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Many thanks to all the good Conspirators who joined us tonight to dive into the big news and to welcome Eric Peters, of EricPetersAutosDotCom, to discuss Trump's UN speech, his lies, his team lying, the hyper-bad US economic downturn, and the philosophy of freedom! I hope folks will explore the feeds of some of the journalists we featured.- I hope plenty of people get to follow them, and they you will join us, m-f 6 pm on Rumble and on X! Audio pod will follow, soon after each show, via Spotify and here on Substack! Here is the link to tonight’s stream, now stored at Rumble - Liberty Conspiracy LIVE 92226 Trump-UN Lies, Free Press, Economy, Eric Peters

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TRUMP AT UN n’ WAAAR

Trump admits the VZ op was not about drugs. Good thing his VP vowed that killing all those 200+ people off the coast of VZ and in the eastern Pacific to “stop drugs” was “good”. Those would be people killed extrajudicially (even IF they had been given Due Process, the federal drug statutes are unconstitutional, and even if they were allowed with an Amendment, the process of the polis taking your money to pay for its “policing” of the statutes would be immoral…

A bit more on VZ

He also says that he has “made peace.” Too bad all the people he has ordered his willing accomplices in the US Military to kill aren’t around to answer.

Douglas MacGregor and Daniel Davis play a bit longer cut, and offer clear refutations, citing not only Trump’s own warmongering, but his false claims of delivering peace between Pakistan and India.

And, after making that claim, he proceeds to threaten the annihilation of the Iranian population, thousands of whom already are dead at his hands.

And he lies AGAIN about an Iranian nuke weapons program that, in reality, we all know Iran did not have.

And he openly threatens Cuba.

Glenn Greenwald amplifies on this

Yet, Trump simultaneously claims he thinks that AFTER the Mid-terms, he will get a “deal” with Iran. - Again, Daniel Davis and Douglas MacGregor explain that the Iranian government is consistent and clear about their position.

Meanwhile, this is what the GOP offers.

The Iranians, again, are straight-forward. ran has publicly said it sent seven conditions to the United States through Qatari mediators as the basis for any talks to end the current war. Officials such as Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei have not released one complete official document listing all seven side by side. Instead they have named overlapping demands in interviews and posts. The conditions most consistently reported across Iranian statements and subsequent coverage are:

• An end to the war on all fronts, including Lebanon (and, in some accounts, Yemen).

• Release of Iran’s frozen funds/assets abroad (described as billions of dollars; later comments have referred to seeking the full amount upfront).

• Lifting of the U.S. naval blockade on Iranian ports.

• A halt to U.S. military attacks and other aggression against Iranian territory.

• An end to U.S. interference in Iran’s internal affairs.

• An end to U.S. cooperation with or backing of Iranian opposition groups (“opponents of the revolution”).

• Reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, which Iranian officials have tied to fulfillment of the other terms.

Iran has also said it is prepared for a “decisive war” if the conditions are rejected

BRITAIN

The New PM is rattling sabres he does not have.

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As Dave DeCamp reported for AntiWar and we got to discuss on last night’s LCL (6 pm, m-f on Rumble, X “AT” GardGoldsmith), the US and Israelis are planning what some of us suspected they might try - they want to take over this tiny African nation that lies across the Red Sea from Yemen.

It would be nice if Erdogan made sure Israel stopped receiving Turkish fuel…

Early Tuesday, troops stormed al-Karmel village near Hebron, confiscating two water tankers heading to Masafer Yatta and detaining the drivers, cutting off water supplies to vulnerable communities. Settlers assaulted a family including women and children in Yatta, while more than 200 settlers damaged homes and vehicles in Al-Mazra’a Al-Sharqiya. Livestock was stolen in Silwad and olive trees uprooted near Ramallah and Ni’lin. The Israeli military tightened closures around Ramallah, restricting movement. These assaults deprive Palestinians of water, safety and livelihoods under occupation.

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“EU plotting new ‘scheme’ to steal Moscow’s frozen assets – Russian intel — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union” LINK

Tammy Bruce doesn’t understand the diff between SAVINGS and INVESTMENT, the latter of which is an expenditure with expected return and with RISK.

SHOCKER, from the bureaucratic, anti-fossil-fuel collectivist German economy:

German auto workers flooded the streets Monday in the latest explosion of union unrest, with IG Metall reporting some 175,000 participants at 280 sites protesting planned job cuts and plant closures at Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and suppliers. High energy prices—the predictable result of cutting cheap Russian pipeline gas under EU and US pressure—plus Chinese competition and tariffs are gutting the industry that once powered the country. Workers demand cheaper energy and protection for German production instead of further EU-driven deindustrialization. This street anger follows the CDU’s historic humiliation on 20 September. Merz’s party scored just 4.9 percent in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and fell out of a state parliament for the first time since 1949, while the AfD took 38 percent. Berlin voters also punished the chancellor. The twin results show voters rejecting Merz’s Atlanticist confrontation with Russia that has driven energy costs sky-high and cost industrial jobs. The people want an end to Brussels-aligned policies that sacrifice German prosperity.

Following-up: “Attorney for man shot in ICE confrontation speaks out” LINK
-This is getting some wider attention. Trump’s ICE goons are “disappearing” kidnap victims from arrest/cage records, to prevent attorneys from helping their cases. “ICE just made thousands of detainees vanish from its system” LINK

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So, yeah, Trump banned CNN, MSNow, and Politico from covering White House press conferences and events. FOX will boycott in solidarity. Here, Mike Waltz avoids the reality that, indeed, the Admin IS breaching the First Amendment, and he will not acknowledge the problem of govt-owned-run systems that cannot and will not accommodate everyone’s rights (and always break them in order to see the polis exist).

Thus

And, derp

Eric Peters, who will be with us tonight at 6:30 for Liberty Conspiracy LIVE!

“What is so Intolerable (to so Many) About Leaving People Alone? - EPautos - Libertarian Car Talk” LINK

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BIIG thanks, as always, to all the outstandingly kind folks who joined us tonight to dig into the news and find philosophical and economics truths from major news offered by fantastic journalists.- I hope many more folks get to follow them, and I hope plenty of you will join us and share the links! We roll m-f 6 PM on Rumble and on X, and the audio soon follows, via Spotify and here at Substack! Here is the link to the livestream, now stored at Rumble - Liberty Conspiracy LIVE 92126 Trump Liars, Iran, Russian Elections, EU, ICE SHOOTING Please feel free to SHARE the links, and join us every M-F at 6 PM on Rumble, and my X @gardgoldsmith — and you also can donate to help the Liberty Conspiracy, itself! Just visit PayPal to help out! You also can mail GG at:

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UNO: Economic Advisor to Trump, Kevin Hasett, has called core inflation “quiescent” and recent energy-driven spikes a temporary blip, sometimes pointing to annualized short-term readings as nearly flat. BLS data show the 12-month CPI held at 3.4% in August 2026, matching July and up from 2.4% in January 2026; core CPI eased only to 2.4%. Month-over-month changes have been mixed (August +0.4% seasonally adjusted) with no statistically clear, sustained drop in the inflation rate itself. That means that this year, even by the under-counting BLS standards, prices are up nearly 3.5%, over last year’s increase, which was laid upon the increase from the previous year, and so on. The CPI-U all-items index is 5.45% higher than its January 2025 level of 317.671, standing at 334.980 in August. Here is the Wizard of Uhhss…

And… War-Crime Waltz…

IRAN
So, Trump yesterday made more insane threats against Iran. And Bessent played tag-team… “Trump Says He’s Deciding Whether To Blow Up the ‘Entire Nation’ of Iran - News From Antiwar.com” LINK

ANOTHER threat to “lock nations out of the Dollar system” from economic-ignoramus Bessent. Not only does the US government NOT have any moral “authority” at all, over anything, the US Constitution doesn’t allow for any of this nonsense, from “the US Dollar system” to the creation of a central bank such as the Federal Reserve. The US Treasury is allowed to COIN money, and affix the value thereof, but even that is a Pandora’s Box of inflationary seductions. The only honest money system is a private system of private banks keeping stores of assets, such as gold or silver, then competitively issuing currency based on that. Banks that don’t retain their stored metals to back up the money would not see their money continue in circulation. This is a mushroom cloud of antagonistic corruption.

