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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
16 hours ago2 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
2 days ago3 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
4 days ago4 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
5 days ago4 min read


Governor Shapiro’s “19 Wins” Claim Is Political Messaging — Not Legal Reality
Governor Shapiro’s claim creates the impression
lhpgop
6 days ago3 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
6 days ago5 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


Civilizational Regression: From Logos to Rite
he technologies change. The pattern does not.
Rome, Weimar, Maoist China, revolutionary France—all exhibited early ritualization before overt collapse. Modern societies are not exempt simply because they are technologically advanced.
lhpgop
Feb 93 min read


Institutions of Islam Incompatible with the U.S. Constitution.
This limitation preserves, rather than diminishes, religious freedom by maintaining one civil law, equally applied
lhpgop
Feb 64 min read


Strategic Signaling, Not War: Understanding Trump’s Pressure Campaign on Iran
Neoconservatives tend to view military power as meaningful only when used kinetically. If bombs are not falling, they assume weakness or indecision.
lhpgop
Feb 23 min read


THE "STRUGGLE" JUNKIES. THE MODERN PROTESTER IS STRUGGLING WITH STRUGGLE
To those of the younger generation who refuse to mistake noise for numbers and chaos for consensus: take heart. The destructive voices you see amplified daily are not the majority—they only appear so because outrage is rewarded and restraint is ignored.
lhpgop
Jan 315 min read


EROSION OF TRUST. MEDIA TOYS WITH THE TRUTH IN MINNEAPOLIS
It is designed to:
Erode trust in federal authority by personalizing fear, using moral symbolism in place of law.
lhpgop
Jan 243 min read


TRUMP'S DA LACKS AGGRESSION. BONDI NEEDS ONLY OPEN GARLAND'S PLAYBOOK.
The Department of Justice has already demonstrated the scope of its authority. The current question is whether those authorities will be applied consistently—or selectively.
lhpgop
Jan 224 min read


PAPER DRAGON. A Structural Assessment of PRC Power, Vulnerability, and Strategic Overstatement
Intelligence professionals must be trained to see through the shimmer—and to recognize that systems built on opacity, coercion, and external dependence rarely perform well when exposed to time, pressure, and friction.
lhpgop
Jan 225 min read


When the Camera Becomes the Weapon.
There may never be subpoenas or indictments arising from Milwaukee. But the incident should force an uncomfortable reckoning: if journalism is going to operate as a combat arm of ideological movements, it cannot also claim the immunities of detached neutrality
lhpgop
Jan 193 min read


OPERATION. ARCTIC SPRING. HOW THE OBAMA COULD HAVE TAKEN GREENLAND
Think of it as a fusion of Arab Spring tradecraft, Cold War IO doctrine, and modern NGO-media-platform dynamics, with Greenland as the test case
lhpgop
Jan 1916 min read


THE US's GREENLAND SECRET. OPERATION: ICEWORM & CAMP CENTURY
The “city under the ice” ultimately proved unworkable due to shifting glaciers and political constraints, but it remains a fascinating chapter of Cold War history
lhpgop
Jan 167 min read


TALES FROM FENTYLAND. 10 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT...
Revelation / Inference supported by reporting:Spain took roughly two years to finally extradite Carvajal to the U.S., despite the charges and U.S. pressure. Commentators in Europe and Latin America have openly speculated that left parties allegedly funded by Venezuela had zero interest in Carvajal testifying on their money trails.
lhpgop
Jan 165 min read


The Sioux in Minneapolis: Protest, Sovereignty, and the Ghost of 1973
If the spectacle escalates—if Sioux protesters try to block ICE vans or interfere with federal operations—the optics will invert overnight:
lhpgop
Jan 153 min read
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