Crypto Pardons: Good Start, Keep Going

Thomas Knapp: On October 23, US president Donald Trump exercised his constitutional clemency powers to pardon Changpeng Zhao, co-founder and former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Binance. As the usual suspects howl as if Zhao was some kind of hardened criminal, and hint darkly at the possibility of a corrupt motive on Trump’s part (i’m not discounting that … Continue reading Crypto Pardons: Good Start, Keep Going → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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The US Plans To Wage An Intensified Proxy War Of Attrition Against Russia

Voice of East: The US Plans To Wage An Intensified Proxy War Of Attrition Against Russia By Andrew Korybko Each part of what’s arguably Trump’s new three-phase strategy against Russia has its drawbacks. Trump’s latest escalation against Russia took the form of imposing severe sanctions... Read More › - Voice of East


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Trump: Starting, Thwarting, and Claiming He Is Good at Stopping Wars

Kim Petersen: Donald Trump: “If I were president, and I say this, I will end that war in one day. It’ll take 24 hours. I know Zelenskyy well; I know Putin well. I would get that ended in a period… Interviewer interrupts: “You can broker that deal?” Donald Trump: “100 per cent. It would be easy; that […]
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Tariffs: The Truth May Hurt Trump, But Trump’s Lies Hurt You

Thomas Knapp:   “TARIFFS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY, AND ECONOMY, OF THE U.S.A.,” US president Donald Trump whined in an October 23 Truth Social post (all-caps treatment, of course, his). “Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED.” The egregious behavior in question? Telling the truth about tariffs in … Continue reading Tariffs: The Truth May Hurt Trump, But Trump’s Lies Hurt You → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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“Osama Bin Sikorski’s” Incitement To Terrorism Risks Backfiring On Poland

Voice of East: “Osama Bin Sikorski’s” Incitement To Terrorism Risks Backfiring On Poland By Andrew Korybko Ukrainian ultra-nationalists could exploit his pretext of a “just, defensive war” to falsely legitimize a terrorist campaign in south-eastern Poland, whose land they regard as their own and... Read More › - Voice of East


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Instead of Adding a Ballroom to the White House, Turn it Into a Museum

Thomas Knapp: Citing two Trump administration officials, NBC News reports that “the entire East Wing of the White House will be demolished ‘within days'” to make room for something called either (depending on who you ask) the White House State Ballroom or the Donald J. Trump Ballroom at the White House — a 90,000-square-foot, 900-capacity party venue. … Continue reading Instead of Adding a Ballroom to the White House, Turn it Into a Museum → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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Gaza: Yes, It’s A War

Thomas Knapp: Man carrying child’s body in Gaza. Fars Media Corporation.  Attribution 4.0 International license. “You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will,” Union general William Tecumseh Sherman wrote in an 1864 letter warning the citizens of Atlanta — which his advancing army had just occupied — to evacuate. “War is cruelty, and you cannot refine … Continue reading Gaza: Yes, It’s A War → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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Bering Strait Tunnel: Russia’s Post-War New Deal Or Geopolitical Mirage?

Voice of East: Bering Strait Tunnel: Russia’s Post-War New Deal Or Geopolitical Mirage? By Andrew Korybko Russia might still fund some less ambitious infrastructure projects in its Far East-Arctic region to keep the economy hot after the war ends, help veterans find work, and... Read More › - Voice of East


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“No Kings” Redux: Necessary But Insufficient (and Somewhat Misdirected)

Thomas Knapp: Back in June, I attended the first “No Kings” rally in Gainesville, Florida, On October 18, I attended the second. Positive differences: While crowd estimates always vary, this rally definitely turned more people out than the last one. Part of that might have to do with University of Florida students having been home for the … Continue reading “No Kings” Redux: Necessary But Insufficient (and Somewhat Misdirected) → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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Is The Quad Dying — Or Being Recast As Washington’s Proxy Against China?

Voice of East: Is The Quad Dying — Or Being Recast As Washington’s Proxy Against China? By Uriel Araujo Trump’s America First retrenchment hollows out the Quad, empowering overlapping Indo-Pacific networks while trade spats irk allies like India. Yet the relentless US push against... Read More › - Voice of East


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