Annnd… Iraq bows to Bessent.

Obviously, this foolishness from the US Central Planners (i.e. DIKTAT issuers) has a bearing on the availability of fuel, on the towering US debt, on interest rates, and more…

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Antiwar has been watching this, without fail. “Report: Trump Ordered Pentagon To Prepare To Bomb Yemen, Then Reversed Course - News From Antiwar.com” LINK
Scott Horton and Judge Andrew Napolitano investigate the situation, seeing the Saudi future as dim…

Lawrence Wilkerson and Daniel Davis offer thoughts that reflect agreement. And they get to comment on the obnoxious statements of Zionista Brian Mast.

SICK - The mentality of Sebastian Gorka…

Apologies for the typo in this!

First, an example of the British elite mindset about sending other people to fight for the gubment.

Despite the unprecedented Ukrainian drone and missile attacks on numerous Russian cities, the three-day Duma elections - which included the reunited Donbass regions for the first time in decades - went off and saw a massive amount of support for Putin and for the victorious conclusion of the war. LINK and LINK
The just-concluded State Duma elections mark a triumph for President Putin’s policies. For the first time, residents of the Donbass regions liberated from Ukrainian tyranny—Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporozhye—voted as full Russian citizens, delivering turnouts of over 81 percent, 79.33 percent, 74.61 percent and 79.39 percent respectively. Ukraine fired more than 1,600 drones and missiles at Russia in a failed bid to disrupt the vote, yet citizens were not cowed. Overall turnout exceeded 56 percent, with United Russia securing 57.83 percent. Kremlin spokesman Peskov confirmed Kiev’s sabotage had no effect. These results affirm the people’s endorsement of reunification, the special military operation and Russia’s sovereign course against Western attempts to divide the nation. Here is more, recorded today, live, via RT.

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Curiously, when Zelinskyy ran for office, he tacitly acknowledged that the Kiev govt had attacked the Donbass and the government should talk peace, not war. Now, of course, he is the vehicle by which the Euro warmongers line their pockets and the bank accts of their military-industrial friends. He also could have saved many lives and retained more land if he had not dropped the peace agreement of 2022, and he will not acknowledge the expansion of NATO and overthrow of Yanukovych in late 2013 that turned Ukraine back into the US vassal it was in 2006 after the Orange Rev.

This is utterly bogus. Trump can stop those strikes any time. The US and NATO have to give Ukraine technical and satellite assistance to carry out these strikes.

“Kaja Googoo is fuming. Unelected EU official fumes over Russian election — RT World News” LINK
Scott Horton provides key insights re Ukraine and the desperation of the Europeans to drag this into an arms-making money machine via the fine folks at REDACTED!

AND, Scott Ritter offers more, w the Judge!

Sunday’s elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania delivered a crushing rebuke to Chancellor Friedrich Merz. His CDU took just 4.9 percent of second votes, missing the 5 percent threshold and leaving the Landtag for the first time. The AfD won 38.2 percent; the Left Party, successor to GDR communists, took 6.5 percent. In Berlin the Left surged to 25.7 percent. After the AfD’s 43.8 percent in Saxony-Anhalt, voters rejected Merz’s anti-Russian policy. AfD and Left forces favor ending arms to Kiev and restoring dialogue with Moscow. These swings steadily reduce the likelihood that Merz and pro-war Germans retain a majority in the Bundestag and central government. LINK and LINK

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Hassett not only deceives by implying that inflation was mega-high as Biden left office (officially, it was about 3% (core was at 3.3%), which is bad enough, but not the supa-high of 9 it reached at one point), he implies that the economy is doing WELL! Oh, joy!!

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FUEL…

The ave price of Diesel is the highest in recorded US hist, over $6.50 pg

Perhaps MTG now regrets backing Johnson for Speaker when she was there…

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“US temporarily eases curb on working hours for fuel truck drivers” LINK Again, let’s consider these facts:
Federal pressure, not safety data, is yanking legal long-haul drivers off U.S. roads. This year the Trump administration and states acting under federal funding threats have revoked more than 28,000 non-domiciled CDLs, with nearly 200,000 more at risk. California alone has already canceled about 13,000 licenses—many held by work-authorized immigrants with clean records and no individual finding of unfitness.That sudden loss of capacity tightens freight markets and raises shipping rates already swollen by high fuel costs. Households pay the difference. California’s own 2022–2024 crash analysis found temporary-resident legal immigrant CDL holders involved in roughly 20 percent fewer crashes overall and 25 percent fewer fatal crashes than U.S.-citizen holders. Removing safer drivers by national edict is regulation dressed as public safety—and it taxes every American at the checkout. LINK LINK

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No kidding. “Higher rates hit housing market” LINK

Reason offers this: “Trump bans Canadian beer, wine, motorcycles, and more” LINK Which leads us to…»

The economic ignorance never ends “Marco Rubio says millions of American jobs were destroyed for cheap goods — but Trump’s fix could crash your retirement. Protect your nest egg now” LINK

