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The Kyle Anzalone Show: Iran Achieved One of Its Core Objectives, A Political Defeat for President Trump
The midterms didn’t just bruise Republicans, they humiliated them, and I think the clearest explanation isn’t a sudden national conversion to Democratic…
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Report: GOP Sources Believe Hegseth Impeachment Will Pass the House
Republican Congressman Thomas Massie plans to force a vote on articles of impeachment against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth next week. Multiple Republicans…
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Zelensky Says Democrats’ Victory Could Lead to More Support for Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed optimism that the sweeping victory by the Democratic Party in the midterm elections will lead the US to…
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Iran Says Three Tankers Damaged in Strait of Hormuz
Three tankers were reportedly damaged in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday as Iran continues its campaign to restrict shipping through the waterway…
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Whither Vivek?
When Vivek Ramaswamy emerged onto the political scene, he provided a sense of hope for some that he might be a genuine alternative to the Republican…
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From Yemen to Sudan, Obama’s Catastrophe Spread Wide
The casual observer could be forgiven for wondering how the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a Sudanese paramilitary organization notorious for atrocities in…
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The Kyle Anzalone Show WATCH PARTY: LIVE Election Coverage
Election night coverage is usually sold as a scoreboard, but we treat it like a stress test for the whole system. While results roll in, we argue about what a…
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North Korea Conducts Missile Test, Announces New Warship
Amid escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula, North Korea fired several missiles into the sea and announced the construction of a new warship. The South…
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Trump, Vance Say Iran War Contributed to Republicans’ Midterm Defeat
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance admitted that the war against Iran contributed to the Republican Party losing dozens of House and Senate…
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Iran Dismisses US Response to Truce Proposal as ‘Unconvincing’
The renewed diplomatic push to end the war against Iran appears to be losing momentum as the Islamic Republic dismissed the US response to its latest proposal…
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Ep 090 “The German Colossus in Africa: Lettow-Vorbeck Victorious (Part One)””
In this episode, I sketch the life and exploits of one of my three Peak Guerrillas from the beginning of the 20th century, German GEN Paul Emil von…
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The Inescapable Smear of ‘Antisemitism’
Last week, Bill Kristol’s son-in-law Matthew Continetti wrote an op-ed about the midterm elections for The Wall Street Journal titled “Anti-Semitism is on the…
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USAID Was Never Only A Leftist Project
Over the last year, a common narrative has circulated through conservative commentary about Latin America’s political shifts. Washington dismantled the United…
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Trump: US Will End Annual Military Assistance to Israel at the End of the Year
President Donald Trump announced that the US will halt the roughly $4 billion in annual military assistance that the US provides to Israel. “We were…
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Iran Vows a ‘Crushing Response’ If US Attacks
Iran said it would deliver a “crushing response” if the US attacks the Islamic Republic again. The warning follows US airstrikes targeting Iranian…
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US to Join Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks in UAE Next Week
The US announced that American mediators will join talks between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators in the UAE. Additionally, the US will take part in talks…
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10/30/26 Emily Jashinsky on the Trump-Epstein Report and the Midterm Elections
Download Audio. Scott interviews Emily Jashinsky about the recent report detailing Trump’s activities with Jeffrey Epstein and his circles. They also talk…
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10/30/26 Kevin Gosztola on how Washington Uses the Espionage Act Against the American People
Download Audio. Journalist Kevin Gosztola returns to the show to discuss yet another story of the US government using the Espionage Act to protect its own…
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The Kyle Anzalone Show guest Lt Col Karen Kwiatkowski: Netanyahu Wants Trump to Attack Iran Immediately After Midterms
Preemptive pardons used to sound like a fringe fear. Now they’re getting floated like standard operating procedure, and we dig into what that says about the…
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The UAE’s Audacious Play To Co-Opt the United Nations
