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Welcome, fellow Conspirators!
As we roll into the fifty-ninth week of May — or is that according to government numbers? — we see the breaking news of a MASSIVE EXPLOSION at a Tomer Corporation facility, in the middle of the night, about 35 km west of Jerusalem, in Israel. Tomer is a state-owned facility producing rocket engines for missiles like the Arrow system, near the Sdot Micha airbase long associated with Israel’s strategic missile capabilities. This is an explosion that the “authorities” claim was a planned, controlled blast, which, of course, is a highly dubious claim. Not only do (even bloodthirsty maniac) regimes typically NOT detonate explosions that can destroy acres of land/buildings/people, the government itself claimed that “emergency crews were on the way.” If this was a planned explosion, they would not need to call on such crews AFTER the blast.
Some speculate that it was Iran trying to stop some kind of massive Israeli non-nuke bomb. But the US already has massive bombs it can drop and Iran (to put it anthropomorphically) has shown great wisdom in not initiating the aggression, but only in retaliating after being attacked. Could this have been sabotage? An error at the weapons plant? And is Trump ever going to stop acting like a child with the power to blow people up? He’s like a living Twilight Zone character.
THE OTHER “BIG” BREAKING STORYKier Starmer appears to be closer to fulfilling what many of us predicted — departing from the PM slot before July. Some reports (e.g., from the Daily Mail citing anonymous senior sources) claim Starmer has privately acknowledged the situation as unsustainable and may be planning an orderly departure, but No. 10 Downing Street has not confirmed this, and he continues to make public appearances carrying out his duties (such as a recent visit to a police station). THE BELOW IS NOT FULLY CONFIRMED AS OF THE EVE OF 5-16.
@DailyMail ] ","username":"BasilTheGreat","name":"Basil the Great","profile_image_url":"https://pbs.substack.com/profile_images/1870853024798715904/f7G0cKa9_normal.jpg","date":"2026-05-16T21:17:23.000Z","photos":[{"img_url":"https://pbs.substack.com/media/HIeGZ0EXwAAsWWe.jpg","link_url":"https://t.co/AiVnN7F3iC"}],"quoted_tweet":{},"reply_count":2475,"retweet_count":4344,"like_count":19208,"impression_count":863104,"expanded_url":null,"video_url":null,"belowTheFold":false}" data-component-name="Twitter2ToDOM">Meanwhile, Tommy Robinson’s “Unite the Kingdom” rally in London drew thousands, and a rival rally supporting the beleaguered and starving people of Palestine also drew thousands. Mr. Robinson has not shown any care about the Israeli genocide, and has supported the IDF. Not cool. Here’s that story of the dueling protests that took place in London, Sat. Headline “Tens of thousands join rival protests in London” LINK
Now, the “REST OF THE STORIES” (to spin off Paul Harvey!) As always, please feel free to read all, or just portions, of the Assembly, to leave and return, and to SHARE the internal links and the whole release! Be sure to head to Rumble or Gardner’s X at 6 PM eastern each M-F for the news, from Liberty Conspiracy LIVE! We hope to provide as much big info for freedom fighters as we can!! ALSO, check out the new Former Star Trek Writing Fellow Channels - On YT, and on Rumble!
**AND feel free to leave a comment at the bottom of the Assembly, and you also can donate to help the Liberty Conspiracy, itself! Just visit PayPal to help out!
And now, as Mario and Luigi might say, “Let’s-a-GO!!
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WARIRANTRUMP STILL DOESN’T CARE WHAT HIS IMMORAL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL AGGRESSION DOES TO THE ECONOMYAnd neither does Jim Jordan. Headline: “Republican congressman coldly tells Americans struggling with gas prices 'that's life'“ LINK Perhaps he could stop telling you how to live your life, what to value and whom you have to fight in an unconstitutional and immoral war of aggression? Craven…
And you’ll see how the AIPAC-backed rival to Thomas Massie views Trump’s genius move, below…
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Meanwhile.
