Scott Ritter tells Judge Napolitano that the Pentagon plan is a raid on Iran's energy sites at Kharg and Qeshm, meant to collapse the Iranian economy and target its leadership, not an occupation of the islands.
He says Iran would answer by striking Gulf energy infrastructure, including Saudi Arabia, and that Senator Chris Murphy should reveal the plan and try to stop what Ritter calls an illegal war.
Einar Tangen is a senior fellow at the Taihe Institute and at CIGI. With Glenn Diesen he discusses China's new economic strategy versus the West's ideological trap.
Timeline:
00:00:00 Introducing Einar Tangen and China's fifth plenum
00:02:40 Anti-corruption and the question of political legitimacy
00:08:10 Prescriptive versus performative governance
00:13:27 Western politics, planning, and recurring promises
00:21:30 Ideological certainty versus a willingness to learn
00:25:10 China's shift toward shared gains and social development
00:31:31 Environmental rights, consumption, and small business
00:34:25 Digital tools and opening international markets to SMEs
00:38:15 AI productivity and the prospect of shorter workweeks
00:42:07 Markets, extraction, and public investment
00:44:37 Dollar alternatives, US debt, and economic vulnerability
Anders Otteson of Uncanny Expeditions gives a part-one update on the Northrop Tejon radar test range at the west end of California's Antelope Valley. He recaps the site, which official records mothballed in 2011, along with later local accounts and UFO sightings, and says part two is due Sunday.
Daniel Liszt presents Dark Journalist X-Series episode 243 on continuity of government, a cyber crash, a deep event, the UFO file, Secret America, missing scientists, and Golden Dome, with NORAD and NORTHCOM emergency powers.
The host notes earlier reports on missing scientists after the death of MIT neutron-star merger scientist Nuno Laureiro in December 2025 and General William McCasland in February 2026.
Putin's 90 minute call with Finland's Alexander Stubb and Norway's Jonas Gahr Støre went nowhere, and the Kremlin readout now demands unconditional acceptance of Russia's terms. In this episode we break down why Stubb is angling to become Europe's chief negotiator, why London spun a false Financial Times story, and why the push for a Ukraine ceasefire on current lines keeps hitting a wall. With Witkoff, Kushner and Dmitriev floating Arctic and energy deals, who is really stringing who along?
Timeline:
00:00:00 Putin's call with Stubb and Støre; Norway refutes the FT
00:01:16 UK sources working to block diplomacy
00:02:47 Frederiksen and EU hardliners furious over the call
00:03:47 Stubb and Støre refloat the old Donbas proposal
00:04:53 Putin demands unconditional acceptance of Russia's terms
00:06:06 Why the call happened; Finland's growing concerns
00:07:23 Stubb's bid to be Europe's chief negotiator
00:09:19 Is US intelligence backing Stubb?
00:11:17 Why Putin takes every call
00:12:12 Europe's nightmare: separate deals with Russia
00:15:57 The real goal: a ceasefire on current lines
00:18:57 Echoes of unconditional surrender
00:24:12 Why not von der Leyen or Kaja Kallas?
00:27:23 Arctic deals, energy talks and the sanctions reality
00:31:07 Who's stringing who along?
Larry Johnson warns a strike on Iran could become Trump's 'Eagle Claw' and expects it after the markets close Friday.
Johnson, a former CIA analyst, expects Trump to strike Iran after Tuesday's midterms, most likely Friday, after the markets close, and warns it could cost a ship, potentially an aircraft carrier, and a thousand lives: Trump's own Eagle Claw. Would his officers refuse the order? Johnson says they can, and after Tuesday, the Senate may hold their promotions. Meanwhile, per Zulfiqar Ali's sources, Iran has answered J.D. Vance's letter: our money back, blockade off, then talks.
Timeline:
00:03:33 Iran's reply to Vance — per our host's sources.
00:08:41 After the markets close: Johnson's timing.
00:37:15 Eagle Claw: the carrier, the thousand, and Jimmy Carter's 1980 failure in Iran.
00:40:35 Would his officers refuse? The Senate and every promotion from colonel up.
Former CIA officer and whistleblower John Kiriakou tells Elizabeth Lane what government corruption looks like from the inside: officers who retire on Friday and come back Monday with a different colored badge and a no-bid contract, a company that grew into a multi-billion dollar business that way.
He explains the F-35 'flying duck', why the Pentagon has failed seven audits in a row, how the CIA hides its budget inside other agencies' line items, what happened to the truckloads of gear he handed to a Pakistani general, and why his bosses kept telling him: don't try to save the government money.
Timeline:
00:00:00 'He probably sold it to the Taliban'
00:00:39 Government corruption
00:01:55 The revolving door
00:02:59 A multi-billion dollar company
00:04:03 The strip-club contract
00:05:39 Price rigging and kickbacks
00:06:32 The F-35 'flying duck'
00:12:00 Seven failed audits
00:13:44 The Golden Fleece
00:14:39 Costa Rican snails
00:15:25 Unlimited budget in Pakistan
00:17:29 'What stuff?'
00:19:18 Don't save the government money
00:19:45 The $5 trip to Pittsburgh
00:22:22 The $195 salad
00:24:07 'I have so much money'
Co-host of The Duran and geopolitical analyst Alexander Mercouris joins to discuss the massive escalation building up for another round of strikes by the US and Israel, and what impact midterm elections, Israeli elections, and Western emergency alert panic are having on the geopolitical landscape. Plus, a full deep dive into the news and analysis on the Middle East (West Asia), the Ukraine conflict, and much more!
Ted Postol tells Daniel Davis that the PAC-3 has no chance of hitting an Iranian ballistic missile, and that a nuclear strike on Iran's mountain sites would not destroy them. He says Iran could build a simple bomb within weeks of an attack and that Israel would not survive nuclear strikes on its major cities, while Davis opens on Trump's push for talks with Russia and Ukraine.
Putin just warned that the Baltic Sea could become the next Strait of Hormuz, and Alex breaks down what that means for Europe as Elbridge Colby and the Pentagon quietly tell Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to stop poking Russia. We also cover Ursula von der Leyen and Mark Carney pushing Canada toward EU associate membership, Zelensky striking Russian refineries despite Trump's pressure, the CENTCOM briefing on Iran, Kaja Kallas under fire and the massive $6 billion Binance crypto hack. Is Europe about to turn the Baltic into its own Hormuz crisis?
