A blockade of the Strait of Hormuz sounds like a clean, decisive move until you run it through the real world: geography, international law, ship insurance, and the uncomfortable question of what happens when the other side shoots back. We sit down with Lt Col...
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Trump Administration Will Resume Enforcing Sanctions on Iranian Oil
The White House will allow the waiver on Iranian oil sanctions to expire on Sunday. The US granted sanctions waivers for Russian, Iranian, and Venezuelan oil after starting a war against Iran in an effort to keep energy prices from spiking. Two US officials speaking...
Italy Suspends Defense Agreement with Israel
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said that Rome would not renew its defense pact with Tel Aviv. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar downplayed the decision. Italy "has decided to suspend the automatic renewal of the defense agreement with Israel in...
Trump Says US-Iran Talks Could Resume in the Next Two Days
President Donald Trump announced the US and Iran may resume talks in Pakistan in the next two days. Islamabad is attempting to broker an agreement between Washington and Tehran to end the war in the Middle East. On Tuesday, Trump told The New York Post that talks...
4/9/26 Matt Wolfson on Underappreciated Danger of the United Arab Emirates
Download Audio. Scott interviews Matt Wolfson about an article he recently wrote about the United Arab Emirates. Wolfson argues that the US and Israel have helped build up the UAE into a regional power with an increasingly interventionist foreign policy of its own....
On Herd Mentality
I no longer trust "we the people," because of the powers influencing them. Media and government schooling form their general ideas on reality and governance. Therefore, it's not a case of the voter choosing the politicians. Instead, the system is conditioning and...
‘Let My People Go,’ A Smoker’s Plea
A March 20 headline in the New York Post declared “Cigarettes are Back!” It seems that in liberal, health-conscious Hollywood, celebrities are smoking publicly and on magazine covers and cigarettes are big at the events, including in some instances provided to guests...
The Kyle Anzalone Show [GUEST] Larry Johnson: Are Russia, China and Iran the Big Winners of Trump and Netanyahu’s War ?
The fastest way to understand the Iran war scare isn’t cable news hype, it’s leverage. We sit down with Larry Johnson to map what Tehran is demanding, why Washington looks desperate for an exit plan, and how a single chokepoint, the Strait of Hormuz, can squeeze the...
China to Ignore Trump’s Blockade: The Strait Remains Open to Us
China said it will not comply with the Strait of Hormuz blockade that President Donald Trump imposed on Monday. Beijing explained that it is negotiating with Tehran to transit the waterway and expects other countries not to meddle in its affairs. Beijing is...
Israelis Oppose Ceasefire with Iran, Believe the War Will Resume
A new poll of Israelis shows that six-in-ten are opposed to the current truce with Iran. Last week, the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire to allow space for talks to bring a permanent end to the conflict. The survey, conducted by the Institute for National...
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