Free Speech is About Individual Liberty, Not Viewpoint Discrimination
Supreme Court rulings are significant not only for their decision on who wins, but also for their reasoning. A victory for common sense may sometimes be pyrrhic if it benefits the party who wins the dispute but relies on reasoning that erodes individual liberty in the longer term. In that […]
Economy
The Global Oil Crisis Just Escalated To A New Level And U.S. Farmers Are Planting The Fewest Acres Of Wheat Since Records Began In 1919
Every single day that the Strait of Hormuz is closed, the damage that is being done to the global economy is getting even worse. But the full consequences of the global oil crisis that we are facing will not be felt for a while because nations all over the globe […]
Empire
“Defense” Minister: Israel Must Be Prepared To Resume Attacks On Iran
Israel’s defense minister, Israel Katz, said that West Jerusalem needs to be prepared to resume attacks on Iran. This announcement comes as media reports claiming that the head of US Central Command, Brad Cooper, has briefed US President Donald Trump on a plan for the potential renewal of military action against […]
Activism
Our Rulers Take So Very Much And Give Us So Very Little
Sure capitalism is driving us toward collapse on multiple fronts while everyone gets sicker, poorer, dumber, crazier, and more miserable, but hey look, McDonald’s is bringing back the McRib. Reading by Tim Foley: Sure plutocrats are killing our biosphere, but hey, at least they’re creating technology that lets you avoid […]
Health
Fluoride Study Claiming No Effect on IQ Has ‘Basically No Connection to Reality,’ Critics Say
Mainstream media are widely promoting a study claiming that community water fluoridation has no effect on IQ, but critics told The Defender the study contains fundamental methodological errors that invalidate the authors’ conclusions. The Defender asked to be included in a media call with the study’s author, but was denied […]
Tech
Smart Dust and Human Chattel
Smart Dust and Human Chattel by Greg Reese Read on Substack The Smart Dust project was funded by DARPA for military applications — specifically for rapid deployment of defense sensor networks onto the battlefield. Battlefield sensing is inherently about detecting people who don’t know they’re being detected. The invisibility and […]
Crypto
The $292M crypto hack exposed DeFi’s weak spots. Here’s what must change, insiders say
As Wall Street moves onchain, the year’s biggest crypto hack and DeFi crisis is forcing a rethink of risk, security and market structure, industry insiders told CoinDesk. What to know: The $292 million exploit of Kelp DAO and the subsequent fallout across crypto lending markets hit decentralized finance (DeFi) at […]
Podcasts
War Could Be Imminent & Why Iran’s Retaliation Could End Gulf Oil – Patrick Henningsen with Danny Haiphong
The signs are indeed worrying. We discuss the imminent escalation in the Iran war planned by Netanyahu and the Trump Administration, and how Iran is responding to the military and diplomatic games being played by the US-Israeli regime. And what Americans are still slow to understand: the geopolitics of the […]
Solutions
Free Speech is About Individual Liberty, Not Viewpoint Discrimination
Supreme Court rulings are significant not only for their decision on who wins, but also for their reasoning. A victory for common sense may sometimes be pyrrhic if it benefits the party who wins the dispute but relies on reasoning that erodes individual liberty in the longer term. In that […]