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ICYMI: The Debate! Can Trump’s Turnout Machine Beat History?
Democrat strategist Lee Neves and I debate Trump's midterm convention gamble, the $5,000 dividend promise, and the turnout fight that could decide…
Sep 16
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Rod D. Martin
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The Midterm Debate! Democrats Are Counting on History. Trump Is Counting on Turnout.
Democrat strategist Lee Neves and I debate Trump's midterm convention gamble, the $5,000 dividend promise, and the turnout fight that could decide…
Sep 10
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Rod D. Martin
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19:51
How Israel is Changing the Map Around Iran
Iran built a “ring of fire” around Israel. Now that’s gone, and an Israeli defense perimeter that long focused on “three circles of hostility” now has a…
Sep 10
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General Yoav Gallant
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Socialism Destroyed Venezuela’s Oil Sector. Its Resurrection is About to Change the World.
Trump is resurrecting Venezuela’s oil industry, giving its people back their future, filling Gulf Coast refineries, and breaking China’s cut-rate oil…
Sep 8
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Rod D. Martin
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10:52
The Navy Is Turning Electricity Into Ammunition
Directed energy is giving America’s warships a bottomless defensive magazine — replacing multimillion-dollar missiles with a few dollars of electricity…
Sep 4
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Rod D. Martin
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Venezuela: The Biggest Oil Deal Ever — and Canada’s Strategic Folly
Cary Dunst and I discuss how Trump’s Venezuelan oil deal gives Washington new leverage over Ottawa, offers a free Iran a way to restore its energy…
Sep 3
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Rod D. Martin
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Don’t Be a Panican: The Midterms Are Winnable, and Iran Is Just a Matter of Time
The midterm math is far better than the headlines suggest. And Trump’s Iran blockade is doing exactly what I told you: starving the regime of the…
Sep 2
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Rod D. Martin
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10:36
China Holds the Rare Earths. Trump Holds the Chokepoints. Canada Holds Squat.
Scott Bessent's “Economic D-Day” is crushing Tehran, exposing Beijing's dependence on American-controlled chokepoints, and showing Ottawa what happens…
Aug 31
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Rod D. Martin
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Frank J. Gaffney
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Canada Has No Plan B
Don Ma and I discuss why Mark Carney and Doug Ford cannot replace the American market or escape Ottawa's self-inflicted energy trap. Trump knows exactly…
Aug 28
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Rod D. Martin
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China Is Starting a Runaway Nuclear Arms Race. Golden Dome Can Make It Irrelevant.
Beijing’s massive nuclear buildup has broken the old arms-control balance. America can try to outbuild Russia and China combined — or it can use new…
Aug 28
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Rod D. Martin
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Trump's New Anaconda Plan Is Bigger Than Iran
From Hormuz to Seoul, Trump is turning geography, energy, trade, and defense into a single system of American leverage — strangling Iran, strengthening…
Aug 26
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Rod D. Martin
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Frank J. Gaffney
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27:42
Trump Is About to Make China’s Cheap Iranian Oil Very Expensive
Arleen Richards and I discuss how Beijing’s bargain crude unfairly subsidizes its factories and keeps Tehran alive. Trump’s Economic D-Day targets both…
Aug 24
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Rod D. Martin
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