Beita, Yatta, al-Eizariya, al-Hashimia (Jenin), Qusra, and Qabatiya.

Israeli settlers from the Leshem settlement set fire to Palestinian-owned land in Deir Ballut, Salfit, burning 50 olive trees.

Multiple checkpoints/closures reported in Hebron (4), Nablus, and elsewhere, disrupting children's abilities to attend school and commutes to work and cutting off access to medical facilities and family.

4. 07 OCTOBER 2019.
20-year-old Fadi Osama Hejazi, died from sniper wounds sustained months earlier at Great March of Return protests (PCHR, 3–9 Oct 2019)

Israeli forces raided at least nine homes overnight across Bethlehem (al-Duheisha camp, Wad Ma'ali), Ramallah (al-Mazra'ah al-Gharbiyah), Jenin ('Anza village), Tulkarm ('Atil village), and Salfit (Hares village, two homes), arresting at least 12 people.

Israeli forces raided and ransacked the Hanthala Cultural Centre in Safa village (a heritage/youth-skills organization), breaking its main door and confiscating files.

Israeli forces guarding the Apartheid wall shot two Palestinian men near Zeta and Tulkarm while they attempted to cross into Israel for work.

Settlers from the Yitzhar settlement cut down 36 olive trees overnight in Burin village (Nablus). Later that morning, settlers from the same settlement attacked Burin's mixed school under military protection, forcing the administration to evacuate students.

In order to prevent Palestinians from leaving their homes during Jewish holiday, Israel began a full closure of the Tunnel, 300, al-Jeeb, and Hizma checkpoints (separating Jerusalem from Bethlehem and nearby areas) for three days during Yom Kippur, alongside closures of Arab village/neighborhood entrances with iron barriers and cement blocks, preventing anyone from accessing school, work, or medical facilities during that time.

5. 07 OCTOBER 2018.
Israeli forces raided homes in Jenin, Beit Ummer (Hebron), and al-Jalazoun refugee camp (Ramallah), arresting at least eight people; in Jalazoun, soldiers also confiscated 2,500 shekels (~$700) in cash from one household during the raid. (PCHR, 4–10 Oct 2018)

Israeli forces raided homes and a shop in Beit Led (Tulkarm), confiscating surveillance camera recordings, and arrested a 47-year-old man along with his 19-year-old son without charge.

Israeli forces carried out 20 additional home invasions (without arrests) across Hebron, Tulkarm, and Qalqiliya-area villages.

An Israeli drone fired a missile at a group of civilians near al-Shawka village, east of Rafah, Gaza.

Israeli gunboats opened heavy fire on Palestinian fishing boats off Rafah, firing flare bombs and forcing fishermen to flee.

Israeli forces conducted a limited ground invasion into eastern al-Bureij, central Gaza.

6. 07 OCTOBER 2017.

Israeli forces raided three homes overnight — in Ya'bud (Jenin), Wad Rahal (Bethlehem), and Bethlehem city — arresting three people, including two minors, without charge.

Israeli forces arrested without charge a 44-year-old man, Naser al-Jundi, at a checkpoint set up at the entrance to Al Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron.

Israeli gunboats twice opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats off Beit Lahia and al-Sudaniya (northern Gaza), chasing them; no injuries or damage reported.

Israeli forces stationed along the Gaza perimeter fence near Umm al-Nasser Bedouin village opened sporadic fire and fired flare bombs into the border area, terrorizing residents.

Israeli forces conducted six additional home invasions without arrests in al-Samou', Bani Na'im, Sa'ir, and al-Jalajel (Hebron) and Bedia and Masha (Salfit).

Temporary military checkpoints were set up at Halhoul and al-Dahiriya (Hebron), four locations around Qalqiliya, and three in Salfit, further restricting Palestinian movement. That night, hundreds of Israeli settlers entered 'Awerta village (Nablus) under military protection to perform religious rituals in Palestinian towns.

7. 07 OCTOBER 2016.
Israeli forces raided homes in Sabastiya (Nablus) and Nour al-Shams refugee camp (Tulkarm) overnight, arresting five people without charge.

Israeli forces entered al-Far'a refugee camp (Tubas); when young men gathered and threw stones, soldiers fired live rounds, hitting three civilians.

Israeli naval forces intercepted a fishing boat at sea, ordered the two fishermen (one a 17-year-old) to strip and swim to the gunboat, then detained them; one was released later that day, the other and the boat remained in custody.

Weekly Friday protests in Bil'in, Ni'lin, al-Nabi Saleh, and Kafr Qaddum were attacked with live fire, rubber bullets, tear gas, and sound bombs; in Bil'in, soldiers assaulted a farmer trying to reach his own field and confiscated his vehicle.

In Gaza, Israeli forces opened fire on young men gathered near the perimeter fence in solidarity with Jerusalem (Shuja'iya and al-Bureij), wounding two with live rounds.

Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian olive pickers from Yasouf village (Salfit) while they worked their land.

Dozens of settlers, escorted by Israeli forces, entered Ta'nak village (Jenin) to pray at a religious site; soldiers closed the village's main street to secure the visit, locking thousands of Palestinians in their homes.

Checkpoints went up on the Tarusah village road (west of Dura) and at Hebron's southern entrance (al-Fahes), further restricting Palestinian movement.

8. 07 OCTOBER 2015.
An Israeli settler shot a Palestinian girl from Sur Baher four times in Jerusalem's Old City; Israeli forces claimed she had stabbed him, an account PCHR notes it could not independently verify.

Hundreds of Bir Zeit University students and other civilians protested near a checkpoint and settlement outside al-Bireh; Israeli forces fired live ammunition, wounding ten (eight by live fire), while undercover Israeli units embedded in the crowd violently kidnapped three students — one shot in the leg, another shot in the head and left in serious condition.

Israeli forces raided homes across Hebron governorate overnight, kidnapping at least 16 people, including a 12-year-old (Amir Abu Romouz) and a 13-year-old (Nasim al-Teiti), in Hebron city, Dura, Halhoul, and Al Fawwar and Al Arroub refugee camps.

Israeli forces raided two homes in Nablus, arresting two men without charge.

Soldiers occupied an uninhabited home in Halhoul, raised an Israeli flag over it, and briefly operated a checkpoint from the site before withdrawing but continuing to occupy the house.

This was the seventh consecutive day Nablus remained under a full Israeli military cordon (imposed since October 1 as collective punishment), with the Huwwara, Jeet, al-Naqoura, and Deir Sharaf checkpoints all tightened, denying and delaying movement for residents.

IT GOES ON LIKE THIS EVERY DAY OF EVERY YEAR AS FAR BACK AS YOU LOOK