Max Blumenthal

JUDGE NAPOLITANO—The video features a detailed conversation between Judge Andrew Napolitano and journalist Max Blumenthal, discussing the complexities of the ongoing conflict in Gaza, Israel’s geopolitical maneuvers, and the increasing influence of Zionist billionaires in American media and politics. The discussion opens by examining former President Donald Trump’s attempt to broker a ceasefire with Hamas and Israel’s refusal to halt bombings, driven by Netanyahu’s coalition pressure for total victory through ethnic cleansing and annexation plans in Gaza and the West Bank. Blumenthal underscores the futility of negotiations with Hamas given Israel’s continued military aggression and occupation policies, especially the transformation of the West Bank into a heavily controlled prison-like area.

AFSHIN RATTANSI—n this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Max Blumenthal, Editor in Chief of The Grayzone. He discusses the Democrats’ and the media’s sudden switch to acknowledging starvation in Gaza and the scale of the carnage, Israel’s race towards a final solution in Gaza to the shock of the Democrats, the New York Times’ apology over its reporting of the death of a child which effectively ceded ground to the Zionist lobby, the role of NATO nation journalists as stenographers for imperial power, why a military intervention is needed to stop the Gaza Holocaust, the hypocrisy of Samantha Power and the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ doctrine over Gaza, why the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is a Mossad, IDF and CIA cutout, Trump’s threats against Russia along the lines of the ‘Kellogg formula’, the sidelining of Tulsi Gabbard and the relegation of her role to just saving Donald Trump’s skin, the potential for another war between Israel and Iran, and much more.

MAX BLUMENTHAL—The Grayzone has spoken to five people with intimate knowledge of Kirk’s meeting with Ackman, which was held in early August. According to one source, Kirk was left upset after the gathering turned into an “intervention” where he was “hammered” for his increasingly skeptical views on the US special relationship with Israel, and for platforming prominent conservative critics of Israel at his TPUSA events. 

Since publishing this report, The Grayzone has learned from one attendee of the Hamptons event that Ackman convened the influencers under the auspices of a discussion about Zohran Mamdani and the supposed threat he posed to the West if elected mayor of New York. But the meeting went off the rails when Ackman personally confronted Kirk about his views on Israel. The public face of UK Lawyers for Israel, Natasha Hausdorff, joined in the argument, and began “screaming” at Kirk, according to the attendee.

JUDGE NAP—The video transcript features Judge Andrew Napolitano interviewing investigative journalist Max Blumenthal about the murder of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk. Blumenthal reveals new insights into the events leading up to Kirk’s death, focusing on the intense pressure Kirk faced from pro-Israel forces, particularly a meeting in early August 2025 organized by billionaire Zionist financier Bill Ackman. Kirk was allegedly criticized and bullied for allowing Israel critics such as Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene to participate in his events, reflecting Kirk’s evolving views that conflicted with the pro-Israel lobby’s agenda.

THE GRAYZONE—The discussion reveals how migration issues exacerbated by U.S. sanctions and regional policies have contributed to the growth of criminal organizations controlling territories and extorting migrants, intensifying social and political chaos. Venezuelan migration saw a surge, particularly between 2015 and 2020, with many migrants fleeing through harsh routes like the Darien Gap, which eventually became a bargaining chip in U.S.–Venezuela negotiations. The U.S. migration policies—including Temporary Protected Status (TPS) granted in 2021—faced criticism for inadvertently facilitating criminal elements entering the U.S., who were then subject to harsh criminalization.

Key figures include Tulsi Gabbard, whose role in reshaping intelligence assessments about Venezuela’s gangs within the Trump administration is highlighted as politicizing and suppressing dissenting intelligence for justifying harsher U.S. measures, including deportation under the Alien Enemies Act. The re-emergence of stories about the Cartel de los Soles is traced back historically to the 1990s, shaped by U.S. intelligence narratives and often exaggerated or unsubstantiated in their connection to Maduro’s government.