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Trump called Britain "uncooperative," dismantled Lloyd's three-century grip on the Strait of Hormuz, and inherited a united Gulf alliance — all in 72 hours. This is what the end of empire looks like. · Susan Kokinda · In this Wednesday update, Susan Kokinda argues that President Trump has openly ruptured with the UK over Iran, base access, and broader British policies on energy and immigration, while treating Germany under…

Alex Krainer · Money laundering is rightly billed as the mother of all crimes or, the crime that enables all other crimes. Most organized crime operations—whether drug cartels, human trafficking networks, protection rackets, or other types of crime—generate large amounts of bulk cash. Cash enables these organizations’ crimes, but it also severely limits their scalability. · Consider that, according to the U.S. Treasury Department,…

Frank Bergman · A bombshell leak has allegedly exposed the membership roster of one of the most secretive elite gatherings in America, the ultra-exclusive Bohemian Grove secret society retreat in Northern California. · The leaked names read like a who’s who of political power, corporate influence, and Silicon Valley dominance. · According to the San Francisco Standard, independent journalist Daniel Boguslaw obtained what appears to be…

Update (1440ET):Moments ago President Trump announced that the United States will provide insurance for "ALL Maritime Trade"via the US Development Finance Corporation (DFC), and will provide Navy escorts, "if necessary." · Effective IMMEDIATELY, I have ordered the United States Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to provide, at a very reasonable price, political risk insurance and guarantees for the Financial Security of ALL Maritime Trade,…

Corporate lobbyists have become central to decision-making in the New Zealand political system. But we know remarkably little about how they work, who they work for, or what they charge. In my ongoing research on influence behind the scenes of government, one lobbyist told me that the standard pitch of lobbying firms to business is that they can normally change a government decision for a $250,000 fee. That kind of money gets you into the room…

If Part 1 described a New Zealand that was structurally sovereign — controlled capital flows, manageable external debt, production-led prosperity — Part 2 describes something subtler. Not conquest. Repositioning. The hollowing out did not begin in 1984. It began when the global monetary ground shifted — and New Zealand was manoeuvred, step by step, into a new financial architecture. Part I here... · Bretton Woods Ends — And the Anchor…

He defines World War III as a country “want[ing] to impose on the world a different way of life and change the lives people have chosen for themselves”, which doesn’t describe what Russia did in 2022, but what the US has been doing from 1991 till Trump’s return to office last year. · Andrew Korybko · Zelensky told the BBC right before the four-year anniversary of Russia’s special operation that “I believe that Putin has already started…

Leaked documents reportedly shows the administration’s push to remove “anti-American” narratives from parks and museums · US President Donald Trump. ©  The White House via X Account/Anadolu via Getty Images · The administration of US President Donald Trump is seeking to purge “anti-American” narratives from the country’s national parks and museums, several media outlets have reported, citing a leaked government database.…

Any conflict could be the trigger, the former Russian president has warned · Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at a press conference in Gorki, Russia, January 29, 2026. ©  Oleg Molchanov/RIA Novosti · [RT] US President Donald Trump could set off World War III with his “criminal” regime change operations, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has warned. · In an interview with TASS published on Monday, Medvedev, who…

Republican Congressman Thomas Massie has long fought to publicize the files related to the late pedophile · Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) at a House Committee on the Judiciary hearing, Washington, DC, February 11, 2026. © Getty Images / Nathan Posner/Anadolu · [RT] A Republican lawmaker has accused US President Donald Trump of attempting to distract the public from the Epstein scandal by embroiling the country in a…