Can the US just do that? Yes, apparently, it can! It's regime change, but not quite as we know it. With the democratically-elected leader of Venezuela taken to the USA 'to answer for his crimes', Trump has dropped all pretense and admitted that he wants the US to 'run Venezuela' because he wants American oil companies to return in a big way and supplant all Iranian, Russian and Chinese interests there. It remains to be seen how exactly the Americans will manage Venezuela 'at-a-distance', but...

The annual Turning Point USA 'America Fest' took place this week, complete with big name appearances from Right-wing pundits, pastors and politicians, celebrity cameos and gaudy spectacle. To the organization's credit, however, it honored Charlie Kirk's legacy by including Tucker Carlson on the roster - the very thing the organization's founder was pressured by "Jewish donors" to "cancel" during the summer. As something of a 'finale' to the 'American conservative calendar', AmFest2025...

An Iranian/Venezuelan "shadow fleet" oil tanker seized by the US military somewhere off the coast of Venezuela. Five oil tankers, "part of the Russian shadow fleet," blown up, sunk, or badly damaged in the Black Sea and off the west African coast. "Ukraine" claims 3 of the latter, but who's behind the other two attacks? And is it mere coincidence that the US government has resorted to 'piracy' at a time when the Kiev regime has begun sinking tankers? Today, a mass shooting targeted Jews...

"A pretty big turnaround," the Russian government called it. "Aligned with Russia," is how Atlanticist media is describing it. The updated US National Security Strategy is, on paper, something of a 'clean break' with the the United States' past . No longer seeking 'full-spectrum dominance' and stressing the impossibility of being 'policeman for the entire world', the US outlook on global affairs codifies Trump's vision of refocusing on 'the near-abroad', namely the Americas. It also...

If it's not really about the drugs, and if it's not really the socialism that bothers him, why is Trump preparing to launch yet another American regime change war against Venezuela? The recent election of 'democratic socialist' Zohran Mamdani as New York City mayor is nowhere near as 'shocking' as right-wing influencers would like you to believe, and Trump demonstrated that by inviting him to the White House for a convivial meeting last week. The US economy (and certainly its urban social...

Trump's 28-point peace plan for Ukraine was announced last week. The Euros say it's "capitulation to Russia," Kiev says it's under pressure from the White House to accept it, "or else," and the Russians say they'll "consider it." Though more realistic than anything proffered by Western leaders thus far, it will likely fail because entrenched money interests want to keep the war going. Back in the US, Congressman Thomas Massie's Epstein Files Transparency Act has been passed surprisingly...

They say dead men tell no tales. Not true in this case. Epstein continues looming large over Trump's second term, with The Epstein Files™ - and specifically the demand to publish them, combined with the efforts to selectively 'massage' and 'tailor' them - practically dictating the schedule and tempo of US domestic politics. Left and Right have come together to force their release, squeezing Trump in the middle, who wants everyone to forget all about them. Most assume that that's because...

In a development that should surprise no one, a Blaze investigation has discovered the (probable) identity of the person placing the pipe-bombs around the US Capitol building on the eve of the January 6th "insurrection" - a female United States Capitol Police officer (who subsequently joined the CIA). The mainstream media will ignore this, as will the Feds will, but at least we're clear on one thing: the terrorists are those in government. Meanwhile, a year on since Trump's re-election,...

His surprise appearance on Tucker Carlson's show is something of a 'marker event' in the meteoric rise of polemic right-wing commentator Nicholas Fuentes to American political prominence. In the end it was a civil conversation fleshing out background to his controversial takes, and general agreement on what's been taking place in the US recently: growing, significant public backlash against Israel's wars and outsized influence in American politics. So, what pretty much everyone's talking...

From "500% tariffs against China" and "Tomahawks for Ukraine" to "a comprehensive trade deal" and "imminent peace with Russia," a day is a long time in Trumpian politics. Besides driving us all mad with endlessly contradictory Truth Social posts, can we figure out what the American president really wants to achieve on the world stage? In the end it boils down to maximizing economic advantage for Americans, while minimizing death and destruction for everyone else. Worthy of the title...