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+ The Unethically Manipulative Techniques That Made/Keep MAGA a CultDear Subscribers,Our main story this week is a video by Larken Rose exposing how Donald Trump supporters (I.E. The MAGA Movement) fit the textbook definition of a cult for continuing to support Trump after he has violated every single tenet of the conservative movement. From “Take the guns first, go through due process second” to masked goons on the street (acclimating the public to masked goons on the street) to taxes disguised as Tariffs to endless wars and continuing regime change operations, Trump has, quite literally, spit in the face of the conservative movement violating almost every single campaign promise.Additionally, it has become painfully obvious to anyone that isn’t delusional that he is obviously implicated in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. In the Epstein scandal, we have what appears to be an Israeli Mossad “Brownstone Operation” to blackmail powerful and influential people by photographing and filming them in sexual activity with minors. Trump was close friends with Epstein, he was bailed out of Bankruptcy by Rothschild, Inc, whose family lineage have been the #1 funders of Zionist Israel, his theatrical agent that created his “brand” as a successful businessman (even after four bankruptcies) with “The Apprentice” was Zionist Ari Emmanuel, his campaign was funded by Zionists to the tune of over four hundred million dollars since 2016, and now he is transferring Billions of dollars to Israel and enabling their genocide of the Palestinians. Seems obvious to me that the organized crime bankers behind organized crime Israel have installed a puppet into the US Presidency who is transferring over $20 billion in dollars, weapons and software (Palantir) being used in genocide, and waging/threatening war on Israel’s enemies in the region especially Yemen and Iran.Etienne Note: It is actually over $424 million when you include 2016 campaign donations.In my article accompanying the Larken Rose video, I “value-added” the video with some of the behavior psychology behind the indoctrinated cult-creation techniques we are exposing in my new book: To See the Cage is to Leave It – 25 Techniques the Few Use to Control the Many.I break down how the organized crime system using “government” to rob, control and tax-farm the American people are exploiting knowledge of behavioral psychology to indoctrinate the population with a pseudo-religion (Statism – The completely indoctrinated belief in having an easily-rigged “government” and ruling class).I specifically break down Technique #16 from To See the Cage is to Leave It:Exploiting Behavioral Psychology to Satisfy (Most) People’s Biological Desire for a Leader / Father Figure – Evolutionary leadership theory posits that most humans have an innate, biological desire for a leader as an evolutionary survival mechanism from our tribal past.Inter-generational organized crime leverages its understanding of behavioral psychology to offer the choice of two potential puppet leaders to become “Pope” of the indoctrinated Statist religion: a “Blue” Government Leader marketed to appeal to urban liberals, and a “Red” Government Leader designed to appeal to rural conservatives. Many people fall for the fake “Hobson’s Choice” (and Brute Force Manufactured Consensus) and begin to self-identify with their preferred “leader.”It is easy to manipulate a pre-determined outcome by having one leader presented by the monopoly media as worse than the other to trick the population into “voting for the lesser evil.”OTHERI am getting ready for our yearly sponsorship campaign. I am looking for some “heavy hitters” to help anchor the campaign with some matching donations and/or challenge grants. Please e-mail me at Etienne (at) ArtOfLiberty.org if you would like to help. Top Stories of the WeekLarken Rose – Yes, Trump’s MAGA Movement Is Now Absolutely a CULTLarken’s Short 17 Minute Video Echoes our Work on Indoctrinated Cult Creation Using Monopoly Media & Behavioral PsychologyEtienne Note: Check the bottom of this article for the opportunity to get three Larken Rose books + BOTH of my books, including To See the Cage is to Leave It, in our “Everything Bundle” with a Special Offer of Signed High-Resolution Hard Copies for “Going Paid” at the Founding Member level.Larken Rose did a short video breaking down that case that the MAGA movement and conservatives that support Trump are absolutely, positively a CULT.This echoes my own work in my new book: To See the Cage is to Leave It – 25 Techniques the Few Use to Control the Many, where I break down 25 unethically manipulative techniques the organized crime “government” and monopoly media are using surreptitiously on the population that could be best described as CLASSIC, TEXTBOOK “CULT INDOCTRINATION TECHNIQUES…Continue reading…Videos of the WeekYou’re Not Going to Benefit From Anything the Organized Crime “Government” Steals in VenezuelaRebuilding Mum and Dad: The Astounding 1-Year Results of Strength Training of Couple in Their 80sby The Honest ChannelLow muscle mass has been associated with an earlier death. Journalist Clare Johnston recorded the progress that her parents made after only one year of weight training. Her 82-year old mother, Rhoda, who was diagnosed with osteoporosis in her 60’s could barely walk upright without support at 80. After doing the protocol, Rhoda radically improved her mobility, balance, and safety, and she’s also significantly improved her bone density by 6.6%. Strength training increases bone density and muscle building faster than other types of exercise.Clare’s father, Michael, 81, began deadlifting 66 pounds and increased the weight to 207 pounds by the end of the year.The training protocol takes 1.5 hours, twice per week. The message of the couple and the trainer is that you are never too old, and if you are alive, you can do it!Continue reading“Government”, Media and AcademiaCriminality ExposedThese articles also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_ScamsThe Companies Behind ICEBy Donald Shaw, David MooreU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has grown its network of private industry partners since the start of the second Trump administration to support its agents as they storm into cities and detain people they suspect of being undocumented immigrants.Last year, the ICE agency obligated more money than ever to private contractors, and this year it’s on pace to easily top last year’s record. More than 600 companies have been working with Trump’s ICE, including businesses in nearly every state.Continue readingDOJ to Charge Don Lemon Under the ‘KKK Act’ for Inciting Church Raid (VIDEO)Harmeet Dhillon, the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the Department of Justice, has announced that they plan to charge disgraced former CNN anchor Don Lemon under the Ku Klux Klan Act,by Cassandra MacDonaldThe impending charges stem from Lemon’s involvement when a group of anti-ICE activists stormed a church in Minneapolis, disrupting a religious service and intimidating worshippers, on Sunday.The Ku Klux Klan Act, formally known as the Enforcement Act of 1871, prohibits conspiracies to threaten, injure, or intimidate individuals to prevent them from exercising their constitutional rights, including the free exercise of religion.Continue readingIn 2026, ICE detainees are dying at an alarming rateby Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby, and Noel SimsIn 2025, 32 people died in the custody of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). That figure was the largest in more than two decades and tied for the highest number of deaths among ICE’s detainee population ever.2026 is only three weeks old, and it’s already shaping up to be much worse. In just 21 days, at least six people have died in ICE custody.Last year, ICE did not have six in-custody deaths until April 25. The early trends put ICE on pace for 120 in-custody deaths in 2026.Continue readingDeloitte, a $74 billion cancer metastasized across Americaby BeaverConsulting feesYou were never meant to hear the name “Deloitte” and you were never meant to know that the government has wasted $74 billion by working with them. Quietly, Deloitte is one of the largest contractors “building” American government IT systems. Medicaid enrollment, unemployment insurance, child welfare case management, food assistance eligibility. When you interact with a state benefits system, theres a decent chance Deloitte built it.In building the 600m row (and growing) database for somaliscan, I sorted through literally millions of invoices, and once name continued to appear; Deloitte. California’s unemployment fraud disaster that cost the state $32 billion? Built by Deloitte. Tennessee kicking 250,000 children off Medicaid? Built by Deloitte. The billion dollar software project in California that got cancelled after spending the budget? Ding ding ding, DELOITTE.Continue reading“Daily News of The Week”6 Habits of Highly Successful Entrepreneursby Paul O’BrienThe research isn’t vague anymore. Decades of behavioral economics, psychology, and entrepreneurship studies have piled up enough evidence to stop pretending success is random. Whether someone builds alone or inside a founding team, outcomes track to a small set of repeatable human behaviors. Put the right skills and habits inside a young organization and it compounds. Miss them, and no amount of hustle theater, demo day pitches, or motivational posters saves you.That matters because we finally know how to serve entrepreneurs better. I’ve written extensively about what separates founders who build durable companies from those who burn time and capital, pulling from personality research, venture outcomes, and ecosystem data. Academic work, including research coming out of Oxford University and aligned institutions, keeps reinforcing the same point: certain traits correlate strongly with entrepreneurial success, while others do not. Risk tolerance, openness, internal locus of control, and conscientious execution show up again and again in the data. Society is slowly learning that helping entrepreneurs doesn’t mean telling everyone they’re equally suited to founding a company. This means encouraging people to try, teaching them the methodology, and then helping those without certain traits partner with or co-found alongside people who have them.Continue readingBanks seize 367,000 homes as housing pain spreads across US… and it is about to get much worseEtienne Note: To understand the inherent criminality of the fractional reserve banking system creating money out of thin air and then stealing REAL assets when people can’t pay, see our previous article: The Credit River Case – First National Bank of Montgomery v. Daly Exposed That Banks Create Money out of THIN AIRBy Martha Williams, Us Real Estate & Consumer ReporterThe past year was difficult for homeowners — but experts warn that 2026 could be even more challenging.Foreclosures — when a bank or lender takes back a home after missed mortgage payments — rose 14 percent from a year earlier.In total, 367,460 US properties faced foreclosure filings in 2025, meaning they were in some stage of being taken over by a lender, according to ATTOM’s data.Experts warn even more homes may be seized in 2026. ‘If the job market weakens, and it may very well, then we could unfortunately down the road see the increase in the foreclosure rate significantly accelerate,’ said economist Michael Szanto.Indeed, the outlook for the housing market — and the wider economy — is increasingly bleak. In total, the US added only around 584,000 jobs in 2025, making it the weakest year for job growth outside a recession since 2003.Continue readingA NEW WAY TO GET RID OF ALUMINUM, OUR WORST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DISASTERCoauthors: Jeff Lioon, Jonathan RickertAluminum is the environmental toxin causing the most human harm—an international health emergency no one speaks about. Although mercury and other heavy metals are more toxic, aluminum is far more common. It is in the air and on every surface, a worldwide contaminant that is just about everywhere. Avoiding it is impossible. Aluminum’s foul properties are ruthlessly concealed by an industry that is knowingly murdering us for profit. Because of them, cleaning up our air and other aluminum sources will not happen any time soon.Continue readingFed set to buy $55B in Treasuries over 4 weeksby AlexContinue readingThe ‘America First’ Lie: How the U.S. Loots Nations, Installs Dictators, and Calls it ‘Democracy’by Matt AgoristThey told us they were “restoring order” in Argentina and “fighting terror” in the Middle East. Instead, they created a blueprint for mass murder, economic theft, and a perpetual state of war.If you listen closely to the wind blowing in from the Caribbean this week, you can smell it. It’s the distinct, metallic scent of “democracy” being delivered at Mach speeds—a fragrance composed of cordite, burning infrastructure, blood, and, most importantly, crude oil.Continue readingAmericans Bear Almost All the Cost of Trump Tariffs, Study Showsby Brendan MurrayBloomberg) — President Donald Trump’s duties on imported goods are paid almost entirely by American importers, their domestic customers and ultimately US consumers, a study from a German think tank concluded.“Foreign exporters did not meaningfully reduce their prices in response to US tariff increases,” a report released Monday by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy said. “The $200 billion surge in customs revenue represents $200 billion extracted from American businesses and households.”The study found that only about 4% of the tariff burden is shouldered by foreign firms, with a “near-complete” pass-through of 96% to US buyers that pay the levies and then must either absorb them or raise selling prices. Manufacturers and retailers are next in line in deciding whether they’ll pass along their higher costs or deal with tighter margins.Continue readingMillions of Iranians Can’t Be Wrongby Kevin BarrettThe people of Iran have spoken. Massive, gargantuan, humongous protests, “the biggest and most beautiful protests the world has ever seen” as Trump would say, have brought countless millions of Iranians into the streets to send the theocrats (and parliamentary representatives) who govern them a message:“We love you! We love the Islamic Republic! We despise the Operation Gladio terrorists Israel and the US keep sending to murder our police officers and vandalize our property.”The patriotic pro-Iran protests were orders of magnitude larger than the comparatively minuscule “please fix the economy” protests infiltrated by the CIA’s Gladio killers and US-taxpayer-financed vandals. The largest “anti-government” protest (which was actually not anti-government at all, just pro-Iranian-economy) brought perhaps 10,000 people AT MOST into streets in downtown Tehran on January 8. Western propaganda media grossly inflated that already-generous number, falsely reported that most protesters were anti-Islamic-Republic rather than pro-economy, and hallucinated various ridiculous numbers of poor, innocent, peaceful demonstrators being killed by police. In reality, CIA-Mossad paid killers were hunting and killing police officers, while rooftop Gladio snipers were shooting at both police and protesters, as during the Maidan Square coup of 2014 and so many similar operations. By the time it was over, more than 100 Iranian police had been murdered, and Western-paid vandals had caused millions of dollars worth of damage, without advancing their regime change agenda one iota.Continue readingA Deep Dive Into Butyrate — Your Gut’s Powerhouse Moleculeby Dr. Joseph MercolaButyrate is a short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) produced by gut bacteria that ferment dietary fiber. It serves as essential fuel for colon cells and maintaining overall systemic healthAdequate fiber intake — around 30 grams daily — is crucial for butyrate production. Without it, your body burns stored fat and protein, creating disease-causing byproductsButyrate strengthens your gut barrier, preventing intestinal permeability that allows harmful substances to enter the bloodstream and trigger autoimmune responsesResearch shows butyrate improves insulin sensitivity, reduces diabetes risk, lowers bad cholesterol, prevents colorectal cancer, and supports brain healthBoost butyrate by eating fiber-rich foods, resistant starches, fermented foods and probiotics, while avoiding processed foods, managing stress, and limiting unnecessary antibioticsContinue readingThe Myth of a Self-Financed Fedby Mises Wire, Jonathan NewmanThe estimated costs of the Fed’s building renovation project have risen from $1.9 billion to $2.5 billion. Hilariously, the Fed admits that one of the factors for the revised costs is “differences over time between original estimates and actual costs of materials, equipment, and labor.” Translation: “Looks like we’re not so good at forecasting and stabilizing future price inflation.”At this point, extravagant government boondoggles are barely newsworthy. A few people batted their eyelashes last week at Trump’s proposal to expand military funding by half a trillion dollars but everyone has forgotten about it now because it was last week and attention spans are measured in seconds these days.But the Fed’s building renovations are causing more of a stir. Senator Tim Scott questioned Powell about it last June, and now the Department of Justice has issued subpoenas about Powell’s answers. Powell responded with an uncharacteristically blunt message, saying that the DOJ’s actions are a pretext—that this is all a part of a plot, led by Trump, to diminish Fed independence in its monetary policy decisionsContinue readingAI-powered “RoboCops” take up traffic duties in Chinese citiesby Brian WangThe total wealth that has left California is now $1 trillion.California had $2 trillion of billionaire wealth just a few weeks ago. Now, 50% of that wealth has left – taking their income tax revenue, sales tax revenue, real estate tax revenue and all their staffs (and their salaries and income taxes) with them.In other words, by starting this ill conceived attempt at an asset tax, the California budget deficit will explode. And we still don’t know if the tax will even make the ballot. If the measures passes, it could be held up with lawsuit challenges.California billionaires were reliable tax payers – 13.3% every year.Unless this ballot initiative is pulled, we will not stop the billionaire exodus. With no rich people left in California, the middle class will have to foot the bill.Continue readingMore than 8,000 US chain stores closed up shop in 2025 — heralding a ‘retail apocalypse’by Allison LaxTwo big-name retailers have already announced store closures just two weeks into 2026 — and experts warn that the retail-shuttering roundup is only going to get more bleak.Household name department store Macy’s announced last week that it was shutting down 14 “underproductive” stores, while Saks Global group filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday.The hard-hitting blows to the two megastores come after more than 8,000 chain retail stores across different companies occurred in 2025, including Rite Aid, Joann and Party City, according to data shared by Coresight Research to the Daily Mail.“America has been over-retailed,” said Ward Kampf, president of Northwood Retail. “We built and built, focusing on growth, expansion, and development, and now the focus is on profitability, performance and margins.”Continue readingCarney’s Beijing Gambit Triggers Trump Warning In The Form Of A Big Beautiful Mapby Tyler DurdenAfter over the weekend warning that he would impose a 10% tariff on imports from several European countries in response to their opposition to his Greenland takeover plan, later threatening the tariff could be raised to 25% within weeks if those governments fail to fall in line – President Trump has once again escalated, this time with an overnight Truth Social post of a map showing not just Greenland as part of the US but Canada too.The image features President Trump addressing European leaders in the Oval Office. In the background is a map with Canada, Greenland, Venezuela and Cuba shown them as part of the United States, draped over by American flag colors.The image is actually an edited version of a real photograph from when various leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen – were in Washington, DC in August 2025, for talks focused on Ukraine peace.Continue readingDark KievEtienne Note: See the next story down as well.The image is a visualization of a massive Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine that occurred overnight on January 9, 2026. The attack involved several waves of drones and various types of missiles, including ballistic and cruise missiles.Kyiv was heavily targeted, resulting in damage to critical infrastructure and residential buildings. At least four civilians were killed and numerous others injured in Kyiv alone. The strikes caused widespread power outages across most regions of Ukraine.by Moon of AlabamaThe attack involved several waves of drones and various types of missiles, including ballistic and cruise missiles.Kyiv was heavily targeted, resulting in damage to critical infrastructure and residential buildings.At least four civilians were killed and numerous others injured in Kyiv alone.Continue readingSimplicius – Situation Goes Critical as Kiev Begins Emptying Out – 1M People without Power, Heat and Water in -18C/1F Temperatureby SimpliciusAnother large-scale Russian strike yesterday has brought Kiev and several other major Ukrainian cities to the brink. Everything from Iskanders to even hypersonic Zircons were allegedly used, as per Ukrainian sources which claimed that virtually everything was again “shot down”:Zelensky himself announced over one million people in Kiev alone are without power, while numerous other reports give the figure as 80% of Kiev in a total outage.Almost all of Kiev and the Chernigov region remain without electricity and heating▪️87% of consumers in the Chernigov region are without electricity, according to “Ukrenergo”, all emergency disconnection queues are simultaneously in effect in the region, reports the regional energy company.▪️Meanwhile, a monitoring map of Kiev has appeared, where more than 80% of subscribers remain without electricity and heat.Continue readingWhy Is Migraine More Common in Women Than Men?by Dr. Joseph MercolaMigraines affect women three to four times more often than men, largely due to hormonal fluctuations that sensitize the brain’s pain pathways and increase vulnerability to stress, poor sleep, and inflammationEstrogen both primes and triggers migraine attacks — high levels heighten sensitivity, while sudden drops before menstruation or after childbirth cause the electrical instability that sparks painNatural progesterone helps counteract estrogen’s pro-inflammatory effects, calming nerve excitability and reducing migraine frequency during hormonally active yearsMitochondrial dysfunction is a major driver of migraines; reducing linoleic acid from seed oils and restoring nutrients like magnesium, CoQ10, and B vitamins strengthens your brain’s energy supply and resilienceSupporting melatonin through morning sunlight, minimizing blue light exposure at night, and maintaining oral and circadian health naturally lowers inflammation, helping prevent migraines and improve overall brain functionContinue readingRevealed: The CIA-Backed NGOs Fueling the Iran Protestsby Alan MacLeodAs waves of deadly demonstrations and counter-demonstrations hit Iran, MintPress examines the CIA-backed NGOs helping to stir the outrage and foment more violence.One of these groups is Human Rights Activists In Iran, frequently referred to as HRA or HRAI in the media. The group, and its media arm, the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) have become the go-to group of experts for Western media, and are the source of many of the most inflammatory claims and shockingly high casualty figures reported in the press. In the past week alone, their assertions have provided much of the basis for stories in CNN, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, ABC News, Sky News, and The New York Post, among others. And in a passionate plea for leftists to support the protests, Owen Jones wrote in The Guardian Tuesday that HRAI are a “respected” group whose death toll proclamations are “probably significant underestimates.”Continue reading12 Ways to Switch to Reusable Stuff in a Disposable Worldby Daisy LutherWe live in a convenience-driven society. Fast food businesses thrive while home cooking flounders. Trips to the pharmacy can now be undertaken without getting out of your car, using the handy drive-through. Standard cleaning products are quickly being overtaken by disposable items you toss in the trash after one use. We’ve been brainwashed by the marketing companies to believe that the simplest things are wildly inconvenient, and that in our time-crunched society we must pay for shortcuts.All of this convenience has a high price tag. Not only are you spending money unnecessarily at the check-out counter for all of that convenience, but the planet is getting buried under mountains of rubbish. The average American produces 1600 pounds of garbage per year.Did you ever stop to think about how many disposable things you buy? We do our shopping monthly instead of weekly, and this makes it a lot more noticeable on our bill when we load up with things that will be thrown out. I just checked the price, and a 6-pack of good-quality paper towels would add about $15 to my bill. If you’re in a position in which every penny counts, that $15 could be buying you a necessity like food. Even if you have no concern about the landfills, you probably want to save money, right? Pennies each week add up to dollars each month, and hundreds of dollars over the course of a year.Continue readingSurging “Education” Spending Squeezing Homeowners Outby Alex NewmanSo-called “education” is raising property taxes, forcing citizens—especially those on fixed incomes—to sell homes. The indoctrination scheme isn’t just harming youth; it’s destroying private property.With government spending on “public education” ballooning, surging property tax rates to fund it in some states are forcing homeowners to cut back on living expenses or even to sell their homes — especially those on fixed incomes such as retirees. Vermont is ground zero but it is hardly alone.Government “education” is by far the largest driver of increased property taxes each year. With the whole national system costing over $1 trillion per year, almost half of that in most states is coming from local property taxes. And as costs of government “education” skyrocket, so do property taxes.Continue readingBait-and-Switch: Victims of the LA Wildfires Find That Local Government Wants Them GoneEtienne Note: I am adding a Flashback Video of Adam Corolla’s take on “rebuilding under the “9 Angry Lesbians Running the Coastal Commission” from our previous coverage: 10 Things You Should Know About The LA Fires + Best CA Fire Memes + Adam Corolla’s Take on Rebuilding Under the “9 Angry Lesbians Running the Coastal Commission”by Mises Wire, William L. AndersonAs our relative walked through what had been her family home, she began to cry as she recorded the destruction. Her place was one of the thousands burned down a year ago in the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles. Other relatives living in Altadena had to flee the Eaton Fire at about the same time, although their home was not damaged. Likewise, the childhood home of my wife’s cousins was also consumed in that same fire.Our relatives were just a few people affected by these two fires, which together destroyed almost 17,000 homes. In a place known historically for wildfires, this was almost unprecedented in its destruction, yet both fires could have been prevented had people in authority simply cared to act. Unfortunately, California governance once again has caught the people of LA both coming and going, as the cause of the Palisades Fire was due to deliberate decisions by authorities to protect so-called endangered plants instead of the residents of the city. After the fires, government officials have made it nearly impossible for people to rebuild.Continue readingLeaked Doc: Homeland Security’s Domestic Terror Obsessionby Ken KlippensteinDespite Donald Trump’s fixation with Greenland and the suggestion that military action is imminent, the 2026 Homeland Threat Assessment, a draft of which was leaked to me, focuses instead on domestic terrorism.The annual assessment, which has been prepared since 2020, purports to offer a holistic assessment to threats to the Western Hemisphere. These assessments have consistently focused on what you imagine: southern border security, the drug trade, immigration, and critical infrastructure protection in the United States.But this year’s assessment, marked “For Official Use Only” and not yet released to the public, identifies violent extremism on the part of American citizens as the priority and greatest threat.One phrase in particular stands out to me as new: potential terrorism based upon “class-based or economic grievances.” (The term has not appeared in any previous assessment.)Continue readingThe CDC Whistleblower from VAXXED Has Been Promoted to Lead Childhood Vaccine Adverse Events Researchby Amber BakerA senior researcher at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) William Thompson, PhD, who previously came forward in 2014 as a whistleblower claiming that the agency omitted statistically significant data related to MMR (measles-mumps-rubella)vaccine risks, has been promoted to oversee federal research into adverse experiences in childhood affecting long-term health outcomes for children. STAT News reported Thompson’s appointment in late December 2025.1Dr. Thompson, a longtime CDC scientist who advised Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on vaccine policy has been promoted to a GS-15 position, the highest civilian rank in federal service, with supervisory authority. In his new role, Thompson will help oversee research related to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), a category that includes traumatic and destabilizing experiences such as abuse, neglect, substance use in the home, food insecurity, housing instability, and other stressors known to affect long-term health outcomes.1Continue readingFury as Amazon Ring Cameras Are Hooked Up to ICE SystemEtienne Note: We make the case that Amazon is a “Control of Perception” company overfunded to dominate books, streaming, on-line retail, hosting, and other commerce while simultaneously spying on the public with Alexa and Ring doorbell camera that have been quietly “wired” into thousands of police stations, FBI “Fusion Centers” and now ICE in our Five Meme Friday Article: If you spin the “Z” Amazon spells: A Mason – Plus MORE evidence, that you can find here: https://fivememefriday.substack.com/p/fivememefri-how-to-get-our-bookBy Joe WilkinsAs US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents wreak havoc on American communities, big tech companies have been making themselves indispensable to the increasingly tyrannical state.Among them is Amazon subsidiary Ring, the company behind those AI doorbell cameras that have exploded in popularity over the last few years. Back in October, Ring announced that its devices would soon be looped into a network of Flock AI surveillance cameras. That network, an investigation by 404 Media found, has been available to local and federal police and enforcement agencies like ICE — leaving many worried that their Ring doorbell cams are now feeding into a government panopticon.Continue readingMapped: How Rent Prices Vary Across Major Cities WorldwideBy Niccolo Conte Article/Editing: Bruno Venditti Graphics/Design: Joyce MaSee visuals like this from many other data creators on our Voronoi app. Download it for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources.Key TakeawaysNew York is the most expensive city in the world for renting a three-bedroom apartment in the city center in 2025.Rent costs vary widely by region, with North America and Western Europe dominating the top end.Rising housing costs remain a defining issue for cities around the world. In many global hubs, rents have continued to climb faster than wages, putting pressure on households and reshaping where people choose to live and work.Continue readingStudies link common food preservatives to higher diabetes and cancer riskby Andrew Gregory Health editorHigher consumption of some food preservatives is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes and cancer, two studies suggest.The findings, published in the medical journals Nature Communications and the BMJ, may have important public health implications given the ubiquitous use of these additives globally, researchers said.While more studies are needed, they said the findings should lead to a re-evaluation of regulations governing the use of preservatives by companies in products such as ultra-processed foods (UPF) to improve consumer protection worldwide.Continue readingJ Street is the new AIPAC in the Democratic PartyBy Philip WeissThe Israel lobby is exposed these days as it has never been before. Or AIPAC is. AIPAC is a dirty word among Democrats because it refuses to criticize the Netanyahu government.California Governor Gavin Newsom and Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner are both refusing AIPAC donations. In New York City, progressive Democratic candidates are primarying two sitting congressmen, Ritchie Torres and Dan Goldman, and making the incumbent’s donations from AIPAC an issue.And not just Democrats. In announcing her resignation from Congress, the Republican firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene tweeted that she takes no money from AIPAC– and “condemns Israeli genocide” — in contrast to Donald Trump, who has gotten over $230 million in pro-Israel money, and backs Israeli genocide to the hilt.Continue readingThe Central Banking Cartel Is Bleeding Us Dry And They Are Using The Statist Religion As The Hypodermic Needleby Gavin MounseyWe were raised to believe that taxes are the benevolent government’s way of caring for and protecting us with infrastructure, military, education and “health” care. We are told that this part of a “social contract” in which the state provides security, infrastructure, and collective purpose in exchange for taxation and civic participation.It`s all a big fat lie.Income tax was introduced as a “temporary wartime measure” and the government promised it would never keep taking people’s money like that just because it has the muscle to do so, yet here we are a hundred years later still paying a huge portion of our hard earned money from each paycheck.Continue readingThe Great Mind F*ck: Donald Trump was the star of the technocrats’ debutante ballby Collapse LifeThey say actions speak louder than words. That aphorism was palpable at the World Economic Forum in Davos this year, the moment Donald J. Trump — president of the United States and (arguably) the world’s greatest villain — appeared on the stage.First, the audience clapped politely. Then they rose into a standing ovation. They cheered and lifted their phones to record the scene the way people do when they know they’re witnessing something they will want to share with others later.Continue readingMilitary Buildup In The Middle East Continues, Including What Trump Describes As A “Big Flotilla” (Updated)by Howard AltmanThe U.S. is continuing to build up its military presence in the Middle East ahead of a possible attack on Iran. The USS Abraham Lincoln and its Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is now in the Indian Ocean, a U.S. Navy official told The War Zone on Thursday. The CSG was in the South China Sea until U.S. President Donald Trump ordered it moved west. In addition, more cargo jets and aerial refueling tankers have arrived in the region. Trump on Thursday said a large naval presence is heading to the region.These movements come as Trump has threatened to strike Iran over its brutal treatment of anti-government protesters, which has resulted in thousands of deaths.