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Mallen Baker: Faultlines
'Dangerously reasonable' analysis on politics, science, and particularly the bit where they bump into each other. I aim to give an independent, fact-focused, non-ideological take on the issues that matter.
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Joe Rogan Compares ICE To The Gestapo - Is He Right?
He was a highly influential Trump endorser in the election - but he has been critical several times since the Trump administration took office. And this week…
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Trump Rejects Europe’s Best Face-Saving Offer On Greenland
Staring directly in the face of the End Of NATO, the European NATO countries, along with Denmark and Greenland, have come up with their best version of an…
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Will Europe Fight For Greenland If Trump Invades?
Over the weekend, we heard that Trump had instructed options to be drawn up for taking Greenland through military action. Also, the European NATO members…
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Q&A: Will The Iranian Regime Collapse?
To mark the start of 2026, and also the milestone of 150k subscribers for this channel, a Q&A, where we cover Trump, Venezuela, Europe, Greenland, economic…
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Oil Companies Say NO to Trump's Venezuela Plan
Trump enjoyed his most dramatic "success" at the start of the year, with his military's flawless operation to grab Nicolas Maduro, and to extort Venezuela into…
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How Minneapolis ICE Shooting Normalises US Political Violence | News Round-Up
In this news round-up of the week for Friday January 9th, 2025. The US takes another step towards normalising political violence with the shooting of a woman…
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Will Europe Fight For Greenland If Trump Invades?
Since the operation against Nicolas Maduro, the Trump Administration has been in bullish mood about its ability to use military power to get anything it wants…
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Why Venezuela Could Explode Into Civil War
Two things we've learned in the last couple of days. One - the Trump administration officially could not care less about international law, at least - if it…
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Will Venezuela Be The Mistake That Defines Trump’s Presidency?
So the plan to oust Nicolas Madura resulted in an attack, during which the dictator and his wife were seized and transported to the United States. This is an…
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Trump Warns Iran 'LOCKED AND LOADED' | News Round-Up
In this news round-up of the week for January 2nd 2026, President Trump threatens military action against Iran, as the regime there tries to cope with mass…
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Democracy Is Collapsing. Here's How To Get It Back
What are the three basic values and processes of democratic systems that we are most in danger of losing - both in Trump's United States and much of Europe…
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Why Trump Will Have A Terrible New Year
The New Year is upon us - a time for new beginnings! But for President Trump, the early days of 2026 could see the Supreme Court ruling on the legality of his…
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Trump Faces Huge MAGA Revolt Against AI Data Centres
In the first half of 2025, the massive investment in Artificial Intelligence data centres was by far the largest part of the economic growth that the US…
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Trump's Christmas Bombs In Nigeria | News Round-Up
In this news round-up of the week for Friday December 26th 2025. Trump's America launches a bombing strike against ISIS targets in Nigeria - but with the…
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Does the US Navy Need ‘Trump Class’ Ships?
President Trump has launched a new battleship concept for the US Navy, bigger, more advanced, faster - what else could it be called other than 'Trump Class'?…
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Trump Escalates Moves Against Greenland With 'special envoy'
President Trump had already told us that he wanted to take over Greenland. Then we got the sense that it was a live project when it was revealed that spies had…
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Trump's Nightmare: China's Growing Power In South America
In its recent National Security Strategy, the Trump Administration lay claim to Central and South America as being 'its neighbourhood', where it would exert…
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Trump’s Panic On Full View To The Nation | News Round-Up
In this news round-up of the week for Friday December 19th, 2025. President Trump addresses the nation, and it's fascinating for what it says about the…
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Trump Team Panics When Susie Wiles Tells The Truth
President Trump's trusted and loyal chief of staff, Susie Wiles, always known as the quiet person who got everything done, has hit the news big time with a…
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The MAGA Base Is Turning on Trump
By all accounts, the MAGA faithful are starting to despair at the disconnect between what candidate Donald Trump promised during his election campaign, and…
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Elon Musk Admits DOGE Was A Dud - Wouldn’t Do It Again
In an interview a few days ago, Elon Musk - normally the purveyor of hubris and inflated promises - said that DOGE had been "a little bit" successful. This was…
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The Real Reason Trump Wants Maduro Out Of Venezuela | News Round-Up
In this news round-up of the week for Friday December 12th 2025: President Trump's Navy seizes an oil tanker carrying Venezuelan crude which highlights what…
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Trump To Force Tourists To Give Social Media History At The Border
One of the big stories of 2025 has been the plummeting rates of foreign tourists entering the United States. Whether because President Trump has insulted their…
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Why Is Europe Still Pretending Trump Is Their Ally?
