The tanker Boracay that allegedly belongs to Russia’s so-called shadow fleet, is seen in October, 2025, off Saint-Nazaire, France’s Atlantic coast.

Beyond Virtue Signaling on Ukraine and Russia

by Tamar Jacoby August 24, 2026August 24, 2026

Congress could still add guardrails to Lindsey Graham’s legacy sanctions bill to stop Trump from further abusing his tariff authority.

Smoke shrouds the foothills below Monte Barone in the Piedmont region of Italy as a lightning-sparked wildfire burned for weeks in August 2026.

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How American Media Is Gaslighting Europeans on Air Conditioning

by Gillen Tener Martin August 20, 2026August 20, 2026

The continent is sweating not because of effete resistance to AC, but because of climate change.

Iranian and Venezuelan émigré networks helped sell U.S. intervention. Then Trump cut them out.

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The Exiles Who Sold Trump’s Wars

by María Isabel Puerta Riera and Kourosh Ziabari June 17, 2026June 16, 2026

Iranian and Venezuelan émigré networks made the case for U.S. intervention. Then the president cut them loose.

Return To Sender: Ukraine’s growing long-range strike capacity has pushed the war’s impacts deeper into Russia this spring. Here, debris dangles from a damaged apartment building after a Ukrainian drone attack in Moscow on May 4, 2026.

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Could the Tide Be Turning in Ukraine?

by Tamar Jacoby June 1, 2026June 1, 2026

The long-range drones and missiles pummeling Russia showcase Kyiv’s growing military might and its determination to end its dependence on Western allies.

Strategic Swagger: After years of warning that the Europe needs “strategic autonomy,” French President Emmanuel Macron has won the argument abroad—and lost his public at home. Here, Macron during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2026.

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The French Rejection

by Gillen Tener Martin May 26, 2026May 27, 2026

Why Emmanuel Macron can’t convince his voters to rearm.

Former Secretary of Defense and Director of the CIA Leon Panetta.

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Panetta: Iran War a ‘Terrible Mistake’ and Hegseth Is a ‘Disaster’

by Jonathan Alter May 19, 2026May 19, 2026

Leon Panetta, the last of the wise men, covers the waterfront on where we are and where we must go to save this country.

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Hondurasgate Looks Worse than Watergate and Iran-Contra Combined

by Bill Scher May 12, 2026May 12, 2026

Trump pardoned a right-wing authoritarian convicted of cocaine trafficking, apparently to reinstate him to power in Honduras and undermine left-wing governments in Mexico and Colombia. So why isn’t America media covering it?