[...] Ils poussent la logique des accords jusqu'à son paroxysme : chaque adversaire devient un partenaire, chaque conflit se transforme en accord, chaque économie fermée devient un marché ouvert aux investissements. − Patrick Wood

Par James Howard Kunstler - Le 22 juin 2026 - Source Clusterfuck Nation

Ces cris que vous entendez, c'est l'Iran qu'on arrache de force, alors qu'il se débat et hurle, à son délire djihadiste pour le plonger dans quelque chose qui pourrait ressembler à des relations ancrées dans la réalité avec le reste du monde.

By George F. Smith  

July 11, 2026

On July 4, 2026 Americans celebrated various people for their role in founding this country. We can start with Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Madison, Franklin, Henry, and continue debating into the night. Somewhere on the list would be Paine - Robert Treat Paine, a Harvard graduate and signer of the Declaration. And grudgingly for some, another Paine but without a middle name - Thomas Paine - who lacked any of the usual credentials to be considered a founder.

Ned Ryun has a new documentary that you should see.  

By J.B. Shurk
American Thinker  

July 11, 2026

There is an eighty-five minute documentary that you should  youtube . It is called The Thread of Liberty: Keeping Our Republic. It comes from Ned Ryun, the author and American Majority CEO who wrote a very good book called American Leviathan two years ago, a work that was subsequently turned into an excellent  youtube about our country's oppressive administrative state.

By Paul Craig Roberts
PaulCraigRoberts.org  

July 11, 2026

John Helmer believes that Putin's strategy of being toady to Trump and relying on Trump to solve the Ukraine conflict for him has failed and that Putin will have to abandon his naïveté for realism or be removed.

Putin's inability to understand that Russia is at war with the West and that his prevarication for 4.5 years has vastly widened the war and totally changed its character has created the opinion among Russia's patriotic elements that "Putin is a lost cause."

By Paul Dragu
The New American  

July 11, 2026

For nearly the entire duration of his second term, U.S. President Donald Trump has incessantly griped about NATO and its leaders. But he emerged from this week's summit in Ankara, Turkey, with renewed dedication to the entangling alliance. It seems the Europeans may have softened him up by promising to buy more American-made weapons.

Trump arrived in Ankara on Tuesday.

By IHEARTRADIO

A recent Quinnipiac University poll reveals that a significant portion of Americans feel the democratic system in the United States is not functioning effectively. According to the poll, conducted from May 14-18, 57 percent of respondents expressed dissatisfaction with the current state of democracy, while 37 percent believed it is working. Seven percent were unsure or did not respond.

par Pedro Monzon Barata

Un empire criminel peut-il avoir le droit de juger et de condamner ?

La politique étrangère américaine a historiquement été présentée comme "une force d'expansion pour la démocratie, les droits de l'homme et l'ordre international libéral". Pourtant, une analyse objective révèle une réalité diamétralement opposée. Il ne s'agit pas d'un manquement éthique ponctuel, mais bien de l'expression nécessaire de la nature de classe de l'État américain et de sa position structurelle au sein du système capitaliste mondial.

By Paul Craig Roberts
PaulCraigRoberts.org  

July 10, 2026

Marjorie Taylor Greene, Thomas Massie, Tucker Carlson, Candice Owens, and a few others who have access to media exposure, including myself, agree that Washington does not represent the American people. Neither do the state or local governments. Conservatives used to claim that the closer government is to you, the better it represented you, but that is not my experience.

This will mean an enormous boost for the corporations that supply America's military, and for the militaries of America's allies. The future that Trump envisions will be heavenly for the investors in  

By Eric Zuesse
Eric's Substack  

July 10, 2026

International relations are the most complex topic in human relations. The international arms traffic is near the pinnacle of it. Turkey and Israel are at least nominal enemies of each other; and, so, Israel cannot tolerate that Israel's main source of weapons and of foreign support, the U.S., might become even more committed to Turkey than it is to Israel - that could endanger the continued existence of Israel.

By Larry C. Johnson
Sonar21  

July 10, 2026

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The drama over the Strait of Hormuz escalated on Wednesday with Donald Trump declaring the MoU with Iran is dead and vowed more attacks on Iran. Trump continues to insist that Iran has no right to interfere with any ship trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz, but the fact is that Iran is acting within its rights under the terms spelled out in paragraph five of the MoU (which I discussed in my previous post).

Par Laala Bechetoula

La diplomatie meurt de bien des manières.

