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VENEZUELA
-Speaker Johnson claims ignorance about the US controversy over Hegseth, the US military, and Trump engaging in double-taps in the Caribbean. He also has no comment on the even more obvious war crime of the first hit, and the unconstitutional nature of the US aggression in the region. LINK
-Rand Paul is calling for an investigation, which likely will come to nothing. LINK
-Sen Markwayne Mullen (R-OK) sounds like a desperate child as he defends the war crimes. LINK
-Hegseth a few months ago, we recall, dismissed the idea of adhering to rules of War. LINK years ago noted in his “autobiography” that he told subordinates in Iraq not to follow legal orders. LINK
-Maduro slams Rubio for his empty claims of Venezuelan drug running while Rubio meets with the head of state of Equator, which is a hotbed of drug trafficking. LINK
-Pentagon Spokes-puppet Kingsley Wilson circuitously pushes blame for the “double-tap” (the first tap was a crime) on the Admiral. Here is what I got to say about it on X LINK “That is a way to create the impression of ‘the buck stops here’ while still passing the responsibility/guilt onto the Admiral, setting him up for solo sacrifice.”
-Another Hegseth horror. He is speaking about the murders LINK Here is what I had to offer: “He seems trapped within a mental cage he created for himself, trapped by nervous egotism, self-puffery, false patriotism, and utter, intentional, ignorance of the US Constitution, the Rules of War as recognized by the US, and deeper ethics, which opposes the war against us that he pushes to make us pay for his swaggering mass murder.”
-And more LINK And here is what I had to note, see what you think: “The boat never was a threat. The Congress never declared War, nor did it issue Letters of Marque and Reprisal to go after non-state opponents. The drug statutes are unconstitutional, and his slick language, framing the second strike within a larger universe of ‘eliminating the threat’ is indicative of a desperate attempt to obfuscate by removing specificity.”
SOMALIA
-Pentagon Spokes-puppet Kingsley Wilson dismisses US military strikes against Somalis in support of the brutal regime there, and she does so by saying the US is not engaged in “regime change.” Seriously. LINK

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COVID AND PCR - GERMANY REPORTS MASSIVE OVERCOUNT OF “PANDEMIC” CASES
-No kidding. We knew that from the start of the use of the PCR test. LINK

PFIZER HID LIVER-DAMAGE DATA FROM COVID JAB TRIAL RESULTS
-Yeah, very surprising… LINK

IMMIGRATION POLICE STATE
-The Trump Admin yesterday fired eight New York City immigration judges.
This action occurred amid a broader purge, with more than 100 immigration judges dismissed or pushed out nationwide since Trump’s inauguration in January 2025, often targeting those perceived as too lenient by administration allies. The fired judges appear to belong to a group that has historically ruled more favorably toward migrants’ rights to remain in the U.S., based on available data about their asylum grant rates and professional backgrounds. For context, national asylum grant rates (including other forms of relief) have hovered around 40-50% in recent years, but many fired judges exceed this significantly. One of the dismissed judges, Amiena A. Khan (Assistant Chief Immigration Judge at 26 Federal Plaza), granted asylum or relief in 89.6% of cases from fiscal years 2019-2024, denying only 10.3%—far more lenient than the national average. This pattern aligns with the administration’s focus on removing judges with immigrant defense experience (e.g., prior work as asylum attorneys), who comprise 44% of those fired but only 26% of remaining judges. Earlier 2025 firings in NYC similarly targeted judges with the highest grant rates, such as David Kim (top in the city through 2024) and others with comparatively low denial rates. In contrast, Trump-preferred judges (often with prosecutorial backgrounds) tend to have denial rates above 70-90%. One of the fired NYC judges has already filed a discrimination lawsuit, claiming the termination was retaliatory.
**And we want to recall that the Trump administration has announced and begun implementing a plan to task hundreds of military lawyers—primarily from the Judge Advocate General (JAG) corps, Army Reserve, and National Guard—to serve as temporary immigration judges in the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), the DOJ division that oversees immigration courts. This initiative was first reported in early September 2025, following a late August rule change that relaxed qualifications for temporary judges, allowing “any attorney” to be appointed without prior immigration experience. The stated goal is to address a backlog of over 3.4 million cases amid ramped-up enforcement, potentially doubling the current ~600 permanent judges through these six-month (renewable) stints. As of late October 2025, the DOJ had appointed 25 such temporary military lawyers as part of its first 2025 class, with at least 18 still actively serving in the military, and some already beginning to hear cases. The Pentagon approved detailing up to 600 in total, with recruitment ongoing into November. Critics, including legal experts and advocacy groups, have raised concerns about the lack of immigration expertise among these appointees (often limited to brief JAG training), potential violations of laws like the Posse Comitatus Act (which limits military involvement in civilian law enforcement), and the risk of politicizing the courts further, especially alongside the firing of over 100 experienced judges. Congressional Democrats have also sent letters questioning the legality. No full rollout of all 600 has been reported as of December 2, 2025, but the process is actively underway.

