Source: Foreign Policy
by Carlos Ruiz-Hernández
“The U.S. military buildup around Venezuela has drawn comparisons to past regime change in Panama. But Washington cannot invade its way to democracy in Caracas.” (11/11/25)
Source: CounterPunch
by David Rosen
“Donald Trump secured the presidency by forging a scary coalition of conservative forces and effectively playing upon many Americans worst fears. His coalition includes his MAGA base and Christian nationalists; ‘free market’ business opportunists and Silicon Valley billionaires; and ‘limited’ government advocates, be it for domestic programs or foreign involvements. The most conservative force in Trump’s coalition is known as ‘paleoconservatism’ – aka ‘paleocons.’ They advocate for a strong market economy, a shrunken federal government, restricted immigration and limited foreign involvement (unless it benefits national interests) as well as strong Christian values, the patriarchal family and a white America.” (11/11/25)
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/11/paleoconservatism-hard-right-zombies-rule/
Source: CBC News [Canadian state media]
“Yemen’s Houthi rebels [sic] are signalling they’ve stopped their attacks against Israel and shipping in the Red Sea as a shaky ceasefire holds in the Gaza Strip. In an undated letter to Hamas’ Qassam Brigades published online by the group, the Houthis offered their clearest signal that their attacks have halted. ‘We are closely monitoring developments and declare that if the enemy resumes its aggression against Gaza, we will return to our military operations deep inside the Zionist entity, and we will reinstate the ban on Israeli navigation in the Red and Arabian Seas,’ reads the letter from Maj.-Gen. Yusuf Hassan al-Madani, the Houthi military’s chief of staff.” (11/11/25)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/yemen-houthi-rebels-attacks-stop-red-sea-9.6974532
Source: Antiwar.com
“US Bombs Somalia for 90th Time This Year, Trump Hosts Former Al Qaeda Chief at White House, and More.” (11/11/25)
Source: The American Conservative
by Scott Greer
“We intervened in Somalia, Iraq, Libya, and elsewhere based in large part on humanitarian arguments. America was supposed to make these countries safer and protect minorities from oppression. Instead, our interventions turned local crises into humanitarian nightmares and demonstrated we can’t solve these issues. We, in fact, made them worse. Take for instance what happened to Iraqi Christians following Operation Shock and Awe in 2003: Thousands of them were murdered and over a million fled the country. One of the oldest Christian populations in the world now stands close to extinction. It’s unlikely intervention in Nigeria will be any different from these past failures.” (11/11/25)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/exploiting-maga-sentiments-to-back-nigerian-intervention/
Source: The Hill
by James D Zirin
“You remember the case of the sandwich man. He’s the 37-year-old former Department of Justice paralegal, Sean Dunn, who was captured on video throwing a salami sub straight at the buff chest of a federal agent. Dunn was protesting the deployment of National Guard troops on the streets of the nation’s capital. When I was in college, more years ago than I care to remember, the sandwich du jour was called a ‘Hero.’ And, if I were president, I would rename all salami subs ‘Heroes’ in Dunn’s honor. After all, Trump renamed the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America and it appears that being president gives you unbounded naming opportunities. … It is notable that the trial began on Nov. 3, National Sandwich Day.” (1/11/25)
https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/5598495-federal-agent-salami-assault/
Source: United Press International
“The SpaceX launch of 29 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit Monday night from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station broke an annual launch record for Florida’s spaceport. Monday’s liftoff was the 94th launch of an orbital class rocket in the state, breaking the previous record set at the end of last year. … Florida’s spaceport — which covers NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station — has seen a significant increase in the number of launches over the last five years, especially with the frequency of flights by SpaceX. The only other rockets to launch from Florida this year were Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket, a United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket and three ULA Atlas V rockets.” (11/11/25)
https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2025/11/11/florida-spacex-starlink-launch-record/1881762833095/
Source: Quillette
“Finding Humour in Dark Places.” (11/10/25)
https://quillette.com/2025/11/10/podcast-311-finding-humour-in-dark-places/
Source: The Price of Liberty
by Nathan Barton
“We constantly fail to learn from history: even recent history. But especially from ancient history. Especially when it comes to doing nasty things, like overthrowing republics, enslaving people, and pushing tyranny. From dynastic conflicts and conspiracies in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, through the checkered and sickening history of Greek city-states and Phoenician/Carthaginian tyrants, to Rome, France, England and all the way to 2025, we know that power corrupts, that absolute power corrupts absolutely, but that even a little power can and usually does corrupt those who hold it. Especially when it is stolen.” (11/10/25)
https://thepriceofliberty.org/2025/11/10/scandal-or-coup-or-what/
Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Ethan Savka
“After a long and hostile oral argument, President Trump’s tariffs, predicated on the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), are sinking under the weight of the administration’s own arguments. Their eventual demise brightens America’s constitutional and economic future.” (11/10/25)