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Hi, everyone, and big thanks to Jason Barker, of Knights of the Storm for his military insights re the US-Iran "rescue" narratives, and thnx to all the good people who joined us to dig into the news and find some solid pro-freedom lessons. Thanks, also, to the excellent journalists whose work we got to discuss. Join the Conspiracy, m-f 6 PM on Rumble or X, and visit this here Substack for more! Here is some of what we got to cover!

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On Easter Sunday morning, President Trump sent a shockingly vile “Truth Social” message to Iran - something designed not only to threaten, but to add insult to Trump’s already mountainous pile of mass murder and War Crimes.
Yet one wonders whether this undeclared military campaign – launched without the required congressional Declaration of War – might not be unfolding as King Trump hoped. The Iranians fired back with a string of mocking responses. Let’s look at Trump’s pertinent posts, going back two weeks, and see his mercurial and hazardous Imperial attitude, leading to this latest offense.

Here is today’s TRUMP TANTRUM - Headline: “Trump Threatens To ‘Take Out’ the ‘Entire Country’ of Iran in a Single Night - News From Antiwar.com” LINK
AND…

If Trump thinks he can destabilize Iran to benefit Israel, he is wrong. He also is wrong re the ultimate outcome here — Iran will not fall, and the Iranian government will continue to run the Strait and Persian Gulf.

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Perhaps the President finds himself in a sour temper due to a botched ground incursion, an effort funded in the same manner as his other war crimes - through the political extraction of private wealth. Trump and MAGA are portraying as “heroic” the US military involved in this illegal act. Fox News hosts called the extraction of a US soldier a “miracle”. People are taking this seriously

Reports indicated that “hundreds of special operations troops” had penetrated far inside Iranian territory. What for? WHY? Before we dig into that, let’s look at the Fox-News-delivered “official” story, that the fighter pilots were conducting runs against “missile silos” — this is preposterous, given the area, the rank of the “missing pilot”, and the assets devoted to the “rescue” op. (Click on the vid to hear the official fantasy tale)…

-Officials are presenting the failed mission as a triumph. But accounts suggest the loss of twelve aircraft in one mission alone: two C-130s, four Little Bird helicopters, four Black Hawk helicopters, and two MQ-9 drones. American spokesmen insist some of the craft were deliberately destroyed to keep them from enemy hands, while the Iranians assert they brought the aircraft down themselves.
Serious doubts linger about the official narrative.
Why, for instance, was the downed pilot recovered some 110 miles (other reports make that far fewer miles, but that he CLIMBED SHEER CLIFFS) from the purported crash site – and a full 48 hours later? Could you travel 110 miles through mountainous terrain in 48 hours? Possibly, but that’s not likely.
The President mentioned injuries, yet the airman supposedly trekked across that distance, climbing 7,000-foot mountains, all while evading detection after a catastrophic wreck. Equally puzzling is how U.S. forces managed to set up a clandestine landing zone, land two massive C-130 transports, and then advance thirty-five miles through hostile terrain to extract the injured pilot. According to The Telegraph, the operation utilized agricultural runways located a mere thirty miles from Isfahan, home to one of Iran’s key nuclear sites. Interesting.
Some observers now suggest the true objective of this mission may have been an attempt to seize Iran’s main cache of highly enriched uranium – approximately 440 to 970 pounds at 60 percent purity. This looks like a typical insertion op, either for Isfahan, or Natanz, with many aircraft involved, not to “get a downed guy”, but to offload a lot of boots to get into an area across the mountains (and performed without proper logistical prep). Here is a map of the area.

Here is more, showing the locations of Iran’s major (and formerly open to IAEA and US inspectors) nuclear power and research sites. The following is in two parts, and you will be able to see where they dovetail/overlap.

-Here are Larry Johnson and Scott Ritter, Sunday evening, with DD Geopolitics, discussing the faulty narrative Trump’s DoD is offering for something that looks like a larger operation than “rescuing” a man.

Here are key still-shots, from Sonar 21 (thanks to Larry Johnson!!) and from Will Schryver.

-Here is Daniel Davis with Jim Webb cued to a spot in their conversation that focuses on key problems with the US Admin narrative.

-As these inconvenient questions mount, the U.S. has imposed a blackout on satellite imagery covering Iran and the broader Middle East. As we noted Friday, Planet Labs has agreed to cooperate with the restriction. Washington has warned of sanctions against any other imaging firms that might release ground-level photos from the “conflict zone.” Notably, Planet Labs confirmed it would suppress imagery stretching back to March 9. This sort of information suppression during conflict is as predictable as it is disturbing.

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This, from Daniel Davis and Mario Nawfal, at about 10 this morning, encapsulates the positions the Iranian government might be exploring, since they appear to hold most of the cards and since Trump has committed so many tactical errors in this overall unconstitutional and immoral attack.

The President appeared alongside military officials in the Oval Office for a press briefing at 1 p.m. They lied, over and over. They lied so much that their claims about the gutsy soldier who fled so many miles don’t match, from minute to minute, and their rationale for landing big planes, then using small choppers to pull out the soldiers while blowing up the planes don’t ring true because they had many other assets that they took off the planes, and which they ALSO did not blow up. And here, you will see Pete Hegseth attempt to liken the rescue to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

At the presser, Trump admitted to giving the order to destroy the B1 Bridge west of Tehran, thus openly admitting not only to anti-constitutional and immoral action, but to a War Crime. Trump said he could take out the entire country in one night, implying a massive bombing session, tomorrow night.

