Notes in the Margin

Israel has received over $21 billion in military aid from the US and Washington has bombed Iran and Yemen for Tel Aviv. 

The verification process for 3.6 million voters must be completed before the February 18 statewide primary election.

"As uncertainty deepens amid the U.S. government’s first shutdown in almost seven years, the gold frenzy continues to climb to new heights."

Ilana Mercer describes how, with the genocide of Gazans almost complete, the media is now reporting on it as a way of absolving itself of its complicity.

Scott Bessent pledged on September 22 to do “whatever it takes” to prop up the Trump administration’s most important ally in Latin America 

During the Cold War, pro-assassination forces gained ground, but the illegal killing was hidden because it was inconsistent with the shining-city-on-the-hill propaganda.

Disclosure by the FBI to Congress answers a long-simmering question but does not reveal what the agents did that day.

As in the US, immigration control is used in the UK as an excuse to push more government surveillance and control. 

"Government at its core is the negation of freedom. Hence it wants to silence those who expose its errors and rid itself of those who challenge it."

A weak showing for Milei’s party in provincial elections last week jolted investors and forced the country to start selling “every last dollar” to defend the peso.