Is Russia Really Plotting To Test NATO’s Resolve?

Is Russia Really Plotting To Test NATO’s Resolve? By Andrew Korybko It’s actually NATO that might soon test Russia’s resolve. Politico cited unnamed officials to report that CIA chief John Ratcliffe’s unannounced trip to Russia was primarily meant to warn it against... Read More › - Voice of East


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Welcome to the Milo Yiannopoulos No-Gloating Zone

“California,” Milo Yiannopoulos wrote last year on X, “needs ICE checkpoints at supermarket entrances, gas stations, strip malls, intersections and government buildings, with on the spot deportation for anyone who can’t prove they are in the US legally.” On August 27, ICE agents abducted Yiannopoulos at Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans, briefly detained … Continue reading Welcome to the Milo Yiannopoulos No-Gloating Zone → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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Off-Grid Is Good For Everyone, Not Just the Military

The US Army, Fox Business reports, plans to build nuclear “microreactors” at five of its bases — Fort Bragg, Fort Campbell, Fort Hood, Fort Benning, and Fort Drum — over the next two years, with at least 15 more to follow later. Why? To, the report says, “strengthen the military’s energy security and reduce its … Continue reading Off-Grid Is Good For Everyone, Not Just the Military → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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Say It With Me Again: Trump’s Tariffs are Taxes on Americans

On August 22, a new set of US tariffs went into effect. Those tariffs charge American buyers of Canadian goods — 569 categories of stuff including dairy, alcohol, electronics, furniture, building materials, and other items, amounting to a usual annual value of nearly $25 billion — an extra 50%. Let me re-state and clarify that: … Continue reading Say It With Me Again: Trump’s Tariffs are Taxes on Americans → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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Peskov Shouldn’t Have Been Surprised By Tusk’s Defence Of The Nord Stream Sabotage

Peskov Shouldn’t Have Been Surprised By Tusk’s Defence Of The Nord Stream Sabotage By Andrew Korybko Simply put, it’s par for the course for European leaders to support all actions – including terrorism – aimed against Russia, and especially so in... Read More › - Voice of East


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Stars and Stripes, Perhaps Not Forever

In late 1861, Union soldiers in Bloomfield, Missouri, found the local newspaper’s office empty and decided to put it to good use. Stars and Stripes covered the activities of the three Illinois regiments. Their commander in chief, of course, was US president Abraham Lincoln. Over time, the paper gained direct funding from the military, but with … Continue reading Stars and Stripes, Perhaps Not Forever → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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Note to Rick Scott: Stop Tweeting and Cut Up That Government Credit Card

“Our national debt just hit 40 TRILLION DOLLARS!” some guy tweeted on August 19. “This is bad. Congress needs to get spending under control and BALANCE THE BUDGET. Americans deserve better.” That does sound like a good idea. But coming from US Senator Rick Scott (R-FL), it’s just hot air. A “Readers added context they … Continue reading Note to Rick Scott: Stop Tweeting and Cut Up That Government Credit Card → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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USA Scales Back South Korea Drills To Appease North Korea As Iran War Drains Resources

USA Scales Back South Korea Drills To Appease North Korea As Iran War Drains Resources By Uriel Araujo The Trump administration is scaling back the annual Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises with South Korea while US forces remain entangled in the Middle... Read More › - Voice of East


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Korean Peninsula: One Small Step in the Right Direction

“President Donald Trump’s decision to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea,” Matthew Lee and Ben Finley write for the Associated Press, “does not just slight a longtime ally but raises broader concerns about the security interests of the United States in Asia and elsewhere.” Trump’s reason for supposedly, and in unspecified ways, downsizing … Continue reading Korean Peninsula: One Small Step in the Right Direction → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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USS Abraham Lincoln Suicide Crisis: Several Sailors Reportedly “Attempted To Go Overboard”

USS Abraham Lincoln Suicide Crisis: Several Sailors Reportedly “Attempted To Go Overboard” By Uriel Araujo Reports of sailors attempting to go overboard aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln amid the war in Iran have exposed a military crisis. The US also faces... Read More › - Voice of East


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The US Is Implementing The NATO 3.0 Concept In Asia Through AUKUS+

The US Is Implementing The NATO 3.0 Concept In Asia Through AUKUS+ By Andrew Korybko The US is replicating its anti-Russian regional containment model against China. Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby gave a landmark speech in Manilla during the first... Read More › - Voice of East


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Tax Supporters Falsely Define “Cost” and “Lose”

Around the US this November, voters will decide a number of tax questions. In California, it’s “wealth tax” on billionaires. In mine, it’s an increase in the “homestead exemption,” the amount of home value excluded from property taxes. In your neck of the woods, it might be a sales tax for road maintenance of emergency … Continue reading Tax Supporters Falsely Define “Cost” and “Lose” → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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US Strategic Oil Reserves Hit A 43-Year Low: How Long Can Washington Sustain The Iran War?

