Prof. Jeffrey Sachs discusses the US invasion of Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Maduro.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...