The word “audacity,” defined by the Cambridge English Dictionary as “courage or confidence of a kind that other people find shocking or rude,” is, as its…
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Trump Is Dealing With a Different North Korea
With all of President Donald Trump’s wars—Iran, Yemen, Ukraine, Nigeria, Somalia, Venezuela, and cartels—it’s easy to lose track of what is happening on…
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Netanyahu Pushes Trump to Attack Iran Immediately After Midterm Elections
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed President Donald Trump to escalate the war against Iran immediately after the US midterm elections on Tuesday…
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UN: More Than 300,000 Displaced By Fighting in Yemen
The UN agency for migration reports that hundreds of thousands of people in western Yemen have been forced to flee their homes over the past two months. “After…
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Hackers Send False Nuclear Warnings to Ukrainian and Russian Emergency Notification Apps
Ukrainian and Russian citizens received false notifications on their emergency warning apps, alerting them to incoming strikes with potential radiation and…
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The Good Cop – a short story
Raul had been a police man for most of his life, since the age of nineteen. He was now fifty-six. His first arrest was a thief, an old man who had stolen a…
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The State’s Political Violence And Yours
Independent Australian MP, Helen Haines, has lost both of her legs after being attacked by a man who drove his car repeatedly into her. The attack on the…
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Republicans Are As Socialist As Democrats
The national Republican Party has settled on a campaign against the Democrats, painting the opposition party as a bunch of economic socialists. “Across the…
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10/30/26 Andrew Day on the Iran War, Eight Months In
Download Audio. Scott interviews Andrew Day from The American Conservative about what’s happening with the Iran war. They discuss whether Trump will restart…
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10/30/26 Daniel Davis on the Delusional Narrative that Ukraine is Winning
Download Audio. Scott brings Daniel Davis back on the show to dig into some of the claims western war hawks are making that the Ukrainians are actually…
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The Kyle Anzalone Show guest Dave Benner: Will Americans Vote Against Israel on Tuesday?
War isn’t distant when it’s priced into every gallon of gas. Dave Benner from Liberty Vault joins us for a blunt end-of-week rundown on the war in Iran, the…
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Senate Republicans Threatened to Block Trump Nominee Over Pentagon Drug Boat Strikes
Senate Republicans threatened to block President Donald Trump’s nominees from receiving confirmation to pressure Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth to answer…
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Iranian Negotiators in Qatar for Third Day of Talks, Tehran Offers to Reopen Strait of Hormuz in Two Days
Iranian negotiators are meeting with Qatari mediators for a third day of talks aimed at ending the war with the US and Israel. Iran has offered a proposal to…
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US Approves Sale of 500 Patriot Missiles to Ukraine, Deliveries May Take Years
The State Department announced it had approved a potential $2.1 billion sale of Patriot missiles to Ukraine. Patriots are the most advanced interceptors…
The Libertarian InstituteDHP Ep. 293: DHP Halloween Special 2026
Join CJ as he reads the following Halloween-y poems & short stories: “Halloween” by Madison Julius Cawein “The Erl-King” by Johann…
The Libertarian InstituteDHP Eps. 171 & 174 Reissue: DHP Heroes: John Carpeneter
(*This episode is mostly comprised of DHP Eps. 171 & 174, which were originally made & published back in 2018.) In this DHP Reissue Two-Fer, CJ-in-2018 turns…
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10/26/26 Patrick Pillow on the Nature and Consequences of the 2011 Regime Change in Egypt
Download Audio. Scott interviews Patrick Pillow about the series he just started publishing on the regime change in Egypt in 2011. Discussed on the show…
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Douglas Murray and the ‘Four Horsemen of New Zionism’
Perhaps you’re old enough to recall the New Atheist movement and the “Four Horsemen of New Atheism,” a reference to the Four Horsemen of the…
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The Global Impact of Lula’s Victory in Brazil
On October 25, the left-wing incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who came second in the first round of elections, defeated the right-wing Flávio Bolsonaro…
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The Kyle Anzalone Show: Does Netanyahu Need to Reignite the Iran War to Stay in Power?
Starlink sounds like a simple story about connectivity, until you ask one question: who gets to decide when a “civilian” network becomes a weapon? We start by…
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The Kyle Anzalone Show guest hosts Producer Chris & LtCOL. Karen Kwiatkowski: Could Voting Independent Change Washington Politics?
