Posted originally on Jun 20, 2025 by Martin Armstrong
I repeatedly warned that the headlines would blame Trump tariffs for the incoming inflationary wave. Jerome Powell stated that “uncertainty is unusually elevated” as a result of tariffs, adding, “someone has to pay for the tariffs.”
“Ultimately, the cost of the tariff has to be paid, and some of it will fall on the end consumer,” he told reporters, noting that many retailers are only now replacing pre-tariff inventory. “We do expect to see more of that over the course of the summer.” This is a complete misread of the economic landscape based on antiquated economic principles.
Tariffs are taxes that are passed on to consumers. However, Powell is confusing a one-time price adjustment with a monetary-driven inflationary wave that began after the pandemic. The Fed is looking at the situation through a domestic lens while ignoring the international monetary crisis that is unfolding. We are experiencing a drastic shift away from public confidence worldwide, and that is causing capital to lose confidence in governments that are already deeply indebted.
The Fed is terrified of crashing the bond market if it hikes too fast, and equally terrified of sparking a dollar collapse if it cuts too soon. Government debt is no longer viewed as a safe haven. The computer has been warning that the sovereign debt crisis cannot be ignored for much longer. The Fed can no longer control inflation through interest rates. That was a Keynesian principle established when the government was not the largest borrower. Raising interest rates can have no impact on demand, as the government will simply borrow more, and the central banks simply have no say.
There is no limit to what the government will spend with “money” that simply does not exist. Governments continue to borrow perpetually with no real intention of paying back their debts. This is one piece of the Sovereign Debt Crisis that will implode like a nuclear bomb the likes of which we have never witnessed. The business cycle cannot be manipulated, and what’s more, the Keynesian model cannot account for declining confidence in both government and the economy.
QUESTION: I was told that there are trolls who hate you and bombard anyone you do interviews with, in an attempt to prevent you from being on again. I was also told that they trace to Ukraine, and the rumor is you are on the death list of Zelensky. Does that bother you?
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REPLY: This is not the first time I have been told that. Any show I have been on that listens to this is obviously not really someone you would trust, since they would be adhering to the censorship of free speech. I am NOT against the Ukrainian people. I am against the Neocons who couldn’t care less if ANY Ukrainian is still standing at the end of the day. They are using Eastern Europe to wage war on Russia, and that includes Poland and Romania. I have heard comments like the Eastern Europeans were communists anyway. Where has this war benefited Ukrainians?
Catherine II, the Great of Russia, ordered the founding and construction of the city of Odessa, where in 2014, the Neo-Nazi Ukrainians were openly killing Russians on the streets, which began this separatist movement. I have heard that I am on Zelensky’s death list. I believe he killed one of my sources in Ukraine, Gonzalo Lira, who was the first to expose that Zelensky was a coke-head.
How do you put your pants on backwards and not notice it? This is the guy destroying Ukraine and sacrificing the Ukrainian people for this Neocon agenda. I just have no respect for these people, and the trolls can target everyone I do interviews with, and if they will not have me on again, they are not worth much in this world that is neck-deep in corruption. I was told by one host that he got 10 emails trolling me in 15 minutes, and that was a trolling farm, not actual people. We may have more institutions today than before because what I have been told – “Now I know you are not one of them.”
Odessa was indeed founded by Catherine II, The Great, not by Ukrainians. It was the port located at the exact site of the Ottoman settlement of Khadjibey. Odessa was first mentioned in 1415 when it was known as Khadjibey. They even erected a monument in 1900 to Catherine as the founder of the modern city. The city takes its name from the ancient Greek settlement of Odēssos (Ὀδησσός) located in the region of modern-day Bulgaria (near Varna), not because it was built on the same site, but as part of a trend in the Russian Empire to use classical Greek names for new settlements in the northern Black Sea region.