Timeline:
00:00:00 Ursula and Carney push Canada EU associate membership
00:04:17 Merz backs the EU Canada Alliance for the Future
00:08:41 Putin backs Africa seat on UN Security Council
00:10:05 Putin warns Baltic Sea could become another Hormuz
00:12:00 Why Putin took the call from Stubb and Store
00:13:33 Putin on 2030: Russia ready, but no victors
00:15:10 Colby tells Baltic states to stop poking Russia
00:19:14 WSJ says Ukraine paused refinery strikes, then Samara hit
00:23:10 CENTCOM briefs Trump on Iran blockade and Hormuz
00:27:16 Senator Murphy calls the Iran strike plan insane
00:29:54 Nord Stream stays shut as EU oil majors post record profits
00:33:00 The $6.3 billion Binance hack and North Korea claims
00:36:07 Clown World: Berliner Zeitung asks what Kallas does
00:39:16 Merz in Japan seeking funds for Ukraine
00:41:03 Rest in peace Patrick Stewart
Larry Wilkerson and Larry Johnson discuss a Financial Times report that Iran is using limpet mines, and Nima Alkhorshid’s account that at least two supertankers are on fire in the Strait of Hormuz after US Central Command said the mines were gone. Wilkerson says the mines add to Iran’s options rather than marking a new kind of escalation, and Johnson says US ships can no longer enter the strait without coming under attack.
Alexander Mercouris and Alex Christoforou discuss Ursula von der Leyen pressing for Canada as an EU associate member, a large Russian missile strike, and Ukrainian attacks on refineries. They say Elbridge Colby told the Baltic states to calm their rhetoric toward Russia, and that US talk of de-escalation with Iran is cover for a return to war within weeks.
Kevin Annett, an ex-minister and Vatican whistleblower, tells Danny Jones he was blacklisted in Canada after the United Church delisted him for raising the deaths of children in Indian residential schools. He describes what he says is happening at the Vatican, including China's role in the Church and the resignation of Pope Benedict.
Timeline:
00:00:00 Being Blacklisted in Canada & the Trudeau Family
00:03:28 Environmental Genocide & How Canada Killed Thousands of Natives
00:16:13 China Secretly Runs the Catholic Church & Canada
00:25:27 How Kevin got Blacklisted
00:31:30 Forcing Pope Benedict's Resignation & Church Experiments on Children
00:36:52 Josef Mengele & Nazis in Canada
00:39:19 The Vatican's Death Camps
00:44:56 China's Growing Power & Church Experiments in America
00:48:34 Big Pharma & Churches Working Together on Drug Test Experiments
00:55:27 Making AI Into a God & Reason vs. Religion
01:02:17 Mass Mind-Control & Psychedelics in Church
01:04:40 Neuralink & Prototype Mind Control Experiments
01:10:52 "There's a Big Crash Coming in North America"
01:15:05 Exiled from Canada & the Illusion of Democracy
01:19:47 Dr. Michael Persinger's God Helmet & Splitting Personalities
01:27:48 AI Weapons, Russian Plague & Dissociation
01:31:40 Canada's Leadership & Who Runs the Media
01:38:11 Indigenous Groups in Canada & How Churches Avoid the Law
01:48:28 Kevin's Exorcism & Tentacles of a Multidimensional Reality
02:00:06 What the "Devil" Really Is
02:04:09 Patreon Questions
Alastair Crooke tells Nima Alkhorshid that Senator Chris Murphy called a Trump administration briefing on restarting military operations against Iran insane and said the plan would prolong and escalate the war. Crooke says some form of military action after the US midterms is the most likely course, describes a message from JD Vance to Iran as a carrot beside threats of a larger war that Tehran will not answer with nuclear concessions, and says Netanyahu, possibly as a caretaker prime minister, could still join such a war.
Anthony Aguilar tells Nima Alkhorshid that the United States bombed Bandar-e Jask, a port city on Iran's southern coast by the Strait of Hormuz, after strikes he places last week at Sirik and Konarak. He says Iranian air defenses forced a fighter out of the strait, and that these hits are preparation for a wider US and Israeli campaign, with the USS Theodore Roosevelt about a day and a half away.
He links the timing to the US midterms and Israel's unresolved election, where he says Benjamin Netanyahu is still caretaker and no bloc reached 61 seats. He expects Iran to wait rather than strike first, and to answer later against Tel Aviv, Dimona, and bases in Jordan.
Paul Stonehill on Imereti in western Georgia, which he calls the land of the Golden Fleece. He retells Jason's voyage to King Aeëtes of Colchis, with help from Hera and Medea, and says local belief still places the sacred grove and its dragon in a relict forest that has survived there.
At Sataplia Nature Reserve he describes dinosaur tracks and gives them ages from about 60 million years to 150 million years, in layers he says are far enough apart that the animals never met. Prometheus Cave, in the Imereti mountains, he says was found in the early 1980s while scientists searched for nuclear shelters. He treats its underground rivers as one way the Argonauts could have reached the Colchian forest, and says the fleece was sheepskins used to catch gold dust in Caucasian streams.
He sketches Colchis as an early kingdom on the Black Sea that traded flax, timber, honey, iron, and gold with Milesian Greeks, later taken by Mithridates VI and Rome, and joined in the 10th century with the eastern Georgian kingdom of Iberia. The talk ends at Vani, where excavations from 1947 uncovered a Colchian city destroyed in the mid-1st century BCE. Its museum, opened in 1985, holds gold, silver, and bronze from about 800 BCE to 100 CE.
James Corbett's Sunday(?) Update for October 30 covers three legal stories. In the Netherlands, he says Bill Gates, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, the Dutch government, and 13 other defendants did not appear at a civil merits hearing. He says the case is not a criminal prosecution and will not send anyone to prison, and that a written judgment could come as early as December 9.
He also says a US appeals court threw out Alex Berenson's lawsuit against Joe Biden and Pfizer executives over pressure on Twitter, and that the Supreme Court of Canada agreed to hear the government's appeal of rulings that the February 2022 use of the Emergencies Act against the Freedom Convoy was not justified.
SpaceWeatherNews says the sun was quiet on October 30 after a filament collapsed on the departing hemisphere, with no CME recorded. A coronal hole sent enhanced solar wind that the show expects to bring minor geomagnetic storm conditions on Halloween and into November 1.
