Show Trials "R" Us  

By Donald Jeffries
"I Protest"  

July 17, 2026

The preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson, accused assassin of Charlie Kirk, is underway. It's been action packed so far, with conservative apologists claiming that grainy video showing a figure alleged to be Robinson at Utah Valley University on the day of the shooting is explosive "evidence" that he was the lone, guilty party.

Lots more great material for Da Boss's next album.  

By J.R. Dunn
American Thinker  

July 17, 2026

This past spring, Blue America suffered yet another critical blow without much in the way of comment:  youtube for Texas.

Of course, it's not called Standard Oil anymore. Following several takeovers and mergers, it's now known as ExxonMobil. But it's still the same company founded nearly a century and a half ago as the jewel in the crown of John D.

By Drago Bosnic
InfoBrics  

July 17, 2026

Licensing only looks like a commitment to deepen "military aid". In reality, it's just an intricate pressure valve - symbolically promising "defense" sovereignty while quietly admitting that operational viability will take years and cost billions, with delivery expectations extending well beyond near-term battles. In other words: "Good luck, you're on your own now."

Moon of Alabama  

July 17, 2026

The European Union has for some time blamed China for allegedly supporting Russia in its war in Ukraine.

However no evidence has been publicly presented for making such claims. China insists that it is not involved in the war and strives to have good business relation with Russia as well as with Ukraine.

The EU however insisted on punishing China for its alleged support.

Now that he's the president who bombed Iran, the entire western political/media class is cool with him.  

By Caitlin Johnstone
CaitlinJohnstone.com  

July 17, 2026

Have you noticed how the liberal establishment hasn't been nearly as emotional and outraged about Trump's second term as they were about his first ? Now that he's the president who bombed Iran, the entire western political/media class is cool with him.

By Ryan McMaken
Mises.org  

July 17, 2026

In his exhaustive study of the American Revolution, Conceived in Liberty, Murray Rothbard describes the American revolution as the first "successful war of national liberation" and "a people's war, waged by the majority of Americans having the courage and the zeal to rise up against constituted 'legitimate' government, [and throw] off their 'sovereign.'" How was this liberation to be achieved ? Through an act of secession and through establishing new polities that were free of legal and political control from another, larger polity.

By Boyd Cathey  

July 17, 2026

A Review of Peter Hitchens. The Phoney Victory: The World War II Illusion. London and New York: I. B. Tauris, 2018.

A few years back I drafted a review of a volume which attempted to revise or question some of the commonly held views about the coming of the Second World War and how it was waged...and how it may well have been, in reality, lost by the Western Allies.

Venue des Etats-Unis en compagnie du scientifique Brian Hooker, Mary Holland était l'invitée de marque d'un week-end de conférences sur l'autisme et les atypies, qui s'est déroulé à Bruxelles et Paris les 25 et 26 avril derniers, dans l'intention de rassembler les forces vives et de dégager des pistes pour avancer. Cet été, Essentiel News vous propose de découvrir ces interventions, en commençant par la conférence inaugurale de Mary Holland qui a fait le point sur la situation aux États-Unis.

Par Iona Craig, le 16 juillet 2026

Un haut responsable du mouvement yéménite Ansarallah a annoncé vouloir bloquer l'accès de l'Arabie saoudite au détroit de Bab al-Mandab - un goulet d'étranglement vital reliant la mer Rouge au golfe d'Aden et à l'océan Indien - en réponse aux frappes de lundi sur l'aéroport de Sanaa, attribuées à l'Arabie saoudite. Cette mesure amplifierait l'impact économique de la fermeture actuelle du détroit d'Ormuz, en particulier sur les marchés asiatiques qui dépendent pour l'instant des exportations de pétrole brut saoudien via la mer Rouge.