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Welcome, fellow Conspirators!
Big thanks to all the wonderful plotters who joined us to take apart the news and plan for greater freedom, and to all the great journalists whose work we discussed tonight. Join us, m-f 6 Pm on Rumble, or X, and get the audio pod via Spotify or Substack about an hour after each show! - Here are some of the key items we got to discuss!
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WARIRANBREAKING: GULF - multiple sources report that at least three commercial ships, including oil tankers and cargo vessels, were struck by projectiles—likely missiles or drones—near the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf. These incidents occurred amid escalating tensions in the ongoing Iran conflict involving the US, Israel, and regional allies. Iran has claimed responsibility for at least some of the strikes, stating they targeted vessels ignoring warnings from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The attacks have disrupted shipping in this critical waterway, which handles about 20% of global oil transit, contributing to oil prices surpassing $100 per barrel.
The US claims that its military responded by destroying several Iranian mine-laying vessels in the area. LINK LINK
Incidents, as they appear to be, atm: The strikes happened early on March 11, with one ship (the Thailand-flagged Mayuree Naree) catching fire and requiring crew evacuation. Another, the Liberian-flagged Express Room, was halted after being hit. A third unidentified vessel was also struck
The Trump Admin has withdrawn a claim that US Navy vessels “escorted a ship” through the Persian Gulf. LINK
Let’s look at what the Trump-Netanyahu criminal cabal has done…
The White House seems seized by frenzy over Iran’s defensive measures disrupting shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, following the aggressive strikes launched by the U.S. and Israel against Iranian soil—yet Reuters reveals that the U.S. Navy is incapable of honoring the administration’s vow to protect merchant vessels. Just days ago, President Trump proclaimed on social media that American naval forces would, “if necessary,” shepherd ships through those waters and even insure/furnish recompense for any harms suffered. Bold words are simple to post, but far harder to enact, particularly when they rely on compelling taxpayers to finance the insurance and the military interventions that also, clearly violate individuals’ rights.
As Reuters indicates, drawing from three industry sources: “The U.S. Navy has held regular briefings with shipping and oil industry counterparts and has said during those briefings it is unable to provide escorts for the time being.” In the meantime, some Trump-aligned online commentators are mocking tanker captains as faint-hearted for hesitating amid the chaos sparked by U.S.-Israeli initiation of hostilities. I’d propose those same voices take the wheel on the lead unprotected transit, themselves.
Of course, Trump’s bold pronouncement about protecting a ship came as what appears to have been an attempt to lower oil prices, and prices leveled out for a while after he posted his claim on Truth Social and X, buuuut, then, the claim was removed and debunked, and oil prices rose.
In a similar fashion, Trump heralded “a new refinery in Texas”—though credit for it scarcely fits his administration, as its debut was proclaimed in 2024, well before his re-ascendancy. The refinery in question, located at the Port of Brownsville, Texas, and now spearheaded by America First Refining (building on earlier efforts by Element Fuels Holdings announced in June 2024), only has seen site preparation completed and key permits secured last year. Full-scale construction has not commenced—groundbreaking is slated for the second quarter of 2026, meaning it’s months away from even beginning to build out the facility, let alone processing any crude oil into usable products.
Once operational—likely years down the line, given the typical timelines for such ventures—it aims to handle around 160,000 barrels per day of light shale oil…
Might one local facility offset the rupture to peaceful international trade wrought by such bellicose actions? The calculation is plain enough for anyone to discern.
Prior to the much-heralded, slightly off-truth, announcement of this new Texas refinery (again, it is NOT “starting” but is only NOW starting CONSTRUCTION)—touted as a boon for domestic production but announced well before the current administration took office—the United States had not seen a genuine new grassroots oil refinery (a full-scale facility built from the ground up with significant atmospheric distillation capacity) come online in nearly half a century. The last major new refinery constructed and brought into operation was Marathon Petroleum’s facility in Garyville, Louisiana, which began operations in 1977 with an initial capacity of 200,000 barrels per calendar day (b/cd). That plant, now expanded substantially, remains a benchmark for why large-scale greenfield refinery builds have been extraordinarily rare since then, thanks to layers of unconstitutional federal regulatory diktats, environmental permitting challenges, and local opposition that make such projects prohibitively expensive and time-consuming for private enterprise.