“We have a big flotilla going in that direction, and we’ll see what happens,” Trump told reporters Thursday afternoon. “We have a big force going toward Iran. I’d rather not see anything happen, but we’re watching them very closely.Continue readingDonald Trump Warns of ‘Armada’ Heading To IranBy Brendan Cole and John FengPresident Donald Trump has touted a “massive” naval force was on its way to Iran in a warning to the Islamic Republic’s rulers, who are facing their biggest protests for years.Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Thursday “we have an armada. We have a massive fleet heading in that direction, and maybe we won’t have to use it.”Essential Reading: Conventional Wisdom—Davos 2026 EditionReactions to Trump at Davos: Readers Have Their SayUncommon Knowledge: White House Meme Warriors, Meet RealityNewsweek has contacted the Iranian foreign ministry for comment.Continue readingUpcoming Liberty Events2026 ARMREG Holocaust Academy Summit- 27 January 2026 – on-lineSan Diego Freedom Bonfire – Jan 30th Bonfire & Potluck – Sunset Point Park ​- 1400 Dana Landing RoadThe People’s Reset – Morelia, Mexico – Jan 28th-Feb 1st 2026Porcupine Day 10 (X) – Murphy’s Taproom & Carriage House, Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 5-8:00 PM ESTPrincipled Business Summit- Prospera, Roatán, Honduras, February 5–9, 2026MONEROTOPIA 2026-Roma, Mexico City, February 12TH-15TH 2026Entrepreneurship Beyond Politics: Mises Circle in Oklahoma City – Feb 21st, OKC, OKFreedom Under Natural Law Conference – February 21st & 22nd 2026, On-lineThe Liberty Forum (NH Free State Project Conference) – March 5th-8th – Concord, NHMises Institute Libertarian Scholars Conference – March 19, 2026, at our Auburn, ALAustrian Economic Research Conference 2026 – March 19-21, 2026, Auburn, ALConfluence – April 23rd-26th – Bandera, TexasRothbard University-May 14-16, 2026, Auburn, ALLibertarian Scholars Conference 2026- March 19, 2026 – March 19, 2026 – Auburn, Alabama.Free Cities Foundation Conference – September 3–6, 2026 – Prospera, Roatan, HondurasMemes BonanzaTruth Music of the WeekGreenland Is Not Fer Sale 🎵 – A Ridiculous Irish Pub Jig About a Toddler TantrumGreenland Is Not Fer Sale – a fast Irish pub song, Celtic jig, and funny Irish ballad full of mockery and mayhem. A giddy 6/8 Irish jig that turns a global headline into a roaring Irish pub song packed with satire, sing-alongs, and spilled stout. Set in a warm, chaotic pub where the fiddle skips faster than common sense, Greenland Is Not Fer Sale tells a ridiculous tale of tantrums, nursery-rhyme logic, and the unstoppable wisdom of pub laughter. With skippin’ fiddle, cheeky tin whistle, tappin’ bodhrán, puffin’ accordion, and a crowd that won’t stay quiet, this Irish drinking song escalates from playful mockery into full cartoon chaos. The song leans hard into Irish folk humour — where exaggeration is tradition, ridicule is rhythmic, and even the silliest sulk can fuel a chorus. Sung in a theatrical Munster accent and built for foot-stompin’ sessions, this one’s made to be shouted back across the bar.libertarian Intentional Community RoundupFree State Project (NH) UpdateAnother day, another New Hampshire W!Defend the Guard ensures that state national guard troops cannot be deployed unless Congress has declared war.Campus Carry just made it out of committee! Another day, another New Hampshire win(Campus carry mandates that universities receiving state funding cannot restrict firearm)Prospera UpdateElections were held in Honduras in November of 2025. Jorge Cálix of the Liberal Party / Partido Liberal de Honduras, PLH narrowly defeated the ruling party’s candidate backed by President Xiomara Castro (Libre Party). The election ended 12 years of leftist rule under the Libre Party and their open hostility to Prospera.Cálix was sworn in January 2026, promising a more centrist and investor‑friendly approach, emphasizing economic recovery, job creation, and stability. During the transition period (Dec 2025), Cálix publicly described Próspera as an “innovative but mishandled initiative” and called for “dialogue instead of confrontation.”He has indicated willingness to review the legal framework rather than erase it outright, stating that investors need legal certainty. In early January 2026, Cálix told La Tribuna and El Heraldo:“Honduras must honor its commitments, even as we reform, not tear down. We seek to ensure that ventures like Próspera benefit the Honduran people and respect sovereignty.”All of this is favorable for Prospera and while the outcome of the arbitration and potential $10 billion (USD) judgement isn’t expected until June-Sept 2026, the judgement will impact the current incoming administration so there is pressure for them to settle the case in the coming year.Prospera is HiringSenior Tech LeadOwn and build all Próspera softwareGovernance OperationsRun the ‘government’ machine – operational and legal in nature.Real Estate DirectorReal Estate Partner Lead LawyerThey are also looking to partner with entrepreneurs wanting to build a community layer in a relevant niche as an L2 partner.Prospera is offering a referral bonus of $7,500 for any candidate who’s hired and remains with them for at least four months so let em know you saw this in Five Meme Friday.The LiberatorThe Liberator– Our archive of “government” and media criminalityImportant Note: New additions are added to the authoritative Liberator Dropboxes regularly but will not appear in the physical credit card-sized flash drive until we launch the next version. 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+ Etienne’s Interview on Geopolitics & Empire – How Folks are Using Our Books to Go After Local GovernmentsDear Subscribers,The lead story this week is an interview that I had with Hrvoje Moric from Geopolitics & Empire where we discussed my new book: To See the Cage is to Leave It – 25 Techniques the Few Use to Control the Many and how folks are using it to go on the offensive against local, state and the federal “government” by using it to wake up their friends, relatives and colleagues to the scams of “government.”In the e-mail version of the interview that I sent to our house e-mail list (Vs. the Substack version) I shared that the Art of Liberty supporter that is dropping 258 copies of the book to VIPs, Law Enforcement, and others had 41 copies that were donated to the Rutherford County, NC Sheriff’s Department confiscated by a member of the command staff. I shared the phone number of the Sheriff’s department in that e-mail and now I understand that the copies ARE going to be distributed to the rank and file employees to whom they were donated. is a very powerful dynamic and I feel like we are finally starting to play offense against the organized crime “government” that has had us on the defensive. We are now starting to widely expose the illegitimacy of “government” to the employees themselves…Jude Roberts from The Red Pill Friends is in Memphis tonight. Julie and I are excited to take him to dinner and see some Blues!I am about to pop in to the Last American Vagabond at 12:30 PM CST today right after I hit send on this e-mail to talk with Ryan Cristian and Derrick Broze.We will be live on Ryan’s channels here: https://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/last-american-vagabond-conscious-resistance-fundraiser-1-16-26/ and on The Conscious Resistance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8n_08UJH-ETop Stories of the WeekEtienne de la Boetie² on Geopolitics & Empire – The Scam of Statism & NationalismEtienne Breaks Down the Sneaky and Unethically Manipulative Techniques the Federal “Government” is using on the PopulationHrvoje Morić:Welcome to another edition of geopolitics. And returning to the podcast, it’s been quite a while. Is Etienne de la Boetie2. You can check out his sub stack, again, ArtofLibertyFoundation. He’s got a bunch of publications there.He’s got a new book as well To See the Cage Is to Leave It – 25 Techniques the Few Use to Control the Many. You can get it through his website in digital format, paperback or hardcover. Welcome back to the podcast.Etienne de la Boetie:A, it is great to be with you and your audience once again.Hrvoje Morić:A lot is going on; you’re always busy. If you want, maybe we can start with your new publication and the work you’re doing. What’s going on there?Etienne de la Boetie:Yes, sir, so I’ve got a new book. The book is called To See the Cage Is to Leave It – 25 Techniques the Few Use to Control the Many. And just to set the table for the audience: I’m a voluntarist author. I don’t believe in the legitimacy, the necessity, or the desirability of having a government.And in both my book, To See the Cage Is to Leave It – 25 Techniques the Few Use to Control the Many. In my my first book, “Government” – The Biggest Scam in History… Exposed!, how intergenerational organized crime runs the government, the media, and academia. I make the case that government is best thought of as a technique for robbing and controlling populations. In the new book, I break down 25 different sub-techniques that governments use surreptitiously to get the population to go along with having a ruling class. Some of these are obvious.Continue reading…Videos of the WeekEtienne on Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock – The Death of the “Chump Report?”I appeared on Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock. We discussed the, hopeful, death of the Trump Report (Which I call the Chump Report) a recurring segment where Dr. Phranq Tamburri, a naturopathic physician has been pumping Trump and effectively promoting his legitimacy for a decade. Years ago I grew so sick of it that I challenged Dr. Phranq to a debate on the program where I dropped truth bomb after truth bomb on him. Evidently, after a decade of lies and tyranny, Dr. Phranq has finally figured it out and is giving up on Trump! LOL.. We also talk about my new book To See the Cage is to Leave It – 25 Techniques the Few Use to Control the Many and how folks are using it to go on the offense vs. local, state, and the federal “government” with one Art of Liberty Foundation supporter dropping 258 copies on her local community starting with 41 copies to the Sheriff’s Department.Watch on YouTube…“Government”, Media and AcademiaCriminality ExposedThese articles also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_ScamsUPDATE: The Saudi payback [To Trump]Etienne Note: This article also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_Scamsby Judd LegumOn November 18, Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) visited President Trump at the White House. During his meeting with MBS, Trump agreed to provide Saudi Arabia with unprecedented levels of cooperation and support.Trump named Saudi Arabia a “major non-NATO ally,” a coveted designation that comes with “defense trade and security cooperation benefits, including access to joint research and development programs with the Pentagon and privileged access to US weaponry, training and loans.”Continue reading“Daily News of The Week”How Artificial Light Undermines Your Liver Healthby Dr. Joseph MercolaYour circadian rhythm controls vital organ functions, including how your liver processes nutrients and filters toxins. Exposure to artificial blue light disrupts this rhythm, triggering a chain reaction that destabilizes liver healthGerman researchers found that long-term artificial light exposure alters liver gene expression and melatonin production, contributing to the development and progression of fatty liver disease over timeAn earlier controlled animal study showed that constant light combined with a high-fat diet led to more weight gain, insulin resistance, and gut-derived liver inflammation than the same diet under normal lightingThe circadian disruption caused by artificial light doesn’t just affect the liver; it’s linked to obesity, Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hormone-driven cancers, and higher rates of depression and anxietyContinue reading30 Numbers From 2025 That Are Almost Too Crazy To Believeby Michael Snyder2025 has truly been a historic year. No matter which side of the fence that you are on, nobody can deny that we have witnessed seismic political changes over the last 12 months. Meanwhile, the AI revolution is transforming our lives in ways that we don’t even understand. But despite all of our advanced technology, we can’t stop the endless barrage of natural disasters that has been pummeling us in 2025, and hunger continues to spread all over the globe. Of course war has been a major theme from the very beginning of the year to the very end of the year. Humanity has been facing one major crisis after another, and people are steadily getting angrier and more frustrated.Our world is changing at a pace that is absolutely breathtaking. If you always wanted to live in “interesting” times, you have certainly gotten your wish. The following are 30 numbers from 2025 that are almost too crazy to believe…Continue readingWhat Makes All Vaccines So Dangerousby A Midwestern DoctorVaccines often cause various side effects, making it hard to identify common causes — many of which overlap with other mysterious and “incurable” ailmentsNeurologist Andrew Moulden discovered that vaccines frequently trigger microstrokes, which can lead to a myriad of acute and chronic diseasesForgotten research from the 1960s shows that blood cell clumping is a root cause of many diseases — a belief also shared by Chinese MedicineColloidal chemistry and zeta potential science reveal that positive charges around blood cells cause clumping. Agents with concentrated positive charges, such as aluminum and the COVID spike protein, are especially problematicImproving the physiologic zeta potential benefits a wide range of acute and chronic illnesses. A strong case can also be made that many conventional and holistic therapies work in part by enhancing zeta potentialContinue readingThe Idiocy of Using a $200 Billion Navy to Enforce a 140× Cocaine Premiumby David StockmanLast year there were 178 million alcohol drinkers in the US, which, unfortunately, resulted in 178,000 alcohol related deaths in the US. That’s a regrettable 0.1% fatality rate among users.But alcohol isn’t illegal because America hasn’t forgotten the bitter lessons of the Prohibition disaster 100 years ago.By contrast, the only illegal drug that comes in from Venezuela is cocaine. There is no evidence whatsoever by the Federal government’s own lights that any fentanyl comes into the US from Venezuela.So the “killer” drug they are gumming about is cocaine. Yet even then Venezuela grows zero percent of the annual US supply of about 826,000 pounds, and accounts for only 8% of US bound shipments via transit from Colombia and other sources.Still, cocaine may well be both illegal and a dubious source of recreational stimulants for most people, but it is actually no more deadly than alcohol. To wit, according to DEA and other government agencies, last year there were about 5 million cocaine users in the USA and about 5,000 deaths from pure cocaine overdoses.Continue readingBest Crops for Cold Frames and Hoop Houses in Winterby Dr. Joseph MercolaWinter gardening works because sunlight, not outdoor air temperature, drives growth inside cold frames and hoop houses, allowing you to harvest fresh food even when it’s freezing outsideCold-tolerant crops like roots and hardy greens grow more slowly in winter but often taste better, giving you higher-quality produce during months when fresh options are limitedSuccessful winter harvests depend on planting earlier than expected, so crops reach harvest size before deep cold slows growth to a crawlOverheating on sunny winter days causes more crop losses than freezing temperatures, which makes regular venting more important than adding heatLayered protection and thoughtful site preparation turn winter growing into a low-maintenance system that reduces reliance on stored or imported foodContinue readingFire Departments’ New Emergency: Affording Their Trucksby Eric SalzmanWhen I was a kid, one of the coolest things was that every year, a few days before Christmas, our town’s fire department would drive through all the neighborhoods in its gleaming fire engine with the lights flashing, giving short bursts of the siren. All the firemen were in full gear hanging off the sides, while Santa, sitting at the top, threw candy canes to us all. The fire department was special, especially to the kids whose dads or uncles were volunteers.These days, that truck may not be as shiny as it once was, as there are many trucks in service that should have been retired or kept only as backups because of how prone to failure they are. That’s what happened in Camden, NJ, in March 2024. From NJ.com:Camden Fire Capt. Will Johnson and his crew arrived within five minutes in Engine 8, a battle-scarred, 21-year-old truck. Flames roared from the second-floor windows as firefighters rushed in, spraying water to try to save Shawn, 35.Continue readingUK: Money Laundering Policies Result in Debanking of Hundreds of Thousands of Peopleby Prosperity Institute, Midlands-TV and GB NewsAn estimated 453,230 accounts – the highest figure in a decade – were shut down, according to figures released to The Telegraph under Freedom of Informatio­n rules. This trend has raised concerns about the impact of overregulation and anti-money laundering laws on account closures.Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said that hundreds of thousands of people will still be targeted by the new rules. The excuse for debanking is rooting out financial crimes, but the reality is that it is easier for banks to close an account rather than go through an extensive process to try and source the money in unusual transactions.Debanking continues to be a major issue in the UK as nearly 500,000 customers saw their accounts forcibly closed last year, the highest level in a decade, shocking new figures have found.Continue readingAt Least Half of the $2 Trillion in Billionaire Wealth Have Left Californiaby Brian WangThe total wealth that has left California is now $1 trillion.California had $2 trillion of billionaire wealth just a few weeks ago. Now, 50% of that wealth has left – taking their income tax revenue, sales tax revenue, real estate tax revenue and all their staffs (and their salaries and income taxes) with them.In other words, by starting this ill conceived attempt at an asset tax, the California budget deficit will explode. And we still don’t know if the tax will even make the ballot. If the measures passes, it could be held up with lawsuit challenges.California billionaires were reliable tax payers – 13.3% every year.Unless this ballot initiative is pulled, we will not stop the billionaire exodus. With no rich people left in California, the middle class will have to foot the bill.Continue readingThe Machinery of Terrorby Chris HedgesI have seen the masked goons who terrorize our streets before. I saw them during the “Dirty War” in Argentina, where 30,000 men, women and children were “disappeared” by the military junta. Victims were held in secret prisons, savagely tortured and murdered. To this day, many families do not know the fate of their loved ones.I saw them in El Salvador, when death squads were killing 800 people a month. I saw them in Guatemala under the dictatorship of José Efraín Ríos Montt. I saw them in Augusto Pinochet’s Chile and in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. I saw them in Iran under the rule of the ayatollahs where I was arrested and jailed twice and once deported in handcuffs. I saw them in Hafez al-Assad’s Syria. I saw them in Bosnia, where Muslims were herded into concentration camps, executed and buried in mass graves.Continue readingTheir Bodies Were Irreversibly Damaged, Now These Former Transgender Teens Are Fighting for Justiceby Tyler DurdenAuthored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez via The Epoch Times,Young people who used to identify as transgender have filed dozens of lawsuits in the past few years, but have yet to win a verdict in their favor.They are known as “detransitioners,” those who regret changing their gender identity, often after making irreversible changes to their bodies via medication and surgery on the advice of medical professionals.This year, several cases that have survived dismissal and arbitration, are making their way into courtrooms across the country.​These cases face obstacles, including statutes of limitations, caps on medical malpractice awards, and huge legal bills for cases that can drag on for years.​One case in New York, scheduled to go to trial this week, involves a then 16-year-old girl who thought she was a male and underwent a double mastectomy in December 2019, according to court documents. She has since detransitioned.Continue readingFarmland Shock: Georgia Grower Drops 3,000 Acres, Warns Of Unplanted Ground In 2026By Chris Bennett via AGWebThere is a catastrophic collapse of American agriculture coming in 2026-2027. Say adios to generational farmers. Wave to the fields growing weeds instead of nutritious crops. Banks are expecting record bankruptcies, remaining farmers are cutting back acreage to try to survive. Monopolies, government meddling, the United Nations, and globalization all play a part, but collectively, they are killing the goose that laid the golden egg in the first place – the American farmer. ⁃ Patrick Wood, Editor.Responding to crippling input costs, Alex Harrell slashes his cropland in half and predicts significant U.S. acres may be bare come spring.How deep is the farm crisis? Adios to acreage.In November 2025, Alex Harrell, among the most highly reputed producers in the U.S., dropped an old-school grading scale, A to F, across his 6,000-acre operation and slashed almost half his ground, notifying 12 landlords in a three-week window. “I can’t speak to the rest of the country, but around here, generational growers are either cutting back, quitting, falling into Chapter 12, or grasping at straws.”Continue readingFacing Contempt Threat, Clintons Refuse to Testify in Epstein InquiryBy Annie KarniBill and Hillary Clinton refused on Tuesday to testify in the House’s Jeffrey Epstein investigation, escalating a monthslong battle with its Republican leader, Representative James R. Comer of Kentucky, who quickly said he would take steps to hold them in contempt of Congress.“Every person has to decide when they have seen or had enough and are ready to fight for this country, its principles and its people, no matter the consequences,” the Clintons wrote in a lengthy letter to Mr. Comer, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, which was obtained by The New York Times. “For us, now is that time.”Mr. Comer’s relentless efforts to force them to testify reflect his overall approach to his panel’s Epstein inquiry. He has sought to deflect focus from President Trump’s ties to the convicted sex offender and his administration’s decision to close its investigation into the matter without releasing key information. Instead, he has worked to shift the spotlight onto prominent Democrats who once associated with Mr. Epstein and his longtime companion Ghislaine Maxwell.Continue readingHome Depot Deploys Havana-Style Sonic Weapon Against Day LaborersBy Joe WilkinsWhile federal agents working for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) are running up on migrant workers in Home Depot parking lots, the home improvement corporation has decided to take a stand — against the migrant workers.Reporting by The Guardian reveals a cruel new initiative being rolled out to one high-traffic Home Depot location in Los Angeles’ Cypress Park: high-pitched noise machines meant to shoo away day laborers.The Intituto de Educacion Popular del Sur de California (Idepsca), an advocacy group for migrant workers, is calling for the removal of three sonic devices they say are causing migrant workers to suffer headaches and nausea.In some areas, it’s common for day laborers to congregate outside home improvement stores like Home Depot, where they can find new gigs, catch rides to job sites, and quickly buy new equipment or material. It’s all part of the informal gig economy, a system which exploits poor and working class people for cheap labor.Continue readingPentagon bought device through undercover operation some investigators suspect is linked to Havana SyndromeBy Katie Bo Lillis, Natasha Bertrand, Priscilla Alvarez, Jim Sciutto, Zachary CohenThe Defense Department has spent more than a year testing a device purchased in an undercover operation that some investigators think could be the cause of a series of mysterious ailments impacting US spies, diplomats and troops that are colloquially known as Havana Syndrome, according to four sources briefed on the matter.A division of the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, purchased the device for millions of dollars in the waning days of the Biden administration, using funding provided by the Defense Department, according to two of the sources. Officials paid “eight figures” for the device, these people said, declining to offer a more specific number.The device is still being studied and there is ongoing debate — and in some quarters of government, skepticism — over its link to the roughly dozens of anomalous health incidents that remain officially unexplained.Continue readingSix Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s WidowBy Ernesto LondoñoSix federal prosecutors in Minnesota resigned on Tuesday over the Justice Department’s push to investigate the widow of a woman killed by an ICE agent and the department’s reluctance to investigate the shooter, according to people with knowledge of their decision.Joseph H. Thompson, who was second in command at the U.S. attorney’s office and oversaw a sprawling fraud investigation that has roiled Minnesota’s political landscape, was among those who quit on Tuesday, according to three people with knowledge of the decision.Mr. Thompson’s resignation came after senior Justice Department officials pressed for a criminal investigation into the actions of the widow of Renee Nicole Good, the Minneapolis woman killed by an ICE agent on Wednesday.Mr. Thompson, 47, a career prosecutor, objected to that approach, as well as to the Justice Department’s refusal to include state officials in investigating whether the shooting itself was lawful, the people familiar with his decision said.Continue readingRetired Argentine General, Opposition Party and Locals Claim Israelis Caused Patagonia WildfiresBy Jerusalem PostA large wildfire in Patagonia began on January 5, 2026 and was said to be intentional. Argentine retired military general César Milani, alongside several key figures from the opposition, claimed that two Israelis used an IDF grenade to cause a wildfire in the Patagonia region of southern Argentina. In a post on the wildfires, Milani placed the blame on “a foreign state, pointed out by the locals themselves as responsible,” alongside a picture of Argentine President Javier Milei waving an Israeli flag. Opposition lawmaker Luis D’Elia posted this message: “The ‘Israelis’ are going around burning Patagonia.”Milei announced the repeal of the law that bans the immediate sale of land affected by fire for agribusiness and real estate development. This kind of law exists in most countries as a necessary safeguard against business incentives to torch public lands. Although the repeal has not gone into effect yet, it recently passed committee in the Senate and continues to be a key element in the government’s plan for a massive fire sale of Patagonian lands.Continue readingMore fool you: 10 modus operandi of the mass manipulatorsby Niall McCrae, off-guardian.orgThe powerful do not wait for events such as a pandemic to happen and then exploit; instead, they create the events, which are scripted for a predetermined outcome. But the masses must be kept in the dark about the real motives, while being steered into supporting policies that are against their interests. The modus operandi features the following means of deception.There are two audiences for public announcements and media reports on events. The vast majority (‘normies’) are told the official story and believe what they are told. They know it happened, because they saw it on ‘the news’. There is also a minority of critical thinkers, who the authorities know will ask questions and suspect that the narrative is not the full truth. These people are led to believe a parallel story.Continue readingSurging “Education” Spending Squeezing Homeowners OutBy Alex NewmanWith government spending on “public education” ballooning, surging property tax rates to fund it in some states are forcing homeowners to cut back on living expenses or even to sell their homes — especially those on fixed incomes such as retirees. Vermont is ground zero but it is hardly alone.Government “education” is by far the largest driver of increased property taxes each year. With the whole national system costing over $1 trillion per year, almost half of that in most states is coming from local property taxes. And as costs of government “education” skyrocket, so do property taxes.In the Green Mountain State, another wave of property-tax increases is cresting, threatening to wash away the dreams and financial security of thousands of homeowners. According to the Vermont Tax Department, property taxes are projected to jump by an astounding 12 percent in 2026, based on preliminary school budgets from two-thirds of local districts.Continue readingU.S. Freezes Visas to 75 CountriesBy Ken KlippensteinIn the latest sign of the sheer scale of the administration’s war on immigration, the State Department has moved to pause all immigrant visa issuances for applicants from 75 different of countries, according to a U.S. diplomatic cable leaked to me.Continue reading…Ron Manners at 90Etienne Note: Ron Manners is a hero of Liberty who founded the Australian equivalent of the Foundation for Economic Education and is indicative of the impact that just one single individual can have on an entire country. Happy Birthday Ron!by Lawrence W. ReedOn January 8, my friend Ron Manners will celebrate the achievement of reaching 90 years. A hero of liberty, it’s been my honor to know him for 40 of them. One of the three titles I carry proudly with FEE is “Ron Manners Global Ambassador for Liberty.”No list of Australian champions for freedom and free markets would be respectable if it didn’t place Ron at the top. He is an example of something all too rare: a successful entrepreneur (in the mining business) who has spent as much of his life and resources advocating freedom and free markets as he spent earning the wherewithal to do so in the first place. He recently authored a new book, The Impatient Libertarian, which I reviewed here.Continue readingSeeing Truth in the Age of Information Overloadby A Midwestern DoctorInformation Overload Crisis: Today’s endless data flood overwhelms the mind, triggering instability and reliance on simplistic narratives—ancient meditation practices build the inner stability needed to navigate this chaos clearly.Filters Create Reality: The mind adopts filters to simplify reality into something the conscious mind can process, inevitably removing many critical details while creating a biased and inaccurate perception of reality.Continue readingHHS Quietly Restores Title X Funding for Abortion Providersby Veronika KyrylenkoThe American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has withdrawn its legal challenge to the Trump administration after federal health officials reversed course and released tens of millions of dollars in previously frozen Title X “family planning” funds. The money, held back for most of last year, flowed largely to Planned Parenthood and several allied clinics. The funding reversal became public through reporting by Politico on Tuesday.The funds were disbursed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in December, long after the lawsuit was filed and without any public announcement. According to the Catholic News Agency, the administration seemed unaware of the news:When asked about the report on Wednesday, Trump told reporters: “I don’t know anything about that.”