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Lawsuits now? Yep. In fact, by imposing his name on the “august” Kennedy Center, Trump has inspired many supporters of the center to reconsider or end their future contributions. LINK AND Musicians, others, are begging out from appearing. LINK

The state was never supposed to get such funds. The rail system is not even half-complete on the rails, alone. Astounding. Just for the record, no government-run rail system in recorded human history ever has run in the black. They all take money from non-riders to subsidize the riders and pay the government employees and contractors. LINK

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NIGERIA
Trump’s bombing of Nigeria not only was NOT where the “anti-Christian” ISIS violence has been noted, it also appears to have done nothing to quell any violence, and seems to have been a signal from Trump to the leadership of Nigeria (the tenth-leading nation for oil resources) to stay in line with the US, rather than join BRICS and other African interests as they disconnect from the PetroDollar and US influence. LINK Trump’s narrative re ISIS clearly is unworkable. LINK And, of course, not only is the action an impeachable, unconstitutional act of aggression without any Dec of War, even if the Constitution were amended to allow him to do it, Trump would have no moral claim over anyone for them to pay for anything.
ISRAEL
This is a valuable piece, from Christmas Eve, asking what the genocide machine of Israeli maniacs actually claim is a “ceasefire”, as they kill people in Gaza every day. LINK
Again, Israel is taking over the land around the “yellow line” in Gaza, and also is grabbing portions inside it. LINK
UKRAINE
Russia slammed Kiev Saturday, leaving one dead, many injured. LINK Reuters reports two dead. LINK This, a day prior to Zelensky’s scheduled visit to the US to play chit-chat with Trump. MORE LINK
And the Polish government decided to continue its theatrics to pretend Putin has evil designs on that nation. They scrambled jets when Russia hit Kiev. LINK
-Another bombing in Russia has killed three people LINK
Canadian government thugs are eager to shovel more cash out of their citizens’ pockets and into the meatgrinder of Ukraine. LINK Since 2022, Canada has handed Ukraine 22 Bil Canadian Dollars worth of “aid” and military equipment. That, based on the proportion of the Canadian budget and the US-Canada relative money values, would equal a QUARTER OF A TRILLION.
VENEZUELA - SEE OUR VIDEO LINK, BELOW…
REASON HAS A GOOD LIST/OVERVIEW of the five locales where Trump has been waging undeclared war, slaughtering innocent people. Has Congress moved to impeach? Of course not. They gave him MORE in the National Defense Authorization Act for this year than he requested! LINK

-AFTER SCOTUS UPHELD BLOCK OF TRUMP USING NAT GUARD IN CHICAGO, TRUMP PLOTS USE OF US MARINES THERE. LINK This is wildly unconstitutional, without any immigration “policing” power, and without any invitation/request from Illinois, per what is required in Article Four, Section Four, of the US Constitution.
-The Trump DoJ now claims that recording ICE agents is “domestic terrorism”. See if you can figure that out. The invaders and kidnappers, using YOUR tax money, claim that if people record their criminal actions, the people are the criminals. LINK
-Trump’s crackdown on H1B Visas (the US Constitution has nothing in it allowing them to mandate “visas” to enter or exit any US state) has seen… not hiring of US residents, but off-shoring of the jobs. LINK MORE LINK
-The Sikh Coalition and Asian Law Caucus Dec 23 brought suit against the California Department of Motor Vehicles for revoking thousands of trucking licenses, per the pressures of the US Dept of Transportation, which was going to withhold highway “funds” (not in the US Constitution) if the CA govt didn’t comply with federal commands to revoke the freight-trucking licenses of thousands (the US Constitution also doesn’t allow the feds to handle immigration or driver’s licenses, except to make all licenses respected from state to state, per the “Full Faith and Credit” clause of the document). LINK The effect of the Trump Admin crackdown on trucking and the supply chain has been disastrous, all over the nation. And, as we noted, foreigners engaged in freight trucking actually are statistically safer than domestic drivers, on a per capita basis of each “pool” of drivers.
-US KIDNAP VICTIMS SENT TO EL SALVADOR SHOULD GET DUE PROCESS, JUDGE RULES LINK - From the article: ‘U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ordered the government to come up with a plan within two weeks for the men, who have since been returned to Venezuela in a prisoner swap. “Plaintiffs should not have been removed in the manner that they were, with virtually no notice and no opportunity to contest the bases of their removal, in clear contravention of their due-process rights,” Boasberg wrote.’

Now, anyone who is familiar with his organization likely knows that it’s a kind of gaslighting organization that labels “hateful” things that its members want to see suppressed or want others to view as “evil” thought/speech. But the irony of Trump using the force of the state to shut them down — in the name of “free speech” is double-darkness. LINK From the post: ‘A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from detaining or deporting Imran Ahmed. He’s a British-born researcher who focuses on countering online hate and misinformation, but the Trump administration accuses him of trying to censor viewpoints that he does not agree with. Ahmed leads a group called the Center for Countering Digital Hate, and he is one of five European nationals recently barred entry to the U.S. by the State Department.’