The episode shows Hubble and Webb images of the Cat's Head Nebula, and the path of NASA's Lucy spacecraft toward Jupiter's Trojan asteroids. Today's papers are one the show reads as birth-rate modulation by the sun, and a long-term study of the equatorial electrojet over the Indian sector. The show says the electrojet began behaving differently in 1999, the year the magnetic equator started shifting faster, and ties that change to the ongoing magnetic pole shift.
A major US strike on Iran may be coming right after the midterms, and in this episode we explain why Netanyahu's strong showing in the Israeli election makes it all but certain. They break down the Wall Street Journal reports on JD Vance reaching out to Iranian hardliners, the Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani delegation to Tehran, Lavrov's visit, and why Iran refuses to surrender the Strait of Hormuz, its allies, or uranium enrichment. Could Trump be launching a conflict that is easy to start but nearly impossible to end?
Timeline:
00:00:00 Israel election, US midterms and the WSJ Iran report
00:00:55 Why the Israeli election matters most
00:03:03 Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani delegation in Tehran
00:04:30 Iran refuses to back down
00:06:02 US demands on Hormuz, Houthis and enrichment
00:07:19 Is Iran stronger than in February
00:07:56 Lavrov in Tehran and the Russian grain lifeline
00:10:48 The April MOU Trump walked away from
00:12:31 Easy to start, hard to end
00:13:07 Post midterm calculus and the impeachment factor
Douglas Macgregor tells Judge Napolitano that China is now larger economically than the United States in purchasing power, and that Trump may now understand there is no military solution. He says the wars with Iran and Russia already showed that forces placed inside an adversary's weapon range would be destroyed.
Ukraine's flagship missile programs are finished, and Alexander explains why the Flamingo cruise missile and the FP7 and FP9 ballistic missiles were really cancelled as Zelensky leaves Kiev ahead of a massive Russian strike. He also covers the Russian advance near Orekhov and Dobropolye, the growing campaign against the Dnieper bridges, the stalled Freya air defense project, and the striking phrase in the Kremlin readout of Putin's call with Stubb and Store. Is Putin now signaling a demand that goes far beyond Istanbul plus?
Timeline:
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:31 Putin hosts African leaders in Moscow
00:01:51 Zelensky leaves Kiev for the Netherlands and UK
00:04:56 Big Russian missile and drone strike expected
00:07:25 Firepoint ends the Flamingo cruise missile
00:16:26 Why the Flamingo program really collapsed
00:18:24 FP7 and FP9 ballistic missiles cancelled
00:22:11 The S300 missile and the Taurus theory
00:27:10 Ukraine now depends on drones alone
00:30:40 Russian advance speeding up despite autumn rains
00:31:53 Ukrainian defenses north of Orekhov collapse
00:32:42 Dobropolye, Leman and Sumy fronts
00:35:43 Russian buildup near Aleshki and Kherson
00:39:08 The Freya air defense project delayed
00:44:36 Russia targets substations and Dnieper bridges
00:49:08 Iskander accuracy and the Rassvet satellite theory
00:53:22 Norway debunks the FT on the Putin call
00:57:52 Ushakov shuts Europe out of Abu Dhabi
00:59:48 Putin's "without any conditions" readout
01:07:28 Gordon Hahn on tougher Russian demands
George Beebe is the former CIA Director for Russia Analysis and currently Director of Grand Strategy at the Quincy Institute. He tells Glenn Diesen that Europe must face U.S. consequences if it blocks a Ukraine peace agreement.
Timeline:
00:00:00 Introduction and Context of the Ukraine Conflict
00:05:35 Diverging Expectations in Diplomatic Talks
00:15:45 The Complexity of European Security Architecture
00:25:17 The Role of NATO and Future Security Guarantees
00:30:45 Negotiation Dynamics and the Need for Unity
00:35:46 Final Thoughts on the Future of the Conflict
Andrei Martyanov says Trump's $1.5 trillion Pentagon plan is not what it seems inside the United States, and he cites reporting that a failed NDAA would leave the Pentagon with few options to replace weapons spent in the war with Iran.
CIA Analyst Larry Johnson and Col. Lawrence Wilkerson discuss the massive preparations leaking out of the US military establishment for a 'doomsday' war with Iran following Israel's elections and the geopolitical implications of the escalations underway.
Reports say Washington is warning its vassal states in the Persian Gulf that an attack on Iran is coming from the U.S. and Israel, following next weeks Mid-Term U.S. Elections, and that it will be a “short, intense” round of war. This, as the U.S. sends a Patriot missile system to Israel, for a sorry attempt at protection from Iran’s retaliation.
Former U.S. Diplomat and Geopolitical Analyst, Jim Jatras, noted that even if the U.S. uses the ‘Mother of All Bombs’ or Israel carries out a nuclear strike, there is no indication that it will be enough to severely disable Iran’s military capabilities. And both the region and the global economy will be devastated by Iran’s retaliation.
Christine Lagarde is leaving the European Central Bank early and heading for the WEF, and Alex breaks down what it means for Macron and the ECB. Alex also covers Obama's midterm attacks on Trump over Ukraine, the UK's record 10 billion pound package for Zelensky, Dutch PM Rob Jetten calling Russian gas stupid, Ushakov shutting Europe out of the Abu Dhabi talks, Bolsonaro's exile letter, Mike Waltz clashing with Cuba at the UN, and Ursula von der Leyen's failed plan for Canada. Is Bolsonaro about to become the next Juan Guaido?
Timeline:
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:37 Lagarde stepping down early from the ECB
00:02:47 Obama hits the midterm trail against Trump
00:08:00 Trump's $5,000 dividend and Mar a Lago
00:10:03 Trump takes aim at Talarico in Texas
00:11:37 UK hands Zelensky a record £10 billion
00:16:00 Netherlands aid and Jetten on Russian gas
00:19:17 Ushakov on Abu Dhabi talks; Lavrov to the G20
00:22:08 Zelensky and European security architecture
00:24:49 Norway's leader rebuts the FT on the Putin call
00:26:32 Bolsonaro in Miami and the exile letter
00:31:36 Israel election count update
00:34:55 Vance letter to Iran's hardliners
00:36:58 Waltz clashes with Cuba at the UN
00:40:27 EU Canada summit and Ursula's label flop
Nima Alkhorshid asks Michael Hudson about a Politico report that Israel's inconclusive election disappointed officials in Washington. Hudson says a tie will probably mean little change, and that the Trump administration and congressional Democrats support the same policy toward Israel and the attack on Iran.
