Venezuela: Did Trump just make a deal with the devil?  

Peloni:  Excellent commentary by Monica Showalter detailing the consequences of the geopolitical realignment to support an America First agenda in Venezuela.  Not only will the existing regime be stabilized in place due to this one sided deal with the US at the cost of the freedom movement in Venezuela, but it also has significant implications for what might follow the expected collapse of the IRGC regime in Iran due to Trump’s Economic D-Day policies.  For a more focused discussion on the geopolitical aspects of this deal with the devil, see Benny Johnson‘s coverage on this topic posted earlier today.

Should Trump be making this deal with a regime as detested as Venezuela’s? There’s a lot of good in it, but in the long run, can it work?

Monica Showalter | Am Thinker | August 29, 2026

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From the broadest perspective, President Trump’s newly announced oil deal with Venezuela looks like a win for the U.S.

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August 30, 2026 | 11:34 am | 1 Comment »

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Israel: Ben Gvir calls for Muslim MK’s ban from elections for comments rejecting Israel’s Jewish identity  

Peloni:  Of course, Ben Gvir is right again.  Ironically, Ben Gvir is usually right in the policies he supports, from arming the public, to cracking down on prison amenities for terrorists, to advocating for the death penalty for terrorists, and there is more to add to this list, a lot more.

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Ra’am chairman MK Mansour Abbas has no place in Israel’s Knesset to begin with, and neither does his party. It has an alarming history with Muslim Brotherhood and its “sister movement, Hamas” — which is dedicated to the destruction of  the Jewish State. The Begin-Sadat Centre for Strategic Studies explains some of Ra’am history, in its article “The Muslim Brotherhood Inside the Israeli Government.

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August 30, 2026 | 11:18 am | 2 Comments »

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The New Religion of Anti-Speciesism Values Animals Above Humans  

Peloni:  Insanity vs the dignity of men – a choice which seems to continuously define the schism between the Red-Green Alliance and the Western civilization.

A movement that aligns with the goals of Agenda 21 and the globalists.

Janet Levy | Am Thinker | August 27, 2026

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The Judeo-Christian ethos, often cited as the foundation of Western civilization and a core element of American identity, holds that humans are superior to animals. It holds that while animals act on instinct, we possess consciousness, a conscience, and free will to choose our actions and face the consequences.

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As US considers cutting funds from Kurdish forces, concerns rise over stability in Middle East  

Peloni:  To the concerns about cutting off the Kurds discussed below, add the growing strength and dominance of Turkey in the region.  If Iran collapses under Economic D-Day, and the Kurds lose US support, what will keep Turkey’s ambitions of dominating the region?  Trump suggests he can control Erdogan, which leads to two questions.  First, is this assumption correct?  He couldn’t Erdogan in 2019 when Turkey invaded Syria as the US was forced to make a spontaneous retreat from the Turkish-Syrian border.  Second, what will happen to the region when Trump leaves office if Turkey is being held in check by Trump’s influence over Erdogan

The Peshmerga have played a key role over the years fighting ISIS and securing the autonomous Kurdistan Region. However, efforts to reform them have not proceeded as planned.

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The Trump administration is planning to cut funding to the Peshmerga, the armed forces of the Kurdistan Regional Government, according to a BBC report that called the Peshmerga “a key Middle East ally that helped the US defeat the Islamic State group (IS) and is now facing punishing attacks from Iran, according to four sources familiar with the matter.”

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Must-Read Post: Even After Winter’s Commitment to Recommend Netanyahu, Can He Still Crown Lieberman Without Violating His Commitment? Here Is a Plausible Scenario.  

Yossi Baum | X | Aug 27, 2026

Brig. Gen. (Res.) Ofer Winter's Speech at Jerusalem Day Ceremony, March 10, 2025. Screengrab via Youtube.Brig. Gen. (Res.) Ofer Winter’s Speech at Jerusalem Day Ceremony, March 10, 2025. Screengrab via Youtube.

After we have seen that Winter has countless Lieberman people around him (details below), after Kaplan has been “lifting” him up, and after he established his party despite the risk of Smotrich falling below the threshold, the burden of proof is on him that he will not go into a bloc with Lieberman and Bennett. And here is why:

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August 29, 2026 | 6:25 pm | 12 Comments »

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Iran’s Regime: ‘The Only Solution Is to Build a Nuclear Bomb and Fire It’  

Peloni:  What will happen after Trump leaves office will be determined in no small way by what he accomplishes before leaving office, and the declaration of Economic D-Day is already having an effect on the regime but this effect will be waning if that declaration fails to be implemented against Iran’s greatest allies, not the least of which is China.  So we will see.

What Happens After President Trump Leaves Office?

by Majid Rafizadeh  •  Gatestone Institute  •  August 29, 2026

In the ideology of Iran’s ruling establishment, nuclear weapons are still openly contemplated not just as a deterrent but as instruments of mass destruction. If an extremist regime acquires a nuclear weapon, the question is: What happens afterwards? The regime’s character — Islamist, anti-Western, any American and expansionist — has not changed. If Western powers are truly serious, they must work to completely eliminate Iran’s present regime. Pictured: Crowds gather for the funeral procession of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, in Mashhad, on July 9, 2026. Screengrab via Youtube.

