By John Kennedy  

August 19, 2026

Introduction

America lives inside of a glass castle, and it will be its destruction. This destruction will be as much the people's fault as it will be its leaders. About 130 million Americans, or 54% of the U.S. population, cannot read at a 6th grade level. It's true that this statistic is no doubt diverse, dispersed among Blacks, Hispanics, and rural whites scattered around the country, but what excuse do American bureaucrats, elected officials, and commanders have in times like this ? The greatest problem facing America at this current moment is that it is lost in a dream; it is trapped in a glass castle of what it thinks it is, convinced by its own propaganda and technological terrors.

By Laurence M. Vance  

August 19, 2026

Most people know that a hijab is a head covering worn by Muslim women. Everyone knows that marijuana is a controlled substance under federal law.

It has been widely reported that Iran has sentenced an Iranian singer to 74 lashes for performing a YouTube concert in December of 2004 without a wearing a hijab. Parastoo Ahmadi and her crew were also sentenced to a two-year travel ban and a two-year ban on performing.

By Eric S. Margolis
EricMargolis.com  

August 19, 2026

Murdering foreign leaders is not something any American president should ever do. How can the US uphold its claim to be a champion of laws and political decency while committing murder and sabotage?

Alas, Donald Trump is not the first US president to stoop so low. The Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations enlisted gangsters in attempts to remove the irksome Cuban strongman, Fidel Castro.

Those who oppose foreign wars find themselves at an impasse with those who support them.  

By John Leake
The Focal Points  

August 19, 2026

A good friend here in Dallas who was highly supportive of my dissident work during the COVID-19 pandemic disagrees with my criticism of President Trump for starting and continuing the war on Iran.

I am not troubled that we disagree about this subject, and I am confident that our friendship will be just fine.

That's right kids, welcome to the future, where the sky is filling with AI police drones while the planet burns.  

By Caitlin Johnstone
CaitlinJohnstone.com.au  

August 19, 2026

Today in dystopia, the US government is monitoring the social media accounts of individuals who oppose the rapidly spreading installation of Flock surveillance cameras throughout the United States.

In an article titled "The Government is Monitoring Anti-Flock TikTok and Instagram Accounts," 404 Media reports:

By Jonathan Turley
JonathanTurley.org  

August 19, 2026

Below is my column in The Hill on the familiar bust-and-boom cycle of socialism, where failure is used to call for even more radical changes. While House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries this week reaffirmed that Democratic Socialists are part of the Democratic Party, radical figures are demonstrating how extreme this agenda is for some. For example, Socialist State Assemblywoman Emily Gallagher has declared that stealing should be legal for those in need.

By Gary D. Barnett
GaryDBarnett.com  

August 19, 2026

"A central problem with the idea that wars are needed to combat evil is that there is nothing more evil than war. War causes more suffering and death than anything war can be used to combat."

~ David Swanson, War Is A Lie

The first matter of great importance and honest understanding is that there is no such thing as a 'defensive' war. What should follow then, is that no war can ever be against evil, given that war is the epitome of evil.

By Jacob G. Hornberger
The Future of Freedom Foundation  

August 19, 2026

Upon being elected president, both the first time and the second time, President Trump vowed to make America great again. That's what his MAGA movement has been all about.

Central to Trump's vow has been his war on immigrants, which I think most everyone would describe as ruthless and brutal. Having promised to "secure the border," Trump has not settled for strengthening the immigration police state along the borderlands, including the fortification of his Berlin Wall.

Trump's "Golden Era" only gilds the upper arm of the K-shaped economy, and "Big Beautiful Bill" and his fat and spendy siblings are a hyuge part of the problem.  

By David Haggith
The Daily Doom  

August 19, 2026

The truth about the economy has been buried for a few years in flawed statistics and shielded from view by the high gloss of easy gains for the rich. The real economy has been crushing down on the masses for more than two years.

By Ilana Mercer 

August 19, 2026

The pedestrian, uncontested reality is that the many ceasefires reflect power differentials untempered by a shred of American and Israeli honor or decency...
When Trump is gone, there'll be a new Barnum to oversee the US-Israeli ceasefire circus. ~ilana

Allow me to vent spleen over the many ceasefire "agreements"-10-point (April 2026), 15-point (August 2026), and the MOU, Memorandum of Understanding in-between-whose details the "experts" continue to belabor and rehash.

By Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.  

August 18, 2026

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19 août 2026.- La Cour pénale internationale déplore l'annonce par l'administration des États-Unis de nouvelles désignations imposant des sanctions contre la juge Tomoko Akane (Japon), Présidente de la Cour, et contre M. Abdoulaye Seye (Sénégal), premier substitut du Procureur.

Ces sanctions constituent une attaque flagrante contre l'indépendance d'une institution judiciaire impartiale qui accomplit le mandat que lui ont confié les États parties appartenant à toutes les régions du monde.

Brigitte Challande, 18 août 2026.- Une séance de sensibilisation pour renforcer la protection des jeunes filles et préserver leurs droits dans le cadre des mariages précoces en lien avec les déplacements forcés, dans la zone centrale - Ouest de Deir al-Balah |dans le camp Al-Doura |avec 20 participantes. 15-17 août.

"L'un des dossiers les plus sensibles auxquels les familles sont confrontées dans les conditions de déplacement forcé, c'est la question du mariage précoce et les répercussions sanitaires, psychologiques et sociales qui peuvent en découler.