On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and initiating what military analysts are already calling the most consequential American combat operation since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Within hours, missiles were falling on Gulf infrastructure. Oil…
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Treasury Secretary Bessent went on television Monday and announced that the United States is “allowing” Iranian oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. “The Iranian ships have been getting out already, and we’ve let that happen to supply the rest of the world”. Iran has…
Trump-Appointed Counterterrorism Director Joe Kent Resigns in Protest Over U.S. War With Iran
In a massive break from President Trump and MAGA, Joe Kent, Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), announced his immediate resignation on Tuesday, citing irreconcilable opposition to the ongoing U.S. military operations against Iran. Kent declared he could not “in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran,” stating…
Will Evicting Blackstone Help Young People Buy Homes?
Mega investors are a mega problem. But not the only one. It’s hard to get consensus in Washington, but nearly everyone agrees there’s an epic housing crisis. Mega institutional investors, many in both parties agree, need a mega purge. President Donald Trump has taken a rhetorical…
Between Epstein Island and Iran, Where Does Europe Stand?
The below transcript is from Prof. Alexander Dugin’s latest episode of the Radio Sputnik Escalation Show. Radio Sputnik, Escalation Show Host: The main topic of this episode remains unchanged and will likely be with us for a long time to come. We are talking about the war…
The Left-Right Alliance Pipe Dream Will Never Die
A prolonged conflict with Iran could shift much of the Online Right to the Left. The Iran War rages on with no clear end in sight. President Trump’s strikes are unpopular with most of the public, but “MAGA Republicans” overwhelmingly support them. There’s little dissension within the…
Why AI Malware (and Harmful Second Order Effects) Are Out of Control
When something scales faster than it can be absorbed or controlled, the resulting extremes break the system. That’s the problem of asymmetric scaling. Let’s take a current example: the malicious use of AI and the runaway expansion of harmful second-order effects generated by the explosive adoption of AI tools and…
The Moment Israel Marked Charlie Kirk as an Existential Threat
Tucker Carlson and Glenn Greenwald Reflect on Charlie Kirk — and the War Divide That Shook Israel. For decades, Israel’s push for its endless war has been protected by division. Charlie Kirk crossed the line while leading the conservative youth and the future of the Republican Party.
The Last Waltz of the WASPs
They were not overthrown by a rival civilisation. They simply stopped believing they had one. The film Metropolitan opens on a Manhattan evening in mid–1980s Manhattan. Through the window of a Fifth Avenue townhouse we see debutante bridesmaids in cream satin and simple pearls, arms linked with straight-backed chaperones, descending…
Voter ID Has Massive Public Support: Why is Congress Standing in the Way?
The “controversy” in the US over voter ID requirements is an entirely fabricated affair, and a primary source of obstruction is the very government supposedly elected to represent the public will. That is to say, the only people that don’t support the SAVE Act are politicians, and some…