European leaders and Ukraine's President Zelensky have been meeting yet again to agree a way forward in the face of Trump's pressure for Ukraine to sign a…
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Japan Trusts Trump On China - Then Instantly Regrets It
The new Prime Minister of Japan, Sanae Takaichi, established a great rapport with President Trump right from the start - or so it seemed. But when she…
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Trump’s World Strategy Shocks Europe And The World | News Round-Up
In this news round-up of the week for Friday December 5th 2025 - The US launches its new security strategy, and it doesn't mince words in laying out the real…
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Trump Suddenly Realises He's Caught In A Trap
President Trump assumed that waving a big stick in front of Venzuela's Nicolas Maduro would result in him agreeing to step down, since the US has all of its…
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NATO Wants a More Aggressive Face to Putin – Will Trump Block It?
NATO is realising that the hybrid warfare being waged against it by Russia, via sabotage, airspace incursions, disinformation and hacking attacks, are too…
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Leaked Illegal Order On Venezuela Boats Could Be War Crime
According to the Washington Post, President Trump's defence secretary Pete Hegseth ordered specifically that there should be no survivors from the first of the…
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Massive Judicial Revolt Over Trump’s Illegal Orders | News Round-Up
In this news round-up of the week for Friday, November 28th 2025. President Trump faces a major legal backlash as analysis shows hundreds of judges have ruled…
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The World Is Starting To Push Back On Trump
This week, we saw the Trump Administration trying to blackmail the EU with steel and aluminium tariffs to get it to dismantle its regulations on big tech. We…
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Why Michelle Obama Is Wrong About America
A couple of weeks ago, Michelle Obama said that America wasn't ready to vote for a woman as President. Today, in the UK - which has had three women Prime…
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Why Trump’s MAGA Movement Is Falling Apart
We've talked before about the two sides of MAGA - the personality cult / ideological part, which is noisy and enthusiastic at times, and perpetually confused…
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Trump Demands Thanks For His Ukraine Surrender Plan
As expected, European and Ukrainian leaders have been locked in urgent talks with the US as they try to negotiate down the Trump Ukraine Surrender Plan to…
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Trump Aims To FORCE Ukraine Surrender | News Round-Up
In this news round-up of the week for Friday, November 21st, 2025, we examine the text of Trump's Ukraine surrender plan and the attempt to force Ukraine to…
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Trump And Putin's Secret Plan To Stitch Ukraine Up
It's just been revealed that Putin's Russia has been working in secret with the Trump administration to agree what is described as a 28-point plan, based on…
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Humiliating Epstein U-Turn Has Ended Trump’s Power Over His Own Party
With one abrupt and astonishing U-turn, President Trump has removed all doubt that he's prematurely entering the lame duck phase of his presidency. Faced with…
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Q&A: Will America Return To Democracy After 2029?
