Violence is not always justified, but there is always a reason why it happens. Western pundits, politicians and newscasters will very seldom tell you what those reasons are unless it advances the interests of the western empire.  

By Caitlin Johnstone
CaitlinJohnstone.com  

April 17, 2026

One common feature of western empire propaganda is that we are always given reasons for the empire's violence, while the violence of those who resist the empire tends to be framed as happening for no reason at all.

By Tucker Carlson  

April 17, 2026

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By John J. Duncan Jr.
The Ron Paul Institute  

April 17, 2026

The night before l voted against going to war in Iraq, my sister, Beverly, told me that a Knoxville television station had run a poll and found that in East Tennessee, 74 percent were in favor of going to war, 9 percent were against it, and 17 percent were undecided.

In very sharp contrast, the New York Times said only 41 percent favored going to war in Iran, and several polls showed even less support, in the 20-30 percent range, before the war started.

By Ryan McMaken
Mises.org  

April 17, 2026

On April 15, Americans face the deadline for sending to the federal Internal Revenue Service a report on all their income. Most Americans do this because failure to do so is likely to result in fines and possibly imprisonment. If one obstinately resists this, of course, one will find himself subject to deadly force from state agents.

For most people, however, tax day isn't about taxes of all kinds.

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Vue aérienne du Pentagone, le 22 octobre 2025

16 avr. 2026, 18:04

Le Pentagone a engagé des discussions avec General Motors, Ford et d'autres groupes industriels pour mobiliser leurs capacités civiles au service de la production militaire. Selon le Wall Street Journal, cette orientation traduit les grandes tensions sur les stocks américains après ses livraisons à l'Ukraine et l'escalade militaire contre l'Iran.

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Pete Hegseth, secrétaire américain à la Guerre

16 avr. 2026, 16:25

Les démocrates américains préparent une offensive politique contre le chef du Pentagone, accusé de multiples violations graves, allant du déclenchement d'une guerre illégale à l'abus de pouvoir. Fondée sur six chefs d'accusation, la procédure vise Pete Hegseth, mais a peu de chances d'aboutir dans un Congrès contrôlé par les républicains.

Martin Jay

Lebanon now is the main theatre, and the game that Israel is playing there is incredibly risky for Netanyahu and Trump.

The failed talks between the U.S. and Iran surprised no one. But what is surprising is how there seems to be no safety catch on Trump's foreign policy. Except Lebanon.

What did we just witness when the talks between the U.S. and Iran failed ? For many, the whole show was as surreal as it was disingenuous.

By Andrew P. Napolitano  

April 16, 2026

The makers of our Constitution undertook to secure conditions favorable to the pursuit of happiness. They sought to protect Americans in their beliefs, their thoughts, their emotions and their sensations. They conferred, as against the Government, the right to be let alone - the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized men.

- Justice Louis D.

By Wanjiru Njoya
Mises.org  

April 16, 2026

Walter E. Williams often made the point that a policy should be judged by whether it works, not by its good intentions. This warning is especially important because politicians are experts at declaring good intentions. If we judge them by their stated intentions alone, when their schemes end in disaster they could simply remind us that they meant well.

By John & Nisha Whitehead
The Rutherford Institute  

April 16, 2026

"In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule."- Friedrich Nietzsche

One week after posting a profanity-laced Easter message threatening to wipe out the entire civilization of Iran, Donald J. Trump, the 47^th president of the United States, spent the night of April 12 and into the early morning hours unleashing a barrage of AI-generated images, threats and insults.

By Andrew Wallace  

April 16, 2026

Congress is gambling that most of the People are Sunshine Patriots who are brainwashed, ignorant, apathetic, and freeloaders. They are correct at this instant in time, but that can change in a heartbeat when living conditions deteriorate further.

Anyone who does not know that our economy is on the brink of collapse is an Economic Illiterate. A great majority of the People elected President Trump on a platform of "America-First" but he is practicing Zionist, "Israel-First".