What if aliens aren't visitors from another planet, but humans travelling back from the distant future? And what if UFOs are actually time machines?
In this episode of the Polarity Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Michael P. Masters, a biological anthropologist, professor, and author best known for his groundbreaking Extratempestrial Hypothesis, which proposes that UFOs and UAPs may represent advanced technology operated by our own future human descendants.
We explore the fascinating connections between human evolution, alien encounters, UFO sightings, time travel, and the mysteries of human consciousness. Could the beings described in extraterrestrial encounters actually be humanity thousands or even millions of years into the future?
Dr. Masters opens up about his extraordinary personal experiences involving non-human intelligence, unexplained communication, altered states of consciousness, reincarnation, and the possibility of higher dimensions beyond our physical reality.
Could consciousness hold the key to understanding the true nature of extraterrestrial contact? Is our perception of time fundamentally misunderstood? And what might these encounters reveal about humanity's origins, destiny, and place in the universe?
Timeline:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:04:11 Meet Dr. Michael Masters
00:06:45 Are Aliens Actually Future Humans?
00:13:25 UFO Encounters, Religion & the Supernatural
00:18:15 How Could UFO Time Travel Actually Work?
00:24:20 Is the Future Already Predetermined?
00:30:00 Consciousness Beyond Space and Time
00:33:20 Michael's Extraordinary Personal Experiences
00:37:00 A Mysterious Encounter in Phoenix
00:45:00 Contact with an Unknown Intelligence
00:54:20 The Strange Experiences Inside His Home
00:58:00 Out-of-Body Experiences & Life After Death
01:02:00 Reincarnation, Near-Death Experiences & the Soul
01:04:00 Free Will, Fate & Pre-Birth Agreements
01:07:40 Could Grey Aliens Be Evolved Humans?
01:16:00 The Mystery of the Grey Alien's Black Eyes
01:21:00 Cryptoterrestrials & Hidden Civilizations
01:23:00 Alien Abductions, DNA & Genetic Experiments
01:29:30 Artificial Intelligence & Humanity's Future
01:32:00 Are Future Humans Trying to Prevent a Catastrophe?
01:34:15 When Do Humans Become Aliens?
01:36:40 UFO Secrecy & Government Cover-Ups
01:39:00 The Terrible Truth Behind UFO Disclosure
01:46:00 Reincarnation, Karma & the Purpose of Life
01:54:30 Could UFOs Accelerate Human Consciousness?
Former Lt. Colonel Anthony Aguilar and Matthew Hoh discuss Netanyahu's major setback in the Israeli election and why the conditions have now been laid for a renewed and dangerous escalation in the war against Iran, plus much more in geopolitics.
Pepe Escobar tells Judge Napolitano that Pakistan is not siding with Iran militarily. He says Field Marshal Asim Munir proposed the Tehran meeting, where the Turkish intelligence chief, the Saudi defense minister, and Munir sat with Mohsen Rezaei, and that Pakistan is mediating between the Mecca Defense Alliance and Iran, and between Iran and the United States.
With about 77% of the Knesset vote counted, Nima Alkhorshid says Netanyahu's bloc is near 54 seats and the other bloc near 49, both short of 61, and Elijah Magnier says neither can form a government on its own. Nima cites a Wall Street Journal report that the United States warned Gulf Arab states to prepare for a brief, intense military campaign against Iran after the midterms, and Magnier says more bombing would not bring Iran to the table.
Scott Ritter sits with Jacques Baud in Brussels and introduces the Swiss colonel to an American audience, opening on Europe and free speech. Baud describes his path as a citizen-soldier and strategic-intelligence analyst, from Warsaw Pact work and training in the US and UK to UN peacekeeping and a NATO small-arms post that took him to Ukraine in 2014.
American power rests on five pillars: the dollar and the financial system, the military, monopoly over advanced technology, fossil fuels, and soft power. Ben Norton's argument is that all five are now cracking.
In his lecture at the Fudan University Summer School on the Global South, Norton begins with theory, because the theories disagree in a way that matters. In the classical account, running from Hobson through Lenin and Rosa Luxemburg, imperialism is a stage: overproduction and insufficient demand at home, markets forced open abroad.
For the Patnaiks, in Capital and Imperialism, the root is raw materials and the deliberate depression of incomes across the tropics. For the dependency school and the world-systems analysts — Samir Amin, Wallerstein — capitalism is a single global division of labour: a core that monopolises high value added, and a periphery kept from climbing the chain.
Norton is frank about which of the three he finds most useful, and about the difference that follows: for Lenin, imperialism is a stage of capitalism; for the others, the two were never separable. Colonialism, he notes, is older than capitalism by millennia.
In this episode we break down a new Atlantic article confirming that CIA director John Ratcliffe is running Project Ukraine, while Elon Musk accuses Zelensky of violating Starlink's terms of service and draws a hard line between Starlink and the Pentagon's Starshield. As the Starlink fight exposes a deep power struggle inside the Trump administration, Putin keeps betting on Dmitriev, Witkoff and Kushner to deliver a new European security architecture that Rubio insists is only about Donbas. Who is really running Washington's Russia policy, and does Putin's unusual diplomacy stand any chance?
Timeline:
00:00:00 Atlantic article: CIA and Ratcliffe run Project Ukraine
00:01:57 Power struggle in Washington: CIA vs Musk
00:04:43 The Starlink Wars explained
00:06:48 Ratcliffe's close ties to Trump
00:09:06 Ratcliffe's Moscow trip and Putin message
00:11:16 Tulsi Gabbard sidelined and the neocon faction
00:12:47 Bessent, Vance and Musk on the other side
00:14:03 Starlink vs Starshield: civilian and military
00:16:31 Musk's X posts on Ukraine terms of service
00:20:10 Provisioning issue and Russian jamming risk
00:23:18 Did the CIA tell Ukraine to ignore the rules?
00:26:43 Ukraine caught between the CIA and Musk
00:28:38 Putin, Dmitriev, Witkoff and Kushner talks
00:31:08 Putin's push for a new European security architecture
00:35:56 Why Lavrov and Rubio sat out the talks
Pepe Escobar on Transition Protocol. Flávio Bolsonaro reportedly crossed into Argentina on foot with just his ID; Argentina says it has no record of his entry, and his whereabouts are unknown. And MBS didn’t want the Tehran meeting at all: sources say Pakistan’s army chief persuaded him, and MBS sent his brother, Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman.
