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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.
Episodes
- Mallen Baker: Faultlines
Is INCOMPETENCE America’s biggest security threat?
Convention would have you believe that the most classified American secrets - such as live military operations to strike at targets abroad - are handled with…
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Trump's shock move on Greenland provokes fear and fury
If the people of Greenland thought they would get a respite while they engage in the slow negotiations to form the next government following their recent…
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Has the European populist wave been killed by MAGA?
Over the last few years, the rise of populist and far right parties in a number of key European countries has been a feature of the changing political…
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America’s Institutions Are Caving to Trump —Here’s Why
One of the key guarantees against authoritarian rule in the United States is the independence of a number of key institutions, especially the judiciary, but…
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Is Trump's America leading the world to autocracy?
A new report about the state of democracy in the world makes for sobering reading. But the most striking thing about it is that it adds additional content to…
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Why Trump's Putin call was a total bust
So President Trump finally held his call with Russia's President Vladimir Putin. And for all his advance pronouncements that they would be carving up the…
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UK's Net Zero consensus EXPLODES
The Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has announced an end to her party's support for the previously consensus climate change policy target of net zero…
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Trump boasts of giving Ukraine's assets to Putin
President Trump and President Putin have a direct call scheduled to take place tomorrow (Tuesday 18th Mar). In talking about it, Trump said that part of the…
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Two signs Putin could be about to TURN on Trump
The awkward pause continues, with Russia's President Putin keeping the world, and specifically President Trump, waiting and guessing about his ultimate…
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Elon Musk is self-destructing
Nobody has been so embedded with the Trump operation as Elon Musk has been over the last couple of months. And it's fair to say he's been everywhere - every…
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How Putin is playing Trump on Ukraine ceasefire
Putin has said he accepts Trump's unconditional ceasefire agreement ... with some conditions. In this video, we look at the game of chess that's being played…
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Has Trump's Gaza plan been thwarted?
Trump had a dream of the Gaza Riviera, where the Palestinians had been cleared from their own country and resettled in neighbouring Egypt and Jordan, leaving a…
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The US-Ukraine Ceasefire Plan - Why it's a big problem for Putin
So the US - Ukraine talks in Saudi Arabia conclude with a proposal for a 30-day ceasefire. A full ceasefire, not the partial one the Ukrainians had initially…
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What would fascism in America REALLY look like?
Various people have been asking if the radical new type of government the US has found itself with - undoubtedly more authoritarian by instinct than previous…
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Why Trump’s Ukraine betrayal will come back to bite the US
The US-Ukraine talks begin tomorrow in Saudi Arabia, and Ukraine at least will find out then just how ruthless the US intends to be in threatening to let Putin…
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Is Mallen 'off the fence' on President Trump?
I've had a couple of YouTube comments recently asking if the slightly different tone of videos in the last few weeks means that the non-partisan position of…
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Yes, Trump really DOES mean to annex Canada
When he first said it, everyone thought he was joking. It was a joke that Canadians found insulting, but even so. But then in subsequent discussions, Canadian…
- Mallen Baker: Faultlines
Trump just killed NATO - but they won't admit it
The current European leaders, along with the NATO Secretary General, are all agreed that NATO remains solid, the United States partnership likewise, the mutual…
- Mallen Baker: Faultlines
Trump's secret moves to bring down Zelensky
Today it was revealed that senior members of the Trump administration have been talking to the political opposition in Ukraine, seeking to find who would be…
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Ukraine's Zelensky is walking into a trap
Zelensky has sent the letter to president Trump that was demanded - agreeing to sign the one-sided minerals deal, to put himself 'under Trump's strong…
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European peace plan in tatters as Trump cancels Ukraine support
In spite of Europe's hopes that somehow there would be a path to keeping Trump onside with supporting Ukraine, the inevitability of the dashing of those hopes…
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Trump's pro-Putin anti-Zelensky stance hardens
Europe and Ukraine's desperate plan is to win back Trump to the cause of supporting Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression. But while they work on the…
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The Starmer plan to win Trump for Ukraine back - and why it will fail
Europe has been regrouping with president Zelensky and trying to come to terms with the fallout from the massive meltdown in the Oval Office on Friday. And…
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What nobody's saying about the Oval Office meltdown
Macron and Starmer had had visits to the White House that had been described as triumphs, simply because they avoided humiliation. In other words, they avoided…
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Starmer's visit to Trump - not quite a triumph
We are being told that UK prime minister Keir Starmer's visit to Trump in the White House was a 'triumph'. On one level - that of managing a potential…
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Did Trump accidentally save Canada's Liberals?
For the last couple of years, it has looked a foregone conclusion that Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party was going to go down in flames at the next election, and…
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Trump's minerals deal changed the world
Ukraine has negotiated a form of Trump's critical minerals deal that it is prepared to sign. We haven't seen it yet, but it's clear that it has been nudged…
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Is DOGE starting to FAIL?
For the last few weeks, all we've been hearing about has been Doge! According to some, it's slashing through government bureaucracy spectacularly laying waste…
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Can Europe go it alone in supporting Ukraine?
