Farage-icide?

 

Friends, there's a concerted effort going on in the U.K. to end the challenge that the Reform Party poses to the political establishment by decapitating the movement.  This means, of course, destroying the reputation of Nigel Farage...and if at all possible jailing him via lawfare.  Farage is trying his best to wriggle out of this assault, but it won't be easy, because the forces arrayed against him are formidable.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn0v9l9x0g8t 

 

In other news, the bombs and missiles are flying once again in Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, as Iranian forces (that may or may not be controlled by the central government) attack ships in the Gulf, and the U.S. responds with strong punitive strikes.  Meanwhile, the price of oil was up only marginally.  Good!

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwykq59jwpvo 

 

Finally, the Democratic Party establishment is pulling a Sleepy Joe on Graham Platner, their candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine.  In other words, those dastardly Dems don't much care that the voters chose Platner.  They fear he will lose, which means he must be driven off the ballot come what may.  La Famille Biden can no doubt relate!

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2004nx8v9o 

Not Dead Yet!

 

Friends, a funny thing happened on the way to America's 250th birthday: arguably a majority of Americans forgot to celebrate, or even to care.  This coincides with a steady rise in pessimism throughout our great land, but especially among leftists and Democrats, that threatens to choke off our patrimony and our potential.  Today, therefore, is a time to be ecstatic, yes, but also a time to be...soberly concerned.  A real patriot, after all, can be both!

 

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/07/04/trump-directs-4th-of-july-celebration-on-national-mall-to-reopen-doors-address-slated-for-1100-p-m/ 

 

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/07/02/as_america_turns_250_national_pride_becomes_more_partisan.html 

Flying High

 

Friends, the new (which is to say, slightly used) Air Force One is now fully operational, and it includes many enhacements over the planes it's replacing.  What's more, it was "free" -- it was a gift from the government of Qatar, and we only had to refurbish it.  Naturally, this arrangement outrages the Democrats.  They'd much prefer that we spent billions of taxpayer dollars.  Of course, everything outrages the Democrats, so all their fulminations are equally compelling, which is to say: not much.  In any case, I wish President Trump many a bon voyage!

 

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/air-force-one-qatari-maiden-flight-16bbff04?st=KX9tvq 

America the Hideous

 

Friends, the warped image of America beheld by liberals and Democrats is becoming increasingly, glaringly apparent, especially as we approach our nation's 250th birthday.  You'd think it would be a time to reflect on all that America, and Americans, have accomplished, and the blessings we enjoy simply because we were born here, or were lucky enough to move here.  Nope.  Not for the lefties.  For them, this country stinks.  At best, it's...average.  Now, you might ask yourself: if that's so, why live here???  Best not to overthink it, of course.  The dystopian fantasies of the Left don't have to make sense to thrive.  That's the beauty of never leaving your thought bubble!

 

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/06/29/poll-only-8-percent-of-democrats-consider-america-the-greatest-country-on-earth/ 

 

In other news, the Supreme Court handed down a bunch of decisions today, some of them deeply disappointing to DJT, and at least one of them highly comforting to an imperial president.  Oh well.  Those are the breaks.  You can never count on ole SCOTUS 100% of the time.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ceqdzd7zx24o 

 

Finally, my main man J.D. Vance appeared recently at the Nixon Presidential Library (or, as I refer to it, Mecca), where he opined that Richard M. Nixon was an early victim of the "Deep State".  Well, naturally, he's right.  Some very powerful and sinister forces conspired to undermine Nixon's extremely popular presidency.  Remember, he absolutely crushed George McGovern in '72.  No doubt that put the fear of God into the Dems, and they decided to kneecap Tricky Dick so that he wouldn't leave them totally in the dust.  And, boy, did it work!  Of course, this doesn't mean that the charges against Nixon were entirely false, or that he was blameless -- but those charges were manipulated and weaponized in a very specific, and highly innovative, way.  The Left has been trying to repeat the performance ever since.

 

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/06/26/vance_at_nixon_library_watergate_is_a_story_of_how_the_deep_state_took_down_nixon.html 

Shrugging It Off

 