Where do things stand, now, on the primary tariff front?
Canada
January 2025: ~0.1%
Current (September 2026): ~5.3–8.4%
Change: Sharp rise
Notes: USMCA still covers most volume, so many goods stay near 0% on the new 10% Section 301 layer. Section 232 metals/autos plus 50% Section 338 on a subset of goods (alcohol, dairy, some vehicles) lift the average.
Mexico
January 2025: ~0.2–0.3%
Current: ~3.7–8%
Change: Sharp rise
Notes: Same USMCA pattern as Canada. Autos and metals under Section 232 matter more in the mix; the extra 10% Section 301 hits non-qualifying goods.
China
January 2025: ~10.7%
Current: ~22.2–22.3%
Change: About +11 to +12 percentage points
Notes: Oldest and thickest stack: prior Section 301 + 12.5% new Section 301 + Section 232. Highest among major partners, though down from 2025 peaks.
European Union members (same U.S. treatment for each): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
January 2025: ~1.2% as a bloc
Current: ~8.9%
Change: About +7.7 percentage points
Notes: Turnberry framework puts most goods under a 15% all-inclusive ceiling (MFN included, not stacked on top). Steel and aluminum stay at 50% Section 232.
Japan
January 2025: ~1.5%
Current: ~13.1–13.3%
Change: About +12 percentage points
Notes: 12.5% cap (Section 301 tops MFN up to 12.5%) plus Section 232 autos/metals.
South Korea
January 2025: ~0.2%
Current: ~9.7–13.4%
Change: Large rise
Notes: KORUS preferences plus later deals that cut some auto/pharma Section 232 rates to 15%; 12.5% cap on the new Section 301 layer.
India
January 2025: ~2.4%
Current: ~8.3–11.6%
Change: About +6 to +9 percentage points
Notes: 10% Section 301 added on top of MFN; 50% metals and 25% auto parts. Some consumer, tech, and energy items carved out.
Vietnam
January 2025: ~3.9%
Current: ~10.2%
Change: About +6 percentage points
Notes: 12.5% Section 301 + MFN + sectorals.
Indonesia
January 2025: ~2–4% (MFN-like)
Current: Low-to-mid teens (estimate)
Change: Substantial rise
Notes: 10% Section 301 additional + MFN + Section 232 where applicable.
Australia
January 2025: Very low (AUSFTA)
Current: Modest (estimate: mid-single to low double digits)
Change: Rise from near-zero
Notes: FTA zeros many lines; 12.5% Section 301 applies to non-exempt goods.
Colombia
January 2025: Very low (TPA)
Current: ~6.2%
Change: Rise from near-zero
Notes: FTA coverage + 12.5% Section 301 on non-exempt goods.Argentina
January 2025: Low MFN
Current: ~8.2%
Change: Rise
Notes: 10% Section 301 + MFN + sectorals.
Russia
January 2025: Already high (Column 2 after loss of PNTR)
Current: High (Column 2 + 12.5% + sanctions)
Change: Higher still
Notes: Limited legal trade. Column 2 rates often 35%+. New law authorizes up to 500% on Russian goods.
Venezuela
January 2025: Low commercial volume + sanctions
Current: 12.5% add-on + sanctions
Change: Higher on remaining flows
Notes: Trade is constrained; secondary-tariff threats tied to oil buyers have existed since 2025.
North Korea
January 2025: Effectively none
Current: Effectively none
Change: Unchanged
Note: Near-zero recorded imports in this case. Beeecause of an embargo, and comprehensive sanctions—not a normal tariff schedule. These are trade-weighted effective rates (duties collected as a share of import value), not the headline extra percentage on every shipment. Overall U.S. effective tariff rose from about 2.3% in January 2025 to roughly 6.7–7.4% by mid-to-late 2026.

ISRAELI-COMMITTED, US-ARMED, GENOCIDE IN GAZA

So, in addition to the immoral, unconstitutional “sanctions” on people such as UN Rappoteur Francesca Albanese and the flagrantly insulting “sanctions” on business people from Russia, Cuba, and other locales, Trump/Rubio are really pushing to end the ICC.

For reference, the US has pressured numerous govts to withdraw from the ICC. Burundi (effective 2017) and the Philippines (effective 2019). Formal notifications in 2026 include: (effective mid-2027) Niger (18 June), Burkina Faso and Mali (24 June), Venezuela (24 July), and Chad (27 July). Perhaps Chuck Schumer would like to live in one of those nations?

Oh! What a SHOCK!!

ANOTHER - ICE AGENT EVIDENTLY SHOOTS PERSON IN BACK

Is anyone surprised? “Border agents are reportedly using facial recognition to target foreign OnlyFans models” LINK
AND “‘A criminal is a criminal’: DHS Secretary Mullin defends aggressive deportation efforts as some Republicans waver” LINK
AND “Doral business owners say increased ICE activity is hurting business” LINK

To follow our Friday conversation with Jason Sorens, of AIER, and the vector of that chat that touched on home prices, government-dictated land-use restrictions, and zoning, I want to offer you this piece, from FFF. “Regulatory Tyranny in Housing – The Future of Freedom Foundation” LINK

AND, I want to let you know about the FFF conference upcoming. It’s on socialism in its many forms, the immoral nature of the polis as a collectivist system foist on all, and the economic troubles such collectivism causes. Keep your eyes peeled! LINK

AND, FINALLY

“The Crony Capitalists Who Financed the Bolshevik Revolution | Mises Institute” LINK

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Lawrence Vance offers us valuable facts about GOP hatred of peace and love of unconstitutional war. His approach is both a general-philosophical take and a look at a couple key votes in the House and Senate. “How Committed Are the Republicans to War? - LewRockwell” LINK

Breaking: TRUMP WARNS ALL AMERICAN TRAVELERS IN THE MID-EAST.

AND…

Patrick Henningsen says it well, to open up a reminder of just one of the many US-committed atrocities around the world.

Caitlyn also notes something very important. US PrSM strikes in Lamerd on February 28, 2026, dispersed hundreds of thousands of tungsten pellets in airbursts, killing at least 21 civilians near a sports complex and residential areas.…

On Friday, September 18, hundreds of thousands of patriotic Iranians filled Tehran’s streets for the Janfada “Sacrifice for Iran” rally, a powerful display of popular resolve to fight American and Zionist aggression. Marchers in combat gear pledged to undergo military training and defend the nation, waving flags and chanting resistance slogans. With over 30 million registered volunteers nationwide, the event underscored Iran’s unbreakable national unity and determination to protect its sovereignty at all costs.

Meanwhile, the “details” about the Minab massacre are released by the US govt, allowing people to keep missing the forest for the trees. The root of the US attack is immoral and unconstitutional. Let’s say the US actually hit only a “military” location… The act still would be immoral, unconstitutional, contrary to international “laws” to which the US is signatory, and would constitute war crimes.

Despite Erdogan claiming that he wanted, in essence, neutrality for Turkey in the US-Iran and the Ansarallah-Saudi fights, he decided to offer Trump this foolish treat, which runs contrary to his “neutral” stance re Iran.