US Strategic Oil Reserves Hit A 43-Year Low: How Long Can Washington Sustain The Iran War? By Uriel Araujo The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve has fallen to a 43-year low while the Iran conflict continues to disrupt oil supplies and shipping.... Read More › - Voice of East


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Why Did Russia Once Again Reaffirm Its Commitment To The “Spirit Of Anchorage”?

Why Did Russia Once Again Reaffirm Its Commitment To The “Spirit Of Anchorage”? By Andrew Korybko Putin favours compromising for peace over continuing to pursue maximum victory at the growing risk of World War III, but it’s up to Trump whether... Read More › - Voice of East


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“Town Hall” Pageants Lose Their Luster for Politicians

“The congressional town hall is becoming an endangered species,” Kate Santaliz writes at Axios. As the Congress goes into its late summer recess,  only 11 of its 535  members show such events on their August schedules. Coming less than three months before all 435 members of the House and 35 members of the Senate are up … Continue reading “Town Hall” Pageants Lose Their Luster for Politicians → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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There’d Likely Be Another Civil War Before Ukraine Meaningfully Turns Away From The West

There’d Likely Be Another Civil War Before Ukraine Meaningfully Turns Away From The West By Andrew Korybko For as much as the Telegraph fears this scenario and Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service hopes that it’ll happen, it’s unrealistic to expect that the... Read More › - Voice of East


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Attack of the $20 Burrito!

Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet got people talking with an early August tweet in which he relates a student activist’s take on the “affordability” issue. “A burrito,” the student told him, “shouldn’t cost $20.” On the putative political “right,” responses range between two endpoints. At one end, various “burrito index” projects demonstrate that it’s difficult, … Continue reading Attack of the $20 Burrito! → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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A Five-Step Plan For Implementing The Indonesian-Russian Strategic Partnership

A Five-Step Plan For Implementing The Indonesian-Russian Strategic Partnership By Andrew Korybko The vision is for Indonesia to follow India’s lead in balancing between China and the US via increased reliance on Russia. Russia and Indonesia agreed to enter into a strategic partnership... Read More › - Voice of East


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For Real “Farm Aid,” Go “Free Trade”

On August 6, the US Senate’s Agriculture Committee rejected the latest version of the federal government’s quinquennial “farm bill.” I say “quinquennial” because Congress normally passes this legislation every five years, but it’s still operating on the 2018 version and has been arguing on a new version since 2023. The major hang-up this year seems … Continue reading For Real “Farm Aid,” Go “Free Trade” → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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How The Drone Revolution Is Turning Ukraine Into A European “Forever War”

How The Drone Revolution Is Turning Ukraine Into A European “Forever War” By Andrew Korybko They influenced Western perceptions of the conflict in Ukraine’s favour, it’s now being perpetuated more by Germany than by the US, and it could thus perhaps... Read More › - Voice of East


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Red All Over? It’s Not So Black and White

In the month celebrating 250 years of red, white and blue, Americans were seeing plenty of red — and not just as part of commemorative trifectas or midterm forecast maps. Red-baiters based in red states (or the financial districts of blue ones) have a wave of actual reds in power to push against.  Once, the … Continue reading Red All Over? It’s Not So Black and White → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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Saudi Arabia Has Five Points Of Leverage Over The US

Saudi Arabia Has Five Points Of Leverage Over The US By Andrew Korybko It probably won’t ever muster up the political will to use them, however, but the possibility always remains. Trump recently surprised the Saudis by demanding that they recognize Israel as... Read More › - Voice of East


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France Is Leading the West’s “War of Attrition” Against Russia

France Is Leading the West’s “War of Attrition” Against Russia By Andrew Korybko Its leadership apparently calculated that the associated risks are worth becoming the US’ top ally in “NATO 3.0”, but its competition with Germany and the UK for this... Read More › - Voice of East


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