And, prior to the presser, Trump admitted to WANTING THE OIL, while lying about how the Iranian people want him to “keep bombing.”

Daniel Davis offers some key thoughts on this thirst for OIL

TRUMP JUST BOMBED SOUTH PARS GAS FACILITY - further deteriorating the gas-supply infrastructure

One wonders what the economy will look like, what grocery store prices will be like, in one month.

Headline: “Amazon set to add 3.5% surcharge for US, Canadian sellers due to elevated fuel costs” LINK

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They hit another pipeline, it appears. Headline from RT: “Ukrainian drones target key US-linked oil hub in Russia – Defense Ministry — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union” LINK SUPREME COURT ACTIVITY RAMPS UP

For what it is worth, here is the latest from the SCOTUS, this pertaining to a Contempt of Congress charge against Steve Bannon. Headline: “Supreme Court vacates Steve Bannon contempt-of-Congress charges” LINK
- And the SCOTUS hearing of arguments re “Birthright Citizenship” is being portrayed as constitutionally tied to immigration policing. Since the immigration policing issue was left by the Founders to the states, and since the word “immigration” doesn’t appear in the federal constitution, the question of whether a person born to foreigners while those foreigners are in any state is a moot one when it comes to the feds kidnapping the child and sending the child to another nation.
Let’s dig into it with an overview and some key links. The case is called “Trump v. Barbara” (docket 25-365), and it challenges President Donald Trump’s executive order attempting to limit birthright citizenship.

SO, when it comes to State jurisdiction and how it ties to birthright citizenship (naturalization) (which, again, has nothing to do with federal immigration policing)? Let’s dispel the fiction that states don’t have legal (according to the Const, not Natural Rights) jurisdiction over all visiting foreigners save for dignitaries. Some examples of foreigners who were prosecuted for committing crimes in STATES, and who are IN PRISON in those states because the states hold jurisdiction over them.
1. Charles Ng (Hong Kong-born)Ng, a Hong Kong native who later served in the U.S. Marines, was captured in Canada after fleeing, extradited to California, and tried/convicted in Orange County Superior Court (California state court) in 1999 for 11 counts of first-degree murder (part of the notorious Leonard Lake/Charles Ng serial torture-murder spree in the 1980s). He was sentenced to death and remains on death row at the California Medical Facility (a California state prison) in Vacaville as of 2025–2026.

• Wikipedia overview with case details and current status: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Ng

• Recent confirmation of upheld conviction and ongoing incarceration (2022–2025 reports): https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/courts-upholds-death-penalty-for-charles-ng-1.6536811 and California Department of Corrections condemned inmate list references.

2. Christian Gerhartsreiter (aka “Clark Rockefeller”; German-born)
Gerhartsreiter, born in West Germany, was captured in the U.S. (Massachusetts) after a high-profile kidnapping case. He was tried and convicted in Los Angeles County Superior Court (California state court) in 2013 for the 1985 murder of Jonathan Sohus in San Marino, CA. Sentenced to 27 years to life; he is currently serving his sentence at San Quentin State Prison (California state prison) as of 2024–2025 reports. This was a major media case due to his elaborate con-artist/impostor history.

• Wikipedia with full background and imprisonment details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Gerhartsreiter

• 2024 Boston Globe report confirming ongoing imprisonment at San Quentin: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/11/11/opinion/con-artist-clark-rockefeller-prison-painter-journalist/

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Another terrible story of state aggression. Headline: “Army veteran deported to Jamaica after decades in the US” LINK

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The US-Israeli Genocide Machine hit an Iranian nuclear power plant that is run in conjunction with ROSATOM, the Russian power corporation.

Al Jazeera reports Rosatom evacuated 198 staff from Bushehr, Iran’s sole operational nuclear reactor assisted by Russia, has faced multiple nearby US-Israeli strikes since late February, including one that killed a guard and damaged structures via shockwaves.
WHY IN THE WORLD IS THE US-ISRAELI NEXUS TARGETING THAT?
The moves highlight dangers to reactor cooling systems from power disruptions, prompting IAEA concern and parallels to past incidents like Fukushima where grid loss escalated risks.

Meanwhile - More reports on the US war crimes, targeting civilian sites in Iran.

And footage from the US hitting the B1 Bridge.

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The Hegseth Apostasy

And this encapsulates the schizophrenic nature of Trump’s unilateral commands to send complicit and compliant US military members into distant lands to kill people.

This Intercept report is very valuable Headline: “The “Casualty Cover-Up” Amid Trump's Wars in the Middle East” LINK
And when it comes to covering-up information, this is another US government tactic.

And Adam Johnson makes a good point here

MORE “Amazon set to add 3.5% surcharge for US, Canadian sellers due to elevated fuel costs” LINK

ANTIWAR HAS the “CEASEFIRE” covered Headline: “Israel Has Killed at Least 713 Palestinians in Gaza Since Signing Trump-Backed 'Ceasefire' Deal: Health Ministry - News From Antiwar.com” LINK

Headline, from AntiWar: “(100) Israel Is Conducting a Campaign to Ethnically Cleanse Southern Lebanon of Shia Residents” LINK
This, from a few days ago, deserves reiteration.

