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Biden Leaves More Wars for Trump to Clean Up

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After Donald Trump cleaned up ISIS and made preparations for the end of the war in Afghanistan (which Biden bungled badly), and put the Middle East on a path to peace via the Abraham Accords, Joe Biden oversaw the opening of two new wars (Russia/Ukraine, Israel/Hamas-Hezbollah-Iran), and is gifting those global conflicts to Trump as […]

The Key to Winning the Keystone State

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How did Dave McCormick beat Doug Casey in Pennsylvania’s Senate race in 2024? Much of the victory must be attributed to Donald Trump’s dogged campaigning in the state and his rising tide that lifted all ships. However, McCormick also put in a lot of work and money and executed his plan. At The New York […]

America Is Punch-Drunk from Official Lying

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What happens when governments lie to their people? At JamesHowardKunstler.com, James Howard Kunstler explains that Americans are “punch drunk” from official lies, and that the “primary duty overall,” of the incoming Trump administration will be to sort out “truth from lies so the nation can reestablish a baseline reality to function upon.” He continues: America […]

Post-Assad Syria: Turkey’s Strategy and its Kurdish Pandora’s Box

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Samuele C. A. Abrami and Riccardo Gasco of War on the Rocks report that the fall of Assad could reopen Turkey’s Kurdish Pandora’s Box. They write: “Snow has fallen on the mountains you dreamed of.” This Turkish saying describes a situation where something that was long hoped for or dreamed of has finally become reality, […]

Cyberattack on Treasury Department Linked to Chinese Hackers

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Eric Tucker of the Associated Press reports that Chinese hackers accessed U.S. Treasury Department workstations and documents by compromising a third-party provider, BeyondTrust. The breach was discovered on December 8, but there’s no evidence of ongoing access. The Treasury is investigating the incident with the FBI and other agencies. This follows concerns over a larger […]

China’s Rapid Military Expansion

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Andrew Erickson of War on The Rocks highlights China’s military expansion, focusing on advanced missiles, naval growth, and reforms aimed at asserting control over Taiwan by 2027. Despite corruption challenges, China’s buildup, including hypersonic weapons and high-end warfare capabilities, continues rapidly. Erickson urges preparedness to counter China’s rising power: China’s military is both corrupt and […]

Biden Pardons the Child Killers

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No, this is not a post about some child trafficking conspiracy theory. Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 37 federal inmates on death row, including some who killed children. President Biden on Monday commuted the sentences of 37 of 40 men on federal death row — a list that includes at least five child […]

What’s the Future for Iran?

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At Foreign Policy, Ellie Geranmayeh points to three possible futures for Iran after Syria’s fall. She writes: Iran remains a regional power—one that still has choices. In his first speech following Assad’s demise, Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, put forward a defiant vision. He stated that the “Resistance Front is not a piece of hardware that can be broken, […]

California Declares State of Emergency Over Bird Flu

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Lena H. Sun of The Washington Post reports that news of the infection comes the same day California officials declared a state of emergency to confront the outbreak spreading among dairy cows. Sun writes: An individual in Louisiana has the first severe illness caused by bird flu in the United States, federal health officials said Wednesday. The […]