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The Raymond Method: When Noise Is Not War, and When Sound Absolutely Is—Two Case Studies in Applied Asymmetric Forecasting
I. The Method: A Framework for Strategic Clarity in Asymmetric War The Raymond Method is not speculative punditry. It is a formal...
john raymond
Jul 183 min read


Mark Rutte Once More Proves He Doesn’t Know What the Fuck He Is Doing
It is time for Mark Rutte to resign. Let’s not pretend this is surprising. I’ve said it for weeks now: Mark Rutte is a dupe, a tool, and...
john raymond
Jul 182 min read


Why Andor Works and Rogue One Doesn’t
Andor , the two-season streaming series on Disney+, is not a masterclass in television—despite the chorus of online praise that might...
john raymond
Jul 185 min read


From PR Stunt to Asymmetric Warfare: How Glenn Kirschner Exposes Aspects of Trump’s Regime Security Doctrine
In the latest episode of The Legal Breakdown , Glenn Kirschner and Brian Tyler Cohen dissect Donald Trump’s performative “concession”...
john raymond
Jul 184 min read


Beyond Epstein: The Faux "Biden Autopen Scandal" Proves That MAGA Brainrot Is Real
The Biden autopen “scandal” is not just a distraction—it’s a symptom. A symptom of a deeper epistemic decay within the MAGA worldview,...
john raymond
Jul 173 min read


Dear Jake Broe, You Continue to Misread Trump vs. Ukraine
I need to level with you, Jake. Your read on Trump’s 50-day ultimatum , the drone deal, the Russian elite's unease, and the nuclear...
john raymond
Jul 173 min read


Dear Paul Warburg, Trump’s Goal Isn’t a Stalemate—It’s Putin’s Victory and His Own Coronation
Paul Warburg argues that recent shifts in U.S. arms policy represent a turning point for Ukraine, claiming that Donald Trump’s...
john raymond
Jul 162 min read


Dear Jake, I Told You the Senate Sanctions Package Was a Bluff. Now, I Am Telling You, NATO Procurement Is Going to Take Longer Than Three Months
Jake, let me start with a truth you already know but somehow never quite say: Donald Trump is not trying to win the war in Ukraine. He is...
john raymond
Jul 153 min read


Yes, MAGA Faithful, It Is Time—Past Time—To Burn Your Red Hats
You were lied to. Again. And you know it. You were promised justice, and you got spectacle. You were promised truth, and you got slogans....
john raymond
Jul 152 min read


Chapter 5, Section V: Strategic Blindness, Epistemic Collapse, and the Cost of Losing the Plot
The failure to understand the world as it is does not belong to the right alone. It infects even the educated liberal mind. In fact, it...
john raymond
Jul 154 min read


Chapter 5, Section IV. The Great Abstraction: Other Countries as Myths
The modern American does not live in the world. He lives in a highly edited story about the world, a curated narrative in which other...
john raymond
Jul 154 min read


In 2 Minutes and 16 Seconds, CBS News Shows Why No One Trusts the News Media Anymore
It doesn’t matter what side of the political aisle you land on — this much is now a widely accepted truth: people no longer trust the...
john raymond
Jul 152 min read


Today Was Not a Good Day for Ukraine—William Spaniel Got Played
On July 14, 2025, William Spaniel opened his video by asking if this was “the best day of the war this year for Ukraine.” What followed...
john raymond
Jul 144 min read


Chapter 5, Section III. The Harvard Civics Misfire
In 2025, Harvard launched a widely celebrated, free online civics course—an ambitious attempt to repair America’s battered democratic...
john raymond
Jul 144 min read


OBrien's Update 141 Proves He Understands Trump Better Than Most
I’m going to keep this short. OBrien’s Weekend Update #141 cuts through the noise better than almost any mainstream reporting to...
john raymond
Jul 132 min read


Dear Caolan Robertson, Asymmetric Warfare Does Not Reward Hope—It Punishes Wishful Thinking
Caolan Robertson’s recent interview , rich in sincerity and full of moral urgency, nonetheless reveals a profound misunderstanding of the...
john raymond
Jul 133 min read


Hotel Artemis: A Film So Bad, That By the Time Goldblum Appears, I Groaned Knowing He Could Not Save It
There are bad films, and then there are films that are so structurally confused, so dramatically inert, so devoid of pulse or point, that...
john raymond
Jul 123 min read


The Issues That William Spaniel Can’t Address: Trump Is More Than a Wildcard
William Spaniel’s latest video offers a well-produced, carefully structured overview of NATO’s evolving strategic position in the wake...
john raymond
Jul 123 min read


Go Woke, Go Broke? More Like, "Help Trump, Are a Rump"
For years now, the Right has loved to chant its empty little mantra— “Go woke, go broke” —as if it were an iron law of culture. The idea,...
john raymond
Jul 123 min read


Chapter 5, Section II. The Abstract Illiteracy of the American Public
The modern American mind has been trained to think in images. It sees tanks and assumes war. It sees a flag and assumes nationhood. It...
john raymond
Jul 124 min read
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