Daniel Larison

January 4, 2026

The president starts off the new year with more threats against Iran: Donald Trump has warned Iran that the US will come to the “rescue” of protesters if Tehran responds violently to the largest nationwide demonstrations the Islamic republic has faced in several years. In a post on Truth Social early on Friday, the US […]

Kyle Anzalone

January 2, 2026

Headlines shout certainty, but the fine print tells a different story. We dig into three flashpoints—Gaza, Venezuela, and Ukraine—where big claims mask unresolved terms, blurred red lines, and mounting risks that rarely make the chyron. First, Gaza. The soundbite that Hamas “agreed to disarm” collapses a phased, conditional process into a false binary. Negotiators accepted […]

William Astore

January 2, 2026

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. One of my all-time favorite movies is “Witness” (1985) with Harrison Ford. It’s set within the Amish community in Pennsylvania. One quiet scene has stayed with me. A small boy, Samuel, talks to his grandfather about guns and whether the taking of human life is ever justifiable. […]

John Mearsheimer

December 31, 2025

Reprinted from John’s Substack:  On 16 December 2025, I spoke with Afshin Rattansi on his podcast “Going Underground.” We discussed President Trump’s foreign policy performance over the course of 2025. I made clear that I believe there are few successes and many failures. His first year in office has hardly been an auspicious start and […]

Daniel Larison

December 31, 2025

The president boasted last week about a covert attack on Venezuelan territory that took place earlier this month. The Wall Street Journal reports: Trump’s willingness to disclose the activities of the CIA without naming the agency is far different from the practices of most other presidents, who have for decades rarely mentioned drone strikes and […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

December 30, 2025

On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: All it took was the fifth visit by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to get President Trump to drastically change the US position on Iran from “no nukes” to “no missiles.” Trump agreed to support an Israeli attack on Iran’s non-nuclear missile program. “We’ll knock the hell out of them,” […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

December 29, 2025

On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky was back in DC over the weekend to once again make outrageous demands of the United States: NATO-like security guarantees for 50 YEARS… and more money. The US, Ukraine, and Europe are all negotiating with each other… meanwhile Russia is taking territory and winning the war. […]

Conflicts of Interest

December 29, 2025

On COI #862, Kyle Anzalone breaks down the latest news from around the empire. Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.

Brett Wilkins

December 27, 2025

Ahead of Saturday’s one-year anniversary of Israel abducting Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya from the Gaza hospital he ran, advocates demanded the release the scores of health workers still imprisoned by Israeli occupation forces. “One year ago, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya was abducted by the Israeli military along with dozens of other medical staff during a […]

John Mearsheimer

December 25, 2025

Reprinted from John’s Substack: On 24 December 2025, I was on “Judging Freedom,” which just went over 100 million views for the second straight year. That is wonderful news! Let’s hope it goes over 200 million views next year! The Judge and I talked about: 1) the appalling erosion of free speech in the West, […]