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Biiiiiig thanks to Jason Barker of Knights of the Storm for joining me in our Theology Thursday segment to discuss Job and John in the Bible, and thanks to all the good people who joined us to dig into the big stories from great journalists. I hope many more people get to follow their work. Join us, m-f 6 PM on Rumble or on X! The audio pod is always available about an hour after each show, via Spotify or here, at Substack! Here is the link to the entire video stream! Check it out! - Liberty Conspiracy Live 82726 Imperial TRUMP EOs Target Speech, Economy Slides, Dolly's Cancer

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THE IMPERIAL PRESIDENTY - TRUMP SIGNS TWO NEW EXECUTIVOS ORDEROS, AND TARGETS PEACE ORGS BY LABELING THEM “TERRORISTS”…

Yep. First, the “semi-domestic…” See a few segments below for the eeevil “terror” designations…
August 26, 2026: Declaring a National Emergency to Secure the United States Bulk-Power System (listed by the American Presidency Project as Executive Order 14421). It declares a national emergency over what Don claims are “foreign threats to the U.S. bulk-power (electric grid) system.” In other words, it prohibits many people from buying foreign made components for electric power movement/conduction or conversion. It generally prohibits or conditions purchases and installations of certain foreign-produced grid equipment and associated software that pose what Trump arbitrarily calls “cybersecurity, sabotage, or supply-chain risks,” and directs the Department of Energy to identify vulnerable equipment, impose conditions where needed, and favor U.S.-manufactured infrastructure. It does not apply to local electric-distribution facilities. LINK This applies to multi-state electric grids and in-state high-voltage grids. The order defines the bulk-power system as the facilities and control systems needed to operate an interconnected electric energy transmission network (or any portion of it), plus generation needed to keep that system reliable. For this order, that includes transmission lines rated 69 kV or higher. Here’s a little theme for this insanity.

TODAY, August 27, 2026: Get this… “Honoring the American History of the Great Lakes and Renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America.” - Seriously…
It directs the Secretary of the Interior and the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America” in U.S. federal geographic naming systems (within 30 days), framing the change as honoring American history and commerce. The change applies to U.S. government use and does not bind Canada or other countries.

CANADA

The tariff fight still stands, with both sides raising tariffs on most goods by appx 25% this week. And check out whom MSN invited on to push “freedom” - You can’t make this up.

IRAN

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The US is ready to engage in more piracy, as Lincoln did in the Civil War (the War of Northern Aggression).

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DIESEL LEVELS IN PRIVATE HANDS IN US

• U.S. distillate fuel oil stocks (primarily diesel) fell to 103.4 million barrels for the week ending August 21, 2026, the lowest August level since EIA records began in 1982.

• Inventories sit 14% below the five-year seasonal average as demand ramps up for fall harvest, planting, and winter heating oil use.

• Tight supplies coincide with retail diesel prices exceeding $5.60 per gallon, raising risks of higher freight and consumer goods costs. The EIA weekly distillate (diesel/heating oil) inventory figure of 103.4 million barrels measures commercial stocks only. These are private-market supplies held at refineries, bulk terminals, and in pipelines. They exclude the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (which stores crude oil, not refined diesel) and smaller federal/state product reserves such as the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve. That is why the number is treated as a market-balance signal: it reflects what refiners, traders, and distributors actually have available for sale ahead of peak seasonal demand.

JET FUEL

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THE US “SANCTIONING” OTHER NATIONS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY DO BUSINESS WITH IRANIANS - HOW TO ISOLATE THE US AND CRUMBLE THE DOLLAR EVEN MORE RAPIDLY THAN THE US DEBT AND FED ALREADY WERE

Daniel McAdams and Chris Rossini dig into the Chinese response to US threats, and the wider panoply of US threats of sanctions that merely act as incentives to turn away from the tanking Dollar.

WHAT FOREIGN NATIONS HOLDS US DEBT?

Here is what Lawrence Wilkerson justifiably fears Trump will do… hold back against more kinetic attacks until after the election, then, hit with a nuke. His is one of many informed opinions that offer many different potentialities, but this is very worth noting from Col W.

US ECONOMY

Mr. Rattner gives too much credit to Biden for the return of some jobs — something that was inevitable after the lockdowns ended — but his analysis DOES include the unemployed here, now, as opposed to the claims made by Stephen Moore that we covered and dissected last week.

No kidding… “Charles Payne warns of ‘some anxiety’ in US economy ahead of Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium” LINK
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ISRAEL

See how the Zionist genocide machine likes to play “honest” with people, using AI to create fake “think tanks” that then released AI-generated “reports” about how lovely Bibi-blood Netanyahu and Israel are, thus flooding the net with the content, which would then be caught by other AI and included in reports as purported “think tank” research.

ISRAEL-GAZA-LEBANON-WEST BANK

She offers devastating details, reminding us of the numerous “small-but-not-small” ways Israel mistreats and harms people.

Thus, folks in the UK are trying to convince Burnham…

But the US Admin is warning the new UK PM that he better keep supporting Israel.

Mike Johnson seems to be reiterating the deranged US position

And in Michigan…

And the US government just took Al Nusra off the list of “terror”, after supporting them in Idlib and seeing Sharaa take over Syria. Now…

THE TERROR! THE TERROR!

Max Blumenthal, of The Gray Zone, joined Judge Napolitano to discuss this influence and the US designating not solely Palestine Action a “terrorist” group, but many others. It goes back to Nat-Security Memorandum 7, of last year, and I’m glad we tried to get out the word about that. First, we will play extended cuts of this superb conversation when we reconvene for Liberty Conspiracy LIVE, tonight (at 6 pm eastern, a-course) ;)

Here is the latest on the “eeeeevil” people Trump is citing, through use of the Nat Sec Mem 7 LINK On August 26, 2026, the Trump administration designated Autistici/Inventati, Palestine Action, and Masar Badil as Specially Designated Global Terrorists under post-9/11 sanctions authority, freezing U.S.-reachable assets and barring American transactions. Treasury accused the Italian tech collective of hosting encrypted tools for left-wing networks; the U.K. direct-action group of factory raids and property damage targeting Israel-linked arms firms; and Masar Badil of serving as a front for already-sanctioned Palestinian prisoner-advocacy networks. From a civil-liberties view, this stretches “terrorism” from mass-casualty violence to protest, encryption, and Palestinian solidarity. Sabotage of weapons plants can be prosecuted as crime without branding an entire political cause a terror network. Equating opposition to Israel’s war with material support for terrorism chills speech, association, and the right to boycott. A memorandum-era enforcement campaign should not substitute for proof of plots to kill civilians, for trials, and due process.

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DESANTIS-FLA-”KIDS’ HEALTH”-FUNDING-(AND-ISRAEL)- SCNDAL

Throughout this story are woven many different interest groups and political GOP favors… It’s a big story…

• CBS News reports a Florida grand jury concluded the DeSantis administration misappropriated $10 million from a Centene Medicaid settlement—funds intended for health insurance for low-income children—by diverting it to the Hope Florida Foundation linked to First Lady Casey DeSantis.