In essence, Olbia’s history is a story of Greek colonial ambition, remarkable prosperity built on frontier trade, deep entanglement with powerful nomadic neighbors, and a long, slow decline under relentless pressure from the steppe, finally succumbing to the Migration Period upheavals of late antiquity. Olbia was founded by settlers from the powerful Ionian Greek city of Miletus (in Asia Minor) around the middle of the 7th century BC (traditionally dated to 647/6 BC or 645 BC). It was an apoikia (colony) established primarily for trade and access to resources. This was the city-state that used bronze shaped in dolphins or arrowheads as money.
During the late 18th century, as the Russian Empire expanded southward and founded new cities in the newly conquered territories (New Russia), a deliberate policy was implemented to use names evoking the ancient Greek colonies that once dotted the Black Sea coast. This linked the new Russian cities to classical antiquity and European civilization. The specific name Odēssos was chosen. The most popular and enduring story involves Empress Catherine the Great. When discussing the founding of a new port city on the site of the captured Ottoman fortress of Khadjibey (Hacıbey) in 1794, someone suggested naming it after the nearby ancient Greek colony. However, the feminine form of the name was preferred to match the grammatical gender of “city” (gorod) in Russian. The ancient city’s name was masculine (Odēssos).
It’s often recounted that Catherine decreed the feminine form “Odessa” (Одесса in Russian Cyrillic). A persistent anecdote suggests that a French nobleman in her court, perhaps Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis (Duc de Richelieu, who later became Odesa’s famous governor), playfully referenced the Trojan War epic by saying something like “Que ce soit Odessa!” (“Let it be Odessa!”), alluding to the region’s Homeric connections (Odyssey -> Odessa). While this story is charming and widely told, historians consider it more a legend than a documented fact, although it reflects the classical influences of the time.
The name “Odessa” (Одесса) was formally established by Catherine the Great’s imperial decree on January 27, 1795 (new style calendar). The Neocons do not care about anyone but themselves. I feel sorry for the Ukrainian people. They had a country, they were free, until the Neocons decided to exploit them for their own personal hatred of Russians because the previous generation had been communists. They were just angry that communism collapsed all by itself, and they never got to shoot anyone. They cannot live without hating someone and waging wars endlessly to satisfy their personal vendettas.
These Neocons project onto Russians and Chinese the very same goals that they aspire to. They care nothing about history. There are NO Ukrainians there in Crimea. About 15% of the population are Tartars from the Mongol invasions. When the people of Crimea voted to join Russia, the Neocons claimed the vote was rigged. Why in God’s name would they want to be part of Ukraine with the ethnic cleansing and hated that the saw by the Neo-Nazis in Odessa in 2014? The people have a right to live in peace. The Minsk Agreement was intended to allow the Donbas to hold a referendum. This is not about human rights and more than Israel’s attack on Iran was about nuclear arms when they killed most of the leadership for this is about regime change.
Hold Elections in Ukraine – NOW!
End Zelensky’s Dictatorship and See What the People Want
California legislators wish to create a lawless state that empowers criminals posing as political activists. The Department of Homeland Security reported that attacks on ICE agents in Los Angeles have increased by 413% in recent weeks. Twelve LAPD officers were injured in riots across the city on No Kings Day. Criminals are throwing Molotov cocktails and rocks at civil servants paid to enforce the law, and worse, countless pages on the internet are dedicated to doxxing agents. California Democrats are now demanding that law enforcement agents remove facial coverings to enable these criminals to be clearly identified.
State Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat representing San Francisco, and State Sen. Jesse Arreguin, a Democrat representing Berkeley and Oakland, declared that civilians cannot decipher law enforcement agents from vigilante militia groups, although no such groups have been reported. The lawmakers are presenting legislation that would require all law enforcement agents to remove any facial coverings and display their name or other identifier on their uniform. Failure to comply could result in criminal misdemeanor charges.
Todd Lyons, ICE’s acting director, explained that this measure would endanger the lives of his officers. “I’m sorry if people are offended by them wearing masks, but I’m not going to let my officers and agents go out there and put their lives on the line, their family on the line because people don’t like what immigration enforcement is,” he stated.
