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The Sunni-Shia Thing

The short version, on the occasion of Islamic New Year and the run-up to Ashura Kevin Barrett Jun 17, 2026 By Kevin Barrett, for Al-Andalus Tribune Happy Islamic New Year! Today is the first of Muharram and the beginning of 1448 Hijri.* The tenth of Muharram, falling on […]

Iranian Psychiatrists Announce Progress Curing Trump’s Psychotic Delusions

Kevin Barrett Jun 18, 2026 Dissociated Press Following news that Iran’s government convened their top psychologists and psychiatrists to treat US president Donald Trump, the Tehran-based psychiatric team announced that Trump is “making excellent progress” and appears to be relinquishing key delusions and regaining rudimentary reality-testing. According to […]

Trump’s spaghetti-against-the-wall indictment against ICE protesters — and how to fight it

Most Read Trump’s Spaghetti-Against-the-Wall Indictment Against ICE Protesters — and How to Fight It Natasha Lennard Trump’s indictment of 15 Minneapolis protesters is a well-worn strategy to criminalize political resistance as a “conspiracy.” Read More → How Did the Feds Get Into Anti-ICE Activists’ Signal Messages? Nikita Mazurov […]

The Army Becomes a Nation

George Washington takes command Jun 16, 2026 June 15, 1775 Long before the Declaration of Independence, America faced a basic strategic problem: How do thirteen separate colonies become one people? The answer, in many ways, began on June 15, 1775. That was the day George Washington was unanimously […]

Notes from a Civilization in Winter

An immigrant’s critique of open-border ideology Speculum Orientis Jun 13, 2026 Speculum Orientis, an Iranian immigrant in Italy, argues that the truest respect a guest can show his host is to defend the cultural continuity, historical identity, and civilizational integrity of the nation that welcomed him. I carry […]

6/18/26: Trump 180 On Iran, Ben Shapiro Attacks JD, Trump Haunted By Great Depression Fears, Peter Thiel Secret Society

Krystal and Saagar discuss Trump 180 on Iran, Ben Shapiro lashes out at Vance, deep state fights Iran deal, Trump haunted by Great Depression, Peter Thiel secret society exposed. Mohammad Ali Shabani: https://amwaj.media/en/author/16900007 Timestamps: (00:00)Intro (1:55)TRUMP’s SHOCKING FLIP: IRAN HAS RIGHT TO SELF DEFENSE (29:23)Ben Shapiro LASHES OUT: […]

6/17/26: Trump Lashes Out At Israel, Prof Pape On Iran, Israelis Freak Out Over Deal, Feds Charge ICE Protesters, Vance Pressed On Epstein, AIPAC Tracker & MORE!

Ryan and Emily discuss Trump lashing out at Israel, Prof Pape says US surrendered to Iran, Israel firsters hysterical over Iran deal, Feds charge 15 under NSPM-7, Vance pressed on Epstein on The View, AIPAC Tracker new pledge. Robert Pape: https://escalationtrap.substack.com/ AIPAC Tracker: https://www.trackaipac.com/ Timestamps: (00:00)Intro (3:57)Trump LASHES […]

6/16/26: Trump Slams Bibi Over Lebanon, Ben Shapiro Meltdown, Bari Weiss Vs Trita Parsi, Anthropic Military Use, Gas Prices, Trump Polling Falls

Krystal and Saagar discuss Trump slams Bibi over Lebanon attacks, Ben Shapiro meltdown over Iran deal, Bari Weiss tries to get Trita Parsi deported, Anthropic CEO defends AI use in military, gas prices are here to stay, MAGA grandma turns on Trump over inflation. Trita Parsi: https://x.com/tparsi?s=20 Timestamps: […]

The Long, Slow Death of Social Democracy

Reconnecting with voters is going to be extremely difficult for the Brahmin Left. Ruy Teixeira Jun 14, 2026 For three decades, social democracy was the most successful product of a working-class movement that had long contained both revolutionary and reformist elements. Between 1946 and 1973, United States GDP […]

Ethnic Tribalism in Politics

The case for kinship realism May 30, 2025 Written by Charles Small. Why do voting maps of Scotland resemble the country’s Iron Age kingdoms? I first noticed the pattern when reading Jim Wilson’s work mapping the genetic landscape of the British Isles. His team found, by looking at […]

Is It the Phones?

Is It the Phones? Plus: Knicks victorious, Iran’s angry, and more… LIZ WOLFE Phones and young people and baby making: Online interaction is “lacking in some essential emotional nutrient that human beings evolved to harvest from the physical proximity of other human beings,” writes Noah Smith at his […]

Fernando Pessoa on Rationalism and Atheism

Troy Southgate Jun 10, 2026 THE Portuguese poet-philosopher, Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935), makes an observation about rationalism that the great master of paradox, G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936), would surely have been proud of. In his Philosophical Essays, written between 1905 and 1912, Pessoa explains that rationalism “holds that the only […]

The Art of the Deal

The Art of the Deal Plus: Anthropic vs. the government, Knicks win, bread and circuses, and more… LIZ WOLFE Ceasefire deal reportedly reached: The Strait of Hormuz will be “permanently toll-free,” according to President Donald Trump, who reports he reached a preliminary ceasefire deal with Iran over the […]

Scapegoating Bibi

Would throwing him off a cliff atone for Zionism’s sins? Kevin Barrett Jun 10, 2026 “Everybody hates Israel.” Though Trump tells bigger, crazier lies than any president in history, he also drops an occasional truth bomb. Screaming at Netanyahu that “everybody hates Israel” went off with a multi-megaton […]

U.S. and Iran reach initial deal to end war, reopen Hormuz; Israel rejects Lebanon withdrawal; UK court upholds Palestine Action ban

Drop Site Daily: June 15, 2026 Drop Site News Jun 15, 2026 U.S. and Iran announce a deal. Israel pushes back against Lebanon inclusion in U.S.-Iran deal. Tanker struck near Oman. Burial date announced for Khameinei. Israeli attacks persist across southern Lebanon on Monday. Strikes, forced displacement in […]

Iran Enlisted “Senior Psychologists” to Help Craft Messages to Trump Ahead of Agreement

An Iranian official told Drop Site that Trump’s “reactions improved noticeably” after the psychiatric professionals joined the negotiating effort. Jeremy Scahill Jun 15, 2026 Drop Site is reader-funded—no corporate owners, no outside influence. Your support is what keeps this journalism independent and free. Please consider making a tax-deductible […]

June 17, 2026 Targeted Humans Special Midweek News

TargetedHumans, Inc. June 17, 2026 Special Midweek News FISA 702 What Now? Wireless Remotely Charging Implants Integration of US and Israel Military Website:  TargetedHumans.org Email: TargetedHumans@proton.me YouTube Channel; @TargetedHumans deleted without warning Targeted Humans Conference Call Sunday 8:00 p.m. EST FreeConferenceCall: 605-475-4779 Access Code: 607080 CALL ID: electricrose222 You […]