Timeline:
00:01:24 Bolsonaro’s son: on foot to Argentina, with only his ID — as reported.
00:04:25 What Trump said about Brazil’s vote — and about Lula.
00:25:59 Why MBS sent his brother to Tehran — per the person who organised the meeting.
00:35:01 What Riyadh asked Iran — and what Yemen did hours later.
Douglas Macgregor tells Glenn Diesen that calls to Vladimir Putin by the leaders of Finland and Norway mark the start of the end of the Ukraine war, because Europe knows the Ukrainian state is on life support and will have to make its own arrangements with Russia. He says NATO has no leadership left, that no European state will attack into Ukraine, and that Donald Trump is not interested in organizing Europe.
Timeline:
00:00:00 Introduction to Current Global Conflicts
00:06:06 The State of NATO and European Leadership
00:12:01 The Implications for Europe and NATO
Scott Ritter discusses what he reports as an imminent US combat operation against Iran as Netanyahu's plan to sabotage the Israeli elections taking place October 27th. Desperation has set in as Iran and Russia remake the Middle East and the world order.
Nima Alkhorshid says Asim Munir asked Iran to host a Tehran summit of the Mecca defense pact because of the war in Yemen, and that Yemen announced ballistic-missile hits on Saudi military aircraft at Abha and Khamis Mushait and on the Ministry of Defense in Riyadh. Larry Wilkerson says Israel is the pact's main problem, that Saudi Arabia is being beaten and is begging Iran for help, and that a reported offer of $1 billion to Ansarallah for a ceasefire was rejected.
Alexander Mercouris says last night's Russian strike on Kiev used about 20 ballistic missiles and hit the South Bridge, a road and rail crossing he calls the main logistics link for Ukrainian forces east of the Dnieper. He says photos show a hole in the railway that is enough to close the bridge, and that Norway's prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Finland's president Alexander Stubb then called Vladimir Putin to ask for a slowdown, which the Kremlin readout shows he refused.
Andrei Martyanov says the CIA is in a war with Russia contrary to Donald Trump’s intentions, that the agency never encountered this kind of war, and that it is lying about losses. Citing Larry Johnson, he says John Ratcliffe’s August trip to Moscow tried to convince Putin the campaign was a lost cause, and that US intelligence support to Ukraine was never turned off.
He also says European leaders who called Vladimir Putin were told that if Zelensky wants to talk he should come to Moscow, and that Europe has no seat in talks between Russia and the United States.
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Predictive analyst Clif High returns to the program to share the latest findings from his new Ulta report. His reports use predictive analytics on what may unfold. After years without a new report, they discuss what he is seeing and what it could mean.
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Professor Jeffrey Sachs joins Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris on The Duran to lay out a four point peace plan he believes could end the Ukraine conflict almost immediately. Sachs traces the crisis back to the 1990 NATO non expansion pledges made by Genscher, Baker and Kohl, then explains how an end to NATO enlargement, Ukrainian neutrality modeled on Austria and Ireland, a path to EU candidacy and a negotiated armistice line could restore inclusive security in Europe. If Europe's leaders already admit all of this in private, why won't a single one of them say it in public?
00:00:00 Introduction with Professor Jeffrey Sachs
00:01:51 Empty platitudes and the case for a real peace plan
00:04:21 The conflict began in 2014, not 2022
00:04:58 Inclusive security and the Helsinki Final Act
00:08:35 1990 pledges from Genscher, Baker and Kohl
00:12:08 Weakening Russia after 1991 and Brzezinski's vision
00:13:38 Point one: NATO must end eastward enlargement
00:16:55 Point two: Ukrainian neutrality
00:17:25 Point three: EU candidacy modeled on Austria and Ireland
00:20:33 Point four: The territorial question
00:24:30 Minsk II, Merkel and the South Tyrol model
00:30:27 An armistice line to stop the fighting
00:35:09 Mercouris: The West denied Russia agency in 1990
00:39:16 Why Germany and Merz must take responsibility
00:41:45 European leaders who whisper but won't say it publicly
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Simon Dixon is a former investment banker and commentator on finance and geopolitics.
0:00 WW3 psyop and Epstein's bank records
4:18 America's capital structure and Israel's business model
12:02 Rothschild wartime lending and government debt
16:10 Robert Maxwell and the Soviet gold story
18:52 BlackRock, Vanguard, and who Trump and Netanyahu really work for
26:59 Fractional reserve banking and gold-backed currencies
36:04 All money is debt: Dixon's US Ponzi scheme argument
45:46 Crisis wealth transfers and sovereign wealth funds
47:19 Elon Musk's wealth, shareholders, and stock loans
57:27 Ukraine's resources and war profits
1:04:59 War reparations, Hitler, and the Bank for International Settlements
1:10:38 China's economic model and the British Empire's decline
1:17:55 Bretton Woods, the IMF, and the World Bank
1:24:44 Political lobbies and intelligence funding
1:30:38 Dixon's theory on China and the Middle East
1:35:56 The petrodollar, France's gold, and Dixon's JFK theory
1:45:48 George H. W. Bush, the Safari Club, and Osama bin Laden
1:48:47 OPEC and the petrodollar deal
1:54:18 Trump's China leverage and donor networks
1:56:58 DOGE, Palantir, and government data
2:05:22 Dixon's critique of FDIC insurance
2:10:04 Trump's financing, Gulf money, and Affinity Partners
2:16:36 Dixon's 10-year forecast
2:20:19 Dixon's 9/11 intelligence theory
2:28:25 Marco Rubio questioned on Trump's crypto deals
2:31:10 Trump, Binance, and the UAE stablecoin deal
2:35:00 The GENIUS Act and programmable money
2:41:52 The Strait of Hormuz, Iran, and Oman
2:46:17 The yen carry trade
2:51:00 Dollar collapse vs. gradual weakening
2:56:08 Elon Musk, free speech, and freedom of reach
3:06:03 Centralization vs. decentralization and owning assets
Description:
Less than 24 hours from Israeli election day, fighter jets are in the skies. Robert Inlakesh investigates the killing of two Israeli soldiers near the Yehuda Junction, in Al-Khalil (Hebron), which he says triggered a pre-election operation that Netanyahu threatened could grow larger than anything since 1967.
