Susan Kokinda argues that a Trump-Putin phone call signaled alignment in blaming Zelenskyy and European governments for prolonging the Ukraine war, followed by the Kremlin confirming a Victory Day ceasefire.
She says the media focused instead on King Charles’ Washington visit, which she portrays as an effort to preserve the UK-led “Special Relationship,” while Chatham House speakers acknowledged that the post-1949 order and US underwriting of European security is ending.
Kokinda then frames the UAE’s exit from OPEC as a major crack in the post-1971 petrodollar system built around dollar-floating, OPEC price control, and Gulf instability, noting new regional security ties such as Israeli Iron Dome support in the UAE.
Finally, she highlights the Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital, described as an internal investment bank with about $210B in lending authority to finance industrial capacity and “de-risk” critical production. Here’s more from Promethean Updates.
We used to watch Mark Levin’s TV show “Life, Liberty And Levin” on the Fox News Network. But we no longer bother.
Levin grew annoying with his incessant calls supporting every last skirmish, conflict and war initiated by the Israelis — not only Gaza and Lebanon, but now also Iran. More recently. he has turned even more vitriolic, calling for censorship of Americans who criticize Israel.
That’s a step too far. No, the United States should never surrender our Bill of Rights, and most certainly, never sacrifice our freedoms on an Israeli altar. If Levin wants to peddle that pablum, maybe he should be on the air in Jerusalem rather than in New York City.
It’s a fine line he needs to straddle, and he’s not at all proving up to the task. He’s become a propagandist rather a supporter of liberty and life. Here’s more from Clayton Morris on Redacted News, who calls Levin a “constitutional grifter.”
Criminal defense attorney Alan Dershowitz has made the switch — dropping out of the Democratic Party and joining the Republicans. Dershowitz encouraged other Jewish voters to join him, saying the Democratic Party has embraced too many radical ideas and now poses a real threat to Israel.
Dershowitz explained his party switch in an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal. Here’s more from Doug in Exile.
On this episode of “The Liz Wheeler Show,” Liz gives a Catholic response to a meme shared by President Trump and some recent interactions between President Trump and Pope Leo. Liz also catches Tucker Carlson in a dilemma about Israel’s influence and the Iran war.
The ceasefire peace negotiations with Iran are heating up and the Iranians are making some big demands.
Will the diplomats achieve enduring peace for the Middle East or will Donald Trump kill an entire civilization? Here’s more from The Babylon Bee.
Heavy infighting is now occurring in Iran between the more radical Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Artesh, the leadership of Iran’s conventional army. They apparently are engaged in a power struggle over who will control the defense of the nation.
This comes after much of the political leadership in Iran has been decimated over the past couple of weeks of warfare against Israel and the United States. Will this new rivalry upset the ceasefire, or will it hasten Iran’s re-emergence as a more stable and less combative nation? Here, Matt Morse TV ponders the varied options.
