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Melania Appears and Creates Stir, But Is This Reporting? It Sure Doesn’t Seem Like Science.
Melania Trump’s sudden appearance alongside her husband has triggered a wave of speculation. Commentators, particularly MeidasTouch ,...
john raymond
Sep 5, 20252 min read


The End of Security Guarantees: Toward a Continental Defense Architecture
The most dangerous illusion in geopolitics is the promise of a security guarantee . Security is not something that can be guaranteed by...
john raymond
Sep 5, 20253 min read


Targeted Reprisals Continue: The Dangerous Architecture of Trump’s Second Term
President Trump has moved decisively into the phase of targeted reprisals — using the instruments of government, rhetoric, violence, and...
john raymond
Sep 5, 20253 min read


Does Four Days of September Quiet Herald an October Kill Shot?
September Stillness Brings October Illness The quiet in September has been conspicuous. Ukraine’s August campaign was a model of...
john raymond
Sep 4, 20253 min read


We Don’t Need Schnitt or Project Veritas to Tell Us Trump and the DOJ Are up to Shady Shit
The revelation of a secretly recorded DOJ official talking about potential redactions in the Epstein files has generated a frenzy. Joseph...
john raymond
Sep 4, 20252 min read


Signaling Willingness to Send Troops After a Peace Deal or Ceasefire Is Good, Because It Is Just One Step Away from Sending Them Before
Europe’s pledge to send troops to Ukraine after a ceasefire or peace deal is more than symbolic restraint. It is an operational...
john raymond
Sep 4, 20253 min read


Farage and Nawrocki vs. Starmer and Tusk: Imperfect Leadership vs. Perfect Treason
The question in politics is rarely whether one finds flawless leaders. Keir Starmer in Britain and Donald Tusk in Poland are imperfect...
john raymond
Sep 4, 20253 min read


The Updated Analyst Scorecard
The recent round of war commentary on Youtube forces a clarification: Jake Broe has taken the lead as the most disciplined analyst on...
john raymond
Sep 4, 20252 min read


Vexler’s Blind Spot—Trump’s “Incompetence” Is the Plan (Pillar Three)
The decisive error in Vlad Vexler’s frame is that he attributes President Trump’s repeated pro-authoritarian outcomes to incompetence,...
john raymond
Sep 4, 20253 min read


Putin Still Wants Ukraine to Surrender—Is the World’s Biggest Fool
Vladimir Putin’s latest declaration that Ukraine must “end the war via talks” or he will “end it by force” underscores the delusion that...
john raymond
Sep 3, 20253 min read


Dear Poland, You Have a Traitor in Your Midst: Karol Nawrocki
Poland stands at the edge of history. Your great nation has long been the strongest sentinel against Russian aggression, the iron gate...
john raymond
Sep 3, 20253 min read


A Shadow Ministry’s Formal Pillar-One Recommendations for Loyal NATO and EU Executors
The Formal Directive Effective immediately, all intelligence production undertaken by NATO and EU services must incorporate a Pillar-One...
john raymond
Sep 3, 20252 min read


Transparency as Treason: How Trump Weaponizes the Epstein Files
By framing congressional oversight of the Epstein files as an “act of war” against the White House, President Trump once again...
john raymond
Sep 3, 20252 min read


Putin’s Moscow Offer Is More Narrative Building Ammo for Himself, Trump, and the Enemies of Ukraine
President Putin’s latest declaration that he is willing to meet President Zelenskyy in Moscow must not be mistaken for diplomacy. It is...
john raymond
Sep 3, 20252 min read


Outsourcing Retaliation Is Not Speculation—It Is Strategy
Michael Weiss is right. His remark that European intelligence services will one day outsource retaliation against Russia to Ukraine is...
john raymond
Sep 2, 20252 min read


Vitamin R: Dear Jake Broe, The Goal Is Still Total Moral Inversion
Jake, your latest video tracks President Trump’s seeming pivot from blaming Ukraine to blaming Europe. But the danger is not in...
john raymond
Sep 2, 20252 min read


Unlearning the Myth of Smart: Gut vs. Discipline
Our culture confuses brilliance with discipline. We act as if the ability to understand the world belongs only to a narrow priesthood of...
john raymond
Sep 2, 20254 min read


Dear Vlad Vexler, I Disagree—the Vance Question Is Not Closed
Vlad Vexler’s assertion that “Vance would be worse than Trump” treats an open strategic question as closed. Under the Raymond Method,...
john raymond
Sep 2, 20254 min read


When the President Disappears: Bounding the Trump Hiatus
Framing the Problem President Trump has now gone five consecutive days without a real on-camera appearance. This is not mere trivia. When...
john raymond
Sep 1, 20253 min read


The Bottom Line: Trump and Vance Are Desperate to Not Look Like Russian Assets to Europeans
Vice President JD Vance publicly labeled Felicia Schwartz’s reporting on special envoy Steve Witkoff “journalistic malpractice” and, more...
john raymond
Aug 31, 20254 min read
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