Max Blumenthal

The Grayzone’s Oscar Leon interviews Andres Durán, an Ecuadoran investigative journalist who has had to flee his country due to his allegations that billionaire, US-allied President Daniel Noboa, the Noboa family and their inner circle are involved in the international drug trade. In this explosive interview, Durán reveals the following: * Ecuador, not Venezuela, is the primary departure point for...

In this interview, Max Blumenthal dissects how Rubio’s regime-change crusade, oil tanker piracy, and “narco-state” propaganda are driving the U.S. toward a hemispheric disaster—insurgency, mass migration, and economic blowback included. He tracks Trump’s mental unravelling, the Epstein files farce, the implosion of the MAGA media ecosystem, and Netanyahu’s desperate scramble to keep Trump on Israe...

Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate cover the furor over Bari Weiss spiking a 60 Minutes segment that exposed the Salvadoran dungeon that has become a linchpin of the Trump-Rubio deportation policy, and the future of a corporate media stripped of the illusion of impartiality. They also cover an insider attack on US troops in Syria, the escalation of US war on Venezuela, US strikes on Nigeria, and Israel...

By Aaron Mate This December in Doha, Qatar, The Grayzone’s Aaron Mate sat down with senior Hamas negotiator and former Minister of Health in the Gaza Strip Dr. Bassem Naim to discuss the fractured ceasefire in Gaza, the prospects for a second phase, and Hamas’s political and military positions amid ongoing Israeli siege. Dr. Naim argues that the so-called ceasefire has largely failed due to Israel...

Trump’s Venezuela gambit leans on a manufactured “Cartel of the Suns” scare story, cooked up by U.S. intelligence when the CIA and DEA turned the country into a cocaine corridor under Reagan. Max Blumenthal, who has tracked Washington’s regime-change ops across Latin America for years, shows how a covert drug ratline was later repackaged as proof that Caracas is a cartel state, paving the way for...

Trump’s “law and order” shtick collapses when his DOJ pardons a Honduran narco-tyrant while DEA and CIA veterans run gear for a Mexican cartel and get tossed in the same dungeon where Epstein vanished. Netanyahu, meanwhile, flirts with war on Lebanon to dodge prison, leans on Mossad-style sex smears against the ICC, and banks on U.S. empire to keep his corrupt, genocidal regime afloat—from Eurovis...

Honduran Deputy Foreign Minister Gerardo Torres Zelaya spoke with The Grayzone’s Wyatt Reed to explain what really happened in November’s widely-disputed election. They discuss how the cartel-linked opposition appears to have used their control of the electoral system to rig the vote, the hundreds of death threats reportedly made by MS-13 members supporting the Trump-backed candidate, and why his...

“The killing of the two people that survived [a US strike] really should not divert focus from the entire project, which is a series of war crimes”Judge Andrew Napolitano explains why his former Fox News colleague Pete Hegseth is guilty of serious war crimes in the Caribbean This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thegra...

The Grayzone is joined by Wyatt Reed to cover the contested Honduran election, then Kit Klarenberg joins to discuss his blockbuster report on the British DSMA censorship regime, and Judge Andrew Napolitano closes out with his critique of Pete Hegseth’s policy of attacking civilians accused of trafficking drugs in the Caribbean. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other sub...

Watch Max Blumenthal debate whether the US should wage war on Venezuela against pro-war journalists Orlando Avendano and Germania Poleo live in New York City as part of the Young Voices debates. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thegrayzone.substack.com/subscribe

Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss the newly released Trump peace plan for Ukraine, the furor over the US ambassador to Israel’s secret meeting with notorious Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, the latest US escalations against Venezuela, a shameful UN security council vote on Gaza, and a week of revealing political spectacles inside the US. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this wi...

On Judge Napolitano’s show, Max Blumenthal exposes the CIA’s long-running cocaine empire that fuels covert regime change across Latin America and beyond. From the Iran-Contra era to today’s “Cartel of the Suns,” US intelligence agencies have armed narcos to bankroll dirty wars while pushing "war on drugs" theater. Blumenthal breaks down how Washington’s narco-crony networks protected Mexico’s top...

Watch Max Blumenthal wipe the smile off the face of former US Ambassador to Venezuela James Story by exposing his role in nefarious coup plots with violent, anti-democratic opposition figures Story responds with a worn-out, baseless smear while refuting nothing This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thegrayzone.substack...

"The Cartel of the Suns was literally created by the CIA, also known as the Cocaine Import Agency" Watch Max Blumenthal methodically expose the WMD-level lies justifying US attacks on Venezuela, and explain the devastating consequences of a regime change war This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thegrayzone.substack.co...

Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss the escalation of the US show of force against Venezuela, Syrian Pres. Ahmad Al-Sharaa's revealing visit to Washington, the prison abuse scandal rocking Israel, and the MAGA crack-up over Epstein and Trump's slavish support for Israel. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thegrayz...

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Kei Pritsker asks if this choice will compromise the mayor-elect’s ability to fulfill his campaign promises This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thegrayzone.substack.com/subscribe

In this Dialogue Works interview, Max Blumenthal breaks down the escalating infighting within the MAGA right as the party base grows openly critical of Trump-era leadership and pro-Israel orthodoxy. Using the Kash Patel controversy and recent lawsuits as case studies, Blumenthal highlights how grassroots activists and donors are shaping GOP strategy amid mainstream media silence. The conversation...

Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss the US elections that brought Zohran Mamdani to power in NYC, and the unhinged reaction to his victory, as well as the civil war erupting inside the US right over Israel. They will also cover Trump's looming Venezuela war plans, an especially revealing Israeli political scandal, and the legacy of Dick Cheney. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss...

Max Blumenthal breaks down the looming US invasion of Venezuela as a reckless, corporate-backed disaster. Trump’s regime change plan rests on false narco-terror charges against Maduro. The real stakes? Venezuela’s vast oil and lithium resources. The so-called 'Cartel of the Suns' is CIA fabrication. The US aims to repeat colonial-era coups, destabilize the region, trigger mass migration, and enric...

Behind the fear campaign around an Islamic terror wave inspired by Zohran Mamdani’s election, Jewish extremists openly discuss their own campaign of political violence. In this clip from our behind the scenes film, leaders of Betar USA, a US branch of the Zionist Kahanist movement, openly celebrate a hypothetical car bombing of Mamdani This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with o...

We are proud to present Grayzone subscribers with an early look at our behind-the-scenes portrait of Betar USA, the militant Zionist street group that claims credit for guiding the Trump administration's jailing and attempted deportation of pro-Palestine student activists. After joining Betar, the producer of this documentary filmed a series of intimate interviews with Ronn Torossian, a famed New...

The Grayzone's Kei Pritsker explains how Trump turned Tren De Aragua, a previously obscure Venezuelan gang that had already been crushed by Maduro's security forces, into a national boogeyman, then used it to justify his naval siege of Venezuela. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thegrayzone.substack.com/subscribe

Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss the GOP and pro-Israel meltdown over Zohran Mamdani's seemingly imminent victory in the NYC mayoral election, and cover the looming US military assault on Venezuela, the Trump-Israel "master plan" for Gaza and more. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thegrayzone.substack.com/sub...