“I have not heard that,” HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. added.Continue readingThe Censorship Network: Regulation and Repression in Germany Todayby Liber-netOver the past several years, investigative reporting has uncovered a range of coordinated efforts to suppress online speech in Western countries. Often described as the Censorship-Industrial Complex, these networks of information suppression (mostly operating under the guise of countering “disinformation” or “hate speech”) have been particularly widespread in the United States, United Kingdom and the European Union. In the EU, Germany plays a central role in this system, with numerous governmental and private actors monitoring online speech and urging ever-greater levels of content suppression.Germany’s reputation as a hub of censorship has grown significantly in recent years. In early 2025, a US 60 Minutes investigation drew international attention for clips of dawn apartment raids by armed police on people who had posted offensive memes. In other clips, state prosecutors chuckled at the seizure of citizens’ devices and emphasized the seriousness of the offense of “insulting” a politician.Continue readingGambling Now Underpins the Entire US Economy and Is Extremely Addictiveby Breaking Points, TEDx and ReutersThe American Gaming Association reported a 23.6% rise in sports betting in the United States in 2024, with Americans placing $147.9 billion in sports bets. Gambling releases dopamine in the brain, whether the bettor wins or loses. The suicide rate for those with a gambling addiction is 12 times higher than that of any other addiction.According to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report from 2019 to 2024, the second fastest growing sector in America in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) growth was gambling! That means that outside of AI data center GDP growth, the second largest growing thing in our economy is now gambling. Gambling companies have now overtaken motion picture revenue in terms of the amount that people are spending. It is by far the largest entertainment product now here in the United States. It emerged literally from a Supreme Court decision. There is zero oversight and it is the source of massive addiction – it is beyond corrupt!Continue reading‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raidby Joseph CoxPalantir is working on a tool for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that populates a map with potential deportation targets, brings up a dossier on each person, and provides a “confidence score” on the person’s current address, 404 Media has learned. ICE is using it to find locations where lots of people it might detain could be based.The findings, based on internal ICE material obtained by 404 Media, public procurement records, and recent sworn testimony from an ICE official, show the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activities on the ground. The tool receives peoples’ addresses from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) among a range of other sources, according to the material.Do you know anything else about this tool? Do you work at ICE, CBP, or Palantir? I would love to hear from you. Using a non-work device, you can message me securely on Signal at joseph.404 or send me an email at jo****@*********co.Continue readingExclusive: Secret ICE Programs Revealedby Ken KlippensteinOperations Benchwarmer, Tidal Wave, Abracadabra, Dust Off, Fleur De Lis — these are just a few of the secret programs recently undertaken by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE has become a self appointed bouncer for America under Donald Trump, enlisting tens of thousands of federal, state, and local police and intelligence departments and agencies to not just root out “illegals,” but also exploit them for intelligence, leaked documents show.A Border Patrol official outraged by ICE’s conduct has leaked to me this and other documents providing an unprecedented glimpse into ICE’s undeclared activities across the country. Many of these operations and their codenames have not been previously reported.A 15-page long document, marked “LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE,” details 21 different “major” ICE operations resulting, so it says, in 6,852 apprehensions since June. From Operation A, a covert effort to develop informants among immigrants in detention, to Operation Benchwarmer, which alone spans the deployment of 2,000 “intelligence assets” across the country, the document gives a sense of how aggressively ICE is scouring neighborhoods and developing sources to spy on immigrants and Americans alike.Continue readingUpcoming Liberty EventsProspera World Tour – San Francisco, January 21stThe People’s Reset – Morelia, Mexico – Jan 28th-Feb 1st 2026Principled Business Summit- Prospera, Roatán, Honduras, February 5–9, 2026MONEROTOPIA 2026-Roma, Mexico City, February 12TH-15TH 2026Entrepreneurship Beyond Politics: Mises Circle in Oklahoma City – Feb 21st, OKC, OKFreedom Under Natural Law Conference – February 21st & 22nd 2026, On-lineThe Liberty Forum (NH Free State Project Conference) – March 5th-8th – Concord, NHMises Institute Libertarian Scholars Conference – March 19, 2026, at our Auburn, ALAustrian Economic Research Conference 2026 – March 19-21, 2026, Auburn, ALConfluence – April 23rd-26th – Bandera, TexasRothbard University-May 14-16, 2026, Auburn, ALLibertarian Scholars Conference 2026- March 19, 2026 – March 19, 2026 – Auburn, Alabama.Free Cities Foundation Conference – September 3–6, 2026 – Prospera, Roatan, HondurasMemes BonanzaTruth Music of the WeekJude Roberts – Two Young Ravens (Live in Woodstock)Jude Roberts is one of the three members of one of my favorite music groups: The Red Pill Friends. truth He is rolling through Memphis tonight and Julie and I are excited to be having dinner with him and checking our the Blues competition on Beale Street that brought him to town. I thought I would feature one of his non-truth music songs as the video this week but you might want to check out his truth music hit: Fall on Your Sword, Mr Fauci!The Red Pill Friends are rolling through the States in April on their way to play Alex Zeck’s Confluence Conference. We are trying to find a venue for them in Memphis and I think they have gigs lined up in Richmond, VA and Asheville, NC among other stops with: The Mammals. Sign up at https://www.redpillfriends.com/ to stay informed.libertarian Intentional Community RoundupVermont Begins Taxing Lake Use, Vermont Political Cartoonists Begin Promoting New Hampshire!The LiberatorThe Liberator– Our archive of “government” and media criminalityImportant Note: New additions are added to the authoritative Liberator Dropboxes regularly but will not appear in the physical credit card-sized flash drive until we launch the next version. 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+ Etienne’s Interview with the Ultimate Venezuelan Oil Industry Insider: The Former CEO of CITGO held hostage by Maduro for 5 yearsDear Subscribers,The top story is my interview with Jose Pereira, the former US-based CEO of Venezuelan oil company CITGO with over 6,000 locations in the US. Jose and his entire US-based management team were kidnapped and held hostage for 5 years by Nicolas Maduro and then traded for two of Maduros nephews that had been arrested by the DEA for cocaine smuggling.Jose is the ultimate Venezuelan oil industry insider to help dissect and understand what is REALLY going on in Venezuela!We discuss:How the Invasion of Venezuela props up the US petro-dollar system that forces oil importing countries to buy and hold US dollars to purchase oil allowing money center banks and the US Fed to continue creating dollars out of thin air in an inflationary process that steals the purchasing power from those who earn and save dollars.How Maduro joins the ranks of other oil rich leaders that defied the US dollar regime and sold oil in currencies other than the dollarSaddam Hussein – Iraq, 3rd Largest Proven Reserves – Swaps $26 Billion in USD for Euros in his US “Oil-for-Food” program account and begins selling oil in Euros in October of 2000 – Invaded by the US in early 2003 and where the USD is mandated for oil purchases.Muammar Gaddafi – Libya, 8th Largest Proven Reserves – 2009 Gaddafi elected Chairman of the African Union, proposes a gold-backed pan-regional currency called the Gold Dinar backed by Libya’s gold 144 tons of gold reserves to replace the USD and French CFA Franc system. Killed by NATO-backed rebels after a NATO airstrike on his convoy on October 20th, 2011. Libya’s gold reserves disappeared shortly thereafter.How Chavez “Nationalized” (Stole) the assets of hundreds of foreign exploration, refining, and oil service companies operating in Venezuela and destroyed the assets through mismanagement.How many Venezuelans today have to drive to Columbia to get quality gasoline for their automobiles because the domestic gas is of such poor quality.Which US Oil Companies are set to profit from the US control and reassignment of oil resources? Who is set to lose?Was Maduro really connected to the drug trade?Check out the interview here: https://artofliberty.substack.com/p/former-ceo-of-venezuelan-oil-companyThe interview is free BUT “Go Paid” on Substack to get a free copy of either of my books AND access to the interview transcript which I have illustrated with visualizations, infographics, references, and links to accelerate and improve your understanding of the situation!Personal Note: The last couple of issues I have mentioned that I just finished an 8 day water fast + 2 day dry fast. So… Some folks have asked what do you eat once you break the fast. The key is NOT to revert back to the Standard American Diet (SAD) as the body will soak up anything negative put into it (I.E. glyphosated wheat, cheese, sugar, rBGH, aspartame, BPA/BPS, etc.)So Julie and I have been optimizing our nutrition for the past week. We broke the fast with fresh squeezed OJ, grapes, and guacamole to bring the digestive system back online gently. Then, we have been utilizing a program developed by Joe Cross, the Australian bloke from the documentary Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead, called a Reboot.The idea is that every once and a while your body needs to reset from meat, cheese, sugar, and other foods that cause inflammation and mucous in the system. You spend 1-8 weeks (depending on how bad you need it) optimizing your nutrition with juice and plant-based, non-inflammatory raw superfoods. He has a really cool 15 day program that has been one the hidden jewels in The Liberator, our flashdrive (and Free Dropboxes!) of Liberty resources, for years.The first week is solid foods designed to ween you (+1… the meals are designed for 2 people) off the sugar, wheat, caffeine, etc. to prep the body for 10 days of juice. There is a shopping list for the week, easy to follow delicious recipes, (Roasted Acorn Squash with sautéed portobello mushrooms, sweet potato and roasted carrot fries, Kale and Avocado salad, amazing soups, and juices. At the end of week one, you have used all the ingredients, and there is a new shopping list and easy-to-follow juice recipes for a juice feast for week 2. Same for week three with new juice recipes/shopping list.If you are considering doing a water fast/dry fast then I would suggest starting out with the 15 day reboot plan and then shifting into the water fast from the juice. If you finish with a dry fast then I would suggest timing it for 1-2 days over a weekend and plan on devoting that time to meditation, prayer and solitude. You aren’t going to want to go out!Top Stories of the WeekFormer CEO of Venezuelan Oil Company Citgo Held Hostage by Nicolas Maduro for Five Years Breaks Down with Etienne What Is REALLY Going On in VenezuelaThe Ultimate Venezuelan Oil Industry Insider Explains Who Wins, Who Loses, and What is Really Going on in the Country + How This Extends the US Petrodollar.Jose Pereira was the US-based CEO of Venezuelan oil company Citgo Petroleum and after a Thanksgiving Day meeting in Caracas in 2017, he and five other Citgo executives were arrested and charged with bribery, corruption and other false charges related to a business deal that someone in the the Venezuelan government felt was disadvantageous.They became known as the Citgo 6. Jose was held in solitary confinement for 10 months and ultimately held for 5 years before he was released in a prisoner exchange on October 1st 2022 where the five remaining Citgo Six hostages were flown hooded to the island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.They were met by another plane with Delcy Rodriguez, Vice President of Venezuela and now acting President and another plane flown by the US Drug Enforcement Administration where they were swapped for two nephews of Nicolas Maduro, Efraín Antonio Campo Flores and Francisco Flores de Freitas, who had been arrested by the US DEA for drug smuggling in an operation that came to be called the Narcosobrinos affair.The Ultimate Venezuelan Oil Industry Insider Explains Who Wins, Who Loses, and What is Really Going on in the Country + How This Extends the US Petrodollar.Continue reading…Videos of the WeekThe Corbett Report – New World Next Week – The Fraud 1000x BIGGER Than Somali Day CareWelcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news.“Government”, Media and AcademiaCriminality ExposedThese articles also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_ScamsDOJ admits it has still not released 99% of Epstein files, violating lawEtienne Note: This article also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_Scamsby Judd Legum and Rebecca CrosbyIn an extraordinary letter sent to a federal judge Monday evening, Attorney General Pam Bondi admitted that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has not disclosed more than 99% of the files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — despite a federal law that required full disclosure by December 19, 2025.According to the letter, the DOJ “has now posted to the DOJ Epstein Library webpage approximately 12,285 documents (comprising approximately 125,575 pages).” Meanwhile, “there are more than 2 million documents potentially responsive to the Act that are in various phases of review.” The number of undisclosed documents has nearly doubled since the last DOJ statement, on December 24, which claimed that one million Epstein-related documents had not been released.Continue readingFBI shuts down Minnesota’s investigation into ICE shooting and blocks access to evidenceEtienne Note: This article also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_ScamsEtienne Note: The FBI is going to ensure that nothing happens to the ICE agent to create a precedent and embolden their goon squad that they are above the law and will be protected for anything they do. Complete organized crime “government” in DC protecting cold blooded murders to ensure they have people willing to commit cold blooded murder.By Steve FrankMinnesota investigators say they have hit a roadblock in the probe of a fatal U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shooting after the FBI declined to participate in a joint investigation, officials said Wednesday.Continue readingTrump says the U.S. government may reimburse oil companies for rebuilding Venezuela’s infrastructureEtienne Note: Evidently the organized crime “government” is so corrupt and they think the population is so economically illiterate and stupid that they think they can trick us into paying for the oil company investments in infrastructure to process and refine the oil we just stole for themEtienne Note: This article also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_ScamsBy Kristen Welker and Steve KopackPresident Donald Trump said he believes the U.S. oil industry could get expanded operations in Venezuela “up and running” in fewer than 18 months.Continue readingThe REAL Political Spectrum… Around the WorldEtienne Note: I have some folks who have promised me some new countries but they did’t get their homework to me before we went to publication. Please e-mail me at Etienne(at)ArtOfLiberty.org to help create a version for YOUR countryI am adding a new recurring feature to Five Meme Friday: The REAL Political Spectrum… Around the World! A couple of weeks ago I did an article: The Fake Left-Right Paradigm – What is the REAL Political Spectrum the Monopoly Media is Hiding? where I broke down WHY the monopoly media misrepresents the REAL political spectrum and what the actual political spectrum looks like in the US. That meme went viral so now I am duplicating it for other countries.Can you help? Please e-mail me at Etienne(at)ArtOfLiberty.org to help create a version for YOUR country OR suggest changes for a version we already have circulating. Donate to support this project at ArtOfLiberty.org/sponsorship-program/The REAL Political Spectrum in: USA, Australia, Canada, Estonia (English), Estonia (Estonian), United Kingdom, Venezuela (English), Venezuela (Espanol)Shift the Political Spectrum in: USA, Australia, Canada, Estonia (English), Estonia (Estonian), United Kingdom, Venezuela (English), Venezuela (Espanol)“Daily News of The Week”What Everyone Needs to Know About Antidepressantsby A Midwestern DoctorStory at a Glance:•SSRI antidepressants are one of the most harmful medications on the market, and because of just how many people they are given to (often for no good reason as only a minority of patients benefit from SSRIs) they have had a profound effect on the consciousness of our entire society.•This article will review some of the more common side effects of SSRIs (and SNRIs), such as becoming numb to life, becoming severely agitated and imbalanced (sometimes to the point one becomes violently psychotic), losing your mind, losing the ability to have sex, and the development of birth defects.•Unfortunately, due to widespread denial in psychiatry about the issues with their drugs the common SSRI side effects are often misinterpreted as a sign the individual had a pre-existing mental illness and needs more of the drug—which all too often then leads to catastrophic events for the over-medicated patient.•Like many other stimulant drugs (e.g., cocaine) SSRIs can be highly addictive. Because of this, patients frequently get severely ill when they attempt to stop them (withdrawals affect roughly half of SSRI users) and it is often extremely difficult to withdraw from them and very few doctors know how to safely facilitate this.Continue readingPushback of the Week Slovenia Protects Cashby Solari Report“Recent crises have exposed the shortcomings of digital systems, which speaks in favour of cash.”~ Meira Hot, Social Democrats coalitionPushback of the Week, December 21, 2025In our December 10 story on “The Top Cash Acceptance Laws of 2025,” one of the countries we highlighted was Slovenia, which passed a constitutional amendment to protect cash as legal tender on December 1.The National Assembly passed the amendment into law in a unanimous cross-partisan vote, though it was not legislators but Slovenian citizens who got the cash ball rolling with a social media campaign and grassroots petition in 2023. The government initially opposed the initiative, stating that it would prefer to defer to the EU, but the 56,000 petition signatures in favor of a constitutional amendment forced legislators’ hand.Continue readingSimplicius – Big Surprise: Legal Story Changes as Maduro Brought to Courtby SimpliciusWhat do you know? Today in court the Justice Department officially dropped the fake claim that Maduro was ringleader of the fictitious ‘Cartel of the Suns’, which never existed. The theater is not required anymore, you see, now that he’s captured! Convenient how that works, no?The Justice Department has backed off a dubious claim about President Nicolás Maduro that the Trump administration promoted last year in laying the groundwork to remove him from power in Venezuela: accusing him of leading a drug cartel called Cartel de los Soles.Can this administration and Justice Department in particular stoop any lower? After their Epstein docs “shell games” it was hard to believe that they could or would.That’s all not to mention the fact that the indictment itself now strikes a bit different compared to the accusations levied against Maduro in lead up to his capture, which were used to build him up as the world’s greatest crime boss:Continue readingRevolutionary Overhaul: CDC Slashes Childhood Vaccine Schedule, While California Remains in Dark Agesby Alix MayerBREAKING — January 5, 2026 — Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced a dramatic revision of its recommended childhood immunization schedule, removing recommendations for targeted infections by about one-third – from 17 infections down to 11.Since vaccines typically require multiple doses, the dose reduction is even more dramatic – cutting vaccine doses in half. In early 2025, the CDC-recommended schedule included about 90 doses by age 18, compared to about 44 doses under the new guidelines.California, on the other hand, passed legislation in 2025 (AB144) locking our recommended children’s vaccine schedule to the CDC’s January 2025 schedule with 17 vaccines, and about 90 doses. This is a California-only full vaccination schedule.A third version of a recommended vaccine schedule is California’s required school vaccine schedule – it is a subset of 10 vaccines with more than 30 doses, as explained below.Continue readingDoctors Will No Longer Receive Financial Rewards for Vaccinating KidsThis article was originally published by The Defender — Children’s Health Defense’s News & Views Website.by Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D. The DefenderThe federal government will stop paying physicians based on the number of patients they vaccinate, and is urging state health agencies to stop using similar financial incentives.In a Dec. 30, 2025, memo to state health officials, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said it “does not tie payment to performance on immunization quality measures in Medicaid and CHIP [Childhood Health Insurance Program] at the federal level.”Under the new policies, CMS will no longer require states to report how many children are vaccinated, but states may continue to voluntarily provide the data.CMS stated it will explore options to more strongly encourage informed consent before vaccination and “will also explore how religious exemptions for vaccinations can be accounted for in the data and the subsequent measures.”Continue readingBREAKING: Study Identifies Over 300 Peer-Reviewed COVID-19 “Vaccine” Cancer Cases Across 27 Countries — Journal Hit With CyberattacksBy Nicolas Hulscher, MPHFor several years now, clinicians, pathologists, and independent researchers have been documenting turbo cancers following COVID-19 vaccination: sudden relapses, explosive disease acceleration, rare malignancies appearing out of nowhere, and tumors localizing to injection sites or draining lymph nodes. These signals have been visible for some time — but deliberately fragmented, dismissed as coincidence, or buried under claims that “case reports don’t count.”That excuse has now completely collapsed.A newly published peer-reviewed systematic review in Oncotarget — authored by Charlotte Kuperwasser, PhD, and Wafik S. El-Deiry, MD, PhD — is the first to formally assemble and analyze the entire published literature on cancer temporally associated with COVID-19 vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 infection.Continue readingScientists create robots smaller than a grain of salt that can thinkby Science NewsResearchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan have built the smallest fully programmable autonomous robots ever created. These microscopic machines can swim through liquid, sense their surroundings, respond on their own, operate for months at a time, and cost about one penny each to produce.Each robot is barely visible without magnification, measuring roughly 200 by 300 by 50 micrometers. That makes them smaller than a grain of salt. Because they function at the same scale as many living microorganisms, the robots could one day help doctors monitor individual cells or assist engineers in assembling tiny devices used in advanced manufacturing.Powered entirely by light, the robots contain microscopic computers that allow them to follow programmed paths, detect local temperature changes, and adjust their movement in response.Continue readingGLP-1 ‘Skinny Jabs’: Rapid Weight Loss, But at What Cost?By Chimnonso Onyekwelu, The DefenderThis article was originally published by The Defender — Children’s Health Defense’s News & Views Website.By the year 2030, more than 40% of adults in the U.K. are predicted to be obese, with the figure in the U.S. rising to nearly 50%. While these numbers are startling, projections also show that by this same time, the global population of obese adults will exceed one billion.As the single biggest risk factor for Type 2 diabetes — and a major contributor to heart disease, stroke, certain cancers, as well as digestive, liver and kidney conditions — addressing obesity is critical for optimal health.It was against this backdrop that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of liraglutide (Saxenda) in December 2014 as a weight-loss treatment was celebrated as a major milestone.Continue readingThe Biggest Zionist Lies of All Timeby Robert RosenthalZionism has always relied on myths, distortions, and falsehoods to maintain support among Western audiences. ZBS (Zionist bullshit) has kept generations of Jewish Zionists and goyishe backers of that racist project thoroughly misinformed.After two years of live‑streamed genocide on smartphones, we’ve seen what happens when Jews with open minds and hearts that Zionism hasn’t hardened finally confront the reality of that dishonest, racist, violent, and morally bankrupt movement: they tend to walk away. And once they leave, they rarely come back.I was brought into Zionism at a young age, when I generally believed what authority figures told me. As a Baby Boom Jew, I didn’t have easy access to quality information about Palestine–Israel. We never heard Palestinian voices, and I don’t recall ever speaking with an anti-Zionist Jew. The story I received was entirely biased, one-sided, and, in retrospect, deeply offensive.Continue readingPOSITIVE NEWS: CDC Childhood Vaccine Schedule Reduced to 9 Vaccines Across 22 Dosesby Karen KingstonJanuary 5, 2026: I’m happy to share with you some good news! After an exhaustive review of childhood vaccine protocols from 20 other nations, the CDC has reduced the number of recommended doses from the childhood vaccine schedule from more than 80 doses to just 22 doses across 9 vaccines and 12 pathogens.Some vaccines contain more than one pathogen, i.e. Measles Mumps Rubella (MMR).Some vaccines have up to 4 recommended doses between 2-months and 17 years of age.Per the HHS press release:“President Trump directed us to examine how other developed nations protect their children and to take action if they are doing better,” Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said. “After an exhaustive review of the evidence, we are aligning the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule with international consensus while strengthening transparency and informed consent. This decision protects children, respects families, and rebuilds trust in public health.”Continue readingCreativity Can Be a ‘Fountain of Youth’ for Your Brainby Dr. Joseph MercolaEngaging in creative activities like music, dance, art, or gaming helps your brain stay up to seven years biologically younger than your actual ageEven short periods of creative learning, such as 30 hours of focused practice, improve brain function and reduce biological brain age by about three yearsCreativity strengthens communication between brain regions responsible for attention, coordination, and problem-solving, helping maintain clarity and focus as you ageYou don’t need to be an artist to benefit — everyday creative choices like journaling, cooking intuitively, or designing your space keep your brain flexible and resilientRegular creative engagement supports better mood, stronger memory, and faster thinking, offering one of the simplest and most enjoyable ways to preserve long-term brain healthContinue readingThe Statism of Donald Trumpby Mises Wire • Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. • Memes by EtienneMany libertarians hope that Donald Trump would favor many free market policies. The claim by these libertarians was that, aside from obvious exceptions like eminent domain and tariffs, he was basically sympathetic to the free market. Unfortunately, these hopes have not been fulfilled, and in this week’s article, I’ll try to show this. Before going ahead, though, I’d like to avert a possible misunderstanding. The issue we have to deal with is Trump’s policy, not whether he was a marginally more acceptable choice for president than his Democratic Party opponent, the “woke” Kamala Harris. Many people regarded her as a repellent figure; but, to reiterate, this isn’t our topic.Continue reading2.7 million Spanish children and teenagers. ZERO Covid deaths.by Alex BerensonAnother slow news day, huh?Contrary to what my critics like to think, I try not to weigh in just for the fun of it. (When I do, I often regret it later.) I prefer having expertise, new facts, or ideally both.So I’ll skip writing about the arrest of Venezuela’s president Nicholas Maduro, except to note: in grabbing the leader of a nation of 30 million people so quickly, the American military has again proven its tactical brilliance. But what happens next is what will decide the success or failure of this strike. I don’t want to guess on that front.Instead of speculation, here’s some news from Spanish researchers: contrary to what American health bureaucrats said for years to justify the increasingly insane mRNA “vaccine” experiment, Covid doesn’t kill kids.