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About The Publisher

A veteran of Viet Nam, student of history (both American and film), Jeffrey Bennett has been broadcasting for over twenty-eight years as host of Perspectives on America, and later - 'Life, Liberty & All That Jazz.' Jeff is considered the voice of reason on the alternative media - providing a unique and distinctive broadcast style, including topics such as health and wellness, news, political satire - with a twist, education and editorial commentary on current events through the teaching of history. In addition, Jeff publishes The Federal Observer - a daily on-line publication, which co-authored and spear-headed a petition, which ultimately caused new legislation to be signed by President George W. Bush within 450 days of the events that rocked our world on September 11, 2001.

Apocalypse Rising: We Have Reached A Moment In Human History That Could Change Everything

After this week is over, there may be no turning back. President Trump is literally threatening to “obliterate” Iran’s power grid, and the Iranians cannot do a thing to prevent that from happening. But in response, the Iranians are threatening to destroy oil and gas infrastructure all over the Persian Gulf. The Iranians have already destroyed 17 percent of Qatar’s Ras Laffan natural gas complex, and if they destroy the remaining 83 percent of that facility it will immediately plunge us into the greatest natural gas crisis in human history by a very wide margin. There would be widespread natural gas shortages, fertilizer plants all over the world would be forced to shut down, and hunger would run rampant.

Approximately 20 percent of the world’s entire supply of liquified natural gas comes from Ras Laffan, and it will take 3 to 5 years to rebuild the portions of the complex that have already been destroyed. If the rest of the complex gets destroyed by Iran, it will be a cataclysmic event. When I say that, I am not exaggerating one bit. We really have reached a moment in human history that could change everything.

It all depends on what Donald Trump does next. Continue reading

Smith: Ruin for America’s Enemies… Peace for America!

Everything is happening so rapidly these days, that most folks are completely missing the  historic significance of events, as they whizz on past us all. Trump just recently publicly suggested that maybe the U.S. should simply walk away from the Straits of Hormuz, since we don’t really use it that much – that we should let America and Asia fend for themselves for a change. And when one reporter questioned Trump on his rethinking of NATO, Trump quickly responded: “I don’t need Congress for that decision.”

Congress tried to tie the President’s hands in 2023 by creating a sneaky new provision in the NDAA that requires a two-thirds vote in the Senate to withdraw from NATO, but President Trump and his Cabinet members believe those velvet handcuffs are unconstitutional, which leads us to understand that yes, Trump has been rethinking it. Continue reading

Hickman: How to Fail at Healthcare, Education, and Technology in One Week

Sometimes it feels like governments are actively trying to make everything worse. “Affordable” healthcare that no one can afford. AI regulations designed to ensure 450 million Europeans are the last people on earth to benefit from the most revolutionary technology in decades. And the teachers unions that fund these politicians doing everything in their power to trap students in failing schools.

Here are a few of this week’s stories in case you missed them. Continue reading

Smith: In the Shadow of Tyranny – Part II

A government that erodes Faith In Divine Purpose is the Last Refuge of Liberty

From the dawn of human civilization, the soul of man has been locked in a timeless duel – not merely against the elements or the beasts of the wild, but against his fellow man, who seeks to chain him, and against the darker recesses of his own spirit, which whisper doubts and despair. This profound struggle, etched into the annals of history, finds a haunting echo in the life of Theodore John Kaczynski, a man whose rebellion against the leviathan of modern government and its technological appendages resonates with the conservative heart’s unyielding cry for true freedom.

In an age where the behemoth of bureaucracy swells unchecked, devouring the sacred liberties bestowed by our Creator, Kaczynski’s story unfolds as a tragic parable. It is not the tale of a mad bomber, as the “progressive” communist and globalist elite would have us believe, but of a philosopher in exile, waging war against a system that mocks the inalienable rights enshrined in our founding documents.

If only his fury had spared the innocent, his crusade might stand as a beacon for all who resist the encroaching shadows of tyranny, reminding us that the battle for liberty is as old as Eden itself, where man first tasted the bitter fruit of subjugation. Continue reading

Our only Hope to Avoid Civil War and Depression is to Reverse The Coup of 1913 that Destroyed our Constitutional Republic

It will require a Tsunami of the People’s voices, almost to the point of violence, to reverse the Coup of 1913 (Income Tax, Federal Reserve Bank, Tax-Free Foundations, Unconstitutional Money).

