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The Deep End: Trump, the Great Lakes, and Canada’s Invisible Sovereignty Crisis

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The Deep End: Trump, the Great Lakes, and Canada’s Invisible Sovereignty Crisis I. Introduction – ā€œThe Border Beneath the Surfaceā€ In the dying days of his first term, Donald Trump floated the idea of buying Greenland. It was absurd—until it…

B-2 Bombers at Diego Garcia: U.S. Escalates Toward War with Iran Amid Houthi Conflict and Israeli Strikes

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B-2 Bombers at Diego Garcia: U.S. Escalates Toward War with Iran Amid Houthi Conflict and Israeli Strikes Executive Summary The sudden deployment of seven B-2 Spirit stealth bombers and seven C-17A Globemaster IIIs to Diego Garcia, a remote U.S. military…

The Empire That Forgot It Was One: JD Vance, Greenland, and the Death of the Rules-Based Order

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The Empire That Forgot It Was One: JD Vance, Greenland, and the Death of the Rules-Based Order I. INTRODUCTION: THE EMPIRE IS NO LONGER SUBTLE This isn’t a drill. This isn’t a weird headline you laugh at and scroll past…

ISR: The Eyes of a Dying Empire: How America Watched the World Burn—One Thermal Feed at a Time

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ISR: The Eyes of a Dying Empire: How America Watched the World Burn—One Thermal Feed at a Time I. Prologue: The Empire That Watched Itself Die A drone orbits over a parched village outside Kismayo.The feed is clean.The horizon shimmers…

The Trump Doctrine: Isolationism, Dominance, and the Death of Partnership

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The Trump Doctrine: Isolationism, Dominance, and the Death of Partnership 1. Executive Summary The so-called ā€œTrump Doctrineā€ has often been mischaracterized as incoherent, improvisational, or purely reactive. In reality, it is one of the most brutally consistent strategic frameworks to…

Enemies of the State: Trump’s Security Clearance Purge and the Authoritarian Playbook

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Enemies of the State: Trump’s Security Clearance Purge and the Authoritarian Playbook Introduction – The Day American Democracy Flatlined On March 21, 2025, in what was first dismissed by some as a meme-tier shitpost, Benny Johnson — the right-wing media…

The Border Is Closed: Why the Haskell Library Shutdown Is a Soft Declaration of War Against Canada

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The Border Is Closed: Why the Haskell Library Shutdown Is a Soft Declaration of War Against Canada Executive Summary The closure of Canadian access to the Haskell Free Library and Opera House is not an isolated bureaucratic adjustment—it is a…