—(More facts, fewer guesses. For pennies a day.)Continue readingMusic you can taste, Lego smart bricks and chore robots: The coolest gadgets from CES 2026 Day 1by Shawn Chen & Rio YamatCES is a huge opportunity annually for companies both large and small to parade products they plan to put on shelves this year.Nvidia, AMD and Intel all had important chip and AI platform announcements on the first day of CES 2026, but all audiences wanted to see more of was Star Wars and Jensen Huang’s little robot buddies.And as predicted, artificial intelligence was anchored in nearly everything as tech firms continue to look for AI products that will attract customers.The biggest buzzword in the air at CES is “physical AI,” Nvidia’s term for AI models that are trained in a virtual environment using computer generated, “synthetic” data, then deployed as physical machines once they’ve mastered their purpose.The biggest buzzword in the air at CES is “physical AI,” Nvidia’s term for AI models that are trained in a virtual environment using computer generated, “synthetic” data, then deployed as physical machines once they’ve mastered their purpose.Continue readingUS forces dramatically seize Russian-flagged oil tanker in the Atlanticby Gergana KrastevaAn oil tanker linked to both Russia and Venezuela has been seized by US forces in the Atlantic.The US European Command, headquartered in Germany, confirmed today the seizure of the Marinera for ‘violations of US sanctions’.It said in a statement on X: ‘The vessel was seized in the North Atlantic pursuant to a warrant issued by a US federal court after being tracked by USCGC Munro.’This comes as part of Donald Trump’s aggressive push to dictate oil flows in America’s backyard.Marinera, formerly called Bella-1, is under US sanctions, and has spent at least two weeks attempting to evade a US blockade near Venezuela.Ship-tracking data from MarineTraffic showed the tanker nearing Iceland’s exclusive economic zone today.It holds such importance to the Kremlin that it deployed a submarine and other vessels to escort it across the Atlantic.Continue readingIsrael’s Links to the Seizure of Maduro in Venezuela and Division of Resourcesby James Li, Jimmy Dore Show, Hats Off, Global Inssight Journal and E. Michael JonesVarious commentators point out Israel’s link to the capture of Maduro from Venezuela. Zionist Billionaire Paul Singer bought Citgo and stands to make large profits from Venezuela’s oil supply. Max Blumenthal revealed that it will take years to rebuild Venezuela’s oil infrastructure. Exxon Mobil seeks to restore control over its oil fields. Elon Musk published fake AI videos of Venezuelans celebrating because Musk wants access to Venezuela’s lithium and other minerals.James Li revealed that investor and Zionist supporter Paul Singer bought Citgo, the US subsidiary of Venezuela’s state run oil company, for $5.9 billion, and stands to benefit greatly from the capture of Venezuela. He said that American citizens’ money will be directed toward Zionist billionaires and corporations.Continue readingStarlink Digitally Controlling the Skies for Military SupremacyBy Paul A. PhilipsStarlink can be explained using two different descriptions.The first description, the official glossy effrontery, describes it as a technologically innovative engineering civilian project: With its vast world-wide network of space satellites, Starlink is a revolutionary communications infrastructure designed to give digital equality, promising internet access to everyone even those living in the remotest areas, as it continues developing…(Note: Notice the deliberate omission that it’s also used as a spying network in conjunction with other sinister technology).Further, SpaceX’s Starlink with its CEO Elon Musk is touted as a visionary, having a revolutionary communications company boldly democratizing the skies, providing internet services to the public where governmental bodies have failed to duly deliver…Continue readingIs the Fed Injecting Money Due to Silver? Or Is there a Different Crisis?by Martin ArmstrongQUESTION: Marty, you have been silent on the rumors that the Fed is bailing out JP Morgan who they claim was short silver. If there is anyone who has been behind the curtain and confronted the banks, that is you. Would you please comment on this topic.ELANSWER: JP Morgan is on our site. It is due for new highs in 2026. We do have a Panic Cycle in 2027. The real crisis appears to be 2027 into 2028. I am aware that everyone seems to be freaking out about the injections into the REPO market. The global recession will spread starting here in 2026 but accelerate in 2027 int0 2028.The implication is that something is wrong. However, this is a complex issue and as always the linear analysis always seeks to reduce this to a single cause and effect – i.e. silver short. However, what I rarely ever hear anyone mention is the real Shadow Dollar System: Repo and FX Swaps, both form the True Pillars of Global Liquidity. The global financial system operates on two largely invisible markets that dwarf traditional banking in scale and systemic importance: the repurchase agreement (repo) market and the foreign exchange swap market. Together, these markets circulate tens of trillions of dollars daily, providing the essential liquidity that keeps the modern financial system functioning.Continue readingIain Davis: UK’s Operation Talia – Unconstitutional and Unlawfulby Iain DavisOn the 20th December 2021 a group of concerned citizens presented evidence to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) alleging “serious indictable offences arising from the manufacture, promotion, and administration of the COVID-19 vaccines.” As a consequence of Operation Talla, those allegations were not investigated by the MPS. Many similar allegations submitted to other police forces around the country were not investigated either, for the same reason.The evidence given to the police, in December 2021, comprised of more than 400 victim, witness, qualified expert and industry whistleblower statements. The evidence provided included detailed scientific analyses and multiple documentary exhibits.The concerned citizens were given the Crime Reference Number CRN-6029679/21 by the Metropolitan Police. Upon issuing the CRN the police were duty bound to investigate the allegation of criminality.Continue readingKawasaki’s four-legged robot-horse vehicle is going into productionby Bronwyn ThompsonWhat was announced as a 2050 pipe dream by Kawasaki, the company’s hydrogen-powered, four-hooved, all-terrain robot horse vehicle Corleo is actually going into production and is now expected to be commercially available decades earlier – with the first model to debut in just four years.We first wrote about this mountain-climbing monster in April last year, when it was merely a concept with some bad CGI video. But it seems Kawasaki is now getting serious about its futuristic mechanical quadruped, setting up a dedicated operation – known as the Safe Adventure Business Development Team – and aiming to have the robo-horse up and galloping for visitor use at Expo 2030 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Following that, the plan is to have the mobility vehicles on sale for consumers by 2035.Continue readingBLUETTI Debuts Charger 2, the Industry’s First Unified Car & Solar Smart Energy Hubby newatlas.comSydney, Australia – 7 January 2026 — At CES 2026, BLUETTI unveiled Charger 2, the industry’s first unified car and solar smart energy hub, designed for modern touring, 4WD travel, RV road trips, overlanding, and off-grid adventures. The Charger 2 combines high-speed alternator charging with solar input in a single, intelligent system, delivering faster, smarter power for overlanders, van travelers, and anyone leading an on-the-road lifestyle.From long-distance outback touring to coastal van life, Australian travelers rely on consistent power for fridges, lighting, and essential electronics. Yet traditional 12V cigarette-lighter charging can take over 10 hours to recharge a 1kWh battery, while current chargers let users choose between alternator charging while driving or solar charging while parked. This “either-or” approach wastes daylight hours and slows energy recovery.Continue readingLenders & Homebuilders Jump After Trump Unveils QE-Style $200B Mortgage Bond Buying Plan To Unfreeze Housing Marketby Tyler DurdenUpate (0710ET):Shares of LoanDepot, Rocket Companies, and Opendoor Technologies surged in premarket trading after President Trump signaled plans to push Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae to purchase $200 billion in mortgage-backed securities, a move aimed at driving down mortgage rates and improving affordability ahead of the midterm election cycle.If the QE-style program is implemented, it would represent a direct government intervention to lower lending costs, providing near-term relief to a housing market effectively paralyzed by years of high prices and elevated borrowing costs, producing some of the worst affordability conditions in a generation.The prospect of lower rates could act as a positive tailwind for mortgage originators, realtors, and adjacent real estate services that have endured several years of depressed transaction volumes, with some realtors forced to return to their previous bartending jobs.Continue readingWhy Statism Attracts the Worst People—Every Timeby ironcountynews.orgStatism does not merely corrupt good people after the fact. More dangerously, it selects for a particular type of person at the outset—and then reshapes everyone who remains inside it. This is not ideological speculation or partisan rhetoric. It is a pattern that repeats across centuries, cultures, flags, and slogans. Different regimes promise different futures, yet the outcomes are strikingly similar.At its core, statism concentrates coercive power. Any system built on coercion—rather than consent—inevitably attracts those who are comfortable using force, distance, and enforcement as organizing principles. Once coercion becomes the foundation of legitimacy, persuasion no longer matters. Moral character becomes secondary. Compatibility with power replaces conscience as the primary filter.Continue readingMapped: Global Inflation by Country in 2025Etienne Note: The inflation rate in the US is Waaay higher than 2.7%. Check out Shadow Stats or the Chapwood Index to understand the real inflation rate.By Dorothy NeufeldGlobal inflation averaged 4.2% in 2025, with many countries showing resilience in the face of historic U.S. tariffs.In the U.S., inflation declined from 3% in 2024 to 2.7% in 2025.Inflation was highest in Venezuela, at 269.9% for the year.Global inflation fell moderately to 4.2% in 2025, in spite of U.S. tariffs hitting century highs.For 2026, the IMF projects inflation to decline even further to 3.7% in 2026, even as tariff impacts continue to materialize. This is being driven by weak price growth in China and below-target inflation in many European countries.This graphic shows inflation by country in 2025, based on data from the IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook.Below, we show the inflation rates of 191 countries and territories worldwide in 2025:Venezuela faces the highest inflation on the planet, at 269.9% in 2025, and this is set to jump to 682% in 2026.Continue readingArtificial intelligence begins prescribing medications in UtahBy Yasmin Khorram and Ruth ReaderIn a first for the U.S., Utah is letting artificial intelligence — not a doctor — renew certain medical prescriptions. No human involved.The state has launched a pilot program with health-tech startup Doctronic that allows an AI system to handle routine prescription renewals for patients with chronic conditions. The initiative, which kicked off quietly last month, is a high-stakes test of whether AI can safely take on one of health care’s most sensitive tasks and how far that could spread beyond one AI-friendly red state.It also serves as an early check on how far policymakers and patients are willing to trust AI over trained doctors in decision-making. 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Check out my article: New Hampshire’s Free State Project – How Freeing a Single State from “Government” Could Free Us All here: https://artofliberty.substack.com/p/new-hampshires-free-state-projectNew Hampshire legislators are one step closer to loosening regulations on the state’s meat industry.House Bill 396, which would permit the in-state sale of certain meat products processed at non-U.S. Department of Agriculture facilities, including cuts of beef and pork, passed the House, 214-119, on Wednesday.Such sales would go against federal law, which calls for meat sold commercially in the United States to be inspected and approved by the USDA, or by a state agency partnered with the department. 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Was Bombing “Drug Boats” Public Relations for Planned Invasion? Dear Subscribers,Happy New Year! Well it didn’t take long for the US “government” to be right back on-track to be the most overtly criminal and corrupt in history. As I type these words the US has initiated what appears to be one of the largest thefts of natural resources the world has ever seen brazenly invading oil-rich Venezuela without a declaration of war.It has become abundantly clear that the campaign of bombing “drug boats” was a murderous public relations campaign to implant in the public consciousness the idea that the Maduro government was running drugs into the US as justification for a long planned invasion.This issue is dedicated to exposing the criminality of this invasion and resource theft. ReallyGraceful has a superb 12 minute explainer video that breaks down the background as our featured video this week.Simplicius has a great article breaking down the geopolitical escalations and the odds that the Maduro military and acting President were paid off/threatened to turn over Maduro to the US.Multiple authors breakdown how this extends the petro-dollar system after Maduro began selling oil in anything but the US Dollar. Reminder: Saddam Hussein was invaded and deposed after he transferred his oil-for-food earnings out of the US dollar into Euros. Libya’s Qaddafi was deposed after he backed the Gold Dinar as a competitor to the US Dollar.The organized crime bankers that we are exposing at the Art of Liberty Foundation, will kill anyone and invade any country to ensure that they get to keep creating little paper tickets and digital dollars to buy up the world. They have plenty of puppet politicians like Donald Trump and shave-headed cult members who will violate the law and a monopoly media system that will pretend the whole thing is legitimate on every single channel and screen.The Flock Camera story in the Daily News section has popped to one of our most shared stories ever. You won’t believe how easy it is to hack into Flock cameras and follow people around… I included a link to a website that let’s you find and report Flock cameras in your neighborhood.Personal Note – Julie and I finished our fast this week. I did eight days of water and the last two days as a dry fast aka The Hard Fast aka The Hebrew Fast. It was intense but I ended up shedding 20 lbs in 10 days and feel absolutely amazing. Was back in the hot room for 5:45AM yoga this AM and just hit the gym for power lifting. 2026 is already off to an amazing start!Top Stories of the WeekSimplicius – Major Questions Finally Answered About Trump’s Venezuelan Adventureby SimpliciusThe questions we raised in yesterday’s piece have finally been answered by the Trump administration itself. The main and most important was what exactly is the real situation in Venezuela vis-a-vis US control? Was the Maduro grab an isolated event, with the US not actually in control of anything on the ground and in the Venezuelan government?Continue reading…Venezuela: Will the Capture of Maduro Save the US Petrodollar?by Ricardo on X/TwitterRicardo, a commenter on the X/ Twitter platform, received 3 million views on his explanation of why the US dollar is the reason for Trump’s overthrow of Venezuelan President Maduro: the US economy is based on the US ‘petrodollar’. In 2018, Venezuela announced it would “free itself from the dollar” and it started accepting yuan, euros, rubles, anything BUT dollars for oil. The petrodollar is dying as BRICS countries are trading in other currencies.China is Venezuela’s biggest oil customer. China built CIPS, their own alternative to SWIFT with 4,800 banks in 185 countries to trade outside of the US dollar.The attack on Maduro is an admission that the US dollar can no longer compete on its own merits. When you have to bomb countries to keep them using your currency, the currency is already dying.Continue readingVenezuelan Acting President Blames “Zionists” For Maduro’s Captureby theyeshivaworld.comDelcy Rodríguez, the vice president of Venezuela who is now serving as acting president, accused Israel of orchestrating the U.S. operation that led to the capture of former leader Nicolás Maduro.Speaking in a televised address alongside senior figures from Maduro’s inner circle, Rodríguez blamed “the Zionists” for the events surrounding his arrest, echoing familiar rhetoric long used by Venezuela’s Chavista leadership to fault Israel and its allies for international pressure on the regime.“The attack on Venezuela has an undoubtedly Zionist character,” Rodríguez declared, offering no evidence to support the claim. She reiterated that Nicolás Maduro “is the only president of Venezuela,” despite his transfer to U.S. custody and a ruling by Venezuela’s constitutional court appointing her interim president during his absence.Continue readingTrump kidnaps Venezuela’s president to steal the country’s oilby Aaron MatéIn announcing the US military’s attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of president Nicolás Maduro, an operation that reportedly killed at least 80 people, President Trump laid bare his real motive.Invoking the 1823 Monroe Doctrine, which has underpinned decades of US aggression against Latin American governments, Trump bragged that “they now call it the Donroe Doctrine… American dominance in the Western Hemisphere won’t be questioned again.” The main target of that dominance is Venezuela’s oil reserves, the world’s largest. With US oil companies leading the way, Trump vowed, “we’re going to get back our oil… the money coming out of the ground is substantial.”While Trump intends it as a riff on his first name, his signature doctrine is additionally fitting for mirroring the behavior of a Mafia Don: using violence, threats, and theft to obtain wealth.Continue readingVideos of the WeekReally Graceful: What the Media Won’t Tell You About VenezuelaBest 12 Minute Explainer Video on What is Behind the Theft of Venezuelan Oilby reallygraceful“Government”, Media and AcademiaCriminality ExposedThese articles also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_ScamsNewsom’s Massive Fraud Scandal No One Is Talking AboutEtienne Note: This article also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_Scamsby Tyler DurdenAuthored by Matt Margolis via PJMedia.com,Everybody’s buzzing about that Minnesota Medicaid mess with Gov. Tim Walz. Some are even calling it the largest fraud scandal ever. If only.Blue-state fraud is undoubtedly a problem, and Walz should be held accountable if he did indeed look the other way. But what happened in the land of 10,000 lakes is tiny compared to the fraud in California under Gavin Newsom.Heck, it makes Minnesota look like pocket change.Continue readingThe REAL Political Spectrum… Around the WorldEtienne Note: I have some folks who have promised me some new countries but they did’t get their homework to me before we went to publication. Please e-mail me at Etienne(at)ArtOfLiberty.org to help create a version for YOUR countryI am adding a new recurring feature to Five Meme Friday: The REAL Political Spectrum… Around the World! A couple of weeks ago I did an article: The Fake Left-Right Paradigm – What is the REAL Political Spectrum the Monopoly Media is Hiding? where I broke down WHY the monopoly media misrepresents the REAL political spectrum and what the actual political spectrum looks like in the US. That meme went viral so now I am duplicating it for other countries.Can you help? Please e-mail me at Etienne(at)ArtOfLiberty.org to help create a version for YOUR country OR suggest changes for a version we already have circulating. Donate to support this project at ArtOfLiberty.org/sponsorship-program/The REAL Political Spectrum in: USA, Australia, Canada, Estonia (English), Estonia (Estonian), United Kingdom, Venezuela (English), Venezuela (Espanol)Shift the Political Spectrum in: USA, Australia, Canada, Estonia (English), Estonia (Estonian), United Kingdom, Venezuela (English), Venezuela (Espanol)“Daily News of The Week”Many Have Married for the Wrong Reasons; No One Has Divorced for the Wrong Reasonsby Sotiris RexThe divorce rate is not an indicator of a degenerate society. It is a sign of freedom. A low divorce rate does not necessarily mean happy marriages; it means people are unable to escape the hellish ones. Take cultures with forced marriages and an insanely difficult — if not impossible — avenue toward divorce, and tell me how their low divorce rate is an indicator of a “healthy” society.Imagine punishing a man or a woman for wanting to escape a marriage they were forced into by authoritarian regimes or families. Or imagine punishing someone for changing their mind after having grown beyond their bad decision-making.Yes, we are all responsible for our bad choices, because someone has to pay the price, but no arbitrary government should get to decide that punishment for you. A bad choice in a romantic partner is not a crime since both are responsible. Wrong choices and your personal consequences are punishment enough. And what about the children who are innocent in this arrangement? Keep reading further.Continue readingAI Isn’t Taking Your Job — H-1B Is. And That’s the Cover Story No One Wants to Talk About.by Georgia Patriot InsiderThere’s a lie quietly spreading through corporate America, Silicon Valley, and Washington at the same time.It goes like this:“AI is replacing workers. Automation is inevitable. We have no choice.”But the data tells a very different story.Continue readingThis Flock Camera Leak is like Netflix For StalkersEtienne Note: The website to track where Flock cameras are in your area is: https://deflock.me/map#map=4/29.878755/-74.750977by Jason KoeblerI am standing on the corner of Harris Road and Young Street outside of the Crossroads Business Park in Bakersfield, California, looking up at a Flock surveillance camera bolted high above a traffic signal. On my phone, I am watching myself in real time as the camera records and livestreams me—without any password or login—to the open internet. I wander into the intersection, stare at the camera and wave. On the livestream, I can see myself clearly. Hundreds of miles away, my colleagues are remotely watching me too through the exposed feed.Flock left livestreams and administrator control panels for at least 60 of its AI-enabled Condor cameras around the country exposed to the open internet, where anyone could watch them, download 30 days worth of video archive, and change settings, see log files, and run diagnostics.Continue readingDoug Casey on Anarchy and VoluntaryismBy Doug Casey International ManYou’re likely aware that I’m a libertarian. But I’m actually more than a libertarian. I don’t believe in the right of the State to exist. The reason is that anything that has a monopoly of force is extremely dangerous. As Mao Tse-tung, lately one of the world’s leading experts on government, said: “The power of the state comes out of a barrel of a gun.”There are two possible ways for people to relate to each other, either voluntarily or coercively. And the State is pure institutionalized coercion. It’s not just unnecessary, but antithetical, for a civilized society. And that’s increasingly true as technology advances. It was never moral, but at least it was possible, in oxcart days, for bureaucrats to order things around. Today it’s ridiculous.Everything that needs doing can and will be done by the market, by entrepreneurs who fill the needs of other people for a profit. The State is a dead hand that imposes itself on society. That belief makes me, of course, an anarchist.Continue readingTHIS WEEK: Pesticides are about to get a liability shield similar to the one for vaccines–unless there is a miracle or two. Could Bayer’s $Billions Take Over Every Branch of Government?by Meryl NassBayer is throwing everything they have at this challenge, because it is a threat to the company’s very survival. Below is from Bayer’s Roundup litigation website.The information below was written by me as a Fact Sheet on this subject.If you are harmed or killed by a pesticide, your family will not be able to sue for damages or receive compensationThere will be no incentive for manufacturers to make safer productsAnd manufacturers do not even need to list all the ingredients in their products, if they claim they are “inert” or inactive ingredients, despite their toxicity–so you can’t even know what you are buying.What is going on?Monsanto made the herbicide (a pesticide) Roundup, which was paired with “Roundup-ready” GMO seeds. Roundup allowed the GMO crops to grow unimpeded, while reducing most other weeds. It soon became the largest-selling pesticide in the world.Continue readingSilver: Dept. of War to Build Metals Refinery in Blow to Chinaby VBLAuthored by GoldFix for Scottsdale MintUnder the plan, the U.S. Department of Defense will hold a 40% stake in the JPM Financed smelter joint-venture.GFN – WASHINGTON: Korea Zinc plans a $7.4 billion investment to construct a large-scale non-ferrous metals smelter in Clarksville, Tennessee, a project U.S. officials say will materially expand domestic critical minerals processing capacity and strengthen supply chain security.1The project, known as the “U.S. Smelter,” is expected to require approximately $6.6 billion in capital expenditures, with total investment reaching $7.4 billion including financing costs. It is being developed in coordination with the U.S. Department of War and the U.S. Department of Commerce, according to project materials and government statements.Deputy Secretary of War Steve Feinberg said the investment reflects a strategic shift in U.S. industrial and defense priorities.Continue readingUpcoming Liberty EventsProspera World Tour – Berlin, January 7th 2026Prospera World Tour – London, January 9th 2026Prospera World Tour – San Francisco, January 21stThe People’s Reset – Morelia, Mexico – Jan 28th-Feb 1st 2026Principled Business Summit- Prospera, Roatán, Honduras, February 5–9, 2026MONEROTOPIA 2026-Roma, Mexico City, February 12TH-15TH 2026Entrepreneurship Beyond Politics: Mises Circle in Oklahoma City – Feb 21st, OKC, OKFreedom Under Natural Law Conference – February 21st & 22nd 2026, On-lineMises Institute Libertarian Scholars Conference – March 19, 2026, at our Auburn, ALAustrian Economic Research Conference 2026 – March 19-21, 2026, Auburn, ALRothbard University-May 14-16, 2026, Auburn, ALLibertarian Scholars Conference 2026- March 19, 2026 – March 19, 2026 – Auburn, Alabama.Free Cities Foundation Conference – September 3–6, 2026 – Prospera, Roatan, HondurasMemes BonanzaTruth Music of the WeekPrezence – Ours for the TakingAnother hit from the Truth Music Folder in The Liberator.libertarian Intentional Community RoundupThursday, March 5 – Sunday, March 8, 2026Concord, NHJoin the Free State Project at Liberty Forum 2026, where liberty-minded thinkers and activists from around the world come together to share ideas, forge connections, and turn the principles of freedom into action.The LiberatorThe Liberator– Our archive of “government” and media criminalityImportant Note: New additions are added to the authoritative Liberator Dropboxes regularly but will not appear in the physical credit card-sized flash drive until we launch the next version. 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My Update to the Corbett Report + More Details..Dear Subscribers,Happy New Year!Julie and I got the seasonal detox that many call “the flu” after several days of dinners and drinks with her family and friends in Chicago… I call it Affluenza… (Root word: Affluent) It has been my first time being sick in over a decade… I forgot what it was like… I slept for two days straight (24th & 25th) and am still recovering… Since I (and Julie) didn’t eat during the worst of it, we decided to keep going with a water fast so we haven’t had any food since the 23rd.. Not really hungry… occasionally… but for the most part we have a hot tea with fresh squeezed lemons, honey or maple syrup, and cayenne or cinnamon a couple of times a day… I’m down 15 pounds and feel great! It’s such a superb way to clean up the system after the feasting and celebrations of the holidays! I’ll probably go another couple of days and break it over the weekend with some guacamole to begin to bring my digestive system back on-line so I can be frosty by next Monday.Thanks again to everyone who supported our work in 2025! We simply couldn’t do it without our friends and supporters! The top story is an update I gave to the Corbett Report with more details.https://artofliberty.org/sponsorship-program/Top Stories of the WeekThe Art of Liberty Foundation Updates the Corbett Report in the Solutions Watch 2025 Year in ReviewFolks Are Using Our Books and Liberators to Widely Expose the Organized Crime “Government” and It is Starting to Pick Up Steam!James Corbett invited us to present an update on what has been happening at the Art of Liberty Foundation since our July 30th, 2025, appearance on #SolutionsWatch for Etienne’s new book: To See the Cage is to Leave It – 25 Techniques that the Few Use to Control the Many. Our update starts at 1:10:04.The basics of the summary are that after appearing on the show, Corbett Report “Corbett-eers” responded by buying 500+ books that we shipped to over 20 countries.Even more exciting was that we received offers to translate the book into various languages, including from Spanish political activist Josefina Fraile, who helped organize other translators in Greece and Spain. Josefina also translated the most important book in the world right now, The Great Taking by David Rogers Webb into Spanish as well.We are finalizing two Spanish translations for Latin American Spanish and the Castilian Spanish of Josefina’s native Spain, and we should send them to the printer next week! We have Greek, German, and French translations in the pipeline. but wait… there is even more!Continue ReadingVideos of the WeekWATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segmentby Allison GillThe segment apparently aired on Canada’s Global TV app and was shared by this Bluesky user jasonparis.bsky.social. You can watch the entire segment below! Please share widely!Bari Weiss at CBS claims this segment was spiked for editorial reasons and not political reasons, however, there are portions of this video that would indicate otherwise.Continue reading…Contractor Uses AI to Fake Finished Work!You won’t believe this scam. A contractor used AI to edit a photo of a job site to make it look finished so he could get paid. Real estate investors: Stop accepting photos as proof of work! Demand live video.Continue reading“Government”, Media and AcademiaCriminality ExposedThese articles also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_ScamsUS Steals Panamanian-Flagged, Chinese Oil Tanker Full of Venezuelan Oil and is Sailing It to Galveston to Complete the TheftEtienne Note: This article also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_Scamsby Tyler DurdenUpdate:Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem confirmed that the U.S. Coast Guard, with support from the Department of War, has seized another oil tanker that was last docked in Venezuela.