Notes in the Margin

Bari Weiss gate-keeps the right against antiwar conservatives. Sound familiar?

Japan's 10-year bond yield is now the highest its been since the 1990s. Inflation has run above above the BOJ’s 2% target for 44 straight months.

Israel barred foreign journalists from reporting in Gaza after the start of the war in 2023. BTW, Israelis now openly call for censorship in the United States also.

Where is the "duly elected" president we were told about? Turns out none of the US-supported leaders have enough public support to take power. 

He was almost VP. Soon he'll be just another "visiting scholar" at a leftwing think tank. Perhaps he can hang out with Liz Cheney. 

Jack Hunter: "From WMDs to bombing Iran, the president who consistently mocked the GWOT is now pushing the same old buttons."
 

Trump claimed Washington would pay for the occupation of Venezuela with profits from the country’s oil. 

"A dollar saved in 1913 retains roughly $0.03 of its original purchasing power. The M2 money supply has expanded from approximately $15 billion to over $21 trillion..." 

If Iranian authorities kill protestors, the US will ‘come to their rescue’, Trump says.

Wired: "2026 will be the year when US dollar dilution—the quiet erosion of its global dominance as countries trade and pay in alternatives—starts to build momentum."