To take a broader view. Let’s note that a “greenfield refinery” is a new petroleum refinery constructed entirely from scratch on previously undeveloped or “virgin” land—often literally open fields or green spaces with no prior industrial infrastructure in place. The term “greenfield” draws from real estate and development lingo, where it contrasts with “brownfield” sites (previously used industrial land that may require cleanup or remediation).
Smaller or specialized facilities, such as condensate splitters or incremental additions, have appeared more recently—for instance, the Texas International Terminals refinery in Galveston, Texas, which started up in February 2022 with 45,000 b/cd capacity—but these do not qualify as full traditional crude oil refineries on the scale of pre-1980 builds. As for the current total, according to the most recent U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data as of January 1, 2025 (with no major net change indicated into early 2026 prior to any new openings), there were 132 operable petroleum refineries in the United States, spread across roughly 30 states, with a combined operable atmospheric distillation capacity of about 18.4 million barrels per day. One solitary new facility, even if it eventually reaches full operation, will do little to meaningfully alter the broader picture of voluntary global oil markets disrupted by foreign conflicts—especially when individuals’ rights to engage in peaceful trade remain threatened by coercive foreign aggression or the domestic taxation required to sustain endless military responses. The math on offsetting widespread supply chain interruptions with one plant simply doesn’t add up. The entire concept of the US government controlling “permission” for exploration, drilling, and refining not only is unconstitutional, it is immoral, and leads to economic problems such as our current situation. LINK
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-More compliments are due to be given to CT Senator Chris Murphy (D) who, though he has a checkered past as a politician getting money off of tax slaves and many other acts, such as hobnobbing with Oleh Tyahnybok, the Neo-Nazi of the Svodoba Party in Ukraine with whom Murphy, Biden, Nuland, Klobuchar, Graham, Pyatt, and others (read: CIA, SOROS, NED, USAID, Atlantic Council, NATO) worked to overthrow the government of Ukraine in late 2013, yes, though he has a bad past and he could just be doing this for propaganda purposes to promote his fortunes or those of his party or both, Mr. Murphy has, again, done a very good job exposing the two-faced non-arguments for the Trump Admin attack on Iran. Follow this thread, which begins with: ‘I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can’t defend this war in public. I obviously can’t disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are. 1/ Here’s what I can share: 2/ Maybe the lead is that the war goals DO NOT involve destroying Iran’s nuclear weapons program. This is, uh...surprising...since Trump says over and over this is a key goal. But then of course we already know air strikes can’t wipe out their nuclear material. 3/ Second, they confirmed “regime change” is also NOT on the list. So, they are going to spend hundreds of billions of your taxpayer dollars, get a whole bunch of Americans killed, and a hardline regime - probably a MORE anti-American hardline regime - will still be in charge.’
LINK
More from him
Buuuut, Karoline Leavitt can explain what Trump had in mind and what he is planning.
It has nothing to do with Declaration of War, and it will end when, well, when Trump (and Netanyahu) want it to end. Yes, Trump’s rationale for attacking, killing, disrupting? He had a FEELING .
Pepe Escobar and Danny Haiphong just did an excellent job studying the Iranian “Mosaic” defense posture
The UNICEF report on Minab and other civilian targets of US-Israeli aggression is getting more attention. Headline: ‘Secretary of War Crimes Pete Hegseth:
“Terrorist regimes target civilians, we do not.”
According to UNICEF the U.S. has already hit 20 schools, 10 hospitals, and killed over 1,300 civilians including 300 children. So by Hegseth’s own logic the U.S. is a terrorist regime.’ LINK
—
Finally, this entire exchange and info-coverage from Daniel McAdams and Ron Paul is excellent, as they discuss the current debate in DC over an automatic draft. LINK
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THE US ECONOMYBeing slammed. And the lies are being exposed. BLS employment claims were even more inflated than we were told last year. LINK
IMMIGRATION POLICE STATEThat’s it for now, all!
Spread the word about what we offer. :)Many thanks for supporting freedom, and for sharing the links! And remember, you can back us here by becoming a paid subscriber if you would like, and feel free to watch Liberty Conspiracy LIVE on Gardner’s X @gardgoldsmith and on Rumble! Spread the word! Thanks, again! 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:
Gardner Goldsmith
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Amherst, NH, 03031 :)
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By Gardner GoldsmithWelcome, fellow Conspirators!
