CARTEL CRACKDOWN: DEA, SOUTHCOM push to dismantle Ecuadorian drug networks

State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott discusses rescue efforts following flooding near the China-Nepal border, President Donald Trump’s oil deal with Venezuela and the Trump administration’s crackdown on cartels on ‘The Big Weekend Show.’

Highlights of the News with Don Surber

The mainstream media only reports what it wants you to think. For news that actually allows you to draw your own conclusions, you’ve come to the right place. The side of snark is complimentary.  

ITEM 1: Just the News reported, “Minneapolis police reportedly raided the apartment of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s son Tuesday night, seizing firearms and ammunition and arresting his 22-year-old roommate, Abdulrahman Abdi.”

Isn’t he also her nephew?

The WHO Does Red China’s Bidding: How the CCP corrupted the WHO

The World Health Organization serves as the directing and coordinating authority on international health work. According to its organizing principles, it connects 194 member states, partners, and people to promote health, keep the world safe, and serve the vulnerable populations. U.S. voluntary funding given to the WHO has dwarfed China’s contributions, yet China exercises out-sized influence on the WHO.

Chaos at the Gates August 21, 2026: Five Years After The Collapse Of Afghanistan

Five years ago, the world watched one of the most devastating foreign policy failures in modern American history unfold in real time. The fall of Kabul in August 2021 was not merely the end of America’s longest war. It was a collapse of credibility, an abandonment of allies, and the start of a dangerous new era in global geopolitics.

Weather the Storm

This past week our little town got hit by a storm cell that was tornado-like in all but name and dark funnel. It was our hardest hit since the storm of the century, Hurricane Isabel, in 2003. This one was all wind, not water. Living on the shore of the Chesapeake Bay we’re used to getting both. A no name Nor-easter will flood with inches of past records. We weather them all. We weather whatever the storm.

The storms of nature and man will always confront us.

Shockingly Underreported News and Commentary for the Week of 9 August

This is the third post of a weekly feature that highlights news and commentary on important geopolitical, cultural, and economic issues that the Democrat-media complex buries because they expose the hypocrisies associated with the continuing Marxist-Democrat narrative. Everything is properly sourced and linked for follow-up reading, whether from legacy media, independent sources, or social media.

Pompeo: These are FOOLISH statements…

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the United States has what it needs for a strategic victory in Iran on ‘Life, Liberty & Levin.’ #fox #foxnews #media #breakingnews #us #usa #new #news #breaking #lifelibertylevin #mikepompeo #pompeo #iran #middleeast #geopolitics #foreignpolicy #nationalsecurity #military #strategy #politics #political #politicalnews #government #defense Don’t just watch Fox News—be part …

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The Night Two Networks Decided You Did Not Need to See This Declassified Data Dump! July 16th, Part 2

On the evening of July 16, 2026, the President of the United States addressed the nation from the White House and announced the immediate declassification of intelligence covering five areas of American election security. NBC declined to carry it live. ABC declined to carry it live. NBC News NOW ran it on a streaming channel and promised a special report afterward, which is the television equivalent of telling your wife you will get to the garage this weekend.

Part 1 of this series covered the Tranche One and Two. We pick it up here in Part 2 at Tranche Three.

Preemptive Request: Zero Government Bailouts for AI Fails, Please

The US’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) self-feeding frenzy is still…frenzy-ing.

Except everything about it seems fake.

The US’s Large Language Model (LLM) version of AI seems to be (at least) years away from the promises being made to feed the frenzy.

Which can be seen as a partially good thing – since no one has any idea what to do with the hundreds of millions of humans they tell us US AI will un-employ.

The Importance Of Taiwan, And Why The United States Cannot Back Down by John Sullivan

On April 17th 1895, the Qing dynasty of China signed the treaty of Shimonoseki with the Empire of Japan. In doing so the Qing dynasty was forced to recognize the independence of Korea. They also gave control of Taiwan, the Pescadores islands, and the Liaodong peninsula to Japan. Following this, the Qing dynasty fell into …

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Comparing Revolutions: Xi Jinping versus Mao Zedong

Xi Jinping is orchestrating a deliberate, decade-long, multi-domain campaign of ideological and political reconsolidation that draws conscious inspiration from Mao Zedong’s methods while adapting them to a modern surveillance state. The comparison is imperfect but illuminating, and the trend lines are unmistakably moving in one direction — tighter, deeper, and more permanent — while obfuscating its harsh effects on the victims from scrutiny.

What a trillion dollars buys: The absolute worst foreign policy was opening trade to Red China

I may be the only person left in the world to call the land Red China, but that does not make me wrong. Chairman Xi runs the joint and he is the president of the Chinese Communist Party—the largest political party in the world.

The Kuomintang Follows the Mensheviks into Oblivion: This is how accommodating the CCP ends

Friends of Taiwan continue to be alarmed by the antics of the Kuomintang (KMT) leadership. The latest flare was the visit to China by KMT leader Cheng Li-wun, as reported by AP News.

Perhaps the KMT in their continuing drift toward accommodation with the CCP are ignoring the history of (and fate) of other accommodationist political parties like Russia’s Mensheviks did a hundred years ago.