Lots of questions for this video to celebrate my long-delayed YouTube silver button! Lots on the United States and democracy, what the Trump administration end…
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Why Trump Just Put All of Latin America on Notice | News Round-Up
In this news round-up of the week for Friday November 14th 2025 - An announcement by Trump's War Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to signal a completely new focus…
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Why Canadians’ Boycott Of Trump’s America Is Turning Into Habit
Boycotts rarely work, and even the ones that do, rarely stick. But Canadians are making themselves the exception. Ten months in, they are still avoiding…
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Even Trump's Best Allies Are Turning Against Him
The UK's Prime Minister Keir Starmer has gone to great lengths to stay on the right side of President Trump since he was re-elected. All the usual flattery…
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How The BBC Is Losing The War For Reality
On one level, the BBC made some pretty evident mistakes on impartiality - and most damagingly on a documentary on Trump, the echoes of which quickly…
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Trump’s Panic Offer To Give Everyone Free Money - On One Condition
President Trump just unleashed a barrage on social media where he railed against the Supreme Court, against anyone and everyone who is against tariffs - and…
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Russia Threatens Trump's America Over Venezuela | News Round-Up
In this news round-up of the week, Russia considers giving Maduro its latest hypersonic missiles to use to defend himself against Trump's America, even as…
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Was THIS The Week Trump Became A Lame Duck President?
Political fortunes can turn on a dime. One second, a major figure can seem immovable, all powerful - then suddenly something shifts and they're left trying to…
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Is Trump's Power About To Be DESTROYED By The Supreme Court?
The lower courts have both ruled that the bulk of Trump's tariffs are plainly unconstitutional. Now it has come to the Supreme Court, and it's arguably the…
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The 'New Elites' Looking To Win The MAGA Civil War
The Trump MAGA base - with its mix of personality cultists, conspiracy theorists and uneasy traditional Republicans - is in uproar right now as Tucker…
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How The ‘Peace President’ Is Bullying The World
Two stories came out today. One - it's becoming clear just how aggressively the Trump administration threatened delegates to the International Maritime…
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Why Trump’s Nuclear Test Order Is A Massive Own-Goal | News Round-Up
In this news round-up of the week, Trump orders a resumption to nuclear testing - a move that would have major global consequences, and apparently he did so on…
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Trump Just Lost The Trade War With China
President Trump's much-anticipated summit with China's Xi Jinping has confirmed what was already obvious to all but the most MAGA-faithful - Trump lost the…
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Did Bill Gates Just Make A Shocking Admission On Climate Change?
Headlines are on all the major news sites - Bill Gates just did a major u-turn on climate change. He now says it's NOT the end of the world. He says the United…
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Trump Wants A Third Term - Why That Could Go Badly Wrong For Him
We know that Trump would LOVE to run for a third term - not least because he keeps telling us so. And now some of his people, such as Steve Bannon, are saying…
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Trump Dances In Malaysia - But China Is Not Impressed
President Trump has arrived in Malaysia for his tour of Southeast Asia. Pausing in Malaysia only to do some embarrassing dancing and signing supposed peace…
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The Real Reason Trump Pulled Canada Trade Deal | News Round-Up
In this news round-up of the week - Trump declares sanctions against the two biggest Russian oil companies - will it finally push China and India away from…
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Top Generals Are Turning On Trump And Hegseth
Former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, in service of President Trump, is on a mission to de-wokify the US armed forces. Well, okay. But what else? The top generals…
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How America’s Fake Free Speech Is Poisoning The West
President Trump's America is making a thing out of lecturing its allies about the importance of free speech. And yet while doing this, they spread toxic…
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The Summit Is OFF And America's Allies Make Clear They Don’t Trust Trump
The planned second summit between President Trump and Vladimir Putin is suddenly off - following the realisation that Russia has no intention of negotiating…
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Revealed: Trump Demanded Ukraine SURRENDER In Zelensky Meeting
We knew that Trump had been somewhat swayed by Russia's Vladimir Putin in their phone call last Thursday, but it has just been revealed today just how much…
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Trump FURIOUS As World Ignores His Threats Over UN Climate Move
President Trump is used to getting his way - with just about anyone (except possibly Vladimir Putin, and Xi Jinping). In particular, he's used to being able to…
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Trump vs China - The Rest Of The World Is Caught In The Crossfire
While Trump was being treated as an all-conquering hero in the Middle East, he had hanging over him the one fight he just realised he can't win - his renewed…