Big thanks to all the wonderful plotters who joined us to take apart the news and plan for greater freedom, and to all the great journalists whose work we discussed tonight. Join us, m-f 6 Pm on Rumble, or X, and get the audio pod via Spotify or Substack about an hour after each show! - Here are some of the key items we got to discuss!
Share
Subscribe now
WARIRANBREAKING: GULF - multiple sources report that at least three commercial ships, including oil tankers and cargo vessels, were struck by projectiles—likely missiles or drones—near the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf. These incidents occurred amid escalating tensions in the ongoing Iran conflict involving the US, Israel, and regional allies. Iran has claimed responsibility for at least some of the strikes, stating they targeted vessels ignoring warnings from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The attacks have disrupted shipping in this critical waterway, which handles about 20% of global oil transit, contributing to oil prices surpassing $100 per barrel.
The US claims that its military responded by destroying several Iranian mine-laying vessels in the area. LINK LINK
Incidents, as they appear to be, atm: The strikes happened early on March 11, with one ship (the Thailand-flagged Mayuree Naree) catching fire and requiring crew evacuation. Another, the Liberian-flagged Express Room, was halted after being hit. A third unidentified vessel was also struck
The Trump Admin has withdrawn a claim that US Navy vessels “escorted a ship” through the Persian Gulf. LINK
Let’s look at what the Trump-Netanyahu criminal cabal has done…
The White House seems seized by frenzy over Iran’s defensive measures disrupting shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, following the aggressive strikes launched by the U.S. and Israel against Iranian soil—yet Reuters reveals that the U.S. Navy is incapable of honoring the administration’s vow to protect merchant vessels. Just days ago, President Trump proclaimed on social media that American naval forces would, “if necessary,” shepherd ships through those waters and even insure/furnish recompense for any harms suffered. Bold words are simple to post, but far harder to enact, particularly when they rely on compelling taxpayers to finance the insurance and the military interventions that also, clearly violate individuals’ rights.
As Reuters indicates, drawing from three industry sources: “The U.S. Navy has held regular briefings with shipping and oil industry counterparts and has said during those briefings it is unable to provide escorts for the time being.” In the meantime, some Trump-aligned online commentators are mocking tanker captains as faint-hearted for hesitating amid the chaos sparked by U.S.-Israeli initiation of hostilities. I’d propose those same voices take the wheel on the lead unprotected transit, themselves.
Of course, Trump’s bold pronouncement about protecting a ship came as what appears to have been an attempt to lower oil prices, and prices leveled out for a while after he posted his claim on Truth Social and X, buuuut, then, the claim was removed and debunked, and oil prices rose.
In a similar fashion, Trump heralded “a new refinery in Texas”—though credit for it scarcely fits his administration, as its debut was proclaimed in 2024, well before his re-ascendancy. The refinery in question, located at the Port of Brownsville, Texas, and now spearheaded by America First Refining (building on earlier efforts by Element Fuels Holdings announced in June 2024), only has seen site preparation completed and key permits secured last year. Full-scale construction has not commenced—groundbreaking is slated for the second quarter of 2026, meaning it’s months away from even beginning to build out the facility, let alone processing any crude oil into usable products.
Once operational—likely years down the line, given the typical timelines for such ventures—it aims to handle around 160,000 barrels per day of light shale oil…
Might one local facility offset the rupture to peaceful international trade wrought by such bellicose actions? The calculation is plain enough for anyone to discern.
Prior to the much-heralded, slightly off-truth, announcement of this new Texas refinery (again, it is NOT “starting” but is only NOW starting CONSTRUCTION)—touted as a boon for domestic production but announced well before the current administration took office—the United States had not seen a genuine new grassroots oil refinery (a full-scale facility built from the ground up with significant atmospheric distillation capacity) come online in nearly half a century. The last major new refinery constructed and brought into operation was Marathon Petroleum’s facility in Garyville, Louisiana, which began operations in 1977 with an initial capacity of 200,000 barrels per calendar day (b/cd). That plant, now expanded substantially, remains a benchmark for why large-scale greenfield refinery builds have been extraordinarily rare since then, thanks to layers of unconstitutional federal regulatory diktats, environmental permitting challenges, and local opposition that make such projects prohibitively expensive and time-consuming for private enterprise.
