American and Ecuadorian military forces launched joint strikes against narco-terror targets in Ecuador on Tuesday, U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) announced.

The joint operations target Designated Terrorist Organizations within the country, the U.S. announced in a press release. SOUTHCOM described the operations as a “powerful example of the commitment of partners in Latin America and the Caribbean” to partner with the U.S. in combatting narco-terrorism. (RELATED: Trump Admin Takes Out 11 Designated Narco-Terrorists In ‘Lethal Kinetic Strikes’)

“Together, we are taking decisive action to confront narco-terrorists who have long inflicted terror, violence, and corruption on citizens throughout the hemisphere,” the press release stated. SOUTHCOM also posted the announcement on X, along with video of soldiers being deployed.

President Donald Trump designated several cartels as terrorist organizations on the first day of his second term in office, which the administration has used to justify military strikes in the Caribbean.

Marine Gen. Francis L. Donovan commended the Ecuadorian armed forces “for their unwavering commitment” to the fight against drug trafficking.

“We commend the men and women of the Ecuadorian armed forces for their unwavering commitment to this fight, demonstrating courage and resolve through continued actions against narco-terrorists in their country,” he stated.

The strikes come less than a week after Trump announced Operation Epic Fury in Iran, hitting nuclear and military targets alongside the Israeli military. Both operations are part of a series of recent U.S. military and law enforcement campaigns conducted with regional partners.

https://dailycaller.com/2026/03/04/us-ecuador-strikes-narco-terrorists/ 

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HAVANA(AP) — A blackout left millions of people without power in Havana and the rest of western Cuba on Wednesday in the latest outage on an island struggling with dwindling oil reserves and a crumbling electric grid.

Government radio station Radio Rebelde quoted an energy official as saying that it could take at least 72 hours to restore operations at one of Cuba's largest thermoelectric power plants, where a shutdown sparked the outage.

The government’s electric utility said on social platform X that the outage affected people from the western town of Pinar del Rio to the central town of Camaguey.

Energy and Mines Minister Vicente de la O Levy wrote on X late Wednesday that the government was powering critical infrastructure in the affected region as two power plants came online. Such infrastructure includes hospitals and medical clinics.

“We are working to restore the National Electric System amid a complex energy situation,” he wrote earlier on X.

The U.S. Embassy warned people to “prepare for significant disruptions” and conserve fuel, water, food and mobile phone batteries. “Cuba’s national power grid is increasingly unreliable, and scheduled and unscheduled power outages are prolonged and a daily occurrence across the country, including Havana,” it said on X.

‘We’ll have to eat bread again'

By late afternoon, the government said crews had restored power to 2.5% of Havana, or some 21,100 customers, noting that efforts were gradual and tied to what the system's conditions would allow. It did not provide updated numbers by late Wednesday night.

“We trust in the experience and effort of the electrical workers to overcome this situation in the shortest possible time,” Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz wrote on X.

As night fell, people across Havana lingered on doorsteps and used wood or charcoal to prepare “caldosas,” a popular soup shared among neighbors who contribute items including vegetables, chicken and meat. A group of musicians along the city's famed seawall played into the night.

Others played dominoes by a rechargeable lightbulb.

“With the power outages, this is the only thing we young people have to distract ourselves,” Jeferson Silvera said.

Daily, prolonged outages have become so common in Cuba that 66-year-old Genoveva Torres was waiting for power to return at night as usual to cook dinner. She was perturbed when told about the massive blackout.

“My God, until when?” she exclaimed. “Then we won't eat. We'll have to eat bread again.”

State media reported that the outage was caused by a shutdown of the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric power plant east of Havana following a leak in its boiler.

Radio Rebelde quoted the plant's technical director Romلn Pérez Castaٌeda as saying that crews must first locate the fault before repairing it and restarting the unit.

The outage caught 63-year-old Odalis Sلnchez out on the street with her grandson. She was unable to walk because of a recent operation, so she called someone for a ride home.

“I need to be able to get home to see what I can do,” Sلnchez said. “Without power, you can’t do anything. My grandson also is studying and I have to make him food. Public transportation isn’t helping.”

Ernesto Couto Martيnez, 76, was trying to find a ride home and said he would confront the latest outage “with the spirit that all Cubans have.”

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March 2, 2026

Former President Barack Obama furthered radical Islam in the United States. It was Barack Obama who ended investigations of Hezbollah crime syndicates in the US despite the ATF warning of the dangers. When the Holy Land Foundation was caught raising funds for terror, he ended the probe. It was Obama and his acolytes who forbade probes into and surveillance of radical mosques.

The former president legitimized the Muslim Brotherhood, CAIR, and other radical organizations.

He promoted the idea that Islam was peace and peace alone.

Obama ended the FBI and CIA training in radical Islam. He canceled the counterterrorism training and replaced it with the Muslim Brotherhood representatives to train the FBI about Islamophobia, which is still happening today.

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etc For truly in the world right now, saith your Father God, is much trouble, trouble that they know not how to deal with. They know not how to stop the drought, the global warming, the flooding, they know not how to stop the rains, the forest fires, they do not know these things. They do not know how to stop the wars, the troubles that are taking place in the world and the troubles yet to come. etc.

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Naval base 'on lockdown' as intruder arrives by BOAT

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Published: 11:24 EST, 2 March 2026 | Updated: 13:02 EST, 2 March 2026

A US Naval base in Florida has reportedly been placed on lockdown after an intruder arrived by boat.

Naval Air Station Pensacola (NAS) closed its gates to the public after a man ran onto the base after beaching his vessel nearby, according to police dispatch audio.

Residents who live near the base - home of the Navy's Blue Angels - reported hearing alerts on speakers, including: 'Potential threat to the installation.'

NAS Pensacola said: 'Both gates to the base are currently closed. Additionally, gates to NAS Pensacola's Corry Station Annex are closed.'

The base declined to provide further details, but locals claimed on social media that it is under lockdown.

It comes amid heightened terror fears after the US launched its war in Iran on Saturday.

A gunman shot dead two people at a packed bar in Austin, Texas, and wounded more than a dozen in the early hours of Sunday.

The Muslim attacker, originally from Senegal, was wearing an Iran flag T-shirt and a hoodie that said 'Property of Allah.'

An FBI official on Saturday said its counterterrorism and counterintelligence teams are on elevated alert across the country.

Iran uses a network of proxy militant groups around the globe to carry out violent attacks against Western countries.

The FBI did not say how long the terror alert will remain in effect.

Homeland Security Secretary Kirsti Noem said her department was working with law enforcement partners to 'thwart any potential threats to the homeland.'

Trump told the Daily Mail in an exclusive interview on Sunday that the war with Iran is set to last weeks.

'It's always been a four-week process. We figured it will be four weeks or so. It's always been about a four-week process so - as strong as it is, it's a big country, it'll take four weeks - or less,' the President explained.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15607105/navy-base-pensacola-florida.html 

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Iranian Drones Strike EU Country In War First

by Tyler Durden

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The Iran war has just for the first time, and rather quickly given it's only the third day of the conflict, expanded to include an EU nation in the Mediterranean. Iranian-made drones have reached Cyprus and at least one has made ground impact. But they may have been launched from nearby Lebanon.

The British Royal Air Force (RAF) base in Akrotiri, Cyprus came under attack Monday morning, with an Iranian drone striking the runway in the early hours, several reports say. This comes as Britain has mulled directly joining Trump's Iran operation, but now appears to be pulling back from the prospect.

General view of RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, via PA/The Independent

"Our force protection in the region is at the highest level and the base has responded to defend our people," a British Ministry of Defence spokesperson has told international media.

Hours after the initial salvo, two more unmanned aerial vehicles were successfully intercepted while inbound over the same base. "Our armed forces are responding to a suspected drone strike at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus at midnight local time," the MoD statement continued. "Our force protection in the region is at the highest level and the base has responded to defend our people."

The RAF is now taking emergency precaution measures is at least partially evacuating the base after a prior build-up:

The attacks on Akrotiri, a British sovereign base area, comes after the RAF recently moved additional defensive capabilities to the location—including radar systems, anti-drone defenses, and F-35 jets—as part of ongoing efforts to support stability in the Middle East.

Showcasing the widening impact of the Iran conflict, an airport in Paphos, Cyprus, was later evacuated after a suspect object was picked up on radars.

Cooper spoke of the “international” threat Monday morning and expressed the importance of recognizing “the responsibilities we have around defensive support for areas where there are British citizens."

Cooper further said that in private conversations with officials throughout the Gulf region, the leaders expressed they were "frankly shocked and horrified at the way their countries have been targeted by Iran over the weekend."

Family members of UK military members have been ordered to leave the base as it is now clearly being targeted:

Family members of British military personnel have been asked leave to leave the base for their own safety, and will be based elsewhere in Cyprus until the alert passes.

The drone struck hours after the UK agreed to let the US use British military bases to attack Iranian missile sites, but officials indicate the possible flight times mean it was launched before the prime minister announced the new policy.

Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides has stated that "All the competent services of the republic are on alert and in full operational readiness." He also clarified his country has nothing to do with the war.

??????? BREAKING: Cypriot media has confirmed that an Iranian drone has damaged one of the runways at the UK Akrotiri airbase in Cyprus almost 1000km from Iran itself? pic.twitter.com/mTwsZAIhQk

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"I want to be clear: Our country does not participate in any way and does not intend to be part of any military operation," the Cyprus president added.

There's growing concern that the drones could have been sent from Iran's proxy arm in Lebanon: Hezbollah. Israel has just renewed its bombing of Beirut and other parts of Lebanon after the Shia paramilitary group (or possibly another group) fired rockets on northern Israel.

Lebanon is only a short, hours-long boat ride away from Cyprus. Israel is also not very distant. The British military has two sovereign military bases which it has maintained on Cyprus since the independence of its former colony in 1960.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/iranian-drones-strike-eu-country-first-war 

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IRGC - Americans Will No Longer Be Safe; Not Even in their own homes

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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warn the US will ‘no longer be safe.’

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned on Monday that the United States “will no longer be safe”, on the third day of joint US-Israeli attacks against the Islamic republic.

“The enemy should know that their happy days are over and they will no longer be safe anywhere in the world, not even in their own homes,” the Guards’ Quds force, which oversees its foreign operations, said in a statement carried by state TV.

To the US and Israel, the IRGC is publicly saying:

"Do not sleep tonight. Tonight, you will become familiar with the newest weapons. Even shelters are no longer safe."

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force, which oversees Iran’s overseas military operations, said on Monday that “enemies” who killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will not “have security anywhere in the world, even inside their own homes.”

“We declare to the Islamic nation and the freedom-seekers of the world that we will not cease fighting until the destruction of global arrogance and international Zionism, and we will take revenge for the oppressed of the world and the great martyrs from the oppressors and the arrogant,” the force added in a statement carried by state media.

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etc Pray about the earthquakes, the tornadoes, the hurricanes, pray about the hail, the snowstorms, the blizzards, pray concerning these things.  For the enemy is moving mightily in different areas to cause the price in your grocery stores to skyrocket and if you don’t pray this will affect you. etc.

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Huge snowstorm in the Northeast forces millions to stay home, disrupts flights and closes schools

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE, CLAIRE RUSH, JULIE WALKER and ADAM GELLER

NEW YORK (AP) — A massive snowstorm pummeled the northeastern United States from Maryland to Maine on Monday, forcing millions of people to stay home amid strong wind and blizzard warnings, transportation shutdowns, and school and business closures.

Meteorologists said the storm is the strongest in a decade, dumping more than 2 feet (60 centimeters) of snow in parts of the metropolitan Northeast, shattering accumulation records in places, immobilizing transit and even leading the United Nations to postpone a Security Council meeting. Officials declared emergencies, schools closed, including in New York City, which had its first “old-school” snow day in six years, and people grappled with power failures.

Even as the snow moved northward and tapered off in other areas, the National Weather Service said it is tracking another storm that could bring more snow to the region later this week.

The weather service referred to Monday’s storm as a “classic bomb cyclone/nor’easter off the Northeast coast.” A bomb cyclone happens when a storm’s pressure falls by a certain amount within a 24-hour period, occurring mainly in the fall and winter when frigid Arctic air can reach the south and clash with warmer temperatures.

While it was paralyzing and potentially dangerous for millions along the Eastern Seaboard, meteorologists found themselves rhapsodizing over the combination of power and beauty.

The storm hit the “Goldilocks situation” of just the right temperature for wet, heavy snow: Any warmer and its precipitation wouldn’t have fallen as snow, any colder and there wouldn’t have been as much moisture in the air to feed that snowfall, said Owen Shieh, warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center in Maryland.

People begin digging out even as snowfall continues

In Lower Manhattan, snow shovelers appeared to outnumber commuting office workers, and pedestrians walked freely in streets normally blocked by morning traffic.

“It’s very quiet, except for the howling winds,” said Luis Valez, a concierge at a residential tower just off Wall Street, as he cleared the sidewalk. “A couple of residents have gone out to get their essentials. Other than that, there’s nothing.”

Matthew Wojtkowiak, 57, an attorney, was also shoveling in his Brooklyn neighborhood.

“I’m from the Midwest, so this is in the zone,” he said. “Not too bad, not too easy, either.”