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Quick takes:
-US Bankruptcy filings skyrocketed this year. LINK
-Hunter Biden says he can’t pay off his debt. Can he now describe himself as a “struggling artist”? LINK
FARMERS CLAIM TRUMP’S “FARM BAILOUT” IS INSUFFICIENT TO STOP BANKRUPTCIES. Ahhh, yes. Thanks to Trump’s unconstitutional and unethical tariff taxes, US farmers got hit with higher costs for all kinds of things they need to operate, and foreign nations like China retaliated by switching to other suppliers. THEN, Trump decided it would be an even better idea to break the Constitution again, and add more debt to the US budget, promising $12 BIL to farmers a few weeks ago. Here is the latest, an aggregation of some key pieces of info on the infirm farm situation. LINK
-The US Dollar has lost 10% of its buying power this year. LINK

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As many of you likely know, gold and silver shot up at an increasingly sharp rate this week, with silver moving near $80 per ounce. This, as Ed Dowd notes, is way beyond standard deviations of normal market activity. Ed (here is his X) has been vocal about the silver price for a while, emphasizing the statistical rarity of its rise. His primary post on the topic, dated December 26, 2025, directly addresses the 10% daily move as a “4-5 sigma event,” comparing a 3.8 sigma probability to the lifetime chance of being struck by lightning. Here is where things stand as of 7 PM, 12-27…

Silver has risen over 171% year-to-date. This unprecedented rally, far outpacing gold’s gains, has captured attention among free-market libertarians who view precious metals as hedges against fiat currency debasement and central bank policies. Here are four salient forces that appear to be driving this rise.
FIRST, surging industrial demand became the dominant vector this year. Silver’s essential role in electronics, solar panels, electric vehicles (EVs), and AI infrastructure has led to inelastic consumption. Photovoltaics and data centers require vast quantities, with a single 500-megawatt solar array demanding 300 metric tons. Electronic corporations, including Samsung, are securing entire mine productions to hoard inventory amid supply fears, shifting from just-in-time models to stockpiling 6-9 months ahead. Here is some background. LINK
Analysts like Shanaka Perera (“At”shanaka86 on X) emphasize this is a structural shift, where green energy boondoggles and giant corporate tech projects consume silver at rates mines can’t match. LINK
SECOND, persistent supply deficits exacerbate the squeeze. Global demand has outstripped production for five consecutive years, creating annual shortfalls of 100-200 million ounces. Mine output, mostly a byproduct of mining for other base metals, peaked in 2016 and won’t recover until 2035, per former Hecla Mining CEO Phil Baker.
Inventories in COMEX, London, and Shanghai are at multi-year lows, with China imposing export licenses.
China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced new export controls on silver via Announcement 2025-No. 68, effective January 1, 2026, and set to remain in place through at least 2027. This diktat requires exporters to obtain special government licenses before shipping silver overseas (as far as I can tell, the export controls only apply to OVERSEAS shipments, which is strange, but that’s the info, as of now, that I see in translations), shifting from a previous quota-based system to a more stringent licensing regime. The policy clearly is open to favoritism, while the government claims they aim to “secure domestic supplies for China’s industrial sectors, including solar energy, electronics, and AI infrastructure, amid global shortages.”

What the Chinese Export License Mandates Entail

• License Requirements: All OVERSEAS silver exports must be approved by MOFCOM. Exporters apply for licenses, which are granted to qualified companies based on government criteria, such as compliance with national security, environmental standards, or strategic priorities. This effectively restricts which entities can participate in international trade, with analysts noting that many current exporters may not qualify, limiting outflows to state-approved firms.

• Application Process: While specific steps are not publicly detailed in available sources, applications are handled by MOFCOM, similar to controls on other commodities like rare earths or steel. For context, China’s steel export licenses allow up to 12 uses per validity period for specified trades, suggesting silver might follow a comparable batch-approval model. However, no explicit application forms or timelines for silver are outlined.

• Analysts suggest this could reduce China’s silver outflows by 50-70%, given its role as the world’s second-largest producer and refiner, supplying 50-60% of global traded silver. These controls are fueling concerns of a “silver squeeze,” exacerbating global deficits amid surging demand from EVs, solar panels, and data centers.

Shanghai silver prices have already reached $85/oz, a premium over U.S. spot prices, signaling tighter physical availability. Experts predict sustained price elevation, potential supply chain disruptions for Western industries, and geopolitical leverage for China in de-dollarization efforts.
THIRD, monetary instability fuels investment inflows. With U.S. fiscal deficits topping $1.78 trillion and the Fed easing rates into negative real territory, silver acts as an inflation hedge. Eroding fiat confidence, geopolitical tensions, and a weakening dollar are driving capital into “hard assets.”
FOURTH, discrepancies between paper and physical markets signal manipulation concerns. Bullion banks’ massive short positions on COMEX exceed deliverable metal, risking “failure to deliver.”
ETF paper claims far outstrip physical backing, leading to premiums and squeezes. This resonates with libertarian skepticism of financial systems, as physical demand from Asia overrides futures speculation. Looking ahead to the first quarter of 2026, libertarian-leaning experts speculate on continued upward momentum, driven by deepening supply constraints and industrial hoarding. Michael Oliver, cited by multiple analysts, forecasts silver reaching $100–200 per ounce within months, potentially hitting $100+ as early as Q1 amid China’s export curbs and escalating deficits. Gary Savage echoes this with a $100 target for 2026, while Lyndon Wood predicts a base of $90 and bull case of $120 by March, emphasizing national resource protectionism. More aggressive voices foresee waves pushing to $200 in initial phases and $600 later in the year, attributing it to paper-physical decoupling and BRICS currency shifts. UBS offers a conservative spike to $65, but analysts like Jim Rickards align with Oliver’s $200 view, warning of corrections but stressing structural bulls. Patrick Karim cautions of a possible retest to $31 in a downturn but sees long-term highs at $250. Overall, these speculations highlight silver’s role in voluntary, decentralized wealth preservation against coerced systems. These factors suggest silver’s rally is no bubble but a regime shift toward higher valuations, potentially reaching $100 soon. In an era of deficits and debasement, tangible metals offer enduring protection.
NOTE! As we go to Press, Man in America is streaming LIVE VIDEO on this matter. LINK

