Johnson's best imitation of Joseph McCarthy.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson finalized the Republican plank for the upcoming midterm election. It will not be about affordability, inflation, and the economy. It will not be about Trump's undeclared war. The position going forward will be about communism.

"The election will be over whether we're gonna maintain our freedom in a constitutional republic," said Johnson at a recent press conference, "that is the question on the ballot this fall."

Finian Cunningham

The entire rotten system of dehumanizing exploitation and relentless warmongering needs to be prosecuted and vanquished - before it destroys humanity.

If there's a World Cup for war criminals, Trump wins "bigly," to use one of his boasting words. His five-month aggression against Iran is a litany of own goals.

The late Senator-for-War Lindsey Graham might qualify as a runner-up.

Par la rédaction de The Cradle, le 16 juillet 2026

Les responsables ont estimé à 9 milliards de dollars les profits tirés des délits d'initiés liés à la guerre en juin et ont officiellement exigé que la moitié de cette somme soit allouée à l'Iran.

Les négociateurs iraniens ont adressé un avertissement privé au vice-président américain JD Vance plus tôt cette année, affirmant que les envoyés spéciaux américains Steve Witkoff et Jared Kushner "abusent" de leurs pouvoirs dans le cadre des négociations pour tirer profit des marchés financiers, a rapporté Drop Site News le 16 juillet.

Par Larry C. Johnson, le 17 juillet 2026

Jeudi soir, alors que la guerre avec l'Iran s'intensifie dangereusement, Trump n'avait rien de mieux à faire que de lancer une attaque virulente contre la Chine, l'accusant d'ingérence présumée dans les élections de 2020. Permettez-moi de préciser d'emblée que, selon moi, l'élection de 2020 a été volée à Donald Trump, mais pas à cause d'une influence étrangère.

By Edward Curtin
EdwardCurtin.com  

July 17, 2026

We were screwing in a mirror when we realized our mistake. Since the handyman was unavailable, we had to do it ourselves. Certainly it was very pleasurable to know that we could, but we screwed-up.

Lurid sexual news is common these days; it grabs people's attention. It titillates the public's imagination like nothing else, even murders and celebrity scandals.

By Paul Dragu
The New American  

July 17, 2026

On July 18, Americans are expected to turn out for a nationwide protest against data centers. A group called Humans First is organizing the events. As this protest is being planned, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) appears to be trying to weasel through a rule that may quash the public comment requirements for AI data centers.

EPA Weasel Talk

By Paul Craig Roberts
PaulCraigRoberts.org  

July 17, 2026

While insouciant Americans sat on their butts sucking their thumbs or scrolling porn on their cell phones, they lost the protection of the US Constitution. Israel's special pleading for criticism protection and US wars in the Middle East in behalf of Greater Israel played major roles in the destruction of Americans' Constitutional rights.

By Tucker Carlson  

July 17, 2026

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Show Trials "R" Us  

By Donald Jeffries
"I Protest"  

July 17, 2026

The preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson, accused assassin of Charlie Kirk, is underway. It's been action packed so far, with conservative apologists claiming that grainy video showing a figure alleged to be Robinson at Utah Valley University on the day of the shooting is explosive "evidence" that he was the lone, guilty party.

Lots more great material for Da Boss's next album.  

By J.R. Dunn
American Thinker  

July 17, 2026

This past spring, Blue America suffered yet another critical blow without much in the way of comment:  youtube for Texas.

Of course, it's not called Standard Oil anymore. Following several takeovers and mergers, it's now known as ExxonMobil. But it's still the same company founded nearly a century and a half ago as the jewel in the crown of John D.

Now that he's the president who bombed Iran, the entire western political/media class is cool with him.  

By Caitlin Johnstone
CaitlinJohnstone.com  

July 17, 2026

Have you noticed how the liberal establishment hasn't been nearly as emotional and outraged about Trump's second term as they were about his first ? Now that he's the president who bombed Iran, the entire western political/media class is cool with him.

par Le Libre Penseur

Dans une interview sur Fox News, Donald Trump annonce fièrement des crimes de guerre.

Le sénile et criminel de guerre sioniste Trump a déclaré sur Fox News sans détour que la semaine prochaine les États-Unis frapperont toutes les centrales électriques civiles iraniennes. Il a ajouté qu'ils détruiront ensuite tous les ponts du pays. Le clown qui préside les USA compare l'opération à une "raclée de boxeur" (sic).

By Andrew Wallace  

July 16, 2026

I took an oath to the Constitution of the United States, which I continue to honor. Most of Congress and many other officials took the same oath but repudiated it to support a Criminal Enterprise aka the Parasitic Super-Rich Ruling Class (PSRRC). This Criminal Enterprise, consisting of wealthy families, billionaires and large Corporations, control their cowardly and bribed minions in government to operate only a facade of a Constitutional Government, most of which is a Criminal Enterprise..

By Andrew P. Napolitano  

July 16, 2026

The question recently asked by a federal judge in Miami - can the president sue an entity in the executive branch of the federal government and benefit from the resolution of that lawsuit ? - seems to beg the question.

How could anyone sue an entity he controls and derive a benefit from the amicable resolution of such a lawsuit at the expense of others who are not parties to the lawsuit?

By Laurence M. Vance  

July 16, 2026

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid pain reliever approved by the Food and Drug (FDA) for treating severe pain. It is a Schedule II narcotic under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) that is said to be 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine. (It is interesting that until recently, marijuana was classified as a Schedule I drug.)

The U.S.

By John M. Grondelski
Crisis Magazine  

July 16, 2026

On June 26, the Texas State Board of Education adopted reading lists for public schools across the Lone Star State. Apart from the "perhaps unprecedented" (The New York Times'word) fact that it sets a standard body of knowledge for graduates of public schools in one of the largest states in the Union, the Board's reading list did two other shocking things.

The senator represented my state in Congress for three decades. This is what I saw.

By Jack Hunter

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) died unexpectedly on Saturday at the age of 71.

I was born and raised in South Carolina and was his constituent for most of his three decades in Congress.

Graham became a member of the U.S. House in 1995. In 1996, my own political journey began in my early 20s as a Pat Buchanan conservative who avidly supported his insurgent populist bid for the Republican presidential nomination that year.

... un parti politique ne perd pas 95 % de son avance en termes d'inscriptions simplement parce que les électeurs sont un peu agacés. Il se passe quelque chose de bien, bien plus profond. - Richard Landwirth

Par James Howard Kunstler - Le 26 juin 2026 - Source Clusterfuck Nation

Bon ben au moins, je ne suis pas raciste.
Crédit du mème : Jamie Glazov sur X -

Bon, convainquez-moi que le programme politique "gay-islamo-racial-communiste" est une idée "progressiste" que l'Amérique va avaler comme des corn flakes.

par Emma De Ruiter

Sous l'impulsion de son secrétaire d'État, l'administration Trump exerce des pressions sur d'autres pays pour qu'ils quittent la Cour de La Haye, marquant une nouvelle escalade dans la stratégie d'isolement américaine.

Le secrétaire d'État américain Marco Rubio a lancé une vaste campagne destinée à affaiblir la Cour pénale internationale (CPI), qui pourrait inclure de nouvelles sanctions et d'autres mesures.