GAZABLINKEN GETS A BIT THROWN BACK AT HIMThe dog was chained to a tree…
The Israeli destruction of Gaza continues, akin to a bizarre cartoon sci-fi flick
LEBANONThis is the “Ceasefire”… Headline from Antiwar “Lebanon Ceasefire Extended 45 Days, Israel Attacks Medical Center, Killing Paramedics - News From Antiwar.com” LINK
HAITIHeadline: “US sank $970 million in mission that left Haiti worse off. It's trying again.” LINK
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Talk about fascistic.
And now, Trump is targeting Boebert. Check out the pair of X posts in the Ro link.
@MassieforKY, @mtgreenee, now @laurenboebert and me because we had the audacity to take on the Epstein class.","username":"RoKhanna","name":"Ro Khanna","profile_image_url":"https://pbs.substack.com/profile_images/1370100950086615041/CDHmaPbH_normal.jpg","date":"2026-05-16T23:45:11.000Z","photos":[],"quoted_tweet":{"full_text":"Omg.","username":"johnnymaga","name":"johnny maga","profile_image_url":"https://pbs.substack.com/profile_images/1614070753221087233/QDjmvA1o_normal.jpg"},"reply_count":139,"retweet_count":167,"like_count":1154,"impression_count":28498,"expanded_url":null,"video_url":null,"belowTheFold":true}" data-component-name="Twitter2ToDOM">Hegseth is coming to KY to campaign for Gallstone, or whatever his Israeli-backed name is
And Gallrein tells us that Iran is really, really dangerous, but he can’t show you any evidence of that, because it’s “secret”. Oh, and Iran is one of the Four Horsemen. Seriously.
IMMIGRATION POLICE STATEThe goons continue to rip families apart and cage innocent people. Headline “DACA recipient arrested by ICE, deported to Honduras, then detained again upon return to Texas” LINK
-This is amazing, just terrible. The ICE goons kidnapped this woman, leaving her child with her brother, who now is accused of KILLING HER SON, and the feds CLAIM THE MOM “NEGLECTED/ABANDONED” her child! THEY LITERALLY DEPORTED HER AND SEPARATED HER FROM THE BOY, PLACING THE CHILD WITH THE NOW-ACCUSED KILLER. Headline “ICE blames deported mom for her toddler son’s killing months later” LINK
-and what does “assimilation” mean? Headline: “'Why are we letting them in our country?': Tommy Tuberville goes full racist, rants about immigrants from 'third-world hellholes'“ LINK What is “American culture”? Is it the same in New Mexico as it is in Maine? The same in Brooklyn as it is in Deluth? Should the people in Brooklyn be forced to adopt the customs of those in Moscow, Idaho? LINK
-Meanwhile, the “immigration” police gang seems to be in lots of flux. Headline: “List of resignations under Trump as border chief quits” Link
MORE DISASTROUS NEWS FOR INNOCENT PEOPLE “300 ICE Prisoners Send Urgent SOS Letter: "We Are Being Tortured"“
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IN GOD “WE” TRUST, MIXED WITH THE DIKTATS OF STATISM?Here is another excellent example of Christians who get involved with politics while not appreciating the undeniable fact that the state is incompatible with Christianity. The idea of forcing people to pay for a building, and the agents who might work in it, regardless of the inscription on the wall, is repugnant to the word of Christ. TO ADD GOD’S NAME TO THE BUILDING MADE FROM TAX MONEY ON THE BACKS OF THE ABUSED IS DOUBLY PROBLEMATIC, AND THEN TO CLAIM IT IS “WE” is an assumption one cannot make. Headline: “Christian congresswoman introduces bill to mandate 'In God We Trust' on federal buildings” LINK
"But," ask thoughtless statists, "who would run the roads?" - Headline: “'Like we were bags of trash': Georgia police left disabled veteran and her amputee husband stranded on the side of the road in the cold after stop” LINK
AND… In NC, the government claim of “ownership of the roads” sees this as a possible part of a drunk-driving conviction. How about private roads, and not forcing others to pay for the enforcement of the road police/piracy? Some might think this is a good idea, but that is not the point. The point is that this is collectivized, and all collectivist systems compel people to pay for the system, whether they agree or they do not. Headline: “NC lawmakers back ignition locks to keep impaired drivers off the road” LINK