  • “The only way to save the country… is building an atomic bomb and firing it, no other way is left for us. We should create a tsunami whose waves hit the American coasts.” — Iranian cleric Mohammad Bagher Kharrazi, secretary-general of Iran’s proxy, Hezbollah, and closely tied to Iran’s current Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei

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August 29, 2026 | 6:15 pm | 2 Comments »

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Trump, Hamas, and the Muslim Brotherhood  

Peloni:  Hugh Fitzgerald provides the second of two important reviews of Trump’s policies, with Joan Swirsky having provided the first just below this article.

The Trump administration’s failure to act in a substantive way to prevent the proliferation of the Muslim Brotherhood, even in the US, will have troubling consequences for the future, as it is having troubling consequences even in the present, and to this point in particular, it raises an important question as to how Trump is securing the safety for America as he ignores the very real threat which the Muslim Brotherhood presents, not only for the safety of the American people, but for the independence of the American political class.

An American president’s blind spot.

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A British journalist has delivered a scathing review of Trump’s policy toward Israel and Gaza: “Wise up, America!,” by Melanie Phillips, JNS, August 21, 2026:

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Safety First, Comrade  

Peloni:  Joan Swirsky provides the first of two reviews of Trump’s policies, with Hugh Fitzgerald providing the second.  The two essays cover different facets of Trump’s policies but both make important observations of the current president’s policies to consider, the implications of which are rather pressing on the future.  Be sure to see my comments on Fitzgerald’s article.

The communists who want to run our country and our lives have no regard for our well-being. Just look at a little history, plus the present day.

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When I was studying to become a nurse in the late 1960s, I learned that the most important value in patient care, for both nurses and doctors, is safety.  Not curing, which is hoped for but often impossible, and not even empathy, although a high priority.  That is because the patient who falls out of bed or is given the wrong dose of medicine or whose grievance is ignored or — yikes! this just happened in Nashville — may pay with nothing less than his life.

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August 29, 2026 | 5:14 pm | Comments »

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Netanyahu in dire straits: New right-wing party threatens to sink Minister Smotrich & his entire coalition  

Peloni:  The Left’s Crumbs Strategy, which includes seeing Right wing votes being squandered on parties too small to pass the threshold, appears to be working, but with the announcement of Gen, Ofer Winter’s new “Peaople of Israel” party being formed, the outlook for the Right seems more remote than ever.  As we will discuss later, this is because Winter represents two aspects of the Crumbs strategy, wasting votes on small Right wing parties and the isolation of the Haredim parties from the Right.  All by himself, Winter may lead the Right Bloc into a no win scenario.

Winter’s ‘People of Israel’ shoots up in the polls but harms right-wing bloc’s chances of winning

Hanan Lischinsky | All Israel News | Published: August 28, 2026

Brig. Gen. (Res.) Ofer Winter's Speech at Jerusalem Day Ceremony, March 10, 2025. Screengrab via Youtube.Brig. Gen. (Res.) Ofer Winter’s Speech at Jerusalem Day Ceremony, March 10, 2025. Screengrab via Youtube.

After several new center-right parties failed to make an impact in recent weeks, the launch of retired general Ofer Winter’s new “People of Israel” party and the long-awaited unification of Arab parties have shaken up the election landscape over the past week.

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August 29, 2026 | 1:43 pm | 3 Comments »

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Judge Throws Out 9/11 Mastermind Confession Because He Wasn’t About ‘Right To Be Silent’  

Peloni:  What could be more reasonable than for the Islamist aligned Left to purposefully undermine the most critical element of evidence against the greatest terror attack in history on the American people.  It is hard to see a more obvious and troubling example of the coalition between the Left and the Islamists than the possible freeing of the mastermind of 9-11.

FBI agents also didn’t tell the Al Qaeda leader he could call a lawyer.

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Using the Article III system to try Al Qaeda terrorists was a reasonable solution, the trouble is that military tribunal personnel in this century look nothing like the guys who took a smoke break and sentenced Nazi saboteurs to death during WWII. Their ideal is A Few Good Men, they’re liberals if not outright leftists, and they’re far more likely to be on the side of the terrorists than to be on our side.

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August 29, 2026 | 10:06 am | 14 Comments »

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THE ISLAMIC TAKEOVER IS HERE: Turning US Cities Into ‘Beachheads’ for Islam  

Peloni:  America has an Islamist problem, and despite Trump decribing it as only being present in pockets in a recent interview, the reality is something far more troublesome than this.

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A RealClearInvestigations analysis finds that Islamic activists now hold at least ten (10) high-ranking positions at New York city hall under Mayor Mamdani, including several alumni of terror-tied Council on American-Islamic Relations, which the FBI says is a “Hamas front.” Some of the new Muslim officials are in a position to influence the city’s anti-terror policies and the selection of judges, RCI has learned.

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August 29, 2026 | 9:04 am | 1 Comment »

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Once Upon a Time There Was No West Bank: Then Jordan Drew a Line and History Forgot  

Victor Satya | Aug 22, 2026

A few geographical problems in the world are so magnificently overworked as the one called the “West Bank.”

Every week, the international community assembles to discuss it. The United Nations discusses it. European governments discuss it. Human-rights organizations discuss it. Newspapers discuss it. Diplomats discuss it. The Vatican, which one might reasonably expect to remember the Bible, discusses it.

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August 28, 2026 | 3:46 pm | 3 Comments »

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