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Another Drug Lord Killed. Is the Drug War Now Over?

Another Drug Lord Killed. Is the Drug War Now Over?

by | Feb 24, 2026 |

I can’t help but laugh every time I read an account in the mainstream press about how a big drug kingpin has just been killed or captured. Mainstream-press reporters and editorial writers get so excited over the death or capture that they become almost giddy. Their mindset is: “Finally — finally! — we are making progress in the drug war!” Why do I laugh when I see that? Because it is so dumb — so idiotic. How can anyone really buy into this nonsense? I figure it’s a real testament to public...

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Who Can Halt the ‘America First’ Ambition Rolling Across the Globe? – China Can

Who Can Halt the ‘America First’ Ambition Rolling Across the Globe? – China Can

by | Feb 24, 2026 |

We now can see more clearly the Trump Administration’s chosen path: In the wake of Davos and Munich, we have some light – both on Trump’s towering ambitions, and the means by which he hopes to achieve them. It may nonetheless be too late. Past policies shackle America’s future. Russia acting alone may not be able to burst Trump’s bubble, but China, Russia and Iran together can and might. At Munich, Marco Rubio laid out the context to an unashamedly brash ambition: His premise is grounded on...

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War With Iran on Hold… But for How Long?

War With Iran on Hold… But for How Long?

by | Feb 23, 2026 |

Trying to figure out what Trump and Netanyahu are going to do vis-a-vis Iran is like trying to read tea leaves in a monster hurricane. Let me start with the facts, i.e., what we know to be true: The United States has moved a massive amount of combat air assets into the region, along with support aircraft and maintenance technicians… This is on a scale last seen in 2003 prior to the invasion of Iraq. The logistics and air bridges are still in full swing, with no sign of slowing down. Air Force...

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We Deserve Better War Propaganda

We Deserve Better War Propaganda

by | Feb 23, 2026 |

They’re not even trying anymore. US middle east envoy Steve Witkoff told Fox News on Saturday that Iran is “probably a week away” from having the materials necessary to make a nuclear bomb — a line that Iran hawks have been falsely repeating for over three decades. It’s such a transparently bogus claim that even The Jerusalem Post dunked on Witkoff for making it, quipping that “The US envoy left out that Iran currently has no access to its material, no machines to...

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Epstein Files: An Opportunity for Libertarians

Epstein Files: An Opportunity for Libertarians

by | Feb 23, 2026 |

Those who have examined the Epstein files have seen information about how connected Jeffrey Epstein was to members of the political, business, and academic elites. Many of these connections started after Epstein’s 2008 conviction. The Epstein files support claims that Epstein worked with intelligence agencies, in particular Israel’s Mossad and the American CIA. Yet the mainstream media and most politicians seem uninterested in whether Epstein used underage girls in a scheme to blackmail...

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‘Incubator Babies’ Are Back, With Iran In Crosshairs

‘Incubator Babies’ Are Back, With Iran In Crosshairs

by | Feb 21, 2026 |

Tehran is once again pointing the finger at "terrorists" for last month’s bloodshed, rejecting outside estimates and doubling down after President Trump just issued his own high estimate. Trump told reporters Friday that 32,000 people were killed in the unrest, declaring that "the people of Iran have lived in hell" under the ruling clerical regime of the Ayatollah. That figure is one of the highest offered so far, even significantly beyond some Iranian opposition...

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Here Goes Washington To War Again…Because It’s Still Empire First

Here Goes Washington To War Again…Because It’s Still Empire First

by | Feb 20, 2026 |

Here they go again—the war drums on the Potomac are beating so loudly for war against Iran that the CIA stenographers at the NYT have now confidently announced that the next attack will commence this weekend. And yet and yet. Why? The overwhelming fact of life in the year 2026 is that Iran is not remotely a military threat to the liberty and security of Americans. Not in Washington DC or Podunk Iowa or anywhere else from sea-to-shinning-sea. Period. Full stop. Yet real, credible threat of...

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With Shaky Reasoning, Trump Weighs Limited Initial Strike On Iran To Force A Deal

With Shaky Reasoning, Trump Weighs Limited Initial Strike On Iran To Force A Deal

by | Feb 20, 2026 |

Having amassed the heaviest US air power in the Middle East since the disastrous 2003 Iraq invasion, President Trump is now considering an initial, limited strike on Iran to force it to bow to the maximalist demands of Israel and the United States. The idea is based on two deeply questionable premises: that air strikes alone will compel Iran to give up its defensive ballistic missile capabilities, and halt all nuclear enrichment  that Iran won't retaliate for an American...