• The money was rapidly transferred through the foundation to political action committees and the Republican Party of Florida, where it helped fund opposition to Amendment 3, the 2024 ballot measure to legalize marijuana, amid criticism of rushed timing during hurricanes.

• The grand jury highlighted lack of transparency, no legislative notice, and no clear connection to the settlement’s purpose, but found insufficient evidence for criminal charges; DeSantis has denied involvement and called the findings a “hoax.”

The foundation is a Florida-specific 501(c)(3) created in 2023 as a direct-support organization for the state’s Hope Florida welfare-navigation program; its stated mission, grants, and public materials center on connecting Floridians with local faith-based and nonprofit partners inside the state.
One later-appointed board member, Yaffa Popack (a Miami Beach real-estate investor and DeSantis donor added during 2025 board changes), has been involved in philanthropic activity tied to a school for Hasidic boys in Israel, founding a synagogue, and supporting kosher food programs, but I want to note that this is individual activity, not foundation programming or funding.
A $10,000 Foundation grant went to the Mount Sinai Medical Center Foundation in Miami Beach, a hospital with historical Jewish-community roots, but the reputation of the hospital likely led to the attempt by the foundation to fund it.

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GAZA-LEBANON-GOLAN HEIGHTS-WEST BANK

The Israeli goons want that land and want to kill or expel the inhabitants. Smotrich is making this clear, as have many others.

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Israeli DM Vows IDF Troops Will Remain in Syrian ‘Buffer Zone’ - News From Antiwar.com LINK

IMMIGRATION POLICE STATE

“Judge backs Texas in standoff over ICE agent extradition” LINK
-AND “Immigration judge orders 6 “abandoned” children to be deported” LINK
-AND “5-year-old boy detained in viral Texas video deported to Mexico with father” LINK
AND “Todd Blanche battles fired immigration judges in court” LINK
AND “ICE keeps Venezuelan soccer pro detained as third bond bid fails” LINK
AND ICE arrests more than 1,000 immigrants in quiet Washington operation LINK
AND “CPD investigating shooting of Marimar Martinez by federal agent” LINK

FLOCK

“Police officer arrested after tracking ex-girlfriend on Flock camera system over 2,000 times, authorities say” LINK

DOLLY PARTON - MRNA/CANCER

This is interesting.

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Welcome, fellow Conspirators!

Thanks for all the good vibes, everyone! We had a great time digging into the news tonight and welcoming our Mind Meld guest, Eric Peters of EricPetersAutosDotCom, and here, on X, for joining us to discuss the moral primacy of individual liberty, how statism attacks it, and how that leads to terrible economic/life outcomes! Check out his work, and the work of the journalists we featured. - Check out their feeds, all! And join us m-f 6 pm on Rumble or on X! Audio pod soon tonight, via Spotify and Rumble! Be Seeing You! - Liberty Conspiracy Live 8-26-26 Oman Joins Iran Re Strait, Home Sales Die, ICE v Boston WORDSMITH WENESDAY on Robert B. Parker! - Here if the link to the stream of the show! https://rumble.com/v7ep494-liberty-conspiracy-live-82626-oman-joins-iran-re-strait-home-sales-die-ice-.html

And here are some of the big stories we got to cover tonight!

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US ECONOMIC WARFARE

AGAINST US. -AND… Now, we see Oman responding.

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Trump Admin Claims ARE FALSE

As we published yesterday in the News Notes, the US since 1979 has virtually not stopped various forms of “sanctions” (unconstitutional and immoral govt threats against people who want to engage in peaceful commerce). Anthony Aguilar reiterates that with this excellent overview of the history and the current Trump threats.

And, Trump continues to claim the Strait is under US control, buuuuut… “Report: US Offers Sanctions Relief to Iran If Tehran Opens Strait of Hormuz - News From Antiwar.com” LINK
-AND… No kidding, JP “JPMorgan predicts global food crisis, Scott Bessent’s budget deficit forecast and more: This week in economy” LINK
-AND HOME SALES

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ISRAEL

Influence in the US will continue if the Dems take the House/Senate in Nov.

There will be a few new Dems who do not abide by the AIPAC monsters, but the vast majority will abide.

Meanwhile, 45 Sen Dems “sent a letter” to Israel to cool it a little when it comes to slaughter in the West Bank. They could do a lot more, like abiding by their constitution and NOT sending Israel weapons and money.

And politicians with long histories of being funded by AIPAC try to hide their connections, as with Mike Rogers, who asked AIPAC not to advertise for him in MI, buuuuut, went OUTSIDE the state to speak at fundraisers.

Ben “Bibi” Shrapnelpiro

While the “ceasefire” in Gaza sees more Palestinians killed by the IDF.

Remember? On April 28 near King David’s Tomb, Yona Schreiber, 36, from a West Bank settlement, attacked a French nun who researches biblical archaeology, leaving her with facial bruising and leg injuries; he also struck a passerby trying to help. Jerusalem Magistrates’ Court acquitted him on August 26, accepting psychiatric evidence of schizophrenia and a psychotic state that left him unable to understand or control his actions, opting instead for up to six years of psychiatric hospitalization. The nun’s attorney questioned the targeted nature of the attack amid reports of harassment against Christian clergy…

(A friend sent me the link to that video of the Israelis pulling the donkey behind their vehicle until it died. Many of us saw it over the weekend, and, though I could include it here or could have shown it on LCL, I can’t, emotionally, do that and not get very upset. I hope those of you who have missed it will look, if you can handle the horror and anger and sadness.)

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WEST BANK

RT has this: “Netanyahu declares West Bank ‘our land’ — RT World News” LINK

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UKRAINE

Another Ukrainian attack on civilians in a bus. “Nine killed in Ukrainian attack on passenger bus in Donbass (PHOTOS) — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union” LINK
-Antiwar has key info “Former Russian Official: Unknown Sources Could Attack UK Factories Producing Weapons for Ukraine - News From Antiwar.com” LINK

ECONOMIES

China just did something pretty unprecedented. It’s a major step towards allowing for greater monetary transparency, as long as the repositories adhere to the policies. Check out this info: “Beijing plans a network of overseas gold vaults, starting with Hong Kong’s trial system launched in July 2026, linked to the Shanghai Gold Exchange for yuan settlements into gold. This addresses what partners do with yuan after deals, amid China’s 21 straight months of gold buys reaching 2,366 tonnes. Analysts like S&P’s Charles Chang say gold convertibility makes the yuan more practical, with potential sites in Singapore, Dubai, and Moscow as part of broader reserve diversification.” LINK (Remember, this does not mean that China is backing its currency w gold LINK)

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Mario’s team makes a good point here.

Backed by this, from Steve R.

