Ray McGovern

Putin warns of nuclear catastrophe; U.S. steams carrier to Iran; French students revolt and the barbaric U.S. death penalty. Ray McGovern, Patrick Henningsen.

https://consortiumnews.com/2026/10/03/watch-twtw-edge-of-the-abyss/

From inchoate to coherent: Compare Trump TIME interview https://time.com/article/2026/10/01/donald-trump-2026-interview-transcript/ to Putin at Valdai, who emphasizes Russia’s “competitive [nuclear] advantage” able to counter threats from would-be warriors in Europe.

https://www.youtube.com/live/r7xYr-dhXq0?si=wqnNmvz8ewCvQk48

Putin on what is likely to happen if there is no human in the nuclear warning loop. https://x.com/M_Simonyan/status/2105710694964306232?s=20 

Cites example of Lt Col Stanislav Petrov, the human who saved us from nuclear war in 1983. I had added Vasily Arkhipov & Melvin Goodman at min 46:30 of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxOUGHXQjo8&t=402s

I feel a particular affinity to Petrov, since we were of the same vintage. I was born seven days before WWII began, he seven days after it started.

Hat tip to Jason Ross of the Executive Intelligence Review (EIR)*** who wrote a timely piece on September 26 (the 43^rd anniversary of Petrov’s bold and felicitous inaction).

‘Always Under Human Control’: From Petrov to the Summit

https://eir.news/2026/09/daily-brief/daily-alert-always-under-human-control-from-petrov-to-the-summit/

*** As for the EIR, in my view it is perhaps THE most thoughtful daily publication. (And I wrote CIA’S “current intelligence analysis” for decades).

I recommend the EIR highly; might even say, “If you don’t get it, you don’t get it!”

Scott Ritter, Joe Lauria & I discuss why journalists like Isikoff and Corn, who were never held to account for their Russiagate fairy tales, keep slithering out of The Swamp with new Russophobic drivel. Is it more than simply to earn tickets to cruise with hoi aristoi?

Will You Stick Your Neck Out? Our Founders risked their lives, fortunes, sacred honor. Can we imitate their boldness & take similar risks to ‘keep our Republic’, as mid-term troubles near? Or will we ape the sheep-like submissiveness of Germans in the 30s?

Glenn Greenwald, Thomas Drake, John Kiriakou, Coleen Rowley, Gabriel Shipton & I together at Integrity Media discuss whistleblower hurdles & Ed Snowden, who escaped the worst, thanks largely to Julian. Uncle Gabriel shared with me excitement of Julian/Stella over their 3rd child – coming soon. 

https://youtu.be/objl2zAzLsw?si=zYm9SH8pO4zwuonp

Face the Facts, instead of Face the Nation, on Consortium News Live. A eventful week. New Yorkers Rick Wolff & I get up early, hoping that you can wake up others to the lies in corporate media. You don’t even have to buy us a cup of cawfee.

At UN Sec Council yesterday, Russia’s Lavrov spoke documented truth on Ukraine. https://consortiumnews.com/2026/09/23/what-lavrov-told-the-un-security-council/ His remarks not reported in today’s NYT or WashPost, so elites remain malnourished. IKE: “We need an alert & knowledgeable citizenry.” I’m trying. See: https://raymcgovern.com/2025/11/25/getting-ukraine-right/

Comparisons can be invidious, particularly when assessing Trump and Pezeshkian UN speeches. The all-pervasive reality is that Trump is not of sound mind & body. Any saving grace? Yes, US short of ammo; one reason he reversed his decision to attack Houthis.

Saudi Arabia in extremis. Squishy rhetorical help from US, Turkey, Pakistan. Ansar Allah (Houthis) ability to settle scores seen in recent air strike on Ryiad airport.Djibouti next? US Intel holds to the view Iran stopped work on a nuclear weapon in 2003.