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Keith Preston

The Best Kind of Amnesia

The Best Kind of Amnesia Plus: Canal St. raids, Baumol effect, gun safety makes lefties angry, and more… LIZ WOLFE I’m forgetting we ever had a government: Isn’t it wild how the government shutdown keeps going on and on and yet it’s barely driving the news? To be […]

Dozens of unidentified bodies returned by Israel buried in a mass grave in Gaza; Trump seeks $230 million compensation for past federal investigations

Drop Site Daily: October 22, 2025 Drop Site News Oct 22, 2025 Gaza authorities bury 54 unidentified bodies handed over by Israel, some bearing signs of abuse and torture. The number of food trucks allowed into Gaza remains far below the required minimum as outlined in the ceasefire […]

Execution in the Pacific

Wednesday, Week XLIII, MMXXV Recently: How do you take in millions of refugees? Karen Jacobsen’s new book, Host Cities: How Refugees Are Transforming the World’s Urban Settings. Today: For decades, the Coast Guard intercepted suspected drug runners, boarded their boats, seized their cargo, and arrested them for prosecution. […]

The big exchange

Thursday, Week XLIII, MMXXV Recently: The Kremlin and Syria’s Islamist rulers were at war for years. Why are they working together now? Vali Nasr on the swift and unexpected transformation of power in the Middle East. Today: How did Changpeng Zhao go from U.S. federal prison to a presidential pardon […]

The Red Beret

Sponsored by Reaktion Books   Today in The New York Review of Books: Willa Glickman takes the measure of Curtis Sliwa; Nitin K. Ahuja ponders the science of dying; Hillary Kelly reads the complete Tessa Hadley; David A. Bell scrutinizes the historical development of sociology; a painting by Maira Kalman; and, from the archives, Richard […]

Trump “National Police Force” Built on ICE Partnerships With Local Agencies Like… Wildlife Commissions?

Most Read Teachers Scrambled After ICE Released Tear Gas Outside a Chicago Elementary School Jessica Washington Chicago teachers said they’re dealing with traumatized students in underfunded schools — while the Trump administration spends millions to militarize American cities. Read More → The U.S. Isn’t Even Bothering With Its […]

Notes from a Recent Visit to Russia

‘That’s fighting there in the distance!’ Matt Bivens, M.D. Oct 23, 2025 Red Riding Hood meets the Big Bad Wolf, in a window display in Moscow’s main children’s toy store, Tsentralny Detsky Mir. September 5. Photo by Matt Bivens. A guest essay from friend-of-Racket and former “Moscow Times” […]

Milei’s Moment of Truth

Milei’s Moment of Truth Plus: The innocent fisherman…with a long rap sheet, East Wing gets torn down, Cuomo tries to convince Republicans, and more… LIZ WOLFE What will become of Milei? Argentina will hold midterm elections this Sunday, which will determine the composition of the legislature and what […]

Facebook and Free Expression

October 23, 2025 Welcome to The Lighthouse, the weekly email newsletter of the Independent Institute covering politics, economics, current events, and everything in between. Dear Readers, From free expression to foreign policy, this week’s featured pieces explore how power—whether governmental or individual—shapes the limits of freedom. This week, […]

Tomahawk Missiles for Ukraine

View this email in your browser Tomahawk Missiles for Ukraine Released on Patreon on Oct 16, 2025 To get early access to all the videos and newsletters, as well as other perks like the news digest, join the Patreon… JOIN THE ANALYST TIER ON PATREON HERE LINK FOR THE PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/peterzeihan […]

The Religious Right Is A Blight

By Rev. Chuck Baldwin Published: Thursday, October 16, 2025 Download free computerized mp3 audio file of this column (To subscribe to my columns at no cost, click here.) Republished From 2019 The Religious Right was born during the ineptitude of the Jimmy Carter presidency and came to maturity […]

So, You Want to Invade Venezuela…

So, You Want to Invade Venezuela… Released on Patreon on Oct 15, 2025 To get early access to all the videos and newsletters, as well as other perks like the news digest, join the Patreon… JOIN THE ANALYST TIER ON PATREON HERE LINK FOR THE PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/peterzeihan US military intervention in […]

The psychopaths in power

Posted on October 22, 2025 by winter oak by Paul Cudenec (who reads the article here) “Imagine – if you can – not having a conscience, none at all, no feelings of guilt or remorse no matter what you do, no limiting sense of concern for the well-being […]

“Ceasefire?!” with Joe Oltmann

Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more   Truth Jihad Radio “Ceasefire?!” with Joe Oltman… 0:00 2:42:53   Listen now   “Ceasefire?!” with Joe Oltmann We also discuss spirituality, scapegoating, leftism, Zio-satanism, and even…GASP…the Holocaust! Kevin Barrett Oct 20 READ IN APP Rumble link Bitchute link TheUntamedTruth.com Conservative […]

Seven Palestinians killed in new Israeli attacks on Gaza; Trump starts construction on privately funded $200 million White House ballroom

Drop Site Daily: October 21, 2025 Drop Site News Oct 21, 2025   Gaza’s Health Ministry reports 13 Palestinians killed—including seven killed in new Israeli attacks—with six recovered from under the rubble and at least eight wounded arriving at hospitals in the past 24 hours. Hamas says it […]

Israel resumes lower-level killing after mass violence Sunday; Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff visit Israel for ceasefire talks; embattled socialist party ousted in Bolivia

Drop Site Daily: October 20, 2025 Drop Site News Oct 20, 2025 Israel kills several Palestinians in Gaza City after claiming to begin “the renewed enforcement of the ceasefire” following a wave of attacks on Sunday that killed dozens. Khalil al-Hayya leads Hamas delegation in Cairo. Jared Kushner […]

Why Blue States Are In a Soft Secession

Examining the latest in **US politics**, we analyze where we stand both domestically and on **international relations**. We discuss the blue state soft secession underway and Donald Trump’s dangerous isolationist foreign policy. We also talk about Trump’s state run capitalism ambitions, states rights, and tariffs. We also speculate […]

10/21/25: Trump Warns Bibi On Ceasefire, Recession Indicators, AIPAC, Epstein, AI Bubble & MORE!

Ryan and Saagar discuss Trump worried Bibi will break ceasefire, two recession indicators flash red, Josh Shapiro cranky about AIPAC, Epstein prosecutor dined at his house, WH blows up at reporters Ukraine question, dotcom bubble 2.0 with AI. Jeremy Scahill: https://x.com/jeremyscahill David Dayen: https://prospect.org/ Timestamps: (00:00)Intro (2:42)Trump TERRIFIED […]