He argues the corporate media is silent on Gulf oil infrastructure, and says Ansarallah is dismantling Saudi oil assets, including pipelines, while those raids are framed as self-defense and the Iran-Yemen strikes as terrorism. The episode also covers a reported US vow to strike Iran within 96 hours.
Description:
Per Zulfiqar Ali’s sources, 14 Russian tankers have delivered arms to Iran, distributed to 33 IRGC commanders who can act on their own if Iran’s leaders are killed. The same sources say Israel’s own intelligence warns that one strike would bring ten back. Israel votes tomorrow; Larry Johnson on what changes if Netanyahu loses.
2:16 14 tankers from Russia, per the host’s sources.
3:05 The 33 commanders and the decapitation contingency.
4:28 Why Israel hasn’t struck Iran again: one punch, ten back.
5:36 The same day: Saudi Arabia’s defence minister in Tehran.
What you’ll learn: what the host’s sources say Iran has prepared for a strike on its leaders; why, per the same sources, Israel’s intelligence has held back; what Larry Johnson expects from Israel’s vote; why Saudi Arabia went to Tehran and who arranged it; why oil on the UAE’s beaches matters for the Gulf’s water; what Brazil’s result means for BRICS.
Sourcing note: The 14 tankers, the 33 commanders, the decapitation contingency, the Israeli intelligence assessment, the Supreme Leader’s approval of the Tehran meeting and Mohsin Naqvi’s presence are the host’s sourcing and could not be independently verified; no public report of the tankers was found. Larry Johnson’s statements on Israel’s vote, the Saudi agenda, the partners’ position and the desalination risk are his analysis.
Public record: Lavrov visited Tehran on 19 October; the Russia–Iran 20-year partnership took effect on 2 October. Israel votes on 27 October; final polls put Yashar (Eisenkot) at 22–23 seats and Likud at 19–21, with neither bloc at 61. The Makkah Pact delegations met Iranian officials in Tehran on 26 October at Pakistan’s request. Israel Hayom reported a $1 billion Saudi offer to the Houthis; Riyadh did not confirm it. UAE beaches in Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah and Sharjah were closed after an oil spill. Brazil: Lula 51.8%, Flávio Bolsonaro 48.2%.
Alexander Mercouris tells Glenn Diesen that Europe is under economic stress, with falling living standards in France and the same pressure in Britain and Germany, and that people are in the streets because they feel the political system no longer responds.
He says both sides have agreed to sit down, but Ukraine, the Europeans, and Marco Rubio treat the talks as being about Donbass and territory, while Russia says the subject is Europe's security architecture.
Timeline:
00:00:00 The State of Europe: Economic and Social Unrest
00:05:48 The Impact of War on European Stability
00:12:05 Diplomatic Dynamics: Russia, Ukraine, and the West
00:17:59 Revisiting Security Architecture in Europe
00:26:33 The Political Landscape of Ukraine
00:27:32 Demonization of Russia and European Unity
00:28:38 The Existential Threat of Peace
00:30:33 The American Influence on Ukraine
00:32:33 The Dynamics of U.S.-Ukraine Relations
00:36:23 Negotiation Challenges and Military Strategies
00:38:09 Shifts in the Battlefield
00:46:11 The Impact of Middle Eastern Conflicts on U.S. Strategy
Scott Ritter tells Judge Napolitano that EU sanctions on Jacques Baud, a Swiss officer living in Brussels, froze his bank, and that officials told a German parliamentarian even a loaf of bread would break the sanctions.
He says a later review dropped the Russian-propagandist charge, kept the sanctions because Baud is so neutral that his speaking would reinforce Russia's position, and calls those sanctions a death penalty.
Lula shocked the world with a historic comeback over Bolsonaro in Brazil, while Vucic conceded a stunning defeat to the Student List in Serbia's snap election. Alex breaks down what these results mean for BRICS, Bulgaria's upcoming runoff, Ursula von der Leyen's push into Serbia, and a defiant Zelensky who rejects neutrality and any cap on Ukraine's military while demanding Starlink or Patriot missiles. With US forces reportedly ready to strike Iran within 96 hours, is the global political map about to be redrawn?
Timeline:
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:10 Lula defeats Bolsonaro in Brazil runoff
00:03:31 Serbia snap election: Student List beats Vucic
00:05:22 Vucic claims Russia sanctions are coming
00:07:45 Bulgaria heads to presidential runoff
00:09:35 Von der Leyen celebrates multilateralism
00:12:18 Joe Wilson congratulates Serbia
00:13:37 Massive Ukrainian drone strike on Voronezh
00:14:49 Zelensky rejects neutrality and military cap
00:17:14 Zelensky demands Starlink or Patriots
00:20:37 US readies major Iran strike
00:22:28 Ukraine extends martial law to 2027
00:23:14 Western media flips press gang story onto Russia
00:27:34 Orban for UN chief and Italy ignores its voters
00:30:25 Clown World: Machado, Trump, Estonia, Merz
Lawrence Wilkerson tells Daniel Davis he doubts the planned three-way talks will settle the war, because he still sees no acceptance in Kyiv or among EU leaders of permanent Ukrainian neutrality and no NATO membership.
He says the fighting will continue and this winter will be terrible. People he has spoken with in Ukraine call the situation hopeless, and he cites polls in which about 62 to 63 percent want Zelensky out and elections held.
Description:
Lula has snatched a razor thin victory over Flavio Bolsonaro in Brazil's presidential runoff, while Serbia's snap parliamentary elections handed the Student List a stunning win over Vucic's party after 14 years in power. In this episode we break down Bolsonaro's refusal to concede, what Lula's win means for BRICS, Ursula von der Leyen's double celebration, and whether Serbia's new rulers will turn on Russia and Kosovo as Bulgaria swings the opposite way. Is Brussels winning in Belgrade just as it starts losing Sofia?
