The Bell – Monday, May 11, 2026 – News Analysis from an Americanist Perspective

The Bell – Monday, May 11, 2026

pgnewser May 11, 2026

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This digest covers political, world, cultural, market, and sci-tech news from May 8-11, 2026.

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After Court Kills VA Redistricting Map, Progressives Look to Kill Court – bellwetherintel.com

Progressives in Virginia are already strategizing how to overcome their state’s Supreme Court ruling that struck down their new redistricting map. The map would have given the progressives 4 more U.S. House seats. Now, they are looking to force retirement by lowering the retirement age of the court so they can replace the new retirees with progressive lawyers. Go Deeper

Labour Almost Dies, Reform Almost Surges, Restore is Born – bellwetherintel.com

The local election in Britin have seen Labour, the current party in power, lose 1,496 local seats, while the conservatives lost 564 seats. The big winners were Reform UK, which gained 1,451 seats, and Restore UK, which won the only 10 seats they were running for by margins more than double the second-place finisher. Go Deeper

Israel Wants U.S. Dollars out of Military -mindfulintelligence.com

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced plans to phase of U.S. financial support of its military down to zero. He stated, “I want to draw down to zero the American financial support, the financial component of the military cooperation that we have,” he said. “Because we receive – we receive $3.8 billion a year. And I – I think that it’s time that we weaned ourselves from the remaining military support.” Go Deeper

U.S. Senator Exposes U.S. Munitions Running Low – dc.report

Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) stands accused of exposing top secret information on CBS News’ Face the Nation. He was reacting after having attended a Pentagon classified briefing on the Iran War’s impact on stockpiled weapons. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is seeking legal counsel on whether charges can be brought against Kelly or not. He told Face the Nation, “… the numbers are, I think it’s fair to say it’s shocking how deep we have gone into these magazines, because this president got our country into this without a strategic goal, without a plan, without a timeline, and because of that, we’ve expended a lot of munitions, and that means the American people are less safe, whether it’s a conflict in the western Pacific with China or somewhere else in the world, the munitions are depleted. You may have seen me ask the Secretary of Defense this question about how long it’s going to take to replenish. We’re talking about years.” Go Deeper

If Kim is Killed, North Korea Nukes, Constitution Says – extinctwire.com

North Korea’s constitution has been changed to compel the nation to launch a nuclear attack should their leader, Kim Jung Un, get killed. Go Deeper

Iran has 4 Months Left, Washington Post Claims – bellwetherintel.com

A Washington Post report claiming one CIA analysis gave Iran 4 months to withstand the blockade on its country. A senior intelligence official called those claims false. The unnamed official also claimed the blockade “is inflicting real, compounding damage, severing trade, crushing revenue, and aceleating systemic economic collapse.” Go Deeper

Anthropic is Putting Our Bank Accounts at Risk – scitechnews.com

Top U.S. officials, including Scott Bessent, the Secretary of the Treasury, met to discuss the growing threat Anthropic now poses on the U.S. banking industry. The threat comes from the announcement that Anthropic’s next model can beat humans in exploiting software security vulnerabilities. Go Deeper

After First Seat Win, Does Australia Finally Have an Australian Party? – dc.report

The rise of Australia’s One Nation party has culminated in the party’s first lower House seat win in the national parliament. The party emerged in response to the disenfranchisement with the major political parties, left and right, by “average” Australians. Go Deeper

Living Longer Through Other Mammals’ Genes – extinctwire.com

An experiment at the University of Rochester shows the long-life genes of moles could be transplanted to mice, producing mice that live longer than average mice. Rochester University’s Biology and Medicine Professor Vera Gorbunova explained, “Our study provides a proof of principle that unique longevity mechanisms that evolved in long-lived mammalian species can be exported to improve the lifespans of other mammals.” Go Deeper

Research Lab Run by AI – scitechwire.com

A medical research lab in Tokyo is being entirely run by AI. The Institute of Science Tokyo’s Yushima campus developed and runs the All-AI lab. Go Deeper

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