PRO-ABORTION, FAKE CATHOLIC PELOSI TO SPEAK AT, GET THIS, NOTRE DAME COMMENCEMENTYep. I did some research, and it looks like she demands no payment to do commencement addresses, but why would ND invite her? Is this a form of “openness” to “different ideas”? LINK
FOLLOWING UP ON OUR COVERAGE OF TRUMP’S NVIDA, BOEING STOCK BUYS (in Friday’s News Notes here and on Liberty Conspiracy LIVE, Friday night)…ANOTHER MISREADING OF THEIR LOVELY US CONSTITUTION, TO FAVOR UNIONS — THIS TIME, PUSHED BY HAWLEY AND THE GOP
Not a good idea. Headline. “Hawley's Faster Labor Contracts Act would let D.C. write your contract” LINK A key passage of the article: ‘The arbitration would be overseen by a three-member arbitration panel. Each side of the labor equation would get to appoint one of their preferred arbitrators, but if they were unable to agree on a third, then an agency called the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service would step in to make the appointment.
This government-mandated arbitration panel would then have the power to impose contract terms on the business and union involved. In other words, the give-and-take of labor contract negotiations would be taken out of the hands of private entities such as businesses and unions and placed into the hands of a government-mandated panel.’
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That’s it for X and text links! NOW, let’s check out some great and informativo videos!Firssss,Danny Haiphong and Pepe Escobar offer key information as a wrap to the cronycorp Trum-to-China visit! Pepe and Danny both understand that China is comfortable not helping Trump dig himself out of the mess he has created with Iran. Key info here!
SECOND!And Nima and Prof Mirandi offer very important insights on the US aggression against Iran, fuel, and the economy.
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THIRD! This is just fascinating! Check it out!
That’s it for now, all! Thank you for caring about freedom and being energized to push the principles! And come back Monday for our new DAILY NEWS NOTES! It’s for paid subscribers, and will give you a midday look at some of the breaking news you might want to follow, to compare notes with others, and utilize to keep an eye on the statists in politics and the statists in the “commentary/reporting” realm! Remember, you can watch Liberty Conspiracy Live, each weeknight, at 6 eastern! Help others learn about all the facets of freedom, from markets, to privacy, to speech, to parental control and education, and much MORE! You can watch, listen, and join the chat for freedom as we broadcast on my X and Rumble. Hit me up at X as @gardgoldsmith there and on GAB as “GardnerGoldsmith”! And, of course, I want to mention that if you’d like to get some of my fiction, grab my current novellas at Amazon and Barnes and Noble!! As a rocking opener, I recommend “Fishing” as a dark, well-composed crime tale with some very unusual turns (this contains some scenes of dark violence, so please, be warned)…
…Or feel free to get “Bite” for a different take on vampirism, and “Wall” for a cryptoarcheological adventure set in 1960s China. And I have three novels and two more novellas in their final editing phases, soon to be on the way!
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 Be Seeing You!
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By Gardner GoldsmithWelcome, fellow Conspirators!
As we roll into the fifty-ninth week of May — or is that according to government numbers? — we see the breaking news of a MASSIVE EXPLOSION at a Tomer Corporation facility, in the middle of the night, about 35 km west of Jerusalem, in Israel. Tomer is a state-owned facility producing rocket engines for missiles like the Arrow system, near the Sdot Micha airbase long associated with Israel’s strategic missile capabilities. This is an explosion that the “authorities” claim was a planned, controlled blast, which, of course, is a highly dubious claim. Not only do (even bloodthirsty maniac) regimes typically NOT detonate explosions that can destroy acres of land/buildings/people, the government itself claimed that “emergency crews were on the way.” If this was a planned explosion, they would not need to call on such crews AFTER the blast.