The Duran: Episode 2658
00:00:00 Election Sunday: Brazil and Serbia surprise results
00:01:17 Lula beats Bolsonaro in a razor thin runoff
00:04:32 Polls kept open and Bolsonaro refuses to concede
00:06:54 Ursula congratulates Lula on multilateralism
00:08:25 Lula, Moscow and the BRICS Trojan horse problem
00:09:28 Why Putin and Xi are relieved Brazil stays in BRICS
00:12:43 Did Trump's backing cost Bolsonaro the election
00:15:54 Was BRICS expansion a mistake
00:18:41 Lula at 80 and the real Lula
00:19:53 Brazil bucks Latin America's shift right and the Milei factor
00:21:33 Serbia: the Student List defeats Vucic's party
00:23:11 Color revolution influence inside the Student List
00:25:13 Vucic's 14 years of cynical balancing
00:28:50 Russia sanctions, Kosovo and Bosnia: what comes next
00:35:20 Bulgaria turns against Brussels but the euro limits it
Description:
Why are fit, healthy people with "perfect" diets developing early-onset cancers? Neurosurgeon Dr Jack Kruse returns to the Gut Health Gurus Podcast to share his view that the answer lies not in food, but in the engine: your mitochondria, and the environment they run in.
Host Kriben Govender (food scientist and nutritionist) opens up about his own stage 4 colorectal cancer diagnosis, and asks Dr Kruse why he believes Earth's shifting magnetic field, light, deuterium and oxygen's spin state shape mitochondrial and microbiome health, and what that could mean for people living in Australia.
In this episode:
- Why Dr Kruse says "stop blaming food, start blaming the engine"
- His theory on the magnetic field, agonic lines and disease in Australia
- Electron tunnelling, Marcus inversion and the vitamin D receptor
- Singlet vs triplet oxygen, biophotons and the gut microbiome
- The microbiome as a deuterium gatekeeper
- Evolution, the Cambrian explosion and magnetism
- Why he discusses carbonated water, CO2 and cardiolipin
- "You can't get well in the environment you got sick in"
00:00 Intro: Dr Jack Kruse returns
01:00 "Stop blaming food, start blaming the engine"
04:50 Kriben's stage 4 colorectal cancer diagnosis
06:00 Why early-onset cancers are rising: the magnetic field theory
07:30 How mitochondria work: electron tunnelling and Marcus inversion
11:00 The vitamin D receptor as a "safety switch"
12:00 EMF, artificial light and indoor living
13:00 Spike protein and additive risk factors
14:15 Fasting, one meal a day and calorie restriction
16:00 Pole movement and the Carrington event
17:30 The Southern Ocean and Australian seafood
20:00 Global expedition: the South Atlantic Anomaly
22:00 El Salvador, volcanoes and Pacific Ocean findings
27:00 10% shield loss and the Laschamp event
29:30 Ancient civilisations and deuterium
33:00 Pole flips, ECDO theory and space weather
37:00 The microbiome as a deuterium gatekeeper
38:00 Spike assays and the body's "vortexes"
40:00 Biophysics vs biochemistry: singlet vs triplet oxygen
42:30 How bacteria and mitochondria communicate
43:00 The Cambrian explosion and magnetism
47:00 Should you leave Melbourne?
49:00 North vs south pole magnetic experiments (Becker)
50:30 Haplotypes and where you thrive
53:00 Bali and geopolitics
54:00 What Dr Kruse saw on a world cruise
56:00 Remembering Jason Bawden-Smith
57:00 What about people who didn't take the vaccine?
59:50 Is spike protein transmissible?
1:01:30 "You can't get well in the environment you got sick in"
1:03:30 Ancient builders and paramagnetic stone
1:06:00 CO2, volcanoes and Earth's feedback loop
1:08:00 Why carbonated water? Buteyko, Becker and Russian cosmonauts
1:11:00 Cardiolipin, cristae and the CO2 shield
1:13:30 How to support triplet-state oxygen
1:15:00 "Not everyone can move"
1:17:30 Where to find Dr Jack Kruse
Description:
Keith Thompson is author of Angels and Aliens: UFOs and the Mythic Imagination, The UFO Paradox: The Celestial and Symbolic World of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, and most recently Anomalous Phenomena: Apports and the Mystery of Objects that Materialize and Translocate.
Keith explores apports, which are objects that materialize and translocate, from the remarkable Scole Experiment in England, where coins, a 1944 newspaper, and developed film appeared under controlled conditions supervised by the Society for Psychical Research.
He connects these events to near-death experiences, ancestral visions of a three-year-old boy, Navajo Rangers investigating Bigfoot and Skinwalker phenomena, stigmata, the placebo effect, and UFO materializations, arguing that mind and matter dance on a spectrum rather than remaining permanently divided.
Drawing on radical empiricism, Thompson presents these anomalous phenomena as invitations to update our maps of reality rather than dismiss what challenges conventional theories.
00:00:00 Introduction
00:05:40 Near-death experience
00:11:40 The Scole experiment
00:19:00 Stigmata and placebo
00:25:00 Physical mediumship revival
00:29:10 Navajo Rangers cases
00:34:30 UFOs, and high strangeness
00:39:10 Ancestral vision of Logan
00:46:40 The recovered harp
00:50:50 Conclusion
Description:
Cyrus Janssen interviews CIA analyst Ray McGovern on the Ukraine and Iran wars.
Timeline:
0:00 Intro: CIA analyst Ray McGovern
1:04 Why Trump can't end the Russia-Ukraine war
2:29 How the deep state controls Trump's actions
4:12 Why the United States started the Iran war
6:13 Is Iran working on a nuclear weapon?
9:03 Why the Ukraine war will end by the end of the year
11:00 Will Putin get a security deal with Trump?
12:05 Why NATO keeps making mistakes against Russia
13:05 The biggest mistake Washington made with Russia
15:45 How Europe and America walked away from a Ukraine deal
19:09 Did Trump's mistakes in Iran force him to pivot to Russia?
21:03 Can Europe get a deal for Ukraine?
21:45 Why NATO is effectively dead for the future
23:25 Will Trump or Netanyahu strike Iran before the elections?
25:45 Why Israel and Netanyahu are the biggest threat
27:05 Will Israel stop invading Lebanon?
29:10 Can Russia help end the war in Iran?
30:30 What is China's role in the Iran war?
33:00 Why Trump will visit China again in 2026
35:05 Is America's influence on the world over?
37:40 Final thoughts
Description:
Pepe Escobar's Russian contacts count 14 Ilyushin cargo flights into Iran — contents unknown. A senior Pakistani military officer told the host Pakistan would supply Iran "with everything that Iran needs" if war comes. And a source close to the Supreme Leader says two men set Iran's terms: Ghalibaf and Mohsen Rezaei. Plus Pakistan's energy decision, its new partners, and Brazil's vote.