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This conversation between Pepe Escobar and Danny Haiphong is very worthwhile, covering Trump’s aggression against Venezuela, and the geopolitical long-term in central and southern America…

SECOND! Here is a very good conversation on the insane philosophy of Hobbes, via MISES!

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Greetings, fellow Conspirators!

Twas a great night tonight, as we dove into the breaking news on Nigeria, Epstistan (that being the land of untouched Epstein files), and more! Here are some of the key items we investigated…

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the Epstein files. Here is Dave Smith with an adroit observation. LINK Thomas Massie notes the charm and integrity of Trump (sarcasm here, comrades) as, on CHRISTMAS DAY, Trump lumps Massie in with “lowlife scum” like Epstein (with whom Trump was dear friends for decades) and certain Dems. Seriously. LINK And here is a breakdown of the sloppily redacted (redacted to protect those liked by government, it seems) files. LINK

US STRIKES NIGERIA ON CHRISTMAS - Yep. Purportedly to “protect Christians” from persecution, but, as we pointed out three weeks ago on Liberty Conspiracy, the vast bulk of violent crime in Nigeria is not against Christians. Christians ARE at the top, or near it, of targets among RELIGIOUS groups in Nigeria, but the majority of violent crime, of course, is not directed at them - there are sundry “reasons” for the crimes. And, even if it were, there’s not a line of ink in the US Constitution that permits Trump to do this, and, even if the Constitution were amended, no one has a right to threaten you in order to make you cough up the dough to let him do anything, ANYTHING. LINK Here is further info, from witnesses on the ground. LINK and, for what it’s worth, here’s my reaction to Karoline Leavitt spewing forth Trump’s madness. LINK
UKRAINE - Get this! The Russians repeatedly have pointed out that Zelensky is not the legal-constitutional “President” of Ukraine because he is well past the end of the term for which he was elected. This places into jeopardy any “peace treaty” Russia and Ukraine reach, because it could be claimed to be invalid in the future. Thus, Putin and others correctly have called for new elections in Ukraine before any final deal (if it arises) is signed. Buuuuuut… Zelensky now claims that, despite the hundreds of BILLIONS in financial (our taxes) “support” from the US, NATO, the EU, Canada, and the UK, he doesn’t have enough money to hold secure elections. Again, SERIOUSLY! LINK
ISRAEL - As Antiwar notes: “A Monday strike on the southern Lebanese city of Sidon destroyed a car and killed three people within. At the time, the IDF said they believed Hezbollah operatives were in the area, but they didn’t immediately claim that they actually hit Hezbollah.
That’s changed, and now they’re purporting that everyone in the car was a Hezbollah member, including the one who the IDF said was a member of Lebanese Army intelligence. That person was identified as Warrant Officer Ali Abdullah.” Well, as Antiwar also notes, “Lebanon Denies Israeli Claim That Slain Soldier Was in Hezbollah” Here is more LINK
- As Netanyahu preps a visit to the SWIPE HOUSE Monday, George Galloway makes great points about Pastor John Hagee and his psycho flock of Christian Zionists. We will explore this more, tonight, on Liberty Conspiracy LIVE, at 6 eastern LINK And Netanyahu claims Israel is the only place safe for Christians in the Middle East. Er… Perhaps he’s lying? Yes. He is. LINK And how about those attacks by Israel against Christian churches in Gaza? LINK LINK LINK LINK LINK And this great respect for St. George. LINK - Israelis have been slaughtering Christian Lebanese for decades LINK
-Ryan Rozbiani notes the rapid and sensible decline in the population of Christians in Palestine. Why stay to be slaughtered by Netanyahu? LINK
-Electronic Intifada has on display the first part of the second series that al Jazeera created about the Israeli Lobby in the US (and elsewhere) - check it out! LINK
-Try finding on FB/META a list of info on the news covering the genocide in Gaza. LINK
-The US Deep State ties (they really are one and the same) to Israel go wayyyy back. Here’s a little spice from the JFK assassination LINK
-SYRIA - David Stockman has a two-part exposition on the US ties to ISIS, Al Nusra, HTS, al Sharaa (ne, al Jolani) and the Israeli thirst to see Assad booted. Here is Part 1, and here is Part 2.