Let’s look at this in more detail… The Turkish government has taken limited enforcement steps against some ships that clearly broke the rules on paper, but it has not stopped the physical flow of Azerbaijani crude that ends up in Israel. Official statements treat the issue as a declaration problem rather than a destination problem. After the May 2024 trade embargo, the Energy Ministry repeatedly said BOTAS (see further info on this, below, y’all) has no role in selling the oil that arrives at Ceyhan through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, that companies “respected” the embargo, and that no cargo was loaded with Israel listed as the destination. The Turkish Commerce Ministry told investigators it checked lists of dozens of voyages and found none officially declared for Israel. The Transportation Ministry described a “zero-tolerance policy” and said ships that loaded in Turkey, declared another country, then discharged in Israel were barred from returning and that legal action was opened against their agents. The Presidency announced two such ships were banned in late 2024. LINK Tracking data and later reporting show the gap. Reuters, citing Kpler, found Israel’s imports of Azerbaijani crude via Ceyhan rose 31% in 2025 to about 94,000 barrels per day. Investigative reports identified repeated voyages by vessels that switched off AIS trackers and listed other ports before docking at Ashkelon. Oil Change International and SOMO documented that traders including Heritage Petroleum FZCO and Vitol moved more than 14 million barrels from Turkish ports after the embargo; Heritage has Turkish subsidiaries, and a shipment as recent as 28 April 2026 was listed. Opposition MPs pressed the Energy Minister in January 2026 for an explanation of those voyages; no public account of a broader crackdown followed. This indicates that Turkey allows these shipments, then claims to be unable to “police” them. LINK
Erdogan claims that the 1999 host-government agreement for the BTC pipeline restricts Turkey’s ability to block transit oil solely because of its eventual buyer without risking compensation claims or needing consensus from other parties. Many observers disagree. Regardless of the international outcry, Ankara therefore polices false customs declarations more readily than it polices where the oil actually goes after it leaves the terminal. The result is an “official embargo” that is enforced on paper and only sporadically at the dock, which is why the continued shipments look like tolerated transit rather than an active government program to supply Israel.
“BOTAŞ” (Boru Hatları ile Petrol Taşıma Anonim Şirketi) is Turkey’s state-owned oil and gas pipeline company. It operates the country’s major crude-oil and natural-gas transmission lines. In the Ceyhan discussion, the relevant arm is BOTAŞ International A.Ş. It runs the Turkish stretch of the Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline under a 1999 host-government agreement with Azerbaijan and Georgia. Oil arrives at the Haydar Aliyev Terminal in Ceyhan; BOTAŞ International handles transit and terminal operations but does not buy, sell, or decide the final destination of the crude. That commercial role belongs to the pipeline’s international owners and the trading companies that load tankers there. Turkish officials repeatedly cite this split—BOTAŞ as transit operator, not trader—when they say Ankara does not control whether Azerbaijani oil leaving Ceyhan later reaches Israel. Pretty bogus, that argument…
Erdogan also stressed that he does not want to see Saudi drawn into the US-Iran conflict. If he actually thinks Saudi is not involved, helping the US by housing bases, facilitating strikes and refueling, and, of course, operating SAUDI-ARAMCO, he is delusional. Then, there is the Saudi-Yemen war, which could see the Saudi regime depart if the Saudis don’t ask for peace and admit defeat.

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Another Israeli-committed murder, another lost life. The dark irony in this case is obvious.

In Saturday's Irish Examiner, columnist Colin Sheridan filled 800 words with documented restrictions on Gaza imports, from baby bottles and wedding dresses to schoolbooks, antibiotics, and fishing gear. He called these bans collective punishment, weaponizing essentials, and urged Ireland's sports groups, musicians, and government to reconsider ties with Israel amid the territory's humanitarian crisis. The piece, shared widely with images of injured Gaza children, drew strong reactions highlighting both the human toll and security debates over dual-use goods. Here is the original post. LINK

More, via Kneecap:

And, lest one forget, after the building collapse mid-week that killed numerous people in their sleep in Gaza, Israel made sure to kill more.

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To remember from yesterday, and more…

LIVE FIRE in the expanded occupation zone. Again, crickets from Mike Huckabee.

Of course, this is just a tiny snapshot of the larger landscape of largess and genocide-lovers. In this case, we see, again, JD Vance’s perverse love of Israeli support.

Of course, non-conformists must be silenced…

And Lowkey offers valuable information about the Ed Sheeran/Bob Kraft-Israel ties and the Macklemore silencing they attempted. Check out the Kraft hypocrisy on openness to different opinions. And Lowkey offers even more about Kraft’s efforts to be a political-societal asset for Israel in the US.

MORE ON KRAFT…

The Intercept analyzed Kraft's tax filings since 2006, uncovering $196,000 from his foundation to Friends of the IDF for Jewish soldiers' education, $123,000 to other Israel veteran groups, and $3 million from his LLC to AIPAC's super PAC—with no gifts to Palestinian causes. This came after Kraft urged Ed Sheeran to drop Macklemore from a Gillette Stadium show over pro-Palestine comments; Macklemore then donated $1 million to Palestinian aid and dared Kraft to match it. Kraft's vague $2 million pledge emphasized job creation for Palestinians but named no recipients, prompting questions about transparency as the story spread online.

How about Trump Banning CNN, MSNOW, and POLITICO?

This, from hypocrite Dr. Oz, who made his fortune by working in media, well? Enjoy (wink)

I typically don’t pay much attention to Rachel Maddow, but this was a succinct response to his executive action to slam the First Amendment for news-gatherers/writers and freedom of association. If these reporters said they wanted to get into the Oval Office in order to exercise the right to freely associate there, to engage in journalism, and to speak up about their grievances with the govt, what would Trump say? He already has dismissed the First Amendment.

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As the EU and NATO keep pointing their trapped citizenry towards massive military spending and a possible war with Russia, the US is behind the curtain, funding 66% of NATO and increasing NATO spending by the US for this year by $2 BILLION. AND… As of mid‑September 2026, Washington and Poland are making “major progress” toward a permanent U.S. Army base in Poland, with the location expected to be announced soon, but no final decision has yet been made… Here is a great piece on NATO, via the Libertarian Institute.

Trump announced an “infinite-life” Greenland security pact with Denmark, claiming “permanent control” over the island’s defenses and the right to expand U.S. bases while barring “adversary” forces and sensitive investments without Washington’s written approval. LINK Sputnik called the accord largely a midterm “PR stunt,” noting the 1951 defense treaty already gave the United States broad access to Greenland. LINK Antiwar.com has long argued that later versions of this project add little that the old treaty did not already allow. That is why the constitutional issue is not academic. A perpetual basing-and-veto arrangement that binds future governments looks like a treaty. Article II requires two-thirds of the Senate. An unsigned executive deal skips that check and treats Senate consent as optional. A second theory is commercial, not merely military. Antiwar.com has asked whether Greenland policy is really about policing Arctic shipping. RT and Sputnik report growing Russia–China cargo traffic on polar routes. TASS has carried Moscow’s denial that Russia or China planned to “take” Greenland. On this reading, the new U.S. footprint and investment veto aim less at phantom bases than at crowding Russian and Chinese Arctic trade. ONE MORE LINK

In the US…

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In Europe…
Fuel shortages and sharp price increases are hitting motorists and truckers, home-heaters, and industries across France, England, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands in September 2026, amid refining constraints and disrupted product flows. France faces the most visible shortages: about 11% of stations report supply problems. Diesel averages €2.41/L (versus €1.62 in September 2025) and petrol €2.22/L (versus €1.73). In England, UK averages stand at 172p/L for unleaded (about 135p a year earlier) and 196p/L for diesel (about 142p). Costs are rising but widespread station shortages have not been reported. Germany’s petrol averages €2.27–€2.36/L (from €1.72) and diesel €2.43/L (from €1.59). Italy’s petrol is around €2.15/L (from €1.71) and diesel €2.27/L (from €1.64). The Netherlands posts the highest of the five: petrol €2.43/L (from €2.07) and diesel €2.49/L (from €1.82). All figures are national averages including taxes. See prices.eu.org, fuel-prices.eu, prix-carburants.gouv.fr and UK Fuel Finder data. LINK

