By Ira Katz
January 15, 2026
I am not credentialed in any way to comment on Trump's Venezuelan adventure. But I will include incontrovertible facts that I believe are relevant to properly anticipating the after effects of this "triumph" of the moment.
This is a continuation of American/Neocon/MIC/CIA foreign policy. Trump only changes the outward style. It is a real question, as always, who is deciding.
By Wanjiru Njoya
Mises.org
January 15, 2026
Friedrich von Hayek explains in his article "Why I am Not a Conservative" that, given a choice between the progressive parties that destroy liberty, and the conservative parties that defend the status quo, the classical liberal will "generally have little choice but to support the conservative parties." This is because there are many parallels between the classical liberal prioritization of individual liberty and the conservative principle of limited government in countries with a tradition of liberty.
By Finian Cunningham
Strategic Culture
January 15, 2026
The cold-blooded killing of an American mother by a federal agent points to a horrific reality - the U.S. is degenerating into a death squad state.
The cold-blooded killing of an American mother last week by a federal agent, and the justification of the murder by President Donald Trump, points to a horrific reality - the United States is degenerating into a death squad state.
Eliminate financing and avoid being provoked by agents-provocateurs.
By John Leake
Courageous Discourse
January 15, 2026
The latest emotionally-overwrought drama in the vast, emotionally-dysregulated theater known as the American public forum involves an ICE agent being excessively provoked by a couple of lesbian agents-provocateurs (Renee Nicole Good and her "wife" Becca Good).
The incident happened in Minneapolis - the same nuthouse in which Derek Chauvin was excessively provoked by drug addict and avid knucklehead George Floyd.
By John & Nisha Whitehead
The Rutherford Institute
January 15, 2026
In January 1776, Thomas Paine published Common Sense, a pamphlet that gave voice to the discontent of a nation struggling to free itself from a tyrannical ruler who believed power flowed from his own will rather than the consent of the governed.
Paine's warning was not theoretical.
Two hundred and fifty years later, we find ourselves confronting the same dilemma-this time from inside the White House: can a people remain free if they place their faith in the virtue (or vice) of one man?
By Gary D. Barnett
GaryDBarnett.com
January 15, 2026
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule."
~ H. L. Mencken
In May of 2025, the governor of the state of Virginia signed into 'law' the bill that imposes major restrictions on social media use by minors, in this case those under 16 years of age. The newest version of this bill took effect on January 1st, 2026, and limits any minor under the age of 16 to one hour of screen time.
par Mounir Kilani
La déclaration effrontée de Trump au New York Times expose au grand jour l'arrogance hégémonique des États-Unis. Dans la lecture stratégique des guerres hybrides, ce narcissisme du pouvoir américain est identifié comme une vulnérabilité majeure. Le monde multipolaire aurait tort de ne pas en faire son miel.
L'aveu obscène de l'impérialisme
Le 8 janvier 2026, dans le sanctuaire impérial du Bureau ovale, Donald Trump a craché au visage du monde une vérité que les élites américaines murmurent depuis des décennies : le droit international n'est qu'une farce pour les faibles, et le seul frein au pouvoir absolu de l'Oncle Sam serait la «morale personnelle» d'un homme rongé par son propre ego.
George Samuelson
If Mrs. Good was a "domestic terrorist," then the United States is a breeding ground of all those millions of "terrorists" who drive around town with their families inside of SUVs.
Americans took to the streets over the weekend in over 1,000 protests across the country to demand justice for a mother who was shot dead by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Finian Cunningham
The cold-blooded killing of an American mother by a federal agent points to a horrific reality - the U.S. is degenerating into a death squad state.
The cold-blooded killing of an American mother last week by a federal agent, and the justification of the murder by President Donald Trump, points to a horrific reality - the United States is degenerating into a death squad state.
Alastair Crooke
Quando la posa morale viene apertamente e trionfalmente ostentata come una finzione, i giovani cristiani che prendono sul serio se stessi diventano ribelli.
Infine, un atto di vera e propria aggressione da parte di Trump e del suo team - il sequestro del presidente Maduro in un fulmineo attacco militare notturno - ha portato il 2026 a un momento cruciale.
par Observateur Continental
Les États-Unis ont élaboré un plan visant à réduire le niveau de plusieurs grands commandements de combat outre-mer de l'armée américaine et à limiter le pouvoir de leurs commandants.