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TARIFF TERRORISM

From a few days ago. Saying what Rubio does is akin to claiming it is destructive to use a tool that eases labor and allows for the freeing of human hands for new projects. “Marco Rubio says millions of American jobs were destroyed for cheap goods — but Trump’s fix could crash your retirement. Protect your nest egg now” LINK

This screen shot, from a Guardian piece, offers us some perspective on rising prices when goods and services are hit by aggressive thugs called politicians.

A reminder of what we got to cover last night on LCL: “Canada Retaliates Against US Tariffs Amid Trade Spat - News From Antiwar.com” LINK
-AND, US cattlemen are not happy with Trump’s plan to bring in beef, even as his tariffs make their own work more expensive. “America’s largest association of cattle ranchers says Trump’s plan to lower beef prices is ‘undermining’ farmers” LINK
-And… A Wall Street Journal editorial calls these tariffs the metals lobby’s big steal, tracing them to the first Trump administration where rates hit 50% on steel and aluminum, including from Canada, the U.S.’s top supplier covering 56% of imports. Recent U.S.-Canada talks collapsed, leading Ottawa to impose matching 50% tariffs on $20 billion of American goods starting in September. Critics note $70 billion drained from U.S. pockets and 62,000 lost manufacturing jobs overall, while supporters point to some domestic capacity growth and national security gains amid mixed industry impacts.

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US - SYRIA - MANIPULATING THE TERM “TERRORISM” SOME MORE

As Daniel McAdams and Chris Rossini note, the US thugocracy likes to support thugs, then call them terrorists, then use them again if they need to use them…

Memories

… Meanwhile

IMMIGRATION POLICE STATE

Well, Omaha ‘s largest public school district is moving to ban police-issued electric shock gloves from its campuses after officials confirmed the devices were used on two students during the 2025-26 school year, prompting backlash from parents, students and school board members who said they were unaware the technology was being used in schools. LINK
But the ICE goons are going to buy thousands of them to use on their kidnap victims. LINK
-AND, this is pretty vile, also… “Viral video of Kissimmee mom, daughter arrested after crash raises immigration enforcement questions” LINK
-A follow-up from a story we have posted here but not discussed on LCL “San Diego Padres minor-league coach released from ICE custody” LINK
-Some positive news: “NY Gov. Hochul bans local police from aiding ICE, rebuking Trump’s immigration crackdown” LINK
-Yeah, no kidding “Trump’s immigration policies impose an ‘ICE tax’ on food, housing and healthcare, report suggests — but White House blames something else” LINK
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-AND “California ICE arrests surge among Asian communities as Fresno feels the impact” LINK
-AND “Judge rules for firm operating immigration detention facility” LINK
-IN BOSTON - “Boston sides with illegals over law enforcement” LINK
-AND “Trump administration deports immigrants to dangerous Central African Republic” LINK
_AND “Chicago organization seeks police action over ICE conduct” LINK
-AND “Trump admin plans largest visa revocation in history” LINK

EAST PALESTINE, OHIO - GOVT COVERUP

Yep. The WSJ has an exclusive on it LINK

FLOCK CAMS

Knox County Commissioners Question Flock Camera Purchases Below Review Threshold…
Knox County commissioners have raised concerns about how the Sheriff’s Office has purchased Flock license plate reader cameras, arguing that repeated transactions just below a $25,000 review threshold may indicate a pattern of structuring payments according to WIVK-FM.
During an August 24 meeting, Commissioner Larsen Jay reviewed records showing multiple payments to Flock Safety totaling $24,990 — just $10 under the $25,000 threshold that would trigger review by the Knox County Mayor’s Office WIVK-FM. Jay also noted several $12,500 purchase pairs, which, if combined, could have crossed the threshold. He said the repeated “just-under” purchases were a “red flag” and suggested whether intentional or not, the pattern warranted scrutiny (WIVK-FM). Knox County has about 143 active Flock cameras, costing over $2 million since the program began…

MAIL-IN VOTING

Again, for the office of Prez, the Constitution reserves to the states the “method of chusing” their electors to attend the Electoral College.

ERIC PETER ON SELF-OWNERSHIP

Not only does the WEF want you to “own nothing”, that is the MO of all statism. You can’t even own yourself. “How Can We Be Free When We’re Not Free to Own? - EPautos - Libertarian Car Talk” LINK

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FINALLY, TWO VIDEO OFFERINGS

This is bemusing, not amusing. Daniel McAdams and Chris Rossini co-hosted the Ron Paul Liberty Report, and included this in their coverage…

AND, REST IN PEACE, TIM CURRY

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Welcome, Conspirators!

Big, big thanks to Karen Carpenter of Knights of the Storm and her own YT and Rumble show, Surreal Surroundings, for joining us tonight to discuss the expanding threat of mRNA jabs, her great show, and more. And thanks to all the Conspirators who joined us to discuss reports from all the fine journalists we got to feature. I hope folks will check out Karen's broadcasts, and look for the X feeds of the people we got to mention. Join us, m-f 6 PM on Rumble or on X, and catch the audio pod shortly after each stream! - Here is the link to the entire live stream: Liberty Conspiracy Live 82526 Dolly RIP, Dollar RIP, Bessent Lies, Ukraine Desperate And here are the big stories we got to discuss tonight!

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RIP DOLLY PARTON

Ms. Parton was 80, and as the Judge notes, she was a libertarian… Here she is, with some talented friends, in a clip from decades ago…

Here is Judge N, w Karen K, on Ms. P

ECONOMICS

YEP

JD VANCE burned more of our tax cash promoting his gang in front of a small, only mildly enthusiastic, crowd. He thought it wise to employ the “cull the population” logic of the tyrant to claim that: A. rent prices are going down (they are rising), and B. they are going down because he and a bunch of thugs ordered ICE and Border Patrol to kidnap people and ship them to foreign lands. This is the logic of a mass murderer who introduces a virus to cull the population, thinking that reducing demand will offer prosperity and plenty. Sick.

No kidding - “Mohamed El-Erian on Treasury debt buyback: Market pricing is leading the Treasury” LINK
From yesterday, as Judge Napolitano and Scott Ritter said what needed to be said about Bessent’s final poison dose to the Dollar.

Jim Webb and Robert Barnes make excellent points about Bessent, and even the desperation of the US to get Russia to help them make a deal with Iran…

Gas prices will average over $4 per on labor day, many predict. “$4 gas on Labor Day for the first time in history” LINK

AND NO, the “Mine-free” blather from Trumpers cannot be believed.