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Fuel… Drivers… Oh! Look! Trump is trying to look like a savior, when HIS ADMIN FORCED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TRUCKERS OFF THE ROADS. “US temporarily eases curb on working hours for fuel truck drivers” LINK
YES, the license-revocation by the feds or federal pressure on states has resulted in losses by tens of thousands so far through license revocations and enforcement actions, with no single official unique-person total; roughly 194,000 more non-domiciled CDL holders are expected to become ineligible over time as licenses expire. None of this is constitutional. At all. The Trump administration (via DOT Secretary Sean Duffy and FMCSA) has pursued this through an April 2025 executive order on roadway safety, audits of state licensing, pressure on states including funding threats, English-language proficiency (ELP) enforcement as an out-of-service violation starting June 2025, visa actions, and a February 2026 final rule (effective March 16, 2026) that sharply limits who can hold a non-domiciled commercial driver’s license (CDL). Eligibility is now largely restricted to certain H-2A, H-2B, and E-2 visa holders with enhanced vetting; employment authorization documents (EADs) for groups like asylum seekers, DACA recipients, and refugees are no longer accepted. License revocations (states acting under federal direction).
DOT/FMCSA reported more than 28,000 non-domiciled CDLs revoked nationwide as of May 2026 after audits found widespread noncompliance (licenses issued with expiration dates beyond authorized stay, inadequate status checks, etc.). Later administration statements put canceled “illegally issued” licenses to foreign drivers above 30,000. Check out this one, from MAY - LINK And, please remember, as we have reported here on a few occasions, foreign long-haul truckers actually are much safer on the roads than US-born/raised truckers. Then, there is this “Sikh truck driver stabbed 17 times in unprovoked Wyoming attack raises fears of assaults against South Asians, officials say” LINK

The Land of the Free - not. - “More than 425 people arrested by ICE in Indiana during summer operation” - LINK
AND A REMINDER “ICE detains 76-year-old cancer patient during citizenship interview” LINK

This is big. “USPS deals Trump’s efforts to end mail-in voting another huge loss” LINK

Please keep in mind that when Trump claims he has lowered “prescription drug prices”, what he actually is staying is that he strongarmed pharma companies to give a discount to the US in exchange for the US not hitting them with massive tariffs. The private-payer for prescriptions will not get a “cut in price”. In fact, the private-payer likely will pay more as the corporations shift costs. “All 50 states sign up for Trump's Medicaid most-favored-nation plan” LINK

FINALLY - This piece is a wonderfully educational exploration of John Milton’s 1644 “Areopagitica” and, in it, his defense of free speech. “Liberty Unlicensed – Thomas Vozar” LINK

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First, Nima, who seems to be in line with yours truly about the US-Saudi f-35 “deal” being a double-fake, a carney call, to allow Israel to get more help from the US without it looking like the Trump Admin initiated the call to send Israel more money and weapons.

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Many and big thanks to Jason Sorens, of the American Institute for Economic Research, for joining us tonight to discuss the lost opportunities to lift regulatory burdens from people in Brexit, and how the unsustainable debt burden in the UK mirrors the same in the US, something that drives many negative consequences, systemically. Many thanks, also, to all the fine Conspirators who joined us to discuss key breaking news stories from great journalists. - I hope many people get to discover and follow their work, and that many will join us, m-f at 6 pm on Rumble or on X and get our audio pod via Spotify or here at Substack! - Here is the link to tonight’s live stream, stored at Rumble: Liberty Conspiracy Live 91826 Trump Talks Peace Again, Fuel Death US, EU Rattles Swords, BREXIT? Here are some of the big stories we got to discuss, tonight!

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Let’s begin in a different manner today. Let’s recall that it was two years ago that Israel engaged its long-planned terror attack of pager-explosions inside Lebanon. Here is an excellent report by RT’s Steve Sweeny on the terrible and vicious attack.

We yesterday got to mention on LCL that United was cutting flights due to the high cost of jet fuel (currently over $4.70pg), noting that United likely could add more contracts to transport military hardware for Israel on passenger flights to make up the difference (see our previous posts on that ghoulish practice here at Substack or at our Liberty Conspiracy Channels on YT or Rumble) Now, we can add Southwest…

At least we get to think of Paul McCartney and Wings in this instance…

Meanwhile

But, the GOP hierarchy wants to remind you that voting for a Dem is to favor collectivism, or, as the GOP-ers claim, “communism”. That, coming from their own form of collectivist central planning: fascism.

Sometimes, it’s better to remain silent.

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Let me know if you can guess how this hints at the author whose work we will read tonight for Fiction Friday!

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First, one can note that Mr. Bessent two weeks ago announced to the world that the Dollar was going to lose its value even more rapidly than before, due to the US need to pay so much debt, which would require massive money-creation by the fed. Now, the Fed and Trump are at loggerheads, since the Fed raised rates, but that doesn’t mean the Fed won’t create “assets” to back up more US 10 and 30 year T bills. No one else wants them, even as the Dollar remains a bit more attractive than the Euro and the separate Euro nations’ currencies atm.

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The MIDDLE EAST

Ceasefire prior to the elections - will it be fo-real? Trump said he has been in direct contact with Iranian officials, that Iran “wants to make a deal,” and that the United States is “hopefully toward the end” of the war. A White House account posted one of those comments on Thursday: “Iran wants to make a deal; they’re not ready, in my opinion. We’re gonna either make a deal that’s good, or we’re not gonna make a deal at all.” LINK

Mario and Brendan offer keen insights

Despite claims to the contrary, the US gives boatloads of money to the Saudi government (appx $7 Bil this year), the US is “selling”f-35s to Saudi LINK. Of course, the planes won’t arrive for years, so the will not be useful in this Saudi-Ansarallah battle unless it drags on, but consider this: Israeli govt figures are demanding “compensation” for the US selling arms to another Middle Eastern state. This includes money, intel, and tech… What if Trump pushing to “sell” Saudi the f-35s was a carney-draw to facilitate even MORE US gifts to Israel as a way to “compensate” the genocide machine, but it was all planned to be a big two-step dance? Watch into that above vid for key thoughts from Mario Nawfal and Brendan Weichart on that.

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The pillaging continues.

US/NATO/EU/UKRAINE v RUSSIA

The Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 (H.R. 5334) has passed both chambers of Congress and was presented to President Trump on September 17, 2026. It has not yet been signed into so-called “law”. Not only are so-called “sanctions” forms of immoral threats against you and others who might want to freely engage in peaceful commerce, they have no place in the US Constitution, and the only thing Congress can do to foreign goods is to apply insane tariffs on their importation. Yet… “Lindsey Graham sanctions bill ‘a grand disservice’ to US – Moscow (VIDEO) — RT World News” LINK The bill, named for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, authorizes new sanctions on Russian officials, private citizens the US collectivists call “oligarchs”, banks, and the so-called “shadow fleet” (i.e. the US is promising more piracy on the high seas). It allows tariffs of up to 100% on goods from the top purchasers of Russian oil and gas (such as China and India) if they make new purchases after enactment; and extends the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 through 2031. It originated as a vehicle for teacher-expense tax provisions before the Senate substituted the sanctions package. So, yeah, that will be VERY helpful for your wallet (not). Here is more from our recording of RT News today…

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Slovak PM Fico is one of the few trying to push for peace. “NATO member warns bloc seeking pretext for war with Russia — RT World News” LINK
-While the EU hands Zelinsky 3.3 Billion Euros as the next “tranche” from the 90 BILLION “Ukraine Defense/Stabilization Fund” created by the EU nations’ paying in with “collateralization” from the money the EU has stolen from Russia, but which it claims it someday will give back. “Von der Leyen sends Zelensky €3.3bn after phone call — RT World News” LINK
-And NATO meets today and tomorrow. The fakery is that the US no longer pays much for NATO. Not only does the US pay for roughly 66% of NATO’s budget, the US increased spending for it this year by $2 BILLION. “NATO 3.0 marches into Copenhagen — RT World News” LINK
-And the Europeans are ratcheting up the war rhetoric… I was going to collect all the wild headlines featuring people like Macron and others pushing for war with Russia, but Mario nails them, rriiiiiight HERE!