And this, from ANTIWAR - Headline: “Israeli Attacks Kill at Least 27 in Lebanon, PM Sees No End in Sight - News From Antiwar.com” LINK
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Headline: “How US Sanctions Are Fueling Hunger in Cuba - Antiwar.com Blog” from AntiWar LINK

This is not cool. Again, the feds have no purview over immigration, according to their own “Constitution”. Then there is the invasion of a state office issuing DRIVERS LICENSES. That, again, is supposed to be up to the states. Every level of federal invasion here is utterly contemptable. Headline: “Chaos erupts as ICE agents chase down and arrest 13 at driver’s license center” LINK
Another criminal action by the US - Headline “Marine veteran's wife is deported after attending green card interview, leaving two children behind” LINK

If they would step closer to the 4th Amendment, that would be great. At least this helps reform the errant system. Headline “Colorado becomes first state to protect defendants against faulty roadside drug tests” Link

YOU WILL PAY, and TRUMP LIED. Headline “What we know about the White House ballroom bunker” LINK

She departs after making lots of lucre off taxpayers’ backs, and making lots of friends Headline: “Photo shows Bondi portrait in trash bin at DOJ: report” LINK

This is a good piece, from Mises, on their plight. LINK

The verified eye-witness accounts of Jesus’s crucifixion and resurrection stand at the heart of Christian testimony, recorded in the four Gospels and corroborated by early church writings. Matthew and John, both apostles present at key events, describe the crucifixion in vivid detail: Jesus was scourged, nailed to a Roman cross at Golgotha, and died after six hours under Pontius Pilate around AD 30. The women—including Mary Magdalene—and the beloved disciple stood near the cross (John 19:25-27). Roman soldiers confirmed death by piercing His side, releasing blood and water (John 19:34). These events precisely fulfilled Old Testament prophecies. Psalm 22:16-18 foretold pierced hands and feet and divided garments; Isaiah 53:5-9 described the suffering servant “pierced for our transgressions” who would be “cut off from the land of the living.”
Three days later, the resurrection accounts multiply. The same women found the tomb empty and encountered the risen Jesus (Matthew 28; John 20). He appeared to Peter, to the Emmaus disciples, to the Eleven, and—according to Paul’s early creed in 1 Corinthians 15:3-8—to more than five hundred people at once, most still alive when Paul wrote around AD 55. Thomas touched the wounds and believed. These appearances fulfilled further prophecy: Psalm 16:10 promised the Holy One would not “see decay,” and Hosea 6:2 spoke of restoration “on the third day.”
Together, the eye-witness testimonies and their alignment with centuries-old prophecies convinced the earliest believers that Jesus was the promised Messiah whose death atoned for sin and whose resurrection conquered death.
In Cold-Case Christianity, former atheist and cold-case homicide detective J. Warner Wallace applies his investigative expertise to examine the claims of the New Testament, particularly the Gospels. Wallace teaches readers ten essential principles of detective work—such as avoiding presuppositions like philosophical naturalism, thinking circumstantially, evaluating eyewitness reliability, and distinguishing possible from reasonable explanations—before applying them to the evidence.He demonstrates that the Gospels function as credible eyewitness accounts, using forensic statement analysis, early dating of the texts, and the chain of custody of the manuscripts. Wallace builds a compelling circumstantial case for the historicity of Jesus, His crucifixion, and especially His resurrection, showing that alternative explanations (theft of the body, hallucinations, or legend) fail under rigorous scrutiny. Ultimately, the book offers extra dimensions to the Christian faith, equipping believers and skeptics alike to investigate the truth claims of Christianity like a cold-case detective. With engaging real-life crime stories and clear reasoning, Wallace concludes that the resurrection provides the most reasonable explanation for the available evidence.

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Scott Ritter on Consortium News Saturday night, offered this, in part re Iran-Israel/US

And Prof Mirandi, from Iran, with Dialogue Works:

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We had a great time comparing notes on the breaking news and reading a classic horror tale by Robert W Chambers tonight, and I want to thank the excellent journalists whose work we got to mention. Join us, live, m-f 6 PM on Rumble or X and grab the audio pod, via Spotify or Substack! Here are some of the big stories we go…

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Trump spoke last night, and made things worse. Lying for almost all of the appx 20-minute screed, Trump offered contradictory claims (the US has decisively destroyed the Iranian military capabilities, yet the US also has to increase men and armed attacks, even to the point of committing MORE war crimes and hitting more civilian sites such as electricity and water infrastructure) and he changed the goals, claiming that he would “bomb them (Iranians) back into the Stone Age, where they belong…” even though he had claimed that he was bombing Iran to ostensibly help the civilians about whom he purportedly cares with all his McDonald’s-soaked heart.

See if you can count the lies

-And he today brags about a DOUBLE-TAP attack on a major Iranian bridge used by civilians. It’s called the B1 Bridge, just west of Tehran.

Even IF one thought it was justified for politicians to force one’s neighbor to pay for arms and troops to kill others, and even IF the state-v-state paradigm saw Iran as a true “bad actor” which is not the case, these bombings are wiping out homes, indiscriminately killing…

Graham and Hannity loved Trump’s threats against civilians

Because, of course, the US is following the Israeli model - criminality and brutality

Iran struck back, hitting the Amazon tech center in Bahrain.