Schools were closed, and he said he hoped people would get out and enjoy the snow.

“We have sleds at the ready,” he said.

Karen Smith and Adele Bawden are tourists visiting New York from the United Kingdom.

“We’ve been dancing in Times Square this morning in the middle of the road in rush hour,” Bawden said. “We’ve just been dancing and not believing we could do it.”

Ingrid Devita said she liked to patrol the Lower East Side on skis, checking on people who might need help.

“I find people fall in the snow and they can’t get up,” she said.

Central Park in New York City recorded 19 inches (48 centimeters) of snow. Warwick, Rhode Island, exceeded 3 feet (91 centimeters), topping the nation so far. The highest wind gust of 83 mph (133 kph) was recorded in Nantucket, with hurricane-force gusts seen all over Cape Cod.

In Connecticut, crews at the Mystic Seaport Museum prepared to clear snow from a fleet of historic ships, including the 113-foot-long Charles W. Morgan, a wooden whaling ship from the 19th century American merchant fleet.

Shannon McKenzie, vice president of watercraft operations and preservation, said shipyard staff will clear the snow by hand using rubber or plastic shovels because machinery or metal shovels could damage the boats.

Storm fuels power outages and disrupts flights

New York, Philadelphia and other cities, as well as several states, declared emergencies.

More than 5,600 flights in and out of the United States were canceled Monday, and a further 2,000 flights scheduled for Tuesday were grounded, according to the flight tracking website FlightAware. Most of the cancelations involved airports in New York, New Jersey and Boston. Almost 2,500 flights were delayed.

Rhode Island’s T.F. Green International Airport announced Monday that it was temporarily ending all airport operations. The Weather Service reported that the facility got nearly 38 inches (96.5 centimeters) of snow, breaking a record set in 1978.

Public transit ground to a halt in some areas, while DoorDash suspended deliveries in New York City overnight into Monday.

Meteorologists said strong winds and heavy, wet snow are a recipe for damaged trees and prolonged power outages.

More than 450,000 utility customers nationwide remained in darkness Monday evening, according to PowerOutage.us, which tracks outages nationwide.

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Let your prayers come before my throne, be covered in my blood, keep that covering upon you, be open in the spirit realm, for there are many, many cell groups across the United States. It is that time when you shall see this, and therefore, your prayers will be more for your protection than the protection of others. For many do foolish things and go to places without a covering, without an understanding, without a realization of what is taking place throughout the world. You can no longer be like that, you must be aware, you must have your spiritual eyes open, you must be listening to the things that I tell you, for it is extremely important. etc.

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Chasing the apocalypse: Radical Shiite clerics on American soil preach prophetic showdown with US

Fox News Digital investigation shows hardline Shiite ideologues framing conflict between US, Iran as prophecy for the arrival of the Mahdi, or 'messiah'

Asra Q. Nomani By Asra Q. Nomani Fox News

Published March 2, 2026 7:00am EST

MANASSAS, Va. – FIRST ON FOX: For many, the war with Iran — and the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — might seem like the climactic end to a long, brutal reign of terror by the theological clerics who have run the country since 1979.

But a Fox News Digital investigation reveals that, for certain hardline Shiite ideologues, including in the U.S., this is not an ending but a prophetic showdown that will usher in the arrival of the "Mahdi," a messiah, according to Islamic eschatology, or the theology of end times.

In this prophecy, Mahdi will emerge to battle Dajjal, the Islamic equivalent of the Antichrist, in a final battle of Armageddon. For many of these ideologues, President Donald Trump is Dajjal.

At a recent Friday sermon at a local Shiite mosque in northern Virginia, an imam closed prayer with an earnest plea, before war broke out in Iran: "May Allah destroy all the nonbelievers – or kafiroon or munafiqoon," he said, using Arabic words that refer to "nonbelievers" and "hypocrites."

He asked for this victory "before the arrival of Imam Mahdi."

Fox News Digital observed the sermon and also witnessed a special table of honor in the middle of the mosque’s main prayer hall, featuring framed photos of Khamenei embracing Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrullah, also killed by Israel for orchestrating terrorist attacks.

The Friday service at the Manassas Mosque reveals a theological dynamic that Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned about in early February, noting that the Islamic Republic of Iran’s leaders are guided not merely by geopolitics and national security considerations, but by "pure theology."

"We have to understand that Iran ultimately is governed, and its decisions are governed by Shiite clerics — radical Shiite clerics — who make policy decisions on the basis of pure theology," Rubio said.

In its investigation, Fox News Digital conducted a digital analysis of hours of sermons and scores of pages of pro-regime protest slogans, messaging and social media posts, using large-language models, and found clerics, community leaders and media platforms in the U.S. framing tensions with Iran in explicitly apocalyptic terms rooted in eschatology, or Islamist end-times theology.

The investigation found that precepts shaping Tehran’s worldview, from its clerics to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, are also being preached on American soil by proxies for Iran’s propaganda.

From the mosque in northern Virginia to religious institutions in Michigan and Texas, clerics aligned with the Islamic Republic are advancing a doomsday interpretation of faith that casts geopolitical and military confrontation with the U.S. as part of a prophetic destiny tied to the return of the Mahdi.

After war broke out Friday night, Fox News Digital witnessed pro-regime chats on messaging platforms, like Telegram, filled with prayers, awaiting "the arrival" of Mahdi.

"We need Al Mahdi…His return with Jesus will be the final win permanently," one read.

"The saviour the warrior the dominator ‘ imam mahdi ’ [sic] will arrive," read another.

Last summer, the Manassas Mosque co-organized a White House protest with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, the ANSWER Coalition, CodePink and other far-left groups to support the Iranian regime. The groups are now again protesting Trump’s military action against Iran.

One demonstrator, wearing a black-and-white Palestinian keffiyeh scarf over her face, carried a flag last summer that read "Labayk ya Mahdi" in Arabic, meaning, "At your service, oh, Mahdi."

In Farsi, Arabic and English, the flag also had the message, "I dedicate every single of my steps to your reappearance."

Pro-regime mosques, K-12 schools and local community organizations in the U.S. are "producing messaging that mirrors Tehran’s talking points almost word for word," warned Andrew Ghalili, policy director at the National Union for Democracy in Iran, an advocacy group led by Iranian Americans who oppose the theocratic regime running Iran.

In an upcoming report, "The Ayatollahs’ Influence Network in the United States," reviewed by Fox News Digital, the group's researchers conclude the Islamic Republic of Iran spreads "Tehran's messaging" in a network of institutions it supports in the U.S., for example, pitting Trump as the Dajjal fighting defenders of the Mahdi, like Khamenei and now his successors.

"What we're seeing is years of deliberate investment by the Islamic Republic inside the United States," Ghalili told Fox News Digital.

"This is happening on American soil, and it's just another way in which the regime poses a direct threat to the United States, this time not with missiles but through infiltration," he said.

A gunman just killed three in Austin, Texas, wearing a sweater that said, "PROPERTY OF ALLAH." According to media reports, law enforcement officials found the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran and photos of its leaders in his home.

After the recent Friday service, two community leaders at the Manassas mosque declined to speak for attribution but told Fox News Digital that the rhetoric of destroying "nonbelievers" and the photos of Khamenei and the terrorist group leaders are meant to challenge "injustice" before the Mahdi appears.

A Harvard University report on "The Hidden Imam and the End of Time" recognizes the world’s two billion Muslims hold a range of beliefs regarding eschatology and many reject strict or literal interpretations.

In the majority Sunni sect and the minority Shiite sect of Islam, clerics describe the Mahdi’s army traveling from modern-day Iran to Damascus, Syria, where Jesus would appear at the Umayyad Mosque and pray behind the Mahdi. The Mahdi’s forces would battle Dajjal in Syria and kill him in Lod, Israel, conquering the world.

Days ago, Iran’s state-run Islamic Republic News Agency repeated the end-times narrative, quoting Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem, claiming the regime is the "government of Imam Mahdi" and its anti-U.S. "resistance is the path to hastening his reappearance."

For women’s rights activist Sara Ghorbani, a writer who fled Iran’s rigid theocratic rule in 2010, the regime's death grip on power is disturbing.

"We’re fighting an evil that the world doesn’t truly comprehend in its belief that it has a divine mandate to usher in a day of apocalypse," Ghorbani told Fox News Digital.

"Our brave people in Iran are fighting a tyranny that believes it is God’s salvation for this earth when, in fact, it is a cruel and ungodly regime that is actually their own prophecy of Dajjal," added Ghorbani, who created a short video of children the Iranian regime allegedly killed in recent weeks.

In Dearborn, Michigan, Usama Abdulghani, imam at the Hadi Institute, recently posted a controversial video on a YouTube channel for "Light of Guidance," which says on its YouTube page that its content isn’t connected to any other organization.

Before war broke out, he warned congregants that "the empire is now right outside the door" of Iran, in the form of U.S. forces. The Hadi Institute and the Light of Guidance didn’t respond to requests for comment about the cleric’s statements.

In another lecture, he reassured congregants, "Iran has been waiting for the mother of all battles for 47 years," since 1979. He said Americans shouldn’t fight "for this empire."

He urged congregants to engage in a "clarification jihad" and convert Americans to Islam "before Imam Mahdi returns."

In its report, the National Union for Democracy in Iran alleges that the Hadi Institute is a "rhetorically aggressive node in the pro-Iran ecosystem." It has a publishing enterprise that says on its website that its staff "deliver an unfiltered message in promoting an Islamic worldview in preparation of the Mahdi." The Hadi Institute and its publishing initiative didn’t respond to questions about the criticisms about its work.

It alleges anti-U.S. propaganda, like the doomsday scenario, is often expressed at venues supported by a pro-regime New York-based 501(c)(3) organization, the Alavi Foundation, which it alleges has built "durable, institution-based influence networks operating inside the United States through religious, educational and nonprofit structures."

In its latest IRS Form 990 filing, the Alavi Foundation, headquartered on Fifth Avenue in midtown Manhattan, reported $58 million in assets. The Alavi Foundation didn’t respond to a request for comment about the allegations that it promotes propaganda that supports the regime in Iran.

At one point, Abdulghani reassured his congregation that Iran would defeat U.S. forces, saying, "Iran has something for these guys. Don’t be worried about Iran. Iran has been waiting for the mother of all battles for 47 years. They’ve been waiting for this. Iran is prepared. Don’t worry about that. Iran’s going to be able to handle its business."

In a new report, researchers at the National Contagion Research Institute, based in Princeton, N.J., analyzed regime narratives alleging the CIA and Israel's Mossad spy agency, fomented January’s protests against the regime, an allegation that Abdulghani repeated. They found "decentralized influence networks," including in the U.S., "operationalize and amplify" pro-regime narratives.

The pro-regime messaging even invokes the end-times narrative to children. In late December, the "Muslim Student Association Persian-Speaking Group of North America" shared a video showing children coloring paper masks, swords and shields labeled "Ya Mahdi, Labayk," or "Oh Mahdi, come." The children staged mock attacks with their paper weapons amid Legos and glitter.

A few years ago, a video from the Islamic Education Center of Houston went viral in Iran, featuring students saying they would be soldiers for Imam Mahdi, singing, "I make an oath to be your martyr." The center didn't respond to requests for comment, but an academic told the local media the video was metaphorical allegiance to a religious figure.

The messianic messaging also extends to pro-regime media platforms. Earlier this month, a media website, TMJ News Network, published an article headlined, "The Promise of Justice Amid Corruption," featuring an image of convicted child sex predator Jeffrey Epstein alongside a green-cloaked silhouette and images of other figures referenced in documents released by the Justice Department. Only Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell has been implicated in illegal conduct in connection with the Epstein case.

The article stated that "against this backdrop, the Mahdist movement represents a promise of justice."

On the anniversary of the 1979 Revolution, the pro-regime Light of Guidance hosted an assistant imam, Hassan Salamey, who invoked "the Epstein list" to denounce "the Satanic" West.

"The Islamic Republic is the system that is working to prepare the grounds for the saviors who will come side by side: Jesus, the son of Mary, and the Mahdi from the final prophet's line," he said. "This is the transitional government that will lead the fight to save us all."

Back at the Manassas Mosque in northern Virginia, congregation members closed their prayers seeking to "destroy all the nonbelievers," the portraits of Khamenei, Sinwar and Nasrullah over their shoulders.

Fox News Digital's Hannah Brennan, Tessa Hoyos and Nikos DeGruccio contributed to this report.

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A democratic Iran could become Israel's ally, regional power

While Israel would prefer to see the regime in Tehran collapse, Middle Eastern states are hoping for the exact opposite. The reason? A civil war in Iran could trigger refugee waves and disrupt key shipping lanes. Yet, if the regime falls, a pro Western government could emerge as a regional power.

by Shachar Kleiman

Published on 02-22-2026 08:45  Last modified: 02-22-2026 08:45

Governments across the Middle East are watching developments in Iran with mounting unease. The threat of a regional war is not the only issue, nor is the Iranian regime's threats to attack US sites and forces.

Two main scenarios worry the Arab states. The first is large scale chaos and civil war inside Iran, with spillover effects across the region. Such instability could trigger waves of refugees and disrupt shipping lanes in the Persian Gulf, a vital artery for Gulf economies.