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-Home sellers who have not been successful selling their property now FAR outstrip buyers. Trump is accelerating the collapse. LINK
-The Great Decoupling - seeing corporate and executive earnings rise while worker salaries flatline and the cost of living rises, is happening. This is a good post, covering some of the stats. LINK
-Schiff was, and is, right… LINK
-TRUMP’s net worth in the last nine months has risen by $3 BILLION. By comparison, Biden’s went from $8 Mil to $11 Mil in FOUR YEARS. LINK

-THE COURTS - Let’s recall that the SCOTUS majority has supported the continuation of a block against Trump using National Guard troops to back up ICE and the FBI in Illinois. LINK
-A NY court found against ICE when they invaded a WOMEN’S BATHROOM in November. LINK
-A BIG development for Kilmer Abrego Garcia. LINK
-This SCOTUSBLOG opinion piece is worth reading. It traces its moral thread back to the evils of the 1793 Fugitive Slave Act, and an 1837 SCOTUS ruling that not only upheld it, but established a “wink and a nod” to racial profiling. The case, called “Prigg v Pennsylvania” saw northern state police forces stopping black people for nothing more than the color of their skin, similar to numerous ICE stoppages of people in many states, and in line with what the Trump Administration actually ARGUED they should be able to do, just… racially profile someone, and assume he or she is guilty or suspected of committing a crime. Many freed slaves lived in the northern states prior to the Civil War, and the federal government prohibited any level of the polis to stop, question, search, or seize from anyone without a judge-issued warrant upon the judge determining there was probable cause. Said warrant is supposed to name the person to be searched and the item sought. With both the Fugitive Slave Act and the current Trump invasion of states with ICE, the warrantless oppression was/is rampant. LINK
-ICE AGENTS SHOOT at moving vehicle on Christmas Eve. - The invader-kidnapper gang must have been justified. See? LINK
-After being assaulted by ICE, a pregnant woman lost her baby. LINK
-More than half of the mothers these doctors interviewed said that ICE goons never checked to see if they had children before deporting the women, leaving the kids in the US, separated from the mom. LINK
-ICE kidnapped this man, then stole his groceries. LINK
-This is cool, from Fiona Apple. LINK
-The Mayor Of Evanston wants BOVINO OUT! LINK
-This TN story of a new mother, stripped by ICE of her NEWBORN, is stunning. LINK
—— Annnnnnd, for the closer - ICE goons surround and try to intimidate a US citizen, and his… SKIN COLOR is their predicate. LINK

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Liberty Conspiracy News Notes:

Welcome, fellow Conspirators!

We hope you enjoy your blessings and want to wish you a wonderful Christmas — every day. Tonight, we got to dig into numerous big news stories, find key lessons in them, and think about Christmas Eve, 1914, the night in Belgium of the “Christmas Eve Truce…” Here is some of what we covered…

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In one of the most bald-facedly cynical moves since Mr. “Anti-Drug” Trump’s release of the former Honduran Prez who was convicted of drug dealing, the US has placed “sanctions” (sans due process, or even an accusation of a crime) on members of the EU for THEIR suppression of free speech. First, Mr. Trump’s edict does not include members of the UK government, yet it comes 48 hours after Greta Thunberg was arrested in London for holding a sign saying she supported the “Palestine Action PRISONERS” and she “opposed GENOCIDE”. Evidently, that kind of speech suppression is fine — it’s when the EU unjustly targets Elon Musk’s X, a large corporation with lots of influence in the US — that Trump puts on his show and selectively shows umbrage. WOW. LINK
-For the curious, let’s consider that the Trump Admin also has “sanctioned” UN human rights rapporteur Francesca Albanese, the members of the ICC who have cited Netanyahu and Israel for War Crimes, and numerous Russian business people. No trials, just punishments, revocations of visas in some cases, and the prevention of many of these people to come to the US to… SPEAK in public. But remember, Mr. Trump and Mr. Vance love free speech. That’s also why his FCC chair, Brendan Carr, is going to appoint a “truth ombudsman” to monitor news reports from CBS. Because… FREE SPEECH, SEE? Of course we do. Here’s some background to remember.
US “SANCTIONS” ON PEOPLE
The US government, through the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), has sanctioned thousands of individuals over the past two years (from December 24, 2023, to today, December 24, 2025). The full comprehensive list is extensive and can be searched on the mind-numbing OFAC website using their Sanctions List Search tool or by reviewing recent actions and the SDN (Specially Designated Nationals) list (then, you can try to find such a power in the US CON-stitution, and you won’t, of course), which is updated regularly.
Here are some examples of individuals sanctioned during this period, based on publicly available announcements (with dates and brief context where available):

• Nikita Aleksandrovich Sobolev (sanctioned in December 2025; Russia-related, under Executive Order 14024).

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• Igor Borisovich Aksenov (sanctioned in August 2024; Russia-related, under Executive Order 14024).

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• Farid Khabibullovich Abdrakhmanov (sanctioned in February 2024; Russia-related).

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• Gleb Sergeyevich Cherbov (sanctioned in August 2024; Russia-related, under Executive Order 14024).

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• Kyriakos Attikouris (sanctioned in April 2023, but included in ongoing Russia-related updates in 2024; sanctions evasion).

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These are just a small sample; major actions in 2024 alone targeted over 1,700 Russian persons (including individuals and entities), with plenty more from other nations, like Iran.