They’ve spent years telling you an independent vote is a wasted vote. We don’t buy it, and we walk through why the “safe” choice keeps delivering the same…
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The Kyle Anzalone Show guest Kelley Vlahos: Does Trump Know the American People Are Done
A citywide Russia Ukraine ceasefire tied to a Melania Trump backchannel sounds absurd on its face, which is exactly why it’s worth taking seriously. We walk…
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The Kyle Anzalone Show guest Ken Silva: Thomas Crooks, Jan. 6 Pipe Bombs & OKC
An inch is not a “near miss” in politics, it’s a different timeline. Ken Silva joins me to lay out what we actually know about the Butler, Pennsylvania Trump…
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The Kyle Anzalone Show guest Karen Kwiatkowski: Why Did JD Vance Refuse to Endorse Netanyahu?
A president under pressure almost always looks for a villain, and today we’re asking a sharp question: is Zelensky becoming the White House’s favorite…
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Trump Says Vance Sent Letter to Iran Offering Medical Supplies
President Donald Trump said that Vice President JD Vance sent a letter to Iran offering medical assistance. Axios reported that the letter offered to engage in…
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Iran Claims Three Tankers Damaged in Strait of Hormuz, US Drone Captured
Iran claimed to have captured a US drone and that three vessels hit mines in the Strait of Hormuz. The US denied that its drone was captured. On Thursday…
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Reuters: Iran Uses 5,000 Secret Military Agencies to Bypass US Blockade
Reuters reports that Iran has developed an elaborate network of more than 5,000 military agencies to import equipment despite US sanctions and a naval…
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Ordinary Men Chp 13-14 w/John Weeks
John and I continue reading and commentary on Ordinary Men.
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10/23/26 Bill Buppert on Iran, Ukraine and Modern Militarism
Download Audio. Scott interviews Bill Buppert about Iran, the defense industry, the geopolitical delusions of the West, how evolving weapons technology will…
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A Subsidized Citizen Is An Expropriated Citizen
In a statement posted on Twitter/X, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) said: REMINDER: The single biggest driver of our national debt for the last 25 YEARS have been…
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The Quad and the Squad: Washington’s Anti-China Coalitions
Washington is preparing for a new round of talks in the Indo-Pacific. The South China Morning Post reported on October 22 that Philippine ambassador Jose…
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Failure Feeding Failure is Not Program Optimization
“A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon, you’re talking real money.” (attributed to Senator Everett Dirksen, R-Ill) As most folks know…
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Israeli Soldiers Inadvertently Prove Their Own Genocidal Guilt
It usually began with the engineers walking the length of a street, threading charges through house after house along a whole block. Then the countdown, and…
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AI Can Never Have Rights
The most recent tech dystopia discourse has been driven by a meeting between AI bigwigs and Pope Leo XIV, wherein one of them tried to convince the Pope that…
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Will the Feds Kill Your Bank Account?
This month, a Trump administration report confirmed Joe Biden’s White House secretly connived to destroy Americans’ financial freedom. Those bureaucrats…
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Serbia: Return of the Bulldozer
Serbia’s 2000 Bulldozer Revolution, which culminated in the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević, in many ways set the standard for what we now refer to as the…
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The West is Losing the Icebreaker Fleet Olympics
America has 1.5 icebreaker left and the rest of the world has more. The Royal Navy is the only competition with America in this race to the bottom with…
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Government Always Has A Death Penalty (Like It Or Not)
People have been debating what to do with murderers for thousands of years. Plato discussed the contentious matter in his dialogues, and it is likely that…
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A Latin American NATO? It May Be Necessary
Before dawn on January 3, 2026, American warplanes pounded military targets across Venezuela while U.S. Special Forces kidnapped President Nicolás Maduro and…
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Other Mommy and other therapy films, a review of sorts…
There has been a run of successful independent horror films which break the torture porn and slasher model. They are not creature features or monster romps…
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Iran Says Seven Ships Damaged in Strait of Hormuz in Single Night
Iran said that seven vessels attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz without following Tehran’s protocols were damaged or set on fire overnight. Iranian…