The second scenario, seen by Israel the as optimistic one, is the rapid collapse of the Islamic Republic and the rise of a pro Western government in Tehran. Over time, that could transform Iran into a rising regional power.

"In the end, Arab states want the Islamic Republic to remain," an Iranian exile told Israel Hayom. "They fear a free Iran in the future, because they know that a free and democratic Iran would become Israel's first ally in the Middle East. Their double game or the Muslim Brotherhood project would no longer have buyers."

The exile argued that the regime's threats should be put in proportion. "The Islamic Republic's ultimate power lies in threats. These are empty threats of disrupting regional order for days and harming the economy and livelihoods of billions. That is why any blow to the Islamic Republic must be severe and effective, until it falls. Otherwise the regime will become bolder and more dangerous than before."

Against this backdrop, the strategy of most Arab states becomes clearer: embrace the regime diplomatically, while assisting mediation efforts with the US.

Egypt

The head of Iran's Interests Section in Cairo, Mojtaba Ferdowsi-Pour, issued a dramatic statement Friday announcing that a final decision had been made to exchange ambassadors between Iran and Egypt, with only a formal declaration pending. If implemented, the move would fully restore relations severed after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Although lower level diplomatic channels have existed over the years, the announcement signals warming ties from the Egyptian side, which seeks to distance itself from a regional confrontation. The previous regional flare up following the war against the Hamas terrorist organization in Gaza led to disruptions in the Suez Canal and heavy financial losses for Egypt. Cairo has no interest in renewed Houthi attacks in the Red Sea.

Qatar

The Gulf emirate, which hosts terrorist organizations, has much to lose from a war with Iran. The Al Udeid Air Base on its territory hosts thousands of US troops. Instability in the Persian Gulf could also damage its economy, which relies heavily on gas exports shipped by sea.

Qatar is therefore operating on two tracks. Diplomatically, it is passing messages between Iran and the US in an effort to preserve negotiations aimed at preventing war. Over the weekend, Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani conveyed a message to his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi that talks were "still ongoing."

Militarily, Qatar is relying on US defense systems being deployed to the region, in addition to American made systems it already possesses.

Saudi Arabia

The kingdom is increasing coordination with Iran in hopes of preventing an attack on US forces stationed on Saudi soil. On the sidelines of an international naval exercise in India, Milan 2026, a trilateral meeting was reportedly held between senior naval officials from Saudi Arabia and Iran. Discussions focused on improving maritime cooperation, including combating piracy, securing shipping lanes and crisis management.

This follows talks several weeks ago between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. The crown prince reportedly delivered conciliatory messages and pledged that he "would not allow any action from his territory."

Oman

The sultanate has emerged as the most significant Gulf mediator between Iran and the US. After the latest round of talks in Geneva, Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said progress had been made and that the atmosphere was constructive. Still, it remains unclear whether Oman will succeed this time.

Diplomatic sources aligned with Iran said the US side raised the issues of ballistic missiles and regional involvement, while the Iranian delegation insisted on focusing solely on the nuclear file. According to a report in Al Akhbar, US envoy Steve Witkoff warned the Iranians that such insistence "would not be to their benefit."

United Arab Emirates

Officials in Abu Dhabi, like others in the region, have made clear they will not allow any attack on Iran to be launched from their territory, possibly in the hope that the regime in the Islamic Republic will limit its response. There is also concern about the economic impact of a regional conflict on the federation.

According to Reuters, stock markets in the UAE already fell Friday after investors reacted to a US ultimatum demanding that Iran reach an agreement within days or "suffer." At the same time, Emirati commentators argue that Tehran has lost most of its leverage and is at a dead end.

Kuwait

The emirate has also expressed concern. Earlier this month, senior Kuwaiti politician Abdullah al-Nafisi questioned why negotiations between Iran and the US could not be direct. "Wouldn't that be faster and avoid the tensions associated with indirect talks?" he asked. On another occasion, he predicted the talks would fail because President Donald Trump views the Iranian issue as the only solution to his "domestic problems."

Iraq

Amid the regional turmoil, Baghdad appears mired in political gridlock. The pro Iranian Shiite bloc had intended to nominate Nouri al-Maliki for prime minister. However, the US and various Iraqi actors quickly voiced opposition to a candidate seen as close to Tehran. As a result, alternative, less controversial names are now reportedly under consideration.

A US strike on Iran could plunge Iraq into chaos due to Shiite militias loyal to the Iranian regime. However, in January 2026 the US completed its withdrawal from its last major base in Iraq, Ain al-Asad. That development narrows the range of potential targets available to Tehran.

https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/02/22/a-democratic-iran-could-become-israels-ally-regional-power/ 

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Iran retaliates after EU blacklists IRGC

Iran designates EU member states’ navies and air forces as terrorist organizations in response to the EU’s decision to blacklist the IRGC.

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry announced on Saturday that it has designated the navies and air forces of all European Union (EU) member states as terrorist organizations, the Xinhua news agency reported.

The move was described as a response to the EU’s recent decision to label Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) a terrorist organization, which Tehran called “unlawful and unjustified."

In a statement, the ministry said the EU decision is “in contradiction with the fundamental principles and rules of the United Nations Charter and international law."

The statement added that the Iranian government acted in accordance with a 2019 law, under which “all those countries that in any way comply with or support the US decision to declare the IRGC a terrorist organization will be subject to reciprocal action."

Iran’s move came three days after the Council of the EU formally added the IRGC to the bloc’s terrorist list, following a political agreement reached by EU foreign ministers last month.

The agreement was made possible after France said it would support the move, withdrawing its longstanding opposition to it.

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EU designates Iran’s IRGC as a terrorist organization

The designation triggers restrictive measures under the EU counterterrorism sanctions regime, including the freezing of the group’s funds and other financial assets or economic resources within EU member states.

Tehran was outraged by the EU’s late January announcement that it would classify the IRGC as a terrorist organization and summoned all EU ambassadors in the country.

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Afghans mourn villagers killed in Pakistani strikes

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Afghans gathered around a mass grave Sunday to bury villagers killed in overnight air strikes by Pakistan, which said its military targeted militants.

The overnight attacks killed at least 18 people and were the most extensive since border clashes in October, which left more than 70 dead on both sides and wounded hundreds.

"The house was completely destroyed. My children and family members were there. My father and my sons were there. All of them were killed," said Nezakat, a 35-year-old farmer in Bihsud district, who only gave one name.

Islamabad said it hit seven sites along the border region targeting Afghanistan-based militant groups, in response to suicide bombings in Pakistan.

The military targeted the Pakistani Taliban and its associates, as well as an affiliate of the Islamic State group, a statement by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said.

Afghan government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said "people's homes have been destroyed, they have targeted civilians, they have committed this criminal act" with the bombardment of Nangarhar and Paktika provinces.

Residents from around the remote Bihsud district in Nangarhar joined searchers to look for bodies under the rubble, an AFP journalist said, using shovels and a digger.

"People here are ordinary people. The residents of this village are our relatives. When the bombing happened, one person who survived was shouting for help," said neighbour Amin Gul Amin, 37.

Nangarhar police told AFP the bombardment started at around midnight and hit three districts, with those killed all in a civilian's house.

"Twenty-three members of his family were buried under the rubble, of whom 18 were killed and five wounded," said police spokesperson Sayed Tayeeb Hammad.

Strikes elsewhere in Nangarhar wounded two others, while in Paktika an AFP journalist saw a destroyed guesthouse but there were no immediate reports of casualties.

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Afghanistan's defence ministry said it will "deliver an appropriate and calculated response" to the Pakistani strikes.

The two countries have been locked in an increasingly bitter dispute since the Taliban authorities retook control of Afghanistan in 2021.

Pakistani military action killed 70 Afghan civilians between October and December, according to the UN mission in Afghanistan.

Several rounds of negotiations followed an initial ceasefire brokered by Qatar and Turkey, but they have failed to produce a lasting agreement.

Saudi Arabia intervened this month, mediating the release of three Pakistani soldiers captured by Afghanistan in October.

The deteriorating relationship has hit people in both countries, with the land border largely shut for months.

Pakistan said Sunday that despite repeated urging by Islamabad, the Taliban authorities have failed to act against militant groups using Afghan territory to carry out attacks in Pakistan.

The Afghan government has denied harbouring militants.

Islamabad launched the strikes after a suicide blast at a Shiite mosque in Islamabad two weeks ago and other such attacks more recently in northwestern Pakistan.

The Islamic State group had claimed responsibility for the mosque bombing, which killed at least 40 people and wounded more than 160 in the deadliest attack in Islamabad since 2008.

The militant group's regional chapter, Islamic State-Khorasan, also claimed a deadly suicide bombing at a Kabul restaurant last month.

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China Biowarfare Lab Found in US Neighborhood

By Gary Lane  February 17, 2026

Late last month, U.S. authorities discovered a Chinese-linked biolab in a quiet American neighborhood. They seized over 1,000 suspicious biological agents from a home in Las Vegas. Experts are warning: covert labs like this could lead to biological warfare, right in our own backyards.

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On January 31, SWAT teams and hazmat crews swarmed a Las Vegas home. What they found was shocking: a secret biological lab hidden in a garage, right in the middle of a neighborhood.

The lab was tied to the same Chinese national who was arrested back in 2023 for operating an illegal biolab in Reedley, California. That’s where authorities discovered deadly pathogens—Ebola, HIV, tuberculosis, malaria—and even genetically modified mice.

BlackOps Partners CEO and counterintelligence expert Casey Fleming said these two labs are just the beginning of something much more dangerous. He believes Chinese biowarfare is no longer some far-off threat.

“The one in California was actually in a warehouse area. But this is in a residential home, so it’s less likely to be discovered, but a whole assortment of very, very nasty viruses, very, lethal viruses.”

Fleming believes the Reedley and Las Vegas labs were not uncommon discoveries.

“You have to assume that there are more out there. The intended purpose is to kill Americans and to emanate it from U.S. soil,” he explained.

Fleming is the author of the book, Red Tsunami: The Silent Storm Killing Your Freedom.

He contends that the biolabs here in the U.S. are just one piece of a much larger plan by the CCP.

“27 years ago, the Chinese Communist Party said, we don’t want to go up against the U.S. militarily. We want to do everything but that. So they redefined what war is. We think war is binary, and it involves our military, and that’s not the way we can think anymore. This war is about every man, woman, and child being on the front lines to weaken the United States,” he said.

It’s about unconventional warfare, not just bombs and bullets. Mites, fungi, and even viruses are targeting our crops with the goal to wipe out America’s harvest.

And there’s more. Imagine another pandemic, like Covid-19. But this time, it starts right here in the U.S., not overseas.

“The Chinese Communist Party is actually working on Covid-2 and Covid-3, and other very, very lethal viruses in the Wuhan lab. Now, these are a combination of those that have been stolen from U.S. labs. They’ve been stolen from Canadian labs.”

Stolen pathogens brought into the United States, undetected by the FBI and Homeland Security.

What does Fleming believe must be done to stop it?

“Number one, stop buying Chinese goods and services, period. And stop investing in companies that are doing business in China. You’re only feeding and funding your enemy.”

Fleming contends Americans are ultimately engaged in a spiritual battle.

“If you want to boil it completely down. This is God versus Satan in all of its forms.”

https://www.faithwire.com/2026/02/17/china-biowarfare-lab-found-in-us-neighborhood/ 

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US sends over 50 fighter jets to Middle East in military buildup against Iran - report

The American military buildup comes amid indirect negotiations with Iranian officials, in which "progress was made" on Tuesday in Geneva, a US official told The Post.

By AMICHAI STEIN, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

FEBRUARY 17, 2026 20:11

Updated: FEBRUARY 18, 2026 02:31

The United States military has moved over 50 fighter jets to the Middle East in the last 24 hours as part of its buildup of air and naval assets near Iran, Axios reported on Tuesday, citing a US official.

A host of F-16, F-22, and F-35 jets were observed heading to the Middle East by independent flight trackers.

The American military buildup comes amid indirect negotiations with Iranian officials, focusing on Iran's nuclear program.

US official: Iran to send detailed nuclear proposal in next two weeks

A US official told The Jerusalem Post that progress was made in talks held in Geneva earlier on Tuesday, stressing that many details "still need to be discussed."

The official said Iran relayed that it would make detailed proposals in the next two weeks to close gaps with the US. "The Iranians said they would come back in the next two weeks with detailed proposals to address some of the open gaps in our positions," the official told the Post.

"There were good meetings, but the gaps are still wide. There's still a lot of work to be done to reach an agreement."

The top deck of US Navy's USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, with fighter jets, December 1, 2025; illustrative.

US sends massive aircraft carriers to Middle East

Last week, American media outlets reported that the US will send its largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, to bolster its forces in the Middle East ahead of an anticipated clash with Iranian forces.

The USS Gerald R. Ford and its escort ships had previously been deployed in the Caribbean and, according to four anonymous US officials, were informed of their new destination on Thursday.

The USS Abraham Lincoln, as well as other notable air and naval assets, were already deployed to the area in January.

Reuters contributed to this report.

