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A Man Flailing About Would Look No Different Than What We See Now
The spectacle of President Trump in these late months of 2025 has acquired a clarity that even his most ardent detractors once hesitated...
john raymond
Aug 223 min read


Talk of Coup Attempts in Russia Only Prove That Putin Will Burn the Place to the Ground Before He Accepts That His War Is Lost
The rumors of a coup inside Russia — surfacing now not just in exile circles but within Russian Telegram and semi-public channels — are...
john raymond
Aug 222 min read


Jake Broe Shows Narrative Discipline With Latest Video, Stops Chasing Trump’s Shiny Things
Jake Broe’s latest video marks a good step forward in his analysis. He avoids Trump’s endless stream of “shiny objects” and focuses...
john raymond
Aug 213 min read


Unlike Me, Zelenskyy Is Not Free to Rage at the Barbarians Within
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has every right to rage. His nation bleeds daily under missiles and drones. His people endure slaughter, deportation,...
john raymond
Aug 212 min read


Russian Propaganda—Spewed by Its Asset Trump—Is Proof That It Is Flailing as It Continues to Lose the Ukraine War
Make no mistake, this bit of Russian propaganda does not broadcast strength; it broadcasts desperation. It seems now that every time...
john raymond
Aug 214 min read


The Illusion of Peace Talks and the Reality of Putin’s Collapse
From the first days of Russia’s “Special Military Operation,” analysts pretended that off-ramps or peace talks might resolve the war....
john raymond
Aug 213 min read


Trump and Vance Are Perfect for Each Other — Both Are Craven Nihilists
President Trump’s recent invocation of “heaven” reveals not spiritual conviction but existential dread. A man who spent decades...
john raymond
Aug 212 min read


What “Quadrilateral Talks” Mean—and Why Format Determines Outcomes
In war-ending diplomacy, the format is the strategy. Whether negotiations are bilateral, trilateral, or quadrilateral determines who sets...
john raymond
Aug 204 min read


Day 212: The Dangerous “Targeted Looting Phase” of Trump’s Presidency Has Begun
If Day 135 marked the end of the stormfront and the entry into the deceptive calm of the storm’s eye, then today marks the beginning of...
john raymond
Aug 203 min read


This Didn’t Start in Alaska: Trump Has Always Been Russia’s Asset
The fatal analytic mistake outlets like MidasTouch and even ex-CIA commentators continue to make is treating Trump’s subservience to...
john raymond
Aug 202 min read


When It Comes to Jake Broe Videos, He Still Needs to Show Analytic Courage
Jake Broe has built a valuable platform as an explainer of the Ukraine war. He outlines Russian atrocities, documents Ukrainian...
john raymond
Aug 193 min read


A Dire Warning: The Supplement to Spaniel — And How to Actually Understand Alaska to Washington
Step One: Pillar One — Regime Security To begin, we must put aside the tonal distractions that William Spaniel and others dwell on and...
john raymond
Aug 184 min read


Tone Is a Lie With Trump, Hear Instead the Fear He Tries to Hide
The Fraud of “Tone” For years, commentators have fallen into the same trap: mistaking Donald Trump’s tone for substance. Every time he...
john raymond
Aug 183 min read


If You Think Chris Pratt Is Right, You Are a Fucking Idiot
Chris Pratt’s recent comments praising RFK Jr. and urging Americans not to be “mired in hatred” toward President Trump are not some...
john raymond
Aug 183 min read


Monday in DC Proves Mark Rutte Is a Dancing Clown
The NATO Secretary-General, Mark Rutte, emerged from Monday’s White House meeting and proclaimed a breakthrough. He declared that...
john raymond
Aug 182 min read


Dear Adam Kinzinger, You Are Getting Warmer...
Adam, you have made some real progress , but you still orbit the wrong questions. Frozen assets and secondary sanctions are side chatter;...
john raymond
Aug 173 min read


Pants Down, the EU and NATO Leadership Is Forced to Head to Washington Monday—All Because They Have Been Jacking Off Since 2014
Europe’s leaders are flying to Washington on Monday, 18 August 2025, not as moral arbiters but as flank guards for Kyiv—because a decade...
john raymond
Aug 173 min read


Dear, Kinzinger, You Are a Little Late to the Fucking Party and Aren’t Even onto the Right Frames
Adam Kinzinger’s latest video deserves credit: he is saying out loud, on CNN and elsewhere, what too many analysts and politicians still...
john raymond
Aug 162 min read


Vitamin R: Jake Broe’s Latest Video Is His Most Analytic Yet
Jake Broe’s latest video on the Trump–Putin summit in Alaska is his most analytic yet. It is a portrait not just of spectacle but of...
john raymond
Aug 162 min read


The Latest from The Bulwark Is Refreshing
Tim Miller’s latest commentary may be late to the realization, but it is nonetheless refreshing to see his outrage sharpened against the...
john raymond
Aug 163 min read
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