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TARIFF TERRORISM
-Forbes just conducted a survey of many biz owners. Not good news. LINK

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It was a packed show, including music from the Asian Dub Foundation, Led Zeppelin, and WIRE, and moreover, we dig into big issues, thanks to you in the chats and your spreading of the word about the show! Join us, m-f 6 pm on Rumble, my X “at”gardgoldsmith, and visit this Substack as a paid subscriber for daily news and extra key research!

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TRUMP - CLOSING AIR TRAVEL OVER VENEZUELA- As Matt Kennard notes, this is an act of war, blocking travel over a nation of 30 MILLION people. LINK
-Trump Saturday hopped on “social media” and ordered “airspace over Venezuela closed” which is an act of War and should be piled atop the mountain of unconstitutional activity he has conducted that not only should see him removed from office, but thrown in prison. Dave DeCamp reminds us that the US already has engaged in criminal actions that have included double-taps, even earlier this year, in Yemen. LINK (MORE ON THAT BELOW)
-Trump is reported to have issued an ultimatum to Maduro to leave with his family or the US will begin bombing. LINK
-Lindsay Graham - SHOCK! - praised Trump’s warmongering, continuing to push the “drug fight” canard. LINK
-Michael Tracey makes good points re the US double-speak about peace and regime change. LINK

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HEGSETH IS THE TIP OF THE WAR CRIME ICEBERG:
-Let’s open w Sen Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and his answer to the MAGA jackals who want him caged. LINK
-In her daily WH briefing today, Karoline Leavitt offered nothing but empty syllables to defend the double-tap. Utterly vacuous statement. We will have more from our production-video side tonight, on Liberty Conspiracy Live at 6 PM on Rumble, X “at”gardgoldsmith. LINK
-Andrew McCarthy has had plenty of time to write about War Crimes committed by the US government. Now, finally, he is discussing the WaPo article exposing the fact that Sec of Def Pete Hegseth ordered a second strike on boaters the US Seal Team Six already had blown out of their boat in the Caribbean. The overall US action, with nearly 90 people murdered under Trump’s orders and by the hands of war criminal US soldiers, is a giant War CRIME. Likewise, all state activity is criminal by its nature, holding behind it the threat of your death if you want to be left alone. This is indisputable. LINK
-Trump says he believes Pete H thought it was appropriate for the “double-tap”, though he, Trump, would not have wanted Hegseth to call for the “second strike”. Again, the first strike was immoral, illegal, and unconstitutional. Trump’s order brought about the whole mass slaughter campaign LINK And… LINK
Yet, Trump promised Thursday to start “land operations” in Venezuela very soon…
-As Ed Krassenstein points out, this “double-tap” (and the larger problem of the US engaging in hostilities without a Dec or War) is precisely why the Dem Senators and Congress members who offered their statement about not following illegal orders spoke up. LINK
-Yet Congressman Brian Mast claims it’s those people who spoke about operating legally who are the ones who are breaking the law and should be tried for sedition. Mast wears his IDF uniform in his House office. LINK
-Here is Responsible Statecraft on the matter, and on Trump’s hypocrisy in pardoning a convicted drug trafficker in the form of the former Honduran Prez: LINK From the article: “The news that Trump is going to pardon Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras who was sentenced to 45 years in U.S. prison just last year came as a shocker. The White House has said repeatedly that drug traffickers are narcoterrorists who are waging war on America, justifying their killing the boats every time. Yet Hernandez was convicted of conspiring to import 500,000 kilos of cocaine into the United States and stuff it “right up the noses of the gringos“ and Trump says “CONGRATULATIONS TO JUAN ORLANDO HERNANDEZ ON YOUR UPCOMING PARDON.”
-Angus King speaks on the illegality of the double-tap, but does not look at the wider picture. LINK
-Trump claims he will hold a presser in the Oval Office to talk about VZ tonight. LINK
-And, to reiterate, this FLA Congresswoman is eager to get at the VZ Oil. LINK