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-886998 

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Jordan walks a tightrope as internal threats mount

As it restructures its security apparatus to confront mounting regional threats, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has also adopted an increasingly confrontational foreign policy toward Israel. But what begins as incitement often evolves into a domestic threat.

by Shachar Kleiman

Published on 02-18-2026 09:43 Last modified: 02-18-2026 09:43

King Abdullah II has recently issued unusual directives to reorganize Jordan's security agencies in light of a new Middle East reality. At the heart of the plan is a new strategy and roadmap designed to structurally transform the kingdom's armed forces within three years.

The goal, Abdullah has made clear, is to enable the military to address present and future threats, including those posed by technological developments. The aim is to ensure that the Jordanian Armed Forces and other security bodies can operate effectively in "diverse operational environments," including against actors using artificial intelligence, cyberattacks and drones. The move may reflect lessons drawn from the wars in Syria and Yemen, where conventional armies struggled against terrorist organizations.

In recent years, public discourse in Jordan has increasingly focused on threats of terrorist infiltration and the establishment of sleeper cells within the kingdom. This comes alongside ongoing weapons and drug smuggling across Jordan's borders using drones. Despite the collapse of Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime, which had been the primary force behind the captagon drug trade, criminal networks continue their smuggling attempts.

Moreover, in place of the Assad regime, an Islamist government has emerged that poses a long-term threat to the kingdom. Some of the factions that brought Ahmad al-Sharaa to power are affiliated with terrorist organizations such as al-Qaida and Islamic State. These groups view the Jordanian monarchy as a future target. Authorities in Amman are well aware of this and are acting accordingly, even if publicly they maintain a conciliatory tone toward their new neighbors.

These external threats are compounded by Jordan's large Palestinian population. Many expressed support for Hamas, the terrorist organization, during the war in Gaza and participated in protest events. The demonstrations were encouraged by senior Hamas figures such as Khaled Mashaal, a fact that did not go unnoticed by Jordanian authorities. Support for Hamas, of course, does not begin and end there.

This week, a Jordanian court sentenced three residents of a Palestinian refugee camp north of Amman to 10 years in prison each. They were convicted of attempting to support terrorist organizations in Judea and Samaria. According to reports, they had undergone training in order to cross the border into Judea and Samaria and carry out attacks against Israel Defense Forces troops. Their conviction follows the exposure of a Muslim Brotherhood terror network that had planned to establish a missile and drone array on Jordanian soil. It is reasonable to assume these were not isolated cases.

At the same time, alongside the shift in its security doctrine, Jordan has adopted a confrontational foreign policy toward Israel. In a meeting this week with British parliamentarians, King Abdullah accused Israel of taking "illegal steps aimed at entrenching settlements, imposing sovereignty over lands and undermining de-escalation efforts. These steps risk escalating the conflict." The remarks are part of a broader effort by Jordan and other Arab and Islamic states to apply pressure at the United Nations against Israel's recent decisions regarding Judea and Samaria.

The Jordanian monarch's conduct reflects a broader regional pattern of playing a double game. On the one hand, there is military and technological strengthening to preempt terrorist threats and strict enforcement by the judiciary and law enforcement agencies. It is not inconceivable that beneath the surface, Jordan's various security services are quietly cooperating with their Israeli counterparts on these matters. On the other hand, there is a clear desire to channel domestic political and economic pressures toward Israel.

The problem with the Hashemite royal court's approach, like that of other states in the region, is that it creates a vicious cycle. With one hand, it strikes at terror-supporting movements such as Hamas affiliates and various branches of the Muslim Brotherhood. With the other, it cultivates anti-Israel hostility, one of the primary sources of strength for those same actors. And what begins as incitement against Israel typically evolves into an internal security threat.

https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/02/18/jordan-walks-a-tightrope-as-internal-threats-mount/ 

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FLASH: Russia Ready to Use Navy to Protect Ships Carrying Russian Oil

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Russia is ready to use its naval forces to protect its ships from being seized by Western countries.

Moreover, Russia may respond to such actions that have already taken place, with measures against shipping in Europe.

This was stated by Nikolay Patrushev, an aide to President Vladimir Putin.

This comes just one day after France grabbed a vessel allegedly carrying Russian oil, fined the Captain several million dollars and held the ship until the "fine" was paid - but France grabbed the ship in INTERNATIONAL waters! Not French jurisdiction.

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Maryland governor signs bill barring police cooperation agreements with ICE

Maryland's legislation does not prevent local law enforcement from turning over illegal aliens in government custody to ICE, however.

By Ben Whedon Published: February 18, 2026 11:27am  Updated: February 18, 2026 11:38am

Gov. Wes Moore, D-Md., on Tuesday signed legislation barring local governments and law enforcement from making official agreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

The legislation does not preclude isolated instances of cooperation, but requires the termination of any formal arrangements by July, WBOC reported.

Moore's signature on the bill comes as Democratic states continue to oppose President Donald Trump's mass deportation efforts, including through sanctuary policies.

Maryland's legislation does not prevent local law enforcement from turning over illegal aliens in government custody to ICE, however.

The Trump administration, for its part, has sought voluntary cooperation from state agencies in its enforcement efforts, though the refusal of some states has led to tensions, especially in Minnesota.

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Poland Prime Minister Tells Polish Citizens in Iran "Evacuate Immediately"

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Donald Tusk, the Prime Minister of Poland, has publicly warned any Polish Citizens inside Iran to "Leave Immediately. Within a few hours, there may be no more possibility to evacuate."

Observers are telling me: "Poland urging immediate evacuation from Iran with a few hours warning means they have intelligence about imminent strikes. This isn’t precautionary anymore; this is get out now before airspace closes. Honestly serious escalation."

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De-Dollarization Has Begun! Banks Are Running Out Of Cash As Dollar Gets Dumped Worldwide

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Something massive is happening in the global financial system right now, and most people aren't paying attention. The US dollar is quietly losing its strength, gold just surpassed $5,000 an ounce, silver broke through $100, and central banks around the world are making unprecedented moves to distance themselves from fiat currencies. In this video, we break down what's really going on, why experts and everyday Americans alike are sounding the alarm, and what this could mean for your savings, your purchasing power, and your financial future.

We look at real conversations people are having right now about the state of the dollar, the rise of hard assets, and the growing push toward digital currencies and stable coins. From the GENIUS Act to central bank digital currencies, the financial landscape is shifting faster than most of us realize. Whether these changes are part of a natural economic cycle or something more intentional, the signs are becoming impossible to ignore.

We also explore how inflation is quietly eroding the purchasing power of everyday Americans. The government says inflation is under control, but anyone who's filled up their gas tank, bought groceries, or tried to rent an apartment knows that the numbers don't match the reality. Shrinkflation, tipflation, rising insurance premiums, it all adds up. And for millions of families, making ends meet has never been harder, even when they're earning more than they ever have before.

On a global scale, countries are actively moving away from the US dollar as their reserve currency. Capital is flowing out of dollar-denominated assets and into foreign markets, gold, silver, and alternative investments. When entire nations start making these kinds of moves, it tells a story that's hard to dismiss. The dollar's dominance is being challenged in ways we haven't seen in decades.

We also take a closer look at what's happening with banks. From major institutions facing scrutiny over fake accounts and frozen funds to the simple reality that most banks don't actually hold your cash on hand, there are real concerns about where your money is and how safe it truly is. For many people, these revelations are a wake-up call to start thinking differently about how they store and protect their wealth.

This video isn't financial advice, it's a conversation. It's about looking at the bigger picture, asking the right questions, and making sure we're all informed enough to make smart decisions for ourselves and our families during a time of real economic uncertainty.

If you found this video valuable, please like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell so you don't miss future updates. Share this with someone who needs to hear it. Drop your thoughts in the comments. I always love hearing your perspective and learning from this community.

Disclaimer: This video is for informational and entertainment purposes only. Nothing in this video should be considered financial, legal, or investment advice. Always do your own research and consult with a qualified financial professional before making any financial decisions.

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etc.  for the world hates the Christians more now than at anytime in history.  Even during the days Jesus walked on earth, it is much worse now and it is not going to get better because those that don’t believe the truth are going to come against you like never before because they don’t want you to know the truth etc.

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Hillary Clinton Insists Christian Men Are Damaging The Path Forward For America

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February 19, 2026

Earlier this week, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said out loud what many socially conservative Christian believers have long suspected radical factions of culture contend to be fact: White, Christian, heterosexual men are the cause of all kinds of problems, and maybe even behind the collapse of Western Civilization itself.

Speaking on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe,” Mrs. Clinton stated: “We haven’t gotten to the more perfect union, and we fought a civil war over part of it. And people have been protesting, you know, for hundreds of years that, you know, things were not as they should be, given our ideals and how we should be moving toward them. So I think that’s what makes us so special as a country.”

Then came the kill shot: “And the idea that you could turn the clock back and try to recreate a world that never was, dominated by, you know, let’s say it, white men of a certain persuasion, a certain religion, a certain point of view, a certain ideology, is just doing such damage to what we should be aiming for. And we were on the path toward that, I mean, imperfectly, lots of, you know, bumps along the way.”

Mrs. Clinton’s claim that conservatives are trying to go back to a time that didn’t exist belies a fundamental fact: In most cases, it’s the radicals who are trying to jump ahead and reimagine a world that never was.

Since the beginning of time, it’s been established there are two genders — male and female. Suggesting that one’s biological sex at birth is malleable is pure lunacy. There is no such thing as a “trans” anybody. It’s made up. It’s make-believe. It’s rooted in mental illness.

The sexual revolution that strived to separate sex from marriage has wreaked unspeakable harm and wrecked countless lives and families.

Redefining the family is a radical act that seeks to shake upside down and inside out multi-millennia-old norms. Commodifying children via surrogacy and reckless fertility treatments is something that’s never been done before, and not simply because the technology to do so hasn’t previously existed.

Regardless of political ideology, it’s long been understood that children thrive in a family with a married mother and father. In fact, it’s been a given for thousands of years that no child should be deliberately deprived of having one of both. It’s been common sense. Until now. It’s now increasingly uncommon for the radical revolutionaries to put the interests of children in front of their own selfish lusts and desires.

Hillary Clinton’s broad swipe attack on biblical Christianity is curious in its lack of specificity. We’re left to speculate on what she meant, but she presumably doesn’t approve of the way many of us have sought to see the world through the truths of scripture: the sanctity of life, the exclusivity of one-man, one-woman marriage, two genders, etc.

But if not for Scripture’s teachings, the world would be in far worse shape than it currently is. Christianity has brought enormous advances in education, medicine, human rights, science, the arts, and numerous other areas. Christian philanthropy has eased suffering and served countless people through the ages. It has been a bright light in an otherwise darkening world.

One of the great ironies surrounding attacks on America’s Judeo-Christian heritage is that the people attacking it almost all have their platforms because of it.

Yet, Hillary Clinton is right about this one thing: Biblical Christianity is doing damage to the radical ideas that comprise the agenda of those who seek to upend the teachings of God’s timeless Word — and that is a very good thing.

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etc America your money will be worth nothing in the near future, this will bring panic, famine and martial law, yes, in the streets of America.  If you had read my word you know that these are the beginning of sorrows etc

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Grinding The American Middle Class To Dust

by Tyler Durden

Authored...

Authored by MN Gordon via EconomicPrism.com,

The housing market, for much of the 20th century, was the bedrock of the American Dream. Home ownership, and the financial stability it represents, was a sure path to middle-class prosperity.

That dream turned to a nightmare for many American families during the epic real estate bubble and subsequent bust in 2008-09. What’s more, in the near two decades that followed, federal monetary policies coupled with restrictive local development standards have huffed and puffed an even more perilous bubble than the last one.

Now the crumbling façade of American real estate and the associated economic squeeze has become too great to ignore. To understand why the real estate market is falling apart, you must look at who’s expected to buy the houses. The arithmetic simply doesn’t work.

We’ve reached the point where discretionary income, the money left over after you’ve paid for basic needs, has effectively vanished for much of the population. When 67 percent of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, saving for a down payment is impossible.

Currently, about 72 percent of Americans are struggling to pay their monthly bills. We aren’t talking about luxury vacations or even unexpected medical expenses. We’re talking about keeping the lights on and the fridge full. When the buffer is gone, the entire economic engine stalls.

The lack of affordable housing has created a generational rift. Young workers find themselves trapped in a permanent renter class. They’re unable to build the equity that once anchored the nation’s middle class.

Right now, more than 75 percent of homes across the country are unaffordable for the typical household. Most Americans are effectively priced out of the housing market. And this number is climbing.

The Mortgage Death Trap

The ladder of social mobility has been pulled up. Millions of Americans have been left behind. Shelter is no longer a basic path to financial stability, but an unreachable speculative asset.

What we are seeing is the rent servitude of a generation. If you can’t buy, you rent. If you rent, you can’t save to buy. It’s a closed loop that keeps equity in the hands of the few while the middle class are stuck paying for a roof they will never own.

The modern American household also operates in a fragile state. Most families require two incomes just to keep the mortgage current. This dual-income trap means there is zero margin for an unexpected job loss.

If even one spouse loses their job, which is becoming a looming threat as the labor market adjusts to the realities of AI, the house quickly turns from a burden to a liability. The timeline from missed paycheck to foreclosure notice is shorter than most people realize.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the labor market is strong. But the reality on the ground tells a different story. We are staring down a year where millions of jobs are projected to vanish.