MORE Seized Ships:
The US government has seized numerous vessels in the past two years, primarily tankers related to Venezuelan, Iranian, or Russian oil trade. No new Russian yachts were seized during this period—the high-profile ones (like Amadea and Tango) were seized in 2022 and have seen ongoing legal and sale proceedings in 2024-2025, but not new seizures. Here are the known seizures from December 24, 2023, to now:

The SKIPPER, seized Dec 10 - An oil tanker sanctioned for ties to Iran; seized off Venezuela while carrying Venezuelan crude oil bound for China. Part of efforts to enforce sanctions on so-called “shadow fleet” vessels.
The CENTURIES, seized Dec 20 - A Panama-flagged oil tanker carrying approximately 1.8 million barrels of Venezuelan Merey crude oil (loaded under the false name “Crag”); seized east of Barbados in the Caribbean Sea as part of the same sanctions enforcement operation against Venezuelan oil exports.
Note: As we reported this week, a third vessel, The Bella 1 (sanctioned since June 2024 for GHASSSSSTLY “Iranian oil ties”), was being pursued as of December 2025 but not confirmed seized at the time of this query. No other major ship or yacht seizures by the US were reported in 2024.
What US Sanctions Generally Entail:

• Asset Freeze: Any property or interests in property (e.g., bank accounts, real estate, investments) in the US or under US jurisdiction are blocked and cannot be transferred, withdrawn, or dealt with. In other words, the stuff is stolen by the US.

• Transaction Prohibitions: US persons (citizens, residents, companies, or anyone in the US) are generally prohibited from engaging in any transactions or dealings with the sanctioned individual, including providing services, goods, or funds.

• Secondary Sanctions Risk: Non-US persons may face sanctions if they provide material support or engage in certain transactions with the sanctioned individual.

• Travel Restrictions: Often accompanied by visa bans or ineligibility for entry into the US.

• Other Measures: Depending on the program, this could include export controls, financial restrictions, or designations under specific authorities (e.g., for human rights abuses via the Global Magnitsky Act).

These measures are enforced through civil and criminal penalties for violations.
US DEPORTATIONS OF STUDENTS
Based on U.S. State Department actions in 2025, over 8,000 foreign students attending U.S. universities had their visas revoked, which typically leads to deportation proceedings if they are in the country. These revocations were part of a broader “sweep” targeting individuals deemed to pose safety concerns, specifically linked to expressions of support for Hamas or the Palestinian cause, such as participation in pro-Palestine protests or online statements slyly and corruptly portrayed as “endorsing/supporting terrorism.” This tyranny was fueled by AI tools to identify such free speech from these targets, starting with smaller numbers earlier in the year (e.g., around 300-500 in April, rising to 6,000 by August) and escalating to the final tally by December. Not all cases resulted in immediate deportation, as some students were abroad or challenged the decisions legally, but the visa revocations represent attempts to deport them. This was part of a larger revocation of 95,000 visas overall in 2025, including for speech outside universities, for work, and sundry other completely arbitrary reasons — all while the “visa” concept doesn’t even appear in the US Constitution.

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STRONGARMING UNIVERSITIES
As we know, the feds are not supposed to be offering grants to schools, or loans to students. ZIP, ZERO, NADA. Yet Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) at the start of the Trump Admin commanded heads of numerous schools to “testify” about how they “didn’t police ‘antisemitism’ sufficiently” on their campuses — said “antisemitism” actually NOT antisemitism at all, but calls for peace in Palestine, and even if there were real “antisemitism” that would not be something the feds could prohibit, because the FIRST AMENDMENT exists.
The Trump Administration, through the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, initiated investigations into 60 universities in early 2025 for alleged “failures to address antisemitic harassment and discrimination on campus,” often tied to post-October 7, 2023, peace rallies. These investigations stemmed from th einsanely unconstitutional Executive Order 14188 (”Additional Measures to Combat Anti-Semitism”) and involved warnings of potential enforcement under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. According to the “Justice Department,” a “Federal Task Force” also visited 10 of these campuses.
Members of Congress, particularly through the House Committee on Education and the Workforce (said committee having utterly ZERO tie to any enumerated power in their “rule book” of the Constitution), cited several universities in hearings and reports from 2023-2025 for similar issues, often overlapping with the DoE list (e.g., Harvard, Columbia, Penn). Congressional citations focused on a smaller group (around 10-15 prominent ones like those in the 2023 hearing and subsequent reports), but the total unique universities cited by either Congress or the Trump Administration aligns with the 60 under formal DoE investigation. Here is the full - LONG - list of the 60 universities investigated by the Trump Administration:

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THE SUPREME COURT IS STOPPING TRUMP USING NAT GUARD IN ILLINOIS LINK
-Stephen Miller is continuing his unhinged anti-speech rhetoric against CBS, as the Trumper’s talk “free speech”. Works well. LINK
YES! Remember, the US loves free speech…
AND LOVES THE NEWLY INSTALLED SYRIAN GOVT UNDER ISIS-AL-NUSRA-HST-Al-QAEDA Shaara! LINK
AND if you are a pal of DONALD and donate a lot of money to him or his friends, you, too, can get a PARDON for some REAL crime. LINK LINK
AND it’s terrible when GOVERNMENT GETS INVOLVED WITH CORPORATIONS TO PLAY FASCIST FRIEND. LINK

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We didn’t last night get to discuss the insane Huckabee, Grapham, and Pompeo as they rattle their cosmic sabres for more war with Iran and Ukraine. Here’s a reminder about “Christian” Huck: LINK
In fact… MORE ON THE USS LIBERTY FOR BEN SHAPIRO TO CONSIDER…
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ISRAEL
As Antiwar notes (remember, they are doing a fundraiser at the site, and you can help!): “Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz vowed on Tuesday that the Israeli military will “never leave all of Gaza” and will eventually establish settlements in the northern part of the Strip.