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HONDURAN CONNECTION
- The Trump Admin appears to have pardoned the former Prez of Honduras as a part of a larger plan to influence the Presidential elections there today.
ISRAEL-GAZA aspect of this: Rashida Tlaib has sponsored a House Res to cite Israel for genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza. For what a “resolution” will do (nothing) to stop Trump sending more funds and weapons to Israel, and for the larger temporal and geographic problem of the US yearly sending cash to Israel and many other nations, facilitating war, etc., this resolution also will not do anything. But she has 21 co-sponsors and this will call more attention to the reality of the genocide as well as the US involvement with the Zionist occupation entity. LINK
-Take a look at YESTERDAY’S SUNDAY NEWS ASSEMBLY, BACKGROUND ON THE TRUMP HONDURAN HYPOCRISY AND THE ELECTIONS THERE… LINK
-AS we go to print - Honduras held the general elections on Sunday, electing a new president, 128 members of the National Congress, and 20 representatives to the Central American Parliament. The race was highly contentious, marked by Trump’s endorsement of one candidate, his recent pardon of former President Juan Orlando Hernández, accusations of fraud, logistical delays at polling stations, and concerns from international observers about potential violence or manipulation. Over 6.5 million voters were eligible, but issues like late-opening polls and restricted voting for Hondurans abroad (e.g., in Miami) sparked protests and distrust. We await word…
- HERE is KEY background on the Honduran election. LINK
-Dave DeCamp of AntiWar has good coverage of Honduras and of Hegseth, we link here to his midpoint discussion on Hegseth. LINK

UKRAINE
- US and Ukrainian officials are finishing “Talks,” in FLA. LINK
- Brussels has expressed a pretty solid NO when it comes to Euroclear seizing the Russian funds. LINK

ISRAEL
-More IOF murders of kids in Gaza. LINK
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UKRAINE:
As we reported Friday, on Liberty Conspiracy Live, Trump’s push of Jared and Witkoff to “negotiate” is a reflection of Don’s neo-fascist-corporate-statist-favoritism mindset that he thinks can attract the Russians with promises of big corporate profits. It overlooks centuries of Russian tradition, history, religion, and familial ties that mean nothing to Trump’s cadre of vultures. - LINK
-RT reports on how the EU sabotaged (and continues to try to do so) a Ukraine peace plan. LINK
-The Ukrainians just used water-based drones to attack two civilian oil tankers. Utterly criminal. Here is info on one: LINK The first tanker was the Virat. It was flagged under Gambia, carrying a crew of 19 (nationalities unknown), and was en-route from Egypt to Russia’s Novorossiysk port, likely empty or partially loaded. Virat previously sailed under flags of Barbados, Comoros, Liberia, and Panama, and was under sanctions from the EU (January 2024), US, UK, Switzerland, and Canada for its role in the so-called “shadow fleet” of ships carrying resold Russian fuel (how EEEEVIL!!). The second tanker, Kairos (also Gambia-flagged), was similarly empty and headed to Novorossiysk; it carried 25 crew members.