The Coup of 1913 was a hostile takeover of our government by the Zionists, Parasitic Super-Rich Ruling Class (PSRRC), Bankers and Unconstitutional Criminal Enterprises. Very few people realize that the Income Tax finished the job started by President Lincoln, and that was to transfer power of the states to the Federal Government. Simply stated, the Income Tax makes the Constitutional Republic impossible. It allows the Federal Government to fund Communist Programs in the Blue Cities and to blackmail States by withholding federal funds. Continue reading

Is Another Stone Age in the Making?

When a monster military like the US circles its prey for possible attack, very little can go wrong. Painful lessons of past wars have taught state leadership how to avoid mistakes that can drag the country into interminable conflict. If the order to pounce is given, the outcome will soon be decided and the winner never in doubt. The foregoing is offered as the naive view of US foreign policy.

But maybe the one currently in charge of the planet has digested Sun Tzu. Maybe the blatant seriousness of the threat will frighten the enemy into submission without a single shot – or missile – being fired. But what happens after they surrender? Continue reading

Trump May Not Be Able to End This War

The Islamic Republic is designed to endure crises and fight asymmetric conflicts.

Morteza Nikoubazl / NurPhoto / Reuters

President Trump appears to careen between two opposing visions for victory in Iran: He has demanded Tehran’s “unconditional surrender” and also has signaled that he might abruptly declare victory and leave. Neither scenario is likely to end this war, because neither reflects any real understanding of the adversary.

Washington appears to have begun the conflict on the assumption that sustained military pressure would either collapse the Iranian regime or force its leadership to concede to fundamental political and strategic demands. But the Islamic Republic has demonstrated a remarkable capacity to survive crises. In fact, past crises have strengthened rather than weakened the regime’s internal cohesion. Continue reading

Dickens: When Man Becomes God…

Nietzsche said God is dead – So Man Stepped In…

* In this commentary, you may replace God with “Higher Power” or “Supreme Being” if you find these options more fitting, comfortable, or acceptable, but it’s important that we look to something or someone greater than ourselves for guidance.

We have usurped many of the powers we once ascribed to God… fearful and unprepared, we have assumed lordship over life and death of the whole world of all living things.” ~ John Steinbeck Continue reading

Smith: In the Shadow of Tyranny – Part I

There is too much for any one man to consider, whenever he looks at his government and the current state of affairs in America!!!

It’s hard as hell to reconcile the fact that the FISA Reauthorization Act that was changed in 2017 to allow the NSA to spy on all Americans was signed by President Trump in 2018, even after it had become fairly common knowledge that it had been used against him by Obama, during his campaign for president in 2016. And then, after Trump signed the bill, it was soon discovered that Obama had still been spying on him after he was elected president right up to the January 20th hand over of the reins of power and “control” over the White House.

And then I consider all the Democrat abuses of power aligned with Trump’s “due process” fiasco, 2nd and 4th amendment violations and Lockdowns and later Biden’s vaccine mandate and ILLEGAL Border Eradication, and it’s hard not to see where our government is headed. No matter who is in office – Democrat or Republican – the U.S. federal government is on an all-out trajectory toward totalitarian government, if we don’t see civil war first. Continue reading

Chilling Biblical Prophecy Links US-Iran War to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

The white horse symbolizes Conquest, the red horse stands for War, the black horse denotes Famine, and the fourth, described in ancient Greek as ‘ashen’ or ‘chloros,’ often interpreted as pale green, represents Death

As the war between the US, Israel and Iran intensifies, a viral theory has claimed the conflict may echo a chilling prophecy in the Bible’s Book of Revelation.

Some users argued that the colors of Iran’s national flag mirror the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: conquest (white), war (red), famine (black) and death (pale or green) described in Revelation as signs of the end times.

Critics noted the theory is incomplete because Iran’s flag does not contain the color black, which represents famine in the biblical text. Continue reading

Hickman: This is a Case about Swinging dicks… “and Other Common Sense

Battle of the Naked Men

In the year 1429 during the reign of King Sejong the Great in modern day Korea, the royal government took the advice of its Chinese-trained scholars and set up gender-separated medical saunas, known as hanjeungmak.

The saunas were fed by nearby hot springs and often maintained by Buddhist monks; in this way they were viewed as almost sacred… and certainly healing. The heat was believed to promote circulation, detoxification, and overall health, plus the social gathering in the saunas reinforced relationships within the community.

But, again, medieval Koreans had modest values. And for that reason, they separated men and women in different saunas. That wasn’t a new idea either; many civilizations, going back to the Roman baths, or thermae, separated genders when nudity was involved.

This should hardly be a controversial topic even today. But leave it to angry Leftists to turn public nudity into a human rights case. Continue reading

March 16, 2026: We’re Busted

2 Suspected Terror Attacks Fuel Tensions Across the US

The Reviews Are in… It’s Not Looking Good, America

Cackling Kamala Harris

Many Americans give their country positive reviews. Some of the United States’ closest allies give far less flattering ratings.

