The Democrats destroyed the Republicans in the midterms, and finally, for the first time since Netanyahu convinced Trump to start a war with Iran, politics are funny again!
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Ray Bradbury’s ‘Trumpian’ Armageddon
Yesterday morning, when Donald Trump declared "[a]n entire civilization will die tonight[,]" Ray Bradbury was first to my mind. In sophomore year of high school, our English teacher had us read Fahrenheit 451. So began my adoration of Bradbury's poignant storytelling...
“Smart War” and State Terrorism
On June 16, 2025, President Donald Trump threatened the 10 million inhabitants of Tehran, Iran, with death, for their government’s alleged nuclear aspirations: Iran should have signed the “deal” I told them to sign. What a shame, and waste of human life. Simply...
US Bombing of Iran Harms Non-Proliferation
Iran didn’t violate the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the United States did. When the U.S. bombed Iran’s civilian nuclear facilities on June 23, they didn’t just violate the cardinal rule of international law by attacking a sovereign nation, without Security...
TGIF: The US Empire’s 72-Year War on Iran
The likely temporary Israel-Iran ceasefire notwithstanding, if you need proof of how despicable Donald Trump is, consider this: When asked last week if he would ask Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to stop bombing Iran, which had already said it would stop retaliating...
NATO To Take ‘Quantum Leap’ in Military Spending, Pledging 5% of GDP Baseline
Each member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is expected to ink a pledge to raise military spending to 5% of GDP over the next ten years. This is more than double the current 2% goal. Responding to President Donald Trump’s demands for greater spending,...
Trump’s Two-Week Timeline on Iran Was Another ‘Headfake’
An adviser to President Donald Trump said his statements in the lead-up to the attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities were a “headfake” meant to deceive Tehran. Washington and Tel Aviv deployed a similar strategy in the run-up to Israel’s own surprise attack on Iran.
Trump Announces ‘Successful’ Attack On Iranian Nuclear Sites
President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that the US had carried out airstrikes on three nuclear sites in Iran.
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The Trump Assassination Plots: What the Investigations Missed and Why it Matters
On July 13, 2024, history came within millimeters of being drastically altered when a would-be assassin shot Donald Trump, grazing his ear. And yet, the public still doesn't have a clear picture of what happened on that nearly world-altering day, or why – despite...
Classical Liberalism: Rise, Fall, and Future of an Idea
"Professor Solis-Mullen has in this brief book offered a short history of the rise of classical liberalism, its transformation into progressive liberalism, and its total collapse into socialism. He shows the fatal flaw in the older liberalism; trying to limit the...
Empire of Lies: Fragments from the Memory Hole
Had Enough of the Deep State’s Warlords and War Lies? George W. Bush spent a year and a half gaslighting the American people, using the shock of 9/11 as the pretext for an unrelated war he sought long before that tragic event. Isolated incident? Not at all. Now a...