“We are deep inside Gaza and will never leave all of Gaza – that will not happen. We are here to defend and to prevent what happened,” Katz said during an event in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. LINK

UKRAINE
Mike Pompeo danced with Zionist occupiers in Israel, worked with the US to maintain the pro-Nazi government of Ukraine that the US installed in early 2014, pushed censorship of those of us who tried to tell the truth of NATO’s evil expansion, and now is on the advisory board of a Ukrainian arms maker (Fire Point, also known as Vognyeva Tochka). That just happens to be Ukraine’s BIGGEST defense company specializing in drones, long-range missiles like the Flamingo, and other military hardware. But here, we see him pushing for more war with Putin, more arms and cash to Ukraine… LINK As I noted in my response to him Fire Point, which rapidly expanded amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, is under scrutiny for corruption allegations, including investigations by Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation. He is calling for more warlike US (and Israeli) action against Iran. Keen observer Patrick Henningsen pokes at Pompeo’s drastically recent thinness and tan here, but the content of Pompeo’s statement is even more stomach-turning. LINK

IRAN
This follows on the heels of Lindsay Graham calling for the same thing for Iran (as he claims that Iran cannot enrich ANY nuclear fuel, which runs counter to Iran’s long-standing international agreements), with Trump and Netanyahu scheduled to meet on the 29th in DC… likely to agree to attack. How nice, how peaceful, how constitutional…
-Huckabee continues the insanity. LINK

FINALLY - CHRISTMAS EVE… WORLD WAR ONE… PEACE - FOR A MOMENT

In the frozen hell of the Western Front, amid the mechanized slaughter of World War One, a flicker of humanity defied the statist war machines on Christmas Eve, 1914. As the guns fell silent, soldiers—entrenched foes in a conflict engineered by empires and central banks—emerged from their muddy graves to embrace peace on their own terms. No edict from kings or generals commanded it; this was voluntary association in its purest form, a rebuke to the coercive madness of conscripted killing.It began with carols piercing the night. German troops, adorning parapets with candles and Tannenbaums, sang “Stille Nacht,” met by British renditions of “Silent Night.” Shouts of “Merry Christmas!” echoed across no-man’s land, luring men into the open. Near Ypres and Neuve Chapelle, enemies shook hands, swapped cigarettes, chocolate, and schnapps. Buttons from uniforms became souvenirs, joint burials honored the fallen, and impromptu football matches—using bully-beef tins as balls—unfolded in the craters. As Captain Bruce Bairnsfather recalled, it was a “unique and weird Christmas Day,” where a machine gunner even barbered a “docile Boche.” Lieutenant Kurt Zehmisch marveled at the “marvellously wonderful” soccer game, while Private Henry Williamson deemed it “marvellous.”Yet this spontaneous truce, involving some 100,000 troops, horrified the brass. Generals like Horace Smith-Dorrien forbade fraternization, fearing it eroded the war’s fabricated enmity. By Boxing Day, shells resumed, and by 1915, orders crushed such outbreaks with barrages.David Stockman’s reflections remind us why peace remains elusive: endless interventions by the warfare state perpetuate conflict, squashing individual liberty. The 1914 miracle proves men crave harmony without overlords—yet governments, drunk on power and fiat money, ensure no lasting “peace on earth.” In that brief thaw, we glimpse a world unyoked from the state’s bloody grip.

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Liberty Conspiracy News Notes:

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As we geared-up for a big birthday here at the G Estate, we got to report on numerous key issues, open some books on history, and discuss valuable reports from fine journalists. Thank you, to all, and Happy Christmas! Join us, m-f 6 PM on Rumble, on X, and get the Substack News Notes each day! Here are some of the items we broke apart…