The POLITICO Poll, conducted across five countries, reveals a stark disconnect between how Americans see their country and how several top allies do. As the Trump administration’s aggressive posture abroad disrupts the longstanding world order, the United States’ global reputation appears far worse than Americans realize.

In the U.S., the divergence is especially sharp along partisan lines. Americans who voted for President Donald Trump in 2024 overwhelmingly give the country high marks on the world stage.

Those who backed former Vice President Kamala Harris, however, offer negative assessments far closer to America’s allies. The results paint a lopsided picture, with Americans — driven by the president’s own supporters — increasingly on an island in how they view the country… (Continue to full article)

‘He’s at the end of his life’: MAGA podcaster claims Trump simply ‘doesn’t care’ anymore

A Trump-friendly right-wing podcaster is furious with the president over the Iran war.

Comedian Tim Dillon, an influencer with a wide male fanbase who advocated hard for President Donald Trump during the election but has grown more critical of the president in recent months, weighed in on the Iran issue in a recent podcast.

Specifically, the “manosphere” influencer said of Trump, “He’s at the end of his life. He’s endorsing Jake Paul for president. He doesn’t care about what happens next. That’s the thing with Donald Trump, he doesn’t really care about what happens next…Trump is just kind of on a farewell tour.”

He went on to beg Trump insiders to tell the president anything they need to tell him in order to get him to halt the sprawling war… (Continue to full article)

Chris Murphy Says “Trump Has Lost Control Of This War” and Warns Strait Of Hormuz Closure Could Spark Global Recession

Trump Miscalculates Iran, Strait Of Hormuz Crisis Escalates

On Saturday, Murphy, in a post on X, outlined what he called the four biggest crises stemming from the conflict.

“It’s crystal clear now that Trump has lost control of this war. He badly misjudged Iran’s ability to retaliate. The region is on fire,” Murphy wrote.

He said Trump assumed Iran would not close the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil shipping route, a miscalculation with potentially global consequences.

“If the Strait stays closed, a global recession will result. It actually may already be too late. Gas prices are the first to spike, but food prices are next… (Continue to full article)

His brain has deteriorated’: Trump Ridiculed for Undercutting Own Claim in Panicked Plea

Trump took to Truth Social Saturday to insist that his administration had completely “destroyed” Iran’s military capabilities. In the same sentence, however, he also noted that Iran’s military was still capable of sending “a drone or two,” deploying mines and launching “close range missiles” to keep closed the Strait of Hormuz, a major shipping route through which a fifth of the world’s oil trade travels.

“In a single unhinged post Trump is saying that the Iranian military is COMPLETELY DESTROYED BUT they are STILL CAPABLE OF ATTACKING ships in the Strait of Hormuz?” wrote X user “Robin,” a frequent political commentator and Trump critic, to their nearly 20,000 followers. “Even the stupid, ignorant MAGA have to see how insane that is? Why are they so willing to be LIED to?”

Trump has attempted to dismiss panic around surging gas prices, insisting last week that higher prices at the pump would be temporary, and were a “very small price to pay” to topple Iran’s government… (Continue to full article)

48% of Americans Blame Trump for High Gas Prices — More Than Any Other Factor

Americans are growing increasingly concerned with rising gas prices, and about half are blaming President Trump, per flash polling conducted Wednesday night by Morning Consult and shared with Axios.

Why it matters: The spike in oil prices caused by the war is fast becoming a political liability for the White House — and threatening economic growth in the U.S.

74% of Americans say gas prices have increased this year, per the survey.

That’s up 30 points from six weeks ago, the last time the polling firm surveyed on this question.

When asked who is most responsible for current gas prices, 48% said the president and his administration. That was followed by 16% who pointed at oil and gas companies, 13% who blamed global market forces and 11% who cited former President Biden… (Continue to full article)

Trump Admin Admits That US Already Blew $11.3 Billion on the Iran War in 6 Days, but the True Financial Horror Is Only Just Beginning

Officials from President Donald Trump’s administration have estimated that the first six days of the war on Iran had already cost the United States at least $11.3 billion, according to details from a congressional briefing, as reported by Al Jazeera. This staggering figure, shared during a closed-door session for senators, doesn’t even cover the entire cost of the ongoing conflict. Lawmakers have been clamoring for more information about the financial implications as the war continues to unfold.

You can expect the White House to submit a request to Congress for additional funding for the war very soon. Some officials are speculating this request could be around $50 billion, though others feel that estimate might actually be on the low side. The administration hasn’t actually given a public assessment of the war’s cost or even a clear idea of how long they expect it to last.