“The United States will continue to pursue the illicit movement of sanctioned oil used to fund narco-terrorism in the region. We will find you, and we will stop you,” Noem wrote in a post on X.Reuters reported earlier about the operation.Continue readingPentagon watchdog criticizes Lockheed Martin for F-35’s lack of flight readiness due to maintenance issuesEtienne Note: This article also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_ScamsBy Diyar GuldoganWASHINGTONUS F-35 fighter jets were mission-ready roughly half the time in 2024 because of maintenance issues with Lockheed Martin, a Pentagon watchdog said in a report.The report, from the Defense Department’s Office of the Inspector General issued on Dec. 19, said the Defense Department did not adequately oversee contractor performance on the June 2024 air vehicle sustainment contract.“Although the F‑35 JPO (Joint Program Office) monitored Lockheed Martin’s performance, it did not always hold Lockheed Martin accountable for poor performance related to F‑35 sustainment.Continue readingThe REAL Political Spectrum… Around the WorldEtienne Note: I have some folks who have promised me some new countries but they did’t get their homework to me before we went to publication. Please e-mail me at Etienne(at)ArtOfLiberty.org to help create a version for YOUR countryI am adding a new recurring feature to Five Meme Friday: The REAL Political Spectrum… Around the World! A couple of weeks ago I did an article: The Fake Left-Right Paradigm – What is the REAL Political Spectrum the Monopoly Media is Hiding? where I broke down WHY the monopoly media misrepresents the REAL political spectrum and what the actual political spectrum looks like in the US. That meme went viral so now I am duplicating it for other countries.Can you help? Please e-mail me at Etienne(at)ArtOfLiberty.org to help create a version for YOUR country OR suggest changes for a version we already have circulating. Donate to support this project at ArtOfLiberty.org/sponsorship-program/The REAL Political Spectrum in: USA, Australia, Canada, Estonia (English), Estonia (Estonian), United Kingdom, Venezuela (English), Venezuela (Espanol)Shift the Political Spectrum in: USA, Australia, Canada, Estonia (English), Estonia (Estonian), United Kingdom, Venezuela (English), Venezuela (Espanol)“Daily News of The Week”Urgent Medical Need – Brenda “Granny Smith” – The Renegade Midwife Needs Our HelpBrenda “Granny” Smith has been a renegade midwife for over 30 years, defying “authorities” to attend home births denied by state licensure. She has three grown sons, numerous grandchildren, and a bevy of other children who call her “Granny.”She and her husband, Shawn, had moved to Mexico to “retire”.Shawn is having serious health issues…He has an enlarged heart with severe aortic stenosis, and his cardiologist is recommending a procedure called TAVI – Trans-aortic valve implant – to remedy the blockage. The alternative would be open-heart surgery, which would be much riskier, and require a much longer recovery period.Medicare and supplemental insurance are balking. They may eventually cover it, since it is urgent care, but for now we will need to come up with the entire $30,000 to pay up front.Continue readingWhy Trump Should Pardon The Developers of Bitcoins Non Custodial Samourai Walletby Juan GaltOn December 18th, days before Christmas, Keonne Rodriguez, co-founder of the Bitcoin Samourai Wallet, will have to surrender to prison. His crime? Creating a software tool that gave Bitcoin users comparable privacy to that which banks are expected to provide. Samourai Wallet, the brand and technology stack built by Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill, was shut down by the U.S. Government in April 2024 on a variety of charges, including money laundering, but only one charge stuck after a high-profile trial, the weakest charge of all, “unlicensed money transmission”.What does it mean to transmit money? According to prosecutors, custodial control over user funds is no longer a requirement to need an MSB license; “a USB cable transfers data from one device to another, and a frying pan transfers heat from a stove to the contents of the pan, although neither situation involves exercising ‘control’ over what is being transferred.” If the DoJ can indict a frying pan, then USB manufacturers better lawyer up!Continue readingJAMMED UP Passengers ‘trapped in cars’ in middle of road as self-driving Waymo vehicles stall during San Francisco power outageby Emma CrabtreeBIZARRE footage shows the moment driver less vehicles stalled in the middle of the road during a power outage, leaving passengers stranded.Autonomous vehicle service Waymo was forced to suspend operations in San Francisco for safety when almost a third of the city was left without power on Saturday night.As the power outage plunged areas of the tech capital into darkness, traffic signals failed and the driverless vehicles abruptly shut down, causing traffic jams throughout the city.“We have temporarily suspended our ride-hailing services in the San Francisco Bay Area due to the widespread power outage,” Suzanne Philion, a Waymo spokesperson told The U.S. Sun.“Our teams are working diligently and in close coordination with city officials to monitor infrastructure stability, and we are hopeful to bring our services back online soon.”Continue readingBREAKING: Our CENSORED Study Showing mRNA Injections Induce Severe Genetic Disruption Linked to Cancer and Chronic Disease Is Now Peer-Reviewed and Publishedby Nicolas Hulscher, MPHFinally, we declare a major victory against the Academic Journal Cartel and their PubPeer Mob enforcement apparatus.Earlier this year, our landmark study—“Synthetic mRNA Vaccines and Transcriptomic Dysregulation: Evidence from New-Onset Adverse Events and Cancers Post-Vaccination”— became one of the most-read and most-downloaded preprints in the world.Shortly thereafter, it was abruptly withdrawn by MDPI for a vague and unexplained reason:It was also wiped from ResearchGate, leaving no trace of this important study behind.We identified that this unethical removal was likely the result of coordinated Bio-Pharmaceutical Complex pressure and PubPeer mob attacks, intended to shield the deadly mRNA platform.Their efforts have failed miserably.Now, our landmark study — Synthetic messenger RNA vaccines and transcriptomic dysregulation: Evidence from new-onset adverse events and cancers post-vaccination — documenting severe, long-lasting transcriptomic disruption following COVID-19 mRNA injections has been officially peer-reviewed and published in the World Journal of Experimental Medicine, a PubMed.gov indexed journal.Continue readingThe Corbett Report – New World Next Year 2026by CorbettWelcome to New World Next Year, the annual wrap up of the New World Next Week video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. What was the story of 2025? What will be the trend for 2026? Grab your Christmas sweaters and hot chocolate and find out!Continue readingLeaf-scan tells farmers when fruit is ripe – without destroying itBy Ben CoxworthIt’s ironic … in order for farmers to know if their fruit is ripe, they regularly have to pick and analyze pieces of that fruit, reducing their yields. Utilizing a new technique, however, they could soon leave all the fruit intact, analyzing the leaves beside it instead.The process is currently being developed by scientists at Spain’s Universitat Rovira i Virgili, and was tested over the course of 11 weeks on 12 nectarine trees in a commercial orchard.In its present form, the technology utilizes two spectrometers to perform near-infrared and mid-infrared scans of the top surfaces and undersides of leaves immediately adjacent to the fruits. The manner in which the leaves absorb or reflect light emitted by each spectrometer reliably indicates the current ripeness of the fruit.“The leaves undergo physiological and biochemical changes as the fruit ripens, due to the direct connection between the metabolism of the leaves and that of the fruit,” says team member Dr. Daniel Schorn. “These changes are reflected in their spectral fingerprint.”Continue readingPastor Spent Millions of ‘Embezzled’ BLM OKC Money on Properties and Caribbean TripsEtienne Note: The organized crime banksters were spending so much money to divide and conquer that milllions were being siphoned off by the lower level criminals involved in the scheme.By Marty Vergel BaesThe former leader of Black Lives Matter Oklahoma City has been federally indicted for allegedly diverting more than £2.5 million ($3.15 million) in donations into a personal slush fund used to purchase property and finance a lavish lifestyle.The case against Tashella Sheri Amore Dickerson, 52, details a multi-year scheme in which bail funds intended for protesters were allegedly siphoned into private accounts, sending shockwaves through the activist community and raising urgent questions about financial oversight in decentralised social movements.Dickerson, 52, was charged with 20 counts of wire fraud and five counts of money laundering by a federal grand jury in Oklahoma City. As outlined in the US Department of Justice announcement, the alleged scheme unfolded between June 2020 and October 2025, spanning the height of fundraising efforts following the 2020 racial justice protests.Continue readingRussia expands biometric ID system (again)by Edward SlavsquatThe commercial enterprise that controls Russians’ biometric data has introduced new ways to use your face as a form of ID, resulting in unprecedented levels of safety and convenience in the Russian Federation. Russians young and old are already reaping the benefits of their country’s “digital transformation”—including very, very young Russians.The Russian government is working on amending federal legislation to allow schools across the country to monitor and identify students using biometrics, Kommersant reported on December 3. Plans for a standardized “biometric turnstile system” for Russian schools are already being tested in Tatarstan.Authorities have stressed that schools will be able to choose whether or not to switch to biometric identification, adding that parents must first consent before their childrens’ faces are scanned and entered into Russia’s Unified Biometric System (UBS).Continue readingDOJ Releases Damning Epstein Files Implicating Trump Right Before Christmasby Peter Chappell, Tom Witherow, George Grylls, Washington Correspondent, Andrea Blanco, US ReporterThousands more documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein have been releasedGhislaine Maxwell sought to procure “intelligent, pretty and fun” women “from good families” for her friend “Andrew”The files relate to federal investigations into Epstein’s sex-trafficking operations in Florida and New York. Inclusion in the files is no indication of wrongdoingThe Department of Justice said the files included “untrue and sensationalist claims” about President TrumpListen to live updates through the day on Times RadioThe FBI filed a formal request in 2020 to interview Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor about his links to a second millionaire sex offender.Investigators in the US wanted to interrogate the then-prince’s ties to the Canadian fashion tycoon Peter Nygard, 84, who has been accused of raping girls as young as 14 in a group action civil case.Continue readingTattoo ink may cause prolonged changes to the immune systemBy Jay KakadeTattoos have gained widespread popularity, with nearly one in three Americans having at least one. But beneath the colorful designs lurks a hidden journey. According to a new study, tattoo ink doesn’t stay in the skin; it travels and accumulates in the lymph nodes, potentially causing lifelong changes to the immune system. The findings offer no conclusion as to whether these changes are positive or negative, but suggest that pigment retention in lymph nodes can persistently alter local immunity.“Tattoos are not only a cosmetic treatment, but they are also associated with some important problems like the presence of some inflammation in the immune system, which we need further study [of] in the future,” the first author of the study, Santiago F. Gonzalez, told New Atlas.A complex admixture of the ink that is insoluble in bodily fluids grants durability to tattoos. While previous studies have linked tattoo ink ingredients to various health issues, research on the interaction of ink components with the immune response is scarce. To evaluate how tattooing affects the immune response, Santiago and his colleagues set up a mouse model.Continue readingWatch: T800 humanoid kung fu kicks its way to mass productionBy Stefan IonescuIt’s hard not to think of ‘T800’ without “The Terminator“ and “Skynet” coming to mind. However, EngineAI has created a robot with that exact name. This isn’t Hollywood science fiction; it’s an acrobatic, combat-ready machine that will soon be mass-produced for industrial applications, and is backed by a billion yuan in financing.EngineAI, a Shenzhen-based robotics company founded in 2023, has recently become the talk of the robotics industry, thanks to the T800’s tagline “Born to subvert.” Indeed, the robot’s demo showcased a high degree of mobility, as it demonstrated its ability to perform high-flying kicks and kung fu moves with ease. The machine could even spar with humans.EngineAI T800: Born to Disrupt! #EngineAI #robotics #newtechnology #newproductIn fact, the demo looked so slick that the company had to release a behind-the-scenes video to counter online allegations that the demo was created using CGI. Even the EngineAI CEO, Zhao Tongyang – a veteran in the robotics field – posted an Instagram video where the T800 kicked him across the room. Extraordinary commitment to his product!Continue readingThinking About Going to IRL Netflix House – Better Read the Terms and Conditionsby The Drey DossierThe subtitle of “Government” – The Biggest Scam in History… Exposed! is: How Inter-Generational Organized Crime Runs the “Government”, Media and Academia. This short video by Greg Reese breaks down the inter-generational family and hidden curriculum of Netflix while only touch on a few of the propaganda techniques. Other techniques include the “government” is legitimate, the “government” is always saving the day, product placement of the American flag at moments of high positive emotion (anchoring), and other propaganda crimes. Get the full story at Government-Scam.comContinue readingMicro RGB TVs are coming: Should you get excited about them in 2026?By Abhimanyu GhoshalMicro RGB for TVs is a thing now, and it promises to be the next major display tech for home entertainment. We’ve already seen a couple of models from the likes of Samsung and Hisense, and it looks like more brands are getting in on the action next year. Whether it should feature in your checklist while shopping for a TV in 2026 depends largely on whether you’re really an early adopter, and if money is no object.Let’s quickly go over what Micro RGB technology is all about first. A conventional backlit LCD TV uses an array of white or blue LEDs to shine through an LCD panel and color filters to illuminate pixels on its screen. That’s great, and it’s worked for several years now. But this isn’t without its compromises on brightness, vibrance, contrast, and color accuracy.With Micro RGB, you’ve got microscopic individual LEDs – measuring just tens of microns in size – that each shine in primary colors. They’re something like four times smaller than those used in mini-LED TVs, which are today’s top-of-the-line category.Continue readingZero-pilot eVTOL pushes to achieve feat never done beforeBy David SzondyBoeing subsidiary Wisk Aero’s Generation 6 eVTOL aircraft has completed its historic maiden flight. On December 16, 2025 at 12:26 pm PST, the autonomous passenger carrier lifted off from the Wisk flight test facility at Hollister, California.First flights of eVTOLs are so common these days that they’re about as newsworthy as the announcement of a new flavor of potato chip. However, the Wisk flight is different because it is a Gen-6 certification model that’s claimed to be the first-ever candidate for FAA type certification of an autonomous, passenger-carrying eVTOL in the United States.Wisk has been developing its eVTOL for over a decade, with five previous iterations – each one signifying a distinct generation of development from proof-of-concept to pre-production prototype for FAA certification.Continue readingJunk-food Bans for SNAP Users To Begin in Januaryby Raw Egg NationalistAmericans using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in some states will be prohibited from purchasing certain kinds of junk food.Beginning in January, 18 states will restrict the purchase of certain foods.The ban is being carried out under the aegis of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” agenda. Participating states have had to submit a waiver to the Department of Agriculture (USDA), which oversees SNAP.Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah, and West Virginia will implement purchase restrictions on 1 January, 2026. Idaho, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Colorado, Texas, Virginia, and Florida have starting dates from February to April. Arkansas, Tennessee, Hawaii, South Carolina, North Dakota, and Missouri will begin their bans between July and October.Continue readingIsraeli health officials discuss vaccine mandates because only 17% of Israelis got a flu shot!I was not able to find reports on deaths or comparisons with prior years—Iguess those data probably would not support the current narrative. Hopefully the flu will fizzle out soon, as it seems to have done in the UK, before things get really crazy.Continue readingThe Hidden Connection Between Glyphosate and Kidney Diseaseby IRT News TeamChronic kidney disease now affects approximately 37 million Americans—about 1 in 7 adults—and many don’t even know they have it. While conventional medicine points to diabetes and high blood pressure as primary causes, emerging research suggests another culprit may be hiding in plain sight: glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup herbicide that’s sprayed on much of our food supply.Dr. Michelle Perro, an integrative pediatrician with nearly 40 years of clinical experience, doesn’t mince words: “Glyphosate-based herbicides are kidney toxic.” This isn’t just speculation—it’s an observation supported by toxicology literature and increasingly recognized by researchers studying agricultural communities where glyphosate exposure is highest.Your kidneys perform over 400 vital functions every single day, filtering about 200 quarts of blood to remove waste and excess water. They regulate blood pressure, maintain mineral balance, and activate vitamin D for bone health. When kidneys fail, the consequences are devastating—and often irreversible.Continue readingFront Companies? Bombshell Report Exposes Network Of Somali-Linked “Empty” Daycares Across Minnesotaby Tyler DurdenLeft-wing Governor Tim Walz, under intensifying federal pressure, faces a widening Somali-linked fraud scandal in Minnesota. Federal prosecutors state that the scheme currently totals at least $9 billion, with the final figure potentially much higher. Recent reporting by Ryan Thorpe and Christopher F. Rufo alleges that some welfare funds were funneled into an overseas terrorist organization. Now, a bombshell video from a citizen journalist suggests the fraud extends beyond Medicaid into the state’s daycare system.Shirley claims his team uncovered more than $110 million in questionable payments to Somali-owned businesses on just the first day of their investigation, as part of a broader welfare fraud scandal totaling upwards of $9 billion.Continue readingUpcoming Liberty EventsProspera World Tour – Berlin, January 7th 2026Prospera World Tour – London, January 9th 2026Prospera World Tour – San Francisco, January 21stThe People’s Reset – Morelia, Mexico – Jan 28th-Feb 1st 2026Principled Business Summit- Prospera, Roatán, Honduras, February 5–9, 2026MONEROTOPIA 2026-Roma, Mexico City, February 12TH-15TH 2026Entrepreneurship Beyond Politics: Mises Circle in Oklahoma City – Feb 21st, OKC, OKFreedom Under Natural Law Conference – February 21st & 22nd 2026, On-lineMises Institute Libertarian Scholars Conference – March 19, 2026, at our Auburn, ALAustrian Economic Research Conference 2026 – March 19-21, 2026, Auburn, ALRothbard University-May 14-16, 2026, Auburn, ALLibertarian Scholars Conference 2026- March 19, 2026 – March 19, 2026 – Auburn, Alabama.Free Cities Foundation Conference – September 3–6, 2026 – Prospera, Roatan, HondurasMemes BonanzaTruth Music of the WeekRed Pill Friends by The Red Pill FriendsIt looks like the Red Pill Friends might be doing a tour in April on their way to the confluence conference in Austin. 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I have Asheville, NC and Richmond, VA working.libertarian Intentional Community RoundupProspera is on a World Tour In JanuaryProspera – The Low-Tax, Low-Regulation, Pro-Freedom Charter City on Roatan Island off Honduras, is on world tour in January.Their core team will visit London, Berlin and San Francisco to cover:​​What Próspera is; the latest developments, and plans ahead​​Why for-profit governance will save the worldEverything the US Founders got right, and what they got wrong​​Insurance companies as market regulators​​How to get involved with Próspera; both in our Roatan hub and beyondBerlin – January 7 – Berlin Event London – January 9 – London EventSan Francisco – January 21 – SF EventThe LiberatorThe Liberator– Our archive of “government” and media criminalityImportant Note: New additions are added to the authoritative Liberator Dropboxes regularly but will not appear in the physical credit card-sized flash drive until we launch the next version. 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If you spin the “Z” Amazon spells: A Mason – Plus MORE evidenceDear Subscribers,Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!In my book “Government” – The Biggest Scam in History… Exposed!, I make the case that one of the hidden scams of Amazon is that if you spin the “Z” in Amazon into an “S” it spells: A Mason. The downward dip of the smile is a hidden reference to the Masonic Square while the arrow at the top of the smile is a hidden reference to the Masonic compass.The font of the letter “a” they choose for the logo conveniently makes a “g” when reversed and Amazon uses that single a(g) in the open box logo below that further reveals and symbolizes the Masonic logo for those “with eyes to see”.The final bit of Masonic symbolism in the Amazon logo is the hidden arrow in the smile that Amazon claims represents the fact that you can get everything from “A to Z” except… the arrow doesn’t really point to the letter “Z” in the logo…It actually points to the letter “O” which has additional Masonic significance:In Freemasonry, the phrase “Alpha to Omega” (from the Greek letters Α and Ω, the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet) holds deep symbolic meaning, drawing from biblical references in the Book of Revelation (e.g., Revelation 22:13: “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last”). It represents the eternal and all-encompassing nature of the divine, often referred to as the Great Architect of the Universe (GAOTU) in Masonic tradition.My thesis is that the inter-generational organized crime system behind banking, central banking is using “government” as a technique for robbing and controlling populations. As I break down in my article Who Runs the World? – Organized Crime’s Front Groups & Secret Societies, Free Masonry has long been one of inter-generational organized crime’s front groups. With an international network of lodges, members sworn to secrecy, and evaluated by degree, freemasonry gives the local lodge the ability to dominate local political systems by acting in unison and financing their own to control local political systems, the sheriff, police chief, courts. They even created the 1st “gang sign” the Masonic “Hidden Hand” visible in official portraits of dozens and dozens of Masons including those guilty of the murder of tens of millions through the imposition of socialism/communism (”government” 2.0) on their populations.Internationally, the leadership at the top of that hierarchical system, has the ability to project power globally by leveraging the local lodge networks in each country when needed. It doesn’t mean that every Mason is an unindicted co-conspirator, many are “Porch Masons” who have been duped into organized crime lodges to be used as window dressing. Many lodges and Masons have tried to stay true to Masonry’s stated goals of communicating to its adherents first principles, objective morality, and Natural Law. The Great Work.In another excerpt from “Government” that I wrote with Mark Passio: An Open Letter to Freemasonry – It’s Time to Clean the Lodge!, we honor these Masons and suggest they clean up the lodge system.Back to Amazon… What is the connection to Amazon?The most powerful weapon in organized crime’s arsenal is “control of perception.” Can the organized crime system control the information the population receives to conceal the theft of trillions through fractional reserve banking, no-bid “government” contracts, mandatory “vaccinations,” and scams like 9-11 and “The Covid?”Obviously, the ability to censor, manipulate book reviews and wage economic warfare against mom and pop retailers and non-cartel on-line sellers would be attractive.Our thesis is that the organized crime “government” took internet technologies developed on the taxpayer nickel and privatized the profits for defense industry insiders. The internet was invented by the Defense Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) later renamed the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Jeff Bezos’ grandfather, Lawrence P. Gise, was a DARPA co-founder. Google, Facebook, and other companies caught algorithmically censoring information on the DARPA Internet also have links to the intelligence agencies and Pentagram..err.. Pentagon.Here are a few paragraphs on Amazon’s many crimes from “Government” – The Biggest Scam in History… Exposed!:Amazon has been caught digitally burning books (remotely deleting books) on their “Kindle” and “Fire platforms, censoring books exposing The Sandy Hook hoax,9-11 Truth, engineered Islamic mass migration in Europe, and other government criminality, censoring books reviews including negative reviews of Hillary Clinton´s book “What Happened”.Amason Prime removed the award-winning documentary Vaxxed which exposed that the CDC has been lying about vaccines causing autism, other vaccine-awareness videos including Shoot-EM Up- The Truth About Vaccines, and Man-Made Pandemic. They also censored Flipping the Script: When Parents Flight Back (harmfulness of chemotherapy for kids), Root Causes (Harmfulness of root canals), Behind the Fear: The Hidden Story of HIV (HIV Scam) & Cancer Can Be Killed (how to cure cancer naturally),Amazon Prime (and Netflix with their $50M deal with the Obamas) are the prime outlets for the 800+ movies and 1000+ television shows funded/supported by the DoD and intelligence agencies that are product-placing the American flag, making government employees (FBI/CIA/ATF/Police, etc) the heroes, and using propaganda techniques like anchoring where scenes of high positive emotion are created and the “anchored” to the flag.So… Even though we know Amazon is untrustworthy, we are using their platform to get our books out to expose the illegitimacy and criminality of “government” and the theft of TRILLIONS.So.. While our usual advice is: “Even though you can get anything you want from A Mason in two days with free shipping… you shouldn’t.. if you can avoid it.”We also understand the realities of their superior distribution network vs. the monopoly “government” post office. If you want to get copies of my books before Christmas using Amazon / A Mason? with free shipping… You can get the links to order from Amazon below.Get “Government” – The Biggest Scam in History… Exposed! from A MasonLink to buy Paperback from Amazon: Here.Link to buy High-Resolution Hardcover from Amazon: Here.Get To See the Cage is to Leave It – 25 Techniques the Few Use to Control the Many from A MasonLink to buy Kindle from Amazon: Here.Link to buy Paperback from Amazon: Here.Link to buy High-Resolution Hardcover from Amazon: Here.Don’t want to give Amazon a nickel? Get 10% off from the Art of Liberty Foundation online store using the discount code: Liberty10 until Dec. 25th!Shop for unique books and gifts now at ArtOfLiberty.org/StoreTop Stories of the WeekJohnny Vedmore Interviews Etienne de la Boetie2 on Newspaste – The Eugenics Operation Behind “The Covid”PLUS: Transcript, Memes, Visualizations AND Details on how to get Etienne’s books from Amazon (A Mason?) in Time for ChristmasGet the complete interview PLUS Etienne brings the receipts! A full transcript with HTML Links and images for many of the claims and evidence mentioned in the interview PLUS Dank Memes and visualizations from: The Liberator, our uncensorable, credit card-sized flash drive full of evidence of “government” illegitimacy and corruption.Continue reading…Videos of the WeekMassive Property Tax Fraud Is Burdening Millions and Threatening the Housing Market Across the U.S.Etienne Note: I used AI to summarize this video. If you don’t trust AI they I would suggest watching the whole video.. I would suggest you do that, even if you skim the summary, to understand why it is important to watch the video.A widespread property tax fraud linked to school district bonds is causing millions of Americans to overpay taxes, risking mass bankruptcies and housing market collapse. Expert Mitch Vexler exposes the illegal overvaluation practices, the unsustainable $5.1 trillion bond debt, and calls for repealing property taxes in favor of a uniform state sales tax to restore fairness and affordability.Property taxes are a significant expense for homeowners across the United States, but what if much of what we pay is based on fraudulent valuations and illegal practices? Mitch Vexler, a real estate broker and business model expert, has been fighting against massive property tax fraud since 2016. His work exposes how school district bonds and central appraisal districts have been overvaluing properties, leading to exorbitant tax bills that many cannot afford.Continue reading“Government”, Media and AcademiaCriminality ExposedThese articles also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_ScamsKushner’s Serbian boondoggle collapses amid corruption scandalEtienne Note: This article also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_Scamsby Judd LegumThis week, Jared Kushner abruptly canceled his plans to build Trump Tower Belgrade after the project became enmeshed in a criminal corruption scandal involving Serbian government officials.Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, has resumed his role as one of Trump’s top foreign policy advisers — representing the Trump administration in high-stakes negotiations over Gaza and Ukraine. But Kushner has also continued to run his private equity firm, Affinity Partners.Continue readingLongtime Paid FBI Informant Was Instrumental in Terror Case Against “Turtle Island Liberation Front”Etienne Note: This article also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_Scamsby Noah Hurowitz, Trevor AaronsonAn FBI investigation into an alleged terror plot in Southern California bears the familiar hallmarks of the bureau’s long-running use of informants and undercover agents to advance plots that might not otherwise have materialized, court documents show.News of the plot surfaced Monday morning in a Fox News report that ran ahead of court filings or official statements. Within minutes, FBI officials amplified the story on social media.Continue readingThe REAL Political Spectrum… Around the WorldEtienne Note: I have some folks who have promised me some new countries but they did’t get their homework to me before we went to publication. Please e-mail me at Etienne(at)ArtOfLiberty.org to help create a version for YOUR countryI am adding a new recurring feature to Five Meme Friday: The REAL Political Spectrum… Around the World! A couple of weeks ago I did an article: The Fake Left-Right Paradigm – What is the REAL Political Spectrum the Monopoly Media is Hiding? where I broke down WHY the monopoly media misrepresents the REAL political spectrum and what the actual political spectrum looks like in the US. That meme went viral so now I am duplicating it for other countries.Can you help? Please e-mail me at Etienne(at)ArtOfLiberty.org to help create a version for YOUR country OR suggest changes for a version we already have circulating. Donate to support this project at ArtOfLiberty.org/sponsorship-program/The REAL Political Spectrum in: USA, Australia, Canada, Estonia (English), Estonia (Estonian), United Kingdom, Venezuela (English), Venezuela (Espanol)Shift the Political Spectrum in: USA, Australia, Canada, Estonia (English), Estonia (Estonian), United Kingdom, Venezuela (English), Venezuela (Espanol)“Daily News of The Week”10% off Through Midnight PST on Dec 25th- Holiday Sale on our Coolest Books, Liberators, and Shiny Badges That Still Don’t Grant Extra RightsWant to give some gifts that will be remembered for years to come and help your friends, family and colleagues better understand the scam of “Government?”Happy Holidays from the Art of Liberty Foundation! Get 10% off until midnight PST December 25th using the discount code: Liberty10!Shop for unique books and gifts now at ArtOfLiberty.org/Store“Government” – The Biggest Scam in History… Exposed! – How Inter-Generational Organized Crime Runs the “Government,” Media and Academia. The best-selling book at over two dozen liberty-oriented conferences and events! Sales to 25+ countries! “Government” reveals the hidden control system and pseudo-religion of Statism used by an inter-generational organized crime system centered around banking and central banking to rob and control populations. This book distills 20+ years of research and open-source intelligence into short, easily digestible treatises on individual subjects and optimizes the information for the 65% of society who are visual learners.Continue readingBill C-9 – The Quiet Coup Against Every Canadian’s Right to Speak, Believe and DisagreeBy Ted KuntzLet’s be clear. Bill C-9 is a censorship bill. Its purpose is to restrict open and honest debate in this country. It is a political weapon to silence dissent, disagreement, or facts the government finds inconvenient or at odds with their agenda. This bill attacks the very foundation of a free and democratic society. It declares that the state is ‘the authority’ to decide what is acceptable speech and what is not.This bill isn’t drafted at the request of Canadians. Canadians love free speech. Canadians love to express their opinions, likes, and dislikes. Canadians like to share their perspectives, their ideas, and their concerns. The ability to speak freely is what people appreciate about living in a free country.The Federal government is at war with us. This government is at war with our Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It is declaring that it will decide what speech is acceptable and what is not. It wants to become the moral authority in this country. This government is intent on replacing God. It is destroying what makes a western nation great and the envy of people around the world.Continue readingHow Milei Is Flirting With Failure in ArgentinaBy Doug Casey, International ManI think it will interest you not because of my moral case against taxes (a case which was new to most attendees), but because of the reasons Milei is flirting with failure (reasons that I don’t think most of the attendees had considered).—It’s a strange pleasure to be speaking at a tax conference. It makes me feel as if I’ve been accepted into polite company, perhaps even invited to join the elite.Since we’re at a tax conference, I think it’s appropriate to lay some philosophical groundwork. To ask some questions, and state some principles to help introduce myself. Like any sensible person, I despise taxes. So consider these propositions and questions:First, Why taxes are immoral and innately destructive.Second, Why taxes aren’t necessary.Third, What is the Milei regime doing wrong?Continue readingEighteen Years Ago: Journalist Gary Webb Was Murdered After Exposing CIA Drug TraffickingBy Christine ChungTravelers visiting the United States from countries like Britain, France, Germany and South Korea could soon have to undergo a review of up to five years of their social mBy Jeremy KuzmarovOn December 10, 2004, the body of journalist Gary Webb, 49, was discovered in his home near Sacramento after a moving company worker found a note posted to his front door that read: “Please do not enter. Call 911 and ask for an ambulance.”Webb’s death was listed as a suicide, but Webb was found with two bullet holes in the head, indicating that he was executed.[1]In the days leading up to his death, Webb had told friends that he was receiving death threats, being regularly followed by what he thought were government agents, and that he was concerned about strange individuals who were seen breaking into and leaving his house.In the late 1990s, Webb had written a series of stories for the San José Mercury News, which provided the basis for his book, Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion (New York: Seven Stories Press, 1998).Continue readingedia history, according to a proposal filed on Tuesday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.The change would affect visitors eligible for the visa waiver program, which allows people from 42 countries to travel to the United States for up to 90 days without a visa as long as they first obtain electronic travel authorization.In a document filed on Tuesday in the Federal Register, C.B.P. said it plans to require applicants to provide a long list of personal data including social media, email addresses from the last decade, and the names, birth dates, places of residence and birthplaces of parents, spouses, siblings and children.Continue readingBREAKING: Peer-Reviewed Reanalysis of the Henry Ford Birth Cohort Study Finds Vaccinated Children Sicker Across All 22 Chronic Disease Categoriesby Nicolas Hulscher, MPHOur newly published, peer-reviewed critique and independent reanalysis of the Henry Ford vaccinated–unvaccinated birth cohort study (Lamerato et al.) — revealed at the U.S. Senate Hearing on September 9, 2025 — shows that the original authors failed to analyze or disclose the dramatic proportional differences present in their own data.Authored by John W. Oller, Jr., PhD; Daniel Broudy, PhD; and Nicolas Hulscher, MPH, this peer-review and reanalysis provides the first accurate proportional interpretation of the dataset.The Lamerato et al. study of a total population of 18,468 individuals between birth and 18 years of age during the years from 2000 to 2016 — of which the 16,511 in the vaccinated cohort received a median of 18 vaccines, whereas the 1,957 in the unvaccinated cohort received none at all — probably represents the most comprehensive real-world comparison of vaccinated versus unvaccinated children ever conducted within a self-contained whole population in a full-service integrated health system in the US.Continue readingBrown Bondi Double Bill: We Demand Better PsyopsBy Gemma O’Doherty2025 was the year of some of the most contrived media hoaxes and they’re desperate to cram in a few more before December is out. This weekend, the yids gave us a double whammy with some awful tripe from Bondi to put a dampener on the barby season and remind the groypers in Ausjailia who’s boss. We got another trailerload of manure from Brown University, Rhode Island. Where these psyops actually took place is anyone’s guess – they could just as easily have been thrown together in a seedy film studio on a back street of Haifa.The purpose as always: to justify more police state and control over the dummies, generate more fear, tighter gun laws, more surveillance, more hate speech laws and more taxpayer cash for phony defence budgets. Anyone for digital ID?Let’s get Bondi out of the way. Official story: Eleven killed after gunmen target Jewish festival in deadliest Australia shooting in decades, blah blah blah. Here we see a recycled crisis actor who also took part in the October 7 hollow hoax – they must be running out of assets. He oozes authenticity with all that cherry sauce stuck to his face. It’s probably a latex mask. They bandaged up his head but forgot to clean him off. Doctors these days! Still it makes for more donations in the GoFraudMeContinue readingTis the Season to Be Psy-Opped: The Bondi Beach ‘Shooting’Etienne Note: In my Subscriber letter for the Substack version of Five Meme Friday that will be published at FiveMemeFriday.Substack.com after this article so it can be included, I break down more suspicious evidence especially the case of Arsen Ostrovsky, a high-level, international pro-Zionist lawfare lawyer and propagandist (Mossad?) who arrived back in Australia two weeks before the attack, just in time to get “grazed” and interviewed by international media where he made pro-Zionist /pro-Israel talking points.Interestingly, even though he had allegedly received medical attention for his wound as he was wrapped in a bandage, the medical team didn’t clear the blood from his face. Equally suspicious, if you search his name on Substack, you will be able to reach Pro-Israel versions of his story. Still, there are many stories about him where Substack has the new age-restriction feature turned on, BUT the link to age verify is dead, prohibiting you from reading those articles. Interesting that this feature was turned on four days before this attack.Continue readingTHE DIRTY DOZEN: 12 REASONS TO BAN GLYPHOSATE HERBICIDES.By GMO/Toxin free USA TeamTHE DIRTY DOZEN: 12 REASONS TO BAN GLYPHOSATE HERBICIDES. TAKE ACTION TO TELL THE WHITE HOUSE & CONGRESS TO BAN GLYPHOSATE. MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD.1. RETRACTED: The study that served as the cornerstone of regulators’ assessment of glyphosate’s safety, leading to EPA approvals of glyphosate-based herbicides, has now been retracted. It has been revealed that the study, “Safety Evaluation and Risk Assessment of the Herbicide Roundup and Its Active Ingredient, Glyphosate, for Humans,” was ghostwritten by Monsanto. The Editor-in-Chief of Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, which published the study in 2000, cites these reasons for its retraction:The study’s conclusions regarding the carcinogenicity of glyphosate are based solely on unpublished studies from Monsanto.The authors did not include multiple long-term chronic toxicity and carcinogenicity studies that had already been published at the time of writing their review in 1999.Continue readingWhat Led Utah to be the First State Ever to Ban Fluoridation?By Fluoride Action NetworkDear Reader• Utah had one of the worst fluoridation overfeed accidents in US history.• From long before the accident, and continuously afterward, FAN has been laying the groundwork for stopping fluoridation.A recent academic paper describes how a major fluoridation technological failing and recent fluoride science helped push Utah to be the first state to ever ban fluoridation. Utah’s ban is even more consequential because it reversed mandatory fluoridation in the state’s largest population counties.The paper, by Brigham Young University engineering professor Robert B. Sowby, PhD, is titled Fluoride failure: From Sandy City’s water system incident to statewide ban and beyond. It describes in detail the series of technical and human errors in the city of Sandy Utah, in 2019, that caused a fluoride overfeed accident that raised tap water fluoride concentrations as high as 150 mg/L. That is more than 300x greater than the intended concentration of 0.7 mg/L and far higher than the EPA’s allowed maximum. A health report found the overfeed sickened at least 239 people with symptoms including vomiting and headaches. At least one child experienced serious long-term effects. He gave riveting testimony at Utah Senate hearings that helped gain passage of the ban.Continue readingHitler Was Controlled Oppositionby Sotiris RexAll the Axis powers combined had neither the resources nor the manpower to take on the Allies — not even close. It’s basic mathematics. What lunatic would open multiple fronts at once, surrounded by enemies, cut off from resources, and take on the massive (both in population and land) juggernaut of the Soviet Union without accounting for winter? Even if Blitzkrieg was successful, the Axis powers would still have to occupy massive stretches of land filled with hostile populations.The only reasonable explanation and deduction for the World Wars is that both sides’ puppet-leaders were working for the same bosses, whether they were aware of whom they were serving or not. Who were the bosses? The global banking cartel, their Swiss overlords, who found themselves literally in the middle of two World Wars, unscathed, untouched, unbothered, funding both sides of both conflicts, and somehow ending up with all the Nazi gold.Continue readingWhy Governments Prefer Cigarette Revenue over Safer Alternativesby Roger BateIn December 2024, Congress did something unusual: it introduced a bill that openly acknowledges tobacco harm reduction. The POUCH Act of 2024, sponsored by Rep. Jack Bergman (R-MI) and co-sponsored by Rep. Don Davis (D-NC), aims to prevent states and cities from banning or restricting FDA–authorized lower-risk products, including modern nicotine pouches and vaping products.It is a modest bill, but one that finally moves federal policy in a sensible direction. The basic premise is straightforward: if the FDA has determined that a product is appropriate for the protection of public health, states should not be allowed to ban it for political, fiscal, or ideological reasons. This should not be a radical idea, but within the chaos of American nicotine regulation, it almost counts as revolutionary.Continue readingWall Street’s $4 Quadrillion Backbone To Roll-Out Tokenized US Treasuriesby Tyler DurdenAuthored by Jesse Coghlan via CoinTelegraph.com,The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation said it is set to bring tokenized US Treasurys onchain, and plans to expand to a “broad spectrum” of assets in the future.The DTCC said on Wednesday that it plans to “enable a subset of US Treasury securities” custodied at its subsidiary, the Depository Trust Company, to be minted on the Canton Network, a permissioned blockchain created by the fintech company Digital Asset.“This collaboration creates a roadmap to bring real-world, high-value tokenization use cases to market, starting with US Treasury securities and eventually expanding to a broad spectrum of DTC-eligible assets across network providers,” said DTCC CEO Frank LaSalla.The DTCC runs crucial market infrastructure for clearing, settlement and trading of US securities and reported that its subsidiaries processed $3.7 quadrillion in securities transactions last year.Continue readingTheyLied: Death by a thousand clicks – government censorship of Canada’s internetby TheyLiedNew report by The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF), Dec. 15, 2025:CALGARY, AB: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms announces its latest publication, Death by a thousand clicks: The rise of internet censorship and control in Canada, authored by veteran journalist and researcher Nigel Hannaford. The report outlines how recommendations from the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review Panel in 2020 set the stage for a series of federal bills that have collectively transformed Canada’s once open internet into a state-managed digital environment that restricts what Canadians may access, share, and say online.The report highlights the following federal legislation:Online Streaming Act (C-11): Passed in 2023, this Bill gives the CRTC power to regulate online videos and other content, including material created by everyday Canadians. It also lets the government influence online “discoverability,” meaning it can push certain content to the top of your feeds while making other content harder to find.Continue readingHack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI InfluencersBy Emanuel MaibergHey there,Back in October I wrote about Doublespeed, an a16z-backed startup that uses a phone farm to flood social media with AI-generated influencers. It’s one of the more dystopian startups we’ve seen, but its impact on our social media feeds was largely theoretical. Today, thanks to a hacker who discovered a vulnerability in Doublespeed’s operation, I have a story that exposes what these accounts look like, what kind of content they’re posting, and what products they’re promoting.-EmanuelDoublespeed, a startup backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) that uses a phone farm to manage at least hundreds of AI-generated social media accounts and promote products has been hacked. The hack reveals what products the AI-generated accounts are promoting, often without the required disclosure that these are advertisements, and allowed the hacker to take control of more than 1,000 smartphones that power the company.Continue readingU.S. Stillbirth Rates 17 Percent Higher Than CDC ReportingEtienne Note: They buried the headline: “The study comes on the heels of multiple large-scale studies that have identified reproductive and fertility impacts to those who received an mRNA COVID shot. A June 2025 Israeli study found that women who received their first mRNA COVID shot during early pregnancy, specifically between weeks eight and 13, were significantly more likely to experience pregnancy loss than expected. The study, the first national-scale analysis to examine gestational timing in relation to mRNA vaccination, found nearly four additional losses per 100 pregnancies in this group, representing a roughly 40 percent increase over the baseline rate. Most of these losses occurred during late-term pregnancy, with the majority happening after 20 weeks gestation and nearly half after 25 weeks—placing them in the category of stillbirths.7”Continue readingWhy Most Published Research Findings Are Falseby John P. A. IoannidisThere is increasing concern that most current published research findings are false. The probability that a research claim is true may depend on study power and bias, the number of other studies on the same question, and, importantly, the ratio of true to no relationships among the relationships probed in each scientific field. In this framework, a research finding is less likely to be true when the studies conducted in a field are smaller; when effect sizes are smaller; when there is a greater number and lesser preselection of tested relationships; where there is greater flexibility in designs, definitions, outcomes, and analytical modes; when there is greater financial and other interest and prejudice; and when more teams are involved in a scientific field in chase of statistical significance. Simulations show that for most study designs and settings, it is more likely for a research claim to be false than true. Moreover, for many current scientific fields, claimed research findings may often be simply accurate measures of the prevailing bias. In this essay, I discuss the implications of these problems for the conduct and interpretation of research.Continue readingAIPAC Head Hosts Fundraiser for House Candidate Who Swears AIPAC Isn’t Backing HerEtienne Note: Israel is starting to more secretly fund its organized crime politicians that vote to send billions to organized crime Israel.by Akela Lacy, Jonah ValdezThe American Israel Public Affairs Committee is not publicly backing any candidate in the race to replace Democratic Rep. Jan Schakowsky in Illinois’s 9th Congressional District. But in private, the group is fundraising for Democratic state Sen. Laura Fine, who has distanced herself from AIPAC and said she isn’t seeking its endorsement.AIPAC board president Michael Tuchin hosted a private fundraiser for Fine on Monday at his Los Angeles law office, where an Intercept reporter was turned away in the building’s front lobby. “The Intercept should not be here at all,” said a building security guard, relaying a message from fundraiser organizers.Continue readingTwo Brown University Students Are Linked to Other School Shootings – What Are the Odds?by Democracy Now, Redacted and ABCTwo Brown University students, Mia Tretta, who was reportedly shot in the stomach during a school shooting at Saugus High School in 2019, and Zoe Weissman, who was nearby during the Parkland school shooting in 2018, have dominated in the media and set the narrative.Former CIA agent Kevin Shipp said that it is suspicious when victims/ survivors appear on the scene at multiple suspected false flag or staged events that are unrelated. He explains why shootings at suspected orchestrated shootings almost always involve only lone shooters..Summary by JW WilliamsOn December 13, 2025, a mass shooting occurred at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, during the second day of final examination week for the fall semester. A gunman entered the school and killed two students and wounded nine other students as they attended a review session in preparation for final exams.Continue readingTHE OECD’S DRINKING DIVIDE: High vs. Low Alcohol Consumptionby pjayakody75Alcohol use stands as a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, especially among working-age adults. OECD data for 2023 highlights wide differences in consumption: Latvia and Portugal record the highest levels at over 11.5 litres of pure alcohol per person, while Türkiye, Israel, Costa Rica, and Colombia remain below 5 litres. Despite declines in average consumption across most countries since 2013, harmful drinking continues to pose risks. Around one in four adults reports heavy episodic drinking at least monthly, underscoring persistent concerns within specific population groups.Continue readingUpcoming Liberty EventsThe People’s Reset – Morelia, Mexico – Jan 28th-Feb 1st 2026Principled Business Summit- Prospera, Roatán, Honduras, February 5–9, 2026MONEROTOPIA 2026-Roma, Mexico City, February 12TH-15TH 2026Entrepreneurship Beyond Politics: Mises Circle in Oklahoma City – Feb 21st, OKC, OKFreedom Under Natural Law Conference – February 21st & 22nd 2026, On-lineMises Institute Libertarian Scholars Conference – March 19, 2026, at our Auburn, ALAustrian Economic Research Conference 2026 – March 19-21, 2026, Auburn, ALRothbard University-May 14-16, 2026, Auburn, ALLibertarian Scholars Conference 2026- March 19, 2026 – March 19, 2026 – Auburn, Alabama.Free Cities Foundation Conference – September 3–6, 2026 – Prospera, Roatan, HondurasMemes BonanzaTruth Music of the WeekBand Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas?A Christmas song proving we don’t need “Government”“Do They Know It’s Christmas?“ is a charity song written in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia. It was first recorded by Band Aid, a supergroup assembled by Geldof and Ure consisting of popular British and Irish musicians, in a single day at Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill, London, in November 1984.“Do They Know It’s Christmas?” was released in the UK on 7 December 1984. It entered the UK singles chart at number one, where it remained for five weeks, becoming Christmas number one. It sold a million copies in the first week, making it the fastest-selling single in UK chart history until Elton John‘s “Candle in the Wind 1997“. UK sales passed three million by 1985. The song also reached number one in 13 other countries. In the US, it fell short of the top ten in the Billboard Hot 100, but sold an estimated 2.5 million copies by 1985. It had sold 11.7 million copies worldwide by 1989 and 3.8 million in the UK by 2017.“Do They Know It’s Christmas?” raised £8 million for Ethiopia within a year, far exceeding Geldof’s hopes. The success inspired other charity singles, such as “We Are the World“ (1985) by USA for Africa, and charity events such as Comic Relief and the 1985 Live Aid concert. Some critics and musicians said the song misrepresented Africa as barren or ignorant and that its lyrics contains factual inaccuracies; Ure said it was secondary to the purpose of raising money for the cause.“Do They Know It’s Christmas?” was rerecorded and rereleased with different musicians in 1989, 2004 and 2014. The 1989 and 2004 versions also raised funds for famine relief, All three reached number one in the UK, and the 1989 and 2004 versions were Christmas number ones. The 2004 version sold 1.8 million copies. A new mix, combining elements of the previous versions, was released in 2024 for the 40th anniversary.libertarian Intentional Community RoundupBitcoin Investor Olivier Janssens Starts Libertarian Intentional Community on Nevis with $50M InvestmentBy Nellius Irene, Cryptopolitan.comOlivier Janssens plans to build Destiny, a crypto-focused community on Nevis with its own legal system.The project would use private judges and arbitration, raising concerns about creating a “state within a state.”Supporters promise fast dispute resolution and luxury infrastructure, while critics warn of local disruption and governance challenges.A controversial proposal by a wealthy crypto investor to develop a vast libertarian, tech‑oriented community on the Caribbean island of Nevis is drawing both excitement and alarm from island residents and political leaders, largely due to plans that could see aspects of local justice administered outside the existing court system.Olivier Janssens hopes to establish a self-contained community that would manage its own legal system, testing new models of crypto-driven governance. 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REMINDER… We have a 15% discount at ArtOfLiberty.org/store until midnight PST TONIGHT!!Dear Subscribers,Happy Holidays! Some Random News Briefs and Thoughts:Earlier this year, I ran into Jeff Berwick at a party in Acapulco. We sat down and discussed my seven part investigation into Anarchapulco and why I think it is an intelligence agency front to crowd-gather and steer the developing voluntaryist and peaceful anarchist movement into controlled opposition voices, infighting, drugs and drinking, while smearing and tarnishing them with staged murders, Flat Earth, cartoonish anti-semitism (vs. legitimate criticims of political zionism and organized crime Israel), while ripping them off with scams ranging from crypto “pumps and dumps” including ARRR, Dero, XEQ, and SmartCash among others, Galt’s Gulch Chile, “The Shemitah,” Passport scams, and “God Energy” that flows from a $12,000 plastic tool box.In front of a crowd at the party, I took Berwick through much of the evidence that I had accumulated doing a real deal investigation and interviewing eight different witnesses including “cast members” from the HBO hit piece “The Anarchists,” former Jeff Berwick employees, and both Anarchapulco employees and attendees.In front of multiple witnesses, Berwick conceded that YES! There was a lot of evidence to suggest that the intelligence agencies might have been running a “smear and steer” at the conference and might have been behind the HBO hit piece that made everyone associated with Anarchapulco look bad… but he wasn’t in on it cause he was drunk at the time…. He invited me to present the findings of my investigation to Anarchapulco 2026.When I messaged the conference producer this week to give them the details for my planned talk: How the CIA “Smears & Steers” Political Movements, deals drugs into them, steers them into controlled opposition voices while stealing the oxygen from authentic resistance & events, I discovered the invitation had been rescinded.LOL.. What should I have expected from a proven serial liar and conman?The Bondi Beach shooting smells like a staged pro-Israel, pro-gun control psyop. I have a boil down from Gemma O’Doherty below but the key appears to be the obvious crisis actor: Arsen Ostrovsky filmed on the scene to make sure the pro-Israel talking points reached the global audience. Ostrovsky is CEO of the International Legal Forum- an Israel-based lawfare shop coordinating lawyers worldwide to crush any “delegitimization” of Israel.• Senior figure at Misgav Institute for National Security and Zionist Strategy, a hard-line security / policy think tank.