John Gotti ordered the murder of five people, while Trump ordered the murder of thousands.  

By Kurt Nimmo
Another Day in the Empire  

April 16, 2026

In the climax to Francis Ford Coppola's classic film, The Godfather, Michael Corleone, the scion of an Italian crime family, orders the murder of rival Mafia leaders after a failed peace meeting with members of the Five Families in New York.

Reading Truth Social posts by President Donald Trump, I am reminded of this film with its bloody ending.

By Larry C. Johnson
Sonar21  

April 16, 2026

If you set aside your logic and rational thought and listen instead to what Donald Trump and his media echo chamber is saying about the war with Iran you are hearing this:

The US has wiped out Iran's military capabilities.

The nuclear program is obliterated.

Iran's economy is shattered and it is looking for a way to be reintegrated into the global economy.

The man is always negotiating.  

By J.B. Shurk
American Thinker  

April 16, 2026

Eminently quotable writer James Howard Kunstler sized up President Trump's play in Iran a couple months back by concluding, "The art of the deal is not for sissies." That line aptly describes Trump's whole presidency, doesn't it?

Trump makes moves that scare people. Even his friends and allies require an occasional pause to digest exactly what he may or may not be planning.

Par Larry Johnson, le 16 avril 2026

Trump s'apprête à attaquer à nouveau l'Iran - peut-être dès ce week-end - avant de déclarer victoire et de retirer les forces américaines de la région du golfe Persique. Pourquoi ? Parce que Trump, par l'intermédiaire du secrétaire à la Guerre Hegseth, a dépêché 10 000 militaires américains supplémentaires dans la région du golfe Persique, ainsi que le groupe aéronaval de l'USS George H.W.

Par Larry C. Johnson

Trump s'apprête à attaquer à nouveau l'Iran — peut-être dès ce week-end — en prélude à une déclaration de victoire et au retrait des forces américaines de la région du golfe Persique. Je dis cela parce que Trump, par l'intermédiaire du secrétaire à la Guerre Hegseth, a dépêché 10 000 militaires américains supplémentaires dans la région du golfe Persique, ainsi que le groupe aéronaval de l'USS George H.W.

Par Jeffrey D. Sachs, Bandy X. Lee, James Gilligan, Prudence L. Gourguechon et James R. Merikangas

Le président Trump présente ce que les experts en santé mentale légale ont identifié comme la "triade noire" des traits de personnalité : le narcissisme, le machiavélisme et la psychopathie. Il s'agit là d'une urgence constitutionnelle

Note de la rédaction : La lettre suivante a été envoyée aux dirigeants bipartis du Congrès le lundi 13 avril 2026 au sujet des récentes déclarations et actions du président américain Donald J.

Par Patrick Lawrence
Arrêt sur info — 15 avril 2026

Note de la rédaction. Avertissement : Toute personne craignant d'être accusée d'antisémitisme pour avoir critiqué Israël devrait s'abstenir de lire le reportage suivant de notre chroniqueur américain Patrick Lawrence. Lawrence y démontre comment le président américain Donald Trump devient de plus en plus dépendant du Premier ministre israélien Benjamin Netanyahu et agit non pas dans l'intérêt des États-Unis, mais uniquement dans celui d'Israël.

Laura Ruggeri

Trump is not an aberration, a deviation from the system. He is the system finally becoming visible in all its self-undermining contradictions.

The No Kings protests, which began last June to coincide with Donald Trump's birthday and a U.S. Army 250th anniversary military parade in Washington, have drawn millions of participants, not only in the United States but more recently in several Western countries as well.

Par Larry Johnson, le 15 avril 2026

En mettant de côté toute logique et pensée rationnelle pour écouter ce que Donald Trump et les médias qui en font l'écho disent au sujet de la guerre avec l'Iran, voici ce que l'on entend :

Les États-Unis ont anéanti les capacités militaires de l'Iran.

Le programme nucléaire est anéanti.

L'économie iranienne est en ruine et le pays cherche un moyen de se reconnecter à l'économie mondiale.