Automation and AI are displacing white-collar jobs that used to be safe. There have been massive layoffs in technology, finance, and manufacturing. In previous downturns, there were usually sectors that could absorb the displaced. Today, every sector, except low-cost elder care jobs, is contracting simultaneously.

When the jobs go, the houses follow. A bank doesn’t care about your years of loyal service. When the 30-day clock on a missed payment starts ticking that’s all that matters.

Engineered Collapse

Despite what the data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics says, there’s mounting evidence that this isn’t just a run of the mill economic cycle. When you look at the speed of the decline and the specific targeting of the middle class, it appears to be something else entirely.

The middle class, specifically the segment that has historically held the most private property, is under attack. By squeezing the life out of the housing market, wealth is being funneled upward. When families lose their homes to foreclosure, they don’t just lose a roof, they lose their primary vehicle for intergenerational wealth.

The result is a civilization of serfs. We’re rapidly transitioning to a rentership society. If you don’t own property, you don’t have a stake in the future. You’re left out in the cold.

In 2008, the crash was about bad paper and subprime loans. Today, the crisis is about affordability and insolvency. House price inflation in the face of stagnating wages has become too much to overcome.

Moreover, as houses are lost en masse to the banks they aren’t being foreclosed on and put back on the market at a lower price. They’re being sold in bulk to hedge funds, who promptly jack up the rents. What this means is your neighborhood could soon be owned by a corporation that doesn’t have a face, let alone a soul.

The real estate market isn’t just cooling off. It’s being hollowed out. Between the loss of discretionary income, the instability of the job market, and the sheer impossibility of the two-income mortgage, the American middle class is standing on a trap door.

Yet the collapse isn’t coming. It has already begun. The question isn’t whether the market will survive, but who will be left owning anything when the dust settles.

Grinding the American Middle Class to Dust

For decades, the home was a forced savings account that allowed a mechanic or a teacher to retire with dignity. Today, that vehicle has been hijacked by institutional capital.

As the supply of affordable homes dwindles, we see the rise of the build-to-rent trend. This is where entire subdivisions are constructed not for families to buy, but for corporations to lease back to them in perpetuity.

This shift marks the transition from a stakeholder society to a subscription society consistent with the WEF diktat of, “you will own nothing and be happy.” Housing, the most basic of human needs, has become a subscription service.

Thus, the ability to accumulate private wealth through long-term home ownership has disappeared. As a renter, you are no longer building equity and wealth, you are funding a hedge fund’s quarterly dividends.

This exploitive model ensures that the fruits of one’s labor are siphoned away from the community and into the coffers of distant shareholders. As a result, the working class are left with nothing but receipts and a sense of perpetual instability. The economic ladder has been replaced by a treadmill to nowhere.

In addition, a society of renters is a society of transients that lack the long-term community ties that homeownership once encouraged. As the trap door swings open, the fall both destroys people’s finances and shatters the very concept of the neighborhood.

Community engagement and local pride disappear when the residents of a street have no permanent stake in its future. Vibrant towns turn into anonymous places for an increasingly displaced workforce. No one makes eye contact. No one cracks jokes. No one helps their elderly neighbor bring in the groceries.

The doors are closing on the era of American middle-class independence. The dream of home ownership is being replaced by the reality of permanent debt, and the bedrock of the American middle class is ground into dust.

https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/grinding-american-middle-class-dust 

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etc. Keep your eyes; keep your eyes upon what is going on in the Mid-East, that is your tree, that is your tree, I have told you to watch Israel, that is your tree. etc.

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A democratic Iran could become Israel's ally, regional power

While Israel would prefer to see the regime in Tehran collapse, Middle Eastern states are hoping for the exact opposite. The reason? A civil war in Iran could trigger refugee waves and disrupt key shipping lanes. Yet, if the regime falls, a pro Western government could emerge as a regional power.

by Shachar Kleiman

Grinding The American Middle Class To Dust

by Tyler Durden

Authored...

Authored by MN Gordon via EconomicPrism.com,

The housing market, for much of the 20th century, was the bedrock of the American Dream. Home ownership, and the financial stability it represents, was a sure path to middle-class prosperity.

That dream turned to a nightmare for many American families during the epic real estate bubble and subsequent bust in 2008-09. What’s more, in the near two decades that followed, federal monetary policies coupled with restrictive local development standards have huffed and puffed an even more perilous bubble than the last one.

Now the crumbling façade of American real estate and the associated economic squeeze has become too great to ignore. To understand why the real estate market is falling apart, you must look at who’s expected to buy the houses. The arithmetic simply doesn’t work.

We’ve reached the point where discretionary income, the money left over after you’ve paid for basic needs, has effectively vanished for much of the population. When 67 percent of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, saving for a down payment is impossible.

Currently, about 72 percent of Americans are struggling to pay their monthly bills. We aren’t talking about luxury vacations or even unexpected medical expenses. We’re talking about keeping the lights on and the fridge full. When the buffer is gone, the entire economic engine stalls.

The lack of affordable housing has created a generational rift. Young workers find themselves trapped in a permanent renter class. They’re unable to build the equity that once anchored the nation’s middle class.

Right now, more than 75 percent of homes across the country are unaffordable for the typical household. Most Americans are effectively priced out of the housing market. And this number is climbing.

The Mortgage Death Trap

The ladder of social mobility has been pulled up. Millions of Americans have been left behind. Shelter is no longer a basic path to financial stability, but an unreachable speculative asset.

What we are seeing is the rent servitude of a generation. If you can’t buy, you rent. If you rent, you can’t save to buy. It’s a closed loop that keeps equity in the hands of the few while the middle class are stuck paying for a roof they will never own.

The modern American household also operates in a fragile state. Most families require two incomes just to keep the mortgage current. This dual-income trap means there is zero margin for an unexpected job loss.

If even one spouse loses their job, which is becoming a looming threat as the labor market adjusts to the realities of AI, the house quickly turns from a burden to a liability. The timeline from missed paycheck to foreclosure notice is shorter than most people realize.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the labor market is strong. But the reality on the ground tells a different story. We are staring down a year where millions of jobs are projected to vanish.

Automation and AI are displacing white-collar jobs that used to be safe. There have been massive layoffs in technology, finance, and manufacturing. In previous downturns, there were usually sectors that could absorb the displaced. Today, every sector, except low-cost elder care jobs, is contracting simultaneously.

When the jobs go, the houses follow. A bank doesn’t care about your years of loyal service. When the 30-day clock on a missed payment starts ticking that’s all that matters.

Engineered Collapse

Despite what the data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics says, there’s mounting evidence that this isn’t just a run of the mill economic cycle. When you look at the speed of the decline and the specific targeting of the middle class, it appears to be something else entirely.

The middle class, specifically the segment that has historically held the most private property, is under attack. By squeezing the life out of the housing market, wealth is being funneled upward. When families lose their homes to foreclosure, they don’t just lose a roof, they lose their primary vehicle for intergenerational wealth.

The result is a civilization of serfs. We’re rapidly transitioning to a rentership society. If you don’t own property, you don’t have a stake in the future. You’re left out in the cold.

In 2008, the crash was about bad paper and subprime loans. Today, the crisis is about affordability and insolvency. House price inflation in the face of stagnating wages has become too much to overcome.

Moreover, as houses are lost en masse to the banks they aren’t being foreclosed on and put back on the market at a lower price. They’re being sold in bulk to hedge funds, who promptly jack up the rents. What this means is your neighborhood could soon be owned by a corporation that doesn’t have a face, let alone a soul.

The real estate market isn’t just cooling off. It’s being hollowed out. Between the loss of discretionary income, the instability of the job market, and the sheer impossibility of the two-income mortgage, the American middle class is standing on a trap door.

Yet the collapse isn’t coming. It has already begun. The question isn’t whether the market will survive, but who will be left owning anything when the dust settles.

Grinding the American Middle Class to Dust

For decades, the home was a forced savings account that allowed a mechanic or a teacher to retire with dignity. Today, that vehicle has been hijacked by institutional capital.

As the supply of affordable homes dwindles, we see the rise of the build-to-rent trend. This is where entire subdivisions are constructed not for families to buy, but for corporations to lease back to them in perpetuity.

This shift marks the transition from a stakeholder society to a subscription society consistent with the WEF diktat of, “you will own nothing and be happy.” Housing, the most basic of human needs, has become a subscription service.

Thus, the ability to accumulate private wealth through long-term home ownership has disappeared. As a renter, you are no longer building equity and wealth, you are funding a hedge fund’s quarterly dividends.

This exploitive model ensures that the fruits of one’s labor are siphoned away from the community and into the coffers of distant shareholders. As a result, the working class are left with nothing but receipts and a sense of perpetual instability. The economic ladder has been replaced by a treadmill to nowhere.

In addition, a society of renters is a society of transients that lack the long-term community ties that homeownership once encouraged. As the trap door swings open, the fall both destroys people’s finances and shatters the very concept of the neighborhood.

Community engagement and local pride disappear when the residents of a street have no permanent stake in its future. Vibrant towns turn into anonymous places for an increasingly displaced workforce. No one makes eye contact. No one cracks jokes. No one helps their elderly neighbor bring in the groceries.

The doors are closing on the era of American middle-class independence. The dream of home ownership is being replaced by the reality of permanent debt, and the bedrock of the American middle class is ground into dust.

https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/grinding-american-middle-class-dust 

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etc For truly in the world right now, saith your Father God, is much trouble, trouble that they know not how to deal with. They know not how to stop the drought, the global warming, the flooding, they know not how to stop the rains, the forest fires, they do not know these things. They do not know how to stop the wars, the troubles that are taking place in the world and the troubles yet to come. etc.

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Doug Casey on Venezuela, Oil, and America’s Bid to Push China Out of Its Backyard

Via International Man

International Man: President Trump justified the operation and capture of Nicolas Maduro by saying it was because of drug trafficking and illegal immigration.

What is the real objective of the US involvement in Venezuela?

Doug Casey: The lies that the US government has put out regarding Venezuela are shameful. The amount of drug trafficking done in and from Venezuela is trivial. But the killing of at least 80 people on the high seas with no proof of wrongdoing is very serious. We may never know what the real truth is, but drugs have little or nothing to do with it.

It may be Venezuela’s oil resources. Note that I said “resources”, not “reserves.” These are well-defined technical terms in the mining and oil businesses. A “resource” simply means that a mineral exists. That’s very different from a “reserve”, which is a resource that can be economically recovered at existing prices with existing technology.

The 300 billion barrels of oil that’s always mentioned in the press materialized out of thin air after oil briefly hit $140 a barrel in 2008. The Venezuelans arbitrarily raised their reserves to 300 billion barrels based on politics, not geology. And everyone has slavishly and stupidly repeated that number ever since. What we know for sure is that under the socialist Chavez and Maduro regimes oil production has dropped from 3 million BPD to under 1 million BPD. That’s because most competent oil men have left the country over the last 30 years, there’s been minimal maintenance of old facilities, and no new investment. The regime has used all the cash flow to stay in power.

Reserves are probably about 30 billion barrels right now—10% of the touted number. Paradoxically, resources may have gone up to a trillion as technology has enhanced discovery and recovery. But who knows? It’s pure guesswork. The bottom line is that there’s little economic oil in Venezuela at the moment. And their one million BPD is a rounding error on world production of about 82 MBPD.

Trump being who he is, perhaps it comes down to his having no personal relationship with Maduro and finding him annoying. But I’ve got to say it was clever to just kidnap Maduro, avoiding a messy invasion. Maduro was a slimy criminal, and good riddance. The criminals who remain in power, led by the ex-VP Delcy Rodriguez, will probably do as they’re told, if they know what’s good for them. And it acts as an example to other governments—bend the knee to The Donald, or you could be next.

Of course, what the US is doing with Venezuela is nothing new in world history, and is relatively mellow. Going back to the days of the Peloponnesian War, Athens insisted that the island of Melos join their Delian League in the war against Sparta. Melos said that it wanted to be neutral. Athens gave the Melians an ultimatum, and the Melians didn’t comply. Whereupon Athens—the original enlightened “city on a hill”—attacked, killing or enslaving the entire population.

Thucydides said: “The strong do as they will, and the weak endure what they must.” It’s been true throughout history, and it’s true today. Trump knows nothing about history, but he’s got the street instincts of a bully—which can work. For a while…

International Man: What do you make of the US interest in Venezuela’s oil? Is it about controlling a strategic asset or denying leverage to rivals like China?

Doug Casey: While Venezuela has a lot of hydrocarbons, what’s not very well-known is that their oil is sour (it has lots of deleterious sulfur content) and heavy (it’s very viscous, verging towards tar). That means it’s extra expensive to produce and refine.

To capitalize on Venezuelan oil, especially after 30 years of non-investment and mismanagement, it will take scores of billions to renovate and improve the antiquated Venezuelan plant. But what company will—willingly—make that kind of investment in a notably unstable country, when they’re barely making money on light sweet oil right in the US?