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On this day in 1913, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act into law, a disastrous move that reshaped American finance and entrenched central planning in the monetary system longer than all other dumb central banking systems the Congress passed going back to the foolish Alexander Hamilton and his Bank of he United States.
As we mark the Fed’s 112th anniversary today, it’s worth reflecting on the legislation not as a progressive triumph, but as a pernicious alliance between government and banking elites, one that Austrian economists like Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich Hayek have critiqued for fostering chronic economic distortions.
Congressman Charles Lindbergh Sr., a staunch critic, delivered a prophetic warning on the House floor just before the Act’s passage. He declared: “The new law will create inflation whenever the trusts want inflation. It may not do so immediately, but the trusts want a period of inflation, because all the stocks they hold have gone down... Now, if the trusts can get another period of inflation, they figure they can unload the stocks on the people at high prices during the excitement and then bring on a panic and buy them back at low prices.…The people may not know it immediately, but the day of reckoning is only a few years removed.”
Lindbergh further lambasted the Act as establishing “the most gigantic trust on earth,” legalizing an “invisible government of the monetary power” that would manipulate cycles for the benefit of insiders. He foresaw how this cartel would orchestrate boom-bust episodes, enabling politically connected magnates—bankers, industrial trusts, and their cronies—to inflate asset values during expansions, offload overvalued holdings to the unsuspecting public, and then trigger contractions to repurchase at bargain prices, consolidating wealth and control.
At the heart of this peril lies the unholy tie between the polis—the state’s coercive machinery—and the money supply. Governments, driven by fiscal profligacy and electoral expediency, invariably inflate the currency to finance deficits and stimulate illusory growth. The Federal Reserve, as a quasi-public entity, accommodates this by expanding credit through fractional reserve banking and open market operations, untethering money from sound anchors like gold. This floods the economy with fiat liquidity, artificially lowering interest rates and signaling false profitability.
Malinvestments proliferate: entrepreneurs chase unsustainable ventures in housing, stocks, or speculative industries, misallocating scarce resources. A phony boom emerges, characterized by soaring asset bubbles and consumer price inflation that erodes savings and wages. Yet, as Mises explained in his theory of the business cycle, such distortions cannot endure. Rising prices strain consumers, interest rates correct upward, and the edifice crumbles. The bust ensues—recession, bankruptcies, unemployment, and forced liquidation of malinvested capital. Assets plummet, allowing the well-connected to acquire them cheaply, as Lindbergh predicted.
History vindicates this view. The Roaring Twenties’ credit-fueled excess, courtesy of the Fed, culminated in the 1929 crash and Great Depression. Similar patterns replayed in the dot-com bust, the 2008 financial crisis, and recent inflationary surges post-2020. Each episode enriches the elite while burdening the masses with debt and devaluation.
Morality demands abolishing this monopoly, restoring free banking and commodity-backed money. Until then, the Federal Reserve perpetuates a rigged game, where booms flatter the powerful and busts punish the productive. As Lindbergh intuited, this is no accident but engineered exploitation.
Here is an audio edition of G. Edward Griffin’s “The Creature from Jekyll Island” all about the plot to create the Fed. LINK David Knight has a very good take on it that many of us appreciate. LINK

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UKRAINE
Mike Pompeo danced with Zionist occupiers in Israel, worked with the US to maintain the pro-Nazi government of Ukraine that the US installed in early 2014, pushed censorship of those of us who tried to tell the truth of NATO’s evil expansion, and now is on the advisory board of a Ukrainian arms maker (Fire Point, also known as Vognyeva Tochka). That just happens to be Ukraine’s BIGGEST defense company specializing in drones, long-range missiles like the Flamingo, and other military hardware. But here, we see him pushing for more war with Putin, more arms and cash to Ukraine… LINK As I noted in my response to him Fire Point, which rapidly expanded amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, is under scrutiny for corruption allegations, including investigations by Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation. He is calling for more warlike US (and Israeli) action against Iran. Keen observer Patrick Henningsen pokes at Pompeo’s drastically recent thinness and tan here, but the content of Pompeo’s statement is even more stomach-turning. LINK

IRAN
This follows on the heels of Lindsay Graham calling for the same thing for Iran (as he claims that Iran cannot enrich ANY nuclear fuel, which runs counter to Iran’s long-standing international agreements), with Trump and Netanyahu scheduled to meet on the 29th in DC… likely to agree to attack. How nice, how peaceful, how constitutional…
-Huckabee continues the insanity. LINK

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-Greta Thunberg today was arrested in London for holding up a sign that read “I support the Palestine Action Prisoners, I Oppose Genocide” LINK
-Also in the UK, a judge just crushed Reginald Hunter’s antisemitism charge. He is finally free. LINK
When Nick Rudd confronted Ben Shapiro for his Zionist thirst to have the US support that terror-genocide state, specifically focusing on the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty, Shapiro not only lied, he was utterly dismissive (in a clearly defensive way) of the concern and of the question. Here is some background on the Israeli attack — info Shapiro evidently doesn’t want people to know: LINK (That’s Scott Horton and Daryll Cooper), MORE LINK MORE LINK
-Brown University estimates that beyond the $3.8 BILLION per year that the US has been giving to Israel since 2016 (with the Obama-signed ARBITRARY EXECUTIVE ACTION called the “Memorandum of Understanding”) has provided $33.77 BIL to Israel’s war machine since Oct 7, 2023. This does not include US actions such as its support for Syrian overthrow and US attacks on Iran. LINK
—More on the 2016 “Memorandum of Understanding”:
It is a “non-legally binding” executive agreement” between the U.S. and Israeli governments, signed on September 14, 2016, by representatives of the Obama administration and the Israeli government.

• MOUs of this type are political commitments, not treaties (which would require Senate ratification by a two-thirds vote) or laws enacted by Congress. They outline intended levels of aid ($38 billion total over FY2019–2028, averaging ~$3.8 billion annually) but explicitly remain subject to congressional appropriation each year.

• Congress has no direct role in approving or ratifying the MOU itself. Instead, it funds the aid annually through appropriations bills (e.g., the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act or consolidated appropriations acts), where it has consistently provided funding at or above the MOU levels.

• Later legislation, such as Section 1273 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (P.L. 116-283), authorized (but did not require) “not less than” $3.3 billion annually in Foreign Military Financing through 2028, aligning with the MOU terms for planning purposes. This was affirming legislation, not the basis for the MOU itself.

Not a penny of that is constitutionally used or morally acquired.

