Former C.I.A. Russia analyst Ray McGovern joins Episode 5 of The World This Week to discuss the war in Ukraine and the Middle East. Watch the replay.
The World This Week discusses the Ukraine War and the Middle East with former C.I.A. analyst Ray McGovern.
Amid signs of democracy dangerously breaking out this week,
- Western publics say they no longer want to fund the Ukraine disaster;
- a jury acquitted Palestine Action activists in London;
- the High Court of England and Wales ruled the Starmer government’s designation of Palestine Action as a terrorist organization was illegal;
- more Epstein revelations expose Israel and debauched members of the ruling class;
- and tens of thousands of ordinary people in Australia protested the visit of the genocidal president of Israel until democracy was blunted by the fists of the police.
- Hosts: Joe Lauria and Patrick Lawrence.
Guest: Ray McGovern. Producer: Cathy Vogan.
“The presidency was never meant to be a throne. The Constitution was never meant to be optional. And the people were never meant to be silent.” John W. Whitehead; AND, CN’s Series Six (6), cannot be broadcast soon enough b/c “The World This Week” – Monday, President’s Day, “Old Glory’s” M.I.A., “FAT” Tuesday, MSC-Munich Security Conference, OMG! Today, is Ash Wednesday, REPENT! Particularly, the WH of Voodoo, “REPENT” via the likes never seen before!!!
…“The Donald’s” doppelgänger, Jared Kushner & DJT’s “Cheshire Cat”, Steve Witkoff, “becomes the most ideologically insane version” a spitting image of the heartless, bloody, f/orange DJTrump-Vance-Rubio-Hegseth-Gabbard, Incorporated aka The West Pole. W/o a doubt “this thing is getting so large.” Ray McGovern. “The genie’s outta the bottle.” Joe Lauria. “Rey-Mundo?” Patrick Lawrence.
Agreed, “Rey-Mundo,” is the “light” illuminating the World. “No bluster. No bluff.” [No $h*t], “I.C.E., is in charge, “Protecting the “homeland!” Ray McGovern. TY, for “Making It Make Sense,” as Trump declares, “the WH is “Coming In Hot!” Everybody, knows, itsa “Meltdown.” And, the bloody, f/orange, “Snowman, Cometh.” TRUMP’S jones’n for the “anti-melting” gene. His Special Envoy, “The Donald’s” doppelgänger, Jared Kushner & DJT’s “Cheshire Cat”, Steve Witkoff, “becomes the most ideologically insane version”, a spitting image of the heartless, bloody, f/orange DJTrump-Vance-Rubio-Hegseth-Gabbard, Incorporated. Like “The Donald” is on life-support.
MEMO: To The Universe
RE: “One Nation, Under Siege”
The wolf at the door is The USG’s 2026 Mid-Term Elections. “Don’t Get Played!” At the MSC, the ABC’s of the DNC, Hilary Clinton, “Sandy” Ocasio-Cortez & the Gov of Cali, G. Newsom, were “working tirelessly” on his/HER portfolio w/a photo gallery. Who’d a thunk, The Munich Security Conference “should” be the platform to kick-start an Election. Repent!
… Oh, yeah, “a fox is always more dangerous in the forest than the wolf. You can see the wolf coming. You know what he’s up to. But the fox will fool you. He comes at you with his mouth shaped in such a way that even though you see his teeth, you think he’s smiling and take him for a friend.” Malcolm X on “Liberals”
Everybody, knows. Trump-Vance, Inc., have been put on blast: “DJTrump’s Going Down!”
“We” the people, “got” the “Anti-Melting” Gene. We are not giving it up! We’re not giving in! Maybe, “we” will be okay. Sincerely, LeoSun
TY, Ray McGovern, Patrick Lawrence, Joe Lauria, Cathy Vogan for keeping US in the loop!!! On the horizon, Series Six!
MICIMATT: Best. Abbreviation. Ever.
Thanks for all your work, Ray.
Great program, as usual!
I have a question, Joe.
Can you 3 guys do a program focusing on the Palantir leak that’s been shared with Russia?
You guys all agree and have known for a long time that Russia is clearly winning the war on the ground, taking its time and doing it as carefully as possible.
There’s no way that Ukraine can win by conventional means. That’s why I’d like to hear you guys and Scott Ritter too, discussing the Palantir leak, the idea that they’re trying to help Ukraine develop unconventional weapons and what Russia might do in response to this leak.
And I want to comment on the enormous motorcade in DC, it reflects the level of hatred against him. All that redundancy of protection wouldn’t be necessary if he wasn’t such a hated figure. An assassin or a brave soul wanting to make a Citizen’s Arrest a la Gomer Pyle to fulfill the ICC Warrant would have to figure out which of those dozens of cars contained the genocidal monster. I figure it was probably the one without the blue flashing lights. But maybe that was a decoy.
