By Wayne Allensworth Donald Trump made his name partly by building casinos, and he seems to think the entire country is one large gaming table, ripe for exploitation. Whether it’s Kalshi, Polymarket, Fan Duel, or Draft Kings, Trump is the pro-gambling president. His administration has made it easier for these online gambling venues to go nationwide, encouraging a self-destructive addiction that...
By R. Cort Kirkwood (The New American) As expected, boosters for the war against Iran now admit what everyone knew when President Trump scrapped the Constitution and attacked the country on behalf of Israel. An air campaign will not bring Iran to heel. That leaves one option: Ground troops — hundreds of thousands of soldiers and Marines on the ground, slugging it out in a country that Israel...
By R. Cort Kirkwood (The New American) Army Secretary Dan Driscoll’s resignation because of his squabbles with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has invited the usual speculation about his replacement. One candidate is a man who volunteered for the Israel Defense Forces, and once wore an IDF uniform in the halls of Congress: GOP Representative Brian Mast of Florida. The possibility has undoubtedly...
By Wayne Allensworth CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s “secret” visit to Moscow last week prompted a flurry of speculation about its purpose and what transpired at his meeting with Russian intelligence chiefs. Ratcliffe did not meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but with Russian Foreign Intelligence (SVR) chief Sergei Naryshkin and the head of the Federal Security Service (FSB), Aleksandr...
By R. Cort Kirkwood (The New American) An American independent journalist has alleged that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) detained him at an airport on August 20 and interrogated him about a social-media post in which he criticized an Israeli politician. The journalist is Ethan Levins. The politician is Itamar Ben Gvir, Israeli minister of national security. Levins criticized Gvir on X...
By R. Cort Kirkwood (The New American) The Israeli government appears to be subsidizing GOP Senator Ted Cruz’s super Pac by purchasing ads on the Israel-First lawmaker’s podcast. The ad campaign is appropriately titled “I Am Israel.” While Responsible Statecraft explains that Israel is drumming up tourist revenue because Israel’s never ending wars have kept prudent tourists away from the country...
By R. Cort Kirkwood (The New American) Neoconservative podcaster Mark Levin, whom President Donald Trump has implicitly confessed plays a major role in his decision-making, has again slyly suggested that the United States must attack Iran with a nuclear weapon. Speaking on his Life, Liberty, and Levin Fox program, Levin again cited high casualties during World War II as the reason...
By R. Cort Kirkwood (The New American) Yet again, it appears that Israeli intelligence fed bogus intelligence to the United States, this time about the supposed Iranian threat to assassinate President Donald Trump by targeting Air Force One with a missile. The supposed threat led to an elaborate scheme to let Trump board the jet, then hustle him off in a catering truck to a waiting Air Force...
By Wayne Allensworth How far the story matters to anyone but myself depends on the degree to which others have experienced what I call “joy.”… I have been emboldened to write of it because I notice that a man seldom mentions what he had supposed to be his idiosyncratic sensations without receiving from at least one (often more) of those present the reply, “What! Have you felt that too? I always...
By Wayne Allensworth The following provide background, context, and references: US/Israel Accused of Pushing Invasion of Spanish Enclave The Aftermath of the Invasion What’s the Endgame? (Trump’s “Election Interference” Speech, Tech Totalitarians, And The Surveillance State) Moral Nihilism: We are not the “Good Guys” World on Fire: The Trillionaires’ Feast Panic in Year Zero BRICS Challenges US...
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