-RE TRUMP: Natali Morris put it well near the opening of her morning Redacted email: ‘President Trump addressed the nation on Wednesday. Allow me to paraphrase: “Iran is the worst ever so we had to start a war with them. They are responsible for every bad thing in modern history. We’re almost done. Since this war is shorter than most wars, it hardly counts. We’ve pretty much won but we’re going to do some warring a little harder for a little while longer but basically, it’s done. And also, we’re the best ever.” Not much of what he said was true but what does that matter when you’re justifying a war that was based on a lie? Normally it is wise not to read too much into what President Trump says but this was a prime-time, nationwide address. It feels like he is asking Americans to brace for impact because a ground invasion is coming and when it gets bad, as it is predicted to, just remember we’re almost done. “We’re going to hit [Iran] extremely hard over the next 2 to 3 weeks,” he said. “We’re going to bring them back to the stone ages where they belong.”
This kind of savage rhetoric sounds a bit genocidal, doesn’t it? It almost feels as if Gaza was a warm up act to what we’re about to witness.
Iran preemptively responded to the President’s speech with this letter to the American people. They rightly point out that “Iran has never initiated a war.” The letter says that the “Iranian people harbor no enmity toward other nations, including the people of America, Europe, or neighboring countries.”
It is ironic that the Western world is calling Iran barbaric while our leaders talk openly of death and destruction as justified and began this war by killing children.
If we are being prepared for a brutal and bloody ground invasion, was this the pep talk we needed or America’s last rites?’

What Trump said last night simultaneously was predictable and disappointing. He said that he met the families of the dead soldiers who came back, and they said that Trump needed to complete “the mission.” Immediately after he said that, parents of one of the dead soldiers refuted his claim. Headline: ‘Father of service member killed in Iran war said he never told Pete Hegseth to ‘finish’ the job’ LINK

What does finishing the job look like right now? Nobody really knows. The only thing that we can point to at this stage are really two things that he talks about. He continues to talk about preventing Iran from ever developing or fielding a nuclear weapon, though he tells us that he obliterated the nuclear development on his last strike in June. And he purportedly wants the Strait of Hormuz to be open, while also saying he’s not prepared to cooperate or discuss anything with the Iranians until they open the Strait.
He treats us to the usual litany of Netanyahu talking points, demonizing Iran as the world’s greatest sponsor of terrorism and all that blather. Anybody who has any sort of knowledge of the area knows that’s nonsense. We can look for terrorists in a number of places, but we haven’t found very many in Iran. Instead, the US and Isreal openly target civilians and peace negotiators.

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And this (his point about Putin here is misplaced, overall, but the rest is worthwhile)…

And Lindsey G loves complete destruction of civilian targets

Judge Napolitano and Lawrence Wilkerson replay John Mersheimer’s salient observation about the US-Israeli war crimes against Iran.

Many people hoped that, even if he were being deceptive for part of his appearance, he would, PERHAPS, say, “Look, we’ve done all we can do. We want the strait to be open for the world. It’s in the interest of the global economy that this strait be open as quickly as possible and so we are ending this conflict and we’re prepared to talk in the future with the Iranian government whatever it is.” But that didn’t happen.
More innocent people will die at the hands of Trump and the US Congress. And the economic fallout will become more disastrous.
It’s going to get a lot worse from here. With Trump and Netanyahu’s aggression, massive energy infrastructure not only has been taken offline, it’s been destroyed. It will take many months, to over a year, even in normal circumstances, to replace oil well heads, pipelines, ships, and more. With Trump and Netanyahu’s aggression, the tightening of the Persian Gulf has seen a massive decrease in traffic. Trump talked last night about commercial traffic dropping. Such would not be the case, if he had not engaged in this attack. Now, the Iranians could charge a toll, paid in Yuan, and they will not allow US/Israel-allied ships to pass. It’s obvious that if you are unfriendly to Iran, if you are hostile to Iran, if you are connected to the US or Israel, you’re the enemy, and you’re not going to get through. Otherwise, it’s quite clear that the Iranians are trying to accommodate the rest of the world. Trump could lift the pressure on all of us, but he is too egomaniacal and tied to Israel.
Trump has turned the global economy into a locomotive on rails that go off a cliff. Seeing the dangers ahead, a prudent man would hit the brakes. Instead, Trump is stepping on the proverbial and ironic fuel pedal. Things are going to get a lot worse. So, the people that are already worried, as people in India, Africa, Asia, are worried? They are right… Here is video from RT that offers valuable insights into the energy needs of places such as the Philippines and India:

Putin offers an alternative

Many people justly seem worried about the same things. Plastic companies can’t produce. Chip makers can’t operate. Pharma can’t get what it needs. Farmers can’t get fertilizer and the petrol to run their machines or move their product. We now have various countries bidding for oil. Tankers that were headed to Europe suddenly turned around and went back to Japan and Korea. This is a catastrophe. Yet, Lindsey Graham is thrilled, and wants Trump to “Blow up everything they got” (re Iran)