«Alors que Trump concentre les efforts militaires sur l'hémisphère occidental, l'AFRICOM et d'autres commandements étrangers pourraient être regroupés», annonce The Intercept.
By David Stockman
David Stockman's Contra Corner
January 14, 2026
When it comes to the national security front, Donald Trump is flat out loosing it. After all, WTF was he thinking with respect to--
All of this is the work of an unlearned, unread, blow-hard, know-it-all narcissist, who rattles around the White House in the dead of night dreaming up barking idiocy that none of the craven weaklings (e.g.
By Ryan McMaken
Mises.org
January 14, 2026
The New York Times today reports that the US Attorney's office in the District of Columbia has opened a criminal investigation into Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. Ostensibly and officially, the investigation is into the nature of the Federal Reserve's renovation of its Washington headquarters, and whether or not Powell lied to Congress about the scope of the project.
By Paul Craig Roberts
PaulCraigRoberts.org
January 14, 2026
To please Israel, Trump attacked Iran, an act of war, and Trump is likely to submit to Netanyahu's pressure to conduct a larger American attack on Iran. That the American people can be sent to war by the Israeli Prime Minister is an example of the control that Israel exercises over the United States of America.
The British government rivals and perhaps exceeds Washington's subservience to Netanyahu.
Jhosman Barbosa
La estupidez de la administración Trump es soportada por el peso de un poder acumulado durante al menos 80 años, pero donde los rezagos frente a China, particularmente en lo económico, la muestran débil, hostil y peligrosa.
Escríbenos: infostrategic-culture.su
Ya desde hace cinco años he escrito sobre un asunto básico: el mundo está en guerra mundial desde 2020 y sólo estamos esperando el calentamiento de una guerra total.
By Michael KLARE
From the Forever Wars to the Cataclysmic Wars
In the military realm, Donald Trump will most likely be remembered for his insistence on ending America's involvement in its twenty-first-century "forever wars".
In the military realm, Donald Trump will most likely be remembered for his insistence on ending America's involvement in its twenty-first-century "forever wars" - the fruitless, relentless, mind-crushing military campaigns undertaken by Presidents Bush and Obama in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Somalia.
Par Paul Street, le 12 janvier 2026
Une nouvelle preuve du fascisme pur et dur du régime Trump.
Puisqu'on parle des républicains fascistes américains reprenant le langage du fascisme historique classique, regardez le slogan affiché sur le podium depuis lequel Kristi Noem, alias "Gestapo Barbie", la responsable psychotique républicaine nazie de la sécurité intérieure de Herr Trump, s'est exprimée quelques heures après que l'un de ses voyous masqués ait assassiné Renee Nicole Good à Minneapolis mercredi dernier :
Les Carnets de Dimitri Orlov
C'est le début de l'après-midi du jour de Noël 2026, que la Russie célèbre le 7 janvier. À Moscou, les lumières du Nouvel An scintillent encore tandis qu'une légère neige tombe. La scène se déroule dans un appartement de luxe évalué à plus de 3,3 milliards de roubles, situé dans le quartier des gratte-ciel connu sous le nom de Moscow City. Le président vénézuélien Nicolas Maduro et son épouse Cilia y prennent le thé en compagnie du président syrien Bachar al-Assad et de sa charmante épouse Asma.
par Alastair Crooke
Finalement, une action prédatrice sans fard de Trump et de son équipe - l'enlèvement du président Maduro lors d'un raid militaire nocturne éclair - a poussé 2026 dans un moment charnière. Un moment charnière non seulement pour l'Amérique latine, mais aussi pour la politique mondiale.
La «méthode Venezuela» est alignée sur l'approche «business first» de Trump qui est basée sur la construction d'un «système de récompense financière», par lequel diverses parties prenantes à un conflit se voient offrir des avantages financiers qui permettent aux États-Unis d'atteindre (ostensiblement) leurs propres objectifs, tandis que les habitants continuent d'obtenir des bribes financières de cette exploitation (dans ce cas) des ressources vénézuéliennes - sous la surveillance étroite des États-Unis.