Some speculate that it was Iran trying to stop some kind of massive Israeli non-nuke bomb. But the US already has massive bombs it can drop and Iran (to put it anthropomorphically) has shown great wisdom in not initiating the aggression, but only in retaliating after being attacked. Could this have been sabotage? An error at the weapons plant? And is Trump ever going to stop acting like a child with the power to blow people up? He’s like a living Twilight Zone character.
THE OTHER “BIG” BREAKING STORYKier Starmer appears to be closer to fulfilling what many of us predicted — departing from the PM slot before July. Some reports (e.g., from the Daily Mail citing anonymous senior sources) claim Starmer has privately acknowledged the situation as unsustainable and may be planning an orderly departure, but No. 10 Downing Street has not confirmed this, and he continues to make public appearances carrying out his duties (such as a recent visit to a police station). THE BELOW IS NOT FULLY CONFIRMED AS OF THE EVE OF 5-16.
@DailyMail ] ","username":"BasilTheGreat","name":"Basil the Great","profile_image_url":"https://pbs.substack.com/profile_images/1870853024798715904/f7G0cKa9_normal.jpg","date":"2026-05-16T21:17:23.000Z","photos":[{"img_url":"https://pbs.substack.com/media/HIeGZ0EXwAAsWWe.jpg","link_url":"https://t.co/AiVnN7F3iC"}],"quoted_tweet":{},"reply_count":2475,"retweet_count":4344,"like_count":19208,"impression_count":863104,"expanded_url":null,"video_url":null,"belowTheFold":false}" data-component-name="Twitter2ToDOM">Meanwhile, Tommy Robinson’s “Unite the Kingdom” rally in London drew thousands, and a rival rally supporting the beleaguered and starving people of Palestine also drew thousands. Mr. Robinson has not shown any care about the Israeli genocide, and has supported the IDF. Not cool. Here’s that story of the dueling protests that took place in London, Sat. Headline “Tens of thousands join rival protests in London” LINK
Now, the “REST OF THE STORIES” (to spin off Paul Harvey!) As always, please feel free to read all, or just portions, of the Assembly, to leave and return, and to SHARE the internal links and the whole release! Be sure to head to Rumble or Gardner’s X at 6 PM eastern each M-F for the news, from Liberty Conspiracy LIVE! We hope to provide as much big info for freedom fighters as we can!! ALSO, check out the new Former Star Trek Writing Fellow Channels - On YT, and on Rumble!
**AND feel free to leave a comment at the bottom of the Assembly, and you also can donate to help the Liberty Conspiracy, itself! Just visit PayPal to help out!
And now, as Mario and Luigi might say, “Let’s-a-GO!!
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WARIRANTRUMP STILL DOESN’T CARE WHAT HIS IMMORAL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL AGGRESSION DOES TO THE ECONOMYAnd neither does Jim Jordan. Headline: “Republican congressman coldly tells Americans struggling with gas prices 'that's life'“ LINK Perhaps he could stop telling you how to live your life, what to value and whom you have to fight in an unconstitutional and immoral war of aggression? Craven…
And you’ll see how the AIPAC-backed rival to Thomas Massie views Trump’s genius move, below…
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Meanwhile.
GAZABLINKEN GETS A BIT THROWN BACK AT HIMThe dog was chained to a tree…
The Israeli destruction of Gaza continues, akin to a bizarre cartoon sci-fi flick
LEBANONThis is the “Ceasefire”… Headline from Antiwar “Lebanon Ceasefire Extended 45 Days, Israel Attacks Medical Center, Killing Paramedics - News From Antiwar.com” LINK
HAITIHeadline: “US sank $970 million in mission that left Haiti worse off. It's trying again.” LINK
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THE THOMAS MASSIE RACEVote is this week.
