Source: Christian Science Monitor
by staff

“In a referendum on Sunday, voters in Ecuador – where some 70% of global cocaine flows – soundly rejected the idea of foreign bases in the country to help fight the drug trade. And in the last three months, as the United States military has built up forces near Venezuela and conducted lethal strikes against alleged drug-carrying boats – dubbed by the White House as ‘narco-terrorists’ – cries have grown louder that such attacks might violate international law. Meanwhile, amid this forceful approach, one country in the Caribbean, the Dominican Republic, has received a largely unnoticed accolade for an alternative tactic to dealing with crime – whether it is petty theft or international drug runners coming to its shores.” (11/18/25)

https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2025/1118/Lawful-checks-on-cocaine-traffickers

Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger

“Many people are up in arms over President Trump’s red-carpet welcome of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS). They cite the CIA’s conclusion that bin Salman orchestrated and ordered the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi after he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to secure documents relating to his upcoming marriage. … When it comes to the power of government to kill its own citizens, the Saudi system and the U.S. system are now very similar. That is, in both systems, the regime wields the omnipotent power to kill any citizen who is deemed to be a threat to ‘national security.'” (11/19/25)

https://www.fff.org/2025/11/19/trumps-red-carpet-welcome-of-mohammed-bin-salman/

Source: Cato Institute
by Ryan Bourne & Nathan Miller

“The UK’s latest plan to ‘put fans first’ is a sweeping ban on ticket resale above face value — a move Housing Minister Steve Reed says will end ‘the scandal of ticket touts.’ New legislation being drawn up by Labour will outlaw selling a ticket for even a pound above face value and cap service fees on resale platforms. … Capping prices below that which people are willing to pay creates a shortage in any official market. Musical artists have limited time to perform, and venues have a limited number of seats. Nothing Starmer does can change that. If his policy is to work for anything, it’ll only work to produce shortages, misallocations, and black markets given some people who missed out in the primary market and are willing to pay more to go will now not be able to make mutually beneficial trades with sellers.” (11/19/25)

https://www.cato.org/commentary/labour-poised-boost-black-market-expense-true-fans

Source: Wired
by David Gilbert

“For almost a decade, President Donald Trump has managed to control the conspiracy theory spin around disgraced financier and registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The conspiracy theories benefited him; they were one of the factors buoying him to office. It’s only been in the last few weeks — spurred by the release of new Epstein documents and the public defection of GOP lawamkers — that the complex web of misinformation has spun out of Trump’s control. It all began with QAnon.” (11/19/25)

https://archive.is/WGyca

Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone

“Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz made some very revealing remarks during an appearance at the Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly on Sunday, expressing frustration with the way younger Jews are dismissing pro-Israel arguments because of the carnage they’ve seen in Gaza. ‘We are now wrestling with a new I think generational divide here, and I think that’s particularly true in that social media is now our source of media,’ Hurwitz said. ‘It used to be that the news you got in America was American media, and it was pretty mainstream … You had to go to a pretty weird bookstore to find global media and fringe media. But today we have social media, which is the global medium; its algorithms are shaped by billions of people worldwide who don’t really love Jews” (11/19/25)

https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2025/11/19/zionists-are-freaking-out-about-losing-control-of-the-narrative/