A professor makes a $500 campaign donation and suddenly gets cast as the “most important man in America” pulling congressional strings. That absurd story is the perfect doorway into what we really care about here: how narratives get manufactured, why propaganda works,...
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Report: Iran Demands Release of $24 Billion in Frozen Funds to End War
by Kyle Anzalone | May 26, 2026 | News
A semi-official Iranian outlet reported that Tehran is demanding that Washington agree to release $24 billion in frozen funds as part of an agreement to end the war. According to an official speaking with Tasnim, Iran is requesting that half of the funds, $12...
CENTCOM: Media Falsely Reported the Navy Is Attempting to Assist Ships Through the Strait of Hormuz
by Kyle Anzalone | May 26, 2026 | News
US Central Command said reports that the Navy is escorting commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz. On Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal reported speaking with US military officials who said the Navy quietly resumed the operation to escort ships through the...
Report: US Plans to Provide NATO with Fewer Military Assets
by Kyle Anzalone | May 26, 2026 | News
A top US military official told their European counterparts that Washington plans to provide NATO with fewer warplanes, drones, and refueling tankers. The German outlet Der Spiegel reports that Department of War official Alexander Velez-Green briefed high-ranking...
Are We the Real Terrorists?
by Laurie Calhoun | May 26, 2026 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The Trump administration maintains that the government of Iran can never be allowed to develop a nuclear bomb. The reason? Because the leaders of that land are allegedly lunatics. The primary concern appears to be that dissident factions sponsored by Iran—including...
How Western Intelligence Agencies Built the Global Jihadist Network
by José Niño | May 26, 2026 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Americans have been fed a comforting fairy tale about Islamic terrorism. Radical jihadists attack the West simply because they despise freedom, democracy, and the American way of life. This narrative flatters domestic audiences while conveniently obscuring a far more...
The Kyle Anzalone Show with Larry Johnson: How Trump’s Failure in China Impacts the War Against Iran
by Kyle Anzalone | May 25, 2026 | Blog, The Kyle Anzalone Show
Trump’s China summit gets sold as strength, but the details tell a different story. We dig into what the U.S. says it achieved versus what China actually signals afterward, especially on Iran and regional security. From our seat, the big issue is leverage: if Beijing...
Ep 083 “Memorial Day Remembrance 2026: Oceans of Blood, Wars of Choice””
by Bill Buppert | May 25, 2026 | Chasing Ghosts Podcast
Trump Says Muslim Nations Must Join Abraham Accord for Iran Peace Deal
by Kyle Anzalone | May 25, 2026 | News
President Donald Trump conditioned the Iran peace deal on several Muslim nations joining the Abraham Accords. The Accords are a series of agreements that gave incentives to Muslim nations to improve relations with Israel. “Negotiations with the Islamic Republic of...
The Lay Flat Generation
by Kym Robinson | May 25, 2026 | Blog
“Everything in my life is controlled, living is becoming too expensive. I have no dreams. My only joy is thinking about dying.” Ji-woo, nineteen years of age. It seems, especially to older generations, the youth are giving up. A malaise and wider apathy has taken hold...





















