By Ron Unz
The Unz Review
August 26, 2026
Our war against Iran began six months ago this week, and I think that history will surely record it as the most disastrous military conflict in our national history. The debacle ironically came amidst the 250th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence.
Contrary to our often boastful patriotic narratives, many of our previous wars had certainly been less than victorious.
By Larry C. Johnson
Sonar21
August 26, 2026
There was one sentence in Scott Bessent's Monday sanctions announcement that gave the whole game away. Anyone who launders money for the Iranian regime, the Treasury Secretary warned, "will be removed from the US dollar system." He meant it as a threat of annihilation. It is, instead, a confession of the policy's central weakness. The entire architecture of what Bessent has branded "Operation Economic Outcast" rests on a single assumption - that Iran and its trading partners need the U.S.
By Drago Bosnic
Infobrics
August 26, 2026
Openly siding with Israel in its potential confrontation with Turkey would automatically antagonize the entire Muslim world, which is less than ideal for the US, especially now when it's also attacking Iran (which was also reportedly invited to the Mecca Pact, although its officials later denied it). It remains to be seen how America can apply its "controlled chaos" strategy in this particular case.
By Paul Dragu
The New American
August 26, 2026
For a short but sweet period of time, it looked like an international agency created to destroy U.S. sovereignty might collapse. But, once again, the Trump administration managed to dash hopes it once raised.
According to a congressional notification seen by Reuters, the Trump administration notified Congress that it will pay $725 million to the United Nations.
By John Leake
The Focal Points
August 26, 2026
McCullough Foundation short film reveals how Drs. Fauci and Walensky KNEW the miscarriage risk in Jan. 2021 but still exhorted the pregnant women of the US (and the world) to get the dangerous shot.
On August 16, 2026, Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) released the following text exchange between Dr. John Mascola, Director of the Vaccine Research Center at NIAID and Dr.
By Paul Craig Roberts
PaulCraigRoberts.org
August 26, 2026
According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 80 to 90 percent of net new jobs since 2020 went to foreign-born workers. Independent estimates conclude that 88 percent of new jobs went to foreign-born people. What this means is that in the five-year period, 2020-2025, foreign born individuals took 4,700,000 of the 5,345,000 new jobs, leaving only 645,000 jobs for native-born Americans.
By Charles Hugh Smith
OfTwoMinds.com
August 26, 2026
What matters is seeing the fuse burning and realizing it's going to blow up, and planning accordingly.
Perhaps the greatest irony of the inevitability of the stagflationary, bubble-popping recession we're entering is that the "solution" to the 2008-09 financial crisis-near-zero interest rates, limitless credit for the Too Big to Fail players, and the informal institutionalization of the Fed will always rescue the stock market Put-ruined the economy in ways few seem to recognize.
By Matthew Piepenburg
Von Greyerz - Gold Switzerland
August 26, 2026
As headlines from the Iranian "conflict" continue to leave the world guessing as to what, if any, military, political and financial solutions lie ahead, we can at least know this much: The approaching autumn looks a bit scary.
A Market Fall in the Fall?
The macro setting for our collective transition from summer to fall in 2026 is marked by rising yields across the western yield curve, from Paris to DC.
By Milan Adams
Preppgroup
August 26, 2026
I don't know if you've ever lived through a major power outage, but I have. I live in a hurricane zone, so I suppose it was inevitable that I would eventually face the full wrath of nature's fury. The storm that hit us wasn't one of those headline-grabbing monsters that brings FEMA agents swarming in with cameras rolling and politicians posing for photo ops.
Stefano Vernole
L'indebolimento degli U.S.A. in Medio Oriente, stimola i Paesi della regione a cercare nuove alleanze
Non solo accordi militari tra Ankara e Riyad.
Una ferrovia originariamente costruita dall'Impero Ottomano per proiettare la propria influenza nel mondo arabo sta vivendo una seconda giovinezza grazie all'ultima iniziativa della Turchia per diventare l'hub logistico del Medio Oriente.
Le capitalisme hallucinogène.
Par George Tsakraklides, le 24 août 2026
À l'instar de toute victime de toxicomanie ayant touché le fond, la civilisation humaine est désormais totalement aveugle à la souffrance qu'elle s'auto-inflige. Pour chaque personne accro, arrive un moment où la dépendance prend le dessus pour supplanter celui qu'elle a contaminé : il n'est plus qu'un simple réceptacle, tandis que le poison mute en parasite interne utilisant sa victime comme un vaisseau zombie.
Quds News Network, 24 août 2026.- La Palestine pleure Sliman Mansour, l'un des artistes les plus aimés et les plus influents de son histoire, décédé à l'âge de 79 ans. Pendant plus de cinq décennies, Mansour a doté l'identité palestinienne d'un langage visuel, peignant la terre, le peuple et leur résilience avec une tendresse et une détermination qui ont rendu son œuvre indissociable du récit palestinien lui-même.