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Why Moscow?

The Hormuz Letter, citing two senior Iranian sources, reports that Russian officials briefed Tehran following CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s visit and that the CIA director delivered a message asking Moscow to pressure Iran into reopening the Strait of Hormuz. According to that report, Russian banks, traders and shipping companies connected to Iran could face additional U.S. sanctions if Moscow refused to cooperate.

Neither Washington nor Moscow has confirmed that account. If the reporting is accurate, however, it creates an extraordinary geopolitical irony. Washington has spent years sanctioning and attempting to isolate Russia over Ukraine. Now, the United States may be asking Moscow for help dealing with Iran. Here’s more from Ben Swann.

 

The Hidden Hand Over Peace

From Camp David, President Trump framed a reported Hamas disarmament agreement as a breakthrough enabled by pressure on Iran, arguing the regional strategic terrain has shifted.

The episode highlights two developments presented as unprecedented: Hamas agreeing to disarm and Israel and Lebanon resuming talks after three decades, both attributed to cutting off Iranian funding for proxies like Hamas and Hezbollah.

It claims the decisive “weapon” was Treasury action under Secretary Scott Bessent—sanctions, OFAC tools, anti–money laundering measures—described as “economic fury,” including designating over 1,000 Iranian-linked individuals, ships, and companies and disrupting routes through shipping, insurance, and offshore finance.

The script also points to the February 19, 2026 launch of the multinational “Board of Peace,” tasked with rebuilding Gaza, as a preplanned institutional blueprint that helped secure the Hamas agreement. Here’s more from Susan Kokinda on Promethean Updates.

China Gearing Up For War

Communist China has liquidated $688 billon in U.S. debt holdings, a clear sign of buildup for a possible global war. The crash sales of this debt — at a substantial loss for the Chinese — represents approximately 40 percent of their total holdings in American Treasury debt.

“Military assets are deceptive,” says The Archivist.” “They can be deployed and recalled to port in a matter of days. They are the theater of geopolitics designed to be seen.

“If you want to know the intent of a superpower, if you want to know if they are truly preparing for an irreversible divorce, you must look at the movement of sovereign debt.”

Among the questions addressed here:

  • Why selling at a loss signals preparation, not panic
  • How sanctions on Russia changed China’s risk calculus
  • Why U.S. allies are being forced to absorb China’s exit
  • The rise of the “Bagholder Alliance” (United Kingdom, Belgium, Japan)
  • How the Treasury market is becoming political, not economic
  • Why bonds are no longer risk-free assets
  • How China is converting paper claims into gold, oil, copper, and food.

Going, Going, Back, Back…

To Venezuela.

Here’s a two-part series on Venezuela, digging into the efforts by the CIA, as well as the Trump administration, to topple the Socialist President Nicholas Maduro. Since 1998, when Hugo Chavez took control of Venezuela, “it is like Iran, a couple hundred miles downwind from Miami,” says Mike Benz, former cybersecurity officer for the U.S. State Department.

Here we learn about Operation Absolute Resolve, the U.S. raid that led to the capture of Maduro. But there were earlier covert monkey business as well, including Operation Gideon. This foiled armed incursion into Venezuela, in 2020, also aimed to capture Maduro. A Canadian mercenary Jordan Goudreau was involved in that effort,  drawing upon assistance from a Trump security officer — Keith Schiller.

There are many other players here, from government agencies to oil companies and even airlines. Each of these two installments is roughly an hour and a half — so there’s quite a bit of depth and ground covered.

Brennan Tells Comey: Hush!

The [Deep State] is going to track ICE, which means they are assisting the criminals.

John Brennan is now sending message to James Comey that nobody is going to sing and turn on you. The [Deep State] is pushing war and Trump knows they are doing this. This is part of their 16 year plan.

Trump is using the enemies’ tactics against them. He just placed sanctions on Russia. This has been done since 2014 and it did not hurt Russia nor stop Russia.

Trump is leading the [Deep State] down the path to war and he will usher in peace. Witness the art of war. Here’s more from the X22 Report.

FBI Tracking Down Holdouts

FBI Tracking Down Fleeing Texas Democrats!! (ARREST THEM ALL!)

FBI Officials FIRED after J6 Case Review!! (THEY GOT FIRED!!)

