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Donald Trump Pulls the Trigger

Donald Trump Pulls the Trigger

Many Americans are coming around to the view, based on what comes out of President Donald Trump’s mouth and what he writes down on his Truth Social site, that the US Head of State is insane. Larry Johnson is reporting “shocking details of what is going on behind the scene at the White House [where] Donald Trump began exhibiting signs of early dementia in September 2025… He frequently confabulates, he routinely loses his temper and unleashes screaming rants, and he is...

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Iran War: Sleepwalking into Starvation

Iran War: Sleepwalking into Starvation

According to Oxford Economics, an independent economic advisory firm, in late March the price of the two main fertilizer ingredients, ammonia and urea, spiked 20% and 50% respectively in response to disruptions in the Persian Gulf. Now that Iran has established a blockade and tolling system in the Strait of Hormuz in response to the United States and Israel attacking the country, large amounts of urea, ammonia, phosphates, and sulfur, critical components for fertilizer, are locked...

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Freedom for Home Distillery!

Freedom for Home Distillery!

Over 150 years ago, Congress passed a statute that criminalized home distilling—the practice of setting up a still in one’s home or backyard to manufacture alcoholic beverages. Last week, however, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that this statute was unconstitutional. In other words, the Court of Appeals recognized that my clients—the nonprofit Hobby Distiller’s Association and four of its named members—are now free to distill alcoholic beverages at home as long as they...

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The Most Unpopular War in American History?

The Most Unpopular War in American History?

The night before l voted against going to war in Iraq, my sister, Beverly, told me that a Knoxville television station had run a poll and found that in East Tennessee, 74 percent were in favor of going to war, 9 percent were against it, and 17 percent were undecided. In very sharp contrast, the New York Times said only 41 percent favored going to war in Iran, and several polls showed even less support, in the 20-30 percent range, before the war started. In comparison, the Times survey said 97...

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A Few More Conquests Like This, and the Empire Will Be Done For!

A Few More Conquests Like This, and the Empire Will Be Done For!

In the meantime our great Military is Loading Up and Resting, looking forward, actually, to its next Conquest. AMERICA IS BACK!”~  DJT, April 8, 2026. The President’s account on TruthSocial is a noxious stew of misleading information, outright lies, and amoral imperialism.  Last year’s “Donroe Doctrine” is a cheap snark of the 1800’s Monroe Doctrine, with no trace of the latter’s objective. This year, in addition to two new criminal wars of aggression and regime change, Trump’s contempt...

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American Heresy

American Heresy

The makers of our Constitution undertook to secure conditions favorable to the pursuit of happiness. ... They sought to protect Americans in their beliefs, their thoughts, their emotions and their sensations. They conferred, as against the Government, the right to be let alone -- the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized men. -- Justice Louis D. Brandeis (1856-1941) When the Bill of Rights was being crafted in the House of Representatives, it was left to James...

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Is Donald Trump Trying to Create a Nuclear Narrative as his Escape ramp from the War with Iran?

Is Donald Trump Trying to Create a Nuclear Narrative as his Escape ramp from the War with Iran?

If you set aside your logic and rational thought and listen instead to what Donald Trump and his media echo chamber is saying about the war with Iran you are hearing this: The US has wiped out Iran’s military capabilities. The nuclear program is obliterated. Iran’s economy is shattered and it is looking for a way to be reintegrated into the global economy. The current US blockade of Iranian ports from outside the Strait of Hormuz is a smashing success and has bankrupted the Iranian economy....

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Annihilating Iranian Civilization with a Blockade

Annihilating Iranian Civilization with a Blockade

After threatening to annihilate Iran with bombs, President Trump and the US national-security establishment have decided to do so with their tried and true foreign policy tool of sanctions — or, in this case, they’re calling it for what it is — a blockade, which, as most everyone recognizes, is an act of war just as much as a bombing spree is. Recognizing that Iran had Trump over a barrel with its control over the Strait of Hormuz, which has produced soaring gasoline prices and other adverse...

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Blockading The Blockade?

Blockading The Blockade?