#KY04. ","username":"TrackAIPAC","name":"AIPAC Tracker","profile_image_url":"https://pbs.substack.com/profile_images/2013122141059678209/6Or1kQNK_normal.jpg","date":"2026-05-16T23:41:22.000Z","photos":[{"img_url":"https://pbs.substack.com/media/HIenUFgbcAAvsaB.jpg","link_url":"https://t.co/Znmtc4GEXz"},{"img_url":"https://pbs.substack.com/media/HIenUGhbIAAqvko.jpg","link_url":"https://t.co/Znmtc4GEXz"}],"quoted_tweet":{},"reply_count":44,"retweet_count":455,"like_count":1952,"impression_count":81906,"expanded_url":null,"video_url":null,"belowTheFold":true}" data-component-name="Twitter2ToDOM">Share
Talk about fascistic.
And now, Trump is targeting Boebert. Check out the pair of X posts in the Ro link.
@MassieforKY, @mtgreenee, now @laurenboebert and me because we had the audacity to take on the Epstein class.","username":"RoKhanna","name":"Ro Khanna","profile_image_url":"https://pbs.substack.com/profile_images/1370100950086615041/CDHmaPbH_normal.jpg","date":"2026-05-16T23:45:11.000Z","photos":[],"quoted_tweet":{"full_text":"Omg.","username":"johnnymaga","name":"johnny maga","profile_image_url":"https://pbs.substack.com/profile_images/1614070753221087233/QDjmvA1o_normal.jpg"},"reply_count":139,"retweet_count":167,"like_count":1154,"impression_count":28498,"expanded_url":null,"video_url":null,"belowTheFold":true}" data-component-name="Twitter2ToDOM">Hegseth is coming to KY to campaign for Gallstone, or whatever his Israeli-backed name is
And Gallrein tells us that Iran is really, really dangerous, but he can’t show you any evidence of that, because it’s “secret”. Oh, and Iran is one of the Four Horsemen. Seriously.
IMMIGRATION POLICE STATEThe goons continue to rip families apart and cage innocent people. Headline “DACA recipient arrested by ICE, deported to Honduras, then detained again upon return to Texas” LINK
-This is amazing, just terrible. The ICE goons kidnapped this woman, leaving her child with her brother, who now is accused of KILLING HER SON, and the feds CLAIM THE MOM “NEGLECTED/ABANDONED” her child! THEY LITERALLY DEPORTED HER AND SEPARATED HER FROM THE BOY, PLACING THE CHILD WITH THE NOW-ACCUSED KILLER. Headline “ICE blames deported mom for her toddler son’s killing months later” LINK
-and what does “assimilation” mean? Headline: “'Why are we letting them in our country?': Tommy Tuberville goes full racist, rants about immigrants from 'third-world hellholes'“ LINK What is “American culture”? Is it the same in New Mexico as it is in Maine? The same in Brooklyn as it is in Deluth? Should the people in Brooklyn be forced to adopt the customs of those in Moscow, Idaho? LINK
-Meanwhile, the “immigration” police gang seems to be in lots of flux. Headline: “List of resignations under Trump as border chief quits” Link
MORE DISASTROUS NEWS FOR INNOCENT PEOPLE “300 ICE Prisoners Send Urgent SOS Letter: "We Are Being Tortured"“
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IN GOD “WE” TRUST, MIXED WITH THE DIKTATS OF STATISM?Here is another excellent example of Christians who get involved with politics while not appreciating the undeniable fact that the state is incompatible with Christianity. The idea of forcing people to pay for a building, and the agents who might work in it, regardless of the inscription on the wall, is repugnant to the word of Christ. TO ADD GOD’S NAME TO THE BUILDING MADE FROM TAX MONEY ON THE BACKS OF THE ABUSED IS DOUBLY PROBLEMATIC, AND THEN TO CLAIM IT IS “WE” is an assumption one cannot make. Headline: “Christian congresswoman introduces bill to mandate 'In God We Trust' on federal buildings” LINK
"But," ask thoughtless statists, "who would run the roads?" - Headline: “'Like we were bags of trash': Georgia police left disabled veteran and her amputee husband stranded on the side of the road in the cold after stop” LINK