VENEZUELA
It’s a wild moment in US history, among many wild times that are not necessarily good. In fact, in the last 18 hours, Donald Trump virtually, and unilaterally, declared a form of US “war” against Venezuela by mandating “AIR SPACE ABOVE VENEZUELA CLOSED” per his “Truth Social” statements and his unconstitutional militarism in the Caribbean. Here is AntiWar on the development. LINK Here is The GrayZone on the pardon of former Honduran Prez Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was supposed to be serving over 40 years for smuggling drugs (even though none of the US statutes prohibiting drug use or sale or possession is constitutional), a pardon that comes after Trump murdered nearly 100 people in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific: LINK
And here are numerous responses to Trump’s infinitely belligerent leap into madness. First, Justin Amash, who writes: “The president of the United States may not order offensive military action in or against Venezuela without congressional approval. Not the Constitution nor the War Powers Resolution nor past AUMFs authorize such hostilities. Any such orders are unconstitutional and unlawful.” NEXT, former Reagan Economic Advisor David Stockman: “Holy shit, Donald, there goes your Nobel Prize and also your excuse for not checking into a mental institution. This post is one of the stupidest things ever uttered by a US president and you’ve got more than two centuries worth of competitors for the honor.” Under the US CON-stitution, Congress MUST DECLARE WAR, or ISSUE LETTERS OF MARQUE AND REPRISAL. Stockman also writes: “Well, let’s see, Benny Boy (a reference to Trump-booster Benny Johnson, most likely). Closing the air space of another sovereign country is an act of war. Did the US Congress declare war on Venezuela per the US Constitution? So where in the hell did the Donald get the authority to start a war against of a bedraggled, woebegone country that has been utterly ruined by Socialism and therefore presents zero, nichts, nada, nugatory, nein and nyet threat to the Homeland Security of America?”
Now, the added dimensions…
NEXT, Max Blumenthal, of The GrayZone, who observes: “While waging a fake anti-drug war on Venezuela, Trump will pardon the convicted narco prez Juan Orlando Hernández, who trafficked 500+ tons of drugs into the US – mainly because he figures in Washington’s plot to manipulate Honduran elections.
Raul Pineda, a Honduran lawyer and analyst who worked in his country’s Council to Fight Drug Trafficking, explained to The Grazyone that Hernández’s main achievement was to ‘create a fourth estate of drug trafficking within the republican model of governance.’
Hernández ‘began to replace [the old narco kingpins] with institutional trafficking, where military personnel and police were used [for protection], along with the cover of prosecutors and judges…’ Pineda said. ‘He tried to replace narcos with elected military personnel, with police officers, with elected politicians accompanied by an entire structure of media, opinion leaders, and organized political groups.’
According to Pineda, Hernández transformed Honduras into a pivotal transit center for the drug trade: ‘He built six airports in a country of nine million inhabitants. And each airport, some of which have recently had three plane accidents in one year, had the sole function of being a logistical platform for drug trafficking. So instead of the plane landing on a dirt road, it landed on a paved runway and they paid for using it.’
Even though the US knew Hernández was a prolific drug trafficker, the DEA worked with him to provide the illusion of an anti-narcotics policy. ‘The DEA has very little credibility in the world of interdiction agencies,’ Pineda said. ‘After all, the DEA’s highest decoration was awarded to Manuel Noriega. And the head of the Southern Command repeatedly came to Honduras to praise the virtues of Don Juan Orlando Hernández.’”
Daniel McAdams notes: “Congress should be meeting now to pass a resolution confirming that the US President has no legal authority to take the nation to war without Congressional approval.”
Danny Haiphong writes: Trump “closes” Venezuela airspace over a fake drug war. But he isn’t president of Venezuela. Trump is pardoning former Honduran puppet Orlando Hernandez. Who smuggled 400 tons of cocaine into the US. It’s not about drugs. It’s about regime change from Venezuela to Honduras.”
MORE ON THE PARDON and POLITICAL TIES TO RUBIO. Francisco Rodriguez, a Senior Research Fellow with the Center for Economic Policy Research, writes: “Those puzzling over Trump’s announced pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández may wish to recall that:
- As president of Honduras, Hernández hired lobby firm BGR group for $660,000.
- Secretary Rubio has been one of the top recipients in campaign contributions from BGR group.” (…and he provides screenshots to document his claims.)
AND, not as if you might have needed a newspaper to tell you that Trump and his gang were engaging in extrajudicial murder, aka WAR CRIMES n’ INTERNATIONAL CRIMINALITY, but this report on Hegseth ordering “Kill ‘em all” kinda spells it out. LINK This Report from former JAGs also cites Hegseth for mass murder and criminality. LINK
IT LOOKS LIKE HEGSETH IS GETTING MORE NEGATIVE ATTENTION FROM CONGRESS NOW LINK
-Let’s recall that Admiral Alvin Holsey resigned the day Hegseth engaged in this activity. LINK
Phil Err writes: “Under the laws of war, you never attack anyone who is hors de combat: shipwrecked, wounded, defenseless, or already in your power. Those two men clinging to the wreckage were exactly that. Ordering their death anyway crosses an even brighter line: the ban on no quarter - the absolute rule that you do not kill people who cannot fight back. Every commander knows this. Every officer is trained on it. These aren’t obscure legal theories. They’re the bedrock of lawful command. Yet the Secretary of Defense still gave the order: ‘kill everybody’ - after the first strike, after operators saw survivors in the water, after it was clear they posed no threat. A second missile was launched just to finish the job. Hegseth didn’t make a tough call. He made an unlawful one.”
Here is a US politician lying and applauding war crimes, a man who embraces fakery re drugs, and who shows no care for his vaunted “Constitution.” LINK
-MEANWHILE, Trump and Maduro are said to have spoken on the phone. Why should Maduro have to answer to Trump about anything? LINK

ISRAEL
- The UN has released a new report on torture in numerous nations. Israel is prominent in the document. LINK
- A reminder from Thanksgiving, that Senator van Hollen was integral in helping get this sixteen-year-old American kid released from terrible, torturous detention in Israel, LINK
-From DropSite News re the Military-Industrial Complex and its SUBSIDIARIES. LINK Quote: “NEW from Drop Site:
A Single Warehouse in Jersey City Moved Over A Thousand Tons of Military Cargo to Israel Every Week. Three New Jersey-based logistics companies have worked for decades with Israel’s Ministry of Defense, U.S. contractors, and weapons manufacturers to ship military equipment from the U.S to Israel. By @jlosc9 and @enoughformethx”
-Annnnd, Israel just bombed Syria again, killing 15. LINK