Friends, you may have noticed that Iran launched, out of the blue, several drones at ships traversing the Strait of Hormuz.  We struck some of their drone and radar infrastructure in response.  What was interesting was the global response: no one cared.  Oil prices didn't spike, and traffic through the Strait continued as before.  Hmmmmmmm.  It seems that both the U.S. and Iran assume that the deal will hold, despite this minor setback.  What's more, insurance companies didn't immediately demand that all ships sailing through the Strait turn around and find safer waters.  What this suggests to me is that the world is officially done with Iranian extortion and piracy.  We kinda need that oil, in short, so we're gonna get it -- drones be damned!!!  Now, of course this is precisely how we should have reacted to Iranian attacks from the start.  They never posed a significant threat to tankers and cargo ships, and they never should have been permitted to hold the world (economy) hostage.  Be that as it may, we've finally reached a point where Iran's leverage, which was always mostly imaginary, is being discounted.  This bodes well for our ability to hold Iran to account and force them to make serious concessions at the bargaining table.  It also bodes well, I hasten to add, for gas prices and GOP prospects in the midterms...  One final observation: it's fairly likely that these drone attacks were not a matter of state policy so much as a desperate gambit by dissident, hardline factions within the Iranian regime.  No doubt some Islamist fanatics don't like the terms of this deal, and they would like to sabotage it.  Recent events suggest that doing so will be harder than the nutjobs might have thought.  Good!

 

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116817203281419093 

 

https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/crude-oil 

No American Shah, After All?

 

Friends, today Congress passed a (legally and constitutionally meaningless) resolution limiting President Trump's authority to resume hostilities with Iran.  The only people impressed by such a resolution will be the mullahs, who will interpret it as a sure sign that their intransigence has worn down American resolve, and that the danger of future bombings and/or blockades is minimal.  Alas, this conclusion might be reasonable, under the circumstances -- not because of Congress, but because Trump himself seems to have no appetite for further military action and, more importantly, for the attendant disruptions to the world oil supply.  Long story short: Congress may get its way, and the war with Iran may indeed be definitively over.  Partly as a consequence, our leverage over Iran in the all-important talks now taking place in Switzerland may be more modest than we would like.  The wildcard here, as usual, is Israel, which can (and will) do as it pleases.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8j6g3v3r4o 

A Heartbeat Away? Okay, Maybe Two or Three Heartbeats

 

Friends, I'm sure we all share the same goal: Nigel Farage as King-Emperor of Great Britain and its farflung dominions, and Donald Trump as King of the Americas.  What could go wrong in the best of all possible worlds, I say!!!  Well, we're a little closer to achieving Goal # 1, since Sir Keir Starmer has announced he will resign as British Prime Minister.  Probably he'll be replaced by another Labour hack, but in the fullness of time let's hope the Labour government collapses, Reform wins a new general election, and King Charles III sees the writing on the wall and proffers his crown to ole Nigel.  Hey, a man can dream!!!

 

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/06/22/prime-minister-keir-starmer-resigns-but-sets-his-own-months-long-timetable-to-go/ 

Viva la Derecha!

 

Friends, kudos to the good people of Colombia, who have had enough of leftist misrule and have decided to move in a decidedly Trumpier direction.  A very wise choice!  This cements a wide-ranging trend in Latin America, much of which has moved rightward in recent years.  No wonder Trump adores Hispanics so much!

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clye4ky2yzpo 

JK, World!

 

Well, just as soon as Iran had opened the Strait of Hormuz, it claimed it had closed it again...and the U.S. Navy said it hadn't.  Meanwhile, the Iranians pointedly refused to show up for negotations in Switzerland...and then abruptly turned up anyway.  These are what we call "mixed signals", and they seem appropriate for such a confusing, unsatisfying, and precarious "conclusion" to such a confusing, unsatisfying, and precarious "war".  Don't count your supertankers until they've hatched -- that's my advice.

 

https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2026/06/20/iran-claims-it-is-closing-strait-of-hormuz-over-israeli-strikes-on-lebanon/ 

 

In other news, Trumpian deportations are still going strong!  We're at 900,000 and counting.  A good start, I say, but no reason to get complacent.  The problem of illegal immigration won't be solved until, well, there aren't any illegals left!  We're a long way from that.

 

https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/06/20/dhs-record-high-deportations-under-trump-administration/ 

 

Oh, and before I forget I've been featured on not one but two radio shows recently: the Newsmakers show, as per usual, and the No Nonsense show too.  Radio stardom looks good on me, don't you think?

 

https://wysl.podbean.com/e/newsmakers-6-20-26/ 

 

https://wysl.podbean.com/e/no-nonsense-roundtable-6-20-26/ 

Mama Mia!

 

Friends, what a difference a war makes...  Not so long ago, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was one of Donald Trump's best friends and closest allies in Europe.  Now, he's dissing her publicly and riling up the whole Italian nation, apparently out of pique over her refusal to support his strategy versus Iran.  Reasonable people can debate the rightness or wrongness of America's and Israel's (abortive?) offensive against the Islamic Republic, but what exactly is to be gained by further alienating Italy, and Europe as a whole, as Trump seems determined to do?  It seems to me that we have the worst of all possible worlds right now: we insult our alleged allies, and they disparage us, but we continue to maintain all the same old obligations and effectively still provide security, at vast expense, to those who increasingly despise us.  And this makes sense how???  Help me out here!

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20y1ygn707o