Next to the human mind that finds it, makes it, transports, it, etc, cheap energy is the lifeblood of civilization. It always has been. And that’s what Trump should be thinking about. But instead of being the global leader that he wants to be, he’s being very narrow-minded and unhelpful. And we’re looking at is a greater catastrophe down the line. We’re looking at famine. Someone I know who works in the agricultural sector said, essentially, if Trump stops right now, we probably can arrest the most dangerous tendencies. We’re going to suffer for several months, but we’re going to get through this. But if he continues down the road that he wants to go on right now, another two or three weeks of this, it will take us years to recover. Agricultural efficiency is one of the great things that America introduced to the world, and the US government is destroying it.
Trump claimed, “We don’t need that oil. We have all the oil we need.” Guess what, Donald? California imports most of its oil. California faces a very severe crisis. We spoke about the Phillips 66 problem this week on Liberty Conspiracy. And Trump doesn’t understand the global market for oil. He doesn’t understand petroleum. He doesn’t understand there are at least 50 products out there that depend upon petroleum. And all these old firms and organizations all over the world are shutting down. It’s a disaster.

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Trump says that they’re on track to finish their objectives. And in the middle of this, there will be discussions, but the US still will hit Iran in the next two or three weeks? If that happens, prices will continue to spiral. Trump says “we” are going to bomb them back into the Stone Age “where they belong.” But he says “we’re still negotiating.” Right. What possible right or interest does Trump have in bombing the Iranian people back into the Stone Age? And then, to force us to pay for the mass murder? It’s outrageous. As he does this, the US starves world markets, and prints more money. Government banks can print money, but they cannot print food, fuel, feedstock, and fertilizers. If Trump attacks more of Iran’s electric generation plants and their oil assets in the region, the Iranians will reciprocate. And the Iranians don’t have much incentive to exercise restraint when it comes to the UAE and other Arab states that have played cozy with Trump.

Then there is India. India does about $180 billion in trade with the Gulf states every year. With India as an example, we can see that the post-UK Arab world will be destabilized, and India is going to experience terrible poverty and hunger. (See that above video from RT…)

Trump will not be able to go back in there and rebuild those bases. There’s no short-term evidence for that as an option. If I were in the UAE right now, I would get out. If the US hits Iranian desal plants, the Iranians are going to hit the UAE desalination plants. There’s a desalination plant right near Iran’s Bandar Abbas naval port, on the other side. I would be very surprised if Trump and Netanyahu don’t try to hit that. There’s also a uranium mine there, where they harvest yellow cake. Bandar Abbas has about 580,000 people in it. It’s a substantial city. They have an airfield and they have train connections. I don’t know what Trump might do, but I would be very concerned if I were an Iranian about Bandar Abbas. And of course, what’s the point? Nobody seems to understand that just because you seize an island, Abu Musa, Tulum, whatever, that the whole world is going to stop. It’s not worked that way.
Everybody forgets Lloyds of London shut down insurance for ships tied to the US and Israel, and the only thing allowing passage through the Strait of Hormuz is peace with Iran. If your host nation is peaceful, you can arrange to pay the toll and float through.
At the same time, Iran has this distributed command and control, and missile points — launch points — all over the country. Those can converge in a matter of a minute or two on targets in the Gulf. They don’t have to be in the Gulf to do that. They can launch drones, they can launch missiles, cruise missiles… And the new disproportion, the strength of small, decentralized defenses against overwrought, expensive offensive weapons? It is amazing to see, and it is depleting US resources, including MONEY from the already delusional US budget

Sources tell me that only appx 25 to 30% of the Iranian capability has been destroyed or disabled. That leaves a lot of capability, and every time somebody stands up in Washington and says, oh, this war is won, we’ve done it, you get a massive strike. They just launched another massive strike on Israel. They’ve launched strikes again on the Gulf Emirates. So, there’s a lot left in Iran. And if you can’t neutralize that network of intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and strike systems, you’re going to have a hell of a time putting soldiers or Marines on those little islands.
And, last night, Trump didn’t reject that notion of boots on the ground. What do he think will happen next? There’s a lot of military hardware heading into the region with Marines in those ships. The buildup continues, and I suspect you’re going to see the use of ground troops. I think they will be used either inside the Persian Gulf, or at its southeastern end. They’re going to try and seize these islands with the view of saying that they’re now in control of the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump is a paper tiger, and he is pushing men and women to their deaths. Those men and women are not supposed to accept unconstitutional commands. They are culpable, and they all are part of a massive war crime spree that is killing thousands of innocent people in Iran, and is starving the world.

One last point. Mr. Trump, if the Iranians are as bankrupt and weak as you argue, why is the US navy parked hundreds of miles away?

Finally, as Trump engages in war crimes, as he lies, as he coerces taxpayers to toil for his war machine, Franklin Graham and Paula White engage in blasphemy at the White House - Scroll to 46 Min and gaze at the grift and vileness.