Why no subtitles? I have severe hearing loss. I have been following The World This Week up untill this one. Can you please add subtitles.
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It’s all bullshit ain’t it Ray. I said in the very beginning this all should have been handled much differently. Biden cannot get enough of the blame here. He should have known better but he sold out! IMO
As bad as Biden is, and there’s no question that he has proudly called himself a Zionist, because he absolutely did that, publicly, and he was clearly being controlled as a puppet of Israel’s intelligence.
Worse still, the entire Democratic Party and the vast majority of the USA knew that.
More importantly, so did the US intelligence services.
And now the US has Trump.
Another puppet, but this time, more dangerous.
He, and everyone on his staff already knew that so long as they appeased Mossad, and Netanyahu, they could pretty much do whatever they want.
Detain whomever they want,
arrest whomever they want,
threaten whomever they want,
or kill whomever they want.
Furthermore, if anyone cares to watch the made for television series, The Nuremburg Trials, they will see that Western Governments of today are virtually mimmicking the strategies of Hitler and the Nazi Party of the 1930’s.
There are some remarkable similarities.
The western religious military industrial protection racket of the past 2000 years do not want to give up full spectrum dominance of civilization to anyone even other Orthodox mythologies. The male dominance western driving force deficit spending military with is afraid of Asian culture and can’t agree to share a world without generational wars as a supposed genetic necessity for control with military, economic, religious, cultural. and secret sexual techno-powers.
Thank goodness, guys like you (Ray McGovern & hosts) make a vitally important effort to keep people like me (who are kept in the DARK by their own National press & TV) informed. I realise it takes courage and hard work for you folks to do this work … but it’s SO IMPORTANT that you keep on going. I know you are on the side of the Angels! Paul S. [Lake District, Cumbria, UK]
“When it rains, it pours;” AND, *“Stopping ICE” [Trump-Vance-Kushner-Witkoff-Rubio-Hegseth-Gabbard, Inc.] “Shouldn’t Be Left to Armed Citizens-It shouldn’t fall to armed Americans to take on the White House militia because the governor can’t use the National Guard to force ICE out of Minnesota.” Joe Lauria. January 27, 2026, @ hxxps://consortiumnews.com/2026/01/27/ice-it-shouldnt-come-down-to-armed-citizens/
….. BUT, *“As long as we continue to put our politics ahead of our principles—moral, legal and constitutional—“we the people” will lose; And, you know who will keep winning by playing on our prejudices, capitalizing on our fears, deepening our distrust of our fellow citizens, and dividing us into polarized, warring camps incapable of finding consensus on the one true menace that is an immediate threat to all of our freedoms? The U.S. government.” John W. Whitehead, April 23, 2025.
*“The presidency was never meant to be a throne. The Constitution was never meant to be optional. And the people were never meant to be silent.” John W. Whitehead, Constitutional attorney, Author, Founder & President of The Rutherford Institute., i.e., “And, the people,” “tens of thousands of ordinary people in Australia”, Joe Lauria, Ray McGovern, Patrick Lawrence, Cathy Vogan, plus, many more, “were never meant to be silent;” and, “The World This Week,” es un “Bella Notte’ de es una oda a la belleza y la serenidad de la noche.” ‘Bella Notte is an ode to the beauty and serenity of the night,”
“Keeping It Real!” TY, CN, February 14, El Día de San Valentín, o simplemente San Valentín de Roma.
*https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/how_a_president_becomes_a_dictator_by_executive_order
Hi LeoSun. I tried your link and although the Rutherford came up, the article was “page not found”. Anyway it’s patently clear how a president becomes a fascist dictator.
I’ve had strange things happening with the internet, so not to worry.
Hey, Valerie, @ your search engine, i.e., DuckDuckGo, type “define: by name the author & title of column or organization/author, i.e., define rutherford institute john whitehead OR type “How a President Becomes a Dictator: By Executive Order”John Whitehead
Results: 1) The Rutherford Institute. Non-profit organization in the USA, Rutherford.org., 2) The Article.
…. “The Rutherford Institute is a public interest law firm dedicated to the defense of civil liberties, human rights, and religious liberties. Based in Charlottesville, Virginia, the non-profit organization’s motto is “It’s our job to make the government play by the rules of the Constitution.” The organization was founded in 1982 by John W Whitehead….Continued in Wikipedia…of, there are pages and pages of his work, their work, writ8ngs, opinions, etc.
Valerie, “How a President Becomes a Dictator: By Executive Order” is so f/spot on! Fingers crossed, JWW’s column shows up on your home page!
“Keep It Lit!” Valerie, TY.
Thanks to all involved. Great show! I really like that “Raymo”.
Ray, some of us do know about Russia Gate. We were there, all those years. What a scam on the world.