SOMALIA
-The US bombed Somalia for the 101st time Friday. LINK

CIA-TRAINED MURDERER
Sabby Sabs has key thoughts on the fact that the alleged killer not only was trained by the CIA in Afghanistan, someone was googling him more than a month prior to him allegedly committing these crimes. LINK
-This attack coming shortly after a judge ruled that Trump cannot keep the Nat Guard in DC. Seems odd that this should happen and now provide an argument that the Nat Guard SHOULD be out in MORE force. LINK
-And Trump is ordering more Nat Guard to DC. LINK

-Trump is pumping the stat that tells us his admin hoovered up $33 BILLION last month via tariffs. That’s one month, atop the $340-350 BILLION the US already sucked up from April through September this year, via, yeah, you got it, Trump’s tariff taxes. All of that theft, that added cost for consumers, that redirection of consumer behavior and that favoritism for Trump friends — something is wrong with him. Many somethings. LINK As Justin Amash writes: “Yes, raising taxes on Americans may briefly result in higher tax revenues. People who understand economics have been saying that these tax increases are bad policy. MAGA, Inc., thinks a policy of high taxes on Americans is something to celebrate.”
-TARIFFS: After two fires at a NY State plant producing aluminum for its cars, Ford is in trouble… because TRUMP’s TARIFFS WILL NOT ALLOW FORD TO FIND ALTERNATIVES FOR REASONABLE, USEABLE, PRICES. LINK
-Remember when Trump said that HE knows a child doesn’t need more than one doll? His tariffs on dolls and imported games is estimated to cost $1.1 BILLION this year. LINK
-These retailers are trying to get out the word to tell people about how damaging are Trump’s tariff taxes. They cannot sustain their business at these price levels. LINK
-A major release from S&P tells us how expensive the Trump tariff taxes will be for international companies. We are talking a sucking sound of $1.2 TRILLION lost to Trump’s vampiric US tariff monster in 2025 ALONE. LINK Indeed, this recent S&P Global analysis estimates that President Trump’s expanded tariffs will impose approximately $1.2 trillion in additional costs on global businesses (including international corporations) for 2025 alone, primarily through higher supply chain expenses, logistics disruptions, and pass-through effects to consumers. This figure accounts for the broad application of tariffs averaging 18–27% on imports, acting as a de facto tax on multinational operations. Here is the CNBC Article: Tariff costs to companies this year to hit $1.2 trillion, with consumers taking most of the hit, S&P says Here is more, w video. LINK
INFLATION OF THE MONEY SUPPLY, US DEBT, GOVT STIFLING OF SUPPLY AND INNOVATION - ALL LEAD TO HIGHER PRICES, EVENTUAL CRASHES, AND A TOTAL LACK OF AFFORDABILITY FOR VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING. Chris Rossini, of the Ron Paul Institute, offers some key words to a WSJ opinion hack who doesn’t get it. LINK

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-Recall that on November 19, the House voted to support a Senate proposal to open more oil drilling in Alaska and Wyoming. Why the US government has anything to do with any kind of oil or natural gas, or farm, or other venture inside a state, or any form of land that the feds claim to control? That’s mystifying to anyone who bothers to read the US Constitution. This merely changes the policy of the central planners. LINK It might provide some short-term relief in about a year, but the concept of federal control is not being properly questioned.

US FASCISM GROWS UNDER TRUMP - A REMINDER RE HIS “CHIP-MAKING” COMPANY US-BUY-IN.
-Reason has this well covered, and it is worth reading the reminder... LINK

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-The central planning continues, as Trump now claims he will stop “immigration from all ‘third world’ countries.” What is “third-world”? Whatever they want it to be, of course. LINK
-More testimony about the economic damage the crackdowns are causing. LINK
-A girl who has lived here since she was seven was grabbed on her way home from college for Thanksgiving. LINK
-The Feds are prepping to flood New Orleans with more goons. LINK

-As the Canadian government continues to persecute one of the Freedom Convoy’s leaders. LINK

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ONE: This conversation about the UK government going after George Galloway (and his wife) and others for their speech and journalism is very valuable. Kudos to Patrick Henningsen. LINK
TWO:
DANIEL DAVIS is on top of the recent Trump move, threatening Venezuela.