Who are the Democrats protecting? The first large ICE raid in June resulted in the arrests of 118 illegal aliens, including five gang members, and people with prior convictions for drug smuggling, child abuse, domestic violence, robbery, alien smuggling, and assault. On June 6, 2025, when the ICE raids began, over 1,000 rioters surrounded the LAPD office, defaced taxpayer-funded property, slashed the tires of police cruisers, and attempted to break into the building. It took the LAPD two long hours to respond to the threat. This is one of countless incidents of brutality against police officers occurring throughout the state.
Doxxing is a practice where a person’s personal information is released online. Online forums are dedicated to identifying ICE agents and releasing their personal information including home addresses, names of family members, and in some instances, where their children attend school.
The Democrats have become violent extremists. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) has encouraged doxxing practices. “We’re going to make sure that the American people have the transparency necessary to hold people accountable,” he stated, adding to the Nazi rhetoric that 2025 is not the 1930s. “Every single ICE agent who’s engaged in this aggressive overreach and are trying to hide their identities from the American people will be unsuccessful in doing that,” Jeffries said.
NOW — Border Czar Tom Homan: "The doxxing of ICE officers is at an all-time high. You say why do they wear a mask? They're trying to protect themselves and their families! … They're being doxxed! Assaults are up, and it won't be tolerated!" @Sgtnewsnetworkpic.twitter.com/4UwG9taafK
Border czar Tom Homan said that assaults and doxxing on ICE officials is at an all-time high across the nation. States like Florida and Tennessee are introducing anti-doxxing legislation to protect officers. Florida plans to conduct routine patrols and check-ins to ensure the safety of law enforcement agents and their families. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) had to act quickly after the mayor of Nashville publicly shared the names of ICE officials involved in a recent sting. Such a move could not result in five years imprisonment.
Republicans were accused of inciting violence on one particular day in January four years ago. Yet, not a single Republican called for violence or encouraged disorder. The Democrats are openly opposing federal orders, encouraging violent riots and attacks on civil servants, and creating the grounds for civil war. Innocent lives are at risk as a direct result of this political propaganda, and for some reason, Democratic lawmakers are above the law. Civil unrest in America has heightened to outright violent pandemonium, and civilians who support conservative causes will be the next victims.
Posted originally on Jun 18, 2025 by Martin Armstrong
This Middle East War is deeply connected with the war to destroy Russia, and it is all orchestrated by the NEOCONS. I have written before that I argued with Bill Kristol back in the ’90s, whose father helped start the Neoconservative movement. They wanted to remove all opponents of Israel under the pretense that this would bring peace to the Middle East. They targeted Saddam, Assad, and Gaddafi to remove these three leaders, who were dictators.
In 1963, Benjamin (“Bibi”) Netanyahu’s father, Benzion, moved himself and his children from Israel to Cheltenham, a suburb of Philadelphia. Benzion went to teach at America’s first center for post-doctoral Jewish studies. Bibi went to Cheltenham High. He joined the debate and chess teams, and played left wing on the soccer field. But Bibi didn’t even stay for the graduation ceremony, leaving to join the Israeli Defense Forces for the Six-Day War in June 1967.
William Kristol and Benjamin Netanyahu first met and formed an early friendship in Philadelphia during the early 1970s, when Bibi returned. Eventually, Bibi attended MIT (1972-1975) and Harvard (1975-1977) but frequently visited his older brother Yoni Netanyahu, who was studying at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
William Kristol grew up in Philadelphia. His father, Irving Kristol, founder of the Neocons, was teaching at the University of Pennsylvania during this period. William was a teenager/young adult (born 1952) living at home. It was through their fathers’ overlapping intellectual circles that both Irving Kristol and Benzion Netanyahu became prominent conservative intellectuals, focusing on history and politics. This was likely facilitated by Yoni Netanyahu’s presence at the University of Pennsylvania. Bibi met the Kristol family during his visits to Philadelphia. This is the connection as to why Bibi is also a staunch Neocon. The removal of these three leaders, Saddam, Assad, and Gaddafi, was a Neocon objective from the ’90s. I heard this firsthand, not through third-party accounts or speculation.
