Caitlin Johnstone Apr 11, 2023 Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): Too much interesting stuff happening in the life of the empire to cover in just one article today, so we’re doing a three-in-one wrap-up. McCaul says war over Taiwan will be about […]
Top News Stories What is keeping Japan from sending weapons to Ukraine? The ruling coalition has agreed to hold talks on the matter, but barriers range from public opposition to disagreements between the LDP and Komeito. Japan proposed Kishida-Xi phone talks at foreign ministerial meeting in early April […]
Warren Davidson , Anna Paulina Luna Apr 7, 2023 12:05 AM Republican voters are ready to make a clean split from the neoconservative consensus that has dominated the party’s foreign policy for decades, and shift toward a grand strategy of realism grounded in America’s national interest. The two […]
Harold Maass Should Trump’s judge muzzle him? Brendan Morrow Everything we just learned about the new Star Wars movies Devika Rao Baseball may see more home runs thanks to climate change Justin Klawans How will Finland’s entrance into NATO affect global relations? Anahi Valenzuela The week’s best photojournalism Justin Klawans A way-too-early look at […]
FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 2023 I hold it, that a little rebellion, now and then, as a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. – Thomas Jefferson, Letter to James Madison [January 30, 1787] HORNBERGER’S BLOG April 7, 2023 Russia Is Not […]
Caitlin Johnstone 11 hr ago Listen to a reading of this article: “China is preparing to kill Americans and we’ve got to prepare to defend ourselves,” empire propagandist Gordon Chang told Fox Business during an interview on Monday. Chang, who has famously spent more than two decades incorrectly […]
Read the full report here. WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. review led by the National Security Council of the chaotic 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan largely lays the blame on former President Donald Trump, saying President Joe Biden was “severely constrained” by the decisions of his […]
THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 2023 Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is in an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob, and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe. – Frederick Douglass [1886] […]
By Joel Kotkin The Western response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine is widely seen as a sign of a reinvigorated alliance of democracies against authoritarianism. Even historically anti-war publications like the Guardian speak volubly about the West’s heroic “defense of liberty.” Raising concerns about petty issues like […]
Caitlin Johnstone 8 hr ago Listen to a reading of this article: American liberals are in an uproar over Twitter’s recent labeling of National Public Radio as “US state-affiliated media”, a designation typically reserved for state media from governments the US is trying to topple like Russia’s RT, […]
View this email in your browser Building the Anti-Russian Alliance by Peter Zeihan on April 5, 2023 Today’s video comes to you from Doubtful Sound in Fiordland National Park. The European space has historically been disconnected. Between geographical barriers, neutral countries, and bloody history, that shouldn’t come as […]
Born on July 30, 1881 Major General Smedley Butler was the eldest son of a Quaker family from West Chester, Pennsylvania. Only two Marines ever received the Medal of Honor twice, Daniel Daly and Smedley Butler both in separate conflicts. Besides being twice decorated with the Medal of […]
Simulation by military academy prompts Beijing to push cease-fire plan Russian President Vladimir Putin invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit Moscow, a trip Xi is still considering. © Reuters TSUKASA HADANO, Nikkei staff writerMarch 9, 2023 03:43 JST BEIJING — After avoiding getting too deeply involved […]
Caitlin Johnstone 6 hr ago New song by me: Lyrics: Good morning Mr Newspaper, for your enquiry, thank you kindly you want to profile me? How wonderful, I must say, you surprised me! Let’s have an earnest tete-a-tete on the dangers of realpolitik Oh, what’s that you wanna […]
Sponsored by London Book Fair The Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) was established by an act of Congress in 1933 to draft legal opinions for the attorney general and give legal advice and guidance to the various departments and agencies of the executive branch. Since then it has tended […]
by Peter Zeihan on April 4, 2023 Today’s video comes to you from Mt. Cook National Park in New Zealand. Finland got the green light and has officially become NATO’s newest member. While the Finns are breathing a sigh of relief, we must consider how this could change […]
Caitlin Johnstone 5 hr ago Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): Some empire managers are so brash about wanting to rule the world that they’ll occasionally voice their position so directly it sounds like an anti-imperialist said it. We saw just such an […]
China vows to retaliate if Speaker McCarthy visits with Taiwan President. Will the US be marching into war with China? Kim breaks it down.
A new poll shows Democrats now sympathize more with Palestine than Israel. Francesca Fiorentini, Maz Jobrani, and Farron Cousins discuss on The Young Turks.
Caitlin Johnstone 9 hr ago Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): Trump should have stuck to just doing legal things like assassinating foreign leaders, deliberately starving civilians, imprisoning journalists, and dropping military explosives on foreign nations. ❖ If you’re just tuning in, US […]
Scott Ritter, Author and former UN Weapons Inspector joins Kim to discuss why Zelensky, President of the Kiev, regime is suddenly saying he may have to compromise with Russia. Scott’s new book is available: https://www.amazon.com/Disarmament-Ti… Become a member of my LOCALS community here: https://kimiversen.locals.com You will gain access […]
I will be joined by Keith Preston, Swithun Dobson and Terminal Philosophy to discuss the very relevant speech “The Conquest of the United States by Spain” by William Graham Sumner warning America about the dangers of imperialism.
