Welcome, America, to the surreal and dangerous sideshow of Donald Trump’s second presidential term. Forget draining the swamp; Trump and his GOP sycophants in Congress, the courts, and the executive branch have transformed Washington into a Kremlin carnival—where Russian interests are sold as American greatness, and reality itself is twisted into an unrecognizable mess. Let’s…
What was supposed to be a crucial diplomatic meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and Vice President J.D. Vance instead turned into a chaotic, embarrassing display of American leadership at its most incompetent. If there were any doubts that Trump fundamentally misunderstands global threats, today’s meeting erased them. The Warning Zelensky…
By Justin Jest – Gonzo Journalist, Reluctant Realist, Connoisseur of Chaos Three years into Russia’s bloody war on Ukraine, Europe is bracing for something even worse. Putin’s threats are escalating. His government is openly talking about annexing more Ukrainian land, rattling its nuclear saber, and testing NATO’s patience with missile violations and airspace incursions. Meanwhile,…
By Justin Jest – Gonzo Journalist, Reluctant Realist, Connoisseur of Chaos For the past 80 years, Germany has been the quiet backbone of Western Europe, keeping things efficient, stable, and occasionally dull. But nothing is stable anymore. The 2025 German elections weren’t just about who gets to be chancellor of the world’s fourth-largest economy. No,…
By Justin Jest – Gonzo Journalist, Reluctant Realist, Connoisseur of Chaos If Donald Trump were any deeper in Vladimir Putin’s pocket, he’d be jingling next to loose rubles and a set of Soviet-era medals. The man who once called Putin a genius is now regurgitating the Kremlin’s greatest hits—this time, blaming Ukraine for the war…
By Justin Jest – Gonzo Journalist, Reluctant Realist, Connoisseur of Chaos The world is burning, the oceans are rising, war looms in Eastern Europe and the Pacific, and yet somehow—somehow—the navies of the United States, China, and Russia all found themselves floating side by side in the warm, cerulean waters of the Bali Strait. No…
Across Eurasia, being a journalist in 2025 is starting to feel less like a profession and more like a prison sentence waiting to happen. In Turkey, Azerbaijan, and beyond, governments are locking up reporters, raiding newsrooms, and using vague laws to silence dissent—because when reality is inconvenient, the easiest fix is to throw the truth-tellers…
War has many victims, but one of the first to fall is the truth—and right behind it are the journalists trying to report it. As of February 17, at least 39 journalists remain locked up in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, caught in the crossfire of military crackdowns, censorship, and paranoia. ✔ Since October 2023, at least…
Donald Trump has once again redefined economic policy—not by cutting spending, reforming tax laws, or balancing the budget—but by threatening to slap tariffs on foreign imports and then using that revenue to finance tax cuts. Because, as we all know, when you need money, the best thing to do is start a trade war and…
In a move that stunned career diplomats, enraged humanitarian groups, and likely made Vladimir Putin giggle, Trump has officially gone nuclear on foreign aid. Not satisfied with just trimming the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Trump went straight for the jugular—ordering mass layoffs and attempting to shut the agency down entirely. Because if there’s…
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