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No one is ready for what’s happening to the US Dollar! It’s going to be catastrophic – w/RPI’s Daniel McAdams
Congress has unveiled yet another last-minute spending bill to avert a government shutdown that would begin in February. The package weighs in at roughly $1.7 trillion, fully funding the federal government through the end of September. It’s a massive omnibus that...
President Trump: Peace is Popular
Over the weekend, as a US carrier strike group made its way toward Iran, President Trump told Politico, “It’s time to look for new leadership in Iran.” This pro “regime change” statement came just days after the US and Israel-led covert operation to overthrow the...
Trump To Iran Rioters: ‘Take Over Your Institutions!’
US Cargo Planes Have Flooded the Persian Gulf Since the First of December
In December 2025 and January 2026 (through early/mid-January), open-source intelligence (OSINT) and flight-tracking data indicate a significant surge in US military transport aircraft (primarily heavy lifters like C-17 Globemaster III and C-5M Galaxy) flying to or...
From Industrial Power to Military Keynesianism: Germany’s Engineered Collapse
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz now admits that “parts of Germany’s economy are in very critical condition” and that his government “hasn’t done enough.” That phrasing is an evasion. Germany did not drift into this collapse. The numbers were visible in real time. The...
President Trump’s Cross of Iron
On Wednesday, United States President Donald Trump declared in a post at Truth Social that he has determined the military budget for the next fiscal year should be hiked to 1.5 trillion dollars. A Thursday Reuters article by Costas Pitas and Andrea Shalal quantifies...
VENI, VIDI, VENEZUELA: Pox Americana from War-a-Iago.
This Administration, elected with a promise to end forever wars, has since taken America to war against Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Syria, Somalia and Nigeria, while funding genocide against Gazans. It has invaded Venezuela, kidnapped its President, Nicholas Maduro, and his...
The precursors for war are in place. Iran is the peg to intense political jockeying to define the post-Trump future
At the 30 December meeting with Netanyahu and his team, President Trump publicly committed to attacking Iran: If they continue with their ballistic missile program, “Yes.” And for their nuclear: “Immediate.” “We’ll knock the hell out of them,” Trump said. By contrast...
Netanyahu’s New Slant to Lure Trump into War with Iran
In these last days, the Trump Administration has boarded or seized three tankers either loaded with Venezuelan oil or destined for Venezuela (such as the Bella1). The most egregious seizure – in terms of illegality – being a Chinese-owned, Panama-flagged vessel...
Netanyahu Wants To Attack Iran Again, Will Lobby Trump In Mar-a-Lago Visit
Many analysts agree that the last round of fighting between Israel and Iran last June was not the final conflict the two regional powers will face. Despite President Trump having declared that the Islamic Republic's nuclear program had been completely obliterated in...
Col. Macgregor’s Dire Warning For 2026!
New York Times Wants The US Military Built Up For War With China
Just as the United States hits its first official trillion-dollar annual military budget, the New York Times editorial board has published an article which argues that the US is going to need to increase military funding to prepare for a major war with China. The...
Another TRILLION Dollar NDAA Military Spending Bill!
The Siren Song of War
In October of 2002, I shocked many in my Congressional District and beyond by voting against giving President George W. Bush authorization to use military force in Iraq. The night before that vote, my older sister told me a Knoxville television station had conducted a...
Stealth Bombers and Bunker Busters
A retrospective analysis of the so-called 12-Day War, and the triumphantly celebrated Operation Midnight Hammer. The GBU-57 is a big fat gravity bomb with fins. To achieve effective precision, a B-2 bomber must drop it on its intended target from no further...
Hegseth In Hot Seat As ‘Murder-gate’ Picks Up Steam
Ah, Good Old War Propaganda
Just as the news breaks that Trump has issued Maduro an ultimatum to leave Venezuela immediately if he wants to escape with his life, the Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal has published an amazingly brazen war propaganda piece titled “How Venezuelan Gangs...
The Imaginary Peace President
One of the most common claims about the Trump 45 administration is that “He didn’t start any new wars.” This is demonstrably FALSE. During his first term, Trump became the ultimate causal agent for every one of the current conflicts with Russia, China, Iran, and...
Who Let The DOGE Out? With Guest David Gornoski
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