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Keith Preston

Israel escalates deadly strikes in Gaza; U.S. seizes another oil tanker in the Caribbean; ACLU sues Trump admin for racial profiling in Minnesota

Drop Site Daily: January 16, 2026 Drop Site News Jan 16, 2026 Multiple Israeli strikes across Gaza kill up to 15 Palestinians. Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan says the killing of commander Mahmoud al-Holi is an attempt to derail the ceasefire amid other violations. Israeli strikes in southern […]

Behind Our February Cover

JANUARY 16, 2026 Behind Our February Cover Our February 2026 Edition: Trump Unleashes the Dogs of War → We started getting emails complimenting the cover of The Nation’s February issue as soon as it appeared. And we understand why. The image sums up concerns about Donald Trump’s “Donroe […]

Currying Favor

Currying Favor Plus: Starlink in Iran, lady activism in Minnesota, and more… LIZ WOLFE Nobel for Trump: María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s opposition leader and the most recent Nobel Peace Prize recipient, decided to hand over the prize to President Donald Trump during a meeting at the White House […]

The Case for the City-State

Arktos Journal and Sietze Bosman Jan 17, 2026 Drawing on the ancient legacy of the city-state, Sietze Bosman addresses how the modern democratic system forces the fundamentally different interests and lifestyle of city and countryside into a single system, generating imbalance and ultimately conflict. Modern democracy forces fundamentally […]

Anti-corruption for whom?

Tymoshenko taken. The nature of the NABU. Geopolitics, peace, the IMF. Events in Ukraine Jan 17, 2026 ∙ Paid The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) is out for blood. Never before has it claimed so many victims. Encouraged by Zelensky’s pathetic failure to eradicate its independence in […]

In the Despot Archives

Sponsored by AWP After Ugandan tyrant Idi Amin was ousted from power in 1979, his regime left behind mountains of paperwork generated by the state bureaucracy. Years later, the historian Derek Peterson painstakingly assembled it into an archive. As Helen Epstein writes in our January 15, 2026, issue, “crucial documents […]

Regime Change The US Empire

Caitlin Johnstone Jan 17, 2026 Reading by Tim Foley: I support regime change in the United States. The real kind, not the “new face at the front desk every few years” kind. I’m all for overthrowing tyrannical power structures, I just think we should start with the worst […]

Military intelligence entraps parliament

Tymoshenko vs Stalinist Globalist Fascism. Disciplining the vanishing parliamentary majority. Events in Ukraine Jan 17, 2026 ∙ Paid Threatened with 5-10 years imprisonment by the anti-corruption organs, the ever-colourful Yuliya Tymoshenko has certainly livened up the already-entertaining Ukrainian political safari. Here’s a fragment from her recent sparring with […]

Somewhere else to go

Getty Images Developments In Beijing, Canada’s prime minister announces a “new strategic partnership,” calling China more predictable than Washington. In Greenland, seven NATO allies arrive with fighter jets and naval vessels. In Tokyo, the defense minister insists the U.S. alliance remains “completely unshaken.” Three allies, three different bets. […]

Grave Matters

Today in The New York Review of Books: Willa Glickman unearths the history of a New York cemetery; Amish Raj Mulmi takes the temperature of postrevolutionary Nepal; and, from the archives, Janet Adam Smith on A.A. Milne.   Willa Glickman Life Storage Protecting graves in New York City […]

Thomas Massie Takes Aim at the Fed’s “Emergency” Powers as Inflation Still Bites

Years after COVID, the Federal Reserve’s crisis authorities remain in place—fueling inflation and eroding economic freedom. Jan 18, 2026 As Washington elites declare victory over inflation, everyday Americans know better. Grocery bills remain elevated, housing costs are still punishing, and interest payments on everything from credit cards to […]

Singapore travelogue

Kracht’s 2012 novel ‘Imperium’. German vs British Pacific empires. Schmitt and Yockey. Fiji, memories. Events in Ukraine Jan 18, 2026 ∙ Paid Today will be a little different. No Ukraine, but plenty of other entirely unrelated countries. At least that’s what I thought. As I was writing this […]

ICE Defense and Bad Legal Takes

Armed Attorneys Emily Taylor and Richard Hayes discuss ICE Defense and Bad Legal Takes, including viral claims about ICE agents not being law enforcement, alleged “duties to retreat,” shooting through vehicle windows, immunity myths, and how federal use-of-force law actually works. A January 7, 2026 incident in Minneapolis […]

LEGAL ANALYST: ICE IS GUILTY OF MURDER

Krystal Kyle & Friends Jan 16, 2026 Trump’s threatening to crack down on Minneapolis by invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807 (we’re all learning about American statute laws these days in the absolute worst ways!). He’s talking about suspending midterm elections to ensure his authoritarian power. Youtuber and […]

Round-Table #144: Interview with José Niño

We have a special guest today, José Niño from El Niño Speaks. The crew and I will ask him penetrating questions on the current geopolitical situation in Venezuela. You don’t want to miss this! My Contact Info: Locals: https://praiseoffolly.locals.com/ X:   / pofpodcast   Telegram: t.me/PraiseOfFolly_1511 Facebook:   / praiseoffollypodcast   BuyMeACoffe: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/PraiseOf… Subscribe […]

1/16/26: Trump Insurrection Act, Newsom V Shapiro, Iran War, Nurse Strike & MORE

Ryan, Emily and Mac discuss Trump threatening the Insurrection Act, ICE homicide reported in Texas, Newsom Vs Ben Shapiro, MAGA flips over Epstein coverup, Lindsey weeps over Iran War delay, historic NYC nursing strike. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2togMvV… Submit AMA question: https://breakingpoints.locals.com/pos… Mac’s YouTube:    / goodpoliticguy   NYC Nurses: https://www.nysna.org/news/take-actio… Timestamps: (00:00)Intro […]