Ahead of a summit with Donald Trump, the Chinese leader is using a rare meeting with a Taiwanese politician to cast Beijing as a peacemaker and squeeze the island’s president.
Does it ever seem like certain types of crimes get ignored or played down by legacy media? As humorist David Burge (Iowahawk) famously stated, “journalism […] Source
Six month’s after the cease-fire, ordinary Gazans contemplate their future while living with the wounds of war.
Vladimir Putin has spent years building a coalition of the discontented on the premise that authoritarian states can outlast Western pressure. Iran is his proof of concept.
Ron DeSantis leads a tutorial on liberty—and tyranny. The post Is America a Republic? Or an Empire? appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics Is America a Republic? Or an Empire? Ron DeSantis leads a tutorial on liberty—and tyranny. Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis has taken time away from running the country’s third-largest state to talk ancient history—literally. Those seeking perspective on troubling current events are better off for this trip down memory lane. The colloquy started on March 30, when DeSantis X-ed (tweeted) out praise for The Golden Thread: A History of the Western Tradition . “Looks like a volume worth having, especially as we approach America 250,” DeSantis X-ed , adding, “The Founders were products of the Western tradition and they…Open
A speech by the president last week featured many inaccuracies. The post Fact-Checking Trump’s Claims About Iran appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Fact-Checking Trump’s Claims About Iran A speech by the president last week featured many inaccuracies. Last week President Donald Trump delivered an address on the Iran war to the American people. In only 19 minutes, he presented Americans with at least eight fabrications. Since I’ve been hearing war-supporting commentators repeating those false claims this week, I’ve decided to provide a helpful dissection of them below. #1. Operation Epic Fury targeted “the world’s number one state sponsor of terror.” Trump has frequently repeated this misleading claim before, most recently in his February 28 video…Open
The president’s threat to annihilate Iranian civilization took America to a dark place. The post We Are the Barbarians appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs We Are the Barbarians The president’s threat to annihilate Iranian civilization took America to a dark place. On Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to declare that “a civilization will die tonight.” By 8 p.m., the U.S. announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran had begun. Whether the ceasefire holds (or even takes hold) is already in question—Iran and the U.S. appear to be offering contradictory accounts of what the 10-point plan they allegedly agreed to actually says. The best hope that it might stick comes from Israel, where TV presenters who spent Monday salivating over a clock…Open
Joe Kent on how he predicted that Israel would not restrain themselves and violate US-Iran ceasefire by attacking Lebanon.
Owen Shroyer and Joe Kent on how dual-citizen Israeli’s have essentially infiltrated the US government and guide many decisions.
Why Trump was right to say other presidents were 'bullsh---ed': Carl Higbie