Parfois sous les décombres d'un bombardement. Parfois sous le poids lent de la défiance réciproque. Et parfois parce qu'un homme s'avance vers un micro, déclare morte sa propre promesse, puis remonte dans son avion pour annoncer aux journalistes que l'adversaire vient de rappeler.

C'est ce que Donald Trump a fait cette semaine.

Eduardo Vasco

EE.UU. usa su condición de anfitrión de la ONU para negar visas a rivales, violando tratados y controlando quién participa en la organización.

Escríbenos: infostrategic-culture.su

En 2025, el gobierno de Donald Trump volvió a imponer restricciones de viaje a ciudadanos de diversos países, principalmente de África, Oriente Medio y el Caribe. Las medidas ya han producido efectos concretos en eventos internacionales celebrados en Estados Unidos.

By Bruce BIALOSKY

We have known for some time that our federal employees have cushy lives compared to the people for whom they work (us). What is particularly infuriating is that so many of them either don't pay their taxes or are seriously delinquent on what they owe their employer-the federal government.

Recently, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration found in a new report showing that 6.9% of federal employees are delinquent on their IRS taxes.

par Bill Bonner

Depuis 1971, les États-Unis excellent moins dans la conquête que dans l'art d'émettre de la fausse monnaie, d'emprunter au reste du monde et de financer leur puissance à crédit. Mais les empires ont un cycle : ils montent, paradent, s'épuisent, puis déclinent. À 250 ans, l'Amérique vient peut-être de franchir ce jalon funeste.

Hier, nous nous grattions la tête devant une énigme qui devrait troubler tout citoyen : comment la plus colossale machine de guerre jamais assemblée - nourrie de plus de trésors que les dix nations suivantes réunies - a-t-elle pu se lancer dans deux guerres que personne ne l'obligeait à mener, contre deux petits pays sans le sou, pour rentrer deux fois au bercail, boiteuse et battue ?

par Bruno Guigue

Sinistres fourriers du malheur des hommes, vous êtes la perdition de vos âmes déshonorées. Bourreaux qui errez dans la fange de vos crimes, vous êtes la lie de l'humanité, la tumeur maligne d'un monde qui saigne.

Le crime ne vous suffit pas, il vous faut lui tresser les couronnes flétries de votre imposture. Apôtres des gibets, chiffonniers de l'ignominie, vos regards sont hébétés d'injustice, vous pavoisez d'infamie et vous plastronnez de pourriture.

Par Larry C. Johnson, le 9 juillet 2026

Le feuilleton du détroit d'Ormuz s'est corsé mercredi lorsque Donald Trump a déclaré que le protocole d'accord avec l'Iran était mort et a promis de nouvelles attaques contre l'Iran. Trump continue d'affirmer que l'Iran n'a pas le droit d'interférer avec les navires tentant de transiter par le détroit d'Ormuz, mais le fait est que l'Iran agit dans le respect de ses droits, conformément aux termes énoncés au paragraphe cinq du protocole d'accord (que j'ai évoqué dans mon précédent article).

By Ryan McMaken
Mises.org  

July 9, 2026

Contrary to some modern, sanitized versions of the history of the American Revolution, the real Revolutionary War in the United States was a thoroughly violent affair. Proportionally, the war displaced a larger number of people than even the French Revolution, and more Americans died in that war than in any other American war. (The overall numbers are small because the population of North America was very small at the time.)

By Paul Dragu
The New American  

July 9, 2026

The Trump administration is triggering hysteria in legacy media ranks over its agenda to relax gun rules.

They're rolling back a "tsunami" of gun regulations, Axios announced over the weekend, adding that "the effect critics fear is more guns moving with less federal scrutiny."

The New York Timestold readers on Sunday, "Trump Administration Rolls Back Dozens of Gun Regulations." The Times leads with this opening:

By Arnaud Bertrand
ArnaudBertrand.com  

July 9, 2026

What's going on ? Are neocons having a come-to-Jesus moment?

After Bob Kagan writing an article on how the U.S. is facing "total defeat" in Iran (see my article yesterday) you now have Max Boot - the very author of "The Case for American Empire" and one of the most vocal advocates for the Iraq war - publishing a Washington Post interview explaining that China has surpassed the U.S.

By Mike Adams
Natural News 

July 9, 2026

Ron Paul: The Timeless Voice of Reason

I recently sat down with Chris Rossini from the Ron Paul Institute, and the conversation reinforced something I have known for decades: Dr. Ron Paul's anti-war, pro-liberty principles are more relevant today than at any point in my lifetime. In a political climate where both parties embrace endless empire and runaway debt, Paul's consistent message stands as the only sane path forward.