What the episode covers: how Pakistan is balancing its people's energy needs against its IMF commitments; what a senior officer says Pakistan would do if war comes; who sets Tehran's terms for any deal with Washington; what Russia is committing to Iran, per Iranian and Russian sources; what the new Badr MoU means for Pakistan, Qatar, Türkiye and Indonesia; why nothing moves before the 3 November midterms.
Sourcing note: The Pakistani officer's account and the report of the two Iranian negotiators are the host's own sourcing and cannot be independently verified in full. The count of 14 Russian cargo flights is Pepe Escobar's information; he says their contents are unknown.
The Russian LPG cargo for Pakistan has not been confirmed — the host says so on air. Public record cited on the video: Pakistan's Commerce Ministry withdrew its 3 October suspension of trade at the Gabd and Taftan crossings on 16 October (Dawn); the Badr MoU was signed in Doha on 21 October by Pakistan, Türkiye, Qatar and Indonesia (Geo News); Iran International reported on 7 October that Ghalibaf's negotiating role was approved by the Supreme Leader; Lavrov met Araghchi in Tehran on 19 October (Al Jazeera); President Trump said on 8 October the US would not attack Iran before the midterms. The Brazil segment was recorded before polls closed; crowd figures quoted on air are not official estimates.
6:21 If war comes: what a senior Pakistani officer says Pakistan would do
8:00 14 Russian cargo planes, and what Escobar can and cannot say about what is inside
17:40 The two men who decide for Iran, per a source close to the Supreme Leader
Description:
A major article in The Atlantic confirms what The Duran has argued for years: the CIA sits at the center of Ukraine's intelligence, targeting and drone campaign, and that role has grown under Donald Trump and CIA Director John Ratcliffe. Alexander breaks down this admission alongside Elon Musk's statement that Ukraine's front line would collapse without Starlink, Putin's denial of any role in Europe's protests, and a National Defense University of Finland study that challenges Western claims about Russian and Ukrainian losses. If Washington is running the campaign and shaping the casualty numbers, how much of what the West believes about this conflict is actually true?
Episode 2058
0:00 Revelations from The Atlantic, Musk and Putin
0:40 Putin denies any role in Europe's protests
4:54 The Atlantic on the CIA's role in Ukraine
7:56 CIA support grew under Trump and Ratcliffe
9:45 Putin's 2024 warning on long range missiles
12:47 Storm Shadow and US guidance technology
16:32 Why the drone and missile offensive failed
18:36 Why The Atlantic article appears now
19:53 Russia's strike campaign across Ukraine
24:46 Recriminations in Washington and the sanctions parallel
30:55 Ratcliffe's growing influence over Trump
38:02 Musk says Ukraine misused Starlink
46:26 Musk admits Ukraine depends on Starlink
52:50 Could Washington end the conflict tomorrow
55:52 Can Western casualty figures be trusted
57:33 Finnish study challenges Russian losses claims
1:06:30 Doubts over Mediazona's numbers
1:16:48 Putin's reported aims east of the Dnieper
1:21:18 Why a Dnieper crossing is near impossible
1:25:29 Front line update
Prof. Seyed Mohammad Marandi discusses the major push by Trump & Israel back to war with Iran. From a third carrier strike group now promised to region in just a few days, plus reports of massive transfers of weapons to the theater, Prof. Marandi will break down the geopolitical dynamics and consequences of the US-Israeli global war now targeting Iran.
Elon Musk says Ukraine's military broke Starlink's terms of service by using it for offensive drone strikes, and he has nothing but contempt for those pushing endless conflict. Alex explains the Starlink versus Starshield distinction, why Musk fears SpaceX satellites could become fair game, and what Ushakov's confirmation of a Trump, Putin and Xi summit in China means, as protests spread across Europe and Brazil and Serbia head to the polls. Is Musk protecting Starlink, or signaling that the West's patience with Project Ukraine is running out?
Timeline:
00:00:00 Obama and Trump clash over Iran
00:01:57 Brazil runoff between Bolsonaro and Lula
00:03:33 Serbia snap elections and Vucic's next move
00:05:23 Musk explains the Ukraine Starlink dispute
00:07:55 Musk's post on terms of service
00:10:32 Starlink and Starshield share the same hardware
00:13:49 Why Musk fears Starlink becomes a target
00:16:34 France protests and a thousand arrests
00:17:38 Albania protests target Edi Rama
00:20:32 Why Brussels won't invest in Europe's youth
00:22:44 Trump, Putin and Xi to meet in China
00:23:54 Kuleba, Trump and Rubio on ending the conflict
00:27:00 Clown World: Eagle's Nest fire and fake Zelensky bunker
00:29:51 Britain told to be ready by 2030
SpaceWeatherNews says the sun was quiet on October 25, with far-side and limb activity but no Earth-directed flares. The show reads a chart of average geomagnetic jerks as the magnetic pole shift about halfway done and speeding up, and says a weaker field is letting auroras spread while the weak spot deepens.
Today's papers are a Holocene record of short-term solar forcing in northwestern Russia, and a Russian study that ties solar storms to cardiovascular risk. The show says both long-term and short-term space weather matter for Earth.
German Chancellor Merz has made a startling admission: Russia, not the German economy, is his overriding priority. In this episode we break down how this revealing statement could hasten his replacement by Wüst, while Alice Weidel and the AfD gain traction by accusing Merz of acting like the chancellor of Ukraine. Is Weidel on a Thatcher style path to power, and will Germany's establishment move to stop her?
Timeline:
00:00:00 Merz says only Russia matters
00:01:58 A rare frank admission from Merz
00:03:12 Germans losing jobs while Merz looks east
00:05:27 Will the CDU push Merz out
00:07:18 Germany's political class and Russia
00:09:32 Hendrik Wüst waiting in the wings
00:11:55 Can Germany survive without Russian resources
00:14:54 Alice Weidel dominates the Bundestag
00:16:31 Divisions inside the AfD
00:19:26 Is Weidel Germany's Margaret Thatcher
Doug Macgregor says the Greater Israel project wants Iran destroyed and that Donald Trump is its instrument, and that conventional weapons cannot destroy a country the size of Western Europe.
He tells Daniel Davis the next step under discussion is tactical nuclear weapons, which he says would cause catastrophic casualties without defeating Iran.
