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Pick A Side Or Be Sidelined

Jared Knott, a decorated combat infantry officer who served in Vietnam and a geopolitical analyst, joins the program to discuss the wars unfolding worldwide and the forces driving seemingly endless conflict.
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This conversation takes a different direction as Sarah and Knott openly debate the causes of war and whether the United States should be involved at all. They examine Vladimir Putin’s intentions and sharply disagree over whether he is a stable leader protecting Russia’s strategic interests or a power-hungry aggressor with broader ambitions in Europe.
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This is not a typical episode. At times, the conversation becomes a genuine debate—but rather than retreating into comfortable silos, Sarah and Knott remain engaged. Despite their disagreements, they find enough common ground to have a meaningful and substantive discussion about some of the most consequential issues of our time. It is the kind of honest conversation that should happen far more often. Here’s more from Sarah Westall in a new edition of Business Game Changers.

Mexico Will Block The Caravan

Mexico just caved and will not allow a new migrant caravan to proceed north to the United States. The caravan of about 400 migrants just crossed the border from Honduras into Mexico.

But Markwayne Mullin, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, says the caravan will not be permitted entry. And he adds that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has given him assurances that she will stop the caravan — in Mexico — before it reaches the U.S. southern border.

So response to the caravans has changed dramatically since President Donald Trump took over from the discombobulated Joe Biden. Here’s more from The Liberal Hivemind.

Iran Now Playing With Fire

Victor Davis Hanson is breaking down what may be one of the most important strategic moments of President Donald Trump’s second term. With multiple U.S. carrier groups positioned near Iran and reports of additional naval and amphibious forces heading toward the region, the big question for Hanson is whether Trump is preparing for a major confrontation, rotating exhausted carrier groups, or simply reinforcing the blockade around Iran.

Hanson also examines the strange contradiction in the Strait of Hormuz. Oil shipments are reportedly moving closer to pre-war levels, yet Iran continues threatening and attacking commercial shipping.

Why provoke President Trump when the United States has gone weeks without launching another major attack? Hanson considers whether Tehran may actually want a dramatic American response that sends oil and gasoline prices higher and creates political pain before the midterms. Here’s more from Stephen Gardner.

Canada Preparing For War?

Mark Carney is escalating tensions with the United States, raising the possibility of an American invasion while looking to China and the European Union as alternatives to Canada’s traditional relationship with its closest ally.

Victor Davis Hanson argues that Canada remains deeply dependent on the United States for trade, defense, and economic stability, and that turning away from that relationship will not solve the country’s larger problems.

He also looks at Canada’s immigration, energy, defense, and economic policies and how its leaders brought the country to this point. Here’s more from The Daily Signal.

Whose Side Is California On?

Are California and environmental groups colluding with Communist China to destroy U.S. military readiness? That’s the premise explored by two Navy veterans looking at the mountains of regulation serving to stymie oil refineries in the state of California.

Michael Jaco needs no introduction, as he hosts a video series we run quite often. His guest today is Michael Ariza, a Navy veteran who went on to serve two decades working at major refineries including Chevron, Flying J and Valero.

Today he’s a leading voice on the critical decline of California’s refining infrastructure and its impact on our economy, security, and military readiness.

Behind Charlie Kirk’s Death

Utah Valley University released a report last week, shedding new light of the security measures taken the day of Charlie Kirk’s shooting. Here’s more from Glen Beck.

Terrorist Plot Foiled In Britain

Five Muslim terrorists have been arrested at gunpoint in Great Britain after they plotted to blow up a Royal Air Force Base outside Fairford, near the Welsh border in western Great Britain. The base has been used by the U.S. Air Force to fly missions into Iran, so the terrorists likely wanted to thwart the U.S. military machine.

It’s said they had loaded explosives into large vans they intended to drive onto the base. Not only has much of the facility been evacuated but also neighboring villages and towns. Here’s more from Benny Johnson.

Woodward, Bernstein: Rug Rats

Richard Nixon offers his condemnation of “advocacy journalism,” the form of subjective speculation that describes so much of the investigative journalism produced by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein during the Watergate scandal. Some might suggest “advocacy journalism” is just another charade — i.e., something made up, or “absolute bullshit.”

Bill Murray shares his reaction to Nixon’s take with Joe Rogan. “Oh my Gawd, they framed Nixon.” Here’s more from the Richard Nixon Foundation.

 

World Shifting At Rapid Pace

Steve Gruber welcomes Promethean Action organizer Susan Kokinda for a wide-ranging discussion of Greenland, political tensions in the United Kingdom and U.S. relations with China and Russia.

The United States, Denmark and Greenland signed a new Arctic security agreement this week expanding America’s long-term security role while maintaining Greenlandic and Danish sovereignty. Kokinda discusses that agreement alongside Trump’s engagement with China and the continuing Russia-Ukraine conflict. Here’s more from Gruber on Real America’s Voice.

The Jig Is Up

Mark Dice reflects on the growing resentment on the part of many Americans toward Israel.  This is a nation that has singularly cost Americans billions of dollars, as well as countless lives, through endless wars in the Middle East. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to the United Nations to speak, but scores of delegates walked out.

Dice reserves his strongest criticism for Ben Shapiro and the charities he endorses — charities that exclusively benefit Jews to the exclusion of everyone else.

Some of Dice’s fault finding is excessive, but we concur with him on one point: U.S. Senators like Rick Scott of Florida should not be posting Israeli flags in their offices. If they can’t post Ol’ Glory,  they shouldn’t be in Congress. Rick Scott ought to know better.

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