As the chairman of Exxon told Trump—which greatly annoyed Trump—Venezuela is “uninvestible” because it’s so unstable. There’s no way of telling when stability will return to Venezuela. I’ve been there three or four times over the years, and can only say I have no desire to look for a “crisis investing” opportunity. I say that for a half-dozen reasons that we can discuss at some future date.

Maybe Trump wants to “run” Venezuela because he thinks increasing its production will keep energy prices low. Maybe—in 20 or 30 years. But by then, the whole world will be radically different. In the meantime, almost all of Venezuela’s production goes to China. A million BPD of low-grade oil from the other side of the world isn’t that important to China, but I’m sure they’d like a return on—or of—the $80 billion they’re said to have invested there.

Venezuelan oil is unimportant to the US or to American oil companies. And the Venezuelan drug trade is a fabrication. I think Trump invaded mainly to show everybody “Who’s their Daddy”. Yeah, that’s the ticket… It’s always worked really well for the US in the past.

International Man: Do you see US actions in Venezuela as part of a broader pivot to reassert dominance over the Americas, effectively treating the Western Hemisphere as a strategic fortress in an increasingly multipolar world?

Doug Casey: It’s funny. Though the US is only 4% of the world’s population, its fiat currency is failing, its government is bankrupt, and it’s been de-industrializing for decades, it thinks it can control not just the hemisphere, but the entire planet. I suppose that’s why Trump insists on increasing the War Department’s budget by 50%, to $1.5 trillion…

But what do the Central and South Americans think about being considered part of the US empire and under our direct control? I believe they’d prefer to work with China. The Chinese present absolutely no direct threat to Latin America, but the US does. Furthermore, the Latinos have always resented the US sending in the Marines or the CIA to bully them on numerous occasions.

They resent being made part of the Greater American Empire, especially if they’re denied full access to cheap Chinese goods, which is clearly part of what passes for 4D chess in Trump’s increasingly megalomaniacal mind. So, although the US might want to make Venezuela part of our rickety empire, I doubt that the Venezuelans, or any other Latin American country, feel the same way.

The kidnapping of Maduro, just like the similar invasion of Panama and the kidnapping of Noriega in 1989, or Grenada in 1983, inclines them to be more friendly to the Chinese than the US. There’s very little that they can buy from the US that the Chinese can’t provide much more cheaply, and with less risk.

International Man: How much of Washington’s Venezuela policy is really about China’s growing economic and political footprint in Latin America, and do you think the US is late or desperate in responding to that shift?

Doug Casey: Quite a bit of it, actually. The US government wants to damage China, both in its own backyard by intervening with Taiwan, and by keeping China out of the Westeremisphere.

I’m afraid that we’re going to fail in that regard because, looking at it from the Latin American point of view, China is non-threatening militarily, economically, or culturally. It’s a huge source of capital and provides very favorable trade benefits. None of this is true with the US anymore.

International Man: If the US succeeds in tightening control over Venezuela and the region more broadly, what are the long-term consequences, both economically and politically, for Americans and for Latin American nations themselves?

Doug Casey: Trying to hold Latin America in a vice grip under the so-called Donroe Doctrine is a bad idea. It will wind up costing the US billions to “defend Latin America,” the way NATO—which should have been disbanded with the fall of the USSR in 1991—has cost the US hundreds of billions of dollars to “defend” Europe.

The Latin Americans will resent the US trying to keep other countries out, in the same way that Americans resented the British keeping other countries from trading with the US colonies before the Revolution. That was one of the major causes of the American Revolution.

Coercing or bribing Latin governments to do Washington’s bidding will cost the US scores of billions it doesn’t have. It’s especially unwise at a time when the Red people and the Blue people in the US are on the cusp of something like a civil war.

Trying to “run” Venezuela is a bad idea from every point of view. Especially while the US government is engaged in similar misadventures in a half-dozen other places in the world.

Editor’s Note: When Washington doubles down on failed policies, it never retreats quietly—it escalates, distorts markets, and ultimately reaches for control.

The same reckless logic that turns prohibition into carnage and farce is now embedded in fiscal, monetary, and geopolitical policy, with consequences that extend directly to your savings, mobility, and financial independence.

If you want to understand where this path leads next—and how to protect yourself before the next crisis is used as a pretext for capital controls, retirement confiscation, or worse—we strongly encourage you to read our special report, Guide to Surviving and Thriving During an Economic Collapse. You can download the free PDF here.

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the troubles that are going on here, the troubles that are going on there, the preparation for war, not just North Korea but Russia and other countries that hate America, they are preparing and getting ready.  For the hour is much later than most people think, it is far later than those that are walking in the false and tell you etc.

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Fears of WWIII after America's adversary fires multiple nuclear-capable missiles

REVEALED: The five countries quietly stockpiling nukes amid fears of WWIII

By CHRIS MELORE, US ASSISTANT SCIENCE EDITOR

Published: 16:12 EST, 28 January 2026 | Updated: 16:49 EST, 28 January 2026

North Korea has launched a pair of ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan on Tuesday, sparking renewed fears of a widespread nuclear conflict in Asia.

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff revealed that the short-range missiles were fired from a site near North Korea's capital, Pyongyang, at 3.50pm local time (1.50am ET).

Each of the missiles flew for approximately 217 miles before landing in the sea without further incident. No injuries or damages have been reported by North Korea's neighbors.

The launch reportedly tested the totalitarian dictatorship's KN-25 short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs), which have an estimated range of 250 miles and could potentially strike targets within South Korea, a US ally.

North Korea has claimed that this type of short-range rocket is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, and US scientists believe it could be powerful enough to deliver widespread destruction in large cities for several miles.

The US government has already responded to the launch, revealing that they are monitoring the situation along with their allies in South Korea and Japan, although no troops have been moved in retaliation to the test.

America and North Korea have been enemies since the Korean War ended in 1953, when US forces fought against both North Korean and Chinese troops in defense of South Korea. Thousands of troops are still stationed along the border of the two nations.

If North Korea were to launch a real nuclear strike against the US or its allies in the region, it could trigger World War III as treaties of mutual defense would threaten to drag in more countries on both sides, including China and possibly all the nations of NATO.

US Forces Korea (USFK), the American military command stationed in South Korea to help defend the country against threats, confirmed the launch took place and added that they were consulting with their allies in the region regarding a response.

'Based on current assessments, this event does not pose an immediate threat to US personnel or territory, or to our allies,' USFK said in a statement.

Despite the military believing there is no urgent threat at this time, the test launch occurred right away, a speech by a key Pentagon official in South Korea, who was discussing the need to contain North Korea's greatest ally - China.

On Monday, US Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby delivered a speech in Seoul on the importance of the two nations working together as strong partners to keep China from dominating the region.

China, which the Pentagon recently revealed was readying its intercontinental ballistic missiles, has been a formal ally of North Korea for over six decades.

North Korea is also the only country with which nuclear-armed China has a mutual defense treaty, an agreement that has been in effect since 1961.

The Sino-North Korean Mutual Aid and Cooperation Friendship Treaty requires North Korea and China to intervene militarily if one of the communist countries is attacked.

However, the agreement does not require China to join in a war against North Korea's neighbors if Kim Jong-Un's regime were to attack first.

Since Kim assumed power in 2011, North Korea has continued to conduct random missile tests and artillery firings, unnerving both South Korea and Japan.

US ally Japan added that the missiles landed just outside its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), which extends roughly 230 miles from Japan's coast and is an area where Japanese citizens can fish, mine for resources, and conduct research.

Japan's Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kei Sato said: 'North Korea's nuclear and missile development, including the recent ballistic missile launch, constitutes a threat to the peace and security of our country and of the international community and is absolutely unacceptable.'

Researchers from the Federation of American Scientists released a threat assessment of North Korea's nuclear program in 2024, warning that the nation was actively modernizing and expanding its nuclear arsenal, including developing smaller tactical weapons and more advanced missiles.

The scientists estimated North Korea had produced enough plutonium and enriched uranium to build up to 90 nuclear warheads.

However, they believed the country had only built around 50 nuclear warheads, with the potential to make about a dozen more by 2026.

Most of these warheads were believed to be simple fission-type bombs with the explosive power equivalent to 10 to 20 kilotons of TNT, similar to the bombs dropped by the US on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in World War II.

The shortest-range nuclear-capable missiles have been estimated to be capable of traveling 186 to 311 miles, allowing them to hit targets in South Korea, such as US military bases or Seoul.

The longest-range missiles, such as the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile, have an estimated range of more than 8,000 miles, putting cities like New York or Washington, DC, within potential striking distance.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15506513/WWIII-US-adversary-fires-nuclear

-capable-missiles.html

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etc America your money will be worth nothing in the near future, this will bring panic, famine and martial law, yes, in the streets of America.  If you had read my word you know that these are the beginning of sorrows etc

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US Collapse Will Now Accelerate As Dollar Begins Historic Plunge

January 28, 2026

January 28 (King World News) – Gregory Mannarino, writing for the Trends Journal: Nearly a decade ago I wrote something most people couldn’t even look at, let alone fully grasp, (below).

“The world’s central banks are responsible for creating a market for their product, currency backed by nothing, by fostering a population boom and consumers dependent on their product.”

Central banks engineer dependency on their debt-based fiat system. FULL-STOP.

This mechanism creates a SLAVE, DEPENDENCY SYSTEM… completely reliant on INFINITE DEBT EXPANSION.

RIGHT NOW TODAY, The United States has crossed the line from “debt user” to STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL debt HYPER-dependency.

Result? Stock market levitation, a wealth transfer effect (Cantillion)- CLICK HERE, and an economy, A PEOPLE, hollowed-out.

KEY POINT. Accelerated Currency debasement. And when debasement hits a tipping point, AND WE ARE THERE NOW, then the next phase arrives.

THE RESOURCE REPRICE/CURRENCY COLLAPSE.

Resources reprice, not because “resources changed,” but because the ***measuring stick has collapsed, (***the currency).

So what looks like “inflation” is actually the currency failing/collapsing, and supply chains fragmenting.

Major Fallout.

KEY POINT. Food costs hit first, energy costs then follow, and shelter becomes a political flashpoint, (as in “the government now buying Fed run-off of MBS on Trump’s order), and social unrest becomes geographic… meaning it expands.

THE DANGER ZONE.

This is the point when people surrender their freedoms and liberties for some kind of “stability.” CONTROL… Not because the people want control, but because they want relief.

EXPECT A RAPID SHIFT INTO A POLICE STATE.

Now here’s where the Human Bubble meets the next phase…

When purchasing power falls far enough, stability WILL break. “Governments” and politicians will say…………………………… “We need order.” Order=Control. The Current Pathway America has been put on…

MAJOR KEY POINT. The progression here then becomes this…

Debt dependence,

Currency Debasement,

Increasing Resource stress,

Broad Based Social Unrest,

Government Crackdown… freedom then becomes permissioned.

That’s the Police-State Drift.

The Market and Economic Fallout.

This IS mechanism… Debt dependence, Currency Debasement, Increasing Resource stress, Broad Based Social Unrest, Government Crackdown…

MAJOR KEY POINT. Freedom then becomes permissioned via COMPLIANCE… And that is NOT freedom. Moreover, this has even broader implications.

MARKETS AND THE ECONOMY… they don’t trade opinions. They trade consequences.

MAJOR KEY POINT. When interior enforcement (A POLICE STATE) develops, and cities/people push back, it hits the economy AS FOLLOWS.

Labor supply shocks in specific sectors (food, construction, hospitality, logistics)

Cost-push inflation rises… (the cost to produce goods and services rises due to higher raw material, labor, energy prices, or supply chain issues).

Demand drag (fear effects, mobility slowdown, people pull back on spending).

Risk premium jumps (unrest, disruption, capex (business investment) slows further)

Final Thoughts.

The Human Bubble was built by debt expansion.

The debt expansion now requires further intervention.

The intervention requires currency debasement.

The currency debasement triggers resource stress.

Resource stress triggers unrest.

And unrest triggers the pivot to a Police-State.

Control.

MAJOR FINAL THOUGHT………………. Expect this Police-State Drift to invade every state in the union rapidly, and be sold to an unknowing, desperate, numbed, and shell-shocked public via every deceptive tactic in the political arsenal.

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The Amount Of Gold Needed To Buy A BMW Has Collapsed! CLICK HERE.

Buckle Up Because This Is About To Massively Rock Global Markets! CLICK HERE.

James Turk Predicts Silver Will Skyrocket Above Fair Value Of $300-$500 CLICK HERE.

Gold & Silver Record Highs! Look At What Just Hits A Level Not Seen Since 1972 CLICK HERE.

Gold Quote Of The Day! CLICK HERE.

What Could Go Wrong? CLICK HERE.

The US Is Now Headed For Total Collapse CLICK HERE.

GOLD & SILVER SOAR: This Time The Global Financial Crisis Will Be Much Worse CLICK HERE.

RECORD HIGHS! Silver Soars Nearly 8% As Gold Surges $134 CLICK HERE.

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Costa – Two Major Catalysts For Gold & Silver In 2026 CLICK HERE.

Nomi Prins Just Predicted A Jaw-Dropping $150-$180 CLICK HERE.

Michael Oliver – Historic Breakouts Will Now Send Gold & Silver Prices To Levels That Will Shock The World! CLICK HERE.

Silver Will Skyrocket Above $300-$500!