To take a broader view. Let’s note that a “greenfield refinery” is a new petroleum refinery constructed entirely from scratch on previously undeveloped or “virgin” land—often literally open fields or green spaces with no prior industrial infrastructure in place. The term “greenfield” draws from real estate and development lingo, where it contrasts with “brownfield” sites (previously used industrial land that may require cleanup or remediation).
Smaller or specialized facilities, such as condensate splitters or incremental additions, have appeared more recently—for instance, the Texas International Terminals refinery in Galveston, Texas, which started up in February 2022 with 45,000 b/cd capacity—but these do not qualify as full traditional crude oil refineries on the scale of pre-1980 builds. As for the current total, according to the most recent U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data as of January 1, 2025 (with no major net change indicated into early 2026 prior to any new openings), there were 132 operable petroleum refineries in the United States, spread across roughly 30 states, with a combined operable atmospheric distillation capacity of about 18.4 million barrels per day. One solitary new facility, even if it eventually reaches full operation, will do little to meaningfully alter the broader picture of voluntary global oil markets disrupted by foreign conflicts—especially when individuals’ rights to engage in peaceful trade remain threatened by coercive foreign aggression or the domestic taxation required to sustain endless military responses. The math on offsetting widespread supply chain interruptions with one plant simply doesn’t add up. The entire concept of the US government controlling “permission” for exploration, drilling, and refining not only is unconstitutional, it is immoral, and leads to economic problems such as our current situation. LINK
This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
-More compliments are due to be given to CT Senator Chris Murphy (D) who, though he has a checkered past as a politician getting money off of tax slaves and many other acts, such as hobnobbing with Oleh Tyahnybok, the Neo-Nazi of the Svodoba Party in Ukraine with whom Murphy, Biden, Nuland, Klobuchar, Graham, Pyatt, and others (read: CIA, SOROS, NED, USAID, Atlantic Council, NATO) worked to overthrow the government of Ukraine in late 2013, yes, though he has a bad past and he could just be doing this for propaganda purposes to promote his fortunes or those of his party or both, Mr. Murphy has, again, done a very good job exposing the two-faced non-arguments for the Trump Admin attack on Iran. Follow this thread, which begins with: ‘I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can’t defend this war in public. I obviously can’t disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are. 1/ Here’s what I can share: 2/ Maybe the lead is that the war goals DO NOT involve destroying Iran’s nuclear weapons program. This is, uh...surprising...since Trump says over and over this is a key goal. But then of course we already know air strikes can’t wipe out their nuclear material. 3/ Second, they confirmed “regime change” is also NOT on the list. So, they are going to spend hundreds of billions of your taxpayer dollars, get a whole bunch of Americans killed, and a hardline regime - probably a MORE anti-American hardline regime - will still be in charge.’
LINK
More from him
Buuuut, Karoline Leavitt can explain what Trump had in mind and what he is planning.
It has nothing to do with Declaration of War, and it will end when, well, when Trump (and Netanyahu) want it to end. Yes, Trump’s rationale for attacking, killing, disrupting? He had a FEELING .
Pepe Escobar and Danny Haiphong just did an excellent job studying the Iranian “Mosaic” defense posture
The UNICEF report on Minab and other civilian targets of US-Israeli aggression is getting more attention. Headline: ‘Secretary of War Crimes Pete Hegseth:
“Terrorist regimes target civilians, we do not.”
According to UNICEF the U.S. has already hit 20 schools, 10 hospitals, and killed over 1,300 civilians including 300 children. So by Hegseth’s own logic the U.S. is a terrorist regime.’ LINK
—
Finally, this entire exchange and info-coverage from Daniel McAdams and Ron Paul is excellent, as they discuss the current debate in DC over an automatic draft. LINK
Share Gardner Goldsmith
THE US ECONOMYBeing slammed. And the lies are being exposed. BLS employment claims were even more inflated than we were told last year. LINK
IMMIGRATION POLICE STATEThat’s it for now, all!
Spread the word about what we offer. :)Many thanks for supporting freedom, and for sharing the links! And remember, you can back us here by becoming a paid subscriber if you would like, and feel free to watch Liberty Conspiracy LIVE on Gardner’s X @gardgoldsmith and on Rumble! Spread the word! Thanks, again! 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:
Gardner Goldsmith
PO Box 581
Amherst, NH, 03031 :)
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