AND… In NC, the government claim of “ownership of the roads” sees this as a possible part of a drunk-driving conviction. How about private roads, and not forcing others to pay for the enforcement of the road police/piracy? Some might think this is a good idea, but that is not the point. The point is that this is collectivized, and all collectivist systems compel people to pay for the system, whether they agree or they do not. Headline: “NC lawmakers back ignition locks to keep impaired drivers off the road” LINK
PRO-ABORTION, FAKE CATHOLIC PELOSI TO SPEAK AT, GET THIS, NOTRE DAME COMMENCEMENTYep. I did some research, and it looks like she demands no payment to do commencement addresses, but why would ND invite her? Is this a form of “openness” to “different ideas”? LINK
FOLLOWING UP ON OUR COVERAGE OF TRUMP’S NVIDA, BOEING STOCK BUYS (in Friday’s News Notes here and on Liberty Conspiracy LIVE, Friday night)…ANOTHER MISREADING OF THEIR LOVELY US CONSTITUTION, TO FAVOR UNIONS — THIS TIME, PUSHED BY HAWLEY AND THE GOP
Not a good idea. Headline. “Hawley's Faster Labor Contracts Act would let D.C. write your contract” LINK A key passage of the article: ‘The arbitration would be overseen by a three-member arbitration panel. Each side of the labor equation would get to appoint one of their preferred arbitrators, but if they were unable to agree on a third, then an agency called the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service would step in to make the appointment.
This government-mandated arbitration panel would then have the power to impose contract terms on the business and union involved. In other words, the give-and-take of labor contract negotiations would be taken out of the hands of private entities such as businesses and unions and placed into the hands of a government-mandated panel.’
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That’s it for X and text links! NOW, let’s check out some great and informativo videos!Firssss,Danny Haiphong and Pepe Escobar offer key information as a wrap to the cronycorp Trum-to-China visit! Pepe and Danny both understand that China is comfortable not helping Trump dig himself out of the mess he has created with Iran. Key info here!
SECOND!And Nima and Prof Mirandi offer very important insights on the US aggression against Iran, fuel, and the economy.
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THIRD! This is just fascinating! Check it out!
That’s it for now, all! Thank you for caring about freedom and being energized to push the principles! And come back Monday for our new DAILY NEWS NOTES! It’s for paid subscribers, and will give you a midday look at some of the breaking news you might want to follow, to compare notes with others, and utilize to keep an eye on the statists in politics and the statists in the “commentary/reporting” realm! Remember, you can watch Liberty Conspiracy Live, each weeknight, at 6 eastern! Help others learn about all the facets of freedom, from markets, to privacy, to speech, to parental control and education, and much MORE! You can watch, listen, and join the chat for freedom as we broadcast on my X and Rumble. Hit me up at X as @gardgoldsmith there and on GAB as “GardnerGoldsmith”! And, of course, I want to mention that if you’d like to get some of my fiction, grab my current novellas at Amazon and Barnes and Noble!! As a rocking opener, I recommend “Fishing” as a dark, well-composed crime tale with some very unusual turns (this contains some scenes of dark violence, so please, be warned)…
…Or feel free to get “Bite” for a different take on vampirism, and “Wall” for a cryptoarcheological adventure set in 1960s China. And I have three novels and two more novellas in their final editing phases, soon to be on the way!
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 Be Seeing You!
Thank you for supporting the ideas and the scholarship of freedom. God bless, everyone!
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