Author: Thomas L. Knapp

Source: The Price of Liberty
by Nathan Barton

“A revolutionary in both spirit and action, Jesus not only died challenging the police state of his day — the Roman Empire and its lesser governments — but left behind a blueprint for resisting tyranny that has guided countless reformers and freedom fighters ever since.” (01/04/26)

https://thepriceofliberty.org/2026/01/04/politics-combat-and-the-christ/

Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp

“The very best possible outcome of the attack is that the Venezuelan people rise up, overthrow the current regime, and replace it with something more to their liking — but probably not to the Washington, DC regime’s liking. Which they could have done at any time, without Trump’s help, had they chosen to. The more likely outcome is that US forces will install a puppet/quisling regime to rule Venezuela to Trump’s (and Big Oil’s) liking, then spend years bleeding American blood and treasure into the place before an ignominious departure (with or without formal surrender). What’s NOT likely is that Trump and his accomplices will be removed from office/power, charged under US law, or extradited for trial under international law. That’s a shame.” (01/03/26)

https://thegarrisoncenter.org/archives/20218

Source: spiked
by Brendan O’Neill

“So regime change is back? Having for years mocked the wasteful, lethal Clinton-Bush-Obama crusades against states they hated, now President Trump has carried out a regime decapitation of his own. Having installed as his director of national intelligence one of the most stinging critics of regime-change wars – Tulsi Gabbard – now Trump launches not quite a regime-change war but certainly a regime-change strike. Having said MAGA would end these ruinous excursions and prioritise the needs of the American working class, now Trump goes south and does what so many administrations before his did: topples a Latin American dictator.” (01/03/25)

https://www.spiked-online.com/2026/01/03/trumps-gunboat-diplomacy-is-a-betrayal-of-populism/

Source: CounterPunch
by Jeffrey Sommers

“President Trump signaled the Monroe Doctrine’s return from the start of his second term. A volatile mix of geopolitical, hemispheric and local politics was in play. The world’s largest reserves of ‘Texas Tea’ turned the wandering Eye of Sauron in Washington on the birthplace of the Bolivarian Revolution. The Trump Administration intends to juice US and global economic growth by reducing energy costs, as we saw in the 1980s and 1990s when oil prices dropped. Fossil fuels are the Trump Administration’s preferred choice of dirty energy to fuel the AI boom, which the US intends to lead. Oil-laden tankers departing from Venezuela en route to China are not part of the program. Meanwhile, the Trump Administration treats the American public like turnip truck rubes.” (01/03/26)

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/03/monroe-doctrine-the-bad-neighbor-returns-2/