The predominance of Western military superiority in weapons systems is unraveling and the increasing dissonance in the US military complex coming to grips with existential changes in how peer competition in war is evolving is causing tremendous reduction in both both...
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US Has 500 Troops in Taiwan in Major Challenge to China
by Dave DeCamp | May 26, 2025 | News
A retired US Navy admiral recently revealed that the US has 500 troops in Taiwan, a major challenge to Beijing’s red lines related to the island.
Israel’s Top Diplomat Threatens to Illegally Annex Large Swathes of the West Bank
by Connor Freeman | May 26, 2025 | News
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer have threatened to annex illegal Jewish-only settlements in the occupied West Bank along with the Jordan Valley. These statements come amid growing international support for recognizing a...
Trump Calls Big Government ‘Beautiful’
by Thomas Eddlem | May 26, 2025 | Economics, Featured Articles, Politics
“I’m a fiscal hawk,” Trump announced to the press on May 21, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson in tow, with typical Trumpian humbuggery. “I’m a bigger fiscal hawk. There’s nobody like me as a fiscal hawk.” Of course, only the last part of that statement was true. Truly,...
A Libertarian Critique of the ‘Great, Big, Beautiful Bill’
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | May 26, 2025 | Economics, Featured Articles, Politics
On May 22, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed H.R. 1, the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” a sprawling reconciliation package championed by President Donald Trump as “arguably the most significant piece of legislation” in American history....
Ep 064 “War and Remembrance: Drawing the Wrong Lessons”
by Bill Buppert | May 26, 2025 | Chasing Ghosts Podcast
Memorial Day is a day to reflect on the existential moral outrage and trail of tears American military might has draped over the planet since the end of the nineteenth century. Wars of choice are by their very nature a path to corruption, excess and unintended...
Iran Says Nuclear Talks With US Have ‘Possibility of Progress’
by Kyle Anzalone | May 25, 2025 | News
Tehran said the fifth round of negotiations with Washington on the Iranian nuclear program was conducted professionally. The Iranian foreign minister expressed optimism that the US and Iran could reach an agreement over his country’s nuclear energy program. Italy...
The Global Censorship Complex and the Local Voice of Liberty with John Weeks
by John Weeks | May 23, 2025 | Blog
The Global Censorship Complex and the Local Voice of Liberty with John Weeks John Weeks (@weeksjf) examines the evolution of free speech, the nature of state power, and the rise of what he calls the "global censorship complex." Drawing from anthropology, political...
163rd Anniversary of Stonewall Jackson’s Victory in the Battle of Front Royal
by Jim Bovard | May 23, 2025 | Blog, History
This is reprinted from Jim Bovard's blog and expands on a post originally from 2023. Today is the 163th anniversary of the battle of Front Royal, Virginia (the town near where I was raised). On May 23, 1862, almost all the Yankee soldiers in Front Royal were captured,...
COI #802: IDF Fires Warning Shots at European Diplomats in West Bank
by Kyle Anzalone | May 23, 2025 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #802, Kyle Anzalone breaks down the latest news from Ukraine and Israel. The Kyle Anzalone Show Odysee Rumble Donate LBRY Credits bTTEiLoteVdMbLS7YqDVSZyjEY1eMgW7CP Donate Bitcoin 36PP4kT28jjUZcL44dXDonFwrVVDHntsrk Donate Bitcoin Cash...




















