What is hegemony ? Is the United States losing it?
By Michael BRENNER
HEGEMONY. "Hegemony, Hegemon everywhere - but not a 'definition' in sight."
Talk about American foreign policy is fixated on the word - omnipresent in all manner of discourse: academic, journalistic, political. It shares characteristics with other trendy terms that have won favor and fervor - e.g. existential or transgender - without any agreement on what real-world phenomena they refer to.
par Olivier Field
Difficile de croire que les USA qui répandent depuis des décennies la destruction, la guerre et les conflits soient pourtant un outil de paix si efficace. Pourtant...
Qui aurait pu pousser des régimes sunnites et chiites tels que l'Iran et l'Arabie saoudite vers un rapprochement historique ? La différence entre Perses et Arabes dépassée ! Seul l'utilisation de l'un pour affaiblir l'autre, le grand jeu, la criante évidence des USA à ne défendre que ses intérêts propres et égoïstes et ceux d'Israel au détriment de tout et de tous pouvaient briser des tabous, des aprioris de méfiance générationnels.
par Claudio Grass
Le 19 mai 2026, trente-deux millions de dollars ont permis d'acheter un siège au Congrès dans le Kentucky - et, par la même occasion, de donner un aperçu de ce qu'est devenue la démocratie américaine.
La défaite de Thomas Massie, député sortant ayant exercé sept mandats, lors des primaires de la quatrième circonscription du Kentucky le 19 mai 2026, a marqué un tournant décisif dans la longue histoire de la mainmise des entreprises et des groupes d'intérêts particuliers sur les élections américaines.
By Karen Kwiatkowski
May 27, 2026
The US global security architecture since 1991 has been exogenous. US lackeys and beneficiaries are cultivated to deal with threats to the US on their own lands - no matter the cost to their national politics, economies and neighborhoods. The agreeable, consenting states serve as US tools to weaken, stress, or destroy potential enemies, and as markets for overpriced, over-advertised, and over-sold US defense and security exports.
By Wanjiru Njoya
Mises.org
May 27, 2026
As Lew Rockwell has observed, Murray Rothbard "had a passion for public persuasion." He was interested not only in sound economics but also in ensuring that "the general public is aware of the vital importance of the market and the terrible consequences of statism." To that end, Rothbard argued powerfully against egalitarianism, which is the ideology behind so many statist welfare schemes.
By Tom Mullen
Talks Freedom
May 27, 2026
Thomas Massie is one of the two best U.S. House Representatives of my lifetime. Were I a voter in KY-4 during this recent primary, I would have voted for him early and often. I would have persuaded my parents to vote for him (and they're both deceased). I have agreed with Massie on absolutely every contentious issue he's taken a stand on, except one.
The "Epstein Files."
By Charles Hugh Smith
OfTwoMinds.com
May 27, 2026
So we as a nation are waiting for the system to break down so we're forced to empty the overstuffed freezer and start over.
A friend recently made a comment that reflected something larger than he intended. It was an offhand comment along the lines of, "I hate to say it, but I wish our freezer would fail so we'd clean out all the old food no one will ever eat."
By Selwyn Duke
The New American
May 27, 2026
In 2020, journalist Matthew Yglesias insisted we use increased immigration to grow the U.S. population to one billion. Our current 343-million number is insufficient to compete with a future China and India, his theory goes. Yet before we MACA - "Make America China Already!" - we should first ask a question:
"What's So Bad About a Stable Population?"
Conservative young people are becoming increasingly disillusioned with Donald Trump and the MAGA movement.
By Eric Sammons
Crisis Magazine
May 27, 2026
f my recent conversations with young conservatives are any indication, MAGA is in trouble.
Over the past few months I've spoken with a number of young people, primarily young men, all of whom voted for Donald Trump in 2024. For some it was their first time voting in a presidential election.
La guerre en Iran - et le temps se réchauffe
par J. Matson Heininger
Les États-Unis ont attaqué l'Iran en juin dernier.
Ils ne l'ont pas fait à contrecœur, ni en état de légitime défense, ni en dernier recours. Ils l'ont fait comme le font toujours les empires : convaincus de leur propre bien-fondé, persuadés que l'autre camp capitulerait, certains que le coût serait supporté par autrui.
par Alexandre Lemoine
La personne qui a démystifié les deux plus grands mythes antirusses récemment propagés par Washington vient de quitter ses fonctions. Pourquoi la directrice du Renseignement national américain Tulsi Gabbard n'a-t-elle pas réussi à s'imposer au sein de l'administration Trump et quelles conséquences cela aura-t-il pour l'ensemble de la politique américaine ?
