Top News Stories Lack of detail on Kishida’s plan to fund child care measures draws criticism With a snap election possibly on the horizon, the government is seen as being unwilling to upset voters by increasing the burden on taxpayers. Rain front and tropical storm prompt warnings across […]
FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2023 The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. – James Madison, Federalist No. 45 [1788] HORNBERGER’S BLOG June 1, 2023 What Debt Ceiling? Statists all across […]
What’s the war doing to Russia’s economy? Sergei Guriev on the impact of sanctions on everyday life, Putin’s war machine, and the stability of his regime. Vitolda Klein The wealthiest countries in the world moved, at the recent G7 summit in Hiroshima, to impose new sanctions on Russia. Their […]
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Inside Men What do Russia’s oligarchs have to do with the war in Ukraine? Miranda Patrucić on the global consequences of grand corruption. Craig Whitehead In the chaos of the days after the invasion last year, Alexei Mordashov—the co-owner of the steelmaking company Severstal and the richest person […]
Editor at The Grayzone Max Blumenthal discusses updates on Russia and Ukraine. #drone #bakhmut
Caitlin Johnstone May 30, 2023 Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): The biggest impediment to free speech is people’s belief that they have it. Not censorship. Not refusal to platform critical voices. Not the war on journalism. It’s the fact that most people […]
Two articles and a speech that are highly relevant to international affairs and are subjects of note on this Substack Niccolo Soldo May 30, 2023 Share At this moment I am impatiently tapping my fingers, awaiting the answers to my questions from my selected interview subject. I wanted […]
By John Wilkes Czolgosz Democratic peace theory is a concept in international relations that posits democracies are less likely to engage in armed conflicts with other democracies. It suggests that democratic states tend to have a pacifying effect on their international relations and are more inclined towards peaceful […]
By Tom Woods For anyone who somehow didn’t realize it already, the recently released Durham Report, which I’ve discussed on the Tom Woods Show, made clear beyond doubt that the Russiagate nonsense had been a hoax from the start. And yet, when Rasmusssen polled Democrats even now, they […]
If the US invades Mexico, I 100% support Russia sending weapons to Mexico.
MOST READ Jan. 6 Megadonor Helping Ohio GOP Preemptively Overturn Will of the Voters Akela Lacy In a fight centered on abortion rights, Republicans trying to pass a constitutional amendment could be violating their own new election law. READ MORE → The U.S. Is Unhappy That Mexico Is […]
Caitlin Johnstone May 29, 2023 Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): Well it’s that time again. Time for everyone to spend a year and a half pouring mountains of mental energy into arguing about who should be the next President of the United […]
BY Lily Lynch In January 2018, Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg held an unprecedented press conference with Angelina Jolie. While InStyle reported that Jolie “was dressed in a black off-the-shoulder sheath dress, a matching capelet and classic pumps (also black)”, there was a deeper purpose to this meeting: sexual violence in […]
The GOP nominee can forge a humbler path on foreign policy—or turn back to failed neoconservatism. Bonnie Kristian | From the June 2023 issue (Illustrations: Joanna Andreasson; Source images: ninjaMonkeyStudio/iStock. Rasica/iStock. Donald Trump; Gage Skidmore. Ron DeSantis; Gage Skidmore. Mike Pence; Gage Skidmore. John Bolton; Gage Skidmore. Tom […]
This TV program aired in late 1967. The Gulf of Tonkin incident refers to two controversial events that occurred in August 1964 involving the United States & North Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin of the coast of Vietnam. The incidents served as a pretext for the United […]
Caitlin Johnstone May 26, 2023 Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): Moon of Alabama has an article out on how an uncomfortable number of relatively restraint-oriented foreign policy officials have been exiting the Biden administration, while a China hawk has just been appointed […]
Why is so much “socially responsible” investment going to autocratic countries? Marcos Buscaglia on one of the financial world’s big blind spots. Adam Nir In an appeal to environmentally conscientious investors, Turkey issued a US$2.5 billion green bond last month, attracting a rush of global interest and selling […]
Joel Mathis Is America in a shadow war with Russia? Catherine Garcia The Check-In: Flight bans in France, and more Justin Klawans Default deadline pushed to June 5 as Biden says deal is near ADVERTISEMENT FROM WISEBREAD Earn $200 After Spending $500 The Week Staff Censoring ideas and […]
TAC Editor’s Weekly The latest in Main Street conservative news View this email in your browser Dear Reader, The war in Ukraine continues, and so too establishment enthusiasm for it. Many were the voices that joined TAC in commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the Iraq disaster, soberly discussing […]
Jose Nino’s Digest Here are my most recent articles for you Is North Korea Another Flashpoint for Future Conflict? On May 21, 2023, United States President Joe Biden, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida discussed trilateral cooperation projects on the sidelines of the […]
FEATURED STORY Survivors of Kissinger’s Secret War in Cambodia Reveal Unreported Mass Killings Nick Turse Exclusive witness interviews and archival documents detail killings of hundreds of Cambodian civilians. READ MORE → RELATED Notorious 1973 Attack Killed Many More Than Previously Known Long-buried documents indicate that the true number […]
Caitlin Johnstone May 24, 2023 Listen to a reading ot this article (reading by Tim Foley): 60 Minutes Australia has been playing a leading role in saturating Australian airwaves with consent-manufacturing messaging in support of militarising to participate in a US war against China. A segment they ran […]
Fisted By Foucault Substacker talks with us about regime change psyops and how American imperialism goaded Russia into war LISTEN HERE Appears in this episode Michael Shellenberger Niccolo Soldo Writes Fisted by Foucault Subscribe Leighton Woodhouse Reporting on cities, energy, and the environment
WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 2023 The Republican form of government is the highest from of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature — a type nowhere at present existing. – Herbert Spencer, Essays [1891] HORNBERGER’S BLOG May 24, 2023 What If Russia Pulls a […]
