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For centuries, the French Republic has struggled to define its relationship with the Islamic world, often oscillating between colonial control and strategic avoidance. Today, President Emmanuel Macron embodies the latest – and perhaps most dangerous – iteration of this failure. While his rhetoric claims to defend laïcité (secularism), his actions reveal a deep-seated political cowardice. … Read more
This 4th of July, 250 years of unparalleled liberty, does not make us immune to the historical trend that truth struggles for light while evil intent and deception continue. There is a century-old shadow of Nazi Germany that has changed our culture. The gay pride flag flies while most folks are oblivious to its sordid … Read more
A law currently passing through Parliament in England will, from 1st January, 2027, outlaw the purchase of cigarettes and tobacco by anyone then under 18, ever again, at any time during their lives. It will not be illegal for them to possess or smoke tobacco, only to buy it, meaning that they will always have … Read more
Barry Soetero, also known as Barry Obama or Barack Obama, is part-Kenyan. “Barry Soetoro” was the childhood name used by Barack Obama between roughly 1967 and 1971 while living in Jakarta, Indonesia, with his mother, Ann Dunham, and his Indonesian stepfather, Lolo Soetoro. Barack Obama is also named after his biological father, while his grandfather was … Read more
Today, on the Morning Update, if you follow the progressive dots from exit taxes to we won’t let you leave, and the dots leading from compassionate calls for assisted suicide to systemic use of suicide as economic and social engineering, what happens when those paths converge? Transcript below Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if … Read more
For centuries, the French Republic has struggled to define its relationship with the Islamic world, often oscillating between colonial control and strategic avoidance. Today, President Emmanuel Macron embodies the latest – and perhaps most dangerous – iteration of this failure. While his rhetoric claims to defend laïcité (secularism), his actions reveal a deep-seated political cowardice. By obsessing … Read more
Iran’s IRGC is in it for the long haul, while America thinks in the short term, and politicians must face a quickly bored public. As the dust settles over the ruins of IRGC headquarters and the smoke clears from the latest round of precision strikes, a dangerous narrative is taking root in Washington. The narrative … Read more
This week, on GrokTALK!, we share a great piece by Michal Doran at Tablet Mag, fisking and debunking the Left’s “Iran myths” and Mr. Maggie Goodlander (Jake Sullivan’s) left-wing approved disinformation campaign. There was a plan, and it’s clear as day if you aren’t befuddled by your TDS. We lay it out, follow Doran’s logic … Read more
We’ve shared stories about cities, states, and nations forced to pay so-called renewable providers for this or that. Taxpayers paid subsidies to get them built, and subsidized them to make the price appear reasonable. Taxpayers pay extra in taxes, licensing, fees, fines, and the rest to feed that beast, on top of the price they … Read more
The Turkish Republic no longer functions as a sovereign state; it operates as a family-run arms bazaar. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has forged a throne out of shrapnel and drone circuitry, turning the machinery of war into a private ATM for his inner circle. Erdoğan has transformed Turkey from a mere NATO outpost into a global … Read more
Some countries, eighty-five of them if you believe the reporting, are trying to create a climate confab cabal outside the UN’s failed COP process, and why not? COP 30 was a disaster, and how are they all supposed to tap into the trillions in wasted “climate money” if they can’t all agree on pointless targets … Read more
The marble halls of the Swedish Riksdag echoed with the footsteps of a man who carries the weight of a thousand-year throne and the hopes of a fractured nation. Reza Pahlavi did more than walk into a legislative chamber; he reclaimed a seat on the global stage. While the clerical regime in Tehran trembles behind … Read more
Woke Nation States are the second most dangerous when it comes to rights, but especially the right to self-defense (personal firearms), which is why people towing lefty propaganda are such a ‘make me laugh, make me want to cry’ conundrum. The most dangerous are socialist/communist states, of course. No rights, not even the ones the … Read more
The horizon over Tehran has changed. It is no longer defined by the minarets or the sprawling concrete of a revolutionary capital, but by the jagged, smoldering silhouettes of a shattered industrial base. The “Thirty-Nine Days of Fire” – a campaign of kinetic intensity unseen in this century – has concluded in a fragile, two-week … Read more
Real Clear Wire The past month delivered something rare in national security: real-world evidence of how artificial intelligence performs in conflict. Not in theory, not in demonstrations, and not in Silicon Valley pitch decks – but in the messy, high-stakes environment of modern warfare. What works in a demo doesn’t always survive first contact with … Read more
The Left has found an alternative to the old-fashioned rose-colored glasses of optimism. The new version is the smokey-gray colored glasses of cynicism and pure hatred. This new relationship phase that has come about with the ever-widening divide between the Left and Right goes far beyond the tongue-in-cheek chatter about Trump Derangement Syndrome. TDS started … Read more
How does it compare to Libya, Iraq, and Afghanistan? This week, on NE TAKE, A. J. is joined by Middle East expert Jason Pack, of the Disorder Podcast and NATO Foundation, to break down the geopolitical state of the Iran military conflict and how it compares to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya. Does Trump have this … Read more
Horizontal escalation occurs when a state at war widens the geographic and political scope of the conflict, rather than intensifying it vertically in a single theater of operations. It is especially appealing as a strategy for the weakest side in a military contest. Instead of trying to defeat a stronger adversary head-on, the weaker side … Read more
In the arid mountains of Iran, a terrifying engineering marvel has been carved into the bedrock. In the arid mountains of Iran, a terrifying engineering marvel has been carved into the bedrock — not for the benefit of the people, but to ensure the survival of a regime. While 2026 finds the average Iranian family struggling … Read more
The corridors of power in Brussels and the grand palaces of European capitals have served as the ultimate stage for a 47-year betrayal. Since the black day of the 1979 Revolution, while the Iranian people bled under the lash of a medieval theocracy, European leaders have played the role of the willing enabler. They trade … Read more