LEBANON

The fake “ceasefire” continues to see Israel killing many people and or destroying property in Lebanon, every day.

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How about people label the invaders/occupiers properly, and ask Mike Huckabee what he will say about this?

GAZA

By way of Scammsterdam

FOLLOWING-UP OUR COVERAGE OF THE EU INVITING CANADA TO BE AN “ASSOCIATE” MEMBER, LET’S RECALL THIS VALUABLE ANALYSIS OF THE OPPORTUNITIES ENGLAND SQUANDERED WHEN SEPARTING (KIND OF) FROM THE EU

As we know, the UK still is tied to the EU for “defense”, but was purported to have left the EU economically to pursue smaller regulations paradigms. That last bit didn’t happen. Jason Sorens’ research into the missed opps is excellent, and Jason will be our guest on Liberty Conspiracy LIVE tonight! “Britain’s Problems Didn’t Begin with Brexit | The Daily Economy” LINK

I also want to draw your attention to this EXCELLENT work on home availability and prices, local regs, and more, via Jason et al at AIER: “America’s Housing Crisis Is No Mystery | AIER” LINK

And, as we know, many EU nations (and the UK) harmed their civilian living standards by burdening them with energy regulations and “green plans” to combat the bogeyman of anthropogenic climate change. In the US, that push manifested a great deal in the government under Biden promoting “EVs” - People rejected them: “Ford discontinues F-150 Lightning, making Chevy Silverado EV the cheapest full-size EV pickup in US” LINK

IMMIGRATION POLICE STATE

-”Bush-appointed judge gives rare interview with stark warning over Trump administration’s ICE violations” LINK
-She could go further and note that her US Constitution doesn’t include immigration in it as a federal power, that the word literally is not in the so-called “rules” of the US “Republican congresswoman breaks with Trump on deportations” LINK
-FOLLOW-UP: “ICE agent appears in federal court after extradition fight, pleads not guilty” LINK
-”ICE sends immigrant with legal papers to Guantánamo Bay” LINK

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Immense thanks to all the great Conspirators who joined us to dig into the big news of the day and delve into philosophical and economic lessons that are tied to those stories, and to the fine journalists whose work we got to study. Follow them if you haven't had the chance, and join us, m-f 6 PM on Rumble or on X. Find and secure your free Audio pod of the show each night shortly after the stream, via Spotify or here on Substack. - Liberty Conspiracy LIVE 91726 Fuel Woes, CA to Join EU? YEMEN, RUSSIA Here is the link to the stream! https://rumble.com/v7fmz3w-liberty-conspiracy-live-91726-fuel-woes-ca-to-join-eu-yemen-russia.html And here are some of the major stories we discussed tonight!

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A perennial contender

And

And…

Already wanted as a War Criminal…

Is it Johnson?

Huckabee?

Or, is it Trump? (We start with the lighter of the dark)

Here is the curious irony… The very body that the US helped create after WWII, which it has used to excuse massive slaughters of millions with “sanctions” and unconstitutional military invasions, this (along w NATO), created to be a tool of the US? Now has cited the US Pres for War Crimes.

That’s it for the selections, but feel free to name your own nominees!

They, above, bad actors. This next man? NOT… I hope I can express how much this not only means on a sentimental/moral level, but on a geopolitical level. This is a statement of dedication and the will to push back against criminals.

So, if CA becomes part of the EU, how can it still be part of the UK? Will it leave, like the leaders of Wales, Scotland, and N Ireland want to leave?

THIS UPSETS DON

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I want to begin by focusing on some of the ongoing mass-murder, land theft, and kidnapping perpetrated by the Zionistas against Palestinians in Gaza, The West Bank, and Lebanon. We have included these lines of reporting almost every day we post, but we have not gotten to discuss them in detail during Liberty Conspiracy Live. First, the missing, the trapped-then-dying, innocent people who became victims of a building collapse due to Israeli shelling. They were driven to shelter there after attacks by Israel, then the building, which had been damaged by Israeli bombing (using US arms) collapsed on them…

ISRAELI-US KILLERS AND KINDAPPERS LOVE MIKE HUCKABEE

Macklemore and Palestinian freedom v Ed Sheeran and Bob Kraft, and… Hey, first, here are more of the good people…

AND…

NO, the so-called “National Petroleum Reserve” is NOT being refilled, and certainly not with VZ heavy crude.

TX, CA, and now, FLA - The first two were known for decades as hubs for oil, and now, thanks to govt regulations, wars, and economic blocks, we see shortages of oil products in those states.

The typical end of the week mirage of “everything is fine, energy-wise” from Wright and Trump and Bessent et al, sees WTI and Brent crude prices falling today. As of late trading, WTI was around $101–102 per barrel (down roughly 0.5–1% on the day) and Brent was around $104–105 per barrel (down about 1%). Early-session figures showed similar declines from Wednesday’s levels near $102–106 for WTI and $106–109 for Brent. BUUUUT… Compared to January 2025, both benchmarks are substantially higher. WTI averaged about $76 per barrel that month, while Brent averaged about $79 per barrel. Today’s prices are roughly $25–26 higher per barrel. LINK THUS………

The Diesel Price and Crack Spread - More Pushes on the US ECONOMIC CRASH

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UNITED - CUTTING FLIGHTS

As I got to mention on X yesterday, perhaps the airline can make up for its losses by running more military equipment to Israel - on their passenger flights - as was revealed last week.

And… No surprise -

AND… How about they NOT TAKE OUR MONEY, VIA TAXES, TARIFFS, OR PROSCRIPTIONS AGAINST OUR MARKET CHOICES?

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Too bad, with all the added expenses of fuel-oil and fertilizer, and nat-gas, and minerals, that people had so much taken from them in tariffs over the last 18 months.

What’s happening in Yemen and in the conflict with Saudi Arabia is a revolution. It is a popular revolution, for securing independence, autonomy, and the sovereignty of the Yemeni people. The revolutionary part is often obscured. The media tends to look at this whole issue as either a question about what it means for the energy crisis in Europe and America and politics in America or what it means about the Saudi’s weakness or position in the region. One cannot know exactly why Trump is refusing to assist, but (as we will see Patrick Hennginsen explaining in a video, below) word is that Trump’s “team” met with reps of Ansarallah and, by promising not to help Saudi, they secured from Ansarallah an agreement to see them allow US and Israeli ships through the Bab al Mandeb strait.