-TO reiterate the points we made refuting Bessent’s claims re US debt to GDP ratios, here is Steve Rattner

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BACKGROUND ON IRAN - US SANCTIONS SINCE 1979 - ALL UNCONSTITUTIONAL

The so-called “sanctions” the United States has levied on Iran since 1979 represent a clear violation of constitutional limits. The US Constitution requires due process of law before any punitive action may be taken; no clause authorizes the executive or Congress to impose economic warfare on a sovereign nation or its people without a fair hearing in a court of law. Yet successive presidents have done exactly that.On November 14, 1979, President Carter issued Executive Order 12170, freezing Iranian assets and launching a near-total trade embargo. Additional restrictions followed in 1980 and throughout the 1980s. On March 15, 1995, President Clinton signed Executive Order 12957 targeting Iran’s oil sector; on May 6, 1995, Executive Order 12959 banned virtually all US trade and investment. Congress then enacted the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act on August 5, 1996, threatening foreign firms that invested in Iran’s energy industry.
The Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act became law on July 1, 2010, further strangling Iran’s financial and petroleum sectors. Although the 2015 nuclear agreement briefly suspended some of these pressures, President Trump on May 8, 2018, withdrew from the deal and reimposed the full suite of measures, with the broadest restrictions taking effect on November 5, 2018.
Opponents insist these repeated decrees punish an entire population without trial, judicial findings, or constitutional warrant—turning foreign policy into extrajudicial collective punishment.

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TARIFF TERRORISM

BAD MOJO “Trump vows to double Canada auto tariffs to 50%, escalating trade war” LINK Canada has announced “dollar-for-dollar, rate-for-rate” counter-tariffs (retaliatory duties) of 15%, 25%, and 50% on roughly $27.6 billion CAD (about $20 billion USD) of U.S. goods, effective September 8, 2026. These match the value and corresponding rates of recent U.S. tariffs (including the 50% levies on about $20–27.6 billion of Canadian goods that took effect around August 22, 2026, after trade talks collapsed). They focus on sectors most affected by U.S. measures under Section 338 and Section 232, targeting around 700 products. Existing Canadian counter-tariffs (including the 25% on U.S. autos) remain in place, along with a tariff-remission framework for possible relief.

AIER’s Pete Erle offers realistic looks at the impossibility that the US can “grow out of” its 40 TRILLION debt. Peter, IMO, slightly errs by including “wartime” ramp-up as a form of growth (it is parasitic off of the real economy), but his overall point is very valuable. “America Can’t Outgrow $40 Trillion in Debt | The Daily Economy” LINK

We did not get to play this yesterday, and want to reiterate it!
ON THE OVERALL PRINCIPLE OF FREE TRADE

Ron Paul makes the key points here that TRADE is trade between PEOPLE, willing buyers, and it always BALANCES. Tariffs are taxes, and they always are immoral.

ISRAELI GENOCIDE MACHINE

Israel bombed a mosque and an -in-construction desalinization plant in Rafah

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Karen Kwiatowski offers Judge N key thoughts on Israel, its aggression, and Netanyahu’s war criminality. Key, also, her correct observation that Israel is a welfare appendage of the US.

And, if Netanyahu loses, where will he go, if he still is free and not found guilty of corruption? Note what she and the Judge say about the state, itself. Spot on

UKRAINE

Daniel Davis and Jim Jatras offer key thoughts on the dire situation for the people who are being sacrificed by NATO and the EU, the US, the CIA, and observe the CIA DIrector flying to Moscow — wondering why?

US WAR MACHINE

“Dozens of ex-lawmakers, staff landed at military firms since 2015 | Responsible Statecraft” LINK

IMMIGRATION POLICE STATE

“US deports hundreds of Mexican migrants to Honduras under Trump crackdown” LINK Because, kidnapping and shipping people to Honduras lets the US give $ to Honduras’ govt. How nice of them…
AND “ICE files detainer on 18-year-old held in Howard County” LINK AND…
Here are four recent news stories focused on U.S. immigration enforcement, court decisions, or related government actions. Strictly within the past 48 hours (roughly August 23–25, 2026), publicly available reporting is limited; the closest matching items are listed first, followed by the next most recent court-focused coverage that fits the criteria.

1. Texas Judge Blocks Cities, Advocates From Migrant Removal Suit (August 24, 2026)
   A federal judge in the Northern District of Texas (Chief Judge Reed O’Connor) denied efforts by several cities and a legal-services organization to intervene in a lawsuit challenging the withdrawal of a Biden-era Justice Department rule on immigration judges’ authority to administratively close removal proceedings. The court found the would-be intervenors lacked standing.
   Link: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/texas-judge-blocks-cities-advocates-from-migrant-removal-suit

2. California Border Patrol Arrest Limits Lifted for Further Review (August 24, 2026)
   A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit lifted a lower-court preliminary injunction that had placed restrictions on Border Patrol immigration enforcement actions in California’s Central Valley. The appeals court sent the matter back for a new standing analysis.
   Link: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/california-border-patrol-arrest-limits-lifted-for-further-review

3. Judge Orders Monitors for Child Detention as Trump Administration Plans Expansion (August 20, 2026)
   U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee appointed outside monitors to oversee compliance with the long-standing Flores settlement governing detention of immigrant children, citing evidence of prolonged holds beyond legal limits and conflicting reports on conditions.
   Link: https://prospect.org/2026/08/20/judge-orders-monitors-immigrant-child-detention-trump-administration-plans-expansion/

4. Judge blocks Colorado law requiring immigrant detention center inspections (August 20, 2026)
   A federal judge in Denver blocked key provisions of a new Colorado state law that required regular, unannounced health inspections of the state’s only immigrant detention facility, ruling that the requirements were likely preempted by federal law and the facility operator’s ICE contract.
   Link: https://www.denverpost.com/2026/08/20/colorado-law-immigration-detention-inspections/

FLOCK!

“Yosemite National Park Accused Of Installing Controversial Flock Cameras” LINK

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From key remarks offered by the Conspirators as we gathered, to the excellent reports by journalist whose work we got to discuss, we had a blast night on the program, digging into the Bessent economic terrorism, the insane Trump Tariff impositions, and the 35th anniversary of Ukraine splitting away from the USSR, only to become the pawn of NATO and US/UK-nazi forces, to the ICE goon squads... Many thanks to the journalists we got to mention. I hope many folks get to discover their work and follow them, and join us, m-f 6 PM on Rumble or on X. Audio Pod always shortly after the live show, via Spotify and here at Substack! - Here is the link to the live stream as stored at Rumble: Liberty Conspiracy LIVE 82426 Economic Doomsday, Beef, Ukraine, ICE Disaster https://rumble.com/v7elxho-liberty-conspiracy-live-82426-economic-doomsday-beef-ukraine-ice-disaster.html

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US ECONOMIC WARFARE AGAINST YOU

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent launched “Operation Economic Outcast” today (August 24, 2026), calling it the single greatest financial offensive ever against Iran.

