Something big is shifting in the Middle East, and you can hear it in the gap between what US officials say publicly and what regional actors are doing quietly. We walk through the latest reporting and remarks around Iran, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), and a...
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Rape, Injustice, and Power in the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom (UK) Rape Gang Inquiry was published on June 16. The report details the findings of a privately funded and non-statutory investigation led by Robert Lowe and the Restore Britain Party. It alleges that organized criminal gangs have groomed, abducted,...
The Kyle Anzalone Show guest Dave DeCamp: Israel First Republicans Are Turning on Trump
Trump says Iran is “being very nice” and “agreeing to everything,” but that sales pitch doesn’t survive contact with the actual reporting. We sit down with Antiwar.com’s Dave DeCamp to sort out what the US Iran memorandum of understanding seems to concede, why both...
Rubio: US Questioning Future in NATO Over Bloc Sitting Out Iran War
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Washington is questioning its involvement in the North Atlantic Alliance after some members of the bloc refused to allow the US to use their bases to attack Iran. “One of the reasons I’ve been a strong supporter of our...
Iran Discussing Proposal With Gulf States to Establish Fees in Strait of Hormuz
Iranian officials are in negotiations with members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) about creating a system to charge fees for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz. According to the Wall Street Journal, Iran is seeking to impose a toll on vessels entering and...
Vance Touts Increased Ties Between Iran, GCC States
Vice President JD Vance said that the war against Iran has resulted in Gulf Arab states seeking deeper ties with Tehran. “Because of the conversations they’re having with the Iranians. The Emiratis — by far the most hawkish, by far the most pro-Israel country in the...
Kevin Warsh and the Limits of Monetary Theater
Good intentions and personnel changes at the Federal Reserve can’t rewrite the deeper structural reality of inflation and economic instability. Kevin Warsh’s ascension to Chair will be another case in point: a case study in cautious optimism meeting institutional...
The High Price of Free Speech
In 399 B.C., Socrates chose to drink hemlock and suffer a painful death rather than submit to the state and live a life devoid of critical examination. He would be horrified to see how close we have come to constructing his nightmare: a society willing to jettison...
The Kyle Anzalone Show with Larry Johnson: Trump, Iran, And The Real Leverage Behind A Deal
Netanyahu says Israel will stay in a security zone in South Lebanon as long as it takes. That single line turns out to be a stress test for everything else happening at once: the Trump administration’s Iran talks, the push for a Lebanon ceasefire, and the question of...
Trump: Iran Agreed Not to Charge Any Fees in Strait of Hormuz
President Donald Trump said that Iran had agreed it would not charge any fees for ships transiting the Strait. During the war, Iran seized control of the waterway and required vessels to pay maintenance fees. “Iran has informed the U.S. that, despite troublemaking...