Joe Scarborough makes good points here

1. Gasoline – directly refined from petroleum.

2. Diesel fuel – refined from petroleum.

3. Jet fuel (kerosene) – petroleum-derived.

4. Heating oil – from petroleum.

5. Asphalt (for roads) – petroleum byproduct.

6. Plastic bags – made from ethylene (petroleum/natural gas).

7. Plastic water bottles – polyethylene terephthalate (PET) from petroleum.

8. Food packaging films – various plastics from petrochemicals.

9. Soda bottles – PET plastic from petroleum.

10. Yogurt containers – polystyrene or polypropylene from petroleum.

11. Disposable diapers – contain plastics and synthetic fibers from petroleum.

12. Toothbrushes – handles and bristles often from nylon/plastic (petrochemicals).

13. Shampoo bottles – HDPE plastic from petroleum.

14. Laundry detergent bottles – plastic from petrochemicals.

15. Sunscreen – many contain petroleum-derived ingredients (e.g., mineral oil, petrolatum).

16. Lipstick – often contains petroleum jelly or mineral oil.

17. Hand lotion – petroleum-based emollients common.

18. Vaseline (petroleum jelly) – directly from petroleum refining.

19. Synthetic rubber tires – styrene-butadiene rubber from petroleum.

20. Car batteries (lead-acid) – plastic casings from petroleum.

21. Windshield wiper blades – synthetic rubber from petroleum.

22. Dashboard and interior plastics in vehicles – from petrochemicals.

23. Synthetic clothing (polyester shirts, fleece) – polyester from petroleum.

24. Nylon stockings / pantyhose – nylon from petroleum chemicals.

25. Athletic shoes – soles and synthetic uppers from petroleum.

26. Computer keyboards – ABS plastic from petrochemicals.

27. Smartphone cases – plastic from petroleum.

28. Laptop shells – often polycarbonate or ABS plastic.

29. Television housings – flame-retardant plastics from petroleum.

30. Refrigerator liners – polystyrene foam from petroleum.

31. PVC pipes (plumbing) – polyvinyl chloride from petroleum/natural gas.

32. Electrical insulation (on wires) – PVC or polyethylene from petrochemicals.

33. Paint – many solvents and resins are petroleum-derived.

34. Varnish and sealants – petroleum-based.

35. Adhesives / glues – many are petrochemical-based.

36. Pesticides and herbicides – often synthesized from petroleum feedstocks.

37. Fertilizers (ammonia-based) – natural gas is the main feedstock for Haber-Bosch process.

38. Insect repellents (DEET) – petroleum-derived chemical.

39. Candles (paraffin wax) – byproduct of petroleum refining.

40. Chewing gum – base is often synthetic from petroleum.

41. Ballpoint pen ink and plastic body – petroleum-derived.

42. Credit cards – PVC or ABS plastic from petrochemicals.

43. Toys (plastic action figures, blocks) – from petroleum plastics.

44. Artificial Christmas trees – PVC branches from petroleum.

45. Carpet fibers (nylon or polypropylene) – petrochemical-based.

46. Dish sponges – polyurethane or cellulose with synthetic backing from petroleum.

47. Contact lenses – many are made from petroleum-derived polymers.

48. Eyeglass frames (plastic) – from petrochemicals.

49. Medical IV bags and tubing – PVC or polyethylene from petroleum.

50. Asphalt shingles (for roofs) – petroleum-based.

Bonus items (for good measure):

1. Synthetic motor oil – often petroleum-derived base stocks.

2. Propane (for grills) – byproduct of natural gas processing/petroleum refining.

3. Lighter fluid – petroleum distillates.

4. Dry-cleaning solvents – often petroleum-based.

5. Rubber bands – synthetic rubber from petroleum.

Virtually all modern plastics, synthetic fibers, and many chemicals start with hydrocarbon feedstocks from petroleum or natural gas. Even items that appear “natural” often use petroleum in their processing, transportation, or packaging.
Transportation and distribution of almost everything also depends heavily on petroleum (trucks, ships, planes) and natural gas (for energy in manufacturing).

BONDI IS OUT AT AG

Not soon enough.

Headline: “Trump administration lifts sanctions against Venezuela’s Delcy Rodriguez” LINK

- Trump attended part of the SCOTUS hearings on Birthright Citizenship at the court yesterday, no April Fool joke - except the joke that there is “justice” in a polis-based system of coercion. LINK
-MURDER: This is and has been obvious. Notice that the government is NOT charging ICE goons with murder. For them, “technicalities” in the statutes allow them to slide through, it seems. Headline: “Death of a refugee left at a Buffalo doughnut shop by Border Patrol is ruled a homicide” LINK

Headline: “DHS spokeswoman Zacharia exits weeks after appointment” LINK The most important part of this article is the last para, which reads: “Her departure also lands as House Democrats press for investigations into Corey Lewandowski, a special government employee at DHS, including a March 18 request for an inspector general probe and a March 23 expansion of that inquiry tied to alleged pay-to-play contracting questions. Lewandowski has denied wrongdoing.” THAT, in turn, is tied to KRISTI NOEM AND GEO GROUP/CORP, which has ties to Pam Bondi and Tom Homan (as we have noted, both the latter two worked either directly for or for firms hired by GEO). Here is the lowdown:
Lewandowski, a longtime Trump ally and former 2016 campaign manager, faced accusations in early March of attempting a pay-to-play scheme involving GEO Group, the major private prison and immigration detention contractor.
As an unpaid special government employee (SGE) and de facto chief of staff/adviser to then-DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Lewandowski allegedly solicited payments from GEO Group CEO/Founder George Zoley in exchange for protecting and expanding the company’s existing DHS/ICE contracts (which were already worth over $1 billion annually and poised to grow under the Trump administration’s mass-deportation plans).
Details of the Allegations
According to NBC News reporting (citing industry sources, a senior DHS official, and people familiar with the meetings):

• During the presidential transition (pre-inauguration 2025), Lewandowski told Zoley he wanted to be paid for helping GEO with its DHS contracts.