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Here are some of the major items we discussed tonight:
TRUMP to PARDON FORMER PREZ of HONDURAS, WHO WAS CONVICTED OF DRUG SMUGGLING - b/c Trump hates drug smugglers. LINK
WAR
Let’s begin with an example of the double-vision, the self-delusion (perhaps), of Barack Obama when it comes to mass murder. Here, he says: “Violence has no place in America. Michelle and I are praying for the servicemembers shot in Washington, DC today, and send our love to their families as they enter this holiday season under the most tragic of circumstances.” — Yet, as journalist Ben Norton notes: “Obama bombed 7 countries, dropping 26,171 bombs in his last year as US president.
He waged non-stop war, and destroyed the government of Libya, the most prosperous country in Africa, making it a failed state with slave markets. He also supported violent coups in Latin America.” LINK
THE ALLEGED SHOOTER -
Remember, gun grabbers have not explained how this man who legally was not permitted to own a firearm in the US not only got a handgun, but moved across the continent with it then killed one and critically injured another…
-Trump makes an utter fool of himself (again) by claiming that the alleged shooter was “not vetted,” then, when corrected by an ABC news reporter, he mocks her and implies that she is “stupid”. LINK
-ANTIWAR gives us the key info to start, re Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the alleged (now murderer) of a Nat Guard soldier from W Virginia, named Sarah Beckstrom. LINK (He was trained by the CIA, vetted by the US govt and allowed into the US).
-Trump’s reaction when asked if he would attend Beckstrom’s funeral was bizarre, and focused on the fact that “West Virginia loves me.” - WHAHT? LINK This is valuable to view, given Trump’s personality problems. LINK
-AND THIS, TRUMP TYING SOMALIA INTO IT, FOR NO REASON. WHAT? LINK
Jennifer Griffing (who works for FoxNews, of all organizations!) writes: “Alleged shooter Rahmanullah Lakanwal worked for the CIA in Afghanistan out of Kandahar base, according to CIA director John Ratcliffe. Multiple sources tell me he was vetted before working with the CIA by the NCTC (National Counterterrorism Center) and the CIA. I am told that Lakanwal was with the Task Force in Kandahar. During the Afghan withdrawal, the CIA airlifted with the help of the US military many Afghan allies who had worked with the US government and took special care of those who were badged and worked with the agency. They were taken to bases in Qatar and Europe and then onward to military bases in the US where further vetting was supposed to take place. Having a CIA ID would have put him in the “vetted” category. I am told there was nothing in his background when he arrived in the US on Sept 8, 2021 that suggested links to terrorism. He applied for asylum last year and reportedly received asylum in April under the Trump administration.”
In other words, the centralized “immigration control” system the Feds claim to control, this pretense of power, has seen the fed vetting process done, and this man allowed through. This, despite the claims of Donald Trump, who not only denied that the man had been vetted, Trump threw insults at the reporter who cited the fact. LINK
And The GrayZone’s Aaron Mate notes this bout blowback: “One way to reduce terror attacks at home is to stop invading and occupying foreign countries. In this case, the Afghan shooter never would have been here had we not. The term for this is Blowback” —- This suspect is said to have started training with the CIA when he was 14 years old, trained in some of the most brutal forms of CIA covert ops on the books, from operation Cyclone (1978/79-1989) in Afghanistan, on…
-Trump now is calling for a review, or investigation, or some other SOVIET style tomfoolery of their own “vetting” errors. LINK

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US-VENEZUELA - ”LEGAL ORDERS” + MORE
This “JAG” observes that there was nothing wrong with the statement from six Dems in the House and Senate who said that soldiers can choose not to comply with “illegal” orders. The discussion here does not go deep enough, to the level of the US Constitution, or deeper, to the level of individual freedom to not have to pay for the military operated by the polis. It also misses the point that “orders” that are considered “generally” lawful has nothing to do with “constitutional” and also means that orders are not universally considered “lawful” — meaning that those receiving them must study EACH ORDER. Duh. LINK
-Trump threatens land invasion of Venezuela that would be a disaster if he truly tried it. LINK

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UKRAINE
-Zelinksy’s Chief of Staff - out, due to the corruption charges. LINK
This partially fed-funded “think tanker” who pushes for more war (he also worked for Boozer-Allensses Hamilton, a defense (offense) contractor) and man whose hardcore Zionist parents came from Ukraine (in other words, they are European, not Semitic) wants the EU to finish its theft of Russian assets stored in a Brussels bank (Euroclear) and hand them to Ukraine. This is one of the most short-sighted ideas in modern history. LINK