By Ron Paul, MD
The Ron Paul Institute
May 26, 2026
The pattern of media reports - based on White House leaks - that an agreement with Iran is almost completed has become predictable. Where once the markets fluctuated wildly (and some insiders made huge profits with the information), each time we hear that the deal is almost complete only to see it fall through, the markets barely move.
It is dangerous to have a US Administration that no one in the US or the rest of the world believes.
By Chuck Baldwin
Chuck Baldwin Live
May 26, 2026
If America is savable, Thomas Massie will win. If it is not, he will lose.
Unnamed Blogger
Thomas Massie, the most honest, principled and courageous member of the U.S. House of Representatives, was defeated in the Republican primary election two days ago. He was defeated by a blitzkrieg of cash to the tune of over $30 million (a record for most money spent in a congressional primary race) provided by agents of a foreign government and by a U.S.
By Paul Dragu
The New American
May 26, 2026
Thomas Massie took on the neocon machine and lost by nearly 10 points to primary challenger Ed Gallrein. It's a surprisingly large margin in a race that was projected to be close, and given the grassroots excitement the congressman inspired compared to the tepid response Gallrein's campaign consistently received. Suspicions of election chicanery are already circulating.
By Eric Peters
Eric Peters Autos
May 26, 2026
It is early Sunday morning and the news - for whatever that's worth - says Trump has wrangled a "deal" with the Iranians that will end the war that's been on pause for a few weeks now and re-open the Strait of Hormuz to tanker traffic, which would be something like undoing a tourniquet applied to a man's thigh to allow the blood to flow again.
What to make of this "news"?
Journal dde.crisis de Philippe Grasset
25 mai 2026 (13h30) - Entre nous, faut-il prendre au sérieux la dernière de Trump ? Nous l'ignorons mais elle est si éclatante, si inscrite de minute et minute, si publique dans le désarroi et l'ultra-mess, suivie presque comme un reporteur suivait, par exemple, les 24 heures du Mans à la radio dans les années 1959-1960 en nous faisant vivre par la seule voix, sans la malédiction éternellement tromperies des images, les renversements de situation, - Merde ! Elle est si "tout cela" qu'elle atteint le niveau anthologique de l'œuvre d'art symbolique sans égal.
par Alisa Saliva
Des accusations absurdes ont été portées contre Raúl Castro aux États-Unis.
Le 14 mai, le directeur de la CIA, John Ratcliffe, s'est rendu à Cuba, tandis que le gouvernement de l'île souligne que la réunion a eu lieu à l'initiative de son voisin du nord. Selon les informations officielles du ministère cubain des Affaires étrangères, lors de la réunion, il a été prouvé de manière convaincante que "Cuba ne représente pas une menace pour la sécurité nationale des États-Unis et qu'il n'existe aucune base légale pour figurer sur la liste des pays qui parraineraient prétendument le terrorisme".
By Ryan McMaken
May 25, 2026
The United States is rapidly heading toward a future that will require a decision from political authorities and elites of all types. The choice will be between peaceful radical decentralization-possibly including secession-on the one hand. On the other hand will be a ratcheting up of coercion and enforced "unity" to ensure political centralization.
The speed with which American polities proceed toward this situation will depend on two factors, both of which are already at play and contribute to ongoing talk of "national divorce" in the United States.
Moon of Alabama
May 25, 2026
There is news, or maybe just learned rumors, about a prolongation of the ceasefire between USrael and Iran.
US and Iran close to extend ceasefire by 60 days, reports Financial Times - Gulf Today
The United States and Iran are close to agreeing on a memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the war, two regional officials and a diplomat said on Saturday.
Iran signaled "narrowing differences" in negotiations with the US after Pakistan's army chief held more talks in Tehran, and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told journalists in India that "there's been some progress made" and "there may be news later today."
Why the ambivalence about the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence ?
By JD Breen
Pretium Insights
May 25, 2026
Fifty years ago, the Bicentennial of the Declaration of Independence was a big deal. The celebration sparked a patriotic wave that saturated the culture.
Flags waved, bunting was everywhere, commemorative quarters were issued, and pop culture embraced the event.