Justin Raimondo

If the New York Times is to be believed – a problematic proposition – then it looks as if Trump Derangement Syndrome has gone international. In a front page article headlined “As Trump Era Dawns, A Sense of Uncertainty Grips the World,” we are told: “The Germans are angry. The Chinese are downright furious. Leaders … Continue reading “Trump the Disruptor”

Is the Obama administration out to provoke a military conflict with Russia in the days before Donald J. Trump takes the oath of office? In July of 2014, the US announced the start of “Operation Atlantic Resolve” in response to the vote by Crimea – which took place nearly three years ago — to rejoin … Continue reading “An Inauguration Day Surprise?”

Oh, the irony! Amid all the accusations of foreign interference in the election, the first solid indication of it showed up with the publication of a slanderous unsourced memo written by a “former” British intelligence agent accusing Donald Trump of various “perversions” and claiming he’s vulnerable to blackmail by those evil Russkies. The “ex”-MI6 agent, … Continue reading “The Foreign Plot to Oust Trump”

Three intelligence agencies – the CIA, the FBI, and the NSA – have issued their much-touted report on alleged Russian intervention in the presidential election, and after reading it one question remains: Where’s the evidence? We are told from the outset that the actual evidence that the Russians hacked the DNC and John Podesta’s emails … Continue reading “Where’s the Evidence?”

Justin Raimondo has no column today due to a power outage in Sebastopol, California. Perhaps the Russians hacked the local power grid (that’s a joke). Assuming no further problems, he will return with Wednesday’s column. NOTES IN THE MARGIN You can check out my Twitter feed by going here. But please note that my tweets … Continue reading “Power Outage”

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testified at a hearing on “Russian interference” in the election that there’s a difference between “skepticism” of the intelligence community’s assessment and “disparagement” of said community. While stopping short of asking for a “safe space,” this admitted liar used the opportunity to cry on the shoulders of Donald Trump’s … Continue reading “Purge the CIA”

What explains the behavior of nations on the world stage? There is no science to guide us, no psychology of nation-states to elucidate the secrets of the national Ego, Super-Ego, and Id. Oh, there are theories galore: the realists, the structuralists, the Marxists, and more. Yet these are thin gruel these days, when all claims … Continue reading “The Abolition of Foreign Policy”

“It wouldn’t be a bad opening for a Tom Clancy novel about the Cold War” – that’s how the Los Angeles Times described the sequence of events leading up to the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats (“spies”) and the latest face-off between Washington and Moscow. Indeed the whole episode of has about it a fictional … Continue reading “Is Trump About to Debunk the Media’s ‘Putin-gate’ Conspiracy Theory?”

Editor’s Note: Justin Raimondo is still under the weather and will return next week. For now, please enjoy Justin’s op-ed in the Los Angeles Times: Do You Suffer From Trump Derangement Syndrome? The country is in the throes of a major epidemic, with no known cure and some pretty scary symptoms. It’s called Trump Derangement … Continue reading “Do You Suffer From Trump Derangement Syndrome?”

Justin Raimondo is taking the holiday off, his column will return Wednesday, December 28.If you think the assassination of the Russian Ambassador to Turkey, the same day terrorist attack in Berlin, and the announcement the next day of an agreement by Russia, Turkey, and Iran to end the Syrian civil war are all a monumental … Continue reading “Death in Ankara”