To listen to James Turk’s predictions for the price of silver and gold as well as what to expect from mining stocks CLICK HERE OR ON THE IMAGE BELOW.

https://kingworldnews.com/us-collapse-will-now-accelerate-as-dollar-begins-historic-plunge/

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etc. Keep your eyes; keep your eyes upon what is going on in the Mid-East, that is your tree, that is your tree, I have told you to watch Israel, that is your tree. etc.

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Trump Gives Iran A Deadline For War That Roughly Corresponds With The End Of Ramadan

February 12, 2026

President Trump has just said that Iran will have about a “month” to make a deal. If you look at the calendar, about a month from now we will be very close to the end of Ramadan. I think that President Trump is hoping that the military preparations that the U.S. is making in the Middle East will convince Iran to make significant concessions. But the Iranians have repeatedly told us that they must be allowed to continue to enrich uranium and that there will be absolutely no negotiations regarding their ballistic missile program or their support for proxies in the region. So there is no way that a deal is going to happen. In the end, either President Trump will pull the trigger or the Israelis will go in alone.

Either way, it appears that a final showdown with Iran is coming.

With each passing day, we get closer to the fateful moment when the missiles will start flying.

We are being told that the U.S. buildup that we are witnessing in the Middle East right now is “unprecedented in scale”…

The pace of the US Air Force’s buildup of its air force in preparation for a strike on Iran continues to be unprecedented in scale.

At least five KC-135R/T tanker aircraft took off from RAF Mildenhall, en route to southern Europe. They were deployed to support a flight of six F-35A Lightning II fighters belonging to “The Green Mountain Boys” squadron (158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard). The aircraft are being deployed from Lakenheath Air Base in the UK to Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan.

According to air traffic monitoring data, the flow of military transport aircraft also remains high and covers several directions at once.

We have never seen anything quite like this before.

On top of everything else, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that another aircraft carrier strike group has been ordered to get ready to go to the Middle East…

The Pentagon has told a second aircraft carrier strike group to prepare to deploy to the Middle East as the U.S. military readies for a potential attack on Iran, according to three U.S. officials.

President Trump said Tuesday that he was weighing sending a second carrier to the Middle East to prepare for military action if negotiations with Iran failed. The order to deploy could be issued in a matter of hours, one of the officials said.

Adding another carrier to the mix will definitely raise tensions in the region.

According to the Journal, the most likely carrier to be deployed is the USS George H.W. Bush…

One of the officials said the Pentagon was readying a carrier to deploy in two weeks, likely from the U.S. East Coast. The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush is completing a series of training exercises off the coast of Virginia, and it could potentially expedite those exercises, officials say.

The warship can launch and recover strike, electronic attack and reconnaissance aircraft. That includes carrier versions of the F-35 Lighting stealth fighter, according to a Navy official. The Wall Street Journal has previously reported any military strike inside Iran would likely use stealth aircraft, such as F-35 or F-22 Raptor jet fighters and B-2 Spirit bombers.

It is my belief that President Trump would prefer to avoid a shooting war with Iran.

After holding a three hour meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, Trump stated that during the meeting he “insisted that negotiations with Iran continue to see whether or not a Deal can be consummated”…

I have just finished meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu, of Israel, and various of his Representatives. It was a very good meeting, the tremendous relationship between our two Countries continues. There was nothing definitive reached other than I insisted that negotiations with Iran continue to see whether or not a Deal can be consummated. If it can, I let the Prime Minister know that will be a preference. If it cannot, we will just have to see what the outcome will be. Last time Iran decided that they were better off not making a Deal, and they were hit with Midnight Hammer — That did not work well for them. Hopefully this time they will be more reasonable and responsible. Additionally, we discussed the tremendous progress being made in Gaza, and the Region in general. There is truly PEACE in the Middle East. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

It would be wonderful if a deal could be made.

But the Iranians are absolutely determined to continue enriching uranium, and they won’t even talk about their ballistic missile program…

Iran has signaled it could limit its nuclear program in return for sanctions relief, but has rejected the other demands, and that missiles would be a red line.

“No one can make the slightest encroachment on our missiles,” Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Wednesday, according to Iranian media, “our missiles are not a subject of negotiation and will not be.”

That won’t fly with the Israelis.

Following his meeting with Trump, Netanyahu once again reaffirmed that any agreement with the Iranians must include limitations on Iran’s ballistic missile program…

“I do not hide my general skepticism about the possibility of reaching any agreement with Iran. However, I made it clear that if an agreement is reached, it must include the important omponents for us, for the State of Israel, and in my opinion also for the entire international community: not only the nuclear issue, but also the ballistic missiles and the Iranian proxies in the region.”

The Israelis have already made it very clear that they are prepared to attack Iran alone if necessary.

So there will be war no matter what Trump ultimately decides to do.

For now, Trump says that he is giving the Iranians a “month” to make a deal…

President Trump said Thursday that Iran would face a “very traumatic” moment if it doesn’t make a deal with the US “over the next month.”

“We have to make a deal, otherwise it’s going to be very traumatic, very traumatic,” Trump told reporters at the White House — one day after he met privately with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Asked about his timeline for an agreement to be reached, Trump said: “I guess over the next month.”

“Phase two will be very tough for them,” he added. “I’m not looking for that.”

Why is Trump giving Iran a month?

Well, I think that he realizes that attacking Iran during the month of Ramadan would be deeply offensive to Muslims all over the world.

In just a few days, approximately a quarter of the entire population of the globe will begin celebrating Ramadan…

More than 2 billion Muslims worldwide will soon begin observing Ramadan with the sighting of the waxing crescent moon.

During Ramadan, which begins in mid-February in 2026, Muslims focus on God-consciousness, self-reflection, and self-improvement as they fast, abstaining from food and water between sunrise and sunset.

This year, the first night of Ramadan is expected to start on the evening of February 17th…

According to Islamic Relief, the first night of Ramadan in 2026 is expected to happen on Tuesday evening, Feb. 17. As of Feb. 11, the start of Ramadan is approximately 6 days away. The holy month will last 29–30 days, until the sighting of the next waxing crescent moon.

The end of Ramadan will fall some time in the middle of March.

That roughly corresponds with the deadline that Trump has just given to Iran.

Interestingly, next month there will be a blood moon eclipse on Purim for the third year in a row too.

Will next month be the time when the Middle East erupts in flames, or will we get another reprieve?

The clock is ticking, and a global nightmare of epic proportions is right at the door.

Michael’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at michaeltsnyder.substack.com.

About the Author: Michael Snyder’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com. He has also written nine other books that are available on Amazon.com including “Chaos”, “End Times”, “7 Year Apocalypse”, “Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”, “The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”. When you purchase any of Michael’s books you help to support the work that he is doing. You can also get his articles by email as soon as he publishes them by subscribing to his Substack newsletter. Michael has published thousands of articles on The Economic Collapse Blog, End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and he always freely and happily allows others to republish those articles on their own websites. These are such troubled times, and people need hope. John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” If you have not already done so, we strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior today.

https://endoftheamericandream.com/trump-gives-iran-a-deadline-for-war-that-roughly-

corresponds-with-the-end-of-ramadan/

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etc.  for the world hates the Christians more now than at anytime in history.  Even during the days Jesus walked on earth, it is much worse now and it is not going to get better because those that don’t believe the truth are going to come against you like never before because they don’t want you to know the truth etc.

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Pastor Jailed, Bound, and Exiled for Refusing Catholic Ritual in Mexico

By Tré Goins-Phillips

January 28, 2026

A Protestant pastor in Mexico was detained and ultimately exiled by his uncle from his community in the state of Oaxaca after refusing to kneel and pray to a Roman Catholic saint during a local festival in mid-January.

Last year, Mariano Velásquez Martínez, pastor of the 25-member Iglesia Camino Nuevo y Vivo, was assigned the role of mayordomo, the person tasked with organizing and facilitating religious rites in a community. The role is traditionally held by adherents to Roman Catholicism, the predominant religion in Mexico.

According to the U.K.-based Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), Martínez begrudgingly agreed to take on the role with the understanding he would only be required to provide candles and flowers. However, on Jan. 15, he was reportedly ordered to light candles and then kneel before an image of St. James the Apostle.

The evangelical pastor refused to do so on religious grounds, explaining it would violate his Protestant beliefs, which led another mayordomo to report Martínez to local authorities, who jailed the preacher — a native of Oaxaca — for five days.

After his detention, Martínez was bound with rope and taken before an assembly of roughly 180 men — including his uncle and his cousin — where he was forced to sign a vaguely worded document confirming his expulsion from the community. The pastor was not given a copy of the paper and fears it could be used in the future to suggest he left the community of Santiago Malacatepec voluntarily.

Martínez, his wife, and their 3-month-old baby have since fled the area and are living with relatives in Oaxaca City.

Pablo Vargas, CSW country director for Mexico, told CBN News this case is part of a “culture” and “pattern” in Mexico of religious persecution against evangelical Christians.

“Some persons, they decide to not follow the majority religion, and they suffer the consequences,” he explained. “For the community, it’s more important, the uniformity, than actually the practical right for the persons to believe [as they choose].”

Vargas asserted that, even if Martínez seeks legal recourse, it would not be safe for him and his family to return to Santiago Malacatepec. In fact, in cases like this, he said, the vast majority of those who face persecution never return home because local outrage against them makes living there too perilous.

“His life is gonna be at risk,” he said.

Listen to the latest episode of “Quick Start” ?

https://www.faithwire.com/2026/01/28/pastor-jailed-bound-and-exiled-for-refusing-catholic-ritual-in-mexico/

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etc For truly in the world right now, saith your Father God, is much trouble, trouble that they know not how to deal with. They know not how to stop the drought, the global warming, the flooding, they know not how to stop the rains, the forest fires, they do not know these things. They do not know how to stop the wars, the troubles that are taking place in the world and the troubles yet to come. etc.

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Doug Casey on Venezuela, Oil, and America’s Bid to Push China Out of Its Backyard

Via International Man

International Man: President Trump justified the operation and capture of Nicolas Maduro by saying it was because of drug trafficking and illegal immigration.

What is the real objective of the US involvement in Venezuela?

Doug Casey: The lies that the US government has put out regarding Venezuela are shameful. The amount of drug trafficking done in and from Venezuela is trivial. But the killing of at least 80 people on the high seas with no proof of wrongdoing is very serious. We may never know what the real truth is, but drugs have little or nothing to do with it.

It may be Venezuela’s oil resources. Note that I said “resources”, not “reserves.” These are well-defined technical terms in the mining and oil businesses. A “resource” simply means that a mineral exists. That’s very different from a “reserve”, which is a resource that can be economically recovered at existing prices with existing technology.

The 300 billion barrels of oil that’s always mentioned in the press materialized out of thin air after oil briefly hit $140 a barrel in 2008. The Venezuelans arbitrarily raised their reserves to 300 billion barrels based on politics, not geology. And everyone has slavishly and stupidly repeated that number ever since. What we know for sure is that under the socialist Chavez and Maduro regimes oil production has dropped from 3 million BPD to under 1 million BPD. That’s because most competent oil men have left the country over the last 30 years, there’s been minimal maintenance of old facilities, and no new investment. The regime has used all the cash flow to stay in power.

Reserves are probably about 30 billion barrels right now—10% of the touted number. Paradoxically, resources may have gone up to a trillion as technology has enhanced discovery and recovery. But who knows? It’s pure guesswork. The bottom line is that there’s little economic oil in Venezuela at the moment. And their one million BPD is a rounding error on world production of about 82 MBPD.

Trump being who he is, perhaps it comes down to his having no personal relationship with Maduro and finding him annoying. But I’ve got to say it was clever to just kidnap Maduro, avoiding a messy invasion. Maduro was a slimy criminal, and good riddance. The criminals who remain in power, led by the ex-VP Delcy Rodriguez, will probably do as they’re told, if they know what’s good for them. And it acts as an example to other governments—bend the knee to The Donald, or you could be next.

Of course, what the US is doing with Venezuela is nothing new in world history, and is relatively mellow. Going back to the days of the Peloponnesian War, Athens insisted that the island of Melos join their Delian League in the war against Sparta. Melos said that it wanted to be neutral. Athens gave the Melians an ultimatum, and the Melians didn’t comply. Whereupon Athens—the original enlightened “city on a hill”—attacked, killing or enslaving the entire population.

Thucydides said: “The strong do as they will, and the weak endure what they must.” It’s been true throughout history, and it’s true today. Trump knows nothing about history, but he’s got the street instincts of a bully—which can work. For a while…

International Man: What do you make of the US interest in Venezuela’s oil? Is it about controlling a strategic asset or denying leverage to rivals like China?

Doug Casey: While Venezuela has a lot of hydrocarbons, what’s not very well-known is that their oil is sour (it has lots of deleterious sulfur content) and heavy (it’s very viscous, verging towards tar). That means it’s extra expensive to produce and refine.

To capitalize on Venezuelan oil, especially after 30 years of non-investment and mismanagement, it will take scores of billions to renovate and improve the antiquated Venezuelan plant. But what company will—willingly—make that kind of investment in a notably unstable country, when they’re barely making money on light sweet oil right in the US?