• Spent years operating out of Israel, then suddenly “moves back” to Australia and, within weeks, becomes the bloodied poster boy of the Bondi shooting – instantly framed as evidence of an “explosion of antisemitism.”Supposedly a survivor of October 7th, he arrived in Australia a couple of weeks ago, just in time to be “grazed” and interviewed. Other evidence of scripting and perception management:There was a video going around breaking down his background that was scrubbed off Substack and seems to be being suppressed on Telegram. Here is my screenshot below where Geopolitics and Empire posted it but then disappeared. It was a French language video if it pops up again can someone send it to me. Substack turns on age verification in Australia four days before AND it is being used to censor information. Search the term: Arsen Ostrovsky on Substack and there are articles that are being censored for age restriction but you can’t click through to verify age and see the article. Try it yourself. There is an obviously AI image of him being made up with stage makeup that is circulating widely to “poison the well” of the truth community. I say “obviously” because anyone who was “backstage” and wanted to expose this would have published more than one photo. “We create a pretend world. We are a global production company: We write the screenplay, we’re the directors, we’re the producers, we’re the main actors. And the world is our stage“. Retired senior Mossad agent (identified only by the pseudonym “Michael”) in a December 2024 interview on the CBS program 60 Minutes.REMINDER – We have an AMAZING Holiday Sales going on over at ArtOfLiberty.org/Store ! Save 15% with the discount code: Liberty15 until midnight PST on Tuesday, December 16th (TONIGHT) where the discount drops to 10% with the code: Liberty10.Top Stories of the WeekTis the Season to Be Psy-Opped: The Bondi Beach ‘Shooting’Meet the hero who got shot multiple times disarming a ‘terrorist’ gunman – except he didn’t.Etienne Note: In my Subscriber letter for the Substack version of Five Meme Friday that will be published at FiveMemeFriday.Substack.com after this article so it can be included, I break down more suspicious evidence especially the case of Arsen Ostrovsky, a high-level, international pro-Zionist lawfare lawyer and propagandist (Mossad?) who arrived back in Australia two weeks before the attack, just in time to get “grazed” and interviewed by international media where he made pro-Zionist /pro-Israel talking points.Continue reading…Brown Bondi Double Bill: We Demand Better PsyopsCrisis acting worse than usual: they’re recycling glowies at a rate of knots. All you can do is lol but I continue to cover these psyops in the hope that just one normie sees through the media lies2025 was the year of some of the most contrived media hoaxes and they’re desperate to cram in a few more before December is out. This weekend, the yids gave us a double whammy with some awful tripe from Bondi to put a dampener on the barby season and remind the groypers in Ausjailia who’s boss. We got another trailerload of manure from Brown University, Rhode Island. Where these psyops actually took place is anyone’s guess – they could just as easily have been thrown together in a seedy film studio on a back street of Haifa.The purpose as always: to justify more police state and control over the dummies, generate more fear, tighter gun laws, more surveillance, more hate speech laws and more taxpayer cash for phony defence budgets. Anyone for digital ID?Continue Reading…What Anarchy Isn’t by Larken RoseDon’t be too surprised if, after learning what “anarchy” actually means, you end up thinking, “Wait, that’s exactly what I want!”Etienne Note: The Art of Liberty Foundation has the ONLY stock of physical copies if What Anarchy Isn’t by Larken Rose available anywhere at ArtOfLiberty.org/store. save 15% by using discount code: Liberty15 by midnight on Tuesday, December 16th. Pro-tip: Get it with Larken’s The Most Dangerous Superstition, Anarchy Exposed, and with both my books in our “Everything Bundle”If you pay attention to the mainstream media, Hollywood movies, or the usual political pundits, then hearing the word “anarchist” probably makes you think of a gang of mask-wearing, bomb-throwing punks—angry, violent vandals doing whatever they can to destroy civilized society. And these days, those who wield political power are going to great lengths—making up stories, instigating conflicts, etc.—to demonize and mischaracterize what “anarchism” really means. The purpose of this little book is to counter the spin and misconceptions.Regardless of your age, education level, income level, or views on culture or religion, don’t be too surprised if, after learning what “anarchy” actually means, you end up thinking, “Wait, that’s exactly what I want!”Continue reading…Videos of the WeekEtienne and Former D1 College Football Player Dr. Barre Lando Discuss Its Hidden AgendasDr. Barre Lando:Welcome to the Alfacast Podcast, and thank you for being with us here today. Dr. Barre Lando here, and today I’m speaking with Etienne de la Boetie2, and we’ll be discussing his latest book, To See the Cage is to Leave It – 25 Techniques the Few Use to Control the Many.Étienne, my friend, good to see you again. How is my French pronunciation?Etienne de la Boetie2:You did better than most. You forgot the “squared”. I use a numeral two as an exponent to denote myself, that I’m not the original Etienne de la Boetie, and that’s the only way you can find me in a search engine.Dr. Barre Lando:We strongly believe at Alpha Vedic that self-reliance is something that’s essential… that we all need to get back to. And really when we moved away from self-reliance, that is what ended up generating, let’s say, a more dependence on government. So maybe we’ll start off with the first question. What could possibly go wrong with that?Continue reading“Government”, Media and AcademiaCriminality ExposedThese articles also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_ScamsTrump Pardons a Convicted Drug Dealer While Starting a War Against Venezuela to Fight “Drug Dealers”Etienne Note: This article also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_Scamsby silentcrownews.comTimothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – If someone or some organization can win an award for hypocrisy, the Trump regime would win in a landslide. Recently, US President Donald Trump has pardoned Juan Orlando Hernandez, a former president of Honduras and a convicted drug trafficker known as the ‘Narco-Dictator’ who was convicted by a grand jury in New York City for importing 400 tons of cocaine and weapons into the United States. According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), Mr. Hernandez was convicted “for cocaine importation and related weapons offenses.” Let that sink in for a minute, Hernandez helped import more than ‘400 tons’ of cocaine and weapons into the United States, and Trump pardoned him, at the same time, a new war is on the table in Washington to remove Venezuela’s President, Nicolas Maduro for allegedly sending drugs into the United States. This is hypocricy on steroids.The Department of Justice published a Press Release on June 6, 2024, titled, ‘Juan Orlando Hernández, Former President of Honduras, sentenced to 45 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute More Than 400 Tons of Cocaine and Related Firearms Offenses.’ The following statement explains in a nutshell what Hernandez was clearly involved in:Continue readingGavin Newsom, the King of Fraud, Lost $54 Billion, Knocking Out Minnesota Gov. Tim Walzby Ramin Real TalkEtienne Note: The organized crime government’s tax-supported colleges and universities are the worst. Part of the “control of perception” program we outline in “Government” – The Biggest Scam in History! They are price-supporting worthless public colleges where the professors can be counted on to never question the legitimacy or reveal the criminality of “government,” push woke DEI agendas, and provide six figure jobs (Sinecures) for “government” operatives. Ex-Dept of Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano’s annualbase salary as President of the University of California (UC) system was consistently $570,000 from her start date in September 2013 until her resignation in August 2020. Her total compensation package also included other benefits.While Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is getting roasted for allowing $1 billion in fraud within the Somali community, Gavin Newsom, who lost $54 billion, is the Democrats’ top pick to run for president. Under Newsom, California has been scammed out of $32 billion in unemployment fraud, $13 billion in medical fraud and $6 billion in food stamps.California’s one-party rule has led to no investigation, no accountability, no consequences. No one is even asking questions. The liberal media wants Nesom to be president. So they look the other way.Continue readingWe Had 400 People Shop For Groceries. What We Found Will Shock You.Etienne Note: This article also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_Scamsby More Perfect Union and Consumer ReportsMore Perfect Union uncovered a secret corporate scheme to raise grocery prices.We found that Instacart is using AI algorithms to charge customers different prices for the same items. The scary part? It’s not just online. It’s in physical grocery stores, too. Our months-long investigation with Consumer Reports and Groundwork Collaborative found it could cost families $1,200/year. —– More Perfect Union is an Emmy-winning, nonprofit newsroom whose mission is to build power for working people. Here’s what that means: We report on the real struggles and challenges of the working class from a working-class perspective. We attempt to connect those problems to potential solutions. We report on the abuses and wrongdoing of corporate power. And we seek to hold accountable the ultra-rich who have too much power over America’s political and economic systems. To support our independent journalism, subscribe, donate, and follow our other pages through the links below:Continue readingKushner and Saudis back hostile takeover of Hollywood giantEtienne Note: This article also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_Scamsby Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby, and Noel SimsOn Monday morning, Paramount announced a $77.9 billion hostile takeover offer of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), an American media conglomerate that owns an iconic movie studio, HBO, and other news and entertainment properties. The offer is meant to upend Netflix’s deal to purchase WBD for $72 billion, which WBD accepted last Friday.Paramount’s press release announcing the offer says that the $40 billion in equity financing will be “backstopped by Ellison Family and RedBird Capital.” The CEO of Paramount is David Ellison, the son of Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, the second-wealthiest person in the world. RedBird Capital is an investment fund based in New York. (The rest of the cash for the purchase will be raised as debt from American banks.)Continue reading…Google Says First AI Glasses With Gemini Will Arrive in 2026Etienne Note: Reminder: Google’s first foray into glasses that spied on the public was called Google Glass and they died on the vine because people who were wearing them got called: Glassholes!By Chris WelchAlphabet Inc.’s Google said it’s working to create two different categories of artificial intelligence-powered smart glasses to compete next year with existing models from Meta Platforms Inc.: one with screens, and another that’s audio focused.The first AI glasses that Google is collaborating on will arrive sometime in 2026, it said in a blog post Monday. Samsung Electronics Co., Warby Parker and Gentle Monster are among its early hardware partners, but the companies have yet to show any final designs.Google also outlined several software improvements coming to Samsung’s Galaxy XR headset, including a travel mode that will allow the mixed-reality device to be used in cars and on planes.Continue reading…The REAL Political Spectrum… Around the WorldEtienne Note: I have some folks who have promised me some new countries but they did’t get their homework to me before we went to publication. Please e-mail me at Etienne(at)ArtOfLiberty.org to help create a version for YOUR countryI am adding a new recurring feature to Five Meme Friday: The REAL Political Spectrum… Around the World! A couple of weeks ago I did an article: The Fake Left-Right Paradigm – What is the REAL Political Spectrum the Monopoly Media is Hiding? where I broke down WHY the monopoly media misrepresents the REAL political spectrum and what the actual political spectrum looks like in the US. That meme went viral so now I am duplicating it for other countries. Can you help? Please e-mail me at Etienne(at)ArtOfLiberty.org to help create a version for YOUR country OR suggest changes for a version we already have circulating. Donate to support this project at ArtOfLiberty.org/sponsorship-program/The REAL Political Spectrum in: USA, Australia, Canada, Estonia (English), Estonia (Estonian), United Kingdom, Venezuela (English), Venezuela (Espanol) Shift the Political Spectrum in: USA, Australia, Canada, Estonia (English), Estonia (Estonian), United Kingdom, Venezuela (English), Venezuela (Espanol) “Daily News of The Week”How Leasing Has Ruined CarsBy ericWhy is there an Affordability Crisis – as regards new vehicles? There are many reasons why, including the decrease in value (buying power) of the fiat money we’re forced to use to buy things that has not been made up for by an increase in the quantity of fiat money we have to accept as payment for the work we do.But there is another – subtler – reason. It is one a reader got me to thinking about that I think it’s worth all of us thinking about. It is how people renting vehicles – leasing them – is driving up the cost of buying vehicles.Continue readingIsraeli ‘Predator’ Smartphone Spyware Exposedby Kit KlarenbergAll my investigations are free to read, thanks to the enormous generosity of my readers. Independent journalism nonetheless requires investment, so if you value this article or any others, please consider sharing, or even becoming a paid subscriber. Your support is always gratefully received, and will never be forgotten. To buy me a coffee or two, please click this link.New research published by Amnesty International exposes the disturbing internal workings of Intellexa, and its constellation of digital espionage products. This includes ‘Predator’, a highly invasive resource linked to grave human rights abuses in multiple countries. Intellexa’s menacing technology allows government customers to access target smartphones’ cameras, microphones, encrypted chat apps, emails, GPS locations, photos, files, browsing activity, and more. It’s just the latest example of an Israeli-linked spyware specialist acting with no consideration for the law – although one wouldn’t know that from Amnesty’s probe.Continue readingFDA Expands Probe Into COVID Vaccine-Related Deaths to Include Adultsby Suzanne Burdick, Ph.Dm, The DefenderThis article was originally published by The Defender — Children’s Health Defense’s News & Views Website.This article was originally published by The Defender — to the original piece from The Defender website.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expanding its probe into COVID-19 vaccine-related deaths to adults, after initially confirming that the agency was investigating the deaths of 10 children who died after receiving the shot.The “FDA is doing a thorough investigation, across multiple age groups, of deaths potentially related to COVID vaccines,” a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services(HHS) spokesperson told The Defender today. HHS provided no further details.Continue readingUSA demands visitors disclose 5 years of social media history…By Christine ChungTravelers visiting the United States from countries like Britain, France, Germany and South Korea could soon have to undergo a review of up to five years of their social media history, according to a proposal filed on Tuesday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.The change would affect visitors eligible for the visa waiver program, which allows people from 42 countries to travel to the United States for up to 90 days without a visa as long as they first obtain electronic travel authorization.In a document filed on Tuesday in the Federal Register, C.B.P. said it plans to require applicants to provide a long list of personal data including social media, email addresses from the last decade, and the names, birth dates, places of residence and birthplaces of parents, spouses, siblings and children.Continue readingNearly Half Of Netflix Kids’ Shows Expose Children To LGBT Propaganda: Reportby Beth BreljeWhile Netflix and Warner Bros. lock horns over a possible merger, some parents are worried it will expand the LGBT messaging seen in nearly half of Netflix’s children’s programming to other programs that would come under its umbrella.Children’s programming is a powerful tool for changing culture by speaking directly to children.By age four, most children, 58 percent, have their own video tablet, according to Common Sense Media. But the shows aimed at children can’t be trusted with your child’s brain.Television producers are using their entertainment platforms to normalize LGBT values in the minds of very impressionable audiences, and it is becoming the rule, not the exception.Continue reading…Nick Fuentes Is Owned By The Fedsby Gemma O’DohertyThe golden rule of thumb when establishing who is controlled opposition in this matrix of misinformation is whether they are allowed to trend on Twitter or anywhere on social media. If the controllers want you to know about something, they will push it hard online and make it go fake viral: therefore we can conclude that the Epstein files, the Burke drama and the Charlie/Candace charade for example are psyops because they are given stratospheric boosting by the algorithm which makes normie/beginner trufers think ‘everyone believes them so should I’. They haven’t worked out yet that they are nothing more than actors on the Zionist stage, either under intense MK Ultra brainwashing like the Burkes or captured by blackmail like Charlie and Candace.Continue reading…FDA to Probe Safety of RSV Shot for Infants, Citing Deaths Reported in Clinical Trialsby The DefenderThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched a renewed safety review of the RSV shots given to infants to protect against the virus, Reuters reported today. The agency plans to investigate two monoclonal antibody shots: Beyfortus, made by AstraZeneca and Sanofi, and Enflonsia, made by Merck. Both are currently recommended for most infants in the U.S.The monoclonal antibody shots are not traditional vaccines. Instead, they’re designed to temporarily provide infants with “passive immunity” — which means antibodies, not created by their own immune systems, to fight the virus.Safety questions about the shots first surfaced during the summer, when Tracy Beth Høeg, Ph.D., then a senior adviser to the FDA, raised concerns, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) spokesperson Andrew Nixon told Reuters.Continue reading…Machine-Speed Warfare: When Drones Decide Faster Than Humansby Tyler DurdenAuthored by Tamuz Itai via The Epoch Times,On June 1, 2025, 117 quadcopters—total cost under $120,000—flew from hidden launchers inside Russia and crippled 10 strategic bombers across five air bases in a single morning.Operation Spiderweb, as Ukraine called it.It was a public demonstration of a new form of conflict: When the price of precision falls far enough, scale becomes inevitable, and scale forces autonomy. That autonomy, in turn, moves the battlefield faster than human minds can reliably follow. We seem to be entering the era of machine-speed warfare.Continue reading…Airbus CEO said the future of commercial aviation could be a B-2 bomber-like plane with a cabin in the wingBy Taylor RainsAirbus’ CEO said the next generation of commercial aircraft could look like the B-2 bomber.The design combines the fuselage and wings into one giant wing with the cabin built inside.It promises better fuel burn and passenger space, but it may have few windows.The future of aviation could look surprisingly similar to the triangular paper airplanes you folded as a kid.In an interview with Tobias Fuchs and Martin Murphy at the German newspaper Bild, Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said that over the next 30 or 40 years, planemakers may abandon the traditional tube-and-wing layout for a single, thick wing with the passenger cabin built inside.Continue readingRFK Jr’s MAHA Psyop: Kennedy Is a Fraud Who Has Conned and Betrayed the “Make America Healthy Again” Movement He Launchedby Alexis Baden-MayerBy the summer of 2023, I had stopped supporting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign because I learned he supported U.S. military aid to Israel in its murderous occupation of Palestine, but I was a true believer earlier that year in April as I watched his kick-off speech. I was so proud and hopeful when he highlighted the legal work he did against my nemesis Monsanto (now Bayer) on behalf of Roundup-exposed cancer victims. I listened with rapt attention as he quoted the infamous Ralph Reed to describe the “safe” type of cabinet secretaries the typical President picks, as those who “get the joke” (meaning they know, even though they’re paid by the public, that their real job is to protect corporate interests). I loved it when delivered the zingers, “I get the joke, but I don’t think it’s funny” and “I’m not safe; my job is to keep you safe.”Continue reading…Why Smart People Must Stay Away From Stupid People -Schopenhauerby Dostoevsky’s CornerWe’ve all met those people. The ones who walk around thinking they’re the smartest person in the room. When, honestly, they’re not even close. The coworker who confidently gives terrible advice. The friend who lies so smoothly you’d swear they rehearsed it. The random internet genius who knows everything except the actual facts. The ones proudly sprinting around with a full-blown Dunning-Krueger effect. And people like these seem harmless, but they are not at all. And believe it or not, we’re not the first to notice how dangerous, stupid, noisy, confused people can be.The 19th century philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer felt exactly the same way. He believed that unnecessary noise, whether literal noise or the noise of foolish people, is the enemy of deep thought. In his essay on noise, he even wrote that noise is the most impertinent of all interruptions. To him, nothing revealed human stupidity more clearly than how easily people accept or create pointless noise and distraction.Continue reading…University of Colorado will pay $10 million to staff, students for trying to force them to take COVID shotsby Calvin FreiburgerAURORA, Colorado (LifeSiteNews) — The University of Colorado’s Anschutz School of Medicine must pay more than $10.3 million to 18 plaintiffs it attempted to force into taking COVID-19 shots despite religious objections, in a settlement announced by the religious liberty law firm the Thomas More Society.As previously covered by LifeSiteNews, in April 2021, the University of Colorado (UC) announced its requirement that all staff and students receive COVID jabs, leaving specific policy details to individual campuses. On September 1, 2021, it enforced an updated policy stating that “religious exemption may be submitted based on a person’s religious belief whose teachings are opposed to all immunizations,” but required not only a written explanation why one’s “sincerely held religious belief, practice of observance prevents them” from taking the jabs, but also whether they “had an influenza or other vaccine in the past.”On September 24, the policy was revised to stating that “religious accommodation may be granted based on an employee’s religious beliefs,” but “will not be granted if the accommodation would unduly burden the health and safety of other Individuals, patients, or the campus community.”Continue readingAll the ways Israel is being cancelledby Nicole LampertSpain, Ireland and the Netherlands boycotting the Eurovision Song Contest due to Israel’s inclusion in the competition is only the latest attempt to “cancel” the Jewish state over its war against Hamas.Indeed, only this week, it emerged that Guinness World Records had informed the Matnat Chaim charity that its plans to bring together 2,000 people to donate kidneys couldn’t become an official record because it is an Israeli organisation. The London-based organisation claimed this was fair, as it was also banning submissions from the Palestinian territories unless they were done in co-operation with the UN (an organisation with which Israel now refuses to work due to perceived bias).Guinness World Records justified its policy on the basis of “just how sensitive this is at the moment”.“Sensitivity” has become a familiar refrain, as Israel has been cancelled by individuals and organisations in almost every area of public life since Hamas’s attack on the country on Oct 7 2023.Continue reading…Outrage builds as ‘Franken-milk’ made in labs prepares to hit US grocery shelvesBy Chris Melore, Us Assistant Science EditorA Frankenstein-like milk that comes from lab-grown ‘mammalian cell cultures’ is just months away from being sold in US grocery stores, but it’s already facing fierce resistance.Dubbed UnReal Milk, the new beverage is not produced by real animals, but comes from large lab tanks called bioreactors that use special animal cells which produce the same proteins, fats, and carbs found in regular cow’s milk.The makers of the milk alternative, Brown Foods, plan to start selling UnReal Milk in US stores in 2026, with public taste tests happening now.The company revealed it has a green light to sell their milk because it is using ‘generally recognized as safe’ (GRAS) ingredients and self-affirming its own safety data.It’s a common path many new food companies use instead of waiting years for full FDA approval.Co-founder of Brown Foods Sohail Gupta even told Forbes: ‘Though we are starting with cow milk, using our technology we can produce milk of any mammalian species, including human milk.’Continue reading…Etienne de la Boetie2 on the Higherside Chats with Greg Carlwood Exposes the Statism Psyop & Mind Control Techniques Used by “Gov’t” & Monopoly MediaGreg Carlwood:It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood, people. From the Sunshine State, I’m Greg Carlwood. And though we have it drilled into our heads from an early age that we live in the best nation that ever was, the land of the free, blessed with God-given rights that make the rest of the world envious, with an easy path towards sleepwalking our way through the American dream, you still have to wonder, is any of it really true? And how few even ever ask that question.When you take a look under the hood, what really makes this American hot rod run is a cold, harsh engine of exploitation interlocking gears of cradle-to-grave cogs in a loud, harsh machine spewing toxic sludge and leaving many exhausted, beaten-down individuals choking on fumes as it redlines its way to the scrap heap. What is it all for? And how pervasive is the propaganda in our lives that convinces us all not only to participate, but that we’re actually lucky to be able to? Well, today we’re talking once again to Etienne de la Boetie2.Continue reading…The Disasters of Government Enterpriseby Mises Wire, Gregory BresigerIt’s a weekend in Pittsburgh and lots of people here and elsewhere around the country are waiting for a money-losing service called government transit.The system here, the same as many others throughout the nation, has two speeds—slow and slower. People search on their cellphones for when the buses are coming. Yet the system’s updates are often misleading. Buses never seem to come in the predicted time. Sometimes a promised bus—say one supposedly coming in ten minutes or less—will disappear from your cellphone. “The bus just dropped from my cellphone. That’s the second time it’s happened to me in the last few minutes,” said one frustrated rider. The bus information is worse than slow, it’s misleading.Yet I am not criticizing Pittsburg’s polite bus drivers who seem to suffer under the same problems as the riders: Their interaction with the incompetence of government reminds me of other government enterprises in other cities. (My childhood friend from New York City drove subway trains for several decades. He thought those running the system were “idiots”.) My target is more than sleazy, vote-hungry, pols on the hustings calling for more and more of this noxious thing called government enterprise.Continue reading…I See Them – A Poem of Awakening by Paul JenningsI SEE THEM!We shouldn’t play this rigged game,We should step off this train.Made up religions,To create control and division.Made up festivals – Xmas, valentines, easter, bonfire, Halloween mothers day, fathers day, to keep the economy growing,Make the world work faster without us sheeple even knowing.Use tech firms, tv screens, newspapers, radio and apps to subconsciously guide people into what to think and to do,Repeat the narrative enough times and we wont have a clue.They use fear to control populations as their number one tool,Fear pumped into us every day and it started at school.Fear has been used throughout the ages,To control the masses without using cages.Continue reading…Glyphosate “Safety” Study Ghostwritten by Monsanto Retracted After 25 Years of DeceptionTHE RETRACTION1. Based almost entirely on Monsanto’s unpublished studies The review’s “no cancer risk” conclusion relied solely on Monsanto-generated data. Even worse, the authors ignored multiple long-term mouse and rat carcinogenicity studies that already existed at the time — including multi-year toxicity studies showing tumor signals. None were incorporated.2. Evidence of ghostwriting by Monsanto Litigation records revealed that Monsanto employees secretly co-wrote portions of the paper, despite never being listed as authors or acknowledged. This alone violates the most basic principles of scientific integrity.3. Undisclosed financial ties The authors appear to have received direct compensation from Monsanto for producing the paper — again undisclosed, again violating journal standards.Continue reading…Why All the Guns In the US Will Never Matter During This Takeover Attemptby jchristoffHow many gun owners are there in the United States? The answer is…more than any other country in the world. There are over 100 million gun owners in the US. Approximately 43% of all homes in the United States hold at least 1 firearm. There are nearly 500 million legal guns inside the United States right now. If we add in illegal guns, there’s plenty more.Oddly enough, the communities that hold the most legal guns, have some of the lowest crime rates. That’s because criminals don’t generally want to engage with a population who are armed. This is also why most other governments have disarmed their citizens, by this point in the takeover attempt.Criminals can’t conduct crime effectively, when their victims are armed. In the video below, we have a great example of American gun ownership.Continue reading..Upcoming Liberty EventsThe People’s Reset – Morelia, Mexico – Jan 28th-Feb 1st 2026Principled Business Summit- Prospera, Roatán, Honduras, February 5–9, 2026MONEROTOPIA 2026-Roma, Mexico City, February 12TH-15TH 2026Entrepreneurship Beyond Politics: Mises Circle in Oklahoma City – Feb 21st, OKC, OKFreedom Under Natural Law Conference – February 21st & 22nd 2026, On-lineMises Institute Libertarian Scholars Conference – March 19, 2026, at our Auburn, ALAustrian Economic Research Conference 2026 – March 19-21, 2026, Auburn, ALRothbard University-May 14-16, 2026, Auburn, ALLibertarian Scholars Conference 2026- March 19, 2026 – March 19, 2026 – Auburn, Alabama.Free Cities Foundation Conference – September 3–6, 2026 – Prospera, Roatan, HondurasMemes BonanzaTruth Music of the WeekLove Vigilantes by New Order Including the Iron & Wine CoverA powerful song by New Order on one horrific aspect of sending hundreds of thousands or millions to war… Mistakes are made. I am including an amazing cover by Iron & Wine that is just as powerful. libertarian Intentional Community RoundupBitcoin Investor Olivier Janssens Starts Libertarian Intentional Community on Nevis with $50M InvestmentCommunity will be built in Newly enacted Special Sustainability Zones Authorization Act passed by the St. Kitts and NevisBy Nellius Irene, Cryptopolitan.comIn this post:Olivier Janssens plans to build Destiny, a crypto-focused community on Nevis with its own legal system.The project would use private judges and arbitration, raising concerns about creating a “state within a state.”Supporters promise fast dispute resolution and luxury infrastructure, while critics warn of local disruption and governance challenges.A controversial proposal by a wealthy crypto investor to develop a vast libertarian, tech‑oriented community on the Caribbean island of Nevis is drawing both excitement and alarm from island residents and political leaders, largely due to plans that could see aspects of local justice administered outside the existing court system.Olivier Janssens hopes to establish a self-contained community that would manage its own legal system, testing new models of crypto-driven governance. His project, Destiny, targets entrepreneurs and investors looking for legal independence and crypto-friendly facilities.The Destiny / Nevis projectContinue reading…The LiberatorThe Liberator– Our archive of “government” and media criminalityImportant Note: New additions are added to the authoritative Liberator Dropboxes regularly but will not appear in the physical credit card-sized flash drive until we launch the next version. Anyone can download the current contents of the Liberator FOR FREE including all the primary sources and evidence from our investigation into “The Covid”.Liberator #1 – Companion media to “Government” – The Biggest Scam in History. 