President Trump, however, made some interesting comments during a trip to Kentucky, claiming that “we won” the war. He then added that the US would still stay in the fight to “finish the job,” which feels a bit contradictory if you ask me… (Continue to full article)

Instead of going to war with Iran, we could cover health care for millions of Americans

Hiawatha Warren – Land of Flakes

Sen. Elizabeth Warren argued Thursday that the money being discussed for the U.S. war effort against Iran could instead be used to help millions of Americans keep or afford health coverage, sharpening Democrats’ attack on President Donald Trump’s spending priorities as the conflict abroad grows more expensive. In a post on X, Warren wrote, “Instead of going to war with Iran, we could cover health care for millions of Americans. And still have $20 billion left over.”

Warren’s argument lines up with two numbers now driving the debate in Washington. Reuters reported that Trump administration officials told lawmakers in a closed-door briefing that the first six days of the U.S.-led war with Iran had already cost at least $11.3 billion, and that Congress could soon face a White House request for as much as $50 billion more… (Continue to full article)

Whitehead ~ The Madness of King Trump: War Games, War Crimes and a Wrecking Ball Presidency

He went mad and lost America.” ~ Ian Martin, The madness of King Trump, America’s sulky George III sequel

Dysfunction, decadence, depravity and a death cult: that, in a nutshell, sums up the mindset now at the heart of the Trump administration.

History shows that when political movements glorify violence, celebrate cruelty, and frame conflict in apocalyptic moral terms, they often drift toward what scholars describe as a “death cult” – a worldview in which destruction becomes proof of righteousness and human life becomes expendable in pursuit of ideological victory. Continue reading

Smith: A Reckoning with Tyranny’s Many Faces

I look at the U.S. government today, and I see a hulking behemoth encroaching upon our freedoms and liberties more and more each day, no matter the bread crumb “reversals” we witness during this second term of Trump, given all we have already lost over the past century at the behest of the nation’s communists and globalists.

Hard to imagine that we’d see a day when a governor of Virginia – the home state of decent, honorable men such as Thomas Jefferson and Robert E. Lee – would be chomping at the bit to sign the recently passed legislation that bans AR15s and an array of other semi-automatic firearms.

Everything about our current legal system screams tyranny, unless you have money to burn in your defense on any given day should one fall astray of it, especially as the depths and breadth of the corruption within the judiciary has been on full display over the past decade – corruption everywhere one looks in all branches of government from the local and state levels to the federal government itself. And in the meantime, the Constitution has become a feckless joke, as everyone ignores it as much as they can whenever they can, so long as it serves their agenda, until they decide to use it as a weapon against their political opponents in ways that actually violate existing laws. Continue reading

After the Revolution Wins, the Revolution Turns!

Every revolution promises freedom. That’s the lie that gets people into the streets.

What comes after victory is not freedom at all. It’s control. Control of institutions. Control of speech. Control of memory. Control of what is allowed to be said out loud without consequences.

Once the old order collapses, the new regime faces its first unsolvable problem:

Who gets to define reality now?

That question decides everything. It decides who gets rewarded, who gets disciplined, and who quietly disappears once the cheering stops… and history shows something deeply ironic: the people most confident they’ll be safe after a communist revolution are usually the first to discover they’re not. Not because they opposed the revolution, but because they helped it win. Continue reading

Snyder: The 2026 Calendar Is Precisely Identical To The 1914 Calendar (The Year World War I Began)

History doesn’t always repeat itself, but it often rhymes. When fighting erupted in Europe in 1914, it wasn’t initially considered to be that big of a deal. Many dismissed the conflict as yet another minor European war, and at first most of the rest of the world stayed out of it. It was only later that it came to be known as World War I.

Today, there is lots of speculation that World War III “could be coming”, but of course the truth is that we are already in the middle of it. Just like during the early days of World War I, most people won’t fully understand the significance of what they are currently experiencing until later. Interestingly, it turns out that the 2026 calendar is precisely identical to the 1914 calendar… Continue reading

Dickens: Insanity in Merka

“Oh, we’re all mad here…”

“Alice tells the Cat that she doesn’t want to go among ‘mad people.’”
“Oh, you can’t help that… We’re all mad here,”
said the Cheshire Cat… ~ From Lewis Carroll’s 1865 novelAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”

I’ve used Einstein’s definition of insanity in my past articles because it’s a simple way to describe how we approach our lives, especially in the administration of this republic. If you have any questions about Einstein’s definition, look it up.

We must be insane…

Here’s my case, my assertion, my allegation, and my defense.,, Continue reading