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UN demands answers from UK on terror law abuse
As the British state harasses and arrests a growing number of activists and dissident journalists, including the author of this piece, UN rapporteurs delivered a forceful letter of protest to London condemning its abuse of counter-terror legislation. In December 2024, a quartet of UN rapporteurs focused on “peaceful assembly and […]

Keir Starmer’s coalition of the wimpering
European elites are pushing for a war they are not prepared to fight against an enemy they cannot defeat without pushing the world to the edge of nuclear armageddon. At that point, all bets are off. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer closed out what amounted to a war summit in […]

Witkoff Says Trump Threat Came After US Didn’t Like What It Heard From Hamas in Direct Talks
Hamas responded to Trump’s threat, saying it hurts the ceasefire process Steve Witkoff, the US special envoy for the Middle East, said Thursday that President Trump’s latest ultimatum against Hamas, which included a threat against the “people of Gaza,” came after the US didn’t like what it heard in direct talks with […]

Poland will order ALL men to undergo military training, under plans to create reserve force as Europe rearms amid mounting tensions with Russia
Poland could soon require every adult male to undergo large-scale military training as it aims to boost its reserve force amid mounting tensions with Russia. The Polish government is currently working to put a system in place for training all men for the event of a war, Prime Minister Donald […]

Vlad, What’s a Guy Have to Do to Get Blacklisted by You?
Criticizing Putin for decades apparently isn’t enough to make his blacklist—while others land on it with ease. During a bygone era of Detroit Lions football misery, a losing coach who was trying to end his suffering cried out in anguish: “What’s a guy have to do to get fired around here?” […]

Giraldi: Trump’s Address to Congress Devoid of Why U.S. is Complicit in Israeli War Crimes
The strategy by Israel to pretend to accept a peace deal to get back the hostages, and then return to fighting is not a new one. NOTE TO READERS: There has never been a more important time for independent news analysis and trend forecasts you can use. Please consider subscribing to […]

NATO: The Case To Get Out Now
Submitted by Subwo Guest Post by David Stockman The case for getting out of NATO encompasses four fundamental propositions: Part 1 As to the impending fiscal calamity, just recall this sequence. When Ronald Reagan attacked the soaring Federal deficits in 1980 the public debt was less than $1 trillion and about […]

Romania – The first “post-election” democracy?
In December 2024, a Romanian court cancelled the second round of the planned Presidential election and annulled the completed first round, citing (totally theoretical) “Russian interference”. This caused massive protests in Romania, as you can imagine. The first round had been won by right winger Călin Georgescu following a social media-based campaign, […]

Counting Coup: The Great Comeuppance
It is, yet again, fashionable amongst the dwindling tribe of progressives to yell loudly that what is happening now in DC is a coup. Donald Trump (and his Muskian minions) are running roughshod over the government, destroying norms and constitutional precedents and being very rude about it in the process. […]
Attitude Adjustment
“A secularized, atheist leaning Europe that has forgotten its roots, has demonstrated that it will NOT protect the personal freedoms of its citizenry.” — Jim Shea See if you can get this straight: So, Keir Starmer says: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland wants to “put boots […]