As the chairman of Exxon told Trump—which greatly annoyed Trump—Venezuela is “uninvestible” because it’s so unstable. There’s no way of telling when stability will return to Venezuela. I’ve been there three or four times over the years, and can only say I have no desire to look for a “crisis investing” opportunity. I say that for a half-dozen reasons that we can discuss at some future date.

Maybe Trump wants to “run” Venezuela because he thinks increasing its production will keep energy prices low. Maybe—in 20 or 30 years. But by then, the whole world will be radically different. In the meantime, almost all of Venezuela’s production goes to China. A million BPD of low-grade oil from the other side of the world isn’t that important to China, but I’m sure they’d like a return on—or of—the $80 billion they’re said to have invested there.

Venezuelan oil is unimportant to the US or to American oil companies. And the Venezuelan drug trade is a fabrication. I think Trump invaded mainly to show everybody “Who’s their Daddy”. Yeah, that’s the ticket… It’s always worked really well for the US in the past.

International Man: Do you see US actions in Venezuela as part of a broader pivot to reassert dominance over the Americas, effectively treating the Western Hemisphere as a strategic fortress in an increasingly multipolar world?

Doug Casey: It’s funny. Though the US is only 4% of the world’s population, its fiat currency is failing, its government is bankrupt, and it’s been de-industrializing for decades, it thinks it can control not just the hemisphere, but the entire planet. I suppose that’s why Trump insists on increasing the War Department’s budget by 50%, to $1.5 trillion…

But what do the Central and South Americans think about being considered part of the US empire and under our direct control? I believe they’d prefer to work with China. The Chinese present absolutely no direct threat to Latin America, but the US does. Furthermore, the Latinos have always resented the US sending in the Marines or the CIA to bully them on numerous occasions.

They resent being made part of the Greater American Empire, especially if they’re denied full access to cheap Chinese goods, which is clearly part of what passes for 4D chess in Trump’s increasingly megalomaniacal mind. So, although the US might want to make Venezuela part of our rickety empire, I doubt that the Venezuelans, or any other Latin American country, feel the same way.

The kidnapping of Maduro, just like the similar invasion of Panama and the kidnapping of Noriega in 1989, or Grenada in 1983, inclines them to be more friendly to the Chinese than the US. There’s very little that they can buy from the US that the Chinese can’t provide much more cheaply, and with less risk.

International Man: How much of Washington’s Venezuela policy is really about China’s growing economic and political footprint in Latin America, and do you think the US is late or desperate in responding to that shift?

Doug Casey: Quite a bit of it, actually. The US government wants to damage China, both in its own backyard by intervening with Taiwan, and by keeping China out of the Westeremisphere.

I’m afraid that we’re going to fail in that regard because, looking at it from the Latin American point of view, China is non-threatening militarily, economically, or culturally. It’s a huge source of capital and provides very favorable trade benefits. None of this is true with the US anymore.

International Man: If the US succeeds in tightening control over Venezuela and the region more broadly, what are the long-term consequences, both economically and politically, for Americans and for Latin American nations themselves?

Doug Casey: Trying to hold Latin America in a vice grip under the so-called Donroe Doctrine is a bad idea. It will wind up costing the US billions to “defend Latin America,” the way NATO—which should have been disbanded with the fall of the USSR in 1991—has cost the US hundreds of billions of dollars to “defend” Europe.

The Latin Americans will resent the US trying to keep other countries out, in the same way that Americans resented the British keeping other countries from trading with the US colonies before the Revolution. That was one of the major causes of the American Revolution.

Coercing or bribing Latin governments to do Washington’s bidding will cost the US scores of billions it doesn’t have. It’s especially unwise at a time when the Red people and the Blue people in the US are on the cusp of something like a civil war.

Trying to “run” Venezuela is a bad idea from every point of view. Especially while the US government is engaged in similar misadventures in a half-dozen other places in the world.

Editor’s Note: When Washington doubles down on failed policies, it never retreats quietly—it escalates, distorts markets, and ultimately reaches for control.

The same reckless logic that turns prohibition into carnage and farce is now embedded in fiscal, monetary, and geopolitical policy, with consequences that extend directly to your savings, mobility, and financial independence.

If you want to understand where this path leads next—and how to protect yourself before the next crisis is used as a pretext for capital controls, retirement confiscation, or worse—we strongly encourage you to read our special report, Guide to Surviving and Thriving During an Economic Collapse. You can download the free PDF here.

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the troubles that are going on here, the troubles that are going on there, the preparation for war, not just North Korea but Russia and other countries that hate America, they are preparing and getting ready.  For the hour is much later than most people think, it is far later than those that are walking in the false and tell you etc.

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Fears of WWIII after America's adversary fires multiple nuclear-capable missiles

REVEALED: The five countries quietly stockpiling nukes amid fears of WWIII

By CHRIS MELORE, US ASSISTANT SCIENCE EDITOR

Published: 16:12 EST, 28 January 2026 | Updated: 16:49 EST, 28 January 2026

North Korea has launched a pair of ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan on Tuesday, sparking renewed fears of a widespread nuclear conflict in Asia.

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff revealed that the short-range missiles were fired from a site near North Korea's capital, Pyongyang, at 3.50pm local time (1.50am ET).

Each of the missiles flew for approximately 217 miles before landing in the sea without further incident. No injuries or damages have been reported by North Korea's neighbors.

The launch reportedly tested the totalitarian dictatorship's KN-25 short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs), which have an estimated range of 250 miles and could potentially strike targets within South Korea, a US ally.

North Korea has claimed that this type of short-range rocket is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, and US scientists believe it could be powerful enough to deliver widespread destruction in large cities for several miles.

The US government has already responded to the launch, revealing that they are monitoring the situation along with their allies in South Korea and Japan, although no troops have been moved in retaliation to the test.

America and North Korea have been enemies since the Korean War ended in 1953, when US forces fought against both North Korean and Chinese troops in defense of South Korea. Thousands of troops are still stationed along the border of the two nations.

If North Korea were to launch a real nuclear strike against the US or its allies in the region, it could trigger World War III as treaties of mutual defense would threaten to drag in more countries on both sides, including China and possibly all the nations of NATO.

US Forces Korea (USFK), the American military command stationed in South Korea to help defend the country against threats, confirmed the launch took place and added that they were consulting with their allies in the region regarding a response.

'Based on current assessments, this event does not pose an immediate threat to US personnel or territory, or to our allies,' USFK said in a statement.

Despite the military believing there is no urgent threat at this time, the test launch occurred right away, a speech by a key Pentagon official in South Korea, who was discussing the need to contain North Korea's greatest ally - China.

On Monday, US Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby delivered a speech in Seoul on the importance of the two nations working together as strong partners to keep China from dominating the region.

China, which the Pentagon recently revealed was readying its intercontinental ballistic missiles, has been a formal ally of North Korea for over six decades.

North Korea is also the only country with which nuclear-armed China has a mutual defense treaty, an agreement that has been in effect since 1961.

The Sino-North Korean Mutual Aid and Cooperation Friendship Treaty requires North Korea and China to intervene militarily if one of the communist countries is attacked.

However, the agreement does not require China to join in a war against North Korea's neighbors if Kim Jong-Un's regime were to attack first.

Since Kim assumed power in 2011, North Korea has continued to conduct random missile tests and artillery firings, unnerving both South Korea and Japan.

US ally Japan added that the missiles landed just outside its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), which extends roughly 230 miles from Japan's coast and is an area where Japanese citizens can fish, mine for resources, and conduct research.

Japan's Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kei Sato said: 'North Korea's nuclear and missile development, including the recent ballistic missile launch, constitutes a threat to the peace and security of our country and of the international community and is absolutely unacceptable.'

Researchers from the Federation of American Scientists released a threat assessment of North Korea's nuclear program in 2024, warning that the nation was actively modernizing and expanding its nuclear arsenal, including developing smaller tactical weapons and more advanced missiles.

The scientists estimated North Korea had produced enough plutonium and enriched uranium to build up to 90 nuclear warheads.

However, they believed the country had only built around 50 nuclear warheads, with the potential to make about a dozen more by 2026.

Most of these warheads were believed to be simple fission-type bombs with the explosive power equivalent to 10 to 20 kilotons of TNT, similar to the bombs dropped by the US on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in World War II.

The shortest-range nuclear-capable missiles have been estimated to be capable of traveling 186 to 311 miles, allowing them to hit targets in South Korea, such as US military bases or Seoul.

The longest-range missiles, such as the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile, have an estimated range of more than 8,000 miles, putting cities like New York or Washington, DC, within potential striking distance.

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US Collapse Will Now Accelerate As Dollar Begins Historic Plunge

January 28, 2026

January 28 (King World News) – Gregory Mannarino, writing for the Trends Journal: Nearly a decade ago I wrote something most people couldn’t even look at, let alone fully grasp, (below).

“The world’s central banks are responsible for creating a market for their product, currency backed by nothing, by fostering a population boom and consumers dependent on their product.”

Central banks engineer dependency on their debt-based fiat system. FULL-STOP.

This mechanism creates a SLAVE, DEPENDENCY SYSTEM… completely reliant on INFINITE DEBT EXPANSION.

RIGHT NOW TODAY, The United States has crossed the line from “debt user” to STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL debt HYPER-dependency.

Result? Stock market levitation, a wealth transfer effect (Cantillion)- CLICK HERE, and an economy, A PEOPLE, hollowed-out.

KEY POINT. Accelerated Currency debasement. And when debasement hits a tipping point, AND WE ARE THERE NOW, then the next phase arrives.

THE RESOURCE REPRICE/CURRENCY COLLAPSE.

Resources reprice, not because “resources changed,” but because the ***measuring stick has collapsed, (***the currency).

So what looks like “inflation” is actually the currency failing/collapsing, and supply chains fragmenting.

Major Fallout.

KEY POINT. Food costs hit first, energy costs then follow, and shelter becomes a political flashpoint, (as in “the government now buying Fed run-off of MBS on Trump’s order), and social unrest becomes geographic… meaning it expands.

THE DANGER ZONE.

This is the point when people surrender their freedoms and liberties for some kind of “stability.” CONTROL… Not because the people want control, but because they want relief.

EXPECT A RAPID SHIFT INTO A POLICE STATE.

Now here’s where the Human Bubble meets the next phase…

When purchasing power falls far enough, stability WILL break. “Governments” and politicians will say…………………………… “We need order.” Order=Control. The Current Pathway America has been put on…

MAJOR KEY POINT. The progression here then becomes this…

Debt dependence,

Currency Debasement,

Increasing Resource stress,

Broad Based Social Unrest,

Government Crackdown… freedom then becomes permissioned.

That’s the Police-State Drift.

The Market and Economic Fallout.

This IS mechanism… Debt dependence, Currency Debasement, Increasing Resource stress, Broad Based Social Unrest, Government Crackdown…

MAJOR KEY POINT. Freedom then becomes permissioned via COMPLIANCE… And that is NOT freedom. Moreover, this has even broader implications.

MARKETS AND THE ECONOMY… they don’t trade opinions. They trade consequences.

MAJOR KEY POINT. When interior enforcement (A POLICE STATE) develops, and cities/people push back, it hits the economy AS FOLLOWS.

Labor supply shocks in specific sectors (food, construction, hospitality, logistics)

Cost-push inflation rises… (the cost to produce goods and services rises due to higher raw material, labor, energy prices, or supply chain issues).

Demand drag (fear effects, mobility slowdown, people pull back on spending).

Risk premium jumps (unrest, disruption, capex (business investment) slows further)

Final Thoughts.

The Human Bubble was built by debt expansion.

The debt expansion now requires further intervention.

The intervention requires currency debasement.

The currency debasement triggers resource stress.

Resource stress triggers unrest.

And unrest triggers the pivot to a Police-State.

Control.

MAJOR FINAL THOUGHT………………. Expect this Police-State Drift to invade every state in the union rapidly, and be sold to an unknowing, desperate, numbed, and shell-shocked public via every deceptive tactic in the political arsenal.

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The Amount Of Gold Needed To Buy A BMW Has Collapsed! CLICK HERE.

Buckle Up Because This Is About To Massively Rock Global Markets! CLICK HERE.

James Turk Predicts Silver Will Skyrocket Above Fair Value Of $300-$500 CLICK HERE.

Gold & Silver Record Highs! Look At What Just Hits A Level Not Seen Since 1972 CLICK HERE.

Gold Quote Of The Day! CLICK HERE.

What Could Go Wrong? CLICK HERE.

The US Is Now Headed For Total Collapse CLICK HERE.

GOLD & SILVER SOAR: This Time The Global Financial Crisis Will Be Much Worse CLICK HERE.

RECORD HIGHS! Silver Soars Nearly 8% As Gold Surges $134 CLICK HERE.

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Costa – Two Major Catalysts For Gold & Silver In 2026 CLICK HERE.

Nomi Prins Just Predicted A Jaw-Dropping $150-$180 CLICK HERE.

Michael Oliver – Historic Breakouts Will Now Send Gold & Silver Prices To Levels That Will Shock The World! CLICK HERE.

Silver Will Skyrocket Above $300-$500!

To listen to James Turk’s predictions for the price of silver and gold as well as what to expect from mining stocks CLICK HERE OR ON THE IMAGE BELOW.

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