What happens when war becomes a market and foreign policy turns into an odds board? We dive into the uneasy world of prediction platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi, where traders place bets on battlefield maps, covert raids, and even the exact words politicians will...
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News Roundup 1/15/2026
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 15, 2026 | News Roundup
US News Trump Calls for $1.5 Trillion Military Budget Nap Trump Says US ‘Needs’ Greenland as Polling Shows the Idea Is Extremely Unpopular Among Americans AWC Sheinbaum Tells Trump Mexico Does Not Need America’s Help Fighting Cartels Nap Trump Threatens Cuba, Suggests...
Maps Don’t Lie
by Bill Buppert | Jan 15, 2026 | Blog
The Greenland drama is amusing but reality about the players is rather sobering. A casual look at Russia's habitual military presence in the Arctic for generations dispels any illusion. Europe is presently making lots of noise in a scheduled exercise in Greenland to...
Airstrikes in Nigeria and the Wider Failure of Washington’s Africa Policy
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | Jan 15, 2026 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Recent U.S. missile strikes in northwest Nigeria, ordered by President Donald Trump on Christmas Day 2025, were heralded by the administration as a decisive blow against ISIS-linked militants persecuting Christians. Yet, as investigative reporting has revealed, the...
When Miscalculation Becomes the Greatest Threat
by Alice Johnson | Jan 15, 2026 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Wars don't usually start with someone deciding to unleash chaos. They start with confidence—a belief that risks are manageable, responses predictable, consequences containable. History tells a different story. The most destructive conflicts emerge not from clear...
The Kyle Anzalone Show: From ICE To “I Seized Your Oil”
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 14, 2026 | Blog, The Kyle Anzalone Show
A young woman lies dead on a Minneapolis street, an ICE officer pulled the trigger, and the official story leans on power instead of necessity. We open with what the footage actually shows, why the shot trajectory matters, and how a federal investigation shifts...
1/9/26 Tom Eddlem on the Capture of Nicolás Maduro
by Scott Horton | Jan 14, 2026 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Audio. Tom Eddlem returns to the show to talk about Trump’s intervention in Venezuela. He and Scott discuss the actual problems with Maduro and the big-government “Chavismo” establishment in Venezuela as well as how every attempt by the US to intervene...
1/9/26 Andy Worthington on Twenty Four Years of Guantanamo
by Scott Horton | Jan 14, 2026 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Audio. As we hit the twenty-fourth anniversary of the opening of the Guantanamo Bay “detention center,” Scott brings Andy Worthington on the show to discuss the history of this illegal prison and the status of the men still being held there. Discussed on...
Report: Kurdish Fighters Have Been Entering Iran From Iraq and Clashing With the IRGC
by Dave DeCamp | Jan 14, 2026 | News
Turkish intelligence has warned Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) that Kurdish fighters have been entering Iran from Iraq amid protests inside Iran, Reuters reported on Wednesday. An unnamed senior Iranian official speaking to the outlet said that the...
Trump’s Options in Iran Limited By Military Buildup in Latin America
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 14, 2026 | News
Listen to the article with analysis from the author: President Donald Trump has a more limited range of options for attacking Iran now than he did in June. The US has moved military assets out of the Middle East in recent months, including moving an aircraft...





