• After Lewandowski was inside DHS, a second meeting occurred. Zoley offered Lewandowski a standard retainer/consulting fee; Lewandowski reportedly refused and instead demanded “success fees” or kickbacks tied directly to the value of any new or renewed GEO contracts with DHS. Sources described this as a classic pay-to-play demand.

• GEO Group declined both times. Afterward, two of the company’s federal contracts reportedly shrank, facilities sat idle despite the deportation push, and company officials believed it was retaliation. Lewandowski allegedly instructed a senior DHS official not to award GEO further contracts.

Multiple other DHS contractors also complained to White House officials that Lewandowski (or people tied to him) had solicited payments for influence over contracting.
Lewandowski and his lawyer have strongly denied the allegations, calling them “absolutely false” and “misleading.” His side claims there was only one meeting, that GEO offered him money (a $50k/month retainer) which he refused, and that he never demanded any compensation or retaliated. He has threatened defamation action against NBC News. LINK
Congressional and Oversight Response
House Democrats (led by Rep. Robert Garcia on Oversight) launched an investigation into the alleged scheme and Lewandowski’s broader role in DHS contracting. Senate Democrats have also raised concerns, and the DHS Inspector General is examining Lewandowski’s interactions with contractors as part of a wider probe.
The scandal contributed to broader turmoil at DHS: Noem was fired/removed as Secretary, Lewandowski was ousted, and the linked article you see is about new DHS spokeswoman Katie Zacharia resigning just weeks into her role (mid-February to early April, 2026). Reports indicate her departure was tied to perceived closeness to Lewandowski amid the fallout.
Pam Bondi’s Connection to GEO Group (LINK) (LINK)
Pam Bondi (Trump’s Attorney General nominee, later confirmed and reportedly later fired in some reporting) has a documented past professional tie to GEO Group through her lobbying work.
While at the lobbying firm Ballard Partners (after serving as Florida Attorney General), Bondi was registered to lobby for GEO Group in 2019, with Bondi personally receiving substantial compensation tied to her lobbying clients, reportedly around $390,000 from GEO-related work in disclosures. She and her team lobbied the White House and DHS on issues including “promoting the use of public-private partnerships in correctional services”—exactly the kind of policy that benefits private prison operators like GEO.
GEO Group is one of the largest ICE contractors for immigration detention facilities; roughly 40%+ of its revenue historically comes from federal immigration enforcement. Trump’s mass-deportation agenda was expected to be a major windfall for the company.
How the Lewandowski Accusations Tie to Bondi:
The connection is not a direct personal or joint scheme between Lewandowski and Bondi, but a shared spotlight on potential conflicts of interest and influence-peddling around GEO Group’s lucrative DHS/ICE contracts in the Trump administration:

• Lewandowski (inside DHS in 2025–2026) was accused of trying to personally monetize his influence over GEO’s current and future government business.

• Bondi (as a former GEO lobbyist in 2019) was criticized for a clear conflict once she became Attorney General: DOJ oversees immigration courts, prosecutions, and aspects of detention policy that directly affect how long people stay in GEO-run facilities (and thus how much GEO earns). Democrats (e.g., Sen. Dick Durbin) publicly demanded she recuse herself from any GEO-related matters.

  durbin.senate.gov

Congressional Democrats explicitly grouped the two issues together in oversight letters. For example, a March 2026 letter from Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Jamie Raskin (and dozens of others) to GEO Group about proposed “warehouse” detention centers highlighted both Lewandowski’s alleged demands for payments from GEO and Bondi’s status as a former GEO lobbyist as reasons for heightened corruption concerns in the administration’s immigration contracting. In short: Lewandowski’s story involves fresh allegations of direct solicitation for personal gain from GEO while in government. Bondi’s involves a prior paid lobbying relationship with the same company, now raising ethics flags in a powerful oversight role. Both cases fueled Democratic scrutiny of whether private prison profits were improperly influencing (or being influenced by) Trump-era immigration enforcement decisions. All of Lewandowski’s specific claims remain unproven allegations that he denies; Bondi’s lobbying history is a matter of public disclosure.
RELATED - JOHNSON GIVES DHS MORE CASH? LINK

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One hopes that folks who just watched Trump release his stream of lyrical drivel will not (as the Who sang) Be Fooled Again, and we hope we did a good job covering the criminal violations of Natural Rights, the Constitution, international agreements, and ethics that the US and Israel are committing against Iran. Thanks to all our great live audience, and to journalists whose work we got to mention. Join us, m-f on Rumble, or on X “AT” gardgoldsmith for the gathering of the "Conspiracy"!! Here are some of the major items we got to investigate tonight…

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Donald Trump will address the nation tonight at 9, likely to bloviate about the immoral US aggression in Iran. - And some US “April Fools” might believe his words. Others wisely will be skeptical. Trump claimed that the Iranian govt “asked for a ceasefire.” This is not supported by any evidence

First of all, the current Prez of Iran is the same as before Trump and Israel attacked. Second, the Iranians have made such overtures. In fact, the larger position of the Iranian govt is more oriented towards military reaction, not negotiation.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday said that Iran is no longer a threat to Israel. He said that “Iran is weaker than ever. Israel is stronger than ever” and that the Iranian regime will “eventually collapse.” But that is false. That is rhetoric.

