The Vampire State: Feeding on Our Fear, Freedom and Finances
“But these weren’t the kind of monsters that had tentacles and rotting skin, the kind a seven-year-old might be able to wrap his mind around—they were monsters with human faces, in crisp uniforms, marching in lockstep, so banal you don’t recognize them for what they are until it’s too late.”—Ransom […]
Economy
Trump’s Big China Deal Looks More Like an Uneasy Truce
Both sides will announce a win. But no key issues will be resolved. Fundamental Issues Unresolved Bloomberg reports US-China Trade Truce Leaves Fundamental Issues Unresolved Three Key Takeaways US-China Trade Deal Issues Fundamentals Not Changed “Both sides now seem to be focused primarily on stability,” Daniel Kritenbrink, partner at The Asia Group […]
Empire
Leaks expose collapse of EU/US-backed Belarusian ‘opposition’
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya was hailed by Western governments and media as the savior and rightful leader of Belarus. But leaked emails reveal her increasingly unpopular campaign for power in Minsk nearly collapsed under the weight of corruption scandals and infighting. When Belarusian opposition figure Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya declared herself “President” of an […]
Activism
The Vampire State: Feeding on Our Fear, Freedom and Finances
“But these weren’t the kind of monsters that had tentacles and rotting skin, the kind a seven-year-old might be able to wrap his mind around—they were monsters with human faces, in crisp uniforms, marching in lockstep, so banal you don’t recognize them for what they are until it’s too late.”—Ransom […]
Health
Connecting the Dots between the WHO and UN Security Council Reform
The Indian-origin parable of the six blind men describing an elephant spread to many cultures and civilisations centuries ago and is therefore a widely-known story. Upon first encountering an elephant, the men who had heard about but not actually come across it, each person projects from the particular part of the animal […]
Tech
The Technocratic Trump Administration: Pressuring and Consolidating the Media
The Technocratic Trump administration is not only launching Public Private Partnerships with Big Tech companies — they are seeking to dominate the media landscape. In the first part of this series we examined the major ways in which the Trump administration is expanding the mission of the Technocrats by the merging of state and […]
Crypto
Steak ’n Shake Launches First-Ever Strategic Bitcoin Reserve
Steak ’n Shake is making history as the first major restaurant to create a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, adding all Bitcoin payments to its SBR and taking a bold step into cryptocurrency adoption. Steak ’n Shake is making history as the first major restaurant to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. All […]
Podcasts
The Technocratic Dark State
Sonia Poulton and Iain Davis discuss Iain’s new book The Technocratic Dark State To indicate that you would like to pre-order a copy (without making any commitment to buy) please title an email “Preorder” and send it to [email protected] Your email will automatically be entered in the prize draw to win […]
Solutions
Newspeak in the Classroom: California AB 715 and the Language of Control
I’m writing this as both a Californian and an investigative journalist who’s spent years watching how governments wrap control in the language of protection. California’s Assembly Bill 715, introduced in February 2025, passed the State Assembly on May 29, cleared the Senate later that summer, and was signed into law […]