In Front of Our Noses: Plans to Pardon a Convicted Drug Cartel Leader

(While murdering people without due process because of [checks notes] drugs.)

Rubio Orders Pressure on Mass Migration

The State Department will be pressing our closest allies to control their borders.

Some People Will Never Learn

Bret Stephens wants to oust Maduro in Venezuela.

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) transits the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 3, 2020. Ford is underway conducting carrier qualifications. USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) transits the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 3, 2020. Ford is underway conducting carrier qualifications.

We’re on the Verge of War With Venezuela (and Maybe Colombia)

What could possibly go wrong?

Making Argentina Great Again

The aid continues to grow.

Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, gestures during the session 'Vision for the G20' at the Annual Meeting 2011 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 27, 2011. Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, gestures during the session 'Vision for the G20' at the Annual Meeting 2011 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 27, 2011.

Nicolas Sarkozy Jailed

He becomes the first French ex-head of state to be jailed since Marshal Pétain.

President Donald Trump delivers remarks to the Knesset in Jerusalem, Israel, Monday, October 13, 2025, celebrating the U.S.-brokered ceasefire and hostage release agreement between Israel and Hamas. President Donald Trump delivers remarks to the Knesset in Jerusalem, Israel, Monday, October 13, 2025, celebrating the U.S.-brokered ceasefire and hostage release agreement between Israel and Hamas.

Trump’s Peace Deal May Prove Short-Lived

The hostages have been released, but the war appears back on.

Criminals or Enemy Combatants?

I guess if we fail to vaporize you, you get treated like a criminial.

President Donald Trump delivers remarks to the Knesset in Jerusalem, Israel, Monday, October 13, 2025, celebrating the U.S.-brokered ceasefire and hostage release agreement between Israel and Hamas. President Donald Trump delivers remarks to the Knesset in Jerusalem, Israel, Monday, October 13, 2025, celebrating the U.S.-brokered ceasefire and hostage release agreement between Israel and Hamas.

Trump Takes Victory Lap as Israeli Hostages Freed

All 20 living hostages have been released and the bodies of others are slowly being returned.

President Donald Trump speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office after a joint press conference announcing the U.S. peace plan for Gaza, Monday, September 29, 2025. President Donald Trump speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office after a joint press conference announcing the U.S. peace plan for Gaza, Monday, September 29, 2025.

Trump Peace Plan to Be Implemented as Negotiations Continue

A pause in fighting, release of hostages, and then . . . ?

President Donald Trump speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office after a joint press conference announcing the U.S. peace plan for Gaza, Monday, September 29, 2025. President Donald Trump speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office after a joint press conference announcing the U.S. peace plan for Gaza, Monday, September 29, 2025.

Hamas Agrees To Release Hostages But Wants Further Negotiations

A No masquerading as a Yes to Trump’s peace deal.

The Argentine Bailout

Brought to you by the “America First” crowd.

President Donald Trump speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office after a joint press conference announcing the U.S. peace plan for Gaza, Monday, September 29, 2025. President Donald Trump speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office after a joint press conference announcing the U.S. peace plan for Gaza, Monday, September 29, 2025.

Trump Offers Hamas Take It Or Leave It Peace Deal

Netanyahu will take it.

The Free Speech Presidency Rolls Onward

Colombia’s President said the wrong thing and had his visa revoked.

American Unexceptionalism

We’re not alone in dysfunctional politics.

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Bolsonaro Convicted, Trump Vows Revenge

Birds of a feather and all that.

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Messy Reflections On The Assassination Of A Political Opponent

To be fully human requires living with and in sometimes unresolvable contradictions

Israel Orders Gaza City Evacuated

The inevitable has finally arrived.

Israel Bombs Hamas Leaders in Quatar

BREAKING NEWS

Some Comparative Video

Since I was thinking about 2016

Donald Hearts Vlad

A strange obsession.

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Putin Summit Yields Nothing

The artless deal.

Genocide, War Crimes, and Gaza

There are no satisfying answers.

A Very Good Week For Putin

The Russian autocrat may be on the verge of getting what he wants.

President Donald Trump hosts a bilateral dinner for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Monday, July 7, 2025, in the Blue Room. President Donald Trump hosts a bilateral dinner for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Monday, July 7, 2025, in the Blue Room.

Israel To Retake Gaza City

The seemingly inevitable next step.

Meanwhile, in North Korea

I am sensing a new ongoing bit…

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France Recognizes Palestine

Responding to tragedy with farce.

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Meanwhile, Inflation Creeps Upward

Seeing the effects of Trumponomics.

Tariffs are Magic!

Trump’s One Weird Trick to end the war in Ukraine.

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Millions Will Die Unless US Aid Money is Replaced

A dire warning from the UN.

President Donald Trump hosts a bilateral dinner for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Monday, July 7, 2025, in the Blue Room. President Donald Trump hosts a bilateral dinner for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Monday, July 7, 2025, in the Blue Room.

Did Netanyahu Prolong the Gaza War To Save Himself?

A long exposé misses the mark.

President Donald Trump thanks the crowd after remarks at the Salute to America Celebration, Thursday, July 3, 2025, at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa. President Donald Trump thanks the crowd after remarks at the Salute to America Celebration, Thursday, July 3, 2025, at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa.

Trump Applies Madman Theory For Real

An unusual diplomatic approach.

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Big Bizarre Letters

What fresh Hell is this?

Tariff Letters

Mail time!

About Nobel Prize Nominations…

…they aren’t that hard to get.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a recorded message. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a recorded message.

Khameini Declares Victory

Iran came “this close” to ending the Zionist regime.

On Propaganda and Childish Politics

Team Trump and the DIA assessment of the Iran bombings.

US Attack Likely Set Iran Nuke Program Back Mere Months

The preliminary DIA assessment has been leaked.

Social Media Diplomacy?

Is that really a good idea?

Was Bombing Iran Legal, Redux

For all practical purposes, the Constitutional war powers have been stood on their head.

Ceasefire in Iran War

This phase seems to be over. [Or maybe not!]

Headline of the Day

I don’t question the timing.

How Effective Were U.S. Strikes on Iran’s Nuclear Facilities?

Maximalist claims are almost surely overstated.

Iran Votes to Close Strait of Hormuz

What? Retaliation from Iran?

Vance: We Used to Have “Dumb Presidents”

Well, I feel better now.

President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the situation room during the bombing of Iran's nuclear sites. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the situation room during the bombing of Iran's nuclear sites.

U.S. Bombs Three Iranian Nuke Sites

The war is on.

Why Might Iran Want a Nuke?

Is dropping it on Israel the most likely reason?