Former US and Saudi proxies are fighting each other inside Yemen, even as Ansarallah sweep them away. So it is a revolution. It’s a revolution because Saudi Arabia has, first of all, stolen Yemeni land. It stole, in the 30s, the three northern provinces of Yemen, Assimilating them into the Saudi Kingdom without leave or permission. And of course, Yemen still keeps tribal links into those provinces. But in those regions, Saudi also has practiced an element of trying to impose its rigid Wahhabian Salafist doctrine into a very different, Yemeni context: Yemeni-Zaidi, or Ismaili-Islam, an esoteric, predominantly esoteric type of Islam, far removed from the Saudi component to it. What is really happening is that Saudi Arabia, or at least bin Salman, is in a credibility trap inside and outside Saudi.
On the one hand, Saudi Arabia presents itself as the guardian of the holy sites and as a big, a major pole of Islam, like a sort of caliph, like a Sunni caliph that would be able to lead the Islamic world. And it has therefore quite an inflated narrative of itself. But underlying this are the contradictions in Saudi Arabia itself. And, since 1996 in the United States, but again in 2006, America has pinned much on Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states, seeing them as the pillars for their energy dominance in the region, but also as the pillars of Islam around with which Israel can normalize itself with the region.
So Saudi Arabia has been sort of targeted for these two roles from a long way back, from the clean break strategy of Richard Perle and David Wormser of 1996, on which Netanyahu also worked. That document basically said, in very clear terms, that the aim was to destroy Iranian allies in the region, Syria and other states, Iraq, and to invert the historic power paradigm of the region, that inversion would see the previous major power, Iran, taken down, and taken down along with other major players, all to serve US-Israeli-Saudi growth in the region.

Until the fall of the Shah, the major power in the region was Iran, with Iraq just below it. And it had always historically been Iraq and Iran (Mesopotamia, Persia, whatever nomenclature one might choose). But these were two big civilizations that existed as intellectual powers and civilizational powers. Thus the US-Israeli nexus wanted to invert that in a clean break. Netanyahu wanted to invert it so that the pillar of American policy would be Saudi Arabia and Gulf monarchies — monarchies that were really only established in the 70s by Britain after the war. They put some of the traditional tribal families into these, and, as a result, the crucial states became Saudi and the UAE. And the others were established, created at that time.

But then there are the contradictions that underlie Saudi Arabia. First, it was established by what was then called the Ikhwan, which is sometimes confused with the contemporary Muslim Brotherhood. Ikhwan refers to the extremely Puritan, extremely rigid, extremely intolerant, Wahhabism of the desert areas, the center areas of Saudi Arabia. And that was called the Kwan, but don’t confuse it with the Muslim Brotherhood, completely separate and different things. The Sunni groups in these areas were used by Abdulaziz as a sort of vanguard. They are sort of a vanguard of puritanism, very intolerant of anything that they described as bida, that meaning “novelty or new”. Anything that didn’t fit their view of tradition, anyone who disagreed with them deserved only one thing, death.

Abdulaziz used them in order to try and establish the Saudi state. And they nearly seized. I mean, they raided Mecca. They killed many. And they tried to destroy Kerbala at the time. These were the revolutionary puritan forces at work in Saudi Arabia.

How did they get there? In the 20s, there was, as many know, a British officer called Sinjin Filby, the father of Kim Filby, who was very influential in the area. He urged Ibn Saud to weaponize Wahhabism, claiming it would be Ibn Saud’s tool to control the Middle East and to become king. But in the 20s, and then with the beginning of the oil wealth coming in, Abdulaziz wanted to be more acceptable to America and European powers, and so started curbing the Wahhabi vanguardists and putting them under constraints, which he did in order to try and make himself more acceptable as the leader of the Islamic world. Of course, the result of this was war and that he ended up in war with the Saudi tribes because many of them did not adhere to this desert religion. They had a much gentler form of Islam in most of it and the tribes had their own traditions in their own regions and their own outlooks. He tried to contain them in a civil war. And then the British joined in to machine gun the Wahhabists and to install the Saudi family as the leader in Saudi Arabia.

Thus, the first point about the contradictions and the weaknesses in this current Yemen-Saudi fight is that the government Saudi Arabia is not based on any sort of underlying consent, even in the statist view of so-called consent.
It is narrowly based on one strand, an extreme strand, of a vanguardist movement of militia, which is not accepted in the rest of Saudi Arabia.
Also not accepted in the rest of Saudi Arabia is the fact that one family has become disproportionately the owner of all wealth and able to disregard other regions, other tribal leaders in the share out of that wealth and also in the conduct of politics in Saudi Arabia.

In a sense, Saudi Arabia faces this huge dilemma. On the one hand, if the “Saudi Royals” give concessions to Ansarallah, then the “Royals” probably will give a win to the revolutionary spirit that is present across the region, not just in Yemen, but in Iraq and huge protests and other parts of West Asia as well. If the “Royals” give concessions to Ansarallah, they might wonder if that could prompt action internally, by these revolutionary forces, or from Iraq.

On the other hand, if MBS insists on his primacy and of being the head of the family and the leader, he may push the tribal leaders who see weakness at this time in Saudi Arabia to take action against the family who are fed up with one family rule, as they have been from the outset. And he’s not going to be able to this time to rely on America or Britain to machine gun them, as happened before.

So this is really the dilemma. With ZERO money coming in from oil sales, the House of Saud is in biiiig trouble, and might just flee.
Finally, let’s keep in mind that in 2006 Dick Cheney added to the original clean break strategy of do away with all Iranian allies in the region by focusing on the Amirs and the monarchs of the region as the pillar of both American and Israeli policy for this region - and that was worked on, as well, by Netanyahu at the time.
Then in 2006, after the long Lebanese war that was on and off from 1982, that being Israel’s war on Hezbollah in Lebanon Cheney was upset, because the Israeli war on Hezbollah was intended to weaken Iran. And Iran has actually emerged stronger from it. Prince Bandar said, in essence, Mr. Vice President, we have a solution to this: Let’s take out Syria. He, and Cheney, and others in the Neocon movement said, with Syria removed, Iran is fundamentally weakened.And Cheney and Bandar thought that they could replace Assad’s father and Assad with US-Saudi-Israeli coddled Islamists. The new Syria was to sit on this tiny pillar of Saudi Arabia’s supposed political power and radical Sunni sectarianism. And this was the legitimizing of the sectarianism which finally destroyed Syria and is present in many parts still.
Now, Saudi Arabia sits on top of a volcano of tribes that have been unfairly dismissed by the one family in terms of the so-called share of wealth that was traditional in the region, that it didn’t all go to just one family, but was divvied out in bits to all those tribal leaders.
Some of the tribes are huge. Shamar, is nearly a million strong. Without that money flowing from the House of Saud, the House of Saud has major internal problems of its own creation…

More to come! If you would like to read a very insightful piece on this, check out Alistair Crooke’s post, released today at his Substack

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RUSSIA IS RAMPING UP for closure of the war in a few months. The rhetoric there comes as they have their first elections for Russian Legislature in 4 years, but the sentiment is clear

BIG PHARMA - THE PATH TO COVID JAB MANDATES, EUA…

IMMIGRATION POLICE STATE

This is amazingly bad-

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Immense thanks to Eric Peters of EricPetersAutosDotCom (and here on X) for joining us tonight in our Mind Meld! We got to discuss big matters like Johnson cutting off the Hegseth impeachment vote, the govt-pushed price increases of fuel and everything tied to it, the warmongers, and statism v freedom. We also got to dig into excellent reports from fine journalists. - Please follow them if you haven't yet, and join us m-f 6 PM on Rumble or on X! Audio pod soon after each show, via Spotify or here at Substack! Here is the link to the entire video, now housed at Substack! Liberty Conspiracy LIVE 91626 Hegseth and Johnson, Fuel Trouble, Fed Hike, E Peters!

