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The End of Strategic Ambiguity ft. Ted Carpenter Ep. 255

by Patrick Macfarlane | May 29, 2023 | Foreign Policy, Uncategorized, Vital Dissent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eSORw1C7YE Patrick is joined by Ted Carpenter to discuss the history and future of US and China policy regarding Taiwan. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with...

Why Fight For Formosa? ft. Joseph Solis-Mullen Ep. 254

by Patrick Macfarlane | May 23, 2023 | Vital Dissent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQCVqlzXeVQ Patrick is joined by Joseph Solis-Mullen to discuss the state of US-China relations regarding Taiwan. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code...

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Op-Ed Writer Freed by Federal Judge

Federal judge orders Trump administration to release Tufts University grad student Rumeysa Ozturk from ICE lockup. Ozturk, who had a valid student visa from Turkey, was only guilty of writing an op-ed. Secretary of State Marco Rubio vilified her and Department of...

The Pier With No Peer in First World Militaries

*** I have been at a business conference all week that has consumed my attention. *** The IG Report (May 2025) appended below reveals many shortfalls in the Gaza pier disaster from 2024. Trillions spent on so many toys and then we they receive the items and systems...

What’s Happening w/Buck Johnson

Buck joined me to discuss fentanyl, drug addiction, boomer cons, media treatment of Trump, and what is going right and wrong in the Trump administration. ALP

100 Memers vs One Pamela Anderson

The social media feed gruel has switched it’s serving of slop from the speculation about the potential outcome of one hundred men versus a gorilla. The content creators who recycle the same shit, because of algorithms and trends now concern themselves with the...

Anti-War Blog – Too Thirsty to Cry

In the photo essay, Ethiopia : The Scorched Earth, Mary Anne Fitzgerald writes in the caption beneath a photo of a young girl crying, “Tears of hunger are a good sign. During the final stages of malnutrition children are too weak to cry.” There was Live Aid and U.S.A....

RIP: Remembering Edward Lozansky, Towering Prophet of Sanity, Decency, and Peace

Our friend Edward Lozansky left this world last week. He was a long-time writer for Antiwar.com. His many articles can be found here and on our blog here. He was president and founder of the American University in Moscow and the U.S.-Russia Forum. He is also a...

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