Beginning immediately, Treasury is blocking every mapped “oil-smuggling and sanctions-evasion network” as the US pirates call them, with a zero-leakage approach. New sectoral sanctions determinations issued today target five key lifelines Iran exploits abroad—digital assets, technology, gold, aviation, and shipping—broadening secondary-sanctions risk for any entity or country that continues business with Tehran. Simultaneously, OFAC is designating more than 60 entities, individuals, and vessels linked to nuclear/missile procurement, cyber operations, and oil revenue. Countries have been given defined compliance timelines to shut down identified activities (e.g., Bank Melli branches); non-compliance triggers unilateral Treasury action, including removal from the U.S. dollar system. The goal is to sever every economic lifeline until the regime stands alone. The volume on the CNBC YT vid is low, so we will take cuts and amplify them for tonight’s Liberty Conspiracy LIVE… Here is the official Treasury Dept Press Release: LINK

Notice the claims Bessent makes in the first 3 minutes. Not only is the US economy NOT strong, any attempt he makes to “isolate” Iran and others trading with Iranian businesses or with its government will see the US isolate its citizens, not the US harming the foreigners trading with Iran. China’s government already has prohibited banks from complying with any sanctions Trump places on Iranian exports or trade. The Chinese have decreased their holdings of US treasuries, of course, and they can dump more, any time, and then there are the key Rare Earth minerals that the Chinese provide US interests.

The US economy is a mess, and Bessent’s attempt to use short-term US bonds to buy long-term bonds, thus keeping the long term rate lower saw no palliative effect for his lovely long-term rates. It DID see people starting to recognize that the US debt is unsustainable, and that the Dollar will be devalued even more. This chart tells us a great deal.

Key articles

• Official remarks: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/remarks-from-secretary-of-the-treasury-scott-bessent-on-operation-economic-outcast-against-iran

• Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-24/bessent-pledges-to-isolate-iran-from-global-economy

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Last week, Bessent claimed that the US was in good economic shape. He tried to deceive people by implying that the Trump admin brought down the US debt to GDP ratio, when the opposite has occurred.

• When Biden left office (January 2025): Total (gross) federal debt was about $36.2 trillion. Using contemporaneous nominal GDP figures (around $29.8–30.0 trillion annualized), the total public debt-to-GDP ratio stood at approximately 121% (FRED quarterly series GFDEGDQ188S shows ~121.4% for Q4 2024 and ~120.5% for Q1 2025). LINK

• Now (as of August 2026): Total public debt recently exceeded $40 trillion (around $40.03 trillion as of August 20). The most recent official FRED quarterly figure is 122.6% for Q1 2026. More recent estimates, reflecting the higher debt level and ongoing GDP growth, put the ratio in the 124% range (some analyses cite ~126%).

MEANWHILE, Iran condemned the measures as “economic terrorism” and a sign of U.S. desperation after military efforts. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said they would fail like past sanctions. Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei warned that continued “economic war” means “not a single drop of oil” will leave the Persian Gulf or Strait of Hormuz, and any country’s participation would be treated as an act of war, with threats of “earthquake-like” retaliation. Officials stressed impacts on ordinary Iranians. LINK

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AND THE STRAIT

“US Claimed 40 Tankers Exited Strait on Single Day, Tracking Agency Recorded Zero - News From Antiwar.com” LINK

US ECONOMY - TRUMP’S BIPOLAR TARIFF DISORDER

BEEF “President Trump announces plan to lower beef prices” LINK As we noted, Trump announced Friday that he will allow the importation of 300,000 metric tons of beef without a tariff, implicitly admitting that tariffs increase costs for consumers. This is a temporary 90-day easing of out-of-quota tariffs on the imported product for ground beef, aiming to lower consumer prices amid record-high beef costs and the smallest U.S. cattle herd in roughly 75 years.
The “plan” would allow the beef (primarily lean trimmings used for grinding) to enter duty-free beyond standard tariff-rate quotas, with a claimed commitment from foreign exporters that it would be sold at 25% below the then-current market price of about $6.89 per pound for ground beef. A White House official indicated an executive order would formalize this within two weeks. Specific source countries were not named in the announcement, though major suppliers historically include Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, Uruguay, and (in prior expanded quotas) Argentina; Canada and Mexico already face limited barriers under existing trade agreements. LINK
The measure responds to elevated retail prices—ground beef up roughly 9% year-over-year in July data and substantially higher since early 2025—driven by tight domestic supplies after high input costs for feed (due to US “sanctions” over foreign fuel to grow and harvest feed). The administration framed it as short-term relief that would buy time for U.S. ranchers to rebuild inventories while addressing affordability ahead of midterms. LINK
American ranchers and industry groups reacted with sharp criticism, viewing the imports as direct competition that undercuts their prices and discourages herd expansion just when high cattle values should incentivize retaining heifers. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association called flooding the market with below-market foreign beef “not the way to rebuild the American cattle herd,” arguing it sacrifices long-term stability for short-term messaging and could worsen profitability. The United States Cattlemen’s Association and individual producers described it as a “betrayal” or “slap in the face,” warning it weakens domestic markets during a critical recovery period. Cattle futures dropped after the news. Republican senators from cattle states, including those from Nebraska and Montana, publicly expressed disappointment, stressing that lower grocery prices should not come at the expense of U.S. producers. Some people might think that mentioning their criticism buys into some non-free-market thinking, but the mixture is complex. LINK
Ranchers have faced sustained pressure from rising production costs. Cattle feed represents a major expense (often 60%+ of finishing costs). Producer Price Index data for feed indicated an estimated 3.4% increase in 2026 from the prior year, influenced by soybean, fertilizer, energy, and transportation pressures; some 2025 analyses of specific components like corn, soybean meal, and alfalfa showed double-digit year-over-year rises in the 10–13% range amid drought and global factors. These elevated costs, combined with earlier drought-driven forage shortfalls, have made operations harder to sustain even as cattle prices rose. LINK
Trump’s broader tariffs and trade tensions, particularly with China, compounded export challenges. U.S. beef exports to China fell sharply—from peaks near $1.7–2 billion earlier in the decade to around $500 million in 2025—due to retaliatory measures, expired plant registrations affecting hundreds of facilities, and reduced access. This drop accounted for a large share of overall U.S. beef export declines that year, removing a key high-value market and adding economic strain for producers already navigating domestic supply constraints. Some recovery steps occurred later via summit commitments, but the earlier contraction contributed to industry pressure. LINK
What about the loss of ranchers since 2025? How about going back to 2020?
Precise public figures isolating bankruptcies solely among independent cattle ranchers since Trump’s January 2025 return are limited. Broader Chapter 12 family farm bankruptcies (which include significant numbers of beef cattle operations) rose to 315 in 2025 (a 46% increase from 216 in 2024). Earlier years showed: approximately 560 in 2020, 276 in 2021, 169 in 2022, 139 in 2023, and 216 in 2024, with partial 2026 data continuing elevated levels relative to the early-2020s trough. ** Remember, FSA-related farm bankruptcies rose 46% in 2025 “315 Farms Filed Bankruptcy in 2025. 160,000 Just Disappeared. — Beef News” LINK
From a free-market perspective, the arrangement itself invites pointed criticism. Trump secured the 25% price cut from foreign sellers essentially by leveraging the threat of (or temporary relief from) the higher out-of-quota tariff—the very punitive barrier his administration and predecessors maintained. This is not free trade; it is managed, coercive deal-making in which government power extracts a discount that private buyers could not reliably obtain through ordinary market negotiation. Foreign exporters accept lower margins in exchange for volume access that the tariff would otherwise block. U.S. ranchers, by contrast, face rigid cost structures—feed, land, labor, veterinary care, regulatory compliance, and capital—that cannot be magically reduced by presidential fiat. Feed costs alone have risen in recent years (Producer Price Index estimates around 3.4% higher in 2026, with earlier component increases of 10–13% for corn, soybean meal, and alfalfa), leaving domestic producers unable to match an artificially discounted import price without further eroding already thin margins. LINK
The product type intensifies the competitive pressure. Lean trimmings for ground beef flow heavily into high-volume industrial channels, including the processors that supply fast-food chains. Critics have noted the scale (equivalent to billions of quarter-pound patties) and questioned whether the discounted volume functions in practice as relief for major restaurant buyers squeezed by elevated beef costs. In a free market, competition is welcomed when it reflects genuine comparative advantage and cost efficiency. Here, the imports arrive under a government-engineered price commitment, competing directly against domestic cattle that cannot shed costs at will. This tilts the field against U.S. ranchers precisely in the commodity segment where scale buyers operate, without addressing the underlying supply constraints of a multi-year herd rebuild. LINK
And I want to reiterate that Trump’s 2025 tariffs, particularly against China, had already compounded export challenges. U.S. beef exports to China fell sharply—from peaks near $1.7–2 billion earlier in the decade to around $500 million in 2025—due to retaliatory measures and expired plant registrations. This removed a high-value outlet and added strain for producers navigating domestic tightness. LINK
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GENERAL US ECONOMIC TROUBLE