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REMINDER… We have a 20% discount at ArtOfLiberty.org/store until midnight on Friday, Dec 12thDear Subscribers,My apologies… again… for being late with last week’s issue BUT… I am one day less late than last week!I think I have mentioned before how over 10% of our book sales are “Friends Bundles” where folks are buying our five and ten copy “Friends Bundles” of either “Government” – The Biggest Scam in History… Exposed! and/or To See the Cage is to Leave It.This week we had our largest “Friends Bundle” order in history!A retired secretary in the Helene District of Western North Carolina has donated $2,000 to send a variety of different voluntaryist publications to Sheriffs, VIPs, and others around Western North Carolina. The Art of Liberty Foundation is helping with the mailing and the initial wave will hit 40+ Sheriffs with copies of:To See the Cage is to Leave It – 25 Techniques the Few Use to Control the ManyThe book breaks down the illegitimacy of “Government” and exposes that the federal “government” is using a variety of unethically manipulative techniques on the population.Anarchy Exposed – A Former Police Officer Shares His Investigative Journey by Shepard the Voluntaryist and Larken RoseAn extremely eloquent former police officer explains how he came to understand the illogic, immorality and illegitimacy of “government” in a way that other law enforcement professionals can understand.The THICKREDLINE Project Handbook – by Etienne de la Boetie2 & Matt WhiteExplains the immorality and counter-productive nature of the police enforcing victimless crimes and encourages them to say: NO! collectively as a department.When I explained how we lost the THICKREDLINE Project website to dirty tricks and had to put it on the backburner, she volunteered another $2,000 to reboot the project! Stay tuned but soon you will be able to order the same package to your local sheriff, police chief, deputy, or officer!Want to do something similar in your community? Drop me an e-mail at Et*****@**********ty.orgREMINDER – We have an AMAZING Holiday Sales going on over at ArtOfLiberty.org/Store ! Save 20% with the discount code: Liberty20 until midnight on Friday, December 12th where the discount drops to 15% with the code: Liberty15.Top Stories of the WeekEtienne de la Boetie2 on the Higherside Chats with Greg Carlwood Exposes the Statism Psyop & Mind Control Techniques Used by “Gov’t” & Monopoly MediaThe Article is Illustrated with Etienne’s Slides, Memes, and VisualizationsIt’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood, people. From the Sunshine State, I’m Greg Carlwood. And though we have it drilled into our heads from an early age that we live in the best nation that ever was, the land of the free, blessed with God-given rights that make the rest of the world envious, with an easy path towards sleepwalking our way through the American dream, you still have to wonder, is any of it really true? And how few even ever ask that question.When you take a look under the hood, what really makes this American hot rod run is a cold, harsh engine of exploitation interlocking gears of cradle-to-grave cogs in a loud, harsh machine spewing toxic sludge and leaving many exhausted, beaten-down individuals choking on fumes as it redlines its way to the scrap heap. What is it all for? And how pervasive is the propaganda in our lives that convinces us all not only to participate, but that we’re actually lucky to be able to? Well, today we’re talking once again to Etienne de la Boetie2.Continue reading…Holiday Sale on our Coolest Books, Liberators, and Shiny Badges That Still Don’t Grant Extra Rights20% Off Until Dec. 12th, 15% off from Dec 13th-16th, and 10% off from Dec 17th-Christmas!Want to give some gifts that will be remembered for years to come and help your friends, family and colleagues better understand the scam of “Government?”Happy Holidays from the Art of Liberty Foundation! Get 20% off until December 12th using the discount code: Liberty20, 15% off from December 13th-16th using the discount code: Liberty15, and 10% off from December 17th until Christmas using the discount code: Liberty10!Continue reading…Videos of the WeekGreg Reese: Rise of the Safety State (Amazon Ring and Flock Cameras Spying On Us)Etienne Note: Greg didn’t cover it but the Ring Security cameras have also been quietly wired into thousands of police departments and Federal “Government” “Fusion Centers” where the organized crime “federal government” sits over the State Police and major city departments in each state. I break it down in our article: Is Amazon A Mason? – Making the Case that AMAZON is Part of Organized Crime´s Control of Perception Programby Greg ReeseAmazon Ring security cameras are now using facial recognition. They are calling it “Familiar Faces.”Whenever a person buys a cloud based Amazon product, they are automatically brought into the Amazon sidewalk network, which includes geospatial data that can track objects in the neighborhood without the need for its own network or GPS module.Amazon Ring security cameras have made a deal with Flock Safety, which will allow the police to more easily gain access to your home security cameras, and your neighborhood Amazon Sidewalk network.Flock Safety’s founder and CEO, Garrett Langley, whose name just coincidentally translates to Watchtower of the CIA, wants to rid the world of crime.Flock was founded by Langley in 2017 and set their cameras up in a few test cities before the 2020 lock-down, during which, setting up Flock cameras all over the nation was considered essential. By 2024, Flock’s cameras have been installed across 42 states, in over 4,000 cities.Continue reading“Government”, Media and AcademiaCriminality ExposedThese articles also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_ScamsSteve Bannon Was Epstein’s Comeback Consultant. Where’s the Uproar?Etienne Note: This article also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_Scamsby Mona CharenIF YOU FOLLOWED THE TWISTS AND TURNS of the Jeffrey Epstein saga over the last few weeks, you already know that several prominent names emerged from the tranche of emails that the Epstein estate released. But there is one big name that has so far received very little attention.Let’s set the stage. To be unmasked as an Epstein crony is about the most embarrassing revelation for a public figure one can imagine at this moment, and sure enough, former treasury secretary and Harvard president Larry Summers, who exchanged scores of emails with the convicted pedophile, has seen his reputation shredded. The emails disclosed that Summers consulted Epstein for dating, or rather bedding, advice. Summers apparently thought Epstein was the guy who could help him to “get horizontal” with a woman mentee, though Summers was a married man and remains so. At the same time, he sought financial contributions from Epstein for an online poetry project his wife was launching.Continue readingNew Poll Reveals Strong Majority of Americans Believe Higher Education is a Scam – All Debt and No Job Skillsby Mike LaChanceEtienne Note: The organized crime government’s tax-supported colleges and universities are the worst. Part of the “control of perception” program we outline in “Government” – The Biggest Scam in History! They are price-supporting worthless public colleges where the professors can be counted on to never question the legitimacy or reveal the criminality of “government,” push woke DEI agendas, and provide six figure jobs (Sinecures) for “government” operatives. Ex-Dept of Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano’s annualbase salary as President of the University of California (UC) system was consistently $570,000 from her start date in September 2013 until her resignation in August 2020. Her total compensation package also included other benefits.Key components of her earnings and compensation package included:Continue readingAmerica’s Crime Syndicate Government: Profiteering, Protection Rackets & a Pay-to-Play PresidencyEtienne Note: John Whitehead is so close. If he would just figure out that the Constitution was a scam AND/OR just doesn’t work.. It doesn’t protect rights, doesn’t limit “government” and can’t stop the complete criminality he outlines in the 1st part of the article. REAL Freedom is the answer.. No one gets the ring of power because there isn’t one…Etienne Note: This article also appears in “Government”, Media and Academia Criminality Exposed, A digest of HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of articles exposing and suggesting inter-generational organized crime’s control of the “Government,” Media and Academia by the Art of Liberty Foundation. You can view the other articles or subscribe on Telegram: https://t.me/Government_Scamsby John & Nisha Whitehead“It’s not personal, Sonny. It’s strictly business.”—Michael Corleone, The GodfatherContinue readingThe REAL Political Spectrum… Around the WorldEtienne Note: I have some folks who have promised me some new countries but they did’t get their homework to me before we went to publication. Please e-mail me at Etienne(at)ArtOfLiberty.org to help create a version for YOUR countryI am adding a new recurring feature to Five Meme Friday: The REAL Political Spectrum… Around the World! A couple of weeks ago I did an article: The Fake Left-Right Paradigm – What is the REAL Political Spectrum the Monopoly Media is Hiding? where I broke down WHY the monopoly media misrepresents the REAL political spectrum and what the actual political spectrum looks like in the US. That meme went viral so now I am duplicating it for other countries.Can you help? Please e-mail me at Etienne(at)ArtOfLiberty.org to help create a version for YOUR country OR suggest changes for a version we already have circulating. Donate to support this project at ArtOfLiberty.org/sponsorship-program/The REAL Political Spectrum in: USA, Australia, Canada, Estonia (English), Estonia (Estonian), United Kingdom, Venezuela (English), Venezuela (Espanol)Shift the Political Spectrum in: USA, Australia, Canada, Estonia (English), Estonia (Estonian), United Kingdom, Venezuela (English), Venezuela (Espanol)“Daily News of The Week”Why Do Christians Kill for Their Government?By Laurence M. Vance via LewRockwell.com, Memes added after by Etienne de la Boetie2.Etienne Note: I break down the unethically manipulative techniques used on kids in the “government” school system, scouts, explorers, JROTC, ROTC, and police and military training to produce immoral “order followers” who will murder for the “government” or use violence on peaceful people to raise revenue off their neighbors or imprison people in for-profit prisons for victimless crimes in my book: To See the Cage is to Leave It – 25 Techniques the Few Use to Control the Many.When I first wrote (“Murderers for Trump”) about President Trump ordering air strikes against “narco-terrorists” on boats in international waters in the Caribbean Sea, there had been three “lethal kinetic strikes.” The last time I checked, there have now been 21 such air strikes in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, with 83 people killed.Continue readingICE Is Detaining Military Spouses at Green Card Interviews — Families Call It a BetrayalBy Sohini Sengupta, By Kanika SainiThe last two weeks in San Diego just shredded the illusion that bureaucracy is slow, thanks to ICE. Military families, the people who have spent their careers saluting the flag and building lives around deployments, are being caught up in ICE enforcement the moment they try to do things “the right way.” The shock is coming from their green card interviews, which are the final checkpoint for spouses seeking legal permanent residency. Instead of leaving with an approval, some are going in handcuffs!And for veterans, it feels personal. “I kind of feel betrayed, to be honest,” retired Marine Staff Sergeant Samuel Shasteen told NBC San Diego. He gave 20 years to the Corps, including two deployments to Afghanistan. The government knows all of that because it’s literally in the application paperwork. Yet during his wife, Chanidaphon Sopimpa’s, final interview with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on November 18, 2025, some ICE agents walked in and cuffed her. They took her away as she cried.Continue reading‘Kill everybody’: Bombshell Pete Hegseth order blasted by lawmakers as ‘blatantly illegal’By Travis GettysDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly delivered an order in the first attack on a suspected drug boat that lawmakers have blasted as excessive and “blatantly illegal.”President Donald Trump’s Pentagon chief ordered a missile attack on the boat Sept. 2 off the Trinidad coast, but intelligence analysts and military leaders watching drone footage of the strike realized after the smoke cleared there were two survivors clinging to the wreckage – and the Washington Post reported that Hegseth gave another verbal directive.“The order was to kill everybody,” said a source with direct knowledge of the situation.The Special Operations commander overseeing the attack ordered another strike at Hegseth’s instruction, and the two men were blown apart in the water – which a former military lawyer said “amounts to murder.”Continue readingFDA Begins Admitting the Covid “Vaccines” Killed People – They Start by Admitting 10 Dead KidsBREAKING As Five Meme Friday Goes to Press: FDA Expands Probe Into COVID Vaccine-Related Deaths to Include AdultsThe FDA is expanding its investigation into reports of deaths following COVID-19 vaccines to include adults, after initially looking into the deaths of children who received the vaccine. The agency did not provide details about the investigation, first reported by Bloomberg.by Sasha Latypova, Nov 30th, 2025Etienne Note: As Sasha notes in the article, there are HUNDREDS of dead kids in the Vaccine Adverse Effects Reporting System (VAERS) database. There is a well-recognized Under Reporting Factor (URF) in VAERS where the that is conservatively between 40-100 (multiply the 10 admitted kids AND/OR the hundreds of kids in VAERS by 40 – 100 to get closer to the actual number. I decided to syndicate this article because she rips Robert Malone, who I think epitomizes a Controlled Opposition shill and organized crime operative that has very obviously been, like many others, been given a media operation and is being circle-jerk interviewed and promoted by other controlled opposition media outlets and organizations.Sasha Latypova’s Article Begins….Breaking news: The FDA, after fake-regulating vaccines for 50 years, and specifically after 5 years of pretending to regulate mRNA shots, “found” 10 dead children ages 7-18. It is now ok to say that they were killed by these poison shots. Robert Malone, a deep state plant and a known liar, penned a celebratory post about this development at the FDA, called it a “revolution” and implied he has secret info he can’t disclose because he is too important. And you are clearly not:Continue readingTesla Just Opened Its Biggest Supercharger Station Ever—And It’s Powered By Solar And BatteriesBy Tim LevinThere’s been a lot of handwringing about the future energy demands of electric vehicles and AI data centers. But if Tesla’s latest charging station is any proof, almost anything is possible with enough solar panels and stationary batteries.On Tuesday, Tesla announced that all Superchargers are now open for business at its largest charging station ever. The 164-stall location in Lost Hills, California, is powered by 11 megawatts of solar panels, which double as a canopy that shades the parking spots. Those panels feed 10 of the automaker’s utility-scale Megapack batteries, for a total of 39 megawatt-hours of energy storage.By comparison, a typical fast-charging location has anywhere from four to 20 stalls, with Tesla leading the pack on larger installations. Previously, a 120-stall Supercharger site in Barstow, California, was the company’s largest.Continue readingThe CIA STILL Ships in the Drugs!by The Corbett ReportSHOW NOTES AND COMMENTS: https://corbettreport.com/the-cia-still-ships-in-the-drugs/After the US left Afghanistan, opium production in the production plummeted off a cliff. And now that Uncle Sam is gunning for Venezuela, guess where the drug problem is? So who’s REALLY running the drugs, anyway? Join James for this overview of the CIA, drugs and black ops on The Corbett Report podcast.ARE YOU LOOKING FOR SHOW NOTES WITH LINKS TO ALL OF THE ARTICLES, VIDEOS AND WEBSITES MENTIONED? HOW ABOUT COMMENTS? THEY’RE AT THE CORBETT REPORT WEBSITE! JUST FOLLOW THE “SHOW NOTES AND COMMENTS” LINK ABOVE TO GO THERE DIRECTLY.Continue readingThe Great Taking Revisited: The Book That Shouldn’t Have Existed (Pt 1)by Parallel MikeIt began in late August 2023. With zero promotion and no publisher behind it, a book suddenly appeared online—for free. The author was known only to a small circle in finance. He’d worked for several successful hedge funds in the late ’90s, eventually branching out on his own, and at one point ranked among the best-performing fund managers during the dot-com crash. But that was decades ago, and aside from a few friends who received the manuscript, its release went almost entirely unnoticed—at first. Yet within its pages was what could be the most disturbing and consequential revelation in financial history: a mechanism meticulously constructed with absolute precision—one that, if triggered, would enable the greatest looting of wealth ever recorded. Period.The book’s first public recognition came a week after its release, on September 1st, 2023, when Matt Smith discussed it with Doug during an episode of Doug Casey’s Take. They had both read it at this point and described it as an extremely disturbing book. The title was The Great Taking and, after outlining its basic premise, both Matt and Doug agreed that the implications—if correct—were terrifying. As a fan of the show, I saw the episode a few days after its release, and their exchange was all it took for me to immediately download the book and read it. Matt and Doug deserve a tonne of credit for being the first to realize the books significance, and discuss it on air.Continue readingA Smartphone Before Age 12 Could Carry Health Risks, Study SaysBy Catherine PearsonWhat is the “right” age to get your child a smartphone? It’s a question that vexes many parents — torn between their pleading tweens and researchers who warn about the potential harms of constant connectivity. But new study findings strengthen the case for holding off.The study, published in the journal Pediatrics on Monday, found that children who had a smartphone by age 12 were at higher risk of depression, obesity and insufficient sleep than those who did not yet have one. Researchers had analyzed data from more than 10,500 children who participated in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study — the largest long-term look at children’s brain development in the United States to date.The younger that children under 12 were when they got their first smartphones, the study found, the greater their risk of obesity and poor sleep. The researchers also focused on a subset of children who hadn’t received a phone by age 12 and found that a year later, those who had acquired one had more harmful mental health symptoms and worse sleep than those who hadn’t.Continue readingSilver is going to far outperform gold, and here’s whyby Matt BrackenGold is going much higher (actually, the dollar is diving much lower), but silver is going to outperform gold by multiples. Why?For several reasons, the gold to silver ratio is going to trend back down toward the historical norms.Gold is going to rise as the dollar falls. That’s a given.But silver is going to rise MUCH faster and higher than gold.Most of the analysts who study precious metals are missing a huge part of the picture, in my humble and inexpert opinion.They correctly note reasons #1 and #2 below, but they totally miss the so-far unseen #3.So what does conventional wisdom say is driving the price of silver upward?1. Silver as the secondary monetary metal, behind gold. As the dollar falls, both will rise, obviously.2. Silver as a metal needed in modern industry. You can’t build a missile, a jet or an EV car without silver. And unlike gold, when silver is used in this way, it’s gone, lowering the world supply. And you can’t just “open up a new silver mine” and start extracting more silver. This takes years, at great cost and effort.Everybody acknowledges #1 and #2 in the current rise of the value of silver. But they are missing the third and forgotten leg of the stool. What is #3?3. Silver as an everyday means of retail exchange. As the dollar collapses in value, more and more people will begin to use silver to make purchases. This will begin at farmers markets and swap meets. It will spread to other retail outlets which will accept silver, with its steady value, in lieu of dollars, as a hedge against inflation.Continue readingNew Poll Reveals Strong Majority of Americans Believe Higher Education is a Scam – All Debt and No Job Skillsby Mike LaChanceEtienne Note: The organized crime government’s tax-supported colleges and universities are the worst. Part of the “control of perception” program we outline in “Government” – The Biggest Scam in History! They are price-supporting worthless public colleges where the professors can be counted on to never question the legitimacy or reveal the criminality of “government,” push woke DEI agendas, and provide six figure jobs (Sinecures) for “government” operatives. Ex-Dept of Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano’s annualbase salary as President of the University of California (UC) system was consistently $570,000 from her start date in September 2013 until her resignation in August 2020. Her total compensation package also included other benefits.Continue readingFluoride Harm: Suppressed Science and Silenced Voicesby fluoridealert.orgA new book has been written and published by close friends of the Fluoride Action Network (FAN) that I’m excited to share with all of you. I consider it a “must read” for anyone who has ever consumed water or come in contact with fluoride…which I assume is everyone. This is the perfect stocking stuffer for your loved ones this holiday season, or a gift for that person–or city councilor–in your life who can’t seem to find the time to educate themselves about fluoride. The format of the book lends itself to learn about the issue one engaging and shocking story at a time.The newly released anthology, Fluoride Harm: Suppressed Science and Silenced Voices includes 36 chapters from internationally recognized scientists, medical professionals, whistleblowers, journalists, and citizen advocates—including several dentists, doctors, water treatments experts, a former EPA Union President, consumer advocate Erin Brockovich, and the co-founders of FAN, Dr. Paul Connett, PhD and his wife Ellen.Continue readingMissouri Locks the Web Behind a “Harmful” Content ID Checkby Ken MaconStand against censorship and surveillance, join Reclaim The Net.Starting November 30, 2025, people in Missouri will find the digital world reshaped: anyone wishing to visit websites containing “harmful” adult material will need to prove they are at least 18 years old by showing ID.This new requirement marks Missouri’s entry into the growing group of US states adopting age verification laws for online content. Yet the move does more than restrict access; it raises serious questions about how much personal data people must surrender just to browse freely.For many, that tradeoff is likely to make privacy tools like VPNs a near necessity rather than a choice.The law defines its targets broadly. Any site or app where over one-third of the material is classified as “harmful to minors” must block entry until users confirm their age.Continue readingVenezuela Invasion: Iraq War Redux?By Kevin BarrettIf you’ve been following Trump’s build-up for war on Venezuela, and are experiencing feelings of déjà vu—specifically, the uncanny premonition that it’s 2003 all over again—your feelings are fully justified. Like George W. Bush in 2003, Trump is amassing forces off foreign shores in preparation for an invasion of an oil rich sovereign nation. And like his predecessor, Trump is working overtime to sell the war under ludicrously false pretenses.Like Bush Jr. in 2003, Trump is mendaciously hyperventilating about a nonexistent but terrifying-sounding threat. For Bush, it was nonexistent Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. For Trump, it’s another kind of alleged “chemical weapon”: fentanyl. In both cases, the link between the planned US invasion and the pretext is purely imaginary.Continue readingGive Us Your Face or Lose Your Account: AI Age Verification Is Here, and Experts Are WorriedBy Zephin LivingstonSince the internet began, there has been debate about how websites can ensure that explicit content is only accessed by consenting adults. Whether it’s explicit songs on Spotify or outright violence on TikTok, much of this content has been accessible to anyone.With recent legislation such as the UK’s Online Safety Act and similar laws in the US, major internet platforms, including Reddit, Spotify, and YouTube, have introduced AI-powered age verification and estimation tools. Pornhub, whose parent company Aylo owns and operates a number of studios and streaming platforms, has also begun reassessing whether to comply with the age verification laws that have seen it banned in over a dozen US states.The processes for both age verification and estimation involve sending sensitive personal information to the platform you’re trying to access. Age estimation requires a photo or photos of your face; your age will be estimated based on those pictures. Age verification is more precise, but it requires submitting a photo of your government-issued ID, one of the most sensitive documents you can provide to anyone, to the platform.Continue readingThe Complete Fraud of the Fake War on Drugs: A Criminal Exercise for Money, Power, and Controlby Gary D. Barnett“Various “wars on drugs” throughout history have killed millions, enslaved millions more, destroyed families, are usually just thin pretenses for mass incarceration, mass surveillance, ethnic cleansing, population control.”~ Kool A.D.There cannot be a war on drugs, a war on terrorism, a war on crime, a war on poverty, a war on racism, a war on guns, a war on obesity, border wars, and on and on. It seems everything in this country is based on the term war, which means that everything is based on force, and in the end, all war is actually violence against people here and everywhere else. This constant psychological propaganda is meant to frame everything as a ‘war’ in order to market the false need of a government solution. The government causes the problem, reacts to it with metaphorical emergency rhetoric, and then claims to have the solution. This is simply Hegelian Dialectic idiocy, wrapped under the fake protective blanket of fear, urgency, and ‘safety.’ In other words, all are lies and total nonsense.Continue readingWhy is Every Newborn Forced to Get A Hepatitis B Vaccine?by A Midwestern DoStory at a Glance:•The hepatitis B vaccine has been marred by controversy since its inception, particularly since it is now given to every newborn child despite less than one in a million children benefitting from this policy.•Remarkably, much of that controversy (e.g., Congressional hearings, mainstream news programs, and HIV vaccine contamination concerns) has been largely forgotten.•The hepatitis B vaccine has long been associated with autoimmune disorders, particularly demyelinating ones. While the medical community has insisted for over 50 years that this link remains unproven and requires “further research”, evidence demonstrates this process indeed occurs.•While the hepatitis B vaccine has reduced acute cases in high-risk demographics (e.g., intravenous drug users), there is no evidence it has done the same in newborns (as applicable circumstances are incredibly rare) or reduced chronic hepatitis cases.Continue readingThe Link Between Transgenderism and Autismby Tyler DurdenAuthored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),Chloe Cole grew up a tomboy, was diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) by age 7, and referred for autism screening by age 17.Cole began identifying as a boy during adolescence and sought physical changes to match.Doctors readily consented to medical intervention. They prescribed puberty blockers and testosterone at age 13. At 15, surgeons performed a double mastectomy, she told The Epoch Times.But doctors didn’t address her neurological issues first. The same gender specialist who referred her for breast surgery later referred her for autism screening. Cole has described herself as being on the autism spectrum, but said she was never formally diagnosed.Cole is now a leading campaigner against interventions to transition children with gender dysphoria.Continue readingFirst child identified in the FDA’s vaccine-death investigationby Maryanne Demasi, PhDLast week, a leaked FDA memo acknowledged that at least ten children died “after and because of” the Covid-19 vaccine in the United States.None of those children had been identified — until now.One of them is now understood to be Ernesto Ramirez Junior, a 16-year-old from Texas who collapsed and died five days after receiving the Pfizer Covid shot.“Junior,” as he is known, is among the cases at the centre of the FDA’s internal investigation into paediatric deaths following Covid vaccination.For his father, Ernest Ramirez, the past four years have been consumed by grief, tireless campaigning, and what he describes as a “living hell.”Now, for the first time, he believes the FDA has acknowledged what he has always known — the vaccine took his child.“That’s the poison that killed my son,” he told me.Continue readingWorld’s Most Tyrannical Government Wants To Free Venezuela From TyrannyBy Caitlin JohnstonePresident Trump has been holding talks with top advisors this week regarding potential US attacks on Venezuela in order to bring about regime change in yet another oil-rich nation.As the western political/media class frames Venezuela’s President Maduro as a “dictator” who must urgently be removed from power, it is worth noting that any US military operation to remove him would be taking place directly against the will of the American public. A recent CBS News poll found that seventy percent of Americans “would oppose” the US taking military action against Venezuela.So here we have the president of a nation which calls itself a democracy, holding meetings to plan military operations which are completely and unambiguously against the wishes of the electorate, in the name of removing a dictator and spreading freedom and democracy.Continue readingACIP votes 8 to 3 to end the universal recommendation for giving Hep B shots at birth to babies of mothers who test negative.by Steve KirschGreat news. ACIP voted 8 to 3 to end the universal HepB vaccine recommendation for infants under two months.The CDC director still has to approve the recommendation.This shows you VERY clearly that the HepB vaccine is unsafe. A safe vaccine would have death reports with the same height over time; you wouldn’t have a massive peak at 1 week after the shot.Here is the actual vote and the reasoning (which is not evidence based) for the 3 members who voted to keep the recommendations as is:Progress!8 of the 11 ACIP members believe in science and data. The other 3 are stuck in the past.Want to give some gifts that will be remembered for years to come and help your friends, family and colleagues better understand the scam of “Government?”Happy Holidays from the Art of Liberty Foundation! 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