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Interesting article from UnHerd I read just now. It can be seen here: https://unherd.com/2025/04/jd-vance-my-message-to-europe/ Quoting from the introduction and conclusion of the article: ** “It’s not good for Europe to be the permanent security vassal of the United States.” So says JD Vance...

I've been following Ellen Brown for a while- she seems to focus exclusively on monetary policy and I've never found a flaw in her reasoning. I admit I'm pessimistic about the possibility that Trump would follow her advice, but what matters is that her advice certainly can be followed, if not by...

Interesting article from Patrick Lawrence published back on April 2. It can be seen here: https://consortiumnews.com/2025/04/02/patrick-lawrence-american-freefall/ Quoting the subtitle of the article, and it's conclusion: ** The extent to which the U.S. has embarked on a departure from reality...

I thought a bit about where to put this thread. I imagine most here have heard of the Trump Administration's signalgate debacle regarding its bombing of Yemen. If you haven't, this is a good primer...

The article is partially paywalled, but I felt there's enough that's free to be worth posting about it. Quoting from the introduction of the article: ** The Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing Monday that it had grabbed a Maryland father with protected legal status and mistakenly...

On March 29, the New York Times published an article from a journalist named Adam Entous with the same name as this thread. I have a subscription to the New York Times, which allows me to share 10 articles a month. Here is the unlocked version...

Just finished reading a new article on the war in Ukraine from a substacker I've come to admire on the topic, Simplicius. It can be seen here: https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/negotiations-continue-to-go-nowhere Quoting from the introduction and conclusion of the article: ** The next...

Had some difficulty figuring out what forum I should put this in, come to the conclusion that this one is the best. It's a prediction on what's going to happen in the world in the coming years, while acknowledging that there are still some unknowns...

Some here know that Trump and Putin were scheduled to talk on the phone again today. It's now happened and there are some articles coming out on what was discussed and what agreements were made. I'm including one article from Russia's RT and one article from the New York Times below...