Secretary of War Pete Hegseth gave one of his signature “I don’t have a small penis” tirades at the Pentagon on Wednesday, ranting and raving about the big, powerful, masculine war machinery that’s currently raining death and destruction upon the people of Iran. “We will fly all…
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Why Trump is Losing the War
The US is losing its war against Iran. That’s what all the evidence is pointing towards. Israel has a narrower strategic goal – leave Iran in violent chaos so that it’s permanently weakened and hobbled. That’s a plausible outcome, but it would be destabilising for the West’s…
Alex Karp: The Insane Billionaire, Mass-Surveilling, Bullied Young Nerd
How the CEO of Palantir Came from Progressive Parents and Turned Out to Be One of the Most Immoral, Dangerous and Powerful People in the World. Alex Karp grew up in a household that should have produced an activist, not an architect of the surveillance state.
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Rejects Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ About Why He Went to War
In an exclusive interview with Drop Site News, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Esmail Baghaei rejected President Donald Trump’s claim that he launched the war because Iran was “going to attack first,” calling it a “big lie.” “There was no intention on the part of Iran to attack…
Only the Good and Courageous Get ‘Radicalized’
The political “radicalisation” toward so-called “far-right” positions is overwhelmingly blamed on propaganda emanating from the internet or cult-like behavioural modification conducted in person, the infamous ‘Pathways’ game can attest to this. While propaganda does indeed play a role and people already possessing “far-right” beliefs do also, you have…
If Iran Survives and Stays Steadfast, Trump’s Resource War on China and BRICS Collapses
At one level, the conflict is an existential battle, fought out between Iranian missile and intercept capabilities, versus those of the U.S. and Israel. Conventional thinking has been that this was a no-brainer contest: Iran would be outmatched by U.S. technology and firepower, and forced to capitulate.
Not an Essay, But Maybe a Tool Kit
To Congress/Pentagon/Decision-makers: The Executive Branch has entered into one more lie-based, unprovoked, illegal and unconstitutional war in the Middle East. The President, Secretary Rubio and Secretary Hegseth have all admitted publicly and privately that this is a war initiated for, or because of, Israel. Our elected leaders…
Smashing Pumpkins Front Man Billy Corgan Thinks Rock Music Was ‘Purposely Dialed Down’ Beginning in Late ’90s
Billy Corgan has a theory as to why rock music hasn’t been as prevalent in mainstream culture in the 21st century as it was in the ’70s, ’80s, and early ’90s. The Smashing Pumpkins frontman believes that rock was “purposely dialed down” beginning…
I’ve Read 50,000 Epstein Emails and I Need About 50,000 Showers
It’s All About The [XXXXXXREDACTION]. I’m only about 100,000 pages into the Epstein files, so these are just my preliminary observations, but clearly the Department of Justice abused its redaction pen. One of my own columns, printed in full, appears in the files, sent from XXXXXXXXX, to XXXXXXXXX,…
The War Powers Resolution Could Save the Country — and Trump
Congress can give the White House a badly needed way out of the Iran catastrophe. Only five days in, it’s increasingly clear the Iran war is a disaster in the making, both politically for President Donald Trump, and in tangible, human terms for the country. It’s…