Trump DOJ Demands SANCTIONS against ‘Pro Bono’ Immigration Lawyer!! (THIS MUST BE PUNISHED!!)

Here’s more from Robert Gouveia on Watching The Watchers.

Indeed, Cutesy Time Is Over

Lawsuits are flying over Elon Musk’s email to federal workers asking them to enumerate what they’re been working on over the last week or so. Imagine the shock of the leftists when federal workers received this effrontery!

Also, there’s a hulabaloo over where to transport transgender prisons! Imagine!

And congratulations to Dan Bongino for his new appointment as deputy director of the FBI. May he restore the value and legitimacy of that once lauded federal law enforcement agency that has most certainly hit upon hard times under the Democrats!

Here’s more from Robert Gouveia on Watching The Watchers.

Russia Going Full-Speed Ahead

Here, in its entirety, is Tucker Carlson’s interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Carlson conducted the interview Tuesday night inside the Kremlin, and aired the piece last night over X. Much of the two-hour broadcast focuses on Ukraine, why Russia invaded the neighboring nation and where Putin sees the war ending.

Also discussed: The U.S. campaign to starve Russia from access to dollars as a trade currency and how that campaign is undermining the economy of the United States. In other words, the sanctions against Russia aren’t exactly working as planned.

And what’s a tete-a-tete, unless it inspires a rap song. Tucker Carlson and Vladimir Putin are joined by President Donald Trump and the hairy-legged chump Joe Biden. Here’s more HiRezTV.

Plume From Ohio’s Chernobyl

This week on the New World Next Week: Ohio Chernobyl produces the largest dioxin plume in history; sanctions on Syria interfere with earthquake relief aid; and the Bing Search AI chatbot goes rogue and starts threatening people. More from The Corbett Report and Media Monarchy.

J.D. Vance Visits East Palestine

A tip of our hat to J.D. Vance, the new U.S. Senator from the state of Ohio. On Thursday, Vance visited East Palestine, Ohio, to survey first-hand the devastation caused by the train derailment and the release of toxic chemicals.

Here, he provides persuasive evidence that these toxic chemicals have seeped and leached into the soils of a creek running through East Palestine. Seems like he’s doing a job that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should have done a week ago, if the agency had been even half-way performing its supposed duties.

Toward that end, Michael Regan, the head of the EPA, joined Vance Thursday in East Palestine, As they say, better late than never! More from Dinesh D’Souza.

On today’s episode of Occam’s Razor, we continue to examine the disaster in East Palestine, the new Marburg false flag & the recently exposed Israeli election hacking team. More from RedPill78.

China Joe Biden finally speaks to explain his decision to shoot down the Chinese balloon and other objects. President Biden says the 3 objects mostly recently shot down may have been commercial or scientific balloons, and we check in with Little Timmy.

China threatens countermeasures and tensions escalate after the shooting down of their spy balloon. Karine Jean-Pierre explains the White House response and the launching of sanctions against China. Did the Chinese balloon stray off course?

Angry Ohioans attend a town hall demanding answers to questions stemming from the Norfolk Southern Chemical disaster. Rep. Bill Johnson explains the company did not send any representatives as residents debate test results with government officials.

Biden EPA official Michael Regan explains that Norfolk Southern will face the consequences for the spill, including costs of the clean-up. We review the Notice of Liability sent from the EPA to Norfolk Southern.

Congress wonders where’s Pete Buttigieg? Newly elected Senator J.D. Vance releases a video of a creek in Ohio, showing chemicals bubbling up from the floor. Senators Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz join Ilhan Omar in demanding action from Pete Buttigieg, who responds by blaming Congress.

The White House stands by Pete Buttigieg and the Department of Transportation’s response to the Ohio Train Derailment. KJP explains multiple agencies are facilitating the response and that she has total confidence in Pete.

As the finger-pointing starts in the aftermath of the Ohio Train Derailment, Republicans want to know more from the Biden EPA. The Oversight Committee sends a letter to the Biden EPA demanding answers about a stalled proposal for improved containers. More from Robert Gouveia on Watching The Watchers.

Pictured are members and sponsors of the Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade. These young balloon enthusiasts had launched one of the balloons shot down by Joe Biden’s hardened military. The balloon was knocked out with a Sidewinder missile costing roughly $400,000.

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