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China Loves Trump
A Conversation with Dr. Xi As many of you know, I usually write a newsletter only once a month. This is an exception. My last one, distributed on January 20 and titled “AI, Musk, and Oligarchy,” was an imagined conversation with Thomas Paine. It generated a slurry of positive responses. […]

Trump Indicates That Israel Needs to Expand
Trump was supported by Israeli extremists who dream of a Greater Israel and advocate for Israel expansion. U.S. President Donald Trump was asked about Israel’s latest punishment campaign in the West Bank on Monday and mentioned how Israel is comparatively small considering the size of the Middle East. This context […]

Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Only Empowers The Police State
As mass arrests begin nationwide as part of an immigration crackdown, it serves as a boon for the centralization of authority into the hands of an even more corrupt government and the monopoly on violence which protects it. It has begun. Last week the Trump administration initiated a nationwide campaign of migrant […]

Ukraine Begins Another Effort To Seize Russian Assets For Weapons
Ukraine has renewed its push to confiscate frozen Russian assets and use the funds for its own weapons and war efforts. This new effort is following Donald Trump’s reelection as United States president. According to a report by the Washington Post on Friday [behind a paywall], citing anonymous officials, Kiev hopes Trump’s business acumen […]

Trump’s Unconstitutional Antisemitism EO & Twitter Partners w/ Visa As DARPA Rolls Out Pre-Crime
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (1/29/25). In today’s episode, we will be discussing the rising concern of Antisemitism and its impact on society. As always, take the information discussed […]

Joy and Pain Converge as Families Reunite with Palestinian Prisoners
Families in Ramallah celebrated the long-awaited release of 110 Palestinian prisoners, marking a moment of hope amidst years of suffering. Families gathered in the heart of Ramallah on Thursday to welcome their loved ones freed from Israeli prisons under the Al-Aqsa Flood deal between the Palestinian Resistance and the Israeli […]

Seeing the Destruction the Israel Military Has Caused in Lebanon
British journalist and former diplomat Craig Murray has provided a great service to people around the world in traveling to Lebanon to provide updates on the situation there in the wake of the Israel military’s invasion of the country. Murray’s latest video report, posted Friday at his YouTube page, provides […]

Real Patriots Don’t Think Like Hitler – Part 3
It is strange that many conservative patriots and alt-media influencers have come to believe that Adolf Hitler was a courageous Christian nationalist who should be admired for his resistance to secret societies and Jewish bankers. As I will outline within part 3 of ‘Real Patriots Don’t Think Like Hitler’ (click […]

Israeli Ceasefire Violations Continue, Lebanese Fear IDF Troops Will Remain Past Deadline
The Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon continues, as does Israel’s flaunting of the ceasefire. At least 11 violations of the ceasefire have been reported in the past 24 hours, including airstrikes, drone strikes, and gunfire against Lebanese civilians. Drone strikes were reported on a house in the village of Yahmor al-Shuqayf. The house had […]
They’re Still Slaughtering Civilians In Gaza
Drop Site News reports that more than 80 Palestinians have been killed by the IDF in Gaza since what we’re calling a “ceasefire” went into effect on the 19th of January. Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): Drop Site News reports that more than 80 […]