President Trump was presented with a great opportunity on Saturday to take the off-ramp from his war on Iran. After threatening Iran that “a whole civilization will die tonight,” Trump managed to get a two week pause in the war with the intervention of the Pakistani government. A window opened to end this illegal war. Vice President Vance traveled to Pakistan to negotiate with a high-level Iranian delegation and from press reporting progress was made on many issues. Unfortunately, after a...

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Iran’s Determination to Break Out From the Panopticon of Western 360° Containment

Iran’s Determination to Break Out From the Panopticon of Western 360° Containment

The temporary cessation of hostilities across West Asia very much hangs in the balance. Originally, there was to be a cessation of military actions across “all fronts” including Lebanon — that being one of the ten Iranian preconditions to negotiations towards a permanent ceasefire. Trump duly affirmed that Iran’s 10-point framework provided a “workable basis” to begin direct negotiations with Iran. For Iran, the points were seen as pre-conditions, rather than starting points from which...

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When Is a Ceasefire a Scam?

When Is a Ceasefire a Scam?

During my most recent appearance on Judge Napolitano’s Judging Freedom on Wednesday I expressed the view that the ongoing ceasefire between Washington and Tehran was a scam designed to support Israeli interests in the region and to give both Tel Aviv and the White House breathing room to prepare for the next major assault on Iran. I based my judgment on several aspects of the story being circulated by the White House and the tame media. First of all, it is being suggested...

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Speculation Surges That Pakistan Talks Are A Delay Tactic Ahead Of Expanded US Action On Iran

Speculation Surges That Pakistan Talks Are A Delay Tactic Ahead Of Expanded US Action On Iran

President Trump has made clear that American forces will still be "hanging around" the Persian Gulf area with an eye on Iran, while demanding that the Strait of Hormuz be opened to global energy transit once again.  Trump has vowed to keep troops positioned for a fight "until such time as the REAL AGREEMENT reached is fully complied with." As direct US-Iran talks are set for Islamabad Saturday morning, there's been an avalanche of speculation that the...

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Is the Samson Option unthinkable?

Is the Samson Option unthinkable?

The Samson Option, Israel’s doctrine of last-resort nuclear retaliation, is no longer a theoretical contingency. At the end of seven weeks of war in the Persian Gulf, the conditions that might trigger it are not emerging; they may already be present. What began as a joint US/Israeli campaign for regime change and decapitation of Iran’s leadership has collapsed into a protracted strategic failure. The Strait of Hormuz remains closed. US bases across the Gulf have been evacuated. American...

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Iran: Won’t Get Fooled Again

Iran: Won’t Get Fooled Again

Here we go again. Trump is sending two Zionists—the real estate developer Steve Witkoff, son-in-law Jared Kushner, and VP J.D. Vance—to Islamabad, Pakistan, this weekend to “engage with the Iranians,” as CNN, soon to be owned by the Ellison Zionists, put it. It seems everything is coming up Zionist these days. Apparently, even the Iranians are not disturbed by this, considering the murderous treachery of past “engagements.” Karoline Leavitt, the Barbie of Trumpian...

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Killing and Indifference

Killing and Indifference

Is personal freedom a reality or a myth? Does the government execute the will of the governed or the will of those who finance its officials? Does the Bill of Rights restrain the government? Are the levers of government power pulled by those the governed have elected or those we don’t see? Do elections change anything? Can the president kill people whom he suspects might commit a crime? Aren’t even those who would cause great harm entitled to due process? Isn’t everyone entitled to a fair...

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Trump Got Played by Israel… And the Game Continues

Trump Got Played by Israel… And the Game Continues

Here is the non-news news flash up front — The alleged ceasefire between the United States and Iran is kaput. While there has been no official announcement stipulating that it is over, trust me, it is over. The copium in the Trump administration in particular, and in Washington, DC in general, is ridiculous… Proclamations of a great military victory over Iran, without one shred of evidence that the US achieved any strategic objectives other than inspiring Iran to take control of the...

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Peace & Prosperity Blog

Governor Thomas Massie?

Governor Thomas Massie?

A run for governor may be in the future for Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), but only if he first wins his May 19 Republican primary contest — the next step in his race for reelection...

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Keeping DHS Unfunded

Keeping DHS Unfunded

In January, I wrote about Democrats in the United States Senate proposing a group of changes in US immigration enforcement. Listing some of the suggested changes, I summed them...

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