As Natali Morris, of Redacted, notes: ‘Israel is now involved in a full-scale invasion of Lebanon, taking heavy fire from the Houthis and still being targeted in Tel Aviv by Iran. Only a fool would believe that this would leave a country stronger.

Iran confirms that President Trump’s envoys have reached out but continue to insist that they don’t take them seriously.

“We do not have any faith that negotiations with the US will yield any results. The trust level is at zero,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said. “We don’t see honesty.”

President Trump told reporters that the U.S. could “wrap up” the war within the next few weeks, with or without a deal from Iran. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the mission to prevent Iran from having a nuclear weapon has been successful. It’s all good now.’

More rhetoric. Iran has no intention of opening the Strait of Hormuz for Western allies. The U.S. can pack up and leave but the mess will remain.

As Natali says, ‘Don’t be fooled if tonight’s address is presented as a clean victory.’

And do not be fooled by US claims that they only target military. Here is a good overview of the War Crimes committed by Trump, et al, up to this point, and the fact that Iranian reps have explained this obvious reality to members of the UN Headline: ‘US-Israeli attacks on civilian infrastructure are a form of collective punishment, says Iran : Peoples Dispatch’ LINK
And when Mr. Rubio claims that it is IRAN that spends too much on military facets of the govt, is that not the pot calling the Kettle black? Here is the reality, re Iranian defense

Trump says, “We’ll be leaving soon.”

And, as Col Daniel Davis and John Mearsheimer discuss here (time-coded for you to see it easily), Netanyahu also wove some threads into the “we negated Iran” narrative.

If they are so close to victory, why all the attacks on civilian targets? ‘US-Israeli Strikes in Iran Hit Orphanage, Cancer Drug Facility, Religious Site, and More Residential Buildings - News From Antiwar.com’ LINK

And, again, the every-changing, tax-charging, moods of Rubio and Trump. Speculation re Trump’s statements coming tonight is useless, but almost unavoidable

AND… Again, if Trump claims to be leaving soon, then why is Larry Johnson getting these VERY important signals, as he discussed with Daniel Davis?

Here is Joe Kent w Redacted (M-Th 4 PM on Rumble, X, and YT). I do have questions re why he stayed so long w Trump, but he offers valuable perspective here

Ryan Grim says it well

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What of Bessent et al’s claims of “energy independence” and “plenty” in the US? When Donald Trump’s second administration began in January, 2025, it moved swiftly with executive orders to make it look like they were attempting to expand domestic fossil fuel production. High-profile directives reopened vast areas of Alaska—including the full Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and most of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A)—for oil and gas leasing. These actions, framed as restoring “energy dominance,” generated headlines suggesting an imminent surge in U.S. supply. Some observers and supporters interpreted the policy shifts as evidence that domestic oil and natural gas output would rise sharply right away, crediting the new administration for quick results.
In reality, the announcements created a misleading impression of near-term gains. New exploration and production in remote Arctic regions require years of additional steps: lease sales, environmental reviews, permitting, drilling, and infrastructure build-out. Industry analyses project that even optimistic timelines place first exploration permits in 2026–2027 and initial production from these new areas only in 2028–2030 or later. Existing infrastructure helps, but the process cannot be compressed to deliver barrels immediately. Meanwhile, any modest Alaskan growth in 2025–2026 has come from pre-existing projects (such as Nuna and Pikka), not the fresh federal openings. U.S. crude oil production did set a record of 13.6 million barrels per day in 2025, with natural gas output also reaching historic highs. Yet these increases stemmed primarily from ongoing efficiency gains and drilling in established Lower 48 shale basins like the Permian, not from the newly authorized Alaskan tracts. The gap between bold rhetoric and the multi-year reality of frontier development meant that public expectations of an instant supply boost were not matched by actual new barrels from the highlighted policy changes.
This mismatch illustrates how announcements of future access can be mistaken for current production gains. While long-term potential exists, new Alaskan supply will not meaningfully add to U.S. totals for at least another year—and likely several—underscoring the need to distinguish policy signaling from operational timelines. This is a good piece, for additional context LINK

Headline: ‘Top Brussels official urges Europeans to work from home and drive less – POLITICO’ LINK

Here is economist Richard Werner on the looming problem, and its spillover effects — LOCKDOWN THREE-POINT-O

And, Sony… Yep. Sony recently froze nearly all orders for CFexpress and SD memory cards in Japan, citing a “global shortage of semiconductors (memory) and other factors.” This directly affects gaming/storage products. LINK

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Last year, we saw this bill moving through the moldy halls of Canadian govt. Now, it’s passed. Headline: ‘Bill C-9 the Combatting Hate Act has passed in the House of Commons. What changes now?’ LINK

Former Trump economic advisor Stephen Moore notes in this video that trying to get some of the tariff money refunded to businesses is going to be messy — unless one’s company is close to Trump. Headline: ‘Tariffs Are Driving Americans to Bankruptcy - Newsweek’ LINK

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This looks intentional. If so, good for them. Headline: “Anthropic accidentally exposes system behind Claude Code” LINK

This is significant. Headline: ‘Trump administration pauses plans to buy warehouses for immigrant detention, sources say’ LINK

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