I have staunchly disagreed with these objectives. Kristol, I believe, told me this would bring peace for Israel. Being a history buff myself, all my research was based on what my father told me. NEVER judge others by what you think. They will ALWAYS act based upon what they believe. The only way to understand history is to view events through their eyes, not yours. Some of these Neocons are obsessed with Russia and Communism. Others, like Kristol, are obsessed with the Middle East.
They took down Iraq because Bibi assumed that Saddam was really anti-Israel. Obama authorized the CIA to start covert operations to overthrow Assad in Syria. The Ben Gazi attack on the embassy that Hillary refused to explain when they attacked was because it was funneling in arms to overthrow both Gaddafi and Assad.
This was a Neocon operation, and it is still in play to overthrow Iran, all for Israel. They are operating against Donald Trump and have continued to usurp American foreign policy. You just had Lindsey Grachm in Ukraine tell Zelensky not to listen to Trump, that he would ensure there would be money for Iraq to continue this war endlessly. Dennis Fritz has exposed all the lies for the Weapons of Mass Destruction was a deliberate lie that was made up a year in advance to take down Saddam, KNOWING that there were no such weapons of mass destruction.
Dick Cheney even came out and endorsed Kamala to endure that the NEOCONS would continue to run the Foreign Policy of the United States. I was in the middle of their attempted regime change in Russia back in 2000. That cost me and my family a lot.
Former General Wesley Clark was told the same information I was told directly by Kristol back in the 1990s. This is NOT going to end well for the USA, Europe, the Middle East, or the rest of the world. Obama’s attempt to invade Syria was rejected by Congress, but he still funded the CIA’s covert operations.
That sent countless Muslims into Europe, and therein lies the destruction of Europe. While NEOCONS are entirely in charge of NATO and have indoctrinated all the various heads of state from Merz, Starmer, and Macron, just to mention a few, their myopic focus on war with Russia has overlooked that this NEOCON attempt to overthrow Iran, which supplies 80% of its oil to China, has also allowed waves of Syrian and other militants into Europe who are not assimilating. As war escalated against Iran, the greatest danger is that this becomes a Jihad – holy war against both Judaism and Christianity. I would NOT plan any vacation to Europe this summer.
This Middle East NEOCON War to eliminate all of the possible enemies of Israel is a disaster about to unfold. Pakistan has threatened to drop a nuclear warhead on Israel if Benjamin Netanyahu uses nuclear weapons against Iran, according to a top Iranian officer. General Mohsen Rezaee, a senior officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), said in an interview: “Pakistan has assured us that if Israel uses a nuclear bomb on Iran, they will attack Israel with a nuclear bomb.”
Posted originally on CTH on June 17, 2025 | Sundance
Hopefully these are the political stunts that will force the reluctant hand of Attorney General Pam Bondi to intervene. Criminal arrests and federal prosecutions of politicians pulling these stunts are needed.
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander locked arms with an illegal alien as immigrations officials were removing the target for deportation. Lander purposefully interfered in a federal apprehension of a criminal alien, and should be prosecuted.
The media are selectively showing a portion of the video after Lander is handcuffed by police. However, in the earlier segment below you can clearly see Mr Lander intentionally locking arms with the target in an effort to stop ICE enforcement from taking custody. WATCH:
Judicial warrants are not required to apprehend and deport illegal aliens.
NEW YORK — New York City mayoral candidate Brad Lander was handcuffed and detained by federal agents Tuesday afternoon while escorting migrants from immigration hearings in Lower Manhattan.
Footage and video of the hectic incident is firing up the third-place candidate’s suddenly energetic campaign, as he shows himself taking on an issue that’s central to President Donald Trump’s political agenda.
“I’m not obstructing, I’m standing right here in the hallway. I asked to see the judicial warrant,” the candidate says in the video.
Lander, the New York City comptroller, was at 26 Federal Plaza in downtown Manhattan on Tuesday morning to observe an immigration hearing when he walked out of the courtroom locking arms with a Yoruba-speaking immigrant, according to Lander’s wife, Meg Barnette. (more)
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