ISRAEL
-The US is pushing a plan to concentrate Palestinians inside housing units built w US taxpayer cash, run in a technocratic manner. Incredible. LINK

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US ECONOMY
-Malls are experiencing the worst downturn and fastest rise of vacancies/bankruptcies since the 2020-2021 lockdowns. LINK From the piece: “The retail crisis is unfolding in real time. From January to November 2025, major retail chains are accelerating closures at a pace surpassing even the pandemic years. The broader industry is experiencing what analysts describe as the most severe retail contraction in recent history—not necessarily driven by bankruptcy, but by fundamental shifts in consumer behavior and retail economics.”
-A reminder that “Blue Collar” jobs are disappearing. with a drop of 59K since April. How odd. Trump increases costs for businesses by pushing tariffs on their factors of production, and, for some nutty reason, they can’t remain competitive and they have to shed workers. LINK
-Treasury Sec Bessent again appeared on NBC to lie about the economy, blame Biden, and claim that prices for food were down, when, in fact, they are up. LINK MORE of his foolishness. LINK
-More bad economic numbers, again, the worst October since 2003. LINK
-In CT, 1,700 whacked from a single company - MACY’S. LINK
-Tyson in TX, cuts 2,000. LINK
-Expect more economic losses LINK

MEANWHILE, US TRANSPORTATION THUG DUFFY IS TARGETING… AIRLINE SNACKS
-Seriously. It sure is great that the US has a collectivist air travel and security system. That’s very helpful. LINK

IMMIGRATION POLICE STATE
-It’s a FAMILY AFFAIR! WH Press Sec Leavitt’s brother’s former wife has been kidnapped by ICE. They have a child together. LINK

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Hi, everyone! Many thanks to the fellow Conspirators who joined us tonight and to the great journalists whose work we got to feature, they always keep those lights of liberty bright!!

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WAR
UKRAINE: NBC reports that the US has warned the Ukrainian govt of impending collapse. As if that were not obvious. LINK Of course, this has a bearing on Ukraine’s view of US support, with another signal from the US that they must negotiate a peace or the peace will be brought through total capitulation to the military might of Russia. Trump added Jaredd Kushner to the “diplomatic” group that is on its way to Geneva to talk to Lavrov, possibly Putin, and, members of a Ukrainian negotiating team. The Trumpers seem to think that their fascist-corporate orientation can overcome thousands of years of Russian tradition, culture, religion, regional ties and much more. Within western Ukraine, that might be the case, but not in the Donbass, and not in Russia. LINK
The EU continues to push for seizing the 160 Billion Rubles that is “frozen” in a Brussels bank. This would be disastrous for all European banking institutions, removing any security that foreign nations might have for their own assets should they deposit any in any EU-based bank. LINK And, of all things, von Der Leyen had the gall to say that any “loan” to Ukraine from the EU will “follow” international law. The seizure of the Russian funds is, itself, a breach of international law. LINK
-A leaked call that included Witkoff and a Russian counterpart reveals that the US is pushing a partition of Ukraine (no kidding), with some kind of international “security” force handling the remains of the nation. LINK MORE, from ANTIWAR
-When asked about the phone call, Trump noted that Witkoff has to engage in some preliminary conversations to set the table, per se, about the ideas that might be more fruitful than others. LINK
-And, despite the widespread disapproval of Macron floating the idea of French troops going into Ukraine, many EU “leaders” are pushing a similar concept. The key question is whether or not these “EU” forces will be part of an international group that INCLUDES Russian forces or if these troops will be vassals of the EU, backing up a corporate kleptocracy that makes oodles on the “cleanup” and blocks Russian monitoring of the Ukrainian peace. LINK
-Von Der Leyen stresses EU points that have nothing to do with reality (vid from Judge Nap here LINK) and… Rutte intimates Ukraine joining NATO — INSANE. LINK
-One of the sticking points re any peace is that NATO-EU ideologues keep pushing for Ukraine to keep and run the Zaporizhzhia nuke plant. That is a bad idea. LINK
-German Chancellor Merz still pushes for more spending on his mil-ind friends in order to “show the Russians” that “victory” is unachievable. He is either insane or thinks people are stupid, or both, perhaps. He must know that the Russians are within months of total victory, and by dragging this out, more Ukrainians will die. Just evil. LINK
-Canada’s Chrystia Freeland, who was integral in attacking the Freedom Convoy, closing bank accounts, and supporting a Waffen SS trooper getting a standing ovation in Canada’s Parliament a couple years ago, just met with Zelinsky. LINK
-MORE ON THE UKRAINIAN CORRUPTION of the CORRUPTION! LINK
ISRAEL:
-The death toll in Gaza now estimated to be over 100K (at a low). LINK the actual death toll likely is five to six times that number.
-The US and Israel ignobly stood against a UN condemnation and prohibition of torture — a proposal that received virtually universal acceptance and support in the GA. LINK
-This Israeli politician’s crazed promotion of the idea that, now that there are no hostages left, Israel ought to carpet-bomb Gaza, is emblematic of the majority sentiment in the Zionist state as shown by poll after poll. LINK
SPEAKER JOHNSON REVEALS HIS DISCONNECT FROM ANY SEMBLANCE OF MORALITY
-Check this out. As Chris Menehan of Information Liberation reports: “House Speaker Mike Johnson glazes Netanyahu as his favorite world leader, praises MBS for his “sense of humor,” then condemns right-wing ‘anti-Semitism.’
Netanyahu can do a genocide, MBS can chop a guy up, but Nick Fuentes needs to be condemned for his speech.”
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VENEZUELA:
-Alistair Crooke makes a strong point on “Going Underground”, that the US debt is, in part, driving this insane attempt to topple Maduro. With the US facilitating massive corporate grabs of oil and other resources, the benefits likely will redound to the politicians who back any overthrow. However, Maduro already has offered massive corporate returns for many US and UK oil companies, and Trump and his warmongering cronies find that insufficient. They want Maduro out, facilitating even more grabs and, likely, the arrangement of US forces in Venezuela to use it as a leap-pad into other nations in South America. LINK
-This FLA Repub Congresswoman not only spouts nonsense about Maduro somehow shipping URANIUM to Russia, she lets the proverbial cat out of the bag that she loves the idea of the US and UK corporate nexus stealing Venezuelan assets. LINK
-And a reminder, it’s about oil and natural resources, and... LINK
SOMALIA:
-US troops are fighting on the ground there. LINK