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One Minute to Midnight

One Minute to Midnight

by | Feb 19, 2026 |

Notwithstanding some of the positive words that came out following the talks in Geneva on Tuesday between the United States and Iran, the die is cast… The United States is going to attack Iran in an attempt to create enough social disorder and chaos in Iran that the Shia Muslim clerics will be forced to disband the Islamic Republic. All of the US military pieces for this action are in place or shortly will be. The one wild card is Donald Trump. He has issued the Deployment Order and the US...

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Liberty Without Strings

Liberty Without Strings

by | Feb 19, 2026 |

“Freedom has more often been lost in small steps by progressive incrementalism, than it has been by catastrophic upheavals such as violence or war.” -- James Madison (1751-1836) Last week, the US Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which covers Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, ruled that the problem of undocumented immigrants in the US is so acute and vast and the Fourth Amendment so burdensome and time-consuming that it should cut some constitutional corners. The federal...

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Peeling Back the US Information Operation in Iran

Peeling Back the US Information Operation in Iran

by | Feb 18, 2026 |

As part of the US campaign to engineer a regime change in Iran, the US military and intelligence community are using Operational Preparation of the Environmnet aka OPE. OPE is defined in joint publications (e.g., JP 3-05 Special Operations) as non-intelligence activities conducted prior to or in preparation for potential military operations to set conditions for success. It encompasses shaping the operational environment through intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, information...

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Duplicate Propaganda For War On Iran

Duplicate Propaganda For War On Iran

by | Feb 18, 2026 |

Propaganda usually works in a drip-drip-drip fashion. Small stories are launched each other day spreading the similar talking points over and over again But today, due to some mix up, two of the major propaganda outlets, the New York Times and the Washington Post, launched very similar propaganda stories on the very same day. Rage. Grief. Anxiety. The New Mood in Iran. – NY TimesPopular anger burns in Iran after crackdown, as Trump turns up...

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Trump Kabuki Theatre in Ukraine: Nothing of Substance Gets Resolved

Trump Kabuki Theatre in Ukraine: Nothing of Substance Gets Resolved

by | Feb 17, 2026 |

It is not a glitch (that nothing gets resolved). It’s a feature. For it opens rather, a path for “Business” to be done – for “stakeholder” deals to be cut, and for billions to be shared out in payoffs. This is Trump’s geo-political transactional model: Business displaces traditional negotiation (at least while the money flows); Money is the politics. Trump, Witkoff and Kushner are said to be confident that they can construct a financial reward system for western debt-holders, investors and...

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Russia Is No Superpower? Then What The Hell Does That Make Europe?

Russia Is No Superpower? Then What The Hell Does That Make Europe?

by | Feb 17, 2026 |

Kaja Kallas stood at the 62nd Munich Security Conference, at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof where the Atlantic Empire had assembled not to project power but to perform its own autopsy while the patient was still breathing — and delivered what she imagined was a prosecutor’s closing argument against Russian weakness. Let’s pause here because this matters: Kallas. Kaja Kallas. The woman who in March 2022 announced Russia’s economy would collapse within months from sanctions. Who predicted Ukraine...

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The Big Lie About Iran’s Support for Terrorism

The Big Lie About Iran’s Support for Terrorism

by | Feb 17, 2026 |

US policymakers, particularly under the current Trump administration (as of February 2026), consistently describe Iran as the world’s leading or foremost state sponsor of terrorism. This characterization has been a cornerstone of US policy toward Iran for decades, with Iran designated as a State Sponsor of Terrorism by the US State Department since January 19, 1984—the longest-standing designation on the current list (which also includes Cuba, North Korea, and Syria). But what does the data...

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Epstein Files: An Opportunity for Libertarians

Media Freedom…if We Can Keep it!

by | Feb 16, 2026 |

Last week I had the pleasure to again appear on Tucker Carlson’s popular broadcast. Although the program appears on several different platforms, on X alone the episode has been seen by more than two and a half million people. That does not include the various clips and shorts that people made and posted themselves. It is incredible how the reach and influence of the independent media has grown over the past decade or so. As I have often said, while there are many evil things out there on the...

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