This is a powerful chart

Mr. Pakman errs in not mentioning that the fuel supply decrease that occurred when Russia invaded Ukraine came not because of the invasion, but because of US and EU sanctions against Russian fuel (and he neglects to mention that the NATO-US forces encroached into the former Iron Curtain/Soviet-Block nations that James Baker promised would not be incorporated into NATO, and that the US overthrew Yanukovych in Ukraine, late 2013, early 2014, buuuut, his points about the Trump Rhetoric(TM) are correct. “My take on Stephen Miller’s $4 gas defense - “Trump is bringing the price of gas down”” LINK

The centrally-planned “oil reserves”

Yep.

CORPORATISM - CENTRAL BANK CRONYISM

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When a nation-state controls the money supply, or creates a proxy to do it, as is the case of the Federal Reserve, the money-creation spigot pours cash into the cronies, seeing their margins increase, even as the money supply eventually bids up prices for the average consumer. Steve Rattner is a leftie, and his answers do not see an end to the central bank or monopoly of power claimed by the central government, but his observation here is worthwhile.

Ray Dalio outlined in his book, “How Countries Go Broke: The Big Cycle,” that, to paraphrase Hemingway, it’s “Gradually, then suddenly.” We’ve been watching the gradual, each time the US or any other government body claims your dicision-making power is not your own. Dalio estimates US government’s revenue at about five and a half trillion this year against seven and a half trillion in spending. Leaving a $2 trillion shortfall. Interest rate costs alone will be about $1 trillion this year, while about $10 trillion worth of debt needs to be refinanced. Without a change in course, a U.S. debt crisis could arrive in three years, he said. He advocates for reducing the budget deficit to 3% of GDP from the current level of about 6% through a combination of spending cuts, higher tax revenue, and lower interest rates. He said similar fiscal constraints are confronting countries including the UK, China, and Japan. Again, we’re looking at a global currency crisis, I think a global depression, and Trump is doing everything he can to exacerbate and to accelerate that. Gold, meanwhile, jumped to its highest since May on Friday while Bitcoin surged to over 77,000, heading for its biggest weekly rally since 2023. he has added one third, actually it’s 30%, let’s just call it a third, of all the government debt, of all that $40 trillion of cumulative debt over the last 250 years.Here’s the way you look at the 250-year celebration. Trump has made Americans debtors again. Yeah, and he has done that by adding 30% of the debt over the last 250 years has been done under Donald Trump and his regimes.

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WARISRAEL-GAZA-GENOCIDE

But, remember, it’s “IRAN” that is the “nation led my religious zealots” who care not about human life — right?

ANOTHER BOMBINGLEBANONISRAELI SENTIMENT WOVEN INTO US POLITICS

This probably is not good. “(100) Trump-Appointed Judge: ‘To Be American Is to Be a Zionist’” LINK

The actor, Mark Ruffalo, is among a good number of entertainers who have decried the Israeli-US-inflicted genocide in Gaza (and the ethnic cleansing in Lebanon and the West Bank). He has given up sizeable contracts with Paramount (where I once worked at Star Trek) and lost friends over his principled position. On domestic US economic issues, he is not even close to abiding by the US Constitution or adhering to the non-aggression principle that stresses real charity cannot be conducted through statism. Here are some key notes in defense of his work to defend the Palestinian people.

In the above video from the X post, Ruffalo refers to the “fellow storyteller, who is, Motaz Azaiza.” Azaiza is a well-known Gazan photojournalist who documented the early months of the Israel-Hamas war (starting October 2023) via social media, gaining a large following for his images and videos of the conflict’s impact on civilians. He survived roughly 107–108 days of reporting amid intense fighting, during which many of his relatives and colleagues were killed. In late January 2024, he evacuated Gaza (via the Rafah crossing into Egypt, then a flight to Doha, Qatar) with family members. He has since lived and traveled outside Gaza—initially in Qatar, later including time in the US (New York area)—while continuing advocacy, fundraising (including through a foundation), public appearances, and media work.

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IMMIGRATION POLICE STATE

Yeah. No kidding. “ICE violated court orders by spying on churchgoers, judge says” LINK
-AND This injustice “Judge holds former Baltimore ICE office deputy in contempt” LINK
-AND “Trump’s immigration policies impose an ‘ICE tax’ on food, housing and healthcare, report suggests — but White House blames something else” LINK
-AND - As usual, we note that “visa” is not a word in the US Constitution. Even if it were, no gang of thugs has a moral prerogative to tell you to pay for their “immigration” police array. “Trump administration proposes $100,000 fee on H-1B visa workers already residing in the US” LINK VISAS were a WWI imposition, and stuck around, ever since, because they give politicians more POWER over people.
-AND… “California ICE arrests surge among Asian communities as Fresno feels the impact” LINK

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MORE DHS ATTEMPTS TO STIR VIOLENCE AND ENTRAP PEOPLE

Yep. “Undercover Trump DHS agents caught trying to goad activists into violence” LINK

CONCLUDING INFORMATION - WITH HIS “SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN,” TRUMP DEFIES UN RULES THAT THE US HELPED CREATE

Several UN instruments and General Assembly (GA) resolutions contain language that aligns with Craig Mokhiber’s characterization of unilateral sanctions as conflicting with the UN Charter, sovereignty/non-interference principles, and human rights norms.
These include foundational Charter principles, the 1970 Friendly Relations Declaration, and repeated GA resolutions on “unilateral coercive measures” (UCMs—the UN term for unilateral economic sanctions or similar pressure). Note that GA resolutions express the positions of voting majorities and are not binding treaty obligations in the same way as the Charter itself or Security Council decisions under Chapter VII; the legality of unilateral sanctions remains contested in state practice and scholarship (some states view them as lawful exercises of sovereign control over their own trade and financial systems, or as retorsion/countermeasures).UN Charter (Chapter I, Article 2)

• Article 2(1): “The Organization is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its Members.”