How is the war changing Europe? Ivan Krastev on a new era for the old world. Tom Podmore Looking to rally support for his country, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky traveled over the past 10 days to the capitals of Europe, as well as to the G7 and Arab […]
TUESDAY, MAY 23, 2023 Integrity is an accurate reflection in word and deed of whatever one’s highest conscience dictates as right. Wisdom is whatever one’s highest conscience dictates as truth. – Leonard E. Read HORNBERGER’S BLOG May 23, 2023 Who Would Ukraine Supporters Support if the U.S. Invaded […]
Gen. Ben Hodges explains why he believes Ukraine will defeat Russia in the coming months and seriously threaten their position in Crimea. Gen. Hodges had a distinguished career in the US Army, as former Command of US Forces Europe, leading units in Afghanistan and Iraq, dealing with NATO […]
Jose Nino’s Digest Here are my most recent articles for you NATO Plans on Opening Office in Japan On May 3, 2023, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has plans of opening a liaison office in Japan in 2024, the alliance’s first office in Asia. Dave DeCamp of […]
Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave react to a new poll that left out RFK Jr. as a 2024 primary possibility. #JoeBiden #MarianneWilliamson
Caitlin Johnstone May 22, 2023 Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): The Biden administration has signed off on both F-16s for Ukraine and attacks on Crimea using US-made weapons. Both of these moves have drawn dire warnings from nuclear-armed Russia, and both would […]
Caitlin Johnstone May 20, 2023 Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): The problem that underpins most other problems in modern times is that human minds are highly hackable, and that the science of hacking them at mass scale has been advancing since Bernays […]
Kim talks about AI tech being used to “track Russian disinformation” by the State Department with Kyle Anzalone who is the opinion editor of Antiwar.com, news editor of the Libertarian Institute https://libertarianinstitute.org , and co-host of Conflicts of Interest. You can find Kyle’s work here: https://conflictsofinterest.libsyn.com/ Get 20% […]
Jessica Burbank and Amber Athey weigh in on the secretive Bilderberg Meeting taking place in Portugal. #Google #AI
Ep. 2333 Provoked: Scott Horton on Russia, Ukraine, and the U.S.
by Peter Zeihan on May 18, 2023 The fourth question of the Q&A series is…why am I so worried about agriculture exports coming out of Ukraine? Ukraine’s preferred route for its bulk wheat and maize exports has always been water—specifically via the Black Sea. Now you’re probably thinking, […]
By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN Published 3:41 PM EST, Fri November 13, 2020 Dan Neal/U.S. Army CNN — A new senior adviser at the Pentagon repeatedly said the United States’ support for Israel was the result of “Israeli lobby” money and accused prominent officials, including Secretary […]
Top News Stories Kishida, Biden and Yoon to showcase unity on North Korea — and China — at G7 For Kishida, the meeting will be a chance to highlight Japan’s commitment to its alliance with the U.S. as well as mending ties with South … Japan visitors surge […]
Policy analyst Stephen Semler weighs in on recent reporting that the United States sold weapons to authoritarian regimes in 2022. #Biden #arms
TUESDAY, MAY 16, 2023 We now arrive at the final question, ‘What are the natural rights?’ Although it cannot be answered precisely, that does not mean it is unanswerable. As has been said before, natural rights precede the State and hence are a priori in character. Natural rights […]
Megyn Kelly is joined by Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to react to former President Donald Trump’s recent comments on the war in Ukraine, what RFK would do about the war in Ukraine and with Russia, and more.
MONDAY, MAY 15, 2023 The first care which wise governors will always take, is, to prevent their subjects from wanting, and to secure to them the possession of their property, upon which every thing else depends. – John Trenchard, Cato’s Letters [1722] HORNBERGER’S BLOG May 12, 2023 Involuntary […]
Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Top News Stories Major Japanese talent agency apologizes over sexual assault claims Allegations by former entertainers against the founder of Johnny & Associates have made headlines both domestically and internationally. Uzbekistan-born lawmaker looks to turn love of Japan into […]
Caitlin Johnstone May 14, 2023 Former Pentagon official Elbridge Colby was interviewed on The National Review’s Charles CW Cooke Podcast, where he provided some very high-level analysis on the tensions around China, Taiwan, and the United States. I will here attempt to explain some of Colby’s comments for […]
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley They say that a picture speaks a thousand words. If that’s true, then a hostage video must speak at least a million. The only problem with this technology and indeed most technology is that most of these words […]
The Corbett Report May 14, 2023 by James Corbett corbettreport.com May 14, 2023 Were you aware that nearly one-third of the planet is under economic sanctions of one sort or another? No? Why not? Even those who don’t pay much attention to the nexus between geopolitics and economics […]
I will be joined by Keith Preston, Swithun Dobson and Terminal Philosophy to discuss the peace deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia as facilitated by China.
I like this “Red” (socialist), “Brown” (nationalist), and “Yellow” (libertarian) alliance deal. Can I have an application, please? Seriously speaking, whenever I take one of those “political compass” tests, I always test out as “left-anarchist” or “post-left.” I never test out as right-wing or conventionally socialist. Theoretically, I […]
Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent and bureau chief in the Middle East and the Balkans for fifteen years for The New York Times. He previously worked overseas for The Dallas Morning News, The Christian Science Monitor, and NPR. He also was […]
FRIDAY, MAY 12, 2023 The State can protect and promote the interests of its sick, or potentially sick, citizens in one of two ways only: either by coercing physicians, and other medical and paramedical personnel, to serve patients — as State-owned slaves in the last analysis, or be […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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