Caitlin Johnstone 20 hr ago Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): One of the many, many signs that Australia is nothing more than a US military and intelligence asset is the way its government has consistently refused to intervene to protect Australian citizen […]
SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2023 There is nothing in the Constitution that authorizes the federal government to be involved in any way, shape, or form with the education of anyone. And not only that, the Constitution is silent on the subject of education. – Laurence M. Vance, “Abolish the […]
FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2023 It may not always be easy, convenient, or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is the right thing to do. Always. – M. Russell Ballard HORNBERGER’S BLOG March 31, 2023 Celebrating Deaths by Starvation in North Korea Earlier this month, […]
Caitlin Johnstone 1 hr ago Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): “NATO exists to manage the risks created by its existence,” Professor Richard Sakwa once wrote in an attempt to articulate the absurdity of the military alliance’s provocative nature on the world stage. […]
by Peter Zeihan on March 30, 2023 Despite the threat to Turkey’s national security that a Russian victory in the Ukraine War poses, the Turks are taking a far different approach to international affairs than Japan…and it makes a lot of sense when you take a broad look […]
Actually, Beau, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense requested that journalists observe a “blackout” policy about the counteroffensive for a while. I distinctly remember hearing this from one of my best commentators. These are the people I watch: Denys Davydov, Reporting from Ukraine, Hromadske, Jake Broe, Military and History, […]
Peter Weber France aspires to work by working less. Is it working? Harold Maass Michelangelo’s David: Fit for the classroom? Peter Weber How Ukraine’s looming counteroffensive could reshape Russia’s war Advertisement by Enbridge Progressing towards net-zero. Learn what we’re doing today. Brendan Morrow Ike Perlmutter, who sold Marvel […]
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2023 If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. – Henry David Thoreau HORNBERGER’S BLOG March 29, 2023 More Deaths […]
The Beauty and Blindness of Israel’s Popular Uprising Peter Beinart Mar 27 Our call this week, for paid subscribers, will be at its regular time, Friday at Noon ET. Given the speed at which things are changing, I have no idea where Israeli politics will be by this […]
Caitlin Johnstone 13 min ago Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): Deciding to enter the military is only morally justifiable if your country’s military is used in a moral and just way. There’s a weird, power-serving taboo against saying this which is born […]
Kim discusses the shift away from the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency, and how the BRICS alliance, made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, is actively trying to dent the dollar’s dominance as the anchor of the international financial system.
Jose Nino’s Digest Here are my most recent articles for you Republicans May Lead us to Our Doom Share Ron DeSantis for a shining moment took a stand for a realist, sensible foreign policy approach to the crisis in Ukraine, showing everyone that he could potentially take a […]
Most likely the news anchor has her own bias, however, every word she said about the U.S. is true and factual.
MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2023 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? – Matthew XX, 15 HORNBERGER’S BLOG March 27, 2023 A Positive and Hopeful Sign in the Banking Crisis Throughout the time during which Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank were […]
Ron DeSantis might not be the answer to the US’s foreign policy problems. Jose Alberto Nino 3 hr ago Share Ron DeSantis for a shining moment took a stand for a realist, sensible foreign policy approach to the crisis in Ukraine, showing everyone that he could potentially take […]
Caitlin Johnstone 11 min ago Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): I hate The New York Times. Hate it, hate it, hate it, hate it. With every fiber of my being, from the depths of my immortal soul. The “paper of record” for […]
Wolfgang Streeck 16 March 2023Politics According to Hofstadter’s Law, obviously a descendent of Murphy’s Law, ‘everything takes longer than you think’. Last year the first to get acquainted with it in a big way was the Russian warlord, Putin, who of course could have spared himself the shock […]
Maine State Senator Eric Brakey made a passionate anti-war speech that went viral stating he could not support propaganda regarding the war in Ukraine. He went further with introducing legislation that would bring back National Guards troops that are deployed overseas. Eric talks with Kim about why he […]
John Perkins: China & West Are Both Creating Death Economy Using Hit Man Model Economic Hit Man (EHM) John Perkins discusses his new book and how the Chinese have appropriated the EHM model for global takeover. He argues that the use of the EHM model by both the […]
Former Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), anti-war veteran Matthew Hoh and Katie go over the recycled propaganda that was used to sell the Iraq War and is now being used to sell the Ukraine proxy war. For instance, you were a Saddamist if you opposed the Iraq invasion. Now […]
Patrick Henningsen, independent journalist and geopolitical analyst examines the WWIII build up with NATO announcing its plan to bring 300,000 troops to the Russia/Poland border. Patrick analyses the events and increased rhetoric towards a global conflict. You can find more of Patricks work on TNT radio here: https://tntradiolive.podbean.com/cate…
SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 2023 There is a notable absence of attention given to one woman whose work ‘could literally save the world’ by how she advanced liberty at a time it was greatly threatened. It is time to rectify that by recognizing Isabel Paterson. – Gary M. Galles, […]
Caitlin Johnstone 17 min ago Listen to a reading of this article: The western world is solemnly commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Iraq invasion by blindly following the US into more conflict and militarism while repeating all the same kinds of mass media malpractice. ❖ If you […]
Authored by Dave DeCamp via Antiwar.com, Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh published an article on Substack on Wednesday that said the CIA was instructed to come up with a cover story for the Nord Stream bombings that was fed to The New York Times and the German newspaper Die […]
Caitlin Johnstone 8 hr ago Listen to a reading of this article: The western political/media class has suddenly resurrected the phrase “Axis of Evil” in recent days to refer to the increasing intimacy between Russia and China, just in time for the 20th anniversary of the invasion of […]
FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2023 Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries by a government, which we might expect […]
The latest in Main Street conservative news View this email in your browser Dear Reader, Monday marked the twentieth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. The American Conservative marked the dismal occasion with an appropriate mix of sober self-reflection and “I told you so.” There are too […]
March 15, 2023| M. Tabar FacebookTwitterLinkedIn Email My stepfather, brother, and I served in Afghanistan and Iraq. We are still there, frozen in the suck—a boomer, a Gen Xer, and a millennial—ducking mortars, mourning dead colleagues, and waiting for care packages curated by Mom. For seven years, I […]
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