VENEZUELA

As I noted on X, responding to Trump’s statement that the US (“we”) will “keep” the oil he has stolen from two tankers: “This is a good example of the canard of statism. Not only is Trump committing multiple moral crimes, he has breached his US Constitution and multiple international agreements. And, if one looks at it more philosophically/logically, one might ask him who this “we” is... Can I get some of this stolen oil? How much? If I try to get some, won’t I be fighting against others who want what Trump just told us belongs to the political-collective fantasy of the We/Us? Statism is unworkable, immoral, and a fraud.” LINK

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Hey! How about a mix-in, a “fold-in” on the new zealous Zionists at CBS? - Recall that CBS brass pulled key segments from a 60 Minutes story on ICE and the CECOT detention facility in El Salvador. LINK Max Blumenthal offers key information on this CBS activity and its long-standing position as one of the many conduits for federal propaganda. LINK He also appeared with Judge Napolitano to discuss this, here: LINK

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From singing the Love Boat Theme, to recalling lines from “Repo Man” by Iggy Pop, it was a great combination of sarcasm, rock, and news, tonight, on the program. Most of all, I want to thank Scott Helmer (here is his site!) for joining us in our Mind Meld to discuss his music, the importance of principle and integrity, and the eternal soul. Big thanks, also, to all the fine journalists whose work helped us prepare our presentation!
Join us, m-f 6 PM on Rumble or here on X! - Here are some of the key matters we all got to discuss tonight…

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The US currently is targeting a THIRD tanker in the Caribbean. LINK The US just parked the FIRST tanker it seized, juuuuust off the coast of Galveston. The second tanker the Trump-rates pirated over the weekend was handling a contract for Chinese interests, and if the US keeps going after such interests, the Chinese government will stop buying US bonds, meaning a decline in demand, meaning the US will have to offer higher interest rates on its bonds, meaning higher debt cost repayment on the already 38 TRILLION debt. The Chinese response LINK Judge Napolitano and Larry Johnson offer key thoughts on the Chinese possibly dropping US Bonds. LINK Rand Paul considers the US act a provocation and a prelude to war LINK
-The US has killed 100 people in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific since September. LINK
Lindsay Graham is showing more of his insanity. LINK (and his hubris, and wickedness)…
HONDURAS - The corrupt election has been given a winner. It’s the US-backed pro-ZEDE fascist. LINK
UKRAINE
-Lindsay Graham is calling for just this kind of piracy against even more Russian fuel tankers. LINK He ALSO wants to give Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, because he is out of his mind. LINK
Russian figures are saying that negotiations with the US are looking productive. We will just have to see what they finally release. LINK
Meanwhile the Ukrainians assassinated a Russian military leader LINK
Orban notes that Europe has a huge number of warmongers, thirsting for war. LINK
ISRAEL
More assassinations, this time, of kids, in the West Bank. (Dave D has key info on this, and we have additional video of the actual crime, which we will study tonight, on Liberty Conspiracy)
-Rubio excuses the continued breaches of the so-called “ceasefire” in Gaza. Just jaw-dropping, this one. LINK This, after 400 have been slaughtered by Israel. LINK
-And the excuse of “…if Hamas would just release the Hostages…” no longer even offers its tepid and foolish tinge of value, because the hostages have been returned. LINK
Annnnnd, of course, Israel is expected to ask the US for more war with Iran. The previous narrative of “Trump and Netanyahu disagreed about hitting Iran” was part of a disinfo campaign — they were working on that June attack back in Feb... LINK
AFGHANISTAN
-Let’s not forget that the US occupation of Afghanistan led to a vast increase in the export of opium/poppy-crop from that nation, and it has declined since the US left. LINK
CHINA-JAPAN-TAIWAN
-Not only is the US pirating vessels that are dealing w Chinese businesses, he is funding $11.1 BIL in arms to Taiwan (see yesterday’s Sunday News Assembly) and is using Japan as a military base. LINK

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How does it feel to see the “CZAR” of DHS, an unconstitutional and immoral gang of thugs, say that you, the taxpayer, have generously offered MORE of your money for people to move away? She even has the gall to mention Christmas. Here is the first line of her incredibly insulting X Post promoting the corruption: “This Christmas season, the U.S. taxpayer is generously TRIPLING the incentive for illegal aliens to leave voluntarily.” LINK
-The Associated Press reports that many Trump Admin prosecutions of protesters rallying against ICE are collapsing. The Trumpers’ claim they are engaged in a “months-long effort to prosecute people accused of assaulting federal officers while protesting President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. A review by The Associated Press finds that prosecutors have struggled to deliver on that commitment.”
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-This man is one of the many who has died due to ICE kidnapping. LINKMY FORMER BOSS, BRENT BOZELL, NOW US AMBASSADOR TO S AFRICA, THREATENS THE NATION FOR DEALING W CHINA

Not a good idea. There is no need to see trade as mutually exclusive. LINK

Chris Rossini, of the Ron Paul Institute, makes a strong point about Donald Trump’s current desire to see the Federal Reserve lower interest rates and inflate the money supply. In 2011, Trump openly acknowledged the inflationary trouble that central bank-low interest rates create. LINK
-Trump’s tariffs will see move increases in coffee costs (and many more things) coming. LINK that’s an increase from today, and, generally, his tariffs are higher on virtually every nation now than the tariffs were at this time last year.

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