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Daniel McAdams got a text with this news, while he was streaming with Ron Paul. Their immediate reactions are valuable, IMO…

Perhaps David Johanssen would have had something to say.

A quick one on YEMEN-SAUDI - With a bearing on FUEL, of course… First, the US-given f-15 - downed by Ansarallah.

And this - classic ;)

Oh, and let’s focus on the lies a bit more. Mr. Daugherty doesn’t seem interested in actually studying the real information. He wants to be a mouthpiece and amplifier…

Public commercial ship-tracking data does not support an 18-million-barrel waterborne transit through the Strait of Hormuz on 15 September. Visible AIS counts were in the single digits, and several independent monitors describe the waterway as still heavily disrupted. LINK And… Reuters, citing preliminary Kpler data, reported four vessel transits on Tuesday 15 September (two exiting, two entering), down from seven the previous day and well below a 10-day average of 18. No very large crude carriers were recorded that day; the identified cargoes included one LPG carrier (~470,000 barrels) and one naphtha tanker (~510,000 barrels). Some vessels travel with AIS transponders switched off, so the published counts are incomplete. IMF PortWatch satellite data and dedicated trackers (take a look at straits.live, straitofhormuz.report) put the 7-day average at roughly five commercial arrivals per day—about 6 percent of the pre-crisis baseline of 74–85 ships. Those sites currently label the strait “effectively closed” on day 199–200 of the disruption that began 28 February. One live monitor recorded zero confirmed oil tankers exiting the Gulf in the most recent 24-hour window it published.

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OH, and…

HI, Mr. Energy Sec… Hate to tell you, but several independent energy analysts who have looked at the satellite imagery note that the most damaged site is a pumping station southeast of Medina, not the buried pipeline itself. Fires burned for more than 13 hours and left a soot-and-scorch scar of roughly 12 hectares across the compound. Satellite photos released this week show blackened buildings, destroyed or heavily damaged pump halls, and scorched ground that extends well beyond the fenced facility.

Andy Lipow of Lipow Oil Associates, citing those pictures, said repairs would take months. Kpler’s crude-oil team estimates four to six weeks before the line can run at more than half its recent throughput. Regional officials who spoke to the Associated Press put the timeline at three to five weeks, with possible partial flow in the meantime. Société Générale’s Michael Haigh offered a range of one to three weeks in a typical case and five to six weeks if structural or electrical systems were badly hit. The East-West system actually consists of two parallel pipelines that use separate pumping infrastructure. That design theoretically allows one line to restart after safety checks while work continues on the other. Saudi Aramco restored a smaller pumping-station hit in April 2026 within days, but the burn scar and fire duration this time appear larger. Spare-parts availability and strained supply chains in the region are also cited as delays. Energy Secretary Wright’s “days” comment is the most optimistic public figure so far and may refer to a limited restart rather than full capacity. Saudi officials have not issued their own detailed damage assessment or repair schedule. Until they do, the market is pricing a multi-week outage of several million barrels per day. LINK

The images of blasted US bases continue to flow better than the oil

Dave DeCamp, Editor at AntiWar, has more, and you might want to watch his entire video, into which we dive at a point a few mins from the opening. (Note his keen insights on the total cost of Trump’s immoral murder spree, following this segment in the AntiWar video).

SO, yeah… The Diesel problem did not start with Ukraine and Russia, it mostly is due to Trump attacking Iran, and Dave DeCamp offers key details, esp re US complicity…

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Eric Peters offers keen insights at his site. Join us tonight to welcome him as our Mind Meld guest! “What Will He Do? - EPautos - Libertarian Car Talk” LINK

More Israeli/US-committed murders, as IDF-US arms caused so much damage to this building, it collapsed on people sheltering there (after IDF-US arms destroyed their original homes.

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But remember, it’s the supporters of Israel who are in danger back here in the US, just like they tell us Israel is the “defender” of freedom in the Middle East…

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Meanwhile… Let’s recall that Trump promised a bunch more highly destructive arms for Israel, and… The House said YEP! Now it’s up to a handful of senators, including one of my long-time nemeses, Jeanne Shaheen, who likely will vote for the weapons gift so that more innocent people can be killed by Israeli military figures.

While…

Dr. Paul and Daniel McAdams offer keen thoughts on that, and on the Senators who are the deciders on sending more weapons of death to the genocide machine.

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Remember, everything is great, according to Johnson.

And Scott Bessent is really trustworthy… (wink)

Even though the higher energy costs and other supply shocks are destroying mid-sized farms, which will be absorbed by agri-corps and AI datacenter monsters. About 44% of midsize U.S. family (independent) farms were classified as high financial risk in 2024 data, up from 39% in 2023 data. Bankruptcies among independent/family farmers remain very rare as a share of all operations (well under 0.02% annually), though Chapter 12 filings rose sharply: 216 in 2024, 315 in 2025, and continued higher into 2026. Specific bankruptcy percentages for independent cattle ranchers are not separately published and form a subset of the overall family-farm figures, but I am looking into it at sites such as this: LINK USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) defines midsize family farms as those with gross cash farm income (GCFI) of $350,000–$999,999. These represent roughly 6% of U.S. farms (around 113,000–114,000 in recent reports) but a larger share of production and acreage. “Independent” aligns with family farms, where the operator and relatives own a majority of the business (about 97% of all U.S. farms). Nonfamily/corporate operations are a small minority. Annual Chapter 12 filings:

• 2023: 139.

• 2024: 216 (55% increase from 2023).

• 2025: 315 (46% increase from 2024).

Experts generally say financial pressure on mid-size, especially crop-oriented family farms, has continued or intensified in 2026, even though official USDA “at risk” (operating profit margin) shares by farm size for 2025–2026 have not been published yet. Chapter 12 filings also rose early in 2026, with an April spike, a September 2026 Southern Ag Today mid-year survey found 73% of respondents reporting worsened liquidity and solvency for crop producers in 2026; 46% reported lower regional farm income. Several described the first half of 2026 as one of the most challenging recent periods for crop operations.

THE FED TODAY ANNOUNCED A (SHOCK! - WINK) RATE HIKE. “Federal Reserve hikes key rate for 1st time in 3 years, defying Trump demands for a cut” LINK Now, why would that be the case?………. (wink, again)…….

Ah, yes. Bessent Tuesday appeared on Cap Hill to pretend that his long-bond buys were a smart move. His refusal to, or inability to, admit the truth about the bond rate squeeze is increasing the speed at which the system is collapsing, which is driving the realty market into the ground - as we knew the market for properties would collapse.

And, of course, Trump cannot claim that, in a national govt that has INCREASED its debt, he can “pay dividends” - since dividends is a word only used after a person or company GAINS.

FREE SPEECH

Max B has key info:

IMMIGRATION POLICE STATE

Mullin seems to be describing their power-claiming playbook

Like to dine out? Not only is it becoming more expensive to get the food delivered and grown, and not only is it more expensive to heat a place and light it, the US ICE goons are targeting employees… “Austin’s oldest Tex-Mex restaurant raises funds after ICE detains workers” LINK
From MASS: “DHS condemns Massachusetts judge who helped illegal immigrant evade ICE custody” LINK (evidently, federalism means nothing to the people who want to criticize this judge).

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