Interviewed by Danny Haiphong on 6/21/25, Patrick Henningsen sums up the Trump regime, “His entire cabinet has been bought by a foreign lobby. This is a low point in American history, and this is probably the weakest president politically […] The irony of this is it’s a billionaire…
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Israel Supporters Will Be Despised for the Rest of Their Lives
Do Israel’s supporters know it’s over for them? Like, they know they’re going to be despised for the rest of their lives, right? That they will never, ever live down the fact that they supported a live-streamed genocide? And that it will only get worse for them as…
Trump Let Himself Be Led By Israel Into Bombing Iran
Bibi, other members of the Israeli government, and anti-Iranian hawks within Trump’s own convinced him that a window of opportunity has opened up to knock Iran out of the geopolitical game for good. Trump’s decision to bomb several nuclear sites in Iran is the due to him letting…
The Standard of Proof for an Iran War Has Not Been Met
“This time is different,” the interventionists argue. They may be right. But given the pattern of recent history—and the stakes of the decision—we should hold them to the highest standard of proof. So far, they are failing the test. First, many of the people arguing for the…
Turbulent Times
In Gordon Bowker’s 2003 biography of George Orwell, we read of Orwell’s investigations among the Depression-stricken coal miners of 1930s northern England: He remained at the tripe shop for almost two weeks, during which he attended large gatherings of “sheeplike”…
Gabbard Falls in Line, Claims Iran Close to Nukes
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard accused the media of misrepresenting her statement in March that Iran was not building a nuclear weapon. The shift followed attacks on America’s top intelligence official by President Donald Trump. On Friday, Gabbard posted a clip of her March Senate testimony to…
Trump (Again) Demands More Easy Money to Help Fund Even Bigger Deficits
The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets this week and is expected to keep its target policy interest rate (the federal funds rate) unchanged at 4.5 percent. This is unlikely to please Donald Trump who has repeatedly pushed Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and the FOMC…
War is the Worst Thing in the World
War creates a waking nightmare which any sensible person would want to avoid except in the direst necessity. And yet we are ruled by people who actively seek it out. War is the worst thing in the world. It is the single craziest behavior exhibited by humans.
Pelosi Raked in Millions Last Year — and Her Portfolio Out-Performed Every Large Hedge Fund With Stunning Returns
She might be the She-Wolf of Wall Street. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-California) raked in between $7.8 and $42.5 million in 2024 — meaning her estimated net worth with venture capitalist hubby Paul Pelosi could now top out at $413 million, new financial disclosures showed. The staggering sum…
The Great Disappearing Trans Freakout
The Supreme Court drives a stake in the transgender controversy, and neither party says much. Is this chapter in American politics headed for the dustbin of history? From the New York Times, on the Supreme Court ruling affirming a Tennessee ban on surgeries or the prescription of…