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THE SILENT ALLIES. THE ARAB COALITION FIGHTING IRAN INTHE GULF
For most observers watching the escalating confrontation with Iran, the conflict appears to be framed as a U.S.–Israel campaign against Tehran. Yet beneath the surface lies another reality: a quiet but consequential Arab defensive coalition operating across the Persian Gulf.
lhpgop
9 hours ago4 min read


Nixon’s Iran Policy — Is It Still Relevant?
Few American presidents thought about the Middle East as strategically as Richard Nixon. Long before the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Nixon viewed Iran as the central geopolitical pivot of the Persian Gulf.
lhpgop
4 days ago4 min read


Why Everything Feels Expensive
When consumers experience higher prices in everyday life, they are usually witnessing the combined effect of several forces.
lhpgop
5 days ago6 min read


The Pill and the Rewriting of Western Civilization
Few people at the time imagined that this small tablet would eventually reshape the timing of adulthood, alter the incentives surrounding relationships, and contribute to demographic changes that now affect the future of entire nations.
lhpgop
Mar 76 min read


IRAN: OPERATION EPIC FURY 2/28.26 (AS OF 16:35 EST)
Current operational emphasis remains kinetic and decapitation-oriented rather than territorial control or governance.
lhpgop
Feb 283 min read


THOMAS MASSIE WILL STOP THE "WAR" IN IRAN?
America First does not mean America paralyzed. The President, as Commander in Chief, possesses long-recognized authority to conduct limited military actions, especially when deterrence or immediate national security interests are involved. That authority has been exercised by Democrats and Republicans alike for decades, often with Congress responding afterward through funding or targeted authorizations.
lhpgop
Feb 282 min read


Fault Lines on the Durand Line: Why Pakistan and Afghanistan Are Fighting — and How It Could Be Contained
The latest round of fighting between Pakistan and Taliban-run Afghanistan marks the most serious escalation between the two neighbors since the U.S. withdrawal.
lhpgop
Feb 273 min read


America First in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
The American system of federalism further complicates the matter. Utility regulation, environmental review, water rights, and zoning authority are distributed across federal, state, and local jurisdictions. Requiring AI firms to construct generation capacity respects this layered authority rather than overriding it.
lhpgop
Feb 254 min read


THE DEATH OF EL MENCHO
A pre-dawn operation by Army special forces + National Guard, with airborne surveillance/support and U.S. intelligence assistance for confirmation/overwatch, attempted to capture him.
lhpgop
Feb 244 min read


Let’s Get Rid of the Billionaires… But Which Ones?
The modern call to eliminate billionaires reflects an underlying anxiety about the direction of contemporary civilization. Yet the problem is not simply the existence of great wealth. It is the cultural and economic order that produces particular forms of wealth and rewards particular forms of human activity.
lhpgop
Feb 235 min read


TRUMP’S TARIFF WAR 2.0 — The Train Kept Rolling
The “pay back tariffs” narrative is therefore less a statement of law than a simplification — one that converts a technical warning about litigation risk into a dramatic economic scare.
lhpgop
Feb 203 min read


Climate Litigation and Institutional Incentives: Examining the EPA Lawsuit and the Political Economy of the “Green Agenda”
Many of the organizations involved operate within a policy environment where climate regulation is closely tied to their institutional growth, funding streams, and influence.
lhpgop
Feb 195 min read


Why So Many Young Men Follow Online Influencers Today or “Why so many guys are lowkey obsessed with influencers rn”
The popularity of these figures reflects a larger social reality: many young men are searching for guidance about success, identity, and purpose.
Traditional sources of direction — community institutions, stable career paths, and clear social expectations — have weakened.
lhpgop
Feb 166 min read


Venezuela Status Report (as of Feb 11, 2026)
What you’re seeing is consistent with a real ramp-up in sanctioned-but-authorized energy activity:
lhpgop
Feb 113 min read


China’s Great Green Lie: What “World Leader in Renewables” Really Means
China is not leading a clean-energy revolution. It is leading a numbers revolution.
lhpgop
Feb 44 min read


FLORIDA VS. A WEAPONIZED CENSUS
Florida does not need Congress to act—and does not need to challenge the Census itself.
lhpgop
Feb 32 min read


The Quiet Coalition Defending the Fed
The Senate’s reaction—freezing nominations, demanding investigations be dropped rather than concluded, and admitting there may be no procedural path forward—signals how intolerable that reframing would be to the current order.
lhpgop
Feb 33 min read


WHO RUNS MITCH MCCONNELL
With Mitch McConnell showing visible decline and no longer serving as party leader, the old assumption — that one man is personally directing every strategic pause — no longer fits the facts. What remains is a familiar Washington pattern: power disperses to those who control time and money.
lhpgop
Feb 23 min read


The Real Game Behind the GameHow Money Is Actually Made in the NBA and Premier League Soccer
Professional sports today are not just competitions. They are attention businesses.
lhpgop
Jan 294 min read


WHERE IS "El CID"? A Decree Against the Nation: How Spain’s Leaders Turned Their Backs on the People
Spain is not a blank slate.It is not a spreadsheet.It is not a laboratory for ideological fantasies.
A nation is a shared inheritance: economic, cultural, and civic. It survives only when change happens with consent, at a pace people can absorb, and in service of those who already belong to it.
lhpgop
Jan 273 min read
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