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• Article 2(4): “All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.”

• Article 2(7): “Nothing contained in the present Charter shall authorize the United Nations to intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state or shall require the Members to submit such matters to settlement under the present Charter; but this principle shall not prejudice the application of enforcement measures under Chapter VII.”

Sanctions authorized by the Security Council under Chapter VII (especially Article 41, which explicitly contemplates interruption of economic relations) are a recognized collective mechanism. Unilateral measures lack that authorization.Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States (GA Resolution 2625 (XXV), 1970)This widely cited declaration elaborates Charter principles and states, under the duty of non-intervention:“No State may use or encourage the use of economic, political or any other type of measures to coerce another State in order to obtain from it the subordination of the exercise of its sovereign rights and to secure from it advantages of any kind.”
Similar language appears in the earlier Declaration on the Inadmissibility of Intervention (GA Resolution 2131 (XX), 1965) and the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States (GA Resolution 3281 (XXIX), 1974).GA resolutions on human rights and unilateral coercive measures. The GA has adopted repeated resolutions (often annually or biennially) declaring that UCMs conflict with the Charter and international law and harm human rights. A recent example is A/RES/80/209 (adopted December 2025):

• It stresses “that unilateral coercive measures and legislation are contrary to international law, international humanitarian law, the Charter of the United Nations and the norms and principles governing peaceful relations among States.”

• Operative paragraph 1 urges all States “to cease adopting or implementing any unilateral measures not in accordance with international law, international humanitarian law, the Charter of the United Nations and the norms and principles governing peaceful relations among States, in particular those of a coercive nature, with all their extraterritorial effects,” which impede rights under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and other instruments, including the right to development.

• It further urges States to refrain from unilateral economic, financial or trade measures inconsistent with the Charter that impede sustainable development, and objects to their extraterritorial application as threatening sovereignty.

Earlier resolutions contain nearly identical core language. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights describe UCMs as economic measures taken by one State to compel policy change in another (including embargoes, financial interruptions, and targeted measures) and note their adverse effects on rights in the UDHR, particularly Article 25 (adequate standard of living, including food, medical care, housing, and social services).

Collective punishment and related claims.
The prohibition of collective punishment is most explicitly found in international humanitarian law (e.g., Geneva Convention IV, Article 33, applicable in situations of armed conflict or occupation). Some UN experts, Special Rapporteurs, and GA debates have characterized broad economic sanctions as having collective-punishment effects on civilian populations through their impact on food, health, and livelihoods. “Economic terrorism” is not a defined legal term in core UN instruments; it is a descriptive or rhetorical characterization used in some political statements and by certain advocates. Mokhiber’s references to sanctions affecting international judges, prosecutors, UN monitors, and human-rights organizations draw on specific past cases (such as U.S. measures targeting International Criminal Court personnel) and broader concerns about interference with independent institutions, which engage principles of judicial independence and non-interference under human-rights law and the Charter. In short, the Charter’s sovereignty and non-intervention principles, the Friendly Relations Declaration’s explicit language on economic coercion, and the consistent line of GA resolutions on UCMs provide the primary textual bases that Mokhiber invokes when describing unilateral sanctions as breaches of the Charter, sovereignty/non-interference rules, and human-rights norms.

ON THE OVERALL PRINCIPLE OF FREE TRADE

Ron Paul makes the key points here that TRADE is trade between PEOPLE, willing buyers, and it always BALANCES. Tariffs are taxes, and they always are immoral.

BONUS!

It’s the 35th Anniversary of Ukraine being split off of the USSR. SO, let’s recall the Ukraine-meddler Vindman’s loss in the Dem Primary for Senate in FLA, thanks to Katie Halper and Aaron Mate - who amplify on the dark background of Alexander V, and more…

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Welcome, fellow Conspirators!

The US gangster government continues to engage in immoral, unconstitutional, military attacks on Iran, embargoes, and gun-pointing at US consumers. Today, we look at the warmonger mentality, the tariff terrorism, the immigration police state, the abortion mentality, and basic economics. As always, please feel free to read all, or just portions, of the Assembly, to leave and return, and to SHARE the internal links and the whole release! Be sure to head to Rumble or Gardner’s X at 6 PM eastern each M-F for the news, from Liberty Conspiracy LIVE! We hope to provide as much big info for freedom fighters as we can!! ALSO, check out the new Former Star Trek Writing Fellow Channels - On YT, and on Rumble! **AND feel free to leave a comment at the bottom of the Assembly, and you also can donate to help the Liberty Conspiracy, itself! Just visit PayPal to help out!

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A LITTLE PREFACE

If you ever subscribed to Stars and Stripes, or received it because you were in the US Military, you might want to know that the Pentagon fired journalists who worked for it - because they offered information that showed Pentagon decisions in a realistic (bad) light. “Pentagon fires Stars and Stripes chiefs after censorship row — RT World News” LINK - According to US Statute, Stars and Stripes is supposed to be free from control by the DoD…

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Israeli Occupation Force mindset

This pathological madness is not the exception.

AND, as we see that, we see a world-recognized criminal welcomed by immoral and corrupt people in the US And, as more Americans recognize the Zionist evil and its influence here in the US, we see this attempt to “distance” from visible Zionist orgs. All, until people like Mike Rogers can get securely in power. Perhaps this time, fewer figures like Rogers will win their various elections.

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But, don’t worry. Israel is totally into that “freedom” thing… (wink)

How about an arrest. Do statists believe their statutes and international agreements mean anything, or should vigilantes handle these kinds of criminals?

GAZA

Starting with a face behind the terrible statistics.

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US-WORLD ECONOMY

Scott Bessent’s ploy to use short-term US bond sales to buy long-term (10, 30 year) bond rates low not only did not work, it signaled many economics-watchers that the crash has begun. In fact, his move actually has triggered the start, which might have been put off a few months longer if he had not done what he did. - As a result of his foolish move, he will hold a press conference Monday. Perhaps he’ll use more terms like “noise” and “on the right trajectory” to clear the path for a few more weeks of his own employment. Goodness knows, many Americans have been far less fortunate re their jobs as GDP flatlines, prices rise, and unemployment skyrockets. Here is some background about Scott B

Here are more thoughts about the current disaster he pushed forward with his insane bond ploy.