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THE FBI ACTUALLY IS “PROBING” INTO THE SIX DEM LESGISLATORS WHO ADVIZED RE LAWFUL ORDERS. Seriously. LINK

-This Business Insider piece offers seven key measures to see that the horizon for the US economy is tilting DOWNWARD… Very valuable. LINK
US IMMIGRATION POLICE STATE
-I’d like to reiterate the information in this AP piece, which spells out how intensely the US government is monitoring US drivers as part of its immigration crackdown (and part of its larger push for greater and greater surveillance and destruction of federalism. LINK
-The number of migrants living in the US declined 1.4 million between January and June, and that was prior to Trump’s massive IC trooper invasion of numerous states. As the Fulcrum notes: That decline has already rippled through industries that depend heavily on immigrant workers, from construction and agriculture to food processing and caregiving.

TARIFF TERRORISM
-Again, it is important to stress how intensely Trump’s tariffs are harming US entrepreneurial health. Let’s look at manufacturing, again, as we did the other day on Liberty Conspiracy. We are talking eight straight months of downturns in manufacturing employment. “According to the Institute for Supply Management’s indices, the manufacturing industry has recorded eight consecutive months of contraction–coinciding with the first nine months of Trump’s term–a negative cycle unseen for years. The uncertainty created by tariffs, especially on intermediate goods, is prompting many companies to freeze hiring and investment. The Bureau of Labor Statistics, confirms this: in October alone, another 6,000 jobs were lost, bringing the total to 59,000 since April, when Donald Trump promised a wave of reshoring.” LINK
-Colorado Gov Polis has released a govt-funded study that shows how harshly the Trump tariffs are hitting state-based businesses. “OEDIT’s interviews with Colorado employers across construction, technology, retail, bioscience, energy, and manufacturing found that tariffs are siphoning funds away from research, innovation, hiring, and wages. Of all the challenges that tariffs impose on businesses, the financial and cost challenges associated with them were reported to be the top concern. This result highlights the direct monetary harm of tariffs, which includes tariff payments on imports, warehousing, and increased personnel costs, as well as the diversion of funds from key areas such as R&D. Furthermore, tariffs have created uncertainty, planning issues, and delays in investments due to the unpredictable nature of these policies, which make strategic long-term planning difficult. Business leaders’ level of confidence in their ability to plan plummeted from 8.7/10 (before tariffs) to 2.4/10 (after tariffs), one of the largest loss margins in the survey. Small businesses — already operating with thin margins — reported the greatest pain, facing “agonizing choices” between cutting salaries, delaying investment, or closing altogether.” LINK

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