Germany elected a new government yesterday, and the new chancellor led off with his ambition to make Europe and Germany independent of America. As if to…
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Ukraine stunned by US demands it withdraws Russia-critical UN motion
February 24th is the anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and - as with the previous years, Ukraine and co-sponsors has put a motion to be voted on by…
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US threatens to PULL STARLINK from Ukraine
Zelensky's refusal to sign an apparently absurdly one-sided deal where Ukraine hands over half of the value of its resources for nothing in return from the…
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Anti-woke right divided on Trump's Ukraine pitch
Trump's demand for total loyalty while also making statements such as 'Ukraine started the war' and 'Zelensky is a dictator' is dividing his natural support…
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How Russian disinformation poisoned our society
The mere word 'disinformation' has become controversial in the modern culture wars - which is great news for the hostile states who actually use disinformation…
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Trump and Putin's shock call - what no-one's saying
This week, Putin and Russian commentators were delighted, and Ukraine and Western ones were distraught, when Trump announced that he had a long call with…
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China's shocking progress on Taiwan a test for Trump
China has its sights on reunification with China - what people don't realise is how much progress it has been making over the last year in the direction of…
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Trump's Gaza plan has changed the Middle East
When Trump announced his extraordinary vision for the future of the Gaza Strip, many dismissed it as just a madcap idea. But while the enormity of what it…
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Trump shreds American soft power
President Trump has bashed America's close allies Canada and Mexico in return for stuff they were already doing anyway. He has threatened the EU with likewise…
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DC air crash tragedy - can we get past the politics?
At Reagan National Airport in Washington DC, we have seen a major tragedy with the mid-air collision of a passenger airliner and a military helicopter. Almost…
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China's new AI destroys America's tech complacency
The Chinese company DeepThink has just released its latest AI large language model - and it has caused a massive reaction. It runs rings around the American AI…
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Trump's Ukraine war pitch: NOT what we were expecting
In his first week back as president of the United States, Donald Trump started making significant noises on the Ukraine war, and his opening pitch could…
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How the mainstream media lies to you
You hear it often - the mainstream media lies. You can't trust them. But the fact is that - in volume terms - they do so only very occasionally. It's just that…
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Musk and Cummings 'plot' to overthrow Keir Starmer?
Reports came out on Sunday that the former advisor to the prime minister and Brexit campaign supremo Dominic Cummings has been in discussion with Elon Musk…
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Why Trump's Greenland gambit has changed everything
In a press conference this week, president-elect Trump said that he wanted to take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal - not ruling out the use of…
- Mallen Baker: Faultlines
Elon Musk takes on the world - this won't end well
Elon Musk has been ... busy. Attacking Keir Starmer and his government in the UK, whilst praising Tommy Robinson and calling for him to be released from jail…
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This podcast / channel in 2025
This channel has always had a perspective, but it has been something of a blank page - always looking at whatever seems important that has come into view. But…
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2025 will be PEAK TRUMP - but it's going to be tougher than he thinks
Looking forward to 2025 - there's no doubt it is going to be the year of Trump. But not only that, it's going to be the year of peak Trump. With every year…
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Normalising violence - the response to Luigi Mangioni
In the last week, there has been much comment on the astonishing internet response to the murderer of CEO Brian Thompson. Large numbers of people have…
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Are Nigel Farage and Elon Musk about to transform UK politics?
This week, Keir Starmer made a keynote speech laying out his six milestones for how the Labour government should, in his view, be judged at the next election…
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Do-it-yourself cults - are you in one?
Lots of groups in these polarised times get accused by their opponents of 'being in a cult'. And sometimes, actually quite often, they have a point. But…
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UK Parliament approves assisted dying - at least in principle
The UK Parliament today debated a groundbreaking assisted death bill that could reshape how we approach end-of-life care. The Labour Party has brought forward…
- Mallen Baker: Faultlines
Electric vehicles facing struggles worldwide
We know the story - China is dominating the EV industry with its remarkable and cheap cars which the Western bloated manufacturers simply can't compete with…
- Mallen Baker: Faultlines
The British farmers protests - explained
In the UK, farmers are protesting in a way they haven't in recent times. They are furious about proposed inheritance tax changes to be brought in by the Labour…
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America's extremes are tearing it apart
One of the regular topics of discussion in the media in the US recently has been how polarised and divided the country has become, even to the extent where…
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China has now caused more global warming than the EU
This week sees the COP29 conference on climate change, where the expectation is that the next US president will walk away from the issue, leaving China a…
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Trump's cabinet picks get wild - but can they get through?
Matt Gaetz, Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F Kennedy Jr are amongst the recent names released by President-Elect Trump as his nominations for his cabinet. To say the…
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Why Kamala lost and Trump won big
After years of our lives being taken up by the campaign for the US presidency, we finally have a result. And against the apparent polling, it is a clear and…
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The US election is here, and it got even more stupid
The US election has ... finally ... arrived. It's all over, bar the shouting. Except that the shouting has gotten pretty loud, and it's likely to continue for…
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Israel and Hamas War - Making sense of where we are
It has been the sort of week that will be referred to in decades, even centuries, hence as being one that was a turning point in history. There is a lot to…
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Electric vehicles - the new battleground for the world
In the US, in the UK and the EU - the proposed shift from internal combustion cars to electric vehicles is starting to become a major factor in a big political…
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UK net zero debate just changed ... for the better
This week, Rishi Sunak just announced pushing back of a few net zero targets - but much more significantly signalled a shift in campaign positioning that has…