Meanwhile, since Trump and Israel, his puppet-string source, will not face reality about the immoral, unconstitutional, war-criminal, economically abysmal aggression against Iran and Iran’s natural reaction (to close the Strait of Hormuz, and see Yemen’s Ansarallah close the Red Sea to US-Israeli shipping), Trump steps up the fascism to claim that, somehow, the US military will be able to save the US debt from destroying bonds. Donald, it’s over. The bond rates will stay up because the US is $40 TRILLION in debt, which means it has to float bonds, but those bonds will be paid back with inflated “Dollars” which means that anyone in the private sector who wants to buy bonds from the US will want a higher yield. You cannot stop that with short-term buying of bongs by Scotty B, and the US Military is PART OF THE PROBLEM.

Peter Schiff nails it: “Trump administration 'panicked' by announcing Treasury bailout, says Peter Schiff: 'Sounding' the alarm made the problem worse” LINK
-Thomas Massie makes good points here, regardless of whether a listener-reader-viewer engages in voting or not, and regardless of one’s overall opinion of any of the figures mentioned.

Meanwhile, Trump has utterly zero clue about the burdens govt places on market growth.

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And, as we got to discuss on Liberty Conspiracy Live on Friday night, JD Vance also not only doesn’t get it, he lies to cover for the Trump profligacy. “JD Vance says $40 trillion US debt is Biden’s fault, and critics are tired of the blame game” LINK

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IRAN

The status of the Lincoln, and the way the US government covers up the status and the reality that the US has zero control over anything, especially long-term, in the Strait, are emblematic of the untethering of the US government itself from its own so-called “Constitution.”

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ZIONISM = MURDER-BACKED THEFT, GENOCIDE, moreIMMIGRATION POLICE STATE

-Yeah, no kidding. Tell us something new. “'Every advocate's nightmare': Inside ICE's strategy to sidestep local oversight laws” LINK (Hello, GEO Group.)
-AND “Nonprofit keeping families fed as they hide over fears of deportation” LINK
-AND “Florida federal judge orders immediate release of Colombian man held by ICE” LINK
-AND “128 former judges file ethics complaint against DHS lawyer James Percival” LINK
-AND - this one is amazing: “Federal judge blocks Colorado law requiring health inspections of immigrant detention centers” LINK
-AND “Pregnant woman has been held for weeks following immigration lawyer scam, family says” LINK
-AND “He has a work permit, a coffee shop – and an ICE ankle monitor: 'Is this America?'“ LINK
-AND “Chicago organization seeks police action over ICE conduct” LINK
-AND “US judge strikes down Trump immigrant visa ban affecting 75 countries” LINK
-AND… “Washtenaw County may continue 'sanctuary policies,' federal judge rules” LINK Yep, no fed can order local cops to do what they command. At least THAT facet of Article Four, Sec Four and federalism is acknowledge by the Anti-commandeering Act.

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FLOCK CAMERAS

Two more. This time in the already-has-a-bad-rep Lynn, Massachusetts. The saying goes, “Lynn, Lynn. The city of Sin. You never come out, the way you went in.” Here is the story “Two Lynn police officers placed on leave after audit flags Flock camera searches” LINK
The Institute for Justice’s ALPR abuse database (updated around mid-August 2026) catalogs roughly 35 Flock-related incidents in 2026 under categories of “Stalking” (about 10) or “Non Law-Enforcement Use” (about 25). These involve police officers, deputies, or other government employees accused of unauthorized personal searches or tracking (often of romantic partners, exes, acquaintances, or family), which violates department policies and, in many cases, criminal law. Individual incidents frequently involve multiple people (e.g., groups of 3–8 or more in some departments), so the number of accused individuals exceeds the incident count. LINK

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TARIFF TERRORISM

Yep. CANADA again is Trump’s target.

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What’s going on? Think THE GREAT DEPRESSION TRIGGER - Yeah, Smoot-Hawley…
Enacted on June 17, 1930, when President Herbert Hoover signed the legislation into law, it is codified at 19 U.S.C. § 1338 and authorizes the President to impose “additional duties on imports from a foreign country that discriminates against U.S. commerce (relative to other countries) through unequal duties, fees, regulations, or other practices that place U.S. commerce at a disadvantage.” - Nothing like arbitrary power, huh? And, yes, it unconstitutionally grants the Executive Branch (specifically the President) broad “discretion”:

• The President must find as a fact that discrimination or a commercial burden/disadvantage exists and that the public interest will be served.

• He then issues a proclamation specifying the new or additional duties.

• The rate is set by the President as whatever amount he determines will offset the burden or disadvantage, capped at a maximum of 50% ad valorem (or its equivalent).

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Trump’s 50% additional ad valorem tariffs on roughly $20–28 billion of Canadian goods (about 5% of U.S. imports from Canada) will be “effective immediately under Section 338 of the Tariff Act.”
The duties target alleged Canadian discrimination against U.S. dairy, alcoholic beverages, and motor vehicles. Covered products include dairy items (milk, cream, whey, casein, lactose, cheese ingredients), alcohol (beer, wine, spirits, cider, brandy), hockey equipment, plywood, cement, furniture, clothing, textiles, seeds, honey, cosmetics, electronics, and machinery. These stack atop existing steel, aluminum, and lumber tariffs and apply regardless of USMCA compliance. Canada will impose matching “dollar-for-dollar” retaliatory tariffs starting September 8 on U.S. steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp and paper, and electronics. Prime Minister Mark Carney suspended negotiations, stating the U.S. “asked too much and offered too little.” Last-minute demands included astounding language restricting Canada’s ability to negotiate independent trade deals with other nations—a sovereignty-threatening “power play” that would limit Canada’s global partnerships while the U.S. continued restricting Canadian market access. Carney also rejected efforts to weaken protections for the French language and culture, along with unfavorable auto-sector terms. LINK

Meanwhile. You pay.

Then there’s Rubio, who literally tells you that by saving money, you stifle the US economy’s ability to create jobs. Seriously. “Marco Rubio says millions of American jobs were destroyed for cheap goods — but Trump’s fix could crash your retirement. Protect your nest egg now” LINK
-And, let’s recall the news from Friday that sees Trump tacitly admit that tariffs make you pay more for what you want. “President Trump announces plan to lower beef prices” LINK

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ONE!
Our comrades at the Knights of the Storm explored many fascinating topics today, and Jason Barker offered some interesting detail about an early “stock buy” by Pelosi’s hubby, a buy that has seen great profit, thanks to the growing AI surveillance fascism via govt contracts. LINK

TWO!
The Consortium News livestream was excellent Saturday night. The guests, Scott Ritter and Ray McGovern cover geopolitical issues ranging from the Middle East to Ukraine.

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